PB 231 665 25 Mum her 25 September 1974 SUMMARIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS U S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Washington. D C 20460 ------- Subscription Service Now Available "Summaries of Foreign Government Environmental Reports" a monthly publication of EPA, is now available as a subscription item from the National Technical Information Service. For further infor- mation about starting a subscription, write to Dr. Melvin J. Josephs, Managing Editor National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Or call Dr. Josephs at (703) 451-4468 ------- FOREWORD Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ- mental reports Issued by foreign governments and international organi- zations. This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents received through the exchange agreements. 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APTIC SWIRS PIC NOISE Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign govern- ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of documents received is the first step. Office of Planning and Management Office of International Activities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C. 20460 ------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page AIR See SOLID WASTE (Australia) Control No. 02036 A ........... 41 GENERAL (Australia) Control No. 02150A ............. 15 '< Maintenance of Air Purity. Environmental Protection - So That We Survive ............................ 1 See GENERAL (Austria) Control No. 02072A .............. 15 Mar 26, 1974 Ministerial Decree on Testing Heaters Fueled by Solid Combustibles ........................ 2 Ministerial Decree Fixing Conditions for Testing Heaters Fueled by Liquid Combustibles ...................... 2 Mar 27, 1974 Ministerial Decree Determining the Qualification of Technicians Responsible for Maintenance of Heaters in Special Protection Zones ......................... 2 See WATER (Brazil) Control No. 02084A ............... 48 Canada. See GENERAL (Canada) ~ Control No. 02011A .............. 18 Catalytic Converters Bring New Problems ..... . .......... 3 The High Price of Cleaning Up ..................... 3 , Republic, o^ Review of Environmental Situations and Activities of Taiwan, Republic of China ..................... 4 Czechoslovakia See NOISE (Czechoslovakia) Control No. 02159A ........... 34 EEC See WATER (EEC) -- Control No. 02156A ................. 51 Communities See GENERAL (European Communities) Control No. 02051A ....... 21 ------- Finland See NOISE (Finland) -- Control No. 01106B ............... 34 France. May 13, 1974 Decree No. 74-415 on the Control of Air-Polluting Emissions and Certain Uses of Thermal Energy ........... 5 See WATER (France) Control No. 02060A ............... 51 WATER (France) ~ Control No. 02061A ............... 52 Mercury Discharges Strictly Regulated ................. 6 Research Programs in the Field of Atmospheric Pollution ........ 6 G&wany, Fecf Rep Q& Surprise Action in Industrial Concerns ................ 6 Engine Manufacture at the Crossroads - Europe is Not the U.S.A ............................. 7 Law on Protection from Harmful Environmental Influences of Pollution, Noise, Vibrations and Similar Processes ....... 7 More Electricity or More Blue Skies? Exaggerated Environmental Protection Endangers Supply.* ............ 8 See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02014A ........ 25 Environmental Pollution Increasing in North-Rhine Westphalia ..... 8 Smog Danger on 50 Days ........................ 9 See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02075A ........ 26 HwgaSLy Air and Water Pollution Control in Hungary .............. 9 ICAQ See NOISE (ICAO) ~ Control No. 02066A ................ 37 InteAnation&t Common Effort for Clean Air ...................... 10 See SOLID WASTE (International) Control No. 02103A ......... 45 How Gouldings Dispose of Effluents .................. 10 Pollution Controls by Two Big Firms .................. 11 Requests in the State of Mexico for Suspension of Pollution Fines .......................... 11 Federal Control of 2,529 Highly Polluting Industries ......... 11 See GENERAL (Mexico) Control No. 01645E .............. 29 ii ------- MfcX/CGO Law Against Pollution Enters Into Force ............... 12 3,000 Industries Cause 50 Percent of the Damage, Says Vizcaino Murray ....................... 12 Spavin The Pollution in Our City is Pronounced but Not Alarming ....... 13 U.S.A. Campaign for Cleaner Air, Public Affairs Pamphlet, No. 494 ...... 13 Background Report on EPA Enforcement ................. 13 See GENERAL (United States) Control No. 02053A .......... 32 Action for Environmental Quality. Standards and Enforcement for Air and Water Pollution Control ............... 14 Progress in the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in 1973 ............................... 14 GENERAL Australia in the World Environment .................. 15 Environmental Pollution in Tasmania ................. 15 Health and Environmental Protection Under the Ministry for Health and Environment ...................... 15 Special Secretary for the Environment ................ 16 Decree No. 73.030 of Oct 30, 1973 .................. 16 Sep 26, 1967 Law No. 5.318 ...................... 17 SEMA Defines the Standards for Pollution ............... 17 Minas Gerais Attempts to Deter Pollution Without Inhibiting Development ...................... 17 SEMA Recommends Creation of Environmental Agencies .......... 18 Decree #2433: Resolutions of Report to the Ministerial Council on Protection and Improvement of the Environment in Bulgaria ........................... 18 iii ------- Page Canada. Government Organization Act, 1970 (Dept. of the Environment Act) ... 18 Pollution Control Regulations Vary .................. 19 Pollution Assessment First for New Plant Projects? .......... 19 Ottawa May Regulate Potentially Dangerous Chemical Substances ..... 19 China, People. '.A Rep Industrial Development and Pollution Control ............. 20 Amelioration of the Environment in Villages .............. 20 EEC The Polluter Pays Principle Considered by the EEC ........... 20 European Communities Application of the Polluter Pays Principle in Environmental Protection ............................ 21 The European Commission: Save the Water ............... 21 France Jun 6, 1974 Decree No. 74-578, On Powers of the Minister for the Quality of Life ...................... 21 Jun 25, 1974 Decree No. 74-604, On the Powers of the Secretary of State in the Office of the Minister for the Quality of Life (Environment) ........................ 22 See WATER (France) Control No. 02061A ............... 52 Composition of the Government ..................... 22 French Report for the United Nations Conference on the Environment ............................ 22 Who is Minister for the Quality of Life? ............... 23 Four Environmental Projects: M. Jarrot Proposes the Creation of a National Waste Agency .................... 23 The Charter of the Quality of Life: The New Texts and Some 'Punches' ............................ 23 Ge/tmam/, Fed Rep o& Departmental Jurisdiction in the Area of Environmental Protection at the State and Federal Levels (As of Aug 1, 1972) ........................... 24 Environmental Protection Measures of the Federal Interior Ministry ............................. 24 iv ------- Gexmany, Fed Rep o£ Only Hamburg Constitutes an Exception ................ 24 On the Status of Environmental Legislation .............. 25 Experts: Originator Principle Increasingly Called Into Question .......................... 25 Life or Death for Environmental Sinners ............... 25 Environmental Protection in the Ruhr Area .............. 26 The Limits to Environmental Strain in Agglomeration Areas ...... 26 Environment Asks for Centralized Organization ............ 27 Governmental Organization and Responses for Environmental Protection: A Comparative View .................. 27 Jsutn Establishment of Iran's Association for the Protection of the Life Environment ..................... 27 Ireland: National Report on Problems Relating to Environment for the United Nations Conference in Stockholm, July 1972 ....................... 28 Jobs and Pollution .......................... 28 Japan Quality of the Environment in Japan, 1972 .............. 28 Quality of the Environment in Japan, 1973 .............. 29 Mexico Environmental Pollution ....................... 29 Untrue that Pollution Has Been Reduced: Dr. Bravo Alvarez, of Unam ............................. 29 Creation of Study Center: Concamin Will Help in Fight Against Pollution ........................ 30 Mexico Exports Anti-Pollution Equipment. There is No Demand for it Here, Says the Manufacturers .......... 30 See AIR (Mexico) Control No. 02043A ............... 12 Round Tables on Deterioration of the Environment ........... 31 OECV Toward a Better Allocation of Resources: The Fight Against Pollution ........................ 31 ------- U.S.A. Environmental Pollution: Legislation and Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency .............. 31 In Productive Harmony: Environmental Impact Statements Broaden the Nation's Perspectives ................ 32 The Challenge of the Environment: A Primer on EPA's Statutory Authority ....................... 32 Research and Monitoring: Cornerstone for Environmental Action .............................. 32 NOISE Motor Vehicle Testing to B.S.3425: 1966 Undertaken on 4th April 1974 ............................ 33 Limits of Maximum Permissible Noise Pollution ....... ..... 33 See GENERAL (Austria) -- Control No. 02072A ............. 15 For a Healthy Environment in Czechoslovakia .............. 34 The Conquest of Noise in Finland ................... 34 See WATER (France) Control No. 02060A ............... 51 WATER (France) Control No. 02061A ............... 52 Germany, Fed Rep ofi Mar 4, 1974. Ordinance Establishing a Noise Protection Area for the Commercial Airport of Duesseldorf ............ 35 See AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02020A ......... 6 AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02033A ......... 7 GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02014A ....... 25 Only Quiet 'Birds' May Land at Munich's New Airport ......... 36 See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02075A ....... 26 Greater Noise Protection Zones Around Tegel Airport Requested .... 36 The Conquest of Noise in Great Britain ................ 37 vi ------- Page 1CA0 Aircraft-Noise Reduction: An Industry Progress Review ......... 37 ICAO Conference Identifies Measures to Improve the Aerodome Environment ........................ 37 ln.aJLa.vid. See AIR (Ireland) Control No. 02176A ................ 11 U.S.A. See GENERAL (United States) -- Control No. 02053A ........... 32 PESTICIDES Polluting Insecticides Will be Prohibited ............... 38 See WATER (France) Control No. 02061A ............... 52 AIR (France) Control No. 02064A ................ 6 U.S.A. See AIR (United States) Control No. 02081A ............. 13 See GENERAL (United States) Control No. 02053A ........... 32 RADIATION See GENERAL (Austria) Control No. 02072A ............. 15 See WATER (France) ~ Control No. 02060A ............... 51 WATER (France) -- Control No. 02061A ............... 52 G&una.n.y, Fed Rep o& A Bit of Sophistry .......................... 40 How Do We Protect Agriculture from Radioactive Fallout? ........ 40 Nuclear Power Plant at Verbois - The Christian Democratic Party Favors Popular Consultation ................. 41 U.S.A. See GENERAL (United States) Control No. 02053A ........... 32 vii ------- Page SOLID WASTE Standards for Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Incinerators. ... 41 See GENERAL (Australia) Control No. 02150A ............ 15 See GENERAL (Austria) -- Control No. 02072A ............. 15 Collection of Refuse, A Growing Problem ............... 42 Cleanliness and Order in Towns and Villages .......... ... 42 F/umce. See WATER (France) Control No. 02060A ............... 51 GENERAL (France) ~ Control No. 02093A ............. 23 , Fed Rep ofi Complete Supervision of Dangerous Wastes Sought ........... 43 See WATER (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 0047 8D ........ 57 Only 80 Dumps in Baden-Wuerttemberg ................. 44 Uniform Method of Waste Disposal Sought .... ........... 44 See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02014A ....... 25 GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02075A ....... 26 See WATER (International) Control No. 02057A ........... 60 A 'Black Box1 Controls Burning of Wastes - On Board Special Ships /Indus try Wastes Are Destroyed in the North Sea ....... 45 Iceland See WATER (Ireland) -- Control No. 02131A .............. 62 Oslo Plans Deposit for Scrapping Autos ................ 46 U.S.A. See GENERAL (United States) ~ Control No. 02053A .......... 32 viii ------- Page WATER See GENERAL (Australia) ~ Control No. 02150A ............. 15 See GENERAL (Austria) Control No. 02072A .............. 15 Oct 6, 1972 Royal Decree . . . Law of Mar 26, 1971 on the Protection of Surface Waters Against Pollution ........ 47 Jan 23, 1974 Royal Decree on Discharge of Wastewater Into Public Sewers and Surface Waters ............... 47 Jan 23, 1974 Decrees Implementing the Law of Mar 26, 1971 ....... 47 See GENERAL (Brazil) Control No. 02037B .............. 16 Control of Pollution in the Northeast ................. 48 Industries Prefer to Pay Fines Rather than Avoid Pollution ...... 48 Bulgaria Decree on Issuance of Permits for Constructions or Other Projects Which May be Harmful to Watercourses ........... 49 Ca.Yia.da. See GENERAL (Canada) Control No. 02011A .............. 18 Difficulty in Assessing Pollution is Hindrance ............ 49 Davis Claims Zone to Keep Tankers Out ................. 50 CkLn.a., Rep ofi See AIR ( China, Rep of) Control No. 02100A ............ 4 Hica. New Institute for Environmental Preservation ............. 50 See NOISE (Czechoslovakia) Control No. 02159A ........... 34 EEC Control of the Elimination of Waste Oil ................ 51 EoA.ope.an Commu.yiitLeA See GENERAL (European Communities) Control No. 02051A ....... 21 F/tance All the Juridical Problems of Industrial Pollution and Nuisances ........................... 51 ix ------- Law Dealing with The Protection of Nature and the Environment 52 See AIR (France) Control No. 02064A 6 In Calvados with the Pollution Hunters 52 Direction and Implementation of the Water Policy in France 53 The Parameters of Water Quality 53 Water Problems in Artois-Picardie 53 Water Problems in the Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Basin 54 The Orientation of the Water Policy Plan VI 54 Draft of White Paper for the Rhine-Meuse Basin 54 Basin Agencies: Six Mutuals to Fight Pollutions 55 In Two Months, 20 Ships Caught Discharging Oil Along French Coast; War on Pollution Pirates 55 Progress Report of the Basin Finance Agencies 1969-1972 55 See GENERAL (France) ~ Control No. 02093A 23 Rhine-Meuse Basin: Water and Planning 56 The Development of Water Basin Agency Action During Plan VI 56 Water Quality Yearbook: Rivers and Canals 1971 5V GeAmany, Fed Rep o£ Making a Fortune from Toxic Wastes 57 Thermo Oil Contaminates Purification Plant and the Bottwar 57 Dec 23, 1968. Law on Measures for Guaranteeing Waste Oil Disposal 58 Jan 21, 1969. Regulation for Implementing the Waste Oil Law ,58 Dec 2, 1971. Second Regulation for Implementing the Waste Oil Law 58 See GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02014A 25 AIR (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02074A 9 GENERAL (Germany, Fed Rep of) Control No. 02075A 26 Hungasiy See AIR (Hungary) Control No. 02129A 9 ICA0 See NOISE (ICAO) ~ Control No. 02066A 37 ------- Solid Waste Disposal in Europe .................... 60 The Rhine has Become Europe's Biggest Sewer ............. 60 Countries Bordering Mediterranean: Unanimous Agreement to Fight Pollution ........................ 61 Canadian-American Collaboration on Maritime Clean-Up ......... 61 Baltic Sea. Rescue is Almost Too Late ................ 61 How Dirty is the Baltic Sea? ..... ................ 62 Erie's Sewage at Ebb? ........................ 62 ln.eJia.nd Tackling the Problem of Pollution .................. 62 M&X^co Pollution is Very Extensive in the Panuco River Basin ........ 63 Rivers Which Could be Water Supply Sources for the Federal District are Being Polluted ............... 63 60,000 Dead Each Year from Typhoid in the Country: Water is the Most Polluted Medium in the Environment .......... 63 Damage to Rivers Is Too Much for the Department of Agriculture to Control ...................... 64 Water Pollution Will be Detected by a National Monitoring Network ............................. 64 Water and the Protection of Water Resources in the Low Countries ............................ 64 Spain Water Pollution in 'Environment 73' ................. 65 U.S.A. See AIR (United States) Control No. 02081A ............ 13 GENERAL (United States) Control No. 02053A .......... 32 AIR (United States) -- Control No. 02083A ............ 14 ' The Economics of Clean Water, 1973 .................. 66 Decree No. 1127 of Nov 15, 1972 ................... 66 xi ------- AIE AUSTRALIA LR (B) PAGE STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCINERATORS AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA. ENU. CONTROL DIVISION EPA ENGLISH 10/00/71 PCS 1-13 ID# 02036A *SOLID WASTE AUSTRALIA PB(A) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA. ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 3-18 ALSO SE *GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE EPA ID* 02150A AUSTRIA PM(A) REINHALTUNG D'ER LOFT. UMWELTSCHOTZ - DAMIT WIR UEBERLEBEN. (MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - SO THAT WE SURVIVE.) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-10 ID* 0205UA *ISSUED AFTER 10/00/72 THIS PAMPHLET, PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF WOLFGANG HINGST, SURVEYS THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRIAN AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS AIR POLLUTION POSES TO HUMAN AND PLANT LIFE AND TO PROPERTY. SINCE MID-1971 POLLUTION CONTROL HERE HAS FOLLOWED THE PRINCIPLE OF "COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM," WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING STUDY AND MONITORING PROGRAMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATES, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING NECESSARY EOUIPMENT. AUSTRIA'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL PROGRAMS IS QUOTED. ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL GROUPS IS CITED. EXISTING LAWS UNDER WHICH AIR POLLUTION MAY BE LIMITED ARE LISTED, AND THE POSSIBLE NEED OF A MORE DEFINITIVE LAW WITH QUANTITATIVE NORMS IS DISCUSSED. MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION IN AUSTRIAN CITIES, PROPOSED COUNTERMEASURES, AND MONITORING PROGRAMS PRESENTLY UNDERWAY ARE MENTIONED. THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THE PAMPHLET CONTAIN GRAPHS OF MEASUREMENTS CITED IN THE TEXT. AUSTRIA PM(B) GESUNDHEITS- UNO UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UNO UMWELTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-79 ID* 02072A *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72 *GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE RADIATION NOISE ------- PAGE AIR BELGIUM LR(A) BELGIUM LR(A) "MARCH 26, 197U MINISTERIAL DECREE OH TESTING HEATERS FUELED BY SOLID COMBUSTIBLES . . . ,» MONITEUH BELGE. EPA FRENCH* OH/12/7U PGS 5219-5221 IDf OOU36K *ALSO FLEMISH THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE ROYAL DECREE OF JULY 26, 1971, REGARDING CREATION OF SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION, PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURE TO BE USED IN TESTING HEATERS USING SOLID COMBUSTIBLES. THE RESULT OF SUCH TESTS IS EXPRESSED AS THE AVERAGE WEIGHT INDEX OF THE GASES OF COMBUSTION FROM THE HEATERS. "MINISTERIAL DECREE FIXING CONDITIONS FOR TESTING HEATERS FUELED BY LIQUID COMBUSTIBLES . . . ,» MONITEUR BELGE EPA FRENCH OV12/7« PGS 5221-5222 ID# 00436L ALSO FLEMISH THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE ROYAL DECREE OF JULY 26, 1971, REGARDING CREATION OF SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION, PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURE TO BE USED IN TESTING THE FUMES EMITTED BY HEATERS USING LIQUID COMBUSTIBLES. BELGIUM LH(A) "MARCH 27, 197H MINISTERIAL DECREE DETERMINING THE QUALIFICATION OF TECHNICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE OF HEATERS IN SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES," BONITEUR BELGE. EPA FRENCH* OH/12/7H PGS 5222-5223 IDt 00436M *ALSO FLEMISH TPIS DECREE STATES THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HFATING INSTALLATIONS IN THE SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROYAL DECREE OP JULY 26, 1971. IT PROVIDES A DETAILED LIST OF COURSES OF STUDY, AS WELL AS EXAMINATION PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TRAINING THESE TECHNICIANS. THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT MUST APPROVE THE CERTIFICATIONS OF ALL GRADUATES FROM THESE INSTITUTIONS. ------- AIR BRAZIL PB(B) PAGE "CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE NORTHEAST." 0 GLOBO PORTUGUESE *WATER 07/23/74 PGS 6 ID* EPA 0208UA CANADA LE(A) "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970 (DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT) ," REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT. EPA ENGLISH* PGS 177-195 ID* 02011A *ALSO FRENCH *GENERAL WATER CANADA "CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BRING NEW PROBLEMS." HARDIE, DOUG. ENGLISH 07/20/74 PGS U1 ALSO ST THE CITIZEN. ID# EPA 020K9A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT RESEARCHERS IN THE CANADIAN COMBUSTION RESEARCH LABORATORY FEAR THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES. ALTHOUGH ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT DO NOT REQUIRE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BY 1975, ALL GENERAL MOTORS CARS SOLD IN CANADA WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THE CONVERTER, WHICH CANNOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT COMPLETELY RETUNING THE ENGINE. RESEARCHERS NOTE THAT SOHE HO PERCENT OF.THE SULFUR DIOXIDE IN EXHAUST IS CONVERTED TO SULFUR TRIOXIDE, WHICH COMBINES WITH WATER IN THE EXHAUST TO FORM SDLFURIC ACID, INJURIOUS BOTH TO HEALTH AND THE CAR. ONE TANK OF LEADED GAS WILL DESTROY THE CONVERTER, AND BREAKDOWN OF THE CONVERTER RELEASES A HIGH LEVEL OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR. THE CONSUMER MUST PAY IN INCREASED FUEL CONSUMPTION, HIGH PRICES FOR UNLEADED GAS, AND INCREASED REPAIR BILLS. THE ARTICLE STATES THAT IT WOULD BE WISER TO DEVELOP A CLEANER ENGINE THAN TO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP THE EXHAUST. CANADA PM(E) "THE HIGH PRICE OF CLEANING UP." THE CITIZEN HARDIE, DOUG. ENGLISH 07/20/7U PGS 41 ALSO ST EPA ID* 02050A THIS NFWSPflPER ARTICLE REPORTS THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF TESTS CONDUCTED BY THE CANADIAN COMBUSTION RESEARCH LABORATORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES. RESEARCHERS AT THE LABORATORY EMPHASIZE THAT CANADA SHOULD BE DEVELOPING ITS OWN ANTIPOLLUTION REGULATIONS AND CONTROLS RATHER THAN RELYING ON THOSE DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATES. ENVIRONMENT CANADA, FOLLOWING THE U.S. LEAD, IS PLACING EMPHASIS ON POLLUTION CONTROL, WHILE THE LABORATORY'S EMPHASIS IS ON FUEL ECONOMY AND EFFICIENT COMBUSTION TO AVOID THE NECESSITY OF ADDED EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN UP AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST. THE ARTICLE REPORTS SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS BADE BY RESEARCHERS TO AID IN REACHING THIS GOAL. CANADA, WITH ITS MUCH COLDER CLIMATE, DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME POLLUTION PROBLEM AS THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY THE LOS ANGELES AREA WITH ITS CLOUD INVERSIONS AND HIGH CONCENTRATION OF AUTOMOBILES. THE CANADIAN EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON PRODUCING A CLEANER ENGINE WITH BETTER FUEL ECONOMY TO CONSERVE GASOLINE, IT IS REPORTED. ------- PAGE AIR CHINA,REPUBLIC OF PM(b) REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA. EPA ENGLISH 06/00/73 PCS 1-20 ID# 02100A WATER THIS REPORT DISCUSSES AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND THE NEED FOR LAND PLANNING IN TAIWAN. THE REPORT STATES THAT UNTIL NOW POLLUTION CONTROL HAS BEEN GIVEN LOW PRIORITY BECAUSE OF THE URGENT HEED TO INCREASE THE NATION'S PER CAPITA INCOME. MEASURES ARE NOW BEING INITIATED AS RAPID URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION COMPOUND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. AFTER A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNTRY'S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANIFESTATIONS OF URBANISM, ECONOMY, AND DEMOGRAPHY, THE REPORT DEVOTES SECTIONS TO LAND USE, GENERAL SITUATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE NATION AS A WHOLE AND CERTAIN MAJOR CITIES, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS, LAND SUBSIDENCE IN THE TAIPEI RIVER BASIN, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, LEGISLATION, AND CURRENT PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY A DRAFT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAW AND A DRAFT WATER LAW ARE DNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE YUAN (ADMINISTRATIVE BODY). CZECHOSLOVAKIA LR(B) PECE 0 ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL CZECH 10/19/72 PGS 13-19* *ALSO PAGES 28-30 *NOISE WATER (FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ID# EPA 02159A EEC PM(A) "CONTROL OF THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE OIL." NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 30. EPA FRENCH 05/00/71 PGS 23 ID# 02156A ALSO LRB *WATER EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES PM(A) "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: SAVE THE WATER," LE PEUPLE. EPA FRENCH 07/03/74 PGS H ID* 02051A *GENF.RAL WATER ------- AIR FINLAND PM(A) PAGE "THE CONQUEST OF NOISE IN FINLAND." NOISE 2000 LFHTINEN, P. II. ENGLISH 00/00/71 PCS 32-33 ALSO PUB *SOISE EPA ID# 01106B FRANCE LR(A) "BAT 13, 1974 DECBEE NO. 71-415 ON THE CONTROL OF AIR-POLLUTING EMISSIONS AND CERTAIN USES OF THERMAL ENERGY." JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE. EPA FRENCH 05/15/74 PGS 5178-5180 ID# 02059A THIS DECREE SYNTHESIZES PREVIOUS AIR POLLUTION TEXTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS. IT ALSO INTRODUCFS TWO NEW PROVISIONS. IT GRANTS TO DEPARTMENT PREFECTS THE AUTHORITY TO CALL LOCAL POLLUTION ALERTS OF SHORT DURATION WHEN POLLUTION LEVELS WARRANT AND TO REQUIRE OFFENDING INSTALLATIONS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OR TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THE OFFENDING OPERATIONS. SECONDLY, IT AUTHORIZES JOINT ACTION BY DESIGNATED MINISTERS (ENVIRONMENT, CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE) TO DETERMINE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF INCINERATION, COMBUSTION, AND THERMAL EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THIS DECREE ABROGATES THE SEPTEMBER 7, 1963 DECREE NO. 63-963, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHERS, BUT DIRECTIVES ISSUED UNDER OLDER DECREES ARE STILL APPLICABLE. FRANCE LR(B) TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES) GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE LOG FRENCH 05/01/73 PGS 1-190* IDf 02060A ^VARIOUSLY PAGINATED *WATER NOISE RADIATION SOLID WASTE LAW FRANCE 7 GREN 73 FRANCE LR (B) DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L1ENVIRONNEMENT (LAW DEALING WITH THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMARQUE, JEAN LOG FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 1-974 ID* 02061A *WATER NOISE RADIATION PESTICIDES GENERAL LAW FRANCE 7 LAHA ------- PAGE AIR FRANCE LR(B) FRANCI PM(B) "MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTtY REGULATED." LE FIGARO. FRENCH HATER 05/27/71 PGS 9 PESTICIDES EPA ID* 02064A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT FRANCE'S SECRETARIAT OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES, RECENTLY ISSUED A DIRECTIVE IMPOSING SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE AMOUNT OP MERCURY WHICH NEW FACTORIES MAY DISCHARGE INTO THE AIR AND WATER. THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY WASTE IN FINISHED PRODUCTS IS ALSO LIMITED. NEW INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HAY BE BUILT DULY IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. IN ADDITION, A PROGRAM IS UNDER HAY TO REDUCE DISCHARGES FROM EXISTING INDUSTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THEM TO THE LEVELS IMPOSED UPON NEW INSTALLATIONS. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL ARM OF A LARGER ACTION AIMED AT A REDUCTION IN ALL INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE OF MERCURY AND THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF MERCURY-BASED PRODUCTS, SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL FUNGICIDES AND PRODUCTS USED IN THE PAPER INDUSTRY. SOME DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE: OTHERS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE. "RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN TPE FIELD OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION," POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE, NO. 61. OPPSNEAU, J. C. EPA FRENCH 03/00/7U PGS 45-53 ID# 0215UA ALSO ST THIS ARTICLE LISTS THE VARIOUS ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH PROGRAMS SET UP BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. RESEARCH THEMES WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP ARE DESCRIBED. THESE TOPICS INCLUDE THT EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION ON BAN ANT) HIS ENVIRONMSNT, THE EFFECTS OF MAJOR POLLUTANTS ON RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGY, WAYS TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM AUT010BILES, THE MEASUREMENT OF POLLUTION, AND THE PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POLLUTANTS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS. AN APPENDIX LISTS STUDIES IN PROGRESS, CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCIENTISTS IN CHARGE OF THE VARIOUS STUDIES. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) "SURPRISE ACTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS." DIE WELT, NO. 129. EPA GERMAN 06/06/74 PGS 2 ID* 02020A NOISE THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT OFFICIALS CARRIED OUT AN UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION OF 1,496 INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS THROUGHOUT NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA TO SEE WHETHER REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN. THERE WERE 249 COMPLAINTS. AIR PURIFICATION AND NOISE PROTECTION DEVICES WERE CHECKED. THE INSPECTION WAS ORDERED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOR, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERAL STATE'S PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN CONNECTION WITH A DECLARED ENVIRONMENT DAY. OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BOARDS AND FACTORY INSPECTION OFFICES PERFORMED THE SURVEY. ------- PAGE ftlR GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) "ENGINE MANUFACTURERS AT THE CROSSROADS - EUROPE IS NOT THE U.S.A.." UMWELT: PORSCHOHG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5. JOHISSEN, H. DIETER EPA GERMAN 10/00/72 PGS H8-49 ID# 02031A ALSO ST THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE DISCUSSES AUTO EMISSION STANDARDS AND RESULTING LEGISLATIVE AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THE AMERICAN SOLUTION TO LEGAL DEADLINES FOR DEVELOPING EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL HEASURES LEADS TO ADDED FUEL USAGE AND HASTED ENERGY. REPORTEDLY THIS REMEDY DEPENDS ON USING AN OVER-RICH GAS MIXTURE AND ADDING A DEVICE TO RE-BURN HASTE PRODUCTS OF THE INITIAL COMBUSTION. IDEALLY EUROPEAN ENGINEERS WOULD RATHER CHANGE THE ENGINE SO THAT REDUCED QUANTITIES OF HARMFUL HASTES ARE INITIALLY PRODUCED. THEY BELIEVE, THEREFORE, THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD PROCEED MORE SLOWLY TO GIVE TECHNOLOGY TIME TO DEVELOP ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN TO PUSH TECHNOLOGY WITH LEGAL DEADLINES. THE VARYING EXHAUST STANDARDS FROM EUROPE TO THE U. S. HAVE OCCASIONED SOME CRITICISM. HOWEVER, OTHERS DEFEND THE LEGAL VARIETY ON THF BASIS THAT TRAFFIC, DEMOGRAPHIC A!fD CLIMATIC DIFFERENCES DEMAND IT. THE ARTICLE INCLUDES DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME LOWER EMISSION ENGINES UNDER CONSIDERATION. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(A) "LAW ON PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OF POLLUTION, NOISE, VIBRATIONS AND SIMILAR PROCESSES (FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW).n BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I EPA GERMAN 03/15/74 PGS 721-743 ID# 02033A NOISE THIS LAW, DATED MARCH 15, 197U, IS DESIGNED TO CONTROL AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION. IT EMPOWERS THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS THROUGH WHICH TO LIMIT OR PREVENT HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE. IT APPLIES TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OP CERTAIN FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES LIKELY TO CAUSE LARGE AMOUNTS OF AIR OH NOISE POLLUTION; THE PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT, OPERATION AND TESTING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND OF RAIL, AIR AND WATERCRAFT; AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADS, TRAINS AND STREETCARS. IT REQUIRES SOME FACILITIES TO OBTAIN PERMITS AND EMPOWERS THE INTERIOR MINISTRY TO DETERMINE WHICH FACILITIES NEED PERMITS. PROCEDURES FOR PERMIT APPLICATION, GRANTING AND REVOCATION ARE LISTED. THE MINISTRY MAY ALSO REGULATE AIR AND NOISE EMISSION AND IMMISSION LEVELS AND SET STANDARDS FOR MEASURING THEM. ------- PAGE AIR GERMANY,FED HEP OF LR(B) "MORE ELECTRICITY OR HOSE ELITE SKIES? EXAGGERATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENDANGERS SUPPLY". FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, NO. 66 THROM, W. EPA GERMAN 03/19/7H PGS. 13 ID# 02033B ALSO SF THIS ARTICLE MAINTAINS THAT THE GOALS OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY RELATIVE TO CLEAN AIR AND THOSE OF THE ECONOMICS MINISTRY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF MORE ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS ARE CONFLICTING, AND COMPROMISES NEED TO BE REACHED. TO ASSURE THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC A STEADY SUPPLY OP CURRENT, THE ENERGY PROGRAM OF THE ECONOMICS MINISTRY CALLS FOR BUILDING UP TO 10 NEW POWER PLANTS USING GERMAN HARD COAL. SUCH PLANTS PRODUCE SDLFUR EMISSIONS, AND PRESENT CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IN THIS AREA IS INADEQUATE. ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY HAVE PREPARED A DRAFT MINISTERIAL ORDER PURSUANT TO THE IMMISSIONS LAW, "TECHNICAL GUIDES TO MAINTENANCE OP AIR PURITY" (TAL) WHICH WOULD DEMAND IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AIR POLLUTION LEVELS. THE AUTHOR STATES THIS WOULD PREVENT NEW POWER PLANTS FROM BEING APPROVED. HE BELIEVES THAT A LONGER COMPLIANCE PERIOD SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY TAL TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF SULFUR CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY SUPPLY ARE HELD TO BE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. GFRMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "EXPERTS: ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION," STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG, NO. 86. GERMAN *GENERAL NOISE OU/n/7l» PGS 1 SOLID WASTE WATER ID* 0201«A GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(E) "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION INCREASING IN NORTR-^RHINE WESTPHALIA." DIE WELT, NO. 128. EPA GERMAN 06/05/74 PGS 6 ID# 02019A THIS ARTICLE EXTRACTS FINDINGS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA. THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT DAMAGING IMMISSIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THEREFORE NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA WILL BE THE FIRST FEDERAL STATE TO ESTABLISH IMMISSIONS MAPS TO SCIENTIFICALLY PINPOINT SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION. A TRIAL PROGRAM IN COLOGNE ESTABLISHED THAT AUTO EXHAUSTS WERE MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE CITY, INDUSTRY IMMISSIONS IN LESS DENSELY POPULATED SUBURBS. THE STATE MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL WELFARE CITED THE PARADOXICAL FACT THAT GERMAN AUTO MANUFACTURERS BUILD CARS WITH POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES FOR EXPORT TO NORTH AMERICA AND NOT FOR THE HOME MARKET. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THE REPORT FINDS THAT THE RHINE HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT LESS POLLUTED, AND EVEN MORE IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED B.Y 1975. ------- PACK AIR GERMANS,FED REP OF PH(E) "SMOG DANGER OB 50 DAYS." NSIKES, JORG G-ERHAK WATER UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCBUTZ, HO. 3. EPA 06/00/73 PCS 28-31 ID* 0207UA THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE HEAVY POLLUTION LOAD BORNE BY CITIZENS OF THE HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL RUHR CITY DUIS3URG AND THE RESULTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN ECONOMIC (INDUSTRIAL) GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. BETWEEN 1962 AND 1972 POLLUTION AND POOR LIVING CONDITIONS CAUSED THE EXODUS OF 11.8% OF THE POPULATION OF THIS CITY WHERE LOCAL AIR INVERSIONS BRING ABOUT AN AVERAGE 50 DAYS OF GRITTY SHOG YEARLY. TO PREVENT WORSENING OF THE SITUATION, CITIZENS HAVE BECOME VERY ACTIVE IS THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT, AND NOW VARIOUS PRIVATE GROUPS REGULARLY CHALLENGE PROPOSED NEW FACTORIES WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERTISE ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS. FOR EXAMPLE, A LARGE PETRO-CHEBICAL FIRM IS FACING SERIOUS OPPOSITION TO ITS PLAN TO BUILD A PLANT IN A CITY SUBURB. POLLUTION OF THE RHINE AT THIS MAJOR INLAND PORT IS ALSO BRIEFLY MENTIONED. GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET: DISKUSSIONSBEITBAG ZOH UMWELTSCHUTZ. SCFENKEL, W. EPA GERMAN 00/00/71 PGS 213-228 ID# 02075A *GENERAL NOISE WfiTER SOLID WASTE HUNGARY P«(A) "AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN HUNGARY." NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEHENT, SO. 29. EPA FRENCH OU/00/7U PGS 17, 19 ID# 02129A ALSO LRB WATER THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON SOME MEASURES THAT HUNGARY HAS TAKEN TO CONTROL THE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CAUSED BY INCREASING INDUSTRIALIZATION, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS BUDAPEST. FOR EXAMPLE, INDUSTRIES WHICH VIOLATE THE 196U WATER PROTECTION LAW REQUIRING PLANTS WHICH DISCHARGE POLLUTED WATER TO RAVE ADEQUATE TREATMENT PLANTS ARE SUBJECT TO PROGRESSIVE FINES. THIS METHOD HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING POLLUTION IN MANY CASES. IN THE FIELD OF AIR POLLUTION, A 1971 GOVERNMENTAL DECREE DIVIDES FACTORIES INTO FOUR CATEGORIES, AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL TAX IS LEVIED ACCORDING TO THESE CATEGORIES, THE REAVIFST POLLUTERS PAYING MOST. FINES FOR NONCOHPLIANCE WITH ANTIPOLLUTION STANDARDS, FOR WHICH THE GRACE PERIOD EXPIRES AT THE END OF 1974, WILL BE PUT INTO A NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC PROTECTION FUND TO PAY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. ECONOMISTS ESTIMATE THAT 1 TO 3 PERCENT OF HUNGARY'S GNP MUST BE DEVOTED TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES AND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES CURRENTLY EQUAL 1 PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL REVENUE. ------- MR ICAO PM(A) PAGE 10 "ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME ENVIRONMENT," ICAO BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7. EPA ENGLISH 07/00/7U PGS 9 ID# 02066A 'NOISE WATER INTERNATIONAL PH(B) "COMMON EFFORT FOR CLEAN AIR," STDTTGART ZEITUNG, NO. 92. EPA ID* 02012A GERMAN OU/20/7H PGS 27 THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES PLANNED COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GERMAN CITY OF S6ECKINGEH AND THE FIRM KOFBANN-LA ROCHE LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORING SWISS CITY OF SISSELH IN CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION. THE SWISS FIRM HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE TO SAECKINGEN THREE MAJOR SERVICES: (1) A BIANNUAL COMPUTER READING OF THE SULFUR DIOXIDE LEVEL IN THE AIR, (2) CONTINUAL REPORTS ON THE STAGE OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES, (3) USE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR OP THE MOBILE AIR POLLUTION MEASURING STATION UTILIZED BY SWISS INDUSTRY IB THE AREA. IN ADDITION AN ALARM SYSTEM IS TO BE ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW CITIZENS OF THE GERMAN CITY TO REPORT UNPLEASANT ODORS FROM THE LA ROCHE PLANT TO A LOCAL OFFICE WHICH WILL RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE SWISS FIRH. INTERNATIONAL PM(B) "A 'BLACK BOX1 CONTROLS BURNING OF WASTES - ON BOARD SPECIAL SHIPS/INDUSTRY BASTES ARE DESTROYED IN THE NORTH SEA." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEISE ZEITUNG, NO. 51*. EPA GERMAN 03/05/74 PGS 8 ID* 02103A *SOLID WASTE IRELAND LR (B) "HOW GOULDINGS DISPOSE OF EFFLUENTS." IRISH PRESS. DOCHERTY, JOHN ENGLISH 04/20/7U PGS 10 ALSO PMB ID# EPA 02133A THIS ARTICLE ON AIR POLLUTION IN IRELAND DISCUSSES CONTROL MEASURES USED BY GOULDINGS FERTILIZER DIVISION OF FITZWELTON. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OFFICER OF THE PLANT STATES THAT THE FIRM IS GUIDED BY THE ALKALI ACT OF 1906 AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ALKALI INSPECTOR. UNDER THE 1906 ACT SPECIFIC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BUST BE MET, AND A FIRM IS SUBJECT TO PENALTY IF THE INSPECTOR CAN PROVE IT HAS NOT EMPLOYED THE BEST PRACTICAL MEANS AVAILABLE TO LIMIT POLLUTION. THE INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS MONITORS THE EFFECTS OF EMISSIONS. THE FERTILIZER COMPANY DEALS WITH SULFDRIC ACID EMISSIONS BY LIMITING THEIR CONCENTRATION AND EXPELLING THEM THROUGH A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SMOKE STACK. GASES WITH PHOSPHORIC ACID ARE WASHED AND SCRUBBED. A NOISE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED WITH TH? ASSISTANCE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS. THE OVERALL EFFICACY OF USING TALLER FLUES TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION IS BRIEFLY QUESTIONED. ------- PAGE 11 AIR IRELAND PB(fi) MEXICO LR (B) "POLLUTION CONTROLS BY TWO BIG FIRHS." IRISH PRESS. DOCHERTY, JOHN ENGLISH 01/23/7U PGS 11 NOISE ID# EPA 02176A THIS ARTICLE DETAILS POLLUTION CONTROL PROCEDURES AT TWO POTENTIALLY HEAVILY POLLUTING COMPANIES IS IRELAND. A LARGE CEMENT FACTORY WITH A PLANT NEAR DUBLIN HAS ALMOST ELIMINATED DUST FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BY USING A COVERED PROCEDURE AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONAL OPEN ONE, AND BY USING BAG OR ELECTROSTATIC FILTERS AT TRANSFER POINTS TO TRAP AND EVENTUALLY RETURN DUST TO THE MANUFACTURING CYCLE. IRELAND HAS NO LEGAL EMISSIONS LIMITS FOR DUST, BUT THE PLANT HAD ADOPTED THE GERMAN STANDARDS OF 100 MILLIGRAMS PER SQUARE METER. THESE ARE THE MOST STRINGENT STANDARDS IN EUROPE, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE. THE EMISSIONS COUNT FROM THE IRISH PLANT IN QUESTION IS LESS THAN TEN MILLIGRAMS. A PAPER MILL ON THE RIVER CAMAC IS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS TO FURTHER REDUCE ITS EFFLUENTS. IT HAS USED EQUIPMENT TO FILTER SOLID WASTES PROM WATER TO BE RETURNED TO THE RIVER SINCE 19UO. "REQUESTS IN THE STATE OF MEXICO FOR SUSPENSION OF POLLUTION FINES" EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/16/7U PGS ID* 01645C ALSO SE ACCORDING TO THE LAW ON SMOKE AND PARTICLE EMISSION OF SEPTEMBER 1971, ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT MUST BE INSTALLED IN POLLUTION-CREATING ESTABLISHMENTS BY MAY 17, 197U . VIOLATIONS OF THIS LAW MAY RESULT IN GOVERNMENT TAKEOVERS, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CLOSURES, OR FINES RANGING FROM 50 TO 100,000 PESOS. THE ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND THE CONFEDERATION OF CHAMBERS OF INDUSTRY, IN THE STATE OF MEXICO, REQUESTED THAT SANCTIONS BE SUSPENDED AGAINST THOSE INDUSTRIES WHICH BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC OR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE NOT INSTALLED ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. THIS REQUEST WAS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE GREATEST DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LAW. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIALISTS STATED THAT CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO OBTAIN INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION AND THAT OVER 500 MILLION PESOS HAD ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON POLLUTION CONTROL. YET, MANY SMALL INDUSTRIES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW WITHIN THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD TIME. MEXICO LR (B) "FEDERAL CONTROL OF 2,529 HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES." EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/07/71 PGS ID# 01645D THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE MEXICAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ASSUMED CONTROL OF 2,529 HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES. MOREOVER, AS THE LAW AGAINST SMOKE AND PARTICLE EMISSIONS GOES INTO EFFECT 0-N MAY 17, 1971, THOSE INDUSTRIES WHICH HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE NEW STANDARDS WILL NOT BE NECESSARILY CLOSED DOWN, BUT THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO FINES UNLESS THEY CAN PROTE EVERYTHING FEASIBLY POSSIBLE HAS BEEN DONE TO REDUCE POLLUTION. IT IS CALCULATED THAT INDUSTRIAL SPENDING ON ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT HAS REACHED 1,941 MILLION PESOS, AND SPENDING FOR EQUIPMENT PRESENTLY BEING INSTALLED REPRESENTS ANOTHER 2,U82 MILLION PESOS. ------- AIR MEXICO LR (B) PAGE 12 "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." EXCELSIOR SPANISH *GENERAL 05/1U/7U PCS EPA ID* 016U5E MEXICO LR(B) "LAW AGAINST POLLUTION ENTERS INTO FORCE." EXCELSIOR SPANISH 05/18/7U PGS EPA ID* 016H5F THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT IN ORDER TO HELP ENFORCE THE ANTI-SHORE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION LAW WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE MAY 17, 1974, THE SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEHENT HAS CALLED UPON THE MEXICAN PEOPLE TO DENOUNCE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION IN URBAN AREAS. TO DATE THERE ARE ABOUT 80,000 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS THAT ARE GRAVELY POLLUTING THE AIR, BHILE SMALL BUSINESSES AND AUTOMOBILES ARE CAUSING EXCESSIVE AIR POLLUTION JN NUMEROUS OTHER PLACES. THE SUBSECRETARY EMPHASIZED THAT STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUST ACTIVELY1 PARTICIPATE IN CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS. FOR LARGE INDUSTRIES, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW CAN RESULT IN FINES UP TO 50,000 PESOS AND TEMPORARY CLOSURE, AND AFTERWARDS PERMANENT CLOSURE MAY RESULT IF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IS NOT INSTALLED. FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES, FINES FROM 50 TO 500 PESOS MAY BE LEVIED IF THEY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW. MEXICO SE( ) "3,000 INDUSTRIES CAUSE 50 PERCENT OF THE DAMAGE, SAYS VIZCAINO MURRAY." EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/15/7U PGS ID* 020U3A GENERAL THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT IN A MEETING WITH BUSINESSMEN IN GUADALAJARA (JALISCO) THE SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, VIZCAINO MURRAY, DECLARED THAT 3,000 INDUSTRIES CAUSE 50 PERCENT OF TBE POLLUTION IN MEXICO. AMONG THESE ARE THE OIL, METAL, PAPER AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES. OF THE 13,033 POLLUTION-CREATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE STATE OF JALISCO, ONLY 156 ARE CONSIDERED HIGHLY POLLUTING. INDUSTRIAL LEADERS AGREED TO TAKE STEPS TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE LAWS CONCERNING INSTALLATION OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, BUT THEY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR EXCEPTIONS OR EXTENSIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY CREATE A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF POLLUTION AND CANNOT AFFORD ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. THE SUBSECRETARY SAID THAT MONEY COLLECTED IN FINES WOULD GO TO CHARITY. SOME SMALL BUSINESSMEN ARE THREATENING TO LIQUIDATE THEIR BUSINESSES IF SHOWDOWNS OCCUR. ------- PAGE 13 AIR SPAIN PM(B) "THE POLLUTION IN ODR CITY IS PRONOUNCED BUT NOT ALARMING." ABC EPA SPANISH 11/23/73 PGS ID* 02038A TPIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN MADRID TO DETEHHINE POLLUTION LEVELS BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE DRY, HOT CLIMATE OF THE CITY IS CONDUCIVE TO A BIGH LEVEL OF AIR POLLUTION, AND MEASUREMENTS IN 1973 SHOWED A 15 PERCENT INCREASE IV POLLUTION OVER 1972. THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONCERN OVER THIS DEVELOPMENT IS INDICATED IN THE INTENSIFICATION OF MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE DANGEROUS LEVELS. A MEETING IS SCHEDULED AHONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIES OF MADRID, BARCELONA AND BILBAO TO DISCUSS ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES. TO PATE, ALL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EFFORTS IN MADRID HAVE BEEN MUNICIPAL WITH LITTLE COLLABORATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT ANY SOLUTION MUST FIT INTO A NATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL SCHEME. AT ANY RATE, ALTHOUGH AIR POLLUTION IN MADRID IS QOITE PRONOUNCED, IT HAS YET TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS. UNITED STATES LR (B) CAMPAIGN FOR CLEANER AIR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAMPHLET, NO. ZELDIN, MARVIN ENGLISH 06/00/73 PGS 1-2U ID* ALSO PMB EPA 02069A THIS PAMPHLET, PUBLISHED BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, INC., CITES THE HAZARDS AND EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND DISCUSSES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING TEE U. S. CLEAN AIR ACT LEGISLATION. EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO EPA STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS, AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION CONTROL, AIR POLLUTION EPISODE ACTIVITIES, COST OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AND THE CITIZEN'S ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIR POLLUTION. ALTHOUGH IT NOTES SOME DRAWBACKS AND DEFICIENCIES, THE PAMPHLET PRESENTS AN OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON AMERICA'S TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ABILITY TO CONTROL AND PREVENT AIR POLLUTION IF THE PUBLIC MAINTAINS AS ACTIVE INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN THE MATTER. UNITED STATES PM(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID# 02053A *GENERAL WATER PESTICIDES RADIATION SOLID WASTE NOISE ------- PAGE AIR UNITED STATES PH(B) BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENGLISH 07/25/74 PGS 1-40 ALSO LRB AND PHA WATER PESTICIDES EPA ID» 02081A THIS REPORT, ISSUED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON JULY 25, 1974, DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO PESTICIDES, AND AIR AND HATER POLLUTION DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1973 TO MARCH 1974. THESE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COURT ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST VIOLATORS, ESTABLISHMENT OF POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROGRAMS, MONITORING OF POLLUTION SOURCES, NEGOTIATIONS WITH POLLUTERS TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS, CASE PREPARATIONS, AND COORDINATION OF THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS FOR TAKING OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES). TO DATE, MORE THAN 4,000 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES HAVE ENSUED FROM THE EPA AND MORE THAN 8 MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN PINES LEVIED AGAINST VIOLATORS. THE MAJOR RESULTS OF THE EPA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE LISTED, BUT THE REPORT INDICATES, NEVERTHELESS, THAT THE JOB OF CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT IS JUST BEGINNING AND WILL REQUIRE STRENUOUS FUTURE EFFORTS. UNITED STATES PB(B) ACTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT FOR AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 03/00/73 PGS 1-20 ID# 02083A WATER THIS PAMPHLET CONSISTS OF TWO SECTIONS, ONE DEALING WITH STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION, THE OTHER WITH THOSE TO LIMIT WATER POLLUTION. EPA'S AUTHORITY TO SET CERTAIN AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE STEMS FROM THE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1970; ITS AUTHORITY IN THE AREA OF WATER POLLUTION IS BASED ON THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT OF 1972. EPA'S AUTHORITY UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO SET NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, NEW PLANT STANDARDS AND MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION STANDARDS. THE WPCA OF 1972 SET UP A SYSTEM OF PERM.ITS FOR DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE NATION'S WATERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. EPA'S AUTHORITY TO LIMIT DISCHARGE OF SLUDGE, OIL AND OTHER HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS, AND SEWAGE FROM SHIPS INTO THE NATION'S WATERS IS ALSO DISCUSSED. THE LIMIT OF EPA'S AUTHORITY IN DETERMINING DRINKING WATER QUALITY IS NOTED. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION DESCRIBES HOW A NATIONAL STANDARD IS SET. ------- PAGE 15 AIR UNITED STATES PH(B) GENERAL AUSTRALIA PM(A) PROGRESS IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MR POLLUTION IN 1973. REPORT TO CONGRESS. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 01/00/74 PGS 1-85 ID* 02101A THIS "ANNDAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT AS AMENDED" DESCRIBES EPA'S PROGRESS IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM JANUARY 1 TO OCTOBER 15, 1973. CHAPTERS DEAL WITH CONTROL OP HOBILE SOURCE EMISSIONS, AIR QUALITY CRITERIA AND EMISSION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AND THE STATUS OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. FURTHER CHAPTERS REPORT ON STANDARD SETTING BY THE STATES AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS, THE GROWTH OF AIR POLLUTION MONITORING SYSTEMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND MONITORING INSTRUMENTS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE STANDARDS SET OR UNDER CONSIDERATION BY EPA; STATE, INTERSTATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS AND REPORTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S AIE QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD. THE INTRODUCTION SUMMARIZES MAJOR ENVIRONMENT EVENTS FOR THE YEAR 1973, AND AN APPENDED TABLE LISTS EPA»S AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FROM MAY 1972 TO OCTOBER 1973. AUSTRALIA IN THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT HOWSON, PETER ENGLISH 09/25/72 PGS 1-22 EPA ID* 02105A HC 79 .E5 H68 THIS LECTURE GIVEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SUMMARIZES THE AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE 1972 STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND OUTLINES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION IN AUSTRALIA. DIFFERING FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND GREAT BRITAIN, THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED COMMONWEALTH (I.E., AUSTRALIAN) OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS NO EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS. THIS OFFICE ADMINISTERS ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BY COORDINATING AND DRAWING UPON THE EXPERTISE OF pTHBR WELL-ESTABLISHED ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION IS FLEXIBLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR AUSTRALIA WHICH EXPERIENCES A LESSER DEGREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION THAN THE MORE EXTENSIVELY DFVELOPED COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA PH(A) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA. 10/00/72 PGS 3-18 SOLID WASTE ENGLISH ALSO SE WATER EPA ID! 02150A AIR THIS REPORT, PRESENTED TO THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT BY TRE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, CONTAINS INFORMATION AND STATISTICAL TABLES WHICH SUMMARIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN TASMANIA AS OF OCTOBER 1972. LAND USAGE, WATER AND FUEL CONSUMPTION AND THE DEGREE OF AIR, WATER AND LAND POLLUTION ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL ASD DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES. THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT POLLUTION CONTROL IN TASMANIA HAS BEEN INADEQUATE AND RECOMMENDS THE CREATION OF A FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THROUGH LEGISLATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, MONITORING AND RESEARCH. ------- PAGE 16 GENERAL AUSTRIA PM(B) GESUNDHEITS- UND UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMINISTBRIUHS FUER GESONDHEIT UND UMWELTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PCS 1-79 ID# 02072A *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72 AIR WATER SOLID WASTE RADIATION NOISE THIS BOOKLET PRESENTS THE POLICIES AND PLANS OF THE NEWLY CREATED MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE FOURTH CHAPTER, DEVOTED SPECIFICALLY TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, TREATS IN A SECTION EACH: AIR PURITY, WATER PURITY, WASTE REMOVAL, PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, NOISE REDUCTION AND PROTECTION FROM IONIZING RAYS. EACH SECTION DISCUSSES THE NATURE OF THE EXISTING PROBLEM AND ACTUAL AND PROPOSED PROGRAMS. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAPTER STATES TRE MINISTRY'S GENERAL GOALS AND POLICIES RELATIVE TO ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING ITS PRIMARILY COORDINATING MISSION AND ITS QUALIFIED COMMITMENT TO THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE. EXCERPTS FROM CHANCELLOR BRUNO KREISKY'S POLICY SPEECH ANNOUNCING ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FORM A PREFACE TO THE BOOKLET. A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA IS APPENDED ON PAGES 71-79. BRAZIL LR(A) SECRETARIA ESPECIAL DO HEIO AMBIENTE (SEMA) (SPECIAL SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT) COSTA CAVALACANTI, OOSE AND JOAO P. DOS REIS VELLOSO EPA PORTUGUESE PCS 1-11 ID# 02037A ALSO PMA AND LRB THIS PAMPHLET REPRINTS THE DECREE THAT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, UNDER THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) IS A CENTRAL AGENCY FOR THE COORDINATION AND APPLICATION OF VARIOUS LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEALING ENTIRELY OR PARTIALLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE PAMPHLET LISTS SOME OF THE EXISTING LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CITES THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL COORDINATING AUTHORITY. THE BODY OF THE DECREE FOLLOWS THE INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, FUNDING AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF SEMA. THIS DECREE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DIARIO OFICIAL DA UNIAO (OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE UNION) ON OCTOBER 30, 1973 AND ENTERED INTO FORCE THE SAME DAY. ------- PAGE 17 GENERAL BRAZIL LR(A) "DECREE NO. 73.030 OF OCTOBER 30, 1973." COLECAO DAS LEIS DA REPOBLICA FEDBRATIVA DO BRASIL 1973, VOL VIII, TOMO I EPA PORTUGUESE 00/00/7U PGS 160-162 ID* 02037B ALSO PHA WATER THIS DECREE, PUBLISHED IN THE BRAZILIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON OCTOBER 30, 1973, CREATES THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (SEHA), UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. SEMA IN NO MANNER REPLACES OR MODIFIES THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS, BUT RATHER ACTS AS A CENTRAL ADVISORY AND COORDINATING AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF THESE LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS. AMONG OTHER MEANS, SEMA IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL BUDGET AND CONTRIBUTIONS. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF SEMA ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE NUCLEUS OF THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR. TECHNICAL AND LEGAL PROJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT ON A CONTRACT BASIS AND BY REQUISITION OF SERVICES AND PERSONNEL FROM GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS. THE SECRETARY OF SEHA IS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. SIMILARLY NINE ECOLOGICAL SPECIALISTS ARE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF SEBA'S CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CCMA) . THEY ADVISE THE SECRETARY IN MATTERS RELATING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. BRAZIL LR(A) "SEPTEMBER 26, 1967 LAW NO. 5.318." COLECAO DAS LEIS DE 1967, V. 5 CO'STA E SILVA. A. ET AL. EPA PORTUGUESE 00/00/67 PGS 23-2U ID* 02056A ALSO PMA THIS LAW INSTITUTES THE NATIONAL SANITATION POLICY AND CREATES THE NATIONAL SANITATION COUNCIL (CONSANE), UNDER THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. THE NATIONAL SANITATION POLICY APPLIES TO BASIC SANITATION, WATER SUPPLY AND USE, DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS, AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION, EROSION AND FLOODS. CONSANE INTERPRETS THE POLICY ALONG THE LINES OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND FORMULATES DIRECTIVES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY IN A NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONSANE CONSISTS OF AN APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND SIX MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE MINISTRIES OF INTERIOR, HEALTH AND PLANNING. THE PLENARY COUNCIL OF CONSANE, STAFFED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, CONDUCTS DETAILED RESEARCH IN FORMULATING THE DIRECTIVES SET FORTH BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION WORKS AND TWO OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN. THIS LAW SUPERCEDES DECREE-LAWS NOS. 248 AND 303 OF FEBRUARY 28, 1967. ------- PAGE 18 GENERAL BPAZIL PM(B) BRAZIL PM(A) "SEMA DEFINES THE STANDARDS FOR POLLUTION." 0 GLOBO PORTUGUESE ALSO PHA 08/10/74 PCS 2 EPA IDt 02087A ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE SPECIAL SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEHA) HILL ATTFND A MEETING IN BRASILIA TO FORHOLATE THE MEDICAL HEALTH STANDARDS FOR POLLUTION IN BRAZIL. SEMA ALREADY CONDUCTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES THROUGH USE OF VARIOUS LABS. HOWEVER, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY STAFF OF SEMA HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THE TASK OF DRAFTING A SINGLE LAW COVERING ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BRAZIL. ALTHOUGH SEMA FORESEES A FUTURE SCARCITY OF COMPETENT PERSONNEL, THE PRESENT NEEDS ARE BEING RESOLVED ADEQUATELY WITH PERSONNEL CONTRACTED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. "MINAS GERAIS ATTEMPTS TO DETER POLLUTION WITHOUT INHIBITING DEVELOPMENT,11 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO EPA PORTUGUESE 07/03/74 PGS 12 ID# 02108A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A SPECIAL COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN CREATED BY STATE DECREE AFTER THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, VETOED A LAW PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF THE STATE COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE GOVERNOR CONTENDED THAT THE CREATION OF THE COUNCIL WAS NOT JUSTIFIED SINCE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN DEFINED AND THAT SUCH A COUNCIL COULD EVENTUALLY INTERFERE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE. THREE TECHNICIANS PROM STATE AGENCIES COMPOSE THE SPECIALLY CREATED COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES WILL INCLUDE REVIEW AND APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAWS, PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. BRAZIL PM(B) "SEHA RECOMMENDS CREATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES." 0 GLOBO EPA PORTUGUESE 02/06/74 PGS 3 ID# 02119A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF BRAZIL HAS URGED THE STATE OF SAO PAULO TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WHICH WOULD ORGANIZE AND COORDINATE THE EXISTING LAWS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS AGENCY WOULD BE AUTONOMOUS BUT WOULD RECEIVE FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA). THE SECRETARY HAS STRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND HAS STATED THAT HE WILL URGE THE OTHER BRAZILIAN STATES TO CREATE SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES. ------- PAGE 19 J3EN2RAL- BULGARIA LR(A) "DFCREE #2433: RESOLUTIONS OF REPORT TO THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL ON PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN BULGARIA." D'RZHAVEH VESTNIK, NO. 88 EPA BULGARIAN 11/06/73 PCS 6 ID* 02132A THIS REPORT OF THE SIXTH PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF OCTOBER 31, 1973, DISCUSSES THE DEFICIENCIES IN BULGARIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND PROPOSES MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE POLLUTION CONTROL. THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS, EXERCISING STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, AND INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING LEGISLATION BY PROPOSING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS. ALSO URGED AHE GREATER ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE MORE UP-TO-DATE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS, AS WELL AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS OF USE AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH INSTALLATIONS. IN ADDITION, IT WAS RESOLVED THAT THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL SHOULD ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL METHODS OF PLANT PROTECTION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOIL PROTECTION. INTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ALONG WITH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN POLLUTION CONTROL, AHE EMPHASIZED. CANADA LR(A) "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970 (DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT) ," REVISED STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT. EPA ENGLISH* PGS 177-195 ID# 02011A *ALSO FRENCH WATER AIR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS ESTABLISHED TO SUPERSEDE THE DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND FORESTRY, ASSUMING ALL OF ITS FUNCTIONS, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES FORMERLY VESTED IS THE DEPT. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES. THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHO IS ALSO MINISTER OF FISHERIES, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MATTERS IN THE FEDERAL JURISDICTION PERTAINING TO MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES; FORESTS AND WILDLIFE: WATER MANAGEMENT; PROTECTING QUALITY OF WATER, AIR, SOIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL; CONDUCTING TECHNICAL SURVEYS; AND ENFORCING INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION-CONTROL AGREEMENTS. THE MINISTER IS TO INITIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION TO ESTABLISH POLLUTION-CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS, PROMOTE POLICIES FOR PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND COOPERATE WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ENGAGED IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE SCHEDULES CONTAIN LISTS OF LAWS ADMINISTERED BY OR AMENDED WITR RESPECT TO THE DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ------- PAGE 20 GENERAL CANADA LR (B) CANADA LR(B) "POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS VARY." FINANCIAL TIHES OF CANADA EPA ENGLISH 06/21/7U PGS IDt 02058A ALSO PMA THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES IN GENERAL THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS' POLICIES AND JURISDICTIONS IN POLLUTION CONTROL IN CANADA. ALTHOUGH LARGE AREAS OF CANADA ARE NOT AFFECTED BY POLLUTION DUE TO LACK OF POPULATION, THE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT POLLUTION BUST BE CONTROLLED IN AFFECTED AREAS WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF ECONOMIC REALISM. TAKING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY AS AS EXAMPLE, EACH PROVINCE PASSES ITS OWN LEGISLATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO A DEGREE THAT REFLECTS THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN EACH PROVINCE. THUS, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION PASSED IN HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED PROVINCES SUCH AS ONTARIO IS SPECIFIC AND STRICT, WHILE IN LESS INDUSTRIALIZED PROVINCES POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS ARE MORE GENERALIZED. THE ARTICLE ALSO BRIEFLY STATES THE INCENTIVES TO MOTIVATE INDUSTRY TO INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES. THESE INCENTIVES EXIST IN MOST PROVINCES IN THE FORM OF TAX BREAKS. ALSO LISTED ARE THE OFFICIAL AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND LAWS. "POLLUTION ASSESSMENT FIRST FOR NEW PLANT PROJECTS?" FINANCIAL POST. EPA ENGLISH 08/11/73 PGS 5 ID# 02067A THIS ARTICLE INDICATES THAT THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT HAS PREPARED DRAFT LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS BEFORE PROJECTS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE APPROVED. THE ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT WANTS TO FORCE DEVELOPERS TO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES BEFORE THE DECISION TO BUILD HAS BEEN MADE. HOWEVER, IT WANTS TO AVOID LENGTHY COURT BATTLES TPAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE UNITED STATES OVER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING SUCH A REQUIREMENT FOR PROJECTS UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION. HOW IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE EFFECTED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. CANADA LR (B) "OTTAWA SAY REGULATE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES." FINANCIAL TIMES DUNCAN, STEPHEN EPA ENGLISH 05/05/73 PGS 13 ID# 02073A THIS ARTICLE INDICATES THAT DRAFT LEGISLATION IS BEING PREPARED FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS OTHER THAN PESTICIDES. THE LEGISLATION WOULD AUTHORIZE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS TO SCREEN AND, IF NECESSARY, RESTRICT OR BAN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES BEFORE THEY COHE INTO GENERAL USE. THE BILL, WITH THE PROPOSED TITLE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ACT, IS TO CONTROL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY WIDESPREAD INDUSTRIAL USE OF SUBSTANCES SUCH AS MERCURY, PHOSPHORUS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENOLS, CADMIUM, FLUORINE AND ASBESTOS. ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS EXPECT LITTLE OPPOSITION AND ANTICIPATE SWIFT PASSAGE OF THE BILL. ------- PAGE 21 GENERAL CHINA,PEOPLES REP OP PM (B) CZECHOSLOVAKIA PM(B) "INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL." CHINA RECONSTRUCTS, VOL 22, NO. 2 (1973). EPA ENGLISH 02/00/71 PGS 2-5 ID* 0213HA THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE STATES THAT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ALTHOUGH STILL RELATIVELY SMALL, IS SUBJECT TO A RIGOROUS NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY HHICH ADEQUATELY CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION IS CURRENTLY BEING RESOLVED BY DISTRIBUTING NEW INDUSTRY EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND BY DECENTRALIZING THE EXISTING INDUSTRIES OF THE COASTAL CITIES, ESPECIALLY SHANGHAI. NOT ONLY DOES DECENTRALIZATION MAKE THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION EASIER, IT ALSO CONFORMS TO CHINESE POLICY OF COMBINING AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY, AND COUNTRY AND CITY. ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL IN CHINA IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUES, ESPECIALLY THE RECYCLING OF WASTES. JAK ZLEPSIT ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI NA VESNICI (AMELIORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN VILLAGES). CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL EPA CZECH 07/00/72 PGS 1-112 ID# 02151A ALSO SE AND LRB THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE PRINCIPAL INSUFFICIENCIES OF THE LIVING MILIEU IN RURAL AREAS ARE DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS AND GOALS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE BOOK PLACES EMPHASIS ON CITIZEN COMMITTEES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON INSTITUTIONS AIDING THE COMMITTEES. IN ADDITION, A BRIEF SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS PRESENTED. EEC PH(A) "THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE CONSIDERED BY THE EEC," ENTERPRISES DE L'OUEST INDUSTRIEL, NO. 266. EPA FRENCH 05/00/7H PGS 5 ID* 02128A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS SPELLED OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, IT IS NECESSARY FIRST TO DETERMINE THE REAL POLLUTER AND THE DEGREE OF POLLUTION FOR WHICH HE IS RESPONSIBLE. HE THEN MUST PAY FOR THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO AVOID POLLUTING OR TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION TO A LEVEL WHICH MEETS THE PARTICULAR COUNTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. THE POLLUTER MUST ALSO FAY ANY FEES SET BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND IN SOME CASES MUST PAY DAMAGES TO VICTI3S OF HIS POLLUTION. EXCEPTIONS TO THE APPLICATION OF THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE MAY BE MADE FOR ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, OR SOCIOLOGICAL REASONS. MORE PRECISE PROPOSALS ARE EXPECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE EEC. ------- PAGE 22 GENERAL EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES LR (B) "APPLICATION OF THE POLLDTER PAYS PRINCIPLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." LUXEMBURGER WORT. EPA GERMAN 06/15/74 PGS 18 ID# 02102A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE COMMUNITY CONTAINING MODES OF APPLYING THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE. THE DOCUMENT RECOMMENDS TEAT MEMBER STATES ADOPT POLLUTION LEGISLATION TO REFLECT THIS PRINCIPLE. THIS WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE COSTS AND PRICING IN THE NATIONS INVOLVED. LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS WHICH SHALL MINIMALLY ASSURE HUMAN, PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH. ENFORCEMENT NECESSITATES DETERMINATION OF THE ACTUAL POLLUTER. GUIDELINES FOR THIS DETERMINATION ARE GIVEN. GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS INCLUDE LEGAL STANDARDS FOR EMISSIONS, IMMISSIONS AND PRODUCT CONTENT, PLUS FEES OR FINES. COSTS TO BE EORNE BY THE POLLUTER ARE LISTED. WHERE ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL OR SOCIAL PROBLEMS MAKE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE DIFFICULT, LONGER COMPLIANCE PERIODS OR SUBSIDIES FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD NAY BE PERMITTED. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES PM(A) "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: SAVE TPE WATER," LE PEUPLE. FRENCH WATER AIR 07/03/70 PGS 4 EPA ID# 02051A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES). ACCORDING TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE PRISE ENVIRONMENTAL TARGET NOW IS TO WORK IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID IRREVERSIBLE POLLUTION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS, RIVERS, AND THE SEAS. SINCE THE COMMISSION'S JULY 18, 1973 PROGRAM WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, THE COMMISSION HAS SUBMITTED SOME 20 RULES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DIRECTIVES TO THE COUNCIL. MOST HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE LEAD CONTENT OF GASOLINE, THE SULFUR CONTENT OF FUEL AND DIESEL OIL, THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER, ADOPTION OF A "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE, CREATION OF A FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS, FORESTRY ACTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION, STORAGE AND TREATMENT OF WASTE OIL. FRANCE LR (A) "JUNE 6, 1974 DECREE NO. 74-578, ON POWERS OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE." JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE. EPA FRENCH 06/07/74 PGS 6119 ID# 02024A ALSO PMA THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, TRANSFERS TO THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE FOLLOWING POWERS: (1) THOSE PERTAINING TO THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE PREVIOUSLY EXERCISED BY THE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (MARCH 15, 1974, DECREE NO. 74-243); (2) THOSE PERTAINING TO YOUTH, SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES PREVIOUSLY HELD EY THE PRIME SINISTER (JULY 25, 1968, DECREE NO. 68-673); (3) THOSE PERTAINING TO TOURISM, FORMERLY HELD BY THE MINISTER OF EQUIPMENT AND HOUSING (JULY 25, 1968, DECREE NO. 68-672); AND (4) THOSE FORMERLY EXERCISED BY THE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL PLANNING, EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION (MARCH 7, 1974, DECREE NO. 74-214). THE RELEVANT SUPPORTING OFFICES FORMERLY UNDER THESE OTHER MINISTRIES ARE ALSO TRANSFERRED TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PRIME MINISTER, THE MINISTER OF EQUIPMENT, AND THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE CHARGED WITH THE EXECUTION OF THIS DECREE. ------- PAGE 23 GFNl'BAL FRANCE LR(A) "JUNE 25, 1971, DECREE NO. 71-601, OH THE POWERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE (ENVIRONMENT) ." JOURNAL OFFIC1EL. EPA FRENCH 06/26/71 PCS '6759 ID# 02021B ALSO PMA THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, DELEGATES TO «. GABRIEL PERONNET, SECRETARY OF STATF IN THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE (ENVIRONMENT), THOSE POWERS PERTAINING TO THE ENVIRONMENT GIVEN TO THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE DECREE OF JUNE 6, 1971. THE SUPPORTING OFFICES FOR NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ATTACHED TO THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE (ENVIRONMENT). HE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IN THE NAME OF THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ALL ACTS, MINISTERIAL DECREES, AND DECISIONS PERTAINING TO ENVIRONMENTAL HATTERS. TPE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE CHARGED HITH THE EXECUTION OF THIS DECREE. FRANCE LR (B) DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L»ENVIRONNEMENT (LAW DEALING WITH THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMARQUE, JEAN FRENCH *WATER AIR 00/00/73 PCS NOISE 1-974 RADIATION LOC ID# 02061A PESTICIDES LAW FRANCE 7 LAMA FRANCE PM{A) "COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT." LE MONDE. FRENCH 06/11/74 PGS 2 EPA ID# 02023A THIS TABLE, WHICH APPEARED IN THE PARISIAN NEWSPAPER, LE BONDE, LISTS THE MEMBERS OF PRISE MINISTER JACQUES CHIRAC'S CABINET. THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS ANDRE JARROT. THE SECRETARIES OF STATE ATTACHED TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE: GABRIEL PERONNET, ENVIRONMENT; PIERRE MAZEAUD, YOUTH AND SPORTS; AND GERARD DUCRAY, TOURISM. FRANCE PM(A) RAPPORT FRANCAIS POOR LA CONFERENCE DBS NATIONS UNIES SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT (STOCKHOLM, JOIN 1972), (FRENCH REPORT FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT) RANDET, P. EPA FRENCH 00/00/72 PGS 1-41 ID* 02029A THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UN CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, DESCRIBES IN SOME DETAIL THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN FRANCE. THE FIRST PART DEALS WITH DIAGNOSIS ASD TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS. THE TOPICS COVERED ARE: THE DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF BOTH URBAN AND RURAL LIFE; PROPER MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES, PROPOSED OR IN FORCE, TO COMBAT VARIOUS FORMS OF POLLUTION (AIR, WATER, SOLID WASTE). THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT DEALS WITH OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS. THERE ARE SECTIONS ON GUIDING PRINCIPLES; IMPLEMENTATION; AND LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. THERE IS A BRIEF CONCLUSION AND AN APPENDIX EXPLAINING THE REASONS FOR THE CREATION IN 1971 OF THE MINISTRY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ------- PAGE GENERAL FRANCE PH(A) FRANCE PH(B) "WHO IS MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE?" AHBROISE-RENDU, MARC FRENCH 08/10/7U PGS 19 LE MONDE. ID# EPA 02030A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHO IS PRESENTLY IN CHARGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN FRANCE. ANDRE JARROT, MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT HIS POLICY PROPOSALS TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. THAT PRESENTATION, WHICH MOST PRECEDE PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT FOR APPROVAL, WAS RECENTLY DELAYED FOR THE THIRD TIME. IT NOW APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE MID-SEPTEMBEK BEFORE A POLICY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE APPROVED. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF DECISIONS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, WITHOUT CONSULTING M. JARROT. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RISING COSTS AND RECENT BUDGETARY DISCUSSIONS, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE LESS MONEY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN 1975 THAN IN 197U. "FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: M. JARROT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY." LE MONDE. ABBROISE-RENDU, MARC. EPA FRENCH 08/28/74 PGS 1; 17 ID# 02093A ALSO LRB SOLID WASTE WATER THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ANDRE JARROT, IS TO PRESENT" HIS PROGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AUGUST 28. THE FOUR MAJOR DRAFT LAWS TO BE PRESENTED RAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PREPARED FOR SOME TIME, BUT CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT HAVE CAUSED DELAYS IN THEIR SUBMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND TO PARLIAMENT. THESE LAWS CONCERN THE PROTECTION OF NATURE, HUNTING LICENSES, SOLID WASTE, AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS AT SEA BY AIRPLANES AND SHIPS. THE PROPOSED SOLID WASTE LEGISLATION EMBODIES THE NEH PRINCIPLE THAT THE PRODUCER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WASTE HE CREATES. IT ALSO CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY. IN ADDITION TO THESE AND OTHER DRAFT LAWS IN PREPARATION, THE MINISTER IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF MEASURES TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. AMONG THESE ARE THE CREATION OF GREEN SPACES IN THE PARISIAN AREA AND THE SIGNING OF NEW BRANCH CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. HOWEVER, INFLATION AND A RESTRICTED BUDGET LIMIT WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA. FRANCE PM(B) "THE CHARTER OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE: TEN NEW TEXTS AND SOME 'PUNCHES,'" LE MONDE. AKBROISE-RENDD, MARC. EPA FRENCH 08/30/74 PGS 16 ID# 02093B ALSO LRB THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE GROUP OF 30 MEASURES PRESENTED TO THE FRENCH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS BY THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE CONSTITUTES A TRUE CHARTER OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PRECISE TEXT OF THE MEASURES ARE TO BE DRAWN UP AND PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT WITKIB SIX MONTHS. A DECREE LIMITING THE NOISE LEVELS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, LAWN MOWERS, AND CUTTING MACHINES WILL 3E PUBLISHED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. THE MINISTER ALSO ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF MEASURES TO GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. FROM NOW ON, THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS TO BE CONSULTFD ON ALL MAJOR PROJECTS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. THIS RULE WILL HAVE ITS FIRST APPLICATION IN THE SITING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. OTHER IMPORTANT REFORMS ARE PLANNED FOR 1975 AND 1976. THE CREATION OF REGIONAL AIR AGENCIES ON THE MODEL OF THE WATER BASIN AGENCIES HAS BEEN PROPOSED. UNDER THIS PLAN, STACK EMISSIONS WOULD BE TAXED TO SUBSIDIZE THE INSTALLATION OF EMISSION CONTROLS EQUIPMENT. CERTAIN MEASURES IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM WERE ALSO PROPOSED. ------- PAGE 25 GENERAL GERMANY,FED REP OF LR (B) GERMANY,FED REP OF LR (B) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES OF THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY." OBWELT: TNFORMATIONEN DES BDNDESHINISTERS DES INNERN ZUR UMWELTPLANUNG UND ZUM OHWELTSCHUTZ, NO. 29. EPA GERMAN 02/18/74 PGS 1-20 ID# 02025A THIS ARTICLE EXCERPTS PORTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REPORT TO THE FEDERAL DIET ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN 1973. TH2 MAJOR PORTION OF THE ARTICLE CONSISTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASDRES INITIATED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY FROM 1971 THROUGH 1973. THE SUMMARY IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING FOUR SECTIONS: (1) LAWS (IN EFFECT, UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE FEDERAL DIET AND IN PREPARATION IN THE MINISTRY), (2) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES (IN EFFECT AND IN PREPARATION), (3) OTHER MEASURES (PRIMARILY IN THE AREAS OF POLICY, COORDINATION AND STUDIES), AND (H) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (NOTING THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS). FOR EACH MEASURE OR LAW LISTED A BRIEF SUMMARY OF CONTENT OR PURPOSE AND PRESENT STATUS, INCLUDING DATES WHERE FEASIBLE, ARE GIVES. "ONLY HAMBURG CONSTITUTES AN EXCEPTION." UHWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTONG, SCHUTZ, NO. 2. PREY, PETER EPA GERMAN 04/00/74 PGS 40-43 ID# 02032A THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ALL FEDERAL STATES EXCEPT HAMBURG HAVE ESTABLISHED SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN THEIR PUBLIC PROSECUTORS* OFFICES. BERLIN HAS CENTRALIZED THE FUNCTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS. MOST STATES' EFFORTS FOR LEGAL SPECIALIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BEGAN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1971, AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE FEDERAL "GUIDELINES FOR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE," DATED DECEMBER 1, 1970, WHICH URGED EMPHATIC AND PROMPT PROSECUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENDERS. AN INITIAL STEP OF MOST JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN TO COMPILE A SUMMARY OF MOST IMPORTANT PUNISHABLE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR THEIR ATTORNEYS. SO FAR NO ONE HAS SEEN SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION FOR SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS ANALOGOUS TO ECONOMIC COURTS. THE ARTICLE INCLUDES A TWO-PAGE TABLE OF OFFENSES UNDER MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, LISTING THE LAW OR SUBSEQUENT REGULATION, RELEVANT SECTION AND APPLICABLE FINE. ALSO GIVEN IS AN ESTIMATE OF CASES HANDLED IN A YEAH IN EACH OF SIX STATES. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) "ON THE STATUS OF ENVIRONHENTAL LEGISLATION." SCHUTZ, NO. 6. FRIDRICR, BERND-DIETER GERMAN 12/00/73 PGS 11-12 UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, ID# EPA 02034A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTER HAS STATED THAT GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS DEPENDS ON LEGISLATION THAT KEEPS PACE WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE THEN CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND MEASURES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE FEDERAL DIET OR IN PREPARATION. MEASURES DISCUSSED INCLUDE: THE FEDERAL IMMISSIONS BILL, RADIOACTIVITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS BILL, THE SEWAGE FEE BILL, THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, THE PROPOSED FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW, THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL ALTERATION RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE DETERGENT LAW AND THE WASTE REMOVAL LAW. THE STATUS AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN REGARD TO EACH PROPOSAL OR LAW ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS NOTED THAT SOME LAWS DEPEND ON REGULATIONS FOR THEIR TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION. ------- PAGE 26 GENERAL GERMANY,FED REP OF PH(B) GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(A) "EXPERTS: ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION," STOTTGARTER ZEITUNG, NO. 86. GERMAN NOISE OU/11/7U PGS 1 SOLID WASTE WATER ID* 02011A AIR THIS ARTICLE ENUMERATES SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN A 700-PAGE REPORT, "ENVIRONMENTAL OPINION 197«," PREPARED BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS FOR THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY. THE REPORT RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUNDAMENTAL LAW FOR ENVIRONMENT AND OP A LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY TEST. TO REDUCE NOISE POLLUTION, IT WOULD PROSCRIBE SUPERSONIC FLIGHTS OVER THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC, ENCOURAGE USE OF QUIETER JET ENGINES AND REDUCE THE PERMISSIBLE TRAFFIC NOISE THRESHOLD IN COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES. IT WOULD USE THE PROPOSED HATER FEE TO PROMOTE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES FINANCIALLY. THE REPORT EMPHASIZES THE NEED TO DETERMINE MAXIMUM TOLERABLE LIMITS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR OF MAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE. AS TO SOLID WASTE, IT WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE LAST POSSESSOR BEAR THE FULL COST OF DISPOSAL. "DEPARTMENTAL JURISDICTION IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS (AS OF AUGUST 1, 1972)." UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5. EPA GERMAN 10/00/72 PGS 10-11 ID* 02026A THIS TABLE LISTS THE MINISTRIES OR DEPARTMENTS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IN EACH OF THE 11 FEDERAL STATES HAVING COMPETENCE IN 11 AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. THE AREAS FOR WHICH JURISDICTION IS DESIGNATED ARE: GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND COORDINATION, LAND PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, AGRARIAN POLICY AND PLANNING, LEISURE AND RELAXATION, CONSERVATION OF LAND AND NATURE, AIR, NOISE,. WATER PURIFICATION, WASTE REMOVAL, RADIOACTIVITY, PROTECTION OF FOODSTUFFS, BIOCIDES, AND NEW, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES. GER1ASY,FED REP OF PM(A) "LIFE OK DEATH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SINNERS." SCHNEIDER, CHRISTIAN GERMAN 04/06/73 PGS 23 SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, NO. 82 EPA ID* 02027A TRIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SUMMARIZES RESULTS OF A CONFERENCE OF FEDERAL AND STATE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. A PRIMARY DECISION WAS TO PUBLISH BY FALL A CATALOG OF OFFENCES AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS WITH NATIONALLY STANDARDIZED FINES FOR EACH, IN INSTANCES RANGING UP TO 100,000 MARKS. A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE INTERRELATED STRUCTURE OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS. AS A SECOND COORDINATING EFFORT, THOSE ASSEMBLED RESOLVED TO HOLD A BIANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SOLUTION OF ENERGY PROBLEMS ARE POLITICAL GOALS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE. TREY COULD NOT THEREFORE SANCTION A DRAFT LAS WHICH THEY FELT WOULD SUBORDINATE ENVIRONMENTAL TO ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. IT WAS ALSO HELD THAT ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSTRUCTION PLANNING SHOULD BE COINCIDENT FUNCTIONS. A JOINT COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONFERENCES WAS THEREFORE PROJECTED. ------- PAGE 27 GFNFRAL GERMANY,FED REP OF PH(b) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THF, RDHR AREA," BIN PLANET VERROTTET: DISKUS.SIONSBEITRAG ZD« UMWELTSCHUTZ. SCPENKEL, W. EPA GERMAN 00/00/71 PCS 213-228 ID# 02075A AIR NOISE WATER ' SOLID WASTE THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS IN THE RUHR AREA. A SECTION IS DEVOTED TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: AIR PURITY AND NOISE CONTROL; SOLID WASTE REMOVAL; AND WATER MANAGEMENT AND WASTEWATER REMOVAL. EACH SECTION CONSIDERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY; ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDYING PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS; STATISTICS AS TO POLLUTION QUANTITY, NATURE OR SOURCE; AND MEASURES BEING TAKEN WITH A PROGNOSIS FOR THE FUTURE. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLE NOTES THAT THIS VERY HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO TAKE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES, MANY OF THEM AT PRIVATE INITIATIVE. THE ARTICLE'S CONCLUSION SETS AS A TASK FOR THE FUTURE AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO POLLUTION CONTROL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS A WfiOLE. GERMANY,FED REP OF SF( ) "THE LIMITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRAIN IN AGGLOMERATION AREAS." DORNIER-POST HANKE, DR. HERBERT AND PETER SCHMIDT EPA ENGLISH 01/00/74 PGS 36-37 ID* 02021A ALSO PMA THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT STRAINS ON THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST BECOME APPARENT IN AGGLOMERATION AREAS WHERE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS LARGELY CENTERED. HUMAN ACTIVITIES PLACE A DEMAND ON A REGION IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY AND OUANTITY OF RESOURCES DESIRED AND INFLUENCE THE REGION BY USING THE RESOURCES AND BY PRODUCING SECONDARY EFFECTS SUCH AS WASTE, NOISE AND SOIL EROSION. BY WEIGHING THE DEMAND PLACED ON A REGION'S ENVIRONMENT AGAINST ITS UTILIZABLE SUPPLY OF RESOURCES, THE LIMITS OF THE STRAIN THE REGION WILL BEAR CAN BE DETERMINED. WHEN DEMAND EXCEEDS OR WILL IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE EXCEED THE UTILIZABLE RESOURCES OF THE AREA, MAN MUST INTERVENE TO MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY. INTERVENTION MEASURES COULD BE; (A) REGIONAL PLANNING TO ENCOURAGE OR RESTRICT ACTIVITIES, (B) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES, (C) USE OF RESOURCES FROM ANOTHER REGION. A DIAGRAM OF HUMAN DEMANDS AND INFLUENCES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EXTERNAL INFLUENCES, IS ALSO GIVEN. ------- PAGE 28 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL PM(B) INTERNATIONAL PH(A) "ENVIRONKENT ASKS FOR CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION." 0 GLOBO EPA ID# 02086A PORTUGUESE 08/13/74 PGS 3 ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT HELD RECENTLY IN MEXICO CITY HAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL NATIONS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF ECOLOGICAL STATIONS. THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS SYMPOSIUM UNANIMOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE NECESSITY FOR A HIGH-LEVEL CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION TO DEFINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOR THE AMERICAS. BRAZIL'S NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN HAS CONSIDERED EXEMPLARY IN WATER SUPPLY METHODS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT, AND SOME OF THE BRAZILIAN MEASURES TAKEN FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL WERE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT THE SYMPOSIUM. GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: A COMPARATIVE VIEW. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-50 ID# 02091A ALSO LRB THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION AT THE 16TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES AT MEXICO CITY ON JULY 23, 1974. THE FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE NEW AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WHICH AROSE IN THE 1960S. THE SECOND SECTION OF THE REPORT OFFERS A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSES TO THESE ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. FINALLY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES OF SUCH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AS THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THE WORLD BANK ARE DISCUSSED. IRAN LR(A) (ESTABLISHMENT OF IRAN'S ASSOCIATION FOB THE PROTECTION OF THE LIFE ENVIRONMENT.) EPA IRANIAN 03/20/73 PGS 1-13* ID* 02013A *NON-PAGINATED THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS THE STATUTES OF IRAN'S ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE LIFE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DECREES BY THE SHAH OF IRAN WHICH (1) ESTABLISH THE ASSOCIATION AND (2) APPOINT ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE FIRST DECREE (MAY 29, 1972) STATES THE ECOLOGICAL RATIONALE FOR THE ASSOCIATION, AND THE SECOND DECREE (MARCH 20, 1973) DESIGNATES THE HEAD ANP EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS. THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR PARTS AND TWENTY-THREE ARTICLES TO THE STATUTES. THE FIRST PART SPECIFIES SEAT, DUTIES AND INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSOCIATION, PROVIDING FOR A HIGH COUNCIL, SECRETARIAT, TREASURY, PROVINCIAL COUNCILS AND A COMMITTEE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO IMPLEMENT POLICY. THE SPECIFIC ARTICLES HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONTENT: ARTICLES 3-7, THE HIGH COUNCIL; ARTICLES 8-10, THE SECRETARIAT; ARTICLE 12, PROVINCIAL COUNCILS; ARTICLE 13, THE COMMITTEE OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS; ARTICLES 14-17, INCOME; AND ARTICLES 18-22, MEMBERSPIP. ------- PAGE 29 GENERAL IRELAND PM (A) IRELAND: NATIONAL REPORT ON PROBLEMS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM, JDLY 1972. EPA ENGLISH 05/00/71 PCS 1-42 ID* 02079A THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UN CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, OUTLINES THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION GIVES BASIC STATISTICS ON THE COUNTRY. THE BODY OF THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR PARTS. THE FIRST IS A REVIEW OF THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN IRELAND, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH PAST AND FUTURE ACTION. A SECTION ON EXISTING OR PROPOSED MEASURES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL DETAILS ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND LEGISLATION, AS HELL AS A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. THE REPORT CONCLUDES WITH A LISTING OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION. IRELAND PM (B) "JOBS AND POLLUTION." AUDLEY, J. H. ENGLISH IRISH PRESS. 03/19/74 PCS 6 EPA ID# 02130A THIS PUBLISHED LETTER WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF THE ANTI-CORRUPTION SOCIETY OF IRELAND DISCUSSES CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (I.D.J.), WHICH ENCOURAGES NEW INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY AND ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT ON SUCH MATTERS, CONSULTS THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND STANDARDS AND IS GIVEN ADVICE BY THEM AS TO PLANNING CONDITIONS AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE AUTHOR QUOTES THE INSTITUTE AS STATING THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY TO SAFEGUARD WELFARE UNDER THE PLANNING ACTS, AND THAT IN COMMON LAW THE POLLUTER BEARS FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION. THE ARTICLE CITES FIVE EXAMPLES OF POLLUTING INDUSTRY IN THE CORK AREA. JAPAN PM(A) QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN, 1972 JAPAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ENGLISH 12/00/72 PGS 1-246 ALSO LRB EPA ID# 020U7A THIS REPORT IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON THE ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO THE 68TH (1972) SESSION OF THE JAPANESE DIET IN PURSUANCE OF THE BASIC LAW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL OF 1967. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IN DEPTH THE STATE OF JAPAN'S ENVIRONMENT, CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATION, AND FUTURE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE POPULATION. PART ONE PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENTS LEADING DP TO THE PASSAGE OP THE BASIC LAW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL AND THE CREATION IN 1971 OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY. THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE CURRENT STATE OF POLLUTION, THE ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AHD THE RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED. PART THREE LISTS THE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972, ELABORATING ON THE GOALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS, MONITORING, RESEARCH PROMOTION AND GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. ------- GENERAL JAPAN PH(A) MEXICO LR(B) PAGE 30 ITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN, 1973 JAPAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ENGLISH 12/00/73 PGS ALSO LRB 1-298 EPA ID* 020U8A THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE 1973 WHITE PAPER ON THE ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO THE 71ST SESSION OF THE JAPANESE DIET IN PURSUANCE OF THE BASIC LAW FOP ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL OF 1967. IT DESCRIBES THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN JAPAN AS OF DECEMBER 1973. PART ONE DEPICTS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CITES RECENT ISSUES AND TRENDS. PART TWO DISCUSSES THE PRESENT STATE OF POLLUTION, CURRENT PROTECTION MEASURES, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION SUCH AS BUDGET, FORMATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS, AND PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. PART THREE OUTLINES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLANS ENVISAGED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973 INCLUDING ORIENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS, REINFORCEMENT OF CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS, PROMOTION OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS AND RESEARCH, AND OTHER PERTINENT MEASURES. "ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." EXCELSIOR SPANISH AIR 05/1U/74 PGS EPA ID* 01645E THIS NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL STATES THAT THE LEVEL OF POLLUTION IN MEXICO HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED IN SPITE OF THE LAW AGAINST SMOKE AND PARTICLE POLLUTION THAT TOOK EFFECT ON MAY 17, 1974. UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED BECAUSE MANY SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE NOT INSTALLED ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, REGARDING IT AS UNPROFITABLE SPENDING. OH THE OTHER HAND, LARGER INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN MORE AMENABLE TO INSTALLING ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THE RECOVERY OF WASTES AND RECYCLING CAN ACTUALLY LEAD TO A PROFIT, OR AT LEAST LESS OF A LOSS. THE SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT HAS STATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS LAW OR EXTENSIONS OF TIME GRANTED FOR COMPLIANCE. HOWEVER, TBS EDITORIAL RECOGNIZED THAT INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE PUT ENTIRELY ASIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. THEREFORE, AN EQUITABLE BALANCE BETWEEN POLLUTION CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE SOUGHT THROUGH FLEXIBILITY OF THE LAWS. MEXICO PM(B) "UNTRUE THAT POLLUTION HAS BEEN REDUCED: DR. BRAVO ALVAREZ, OF UNAM," EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/13/74 PGS ID* 020HHA ALSO LRB AND SE THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON A SPEECH GIVEN AT THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO EY HUMBERTO BRAVO ALVAREZ, HEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY'S GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE. HE AFFIRMED THAT POLLUTION LEVELS IN MEXICO ARE NOT BEING REDUCED DESPITE ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS. TPE PROBLEM IS NOT NECESSARILY A LACK OF LEGISLATION, BUT A LACK OF SPECIFIC MEANS TO APPLY THE LAWS. MOREOVER, LARGE COSTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE INSTALLATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, WHILE NO ONE CAN BE SURE WHICH TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE ADEQUATE. HE CITED A FALSE IMPRESSION AMONG STATS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT POLLUTION LEVELS ARE DECREASING, POINTING UP A LACK OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES. THE FORMULATION OF STANDARDS BY SCIENTISTS RATHER THAN BY POLITICIANS IS URGED. ------- .GENFSAL MKXICO PM (A) HEXICO SE( ) PAGE 31 "CREATION OF STUDY CENTER: EXCELSIOR CONCAMIN WILL HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION." SPANISH 05/06/7H PCS ID# 02045A THE MEXICAN CONFEDERATION OF CHAMBERS OF INDUSTRY (CONCAMIN) WILL CREATE A CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO ASSIST AUTHORITIES AND ADVISE THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL. THIS CENTER WILL WORK IN CLOSE COOPERATION HITH THE POLLUTION CONTROL STUDY CENTER OF THE NATIONAL TRIPARTITE COMMISSION. IT WILL ACQUIRE AND DISSEMINATE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL INFORMATION ON POLLUTION CONTROL AND WILL LEND ADVISORY ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRY IN ITS COMPLIANCE WITH POLLUTION-CONTROL REGULATIONS. THE CENTER WILL ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT. "MEXICO EXPORTS ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. THE MANUFACTURERS." EXCELSIOR THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR IT HERE, SAY SPANISH 05/14/71* PCS ID# EPA 020U1A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS HELD AT THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM). ORLANDO SALCEDO, A MEMBER OF THE MEXICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT STATED THAT A GREAT QUANTITY OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO, BDT IT IS MOSTLY EXPORTED SINCE THERE IS NO MARKET FOR IT IN MEXICO. MEXICAN INDUSTRIALISTS WILL NOT INVEST IN THE EQUIPMENT SINCE IT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY PROFITABLE. WHILE SOME INDUSTRIES NEED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE POLLUTION, MANY AIR POLLUTING INDUSTRIES COULD EASILY REMEDY THEIR EMISSIONS WITH SIMPLE EQUIPMENT. PRESENTLY MOST INDUSTRIES EITHER USE OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT OR HAVE NOT INSTALLED ANY ANTI-POLLUTION SYSTEMS. MEXICO SE( "3,000 INDUSTRIES CAUSE 50 PERCENT OF THE DAMAGE, SAYS VIZCAINO MURRAY." SXC5LSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/15/7« PGS ID# 02013A *AIR ------- PAGE 32 GENERAL MEXICO SE( OF.CD SE( ) ROUNDTABLES ON DETERIORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPANISH 09/10/71 PCS 1-258 ALSO LRB LOC ID# 02088A HC 140 .P55 M46 THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OP A SERIES OF ROONDTABLE DISCUSSIONS SPONSORED BY THE MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE 1972 STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON THE "OMAN ENVIRONMENT. IT ANALYZES AND DISCUSSES, IN DEPTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND TENDENCIES EXISTING IN MEXICO WITH REGARD TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC, SANITARY, INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ALTHOUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IS MENTIONED, THE PRINCIPAL FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSIONS IS CENTERED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF MEXICO. THE LAST SESSION OF THE DISCUSSIONS OUTLINES THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND CITES MEASURES CURRENTLY IN USE AND ENVISAGED FOR THE FUTURE TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. "TOWARD A BETTER ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES: THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION." L'OBSERVATEUR DE L'OCDE, NO. 71 EPA FRENCH 08/00/74 PCS 34-35 ID* 02113A THIS ARTICLE, BASED ON A STUDY BY WORK GROUP NUMBER 2 OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES. THE GROUP COMPARED THE PROJECTED ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTED GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) FOR THE PERIOD 1971-1980 IN GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, THE UNITED KINDGOM AND THE UNITED STATES. IT CONCLUDED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1-1.5* OF GNP WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THIS DECADE. HOWEVER POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS WILL VARY AMONG COUNTRIES DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN GOALS AND IN EXISTING LEVELS OF POLLUTION. THE REPORT STATFS THAT IN GENERAL, POLLUTION CONTROL SPENDING MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHT INFLATIONARY TENDENCY IN THE ECONOMY INVOLVED. EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. UNITED STATES LR(P) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: PROTECTION AGENCY BLODGETT, JOHN E. ENGLISH ALSO PMB AND PMA LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 03/20/74 PGS 1-80 ID# EPA 02070A THIS REPORT PREPARED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF MAJOR 0. S. FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, PESTICIDES, RADIATION, NOISE ABATEMENT AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CREATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL UP TO MARCH 1974. THE REPORT ALSO OUTLINES THE MOST RECENT EPA RE-ORGANIZATION, PRESENTS TABLES OF BUDGETARY DATA, LISTS REGIONAL EPA OFFICES AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, EXCERPTS, ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS, AND SUMS UP EPA RESPONSIBILITIES. ------- PAGE 33 GENERAL UNITED STATES LK (B) UNITED STATES LR (B) IN PRODUCTIVE HARMONY: PERSPECTIVES. HARRIS, CAROLYN ENGLISH ALSO PHB ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS BROADEN THE NATION'S C9/00/72 PCS 1-12 ID* EPA 02071A THIS PAMPHLET PUBLISHED BY THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEFINES AND DESCRIBES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. AS REOUIRED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT MUST BE ISSUED BY ONE OR MORE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN ADVANCE OF ANY ACTION OR LEGISLATION THAT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. AN IMPACT STATEMENT ASSESSES, IN DETAIL, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL 1.1PACT OF PROPOSED ACTION OR LEGISLATION, AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PREPARE IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR THF SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS, BESIDES ALERTING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OP PROPOSED ACTION, THE IMPACT STATEMENT ALSO SERVES AS A DEVICE TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS INTO THE FEDERAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THE PAMPHLET ALSO LISTS THE TYPE OF ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE IMPACT STATEMENTS AND DESCRIBES THE CONTENTS, APPEARANCE, PREPARATION, DISSEMINATION, AND EFFECTS OF THESE STATEMENTS. THE CHALLENGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: A PRIMER ON EPA'S STATUTORY AUTHORITY UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 12/00/7U PCS 1-1*0 ID# 02082A ALSO PMA AND PMB THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES, IN GENERAL, THE CREATION, STRUCTURE, FUNDING AND FUNCTIONS OF THE U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND BRIEFLY CITES THE EPA'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (CEQ) AND TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA) . TKE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION IS ALSO STRESSED IN THE INTRODUCTION. THE INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ON AIR, WATER, SOLID WASTE, PESTICIDE, RADIATION AND UOISE POLLUTION CITE THE VARIOUS ANTI-POLLOTION LAWS AND OUTLINE THE EPA'S SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE LAWS AND IN THE REALIZATION OF OTHER POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES. THERE IS ALSO A CHAPTER ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR POLLUTION CONTROL WHICH LISTS THE CONVENTIONS AND PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AS OF DECEMBER 1972. UNITED STATES PM(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: . CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID* 02053A AIR WATER PESTICIDES RADIATION SOLID WASTE NOISE THIS PAMPHLET OUTLINES AND ILLUSTRATES THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING. ITS SCIENTIFIC STAFF PROVIDES THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR EPA'S REGULATORY AND POLLUTION CONTROL FUNCTIONS. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES MENTIONED INCLUDE THOSE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ON ECOLOGICAL BALANCE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT, THE EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS, AND THE ATTEKPT TO FORECAST ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCES. THE PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SEEKS TO HAKE THE RESULTS OF EPA RESEARCH AVAILABLE TO STATE, MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE GROUPS FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION. THE SECTION OF THE BROCHURE ON MONITORING DEALS IN SOME DETAIL WITH AIR AND WATER MEASURING PROCEDURES AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AND MENTIONS PROGRAMS FOR PESTICIDES, RADIATION, SOLID WASTE AND NOISE SAMPLING. ------- PAGE NOISE AUSTRALIA ST( ) AUSTRIA PH(B) MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING TO B.S.3425:1966 UNDERTAKEN ON 4TH APRIL 1974 EPA ENGLISH 04/30/74 PGS 1-2 ID# 02046A ALSO LEB THIS MIMEOGRAPH PUBLICATION TABULATES THE RESULTS OF NOISE TESTING UNDERTAKEN IN HOBART, TASMANIA FOR 4 TRUCKS, TESTED IN DECEMBER 1973, AND FOR 10 CARS AND 1 MOTORCYCLE, TESTED ON APRIL 4, 1974. THE 4 TRUCKS TESTED COMPLY WITH PRESENT AND PROJECTED NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS. THE 10 CARS AND 1 MOTORCYCLE COMPLY WITH PRESENT REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE MAKE OF CAR, THE HOLDEN, CONFORMS TO THE STRICTER STANDARDS THAT WILL ENTER INTO FORCE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1976. GRENZWERTE ZULAESSIGER LAERHBELASTUNG (LIMITS OF MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE NOISE POLLUTION) EPA GERMAN PGS 1-4 ID# 02055P *ISSUED AFTER 03/00/73 THIS FOUR-PAGE FLYER, A REPRINT FROM "UMHELTSCHUTZ-STAEDTEREINIGUNG" (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-CLEANING UP THE CITIES), ISSUED MARCH 1973, IS SUBTITLED "RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LIMITATION OF NOISE POLLUTION." IT STATES MAXIMUM NOISE LIMITS IN DECIBELS FOR SIX DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY OR SPECIAL ZONES FOR BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEASURING NOISE ARE GIVEN. FACTORS SUCH AS THE EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES, THE POSITIONING OF MEASURING DEVICES, THE CONDITIONS AND FREQUENCY WITH WHICH MEASUREMENTS ARE TO BE MADE ARE SPECIFIED. THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST SECTIONS OF THE RECOMMENDATION STRESS THAT IT IS BASED UPON SUGGESTIONS FROM OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. IT IS FELT THAT THIS COOPERATIVE EFFORT IS A STEP TOWARD A NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION OF PERMISSIBLE NOISE POLLUTION LEVELS. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE STATEMENT ARE BASED ON STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE AUSTRIAN STUDY GROUP FOR NOISE CONTROL. AUSTRIA PM(B) GESUNDHEITS- UNO UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-79 ID# 02072A *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72 *GENERAL AIR WATER SOLID HASTE RADIATION ------- PAGE 35 NOISE CZECHOSLOVAKIA LS(B) FINLAND PB(A) PECE O.ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL CZECH 10/19/72 PGS 13-19* *ALSO PAGES 28-30 WATER AIR (FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ID# EPA 021S9A CHAPTERS II, III AND VI OF THIS BOOK ARE CONCERNED WITH HYGIENIC REQUIREMENTS FOE CLEAN AIR, CLF.AN WATER, AND REDUCTION OF NOISE, RESPECTIVELY, IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. REGULATIONS IN ALL THBEF PROGRAM AREAS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, AND A SECTION OF CHAPTER VI IS DEVOTED TO THE EXPLANATION OF PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS. "THE CONQUEST OF NOISE IN FINLAND." NOISE 2000 LFHTINEN, P. U. ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 32-33 ALSO PMB AIR EPA ID* 01106B THIS REPORT ON NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITY IN FINLAND WAS DELIVERED DURING THE 1970 CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGAINST NOISE. THIS REPORT STATES THAT ORGANIZATIONS SUCB AS THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF FINLAND AND THE INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH INDUSTRIAL NOISE ABATEMENT AND POLLUTION SINCE THE BSD OF WORLD WAR II. ALTHOUGH THE 1958 LAW ON SAFETY IN WORK DEALS WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND NOISE ABATEMENT IN INDUSTRY, MOST PRESENT NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITY IN FINLAND SPRINGS FROM THE 1966 ORDER NO. 393/66 WHICH ASSIGNS THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF NOISE ABATEMENT TO THE FINNISH COUNCIL FOR AIR CONSERVATION AND NOISE ABATEMENT. THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS COUNCIL INCLUDE DISSEMINATION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION, HOISE ABATEMENT PLANNING, PROMOTION OF NOISE CONTROL MEASURES AND KEEPING ABREAST OF THE MOST CURRENT INTERNATIONAL NOISE ABATEMENT DEVELOPMENTS. ALSO,."THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE IN 1970" PROGRAM HAS APPOINTED, AMONG OTHER MEASURES, A COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING BETTER EFFICIENCY OF NOISE LEGISLATION. FRANCE LR (B) TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES) GRENIET-SARGOS, ALINE LOC FRENCH 05/01/73 PGS 1-190* ID# 02060A VARIOUSLY PAGINATED *WATER AIR RADIATION SOLID WASTE LAW FRANCE 7 GREN 73 ------- NOISE PRANCE LR(B) PAGE 36 DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L'ENVIRONNEBENT (LAW DEALING HITP THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMAROUE, JEAN LOC FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 1-971 ID# 0206TA *HATER AIR RADIATION PESTICIDES GENERAL LAW FRANCE 7 LAMA GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(A) "MARCH 1, 1971. ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NOISE PROTECTION AREA FOR THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT OF DUESSELDORF," BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I, NO. 23. EPA GERMAN 03/13/71 PGS 657-662 ID# 00919D THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES A NOISE PROTECTION AREA, DIVIDED INTO TWO NOISE PROTECTION ZONES, AROUND THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT OF DUESSELDORF. THIS IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE HITH THE LAW FOR PROTECTION FROM AIRCRAFT NOISE (SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH 1) IN THE VERSION OF MARCH 30, 1971. A STRUCTURE LYING PARTIALLY IN THE PROTECTION ZONE IS CONSIDERED COMPLETELY IN IT IN IMPLEMENTING THE ORDINANCE. THE PROTECTION ZONES ARE DEFINED IN TERMS OF POINTS ON AN X-Y AXIS ON THE FIVE- PAGE ATTACHMENT. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR (B) "SURPRISE ACTION IN INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS." DIE WELT, NO. 129. EPA GERMAN 06/06/71 PGS 2 ID* 02020A *AIR GERMANY,FED RFP OF LR(A) "LAW ON PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES OF POLLUTION, NOISE, VIBRATIONS AND SIMILAR PROCESSES (FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW)." BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I EPA GERMAN 03/15/71 PGS 721-713 ID# 02033A *AIR ------- NOISE GERMANY,FED REF OF PB(B) PAGE 37 "EXPERTS: ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION," STUTTGARTER ZEITONG, NO. 86. GERMAN 01/11/74 PCS 1 *GENERAL SOLID WAST5 WATER AIR IDt 02014A GERMANY,FED REP OF PH(B) "ONLY QOIET 'BIRDS' MASCHNER, WILHELH GERMAN MAY LAND AT MUNICH'S NEW AIRPORT." DIE WELT, NO. 115. EPA 05/18/74 PGS 16 ID# 02018A THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES PROVISIONS TO LIMIT NOISE AT THE MUNICH II AIRPORT TO BE COMPLETED AROUND 1980. IT WILL BE THE FIRST AIRPORT IN THE FEDERAL REPDBLIC ASSIGNED A PERMITTED NOISE LEVEL, ACCORDING TO A BAVARIAN OFFICIAL. SPECIAL INTEGRATING MEASURING DEVICES WILL ENSURE THAT AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVEL DOES NOT EXCEED 62 DECIBELS ON ANY DAY. THIS IS FIVE DECIBELS BELOW '«PREVIOUS NORMS. (HEALTH IS ENDANGERED AT 92 DECIBELS.) TO REDUCE NOISE, ONLY PLANES WITH QUIETER ENGINES KAY USE THE AIRPORT BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 6 A.M., AND THEN THEY MUST USE THE TWO INNER OF THF PLANNED FOUR RUNWAYS. PILOTS ARE NOT TO USE DEAFENING THRUST REVERSALS UNLESS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS DEMAND IT. NEW ENGINES MAY BE TEST RUN ONLY IF THE MEDIAN NOISE LEVEL IS NOT RAISED IN NEIGHBORING AREAS. CONSTRUCTION OF NOISE BARRIERS AT THE AIRPORT IS PLANNED. SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED NOISE "ENDANGERED" OR "PROTECTED" AS THEY MAY BE MORE OR LESS AFFECTED BY NOISE, AND NOISE PROTECTION MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN IN RESIDENCES. GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," BIN PLANET VERROTTET: DISKUSSIONSBEITRAG ZUM UMWELTSCHUTZ. SCRENKEL, W. EPA GERMAN 00/00/71 PGS 213-228 ID# 02075A *GENERAL AIR WATER SOLID WASTE GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "GREATER NOISE PROTECTION ZONES AROUND TEGEL AIRPORT REQUESTED." DER TAGESSPIEGEL, NO. 8785. EPA GERMAN 08/09/74 PGS 9 ID* 02144A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AN EXPANSION OF THE TWO NOISE PROTECTION ZONES AROUND THE TEGEL AIRPORT IN BERLIN IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE DISTRICT OF SPANDAU. THE EXPANSION IS NECESSITATED BY AN INCREASE IN FLIGHTS TO AND FROH THE AIRPORT ANTICIPATED AS A RESULT OF A CONTRACT WITH TWO ADDITIONAL AIRLINES TO USE IT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICTS OF SPANDAU, REINICKENDORF AND WEDDING HAVE ALSO AGREED WITH THE BERLIN SENATOR FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS, AMONG OTHERS, TO THE ALLIED ADMINISTRATION: (1) ERECT A NOISE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE AREA AROUND THE AIRPORT, (2) ESTABLISH AN AIRCRAFT NOISE COHHISSION TO DISCUSS AND SOLVE NOISE PROBLEMS, AND (3) EXTEND PROHIBITION OF NIGHT FLIGHTS TO INCLUDE THE TIME PERIOD 11:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M. PUBLIC FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS AND TO INHABITANTS WITHIN THE NOISE ZONES FOR INSTALLATION OF NOISE-DAMPENING WINDOWS. DIAGRAMS OF THE EXISTING NOISE ZONES ARE INCLUDED. ------- PAGE 38 NOISE GREAT BRITAIN PM(B) ICAO PM(A) "THE CONOOEST OF NOISE IN GREAT BRITAIN." NOISE 2000 CONNELL, JOHN ENGLISH* 00/00/71 PGS 16-22 IDf *ALSO GERMAN EPA 02106A THIS REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRITISH NOISE ABATEHENT SOCIETY WAS DELIVERED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY AT A CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGAINST NOISE. THE BRITISH NOISE ABATEMENT SOCIETY IS A PRIVATE LOBBY GROUP WHICH PRESSES FOR ADEQUATE NOISE PREVENTION LAHS AND CONDUCTS PUBLIC ANTI-NOISE CAMPAIGNS. HEATHROW AIRPORT, THE CONCORDE PROJECT AND THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY IN GENERAL COME UNDER PARTICULAR ATTACK FROM THE SOCIETY. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL OF NOISE CONTROL PLANS TO GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, REALIZATION OF NOISE RESEARCH, AND ENDORSEMENT OP QUIETER MACHINERY AND NOISE-INSULATED DWELLINGS. THE REPORT STATES THAT, ON THE OFFICIAL LEVEL, PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE SEVERELY HAMPERED IN COMBATING NOISE BY WEAK LAHS AND GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY. HOWEVER, THE REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT THE TIME IS NEAR WREN PUBLIC PRESSURE HILL FORCE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE PRODUCTION OF NOISE. "AIRCRAFT-NOISE REDUCTION: AN INDUSTRY PROGRESS REVIEW," ICAO BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7. EPA ENGLISH 07/00/74 PGS 10-17 ID# 02065A ALSO ST THIS ARTICLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION BULLETIN SUMMARIZES THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE REDUCTION OF AIRCRAFT NOISE AND NEW APPROACHES AND PROGRAMS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) AND THREE MAJOR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS: BOEING, MCDONNELL DOUGLAS, AND LOCKHEED. THE IATA SECTION OF THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THO GENERAL POLICY STATEMENTS ADOPTED BY AIRLINES AT THE GENERAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER 1973. ONE IS ON THE RETROFITTING REQUIREMENTS OF ICAO ANNEX 16, WHICH APPLY HORLDWIDE, AND U. S. FEDERAL AIR REGUtATIONS, PART 36. THE OTHER STATEMENT OPPOSED OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED PURELY FOR REASONS OF NOISE. THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS POINT OUT THAT FURTHER REDUCTION IN AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVELS WILL BE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY. ICAO PM(A) "ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME ENVIRONMENT," ICAO BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7. EPA ENGLISH 07/00/74 PGS 9 IDI 02066A AIR WATER THIS ARTICLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION BULLETIN REPORTS THAT DELEGATES TO THE 8TH AIR NAVIGATION CONFERENCE (MONTREAL, APRIL 17-MAY 11) DISCUSSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HITH RESPECT TO AIRPORT PLANNING, DESIGN, AND OPERATION. THE DELEGATES DREW UP A LIST OF FIVE SPECIFIC MEASURES TO CONSIDER AS WAYS OF REDUCING AIRCRAFT NOISE EMISSION EFFECTS. WAYS.TO PREVENT SOIL EROSION, FLOODING, AND WATER POLLUTION FROM DRAINAGE WERE ALSO DISCUSSED. IT WAS THE CONFEREES' OPINION THAT ICAO SHOULD CONSIDER ITS GOAL TO BE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MAXIMUM COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE MAINTENANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION. MEMBERS ARE TO SUPPLY ICAO HITH DESCRIPTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIONS TAKEN TO OVERCOME ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. ICAO HILL THFN DISSEMINATE THIS INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF OTHER MEMBERS. DELEGATES ALSO RECOMMENDED A PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM STRESSING THE BENEFITS OF AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AS A WAY OF OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS TO THE SITING OF AIRPORTS. ------- NOISE IRELAND PH (B) FACE 39 "POLLUTION CONTROLS BY TWO BIG FIRMS." DOCHERTY, JOHN ENGLISH Oil/23/71 PGS *AIR IRISH PRESS. 11 ID# EPA 02176A UNITED STATES PH(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID# 02053A *GENERAL AIR WATER PESTICIDES RADIATION SOLID HASTE PESTICIDES BRAZIL PM(B) "POLLUTING INSECTICIDES WILL BE PROHIBITED." 0 GLOBO EPA PORTUGUESE 07/02/71 PGS ID* 02035A ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF THE 5,000 INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES DISSEMINATED BY AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE THEIR TOXICITY AND INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SCIENTISTS OF THE DIVISION OF AVIATION AGRICULTURE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE MAINTAIN THAT OF THESE 5,000 PRODUCTS ONLY ABOUT 100 SHOULD BE OFFICIALLY APPROVED FOR USE. FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES WILL BE ANALYZED IN LABORATORIES OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE SAO PAULO, AND AFTER ELIMINATING THOSE WHICH CONSTITUTE AIR POLLUTION HAZARDS, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HILL GRANT USE APPROVAL PEHBITS FOR THE REMAINING PRODUCTS CONSIDERED SAFE. SCIENTISTS OF THE DIVISION OF AVIATION AGRICULTURE ALSO MAINTAIN THAT CROP DUSTING WOULD BEST BE ACCOMPLISHED AT NIGHT WHEN THERE IS LESS BREEZE AND HEAT. THEREFORE THE "DUST" WOULD BE SUSPENDED LESS TIME IN THE AIR. HOWEVER, IN THIS RESPECT, THERE WOULD RAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAW THAT PREVENTS SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE FLIGHTS AT NIGHT. FRANCE LR(B) DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE LENVIRONNEMENT (LAW DEALING WITH THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMARQUE, JEAN FRENCH *WATER AIR 00/00/73 PGS NOISE 1-971 RADIATION LOC ID# 02061A GENERAL LAW FRANCE 7 LAHA ------- PESTICIDES FRANCE LR (B) PAGE "MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTLY REGULATED." LE FIGARO. FRENCH *AIR WATEH 05/27/74 PGS 9 ID# EPA 02064A UNITED STATES PN(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID# 02053A *GENERAL AIR WATER RADIATION SOLID WASTE NOISE UNITED STATES PH(B) BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENGLISH 07/25/74 PGS 1-40 ALSO LRB AND PMA *AIR HATER EPA ID* 02081A RADIATION AUSTRIA PM(B) GESDNDHEITS- UND UBWELTSCHUTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UNO UMWELTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-79 ID! 02072A *ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72 *GENERAL AIR HATER SOLID WASTE NOISE FRANCE LR (B) TODS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES) GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE LOG FRENCH 05/01/73 PGS 1-190* ID* 02060A "VARIOUSLY PAGINATED *WATER AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE LAW FRANCE 7 GREN 73 ------- RADIATION FRANCE LR (B) PAGE DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L'ENVIEONNEMENT (LAW DEALING WITH THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMAROUE, JEAN FRENCH *WATER AIR LOC 00/00/73 PGS 1-974 ID* 02061A NOISE PESTICIDES GENERAL LAW FRANCE 7 LAHA GERMANY,FED REP OF LP(B) "A BIT OF SOPHISTRY." DER SPIEGEL, NO. 23. GERMAN 06/03/74 PGS 67-68 EPA ID# 00693H THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE CONCERNS DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHICH SECTION OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION IS APPLICABLE TO THE DDMPING OF RADIOACTIVE BASTES. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT NEW AND BINDING CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED. TWO SECTIONS OF THE FIRST ORDINANCE FOR PROTECTION FROM RADIATION (1965) ARE CITED. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THOSE COMING IN CONTACT WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO OBTAIN PERMITS. UNDER SECTION 7, HOWEVER, THOSE WHO DEAL WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES HAVING FEWER THAN 0.002 MICROCOPIES PER GRAM NEED NO PERMIT. UNDER SECTION 42, PERMIT AUTHORITIES MAY ALLOW SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTES TO BE TREATED AS NORMAL WASTES IF THEIR CONCENTRATION IS UNDER 10 MICROCURIES PEP CUBIC METER. THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION AROSE WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER AT KARLSRUHE WAS DUMPING RADIOACTIVE MIRE AT A DUMP IN LEOPOLDSHAFEN. CENTER OFFICIALS BELIEVED THEMSELVES JUSTIFIED BY SECTION 7. OPPONENTS CONTEND SECTION 42 IS APPLICABLE AND THAT THE CENTER IS IN VIOLATION OF IT. LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE JUDGED IN FAVOR OF SECTION 42. SWITZERLAND LR (B) "HOW DO WE PROTECT AGRICULTURE FROM RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT?" JOURNAL DE GENEVE. EPA FRENCH 05/12/74 PGS 6 ID# 02015A ALSO PMB THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH SWISS CONCERN ABOUT RADIOACTIVITY AND THE THREAT OF CONTAMINATION TO THE NATION'S POOD SUPPLY IN THE EVEST OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. UNDER THE CURRENT FEDERAL LAW FOR CIVIL PROTECTION, EACH COMMUNITY WITH A POPULATION OF 1000 OR MORE HAS A LOCAL PROTECTIVE ORGANIZATION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETECTING RADIOACTIVITY. LESS DENSELY POPULATED AGRICULTURAL AREAS ARE THUS NOT REQUIRED TO FORM SUCH GROUPS AND ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED. THE LAW IS IN THE PROCESS OF MODIFICATION, AND IN THE MEANTIME THE SWISS UNION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION HAS LAUNCHED A PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM IN THE AREA OF AGRICULTURE AND RADIOACTIVITY. ------- PAGE RADIATION SWITZERLAND PM(B) "NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AT VERBOIS - THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY FAVORS POPULAR CONSULTATION." JOURNAL DE GENEVE. EPA FRENCH 05/25/74 PCS 11 IDt 02017A ALSO LRB THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH A PROPOSED NUCLEAR POWER CENTER AT VERBOIS IN THE CANTON OP GENEVA AND POLITICAL REACTION TO IT. THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS INITIALLY EXPRESSED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, BUT EMPHASIZES THAT CANTONAL COMPETENCE IN THE AREAS OF LAND REZONING AND HATER RIGHTS SHOULD BE REINFORCED. IT CONSIDERS THE FOLLOWING PERTINENT: (1) THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OP STATE HAS OUTLINED PRECISE CONDITIONS FOR SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE AND ADVOCATES STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF USING HEAT EMITTED BY THE CENTER FOR URBAN NEEDS. (2) THE CANTONAL GRAND COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A STAND WHEN THE ISSUE OF LAND REZONING COMES BEFORE IT. A POPULAR REFERENDUM MAY FOLLOW. LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS FROM GENEVA, ACCORDING TO A SHORT FOLLOWING NEWS ARTICLE, VISITED A NUCLEAR CENTER NEAR BERN TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY, DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND THE ATTITUDES OF NEARBY RESIDENTS AS PART OF THEIR OPINION-FORMING PROCESS. UNITED STATES PM(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION 'UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PCS 1-16 ID* 02053A *GENERAL AIR WATER PESTICIDES SOLID WASTE NOISE SOLID WASTE AUSTRALIA LR(B) STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCINERATORS AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA. ENU. CONTROL DIVISION EPA ENGLISH 10/00/71 PGS 1-13 ID# 02036A AIR THIS TYPEWRITTEN PUBLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF TASMANIA, PRESCRIBES STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL INCINERATORS CAPABLE OF BURNING UP TO ONE TON OF WASTE PER HOUR. THESE STANDARDS ARE GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER INTERESTED BODIES IN THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OP INCINERATORS. LISTS OF DEFINITIONS CONCERNING INCINERATOR TERMS AND TYPES OF WASTES ARE GIVEN. THE PUBLICATION ALSO PRESCRIBES WHAT CLASSES OF INCINERATORS HAY BURN SPECIFIED TYPES OF WASTES AND STATES DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF THESE INCINERATORS. ------- SOLT!> WASTE AUSTRALIA PH(A) PAGE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA. 10/00/72 PGS 3-18 HATER AIR ENGLISH ALSO SE *GFNERAL EPA ID* 02150A AUSTRIA PH(B) GESONDHEITS- UND UMWELTSCHUTZPLAN DES BUNDESMINISTERIUMS FUER GESONDHEIT UNO UMWSLTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-79 ID* 02072A *ISSUBD AFTER 05/23/72 *GENERAL AIR WATER RADIATION NOISE BRAZIL PM(B) "COLLECTION OF REFUSE, A GROWING PROBLEM." 0 GLOBO PORTUGUESE 08/11/71* PGS 12 EPA ID* 02098A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE AMOUNT OF REFUSE COLLECTED DAILY IN RIO DE JANEIRO (2,700 TONS) WILL TREBLE WITHIN 11 YEARS ACCORDING TO THE PREDICTIONS OF THE STATE COMPANY FOR URBAN CLEANLINESS OF GUANABARA (CELDRB). BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WILL FINANCE A PROJECT IN CAJD, BRAZIL TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING OF REFUSE. ACCORDING TO CELURB, THE RECYCLING OF REFUSE INTO FERTILIZER IS UNECONOMICAL, AND INCINERATION IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION. IN THE FUTURE, THE MOST FEASIBLE SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE IN THE DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PULVERIZATION AND SEPARATION OF WASTES THAT CAN BE SAFELY DISCHARGED INTO SEWAGE SYSTEMS. THE REFUSE THAT CANNOT BE DISPOSED OF IN THIS BANNER WILL BE COLLECTED AND DUMPED INTO SANITARY LANDFILLS. THE PULVERIZATION METHOD WOULD REDUCE THE PROBLEM OF COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF REFUSE, WHICH PRESENTLY ACCOUNTS FOR 70 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF REFUSE DISPOSAL. CZECHOSLOVAKIA PM(B) CLEANLINESS AND ORDER IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES. CZECH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL CZECH 12/00/73 PGS 5-103 ID* EPA 02099A THIS BOOKLET, PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL OF THE SLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, STUDIES PUBLIC SERVICES PROMOTING MUNICIPAL CLEANLINESS, PARTICULARLY RELATIVE TO SOLID WASTE REMOVAL. THE PRESENT SITUATION, TRENDS AND PROBLEMS ARE TREATED. ROAD UPKEEP AND PUBLIC LIGHTING ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 2 AND CHAPTER 3 DISCUSS COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASES FOR WASTE REMOVAL. CHAPTER U PRESENTS MATERIAL FROM A 1972 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TOWN CLEANING AND HASTE DISPOSAL ATTENDED IN PRAGUE BY DELEGATES OF THE USSR, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, POLAND AND HUNGARY. ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, REGIONAL, DISTRICT AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IMPLEMENT PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES. THESE COMMITTEES RECEIVE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC DIRECTIVES FROM THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. AN ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET TRANSLATES THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SUMMARIZES CONTENT IN RUSSIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN. ------- SOLID WASTE FRANCE LR (B) PAGE 44 TOUS LES PROBLEMBS JURIDIQUES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLBS (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEHS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLDTION AND NUISANCES) GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE LOG FRENCH 05/01/73 PGS 1-190* ID# 02060A *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED *WATER AIR NOISE RADIATION LAW FRANCE 7 GEEN 73 FRANCE PM(B) "FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: H. JARROT PROPOSES THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY." LE MONDE. AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC. EPA FRENCH 08/28/74 PGS 1; 17 ID# 02093A ALSO LRB *GENERAL WATER GERMANY,FED REP OF LR{B) "COMPLETE SUPERVISION OF DANGEROUS WASTES SOUGHT." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE. EPA GERMAN 02/26/74 PGS 3 ID# 00114E THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES TWO PROPOSED FEDERAL REGULATIONS (UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL LAW) TO INCREASE GOVERNMENTAL SUPERVISION OF DANGEROUS WASTES FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN TO DISPOSAL. THE FIRST WOULD PRESCRIBE: (A) THAT EACH PRODUCER OF WASTES KEEP A RECORD OF THE NATURE AND QUANTITY OP WASTES ON HAND TO BE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT ANY TIME AND (B) THAT A MULTICOPY FORM BE COMPLETED AND FORWARDED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES BOTH WHEN THE WASTE MATERIAL LEAVES THE FACTORY AND ARRIVES AT THE DUMP SITE. THE SECOND REGULATION WOULD MAKE IMPORTATION OF DANGEROUS WASTES MORE DIFFICULT BY COMPLICATING THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE. INITIALLY, DEFINITION OF WASTES TO BE CONTROLLED WOULD BE LEFT TO THE INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL STATES, ALTHOUGH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY IS REPORTED TO BE PREPARING A CATALOG OF DANGEROUS MATERIALS. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) "MAKING A FORTUNE FROM TOXIC WASTES." BEWERUNGE, LOTHAR GERMAN 03/18/74 PGS *WATER FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE. EPA 7 ID* 00478D ------- PAGE SOLID WASTF GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) GERMANY,FED REP OF PB(B) "ONLY 80 DUMPS IN BADEN-WUERTTEHBERG." SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG EPA ID# 0211SA GERMAN 07/17/7U PGS 5 THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN BADEN-HUEPTTEMBERG THE DISTRICTS (KREISE) HILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF WASTE REMOVAL, INCLUDING COLLECTION, TRANSPORT AND DUMPING, BEGINNING JDNE 30, 1976, AT THE LATEST. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVISION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL STATE'S WASTE REMOVAL LAW PREPARED BY THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY AND CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION. AT PRESENT COMMUNITIES CARRY OUT COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT, LEADING TO MANY INEOUITIES OF SERVICE. UNDER THE WASTE REMOVAL PLAN WORKED OUT WITH THE AMENDMENT, THE NUMBER OF DUMPS IN BADEN- WUERTTEMPERG IS TO BE REDUCED FROM A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING 4000 TO 80 CENTRALIZED FACILITIES BY 1985. THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE FULLY EFFECTIVE UNTIL A PFNDING AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL WASTE REMOVAL LAW IS PASSED. UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, ONLY LICENSED FIRMS MAY BE DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO COLLECT AND TRANSPORT WASTES. "UNIFORM METHOD OF WASTE DISPOSAL SOUGHT." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG EPA GERMAN OU/05/71 PGS 31 ID# 0011HF THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES EFFORTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL IN BADEN-WUERRTEMBERG TO CENTRALIZE AND COORDINATE WASTE DISPOSAL. AUTHORIZED BY THE 1972 WASTE DISPOSAL ACT, DISTRICTS SUCH AS ULM, bIBERACH, HEIDENHEIM AND HEILBRONN HAVE BEEN CLOSING MOST OF THE PROLIFERATE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD DUMPS IN FAVOR OF A FEW CENTRALIZED DISTRICT DUMPS. THE DISTRICTS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUPERVISE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF WASTE MATERIAL. HOWEVER THESE FUNCTIONS ARE STILL RESERVED TO COMMUNITIES BY THE 1972 LAW, AND EFFORTS IN ULM AND BIBERACH HAVE SO FAR MET LOCAL RESISTANCE, PRESUMABLY ON FINANCIAL GROUNDS. MANY DISTRICT OFFICIALS HOPE TO SEE THE LAW AMENDED TO COVER TPESE FUNCTIONS. GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "EXPERTS: ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION,» STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG, NO. 86. GERMAN *GENERAL NOISE 04/11/7U PGS 1 WATER AIR ID# 020114A ------- PAGE SOLID WASTE GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(B) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET: DISKUSSIONSBEITRAG ZUM UMWELTSCHUTZ. SCRENKEL, W. EPA GERMAN 00/00/71 PGS 213-228 ID# 02075A *GENERAL AIR NOISE WATER INTERNATIONAL PL(B) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN EUROPE FROST AND SULLIVAN LTD., LONDON ENGLISH 12/00/73 PGS ALSO SE AND LRB *WATER 150 LOG ID# 02057A TD7B9.E9F76 1973 INTERNATIONAL PH(B) "A "BLACK BOX' CONTROLS BURNING OF WASTES - ON BOARD SPECIAL SHIPS/INDUSTRY 'WASTES ARE DESTROYED IN THE NORTH SEA." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, NO. 5U. EPA SERSAS 03/05/7« PGS 8 ID* 02103A AIR THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES A MEANS OF DISPOSING OF PROBLEM WASTES AT SEA AND A METHOD OF MONITORING THE PROCESS. THE SHIP "VULCANUS" IS A SPECIAL TANKER OF THE DUTCH OCEAN COMBUSTION SERVICE WHICH BURNS CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS FOR CUSTOMERS IN HOLLAND, ENGLAND, NORWAY, DENMARK, IRELAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WHILE CRUISING IN PRESCRIBED AREAS OF THE NORTH SEA. UNDER HIGH-TEMPERATURE INCINERATION, THE HYDROCARBONS BECOME HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND COMBINE WITH VAPOR IN THE AIR. IT IS SAID THAT THE RESULTING PRECIPITATE DOES NOT HARD SEAWATER WHEN DISPOSED OF UNDER DEFINED CONDITIONS. TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE PROCESS, THE "VULCANUS" USES A "BLACK BOX", AN APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH CAMERA, WHICH RECORDS ON FILM READINGS TAKEN EVERY 15 MINUTES ON TIME, COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE, DISCHARGE, NAVIGATION AND OTHER DATA. WFEN THE SHIP DOCKS, A DUTCH OFFICIAL REVIEWS THE FILM TO SEE THAT ALL REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. IRELAND PM(B) "TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION." IRISH PRESS. DOCHERTY, JOHN ENGLISH 0«/18/7« PGS *WATER EPA ID# 02131A ------- 501,10 WASTE NORWAY PM(B) "OSLO PLANS DEPOSIT FOE SCRAPPING AUTOS." DIE WELT, NO. 120. EPA ID* 02016A GERHSN 05/25/7U PCS 16 PAGE THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES A PLAN UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT IN OSLO TO ENCOURAGE THE DISPOSAL OF OLD CARS IN A MANNER FAVORABLE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE ENERGY CYCLE. AS ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTED BY A YEARLY FEE LEVIED ON MOTORISTS, WOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO COLLECT VEHICLES READY TO BE JUNKED AND TO RECYCLE USABLE PARTS AND METALS. FINAL OWNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO RECLAIM A PART OF THE FEES PAID TPROUGH THE YEARS BY DELIVERING AN OLD VEHICLE TO AN OFFICIAL REDEMPTION CENTER WHERE THEY WOULD BE PAID A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN MODEL. UNITED STATES PM (A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PCS 1-16 ID* 02053A *GENSRAL AIR WATER PESTICIDES RADIATION NOISE WATER AUSTRALIA PM(A) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN TASMANIA. ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 3-18 ALSO SE *GENERAL AIR SOLID WASTE EPA ID# 02150A AUSTRIA PM(B) GESONDHEITS- UND OMWELTSCHOTZPLAN DBS BUNDESMISISTERIUMS FUER GESUNDHEIT UNO UMWELTSCHUTZ. (HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT) AUSTRIA. MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA GERMAN PGS 1-79 ID* 02072A "ISSUED AFTER 05/23/72 *GENERAL AIR SOLID WASTE RADIATION NOISE ------- PAGE 48 WATER BELGIUM LF(A) BELGIUM LE(A) "OCT. 6, 1972 ROYAL DECREE...LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971 ON THE PROTECTION OF SURFACE WATERS AGAINST POLLUTION." BULLETIN USUEL DES LOIS ET ARRETES. EPA FRENCH 10/25/72 PGS 712 ID# 00549B THIS DECREE PROVIDES THE DATES ON WHICH THE VARIOUS ARTICLES OF THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971 ARE TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT. THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FAMILY IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS DECREE. "JAN. 23, 1974 ROYAL DECREE ON DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER INTO PUBLIC SEWERS AND SURFACE WATERS." MONITEUR BELGE, FEB. 15, 1974. EPA FRENCH* 02/15/74 PGS 2248-2257 ID* 00549C *ALSO FLEMISH THIS DECREE, SUPPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971, DIVIDES WASTEWATER INTO TWO CATEGORIES: HASTEWATER FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES AND FROM COMMERCIAL SOURCES; DETAILED DEFINITIONS OF BOTH CATEGORIES ARE PROVIDED. THE DECREE ALSO SPECIFIES CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WASTEWATER MAY BE DISCHARGED INTO PUBLIC SEWERS OR SURFACE WATERS (THE LATTER INCLUDING COASTAL WATERS, INTERNAL WATER NETWORKS AND ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS), AND STATES REQUIREMENTS FOR PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS. ALSO PROVIDED IN THE DECREE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYZING VARIOUS WASTEWATERS; ANALYSES ARE TO BE SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR WATER PURIFICATION. FINALLY, THE DECREE STATES THE PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971 MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AND DESIGNATES THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT AS THE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTION OF THE DECREE. BELGIUM LR(A) JAN. 23, 1974 DECREES IMPLEMENTING THF LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971. MONITEUR BELGE, FEBRUARY 15, 1974. FRENCH* *ALSO FLEMISH 02/15/74 PGS 2258-2263 ID# 00549D THE FIRST OF THESE DECREES PROVIDES A PRECISE CHEMICAL DEFINITION OF A UNIT OF POLLUTION IN WASTEWATER; THE SECOND DECREE STATES THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PERMISSIBLE POLLUTION AS BEING 5,000 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UNITS OF POLLUTION. IN THE THIRD DECREE IS DISCUSSED THE TERMS AND AMOUNTS OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISES FOR WATER PURIFICATION WITHIN THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1974 TO MAY 1, 1979. THE FINAL DECREE PROVIDES THE PROCEDURES AND TIME-LIMITS FOR APPEALS REGARDING THE LAW OF MARCH 26, 1971. ------- WATER BRAZIL LH(A) PAGE "DECREE NO. 73.030 OP OCTOBER 30, 1973." COLECJO DAS LEIS DA REPUBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL 1973, VOL VIII, TOHO I EPA PORTUGUESE 00/00/74 PGS 160-162 ID# 02037B ALSO PMA *GENERAL BRAZIL PH(B) "CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE NORTPEAST." 0 GLOBO PORTUGUESE AIR 07/23/74 PGS 6 EPA ID* 02084A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHEAST (SUDENE) HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION IN THE CONTROL OF URBAN AND RURAL POLLUTION IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF BRAZIL. THE SUDENE REPORTS ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT WHO IN TURN HAS AGREED TO LEND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT TO THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY SUDENE TO CONTROL POLLUTION OF THE AIR AND WATER. THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALSO OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE COMMISSION FOR CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION AND FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY IN RECIFE ON THE PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING DISCHARGES INTO THE JABOATAO RIVER AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF TPE STATE OF PERNAMEOCO. BRAZIL PM(B) "INDUSTRIES PREFER TO PAY FINES RATHER THAN AVOID POLLUTION." 0 GLOBO EPA PORTUGUESE 08/04/74 PGS 11 ID# 02085A ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE HEAD OF THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICE OF THE INSTITUTE OF SANITARY ENGINEERING HAS REPORTED THAT MANY OF THE INDUSTRIES AROUND RIO DE JANEIRO ARE FINDING IT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO PAY FINES PERIODICALLY RATHER THAN INSTALL ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OBSTACLES IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF WATER POLLUTION. A COMMISSION COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE GUANABARA SANITATION ENTERPRISE AND THE INSTITUTE OF SANITARY ENGINEERING OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE IS STUDYING THE PROBLEM, AND, RECENTLY, THE INSTITUTE OF SANITARY ENGINEERING HAS PROVIDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT NETWORK INTO W»ICH INDUSTRIES MAY DISCHARGE EFFLUENTS. NORMALLY, INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO FEES OR FINES FOR DISCHARGING UNTREATED EFFLUENTS INTO RIVERS, GUANABARA BAY OR INTO SEWAGE SYSTEMS. ------- PAGE 50 WATER BULGARIA LR(A) "DECREE ON ISSDANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTIONS OR OTHER PROJECTS WHICH MAY BE HARMFUL TO WATERCOURSES." D'RZHAVEN VESTNIK, NO. 82. EPA BULGARIAN 10/16/73 PCS 3-1 ID* 02138A THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE BULGARIAN MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, REQUIRES THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER UNDERTAKING WHICH IS POTENTIALLY HARMFUL TO WATERCOURSES BE AUTHORIZED BY THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENT. PERMITS ARE ALSO REQUIRED FOR PROJECTS THAT MAY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A WATERCOURSE, SUCH AS THE BUILDING OF DAMS. CONSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE PART OF EROSION-PKEVENTION MEASURES, HOWEVER, NEED NOT BE AUTHORIZED. THE PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING PERMITS IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL. PERMITS MAY BE REVOKED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY IF ESTABLISHED CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET; REFUSALS, ALTERATIONS, OR SUSPENSIONS OF PERMITS MAY BE APPEALED. VIOLATIONS OF THIS DECREE ARE PUNISHABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENAL CODE. CANADA LR(A) "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT, 1970 (DEPT. STATUTES OF CANADA 1970, 2D SUPPLEMENT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT)," REVISED ENGLISH* *ALSO FRENCH *GENERAL PGS 177-195 ID* EPA 02011A AIR CANADA PM(B) "DIFFICULTY IN ASSESSING POLLUTION IS HINDRANCE." PERRY, CHARLES ENGLISH 07/11/7« PGS MAIL STAR EPA ID* 02126A TPIS CANADIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT DR. WILLIAM FORD, DIRECTOR OF THE BEDFORD INSTITUTE, COMMENTING ON THOR REYERDAHL'S STATEMENT THAT THE WORLD'S OCEANS ARE A "ROTTING APPLE," SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS TOO LATE TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION. HOWEVER, DIFFICULTY IN CALCULATING THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE BY MAN-BADE- POLLUTANTS IS A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE ECOLOGY OF THE SEAS. WORLDWIDE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO CALCULATE THE INPUT OF POLLUTION INTO THE OCEANS AND THE OCEANS' ABSORPTION CAPACITY. OIL SPILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, ENDANGER BEACHES, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SEAS' ECOLOGY OR ON COMMERCIAL FISHING. THE DIRECTOR FEELS THAT THfi UN LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE, WHICH IS TRYING TO DEVELOP A LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO SOLVE SUCH PROBLEMS AND CREATE AN AESTHETIC VALUE RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ------- PAGE WATFR CANADA P«(B) "DAVIS CLAIMS ZONE TO KEEP TANKERS ODT." THE SON. ENGLISH 07/05/74 PGS EPA ID* 02127A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON COMMENTS MADE BY THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SPEAKING ON THE UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA. THE MINISTER SAID THAT A 200-MILE ECONOMIC LIMIT WILL PROBABLY BE ACCEPTED BY MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP. THE 200-MILE LIMIT WILL BE EASIER TO ENFORCE THAN CANADA'S PRESENT THREE-MILE LIMIT, SINCE AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITES CAN BE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF SHIPS IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION, CANADA WILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE FOREIGN NATIONS WHO WANT TO FISH WITHIN THE 200-MILE LIMIT. THE MINISTER HOPES THAT THE LARGER ZONE WILL INFLUENCE UNITED STATES TANKERS TO GO OUTSIDE CANADA'S INLAND SEA AND THAT IT WILL DISCOURAGE UNITED STATES PLANS TO CHANNEL MORE TANKER TRAFFIC THROUGH WEST COAST WATERS, THUS AFFORDING MORE PROTECTION TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST. CHINA,REPUBLIC OF PM(B) REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA. EPA ENGLISH 06/00/73 PGS 1-20 ID# 02100A *AIR COSTA RICA PM(A) "NEW INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION." LA REPUBLICA EPA IDS 02120A SPANISH 06/12/74 PGS 28 THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE PLANNING OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF COSTA RICA HAS SENT A PROPOSED LAW TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF THE INSTITUTE FOR HYDROLOGY, METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION. IF APPROVED BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE ASSEMBLY, THIS LAW WILL CREATE AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE THAT WILL ASSUME THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE NATIONAL SUBTERRANEAN WATER SERVICE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH THE HYDROLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL CYCLES. THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE WILL BE RFSPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND APPLYING, ALONG THE GUIDELINES OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A NATIONAL POLICY WHICH WILL REGULATE ALL THE ACTIVITIES AFFECTING THE WATER RESOURCES OF COSTA RICA. THE THIRD PART OF THE PROPOSED LAW, WHICH LISTS THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE INSTITUTE, IS REPRINTED IN THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. ------- WATER CZECHOSLOVAKIA LR (B) PAGE 52 PECE 0 ZDRAVE ZIVOTNI PROSTREDI V CESKOSLOVENSKU IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL CZECH 10/19/72 PGS 13-19* *ALSO PAGES 28-30 *NOISE AIR (FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ID# EPA 02159A EEC PB(A) "CONTROL OF THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE OIL." NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEHENT, NO. 30. EPA FRENCH 05/00/74 PGS 23 ID* 02156A ALSO LRB AIR THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECENTLY PROPOSED THAT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ADOPT UNIFORM REGULATIONS ON THE DISCHARGE OF WASTE OILS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. THIS PROPOSAL WAS ACCELERATED BY THE PREPARATION OF DRAFT LEGISLATION ON THE SUBJECT IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL ASKS THAT THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE OIL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH RE0SE (REGENERATION OR COMBUSTION). THE PROPOSAL ALSO CALLS FOR THE PROHIBITION OF ANY TREATMENT OF WASTE OIL CAUSING MORE THAN THE INEVITABLE MINIMUM OF AIR POLLUTION, THOSE HAVING HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE SOIL, AND OF ANY DISCHARGE OF WASTE OIL INTO SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, OR COASTAL WATERS AND CANALS. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT, IF NECESSARY, BY SPECIALIZED ENTERPRISES, WHOSE PAYMENT WOULD BE GUARANTEED BY FEES COLLECTED AT THE RETAIL LEVEL ON THE SALE OF OILS AND LUBRICANTS. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES PM(A) "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: SAVE THF WATER," LE PEUPLE. FRENCH *GENERAL AIR 07/03/74 PGS 1* EPA ID# 02051A FRANCE LR (B) TOUS LES PROBLEMES JURIDIQOES DBS POLLUTIONS ET NUISANCES INDUSTRIELLES (ALL THE JURIDICAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND NUISANCES) GRENIER-SARGOS, ALINE LOC LAW FRANCE 7 GREN 73 FRENCH 05/01/73 PGS 1-190* ID# 02060A *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED AIR NOISE RADIATION SOLID WASTE THIS TEXT, ONE OF A SERIES ON LEGAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED ENCYCLOPEDICALLY BY THE J. DELMAS COMPANY, SEEKS TO BRING TOGETHER FOR LAY READERSHIP THE VARIOUS FRENCH LAWS AND REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TO DESCRIBE THE JURIDICAL MEASURES ADOPTED IN RECENT YEARS, PARTICULARLY AS THEY PERTAIN TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON AIR AND WATER QUALITY. THE TEXT OUTLINES THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CITES MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS, DESCRIBES THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, AND POINTS UP LEGAL CASES TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THE LAWS AND THE ENFORCEMENT CONTROLS WORK. AIR, WATER, AND NOISE POLLUTION LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT ARE COVERED AS WELL AS THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN SITES (AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS, MINING ESTABLISHMENTS, AND BUILDING PROJECTS) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EUROPEAN APPROACH AND SHORT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PROGRAMS IN FORCE IN WEST GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES). ------- HATER FRANCE LR (B) PAGE 53 DROIT DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DE L1ENVIRONNEHENT (LAW DEALING WITH TPE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT) LAMAROOE, JEAN FREtlCP AIR NOISE 00/00/73 PGS RADIATION LOC 1-97U ID# 02061A PESTICIDES GENERAL LAS FRANCE 7 LAMA THIS COMPREHENSIVE TEXT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL FRENCH GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; EXPLAINS FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR APPLICATION; AND COVERS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AND THE TYPES OF PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RULINGS. THE FIRST PART OF THE TEXT IS DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF NATURE, INCLUDING SITES AND MONUMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PARKS AND NATURE PRESERVES, FORESTS, SOIL, AND FLORA AND FAUNA; THE SECOND PART, TO WATER, AIR, AND NOISE POLLUTION AND TO A LESSER DEGREE POLLUTION FROM RADIATION AND PESTICIDES. THE TEXT IS WELL FOOTNOTED AND INDEXED. FRANCE LR(B) "MERCURY DISCHARGES STRICTLY REGULATED." LE FIGARO. FRENCH *AIR 05/27/74 PGS 9 PESTICIDES ID# EPA 0206UA FRANCE PR(B) "IN CALVADOS WITH THE POLLUTION HUNTERS." AMBHOISE-RENDU, MARC. FRENCH 08/07/7« PGS 15 LE MONDE. ID# EPA 02022A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE WORK OF THE UNITS FOR INTERVENTION AGAINST MARINE POLLUTION IN VARIOUS PREFECTORIAL DEPARTMENTS. THESE UNITS WERE FIRST PROPOSED IN 1971. PLANS CALL FOR SUCH A UNIT IN EACH OF THE 2U COASTAL DEPARTMENTS; TEN ARE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENFORCE ANTIPOLLUTION STANDARDS FOR THOSE WHO DUMP WASTES INTO RIVERS OR THE SEA. FIRST, THE PRINCIPAL POLLUTERS IN EACH REGION ARE IDENTIFIED. THESE AREAS ARE THEN MONITORED, AMD SAMPLES ARE TAKEN AT UNANNOUNCED TIMES TWICE A YEAR. THE SAMPLES ARE ANALYZED AND THE RESULTS SENT TO THE INDUSTRIES OR COMMUNITIES INVOLVED, ALONG WITH A COMMENTARY OR WARNING NOTICE. THE ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IF THE SITUATION IS NOT CORRECTED, APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION IS TAKEN. ------- PAGE HATER PRANCE PB(B) FRANCE PM(B) L'ORIENTATION ET LA BISE EN OEDVRE DE LA POLITIQUE DE L'EAU EN FRANCE (DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY IN FRANCE) EPA FRENCH 00/00/73 PCS 1-131 ID# .02062A THIS BOOK, PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE "ENVIRONNEMENT" COLLECTION BY LA DOCUMENTATION FRANCAISE, DEALS WITH THE MAJOR FACETS OF FRANCE'S WATER POLICY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AS OF THE END OF 1972. THE FIRST OF THE BOOK'S FODR PARTS REVIEWS THE ORIENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY (VI PLAN), STEMMING FROM THE WATER COMMISSION'S RESEARCH AND PROM THE DECISIONS INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL AND ECOSOMIC REPORT UNDER THE VI PLAN. THE SECOND PART DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE, COMPOSITION, AND ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WATER. THE THIRD PART OF THE BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH THE WATER BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCIES AND THEIR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, ALSO DETAILING NEW PROGRAMS THAT THEY ELABORATED FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE VI PLAN. THE LAST PART OF THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT FOR THE STUDY OF WATER: ITS ROLE, ITS PLACE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, AND ITS ACTIVITIES. LES PARAMETRES DE LA QDALITE DBS EAUX (THE PARAMETERS OF WATER QUALITY) BREHOND, R. AND R. VUICHARD EPA FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 1-179 ID* 020631 PUBLISHED BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT FOR THE STUDY OF WATER PROBLEMS UNDER THE AUSPICES OP THE FRENCH MINISTRY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THIS BOOK REPRESENTS THE FIRST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONWIDE INVENTORY OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY UNDERTAKEN IN FULFILLMENT OF THE DEC. 16, 1964, LAW ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION OP WATER (WATER LAW) . THE TEXT INDICATES, ON A SUBSTANCE-BY-SUBSTANCE BASIS, TO WHAT EXTENT THE DEGRADATION OF WATER QUALITY CONSTITUTES AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND THUS JUSTIFIES THE GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST WATER POLLUTION. FRANCE PM(A) PROOET DE LIVRE BLANC: LES PROBLEMES DE L'EAU EN ARTOIS-PICARDIE. (WATER PROBLEMS IN ARTOIS-PICARDIE.) EPA FRENCH PGS 1-77 ID# 02076A *LATER THAN 1970 THIS REPORT ON THE ARTOIS-PICARDIE BASIN IS ONE OF A SERIES OP WHITE PAPERS PREPARED BY THE SIX FRENCH WATER BASIN AGENCIES. THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION, ITS WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION, ITS SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEM, AND A DIAGNOSIS OF THE SITUATION. A SECOND SECTION DEALS WITH TERRITORIAL AND WATER POLICY PLANNING OPTIONS IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE BASIN. A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINDS OF ACTIONS NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH THE WATER PROBLEMS OF THE AREA IS GIVEN. INCLUDED AMONG THESE MEASDRES ARE POLLUTION RESEARCH AND THE APPLICATION OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY FOR POLLUTION CONTROL. THE INTERNATIONAL (FRANCO-BELGIAN) DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEM ARE DISCUSSED. THE CONCLUSION STRESSES THAT BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN ARTOIS-PICARDIE THERE SHOULD BE NO DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DECENTRALIZED ANTIPOLLUTION PROGRAM. ------- PAGE 55 WATER FRANCE PM(A) PROJET DE LIVRE BLANC: LES PROBLEHES DE L'EAU DANS LE BASSIN RHONE- MFDITERRANEE-CORSE. (WATER PROBLEMS IN THF RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA BASIN.) EPA FRENCH PGS 1-60 ID* 02077A *LATER THAN 1970 THIS REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF WHITE PAPERS TO BE PREPARED BY THE SIX FRENCH WATER BASIN AGENCIES TO AID THE FORMULATION OF A COHERENT AND INTEGRATED WATER AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING POLICY. THE FIRST MAJOR SECTION GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RHONE-HEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA BASIN, ITS WATER RESODRCES, THEIR UTILIZATION AND QUALITY. POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND TOURISM ARE CONSIDERED IN A SECOND SECTION. THERE IS A RATHER DETAILED DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS RELATING TO BOTH THE QUANTITY AND THE QUALITY OF WATER. POLLUTION CONTROL, WHILE NOT REGARDED AS AN END IN ITSELF, IS, ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL CONCLUSION, THE 10ST PRESSING PROBLEM IN THE BASIN. AN APPENDIX GIVES TABLES OF THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS DUMPED IN THE BASIN IN 1969. FRANCE PH(A) THE ORIENTATION OF THE WATER POLICY-OF PLAN VI ENGLISH* *FRENCH 00/00/72 PGS 1-23 EPA ID* 02078A THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE TEXT OF A REPORT PRESENTED IN OCTOBER 1971 TO THE FRENCH NATIONAL WATER COMMITTEE BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF RURAL CONSTRUCTION, WATERS AND FORESTS. THE REPORT ANALYZES THE RESULTS ALREADY ACHIEVED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF WATER WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING THE WATER POLICY GOALS OF PLAN VI (THE 6TH NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT) AND MEASURES NECESSARY TO ATTAIN THESE GOALS. THE FINANCIAL AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS (NATIONAL, BASIN AGENCY, PRIVATE) AND THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE POLICY ADOPTED ARE DISCUSSED IN SOME DETAIL. BREAKDOWNS OF EXPENDITURES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND SECTORS AND SCHEDULES FOR THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDIES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR WATER SUPPLIES AND SANITATION SYSTEMS ARE GIVEN IN THREE APPENDIXES. FRANCE PM(A) PROJET DU LIVRE BLANC DU BASSIN RHIN-MEUSE: SYNTHESE GENERALE DBS AVIS RECUEILLIS AU COURS DE LA CONSULTATION (DRAFT OF WHITE PAPER FOR THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN) EPA FRENCH 02/01/73 PGS 1-U4* ID* 02080A *VARIOUSLY PAGINATED THIS DOCUMENT IS A DRAFT OF A WHITE PAPER PREPARED BY THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN FINANCE AGENCY AND ADOPTED BY TEE WATER BASIN AUTHORITY. THE REPORT WAS COMPILED FROM RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED TO INTERESTED PARTIES AT THE REGIONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL LEVELS BY THE BASIN FINANCE AGENCY. THE FIRST VOLUME CONTAINS THE WORKING DRAFT OF THE WHITE PAPER AND A PROPOSED TEXT WHICH INCORPORATES CHANGES BASED ON RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE, ALONG WITH EXPLANATORY MATERIAL. THE SECOND VOLUME (APPENDIX I) SIMPLY REPRINTS THE TWO TEXTS, PRESENT AND PROPOSED. THE THIRD VOLUME (APPENDIX II) CONTAINS THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE TEXT OF THE RESPONSES FROM THE COMMISSIONS FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE TECHNICAL WATER COMMITTEES FROM THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN. ------- PAGE 56 WATER PRANCE PB(A) "BASIN AGENCIES: SIX MUTUALS TO FIGHT POLLUTION." LE MONDE REBEYHOL, YVONNE EPA FRENCH 11/07/73 PCS 36 ID# 02089A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SIX FRENCH WATER BASIN AGENCIES CREATED BY THE DECEHBER 16, 196U, LAW AND PUT INTO OPERATION IN 1967 AND 1968. THESE AGENCIES OPERATE ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS EXISTS AMONG THE WATER USERS IN A BASIN. FEES PAID BY USERS FOR WATER USED OH POLLUTION CREATED ARE USED TO FINANCE VARIOUS POLLUTION CONTROL AND HATER PROJECTS. ALTHOUGH THE "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE APPLIES IN FRANCE, THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE BASIN AGENCIES OFFER SUBSIDIES OR LOANS AT VARIOUS STAGES TO FINANCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT. SPECIAL LOANS ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST NEW INDUSTRIES TO BEET POLLUTION STANDARDS. EXISTING INDUSTRIES COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY STAGES. THE WORST POLLUTING INDUSTRIES MAY BE ASSISTED IN THEIR CLEAN-UP EFFORTS BY GOVERNMENT FUNDS UNDER BRANCH CONTRACTS, SUCH AS THE ONE AGREED TO BY THE PAPER INDUSTRY IN JULY 1972. THE OFFICE OF MINES HAS PROVIDED ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS TO MONITOR AND ADVISE INDUSTRY. FRANCE PM(B) "IN TWO MONTHS, 20 SHIPS CAUGHT DISCHARGING OIL ALONG FRENCH COAST: WAR ON POLLUTION PIRATES." LE MONDE. AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC EPA FRENCH , 09/03/7U PGS 28 ID# 02090A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE SOPHISTICATED MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES USED IN FRANCE, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BRETON COAST, TO IDENTIFY CARGO SHIPS AND TANKERS ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING OIL AT SEA. INFRARED CAMERAS, CONNECTED TO TELEVISION SCREENS, SENSE HEAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WATER AND SPOTS OF HYDROCARBONS. SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED BY BOAT AND ANALYZED BY THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE FISHERIES. THE REPORT OF THE VIOLATION IS SENT TO FRENCH TRIBUNALS IF IT OCCURS WITHIN FRENCH TERRITORIAL WATERS; OTHERWISE, THE REPORT GOES TO THE APPROPRIATE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION AND SANCTIONS. IN FRANCE, A VIOLATION CAN RESULT IN FINES AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE CAPTAIN. IT IS FEARED THAT THIS SURVEILLANCE WILL MERELY FORCE DISCHARGE ACTIVITIES FURTHER OUT AT SEA. THE ARTICLE STATES THAT THE PLACING OF A LITTLE BLACK BOX ON EVERY TANKER TO ANALYZE AND RECORD ALL DISCHARGES WILL BE RECOMMENDED SOON TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL BODIES. FRANCE PM(A) BILAN D'ACTIVITE DBS AGENCES FINANCIERES DE BASSIN "1969-1972." (PROGRESS REPORT OF THE BASIN FINANCE AGENCIES 1969-1972.) EPA FRENCH PGS 1-15 ID# 02092A THIS PAMPHLET REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE FRENCH WATER BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCIES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR OPERATIONS IN 1967 AND 1968. THE BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCIES WERE CREATED TO ASSURE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR POLLUTION CONTROL AND OTHER WATER PROJECTS THROUGH FEES LEVIED UPON INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL USERS. THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS SEVERAL MAPS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF VARIOUS POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECTS, AS WELL AS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS PROJECTS AND STUDIES COMPLETED OR UNDER WAY. THE STATED OBJECTIVES OF THE BASIN AGENCIES IS TO DOUBLE THE TEMPO AT WHICH ANTIPOLLDTION INSTALLATIONS ARE COMPLETED. THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-fiESOURCES, FLOOD CONTROL, AND REGULARIZATION OF WATER COURSES. ------- HATER FEANCE PM(E) PAGE 57 "POOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: M. JARROT PROPOSES TFE CREATION OF A NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY." LE MONDE. AMBROISE-RENDO, HARC. EPA FRENCH 08/28/7H PGS 1; 17 ID# 02093A ALSO LRB *GENERAL SOLID WASTE FRANCE PM (A) PROJET DE LIVRE BLANC: BASSIN RHTN-MEUSE: EAU ET AHENAGEHEHT. (RHINE-HEUSE BASIN: HATER AND PLANNING.) EPA FRENCH 06/00/71 PGS 1-191 ID* 0209HA THIS REPORT ON THE RHINE-MEUSE BASIN IS ONE OF A SERIES OF HHITE PAPERS PREPARED BY THE SIX FRENCH HATER BASIN AGENCIES. ITS PURPOSE, ACCORDING TO THE INTRODUCTION, IS TO HEIGHTEN CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEBS, TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS, AND TO CALCULATE THE COSTS, TO ENABLE THOSE IN RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS TO BAKE DECISIONS WHICH FIT IN WITH A GENERAL WATER POLICY FOR THE BASIN. THE FIRST PART GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RHINE-BEUSE BASIN, ITS HATER RESOURCES, QUALITY, NEEDS, AND UTILIZATION. THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH HATER AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING. THERE ARE THO SECTIONS, ONE ON THE GENERAL ORIENTATION OF BASIN WATER POLICY, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, AND ONE OF THE VARIOUS POLICY OPTIONS OF DIFFERENT AREAS HITHIN THE BASIN. POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY MEASURES, AND FINANCIAL BEANS AND ECONOMIC RESOURCE BANAGEBENT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE THIRD PART. THROUGHOUT, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON POLLUTION CONTROL AND ON THE PRESERVATION OF SUBTERRANEAN HATER TABLES FOR HUBAN CONSUMPTION. FRANCE PH(A) THE DEVELOPMENT OF HATER BASIN AGENCY ACTION DURING PLAN VI. EPA ID* 02096A ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-43 THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE FRENCH HATER BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCY PROGRAMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED DURING PLAN VI (THE 6TH FRENCH NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT), 1972-1976. THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH OF THE AGENCIES' PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HATER RESOURCES AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HATER QUALITY ARE GIVEN. THESE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE AGENCIES ARE FINANCED PROM CHARGES IMPOSED ON INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL USERS WHICH APPLY TO THE QUANTITIES OF HATER TAKEN FROM THE RESOURCES AND TO THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS INTRODUCED INTO THE HATERS. THESE SYSTEMS OF DUES ARE SET UP BY EACH BASIN FINANCIAL AGENCY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE HATER BASIN AUTHORITY. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO CONTROL HATER POLLUTION BY A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS AND TO OBTAIN A RATIONAL TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT TO BENEFIT ALL USERS. A SERIES OF TABLES AT THE END OF THE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE PROGRAMS OF EACH OF THE AGENCIES. ------- PAGE 58 WATER FRANCE PB(B) GERMANY,FED RFP OF LR (B) ANNUAIRE DE LA QUALITE DES EAOX: RIVIERES ET CANAUX 1971 (WATER QUALITY YEARBOOK: RIVERS AND CANALS 1971) EPA FRENCH PGS 1-407 IDi 02116A ALSO ST/*LATER THAN DECEBBER 1971 THIS YEARBOOK PRESENTS AN INVENTORY OF THE DEGREE OF POLLUTION OF RIVERS AND CANALS IN FRANCE IN 1971. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 100 PERMANENT CHECKPOINTS AT WHICH SAMPLES ARE TAKEN AND ANALYZED MONTHLY. THE RESULTS OF THESE ANALYSES, HONTH-BY-MONTH, ARE GIVEN ON TWO PAGES OF TABLES FOR EACH OF THE CHECKPOINTS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A ONE-PAGE STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR. PRECEDING THESE TABLES IS A DETAILED MAP SHOWING THE PRECISE LOCATION OF THE CHECKPOINT. THE REPORT IS ARRANGED BY WATER BASIN: ARTOIS-PICARDIE, RHINE-MEUSE, SEINE-NORMANDY, LOIRE- BRITTANY, ADOUR-GARONNE, AND RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA. "MAKING A FORTUNE FROM TOXIC WASTES." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE. BEWERUNGE, LOTHAE EPA GERMAN 03/18/7« PGS 7 IDf 00478D SOLID WASTE THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THOSE ACCUSED OF HAVING TRANSPORTED ARSENIC-LADEN SLUDGE TO UNPROTECTED DUMPS IN THE FEDERAL STATES OF NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA AND LOWER SAXONY IN SUMMER 1971. ARE NOW TO BE TRIED ON CHARGES OF FRAOD AND VIOLATION OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW. IF FOUND GDILTY, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF CIVIL SUITS FOR DAMAGES. THE ARTICLE RECAPITULATES THE STAGES OF THE FRAUD, WHICH, WHEN UNCOVERED, ULTIMATELY HELPED HASTEN THE PASSAGE OP FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR (B) "THERMO OIL CONTAMINATES PURIFICATION PLANT AND THE BOTTWAR." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG. EPA GERMAN OH/22/7U PGS 15 ID* OOU78E TPIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A GERMAN PLYWOOD MANUFACTURER IN OBERSTENFELD NEAR THE CITY OF LUDWIGSBURG STANDS ACCUSED OF A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE UNDER THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW FOR HAVING DISCHARGED LARGE QUANTITIES OF OIL INTO THE BOTTWAR VALLEY PURIFICATION PLANT. THE FIRM MAINTAINS THAT THE OCCURRENCE WAS AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH AUTHORITIES AGREE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF INTENT TO POLLUTE IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY STATE THE FIRM HAS FOR YEARS FAILED TO SUBMIT AS REQUESTED A DETAILED DISCHARGE PLAN FOR THE INSPECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES. THE FIRM HAS PREVIOUSLY PAID TWO NOMINAL FINES FOR LETTING OILY WASTES ENTER THE SYSTEM. AUTHORITIES ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT EVEN HIGH FINES HAVE LITTLE DETERRENT EFFECT ON HIGH-INCOME WATER POLLUTERS. ------- PAGE 59 WATER GERMANY,FFD REP OF LK (A) "DECEMBER 23, 1968. LAW ON MEASURES FOR GUARANTEEING WASTE OIL DISPOSAL (WASTE OIL LAW)." BUNDESGESETZELATT, PART I, NO. 97. EPA GERMAN 12/26/68 PGS 1419-11122 ID# 02028A THIS LAW PROVIDES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE OIL IN SET QUANTITIES AT NO COST TO THE PRODUCER 3Y ESTABLISHING A GOVERNMENT RESERVE FUND FROM WHICH TO SUBSIDIZE PRIVATE CONCERNS ASD LEGAL ENTITIES THAT COLLECT AND DISPOSE OF WASTE OIL FOR OTHERWISE UNCOMPENSATED EXPENSES. THE RESERVE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, IS TO BE SUPPORTED BY AN EQUALIZATION LEVY ON CITED CLASSES OF LUBRICATING OILS. TO INCREASE SUPERVISION OF WASTE OILS, THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVEN THE RIGHT TO INSPECT PREMISES, TAKE SAMPLES AND EXAMINE RECORDS. COMPANIES WHICH PRODUCE OR RECEIVE YEARLY SINIMUMS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WASTE OILS ARE TO KEEP OFFICIAL RECORD BOOKS DESIGNATING PRODUCT NATURE, QUANTITY AND LOCATIONS. SHIPPING IS TO BE REGULATED IN WASTE OIL DISPOSAL BY THE TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY,. FOR PURPOSES OF THE LAW, WASTE OIL IS DEFINED AS USED PETROLEUM, USED FLUID PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM REMNANTS IN CONTAINERS. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR (A) "JANUARY 21, 1969. REGULATION FOR BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I, NO. 9. IMPLEMENTING THE WASTE OIL LAW." GERMAN 01/30/69 PGS 89-90 ID# EPA 02028B THIS REGULATION, ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS, IMPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE WASTE OIL LAW (DECEMBER 23, 1968) IN THREE AREAS: (1) FIRMS ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPLEMENTS FROM THE RESERVE FUND FOR COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF WASTE OIL ARE DEFINED IN TERMS OF MINIMUM YEARLY QUANTITIES TO BE COLLECTED AND ACCEPTABLE METHODS OF DISPOSAL. ACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL METHODS NOTED ARE REPROCESSING AND BURNING INSOFAR AS APPROVED FACILITIES EXIST. (2) THE MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF FOREIGN MATERIAL (NON-PETROLEUM MATERIALS) ALLOWABLE IN WASTE OIL TO BE COLLECTED IS SET. ALSO THE STANDARDS ARE NOTED BY WHICH OFFICIALS WILL CALCULATE QUANTITIES OF WASTE OIL COLLECTED BY A COMPANY. (3) PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTERING AND COLLECTING THE EQUALIZATION LEVY, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT THE RESERVE FUND, ARE DELINEATED. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(A) "DECEMBER 2, 1971. SECOND REGULATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THE WASTE OIL LAW." BUNDESGESETZBLATT, NO. 124. EPA GERMAN 12/09/71 PGS 1939-1942 ID# 02028C THIS REGULATION, ISSUED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY AND THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH, FAMILY AND HEALTH, IMPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE WASTE OIL LAW DECLARING THAT FIRMS POSSESSING OR ASSUMING POSSESSION OF AT LEAST 500 KG OF CERTAIN WASTE OILS PER YEAR MUST KEEP AN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK DESIGNATING NATURE, QUANTITY AND LOCATION OF THE WASTE OIL AT ANY TIME. THE REGULATION PRESCRIBES THE FORM OF THE RECORD, THE NATURE AND FORM OF THE ENTRIES AND FREQUENCY OF ENTRIES. IT FURTHER CITES DOCU1ENTS NECESSARY IN SUPPORT OF ENTRIES AND THE LENGTH OF TIME THE RECORD AND SUPPORTIVE MATERIAL MUST BE MAINTAINED AFTER THE FINAL ENTRY. TWO SAMPLE SHEETS ACCOMPANY THE REGULATION, ONE ILLUSTRATING INFORMATION REQUIRED OF INITIAL OWNERS OF WASTE OIL, THE OTHER, INFORMATION REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO COLLECT WASTE OIL FROM OTHERS. ------- WATER GERMANY,FED REP OP PM(B) PAGE 60 "EXPERTS: ORIGINATOR PRINCIPLE INCREASINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION," STUTTGARTER ZEITDNG, NO. 86. GERPIAN *GENERAL NOISE (W/11/7U PCS 1 SOLID WASTE ID* 020UA AIR GERMANY,FED REP OF P« (B) "SMOG DANGER ON 50 DAYS." UHWELT: FORSCHONG, GESTALTUNG, SCHOTZ, NO. 3. NEIKES, JOEG EPA GERMAN 06/00/73 PGS 28-31 ID# 02074A *AIR GERMANY,FED REP OF PM(E) "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE RUHR AREA," EIN PLANET VERROTTET: DISKOSSIONSBEITRAG ZUB UMHELTSCHUTZ. SCHENKEL, W. EPA GERMAN 00/00/71 PGS 213-228 ID* 02075A *GENERAL AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE HUNGARY PM(A) "AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN HUNGARY." NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 29. EPA FRENCH 04/00/711 PGS 17, 19 ID* 02129A ALSO LRB *AIR ICAO PB((A) "ICAO CONFERENCE IDENTIFIES MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE AERODROME ENVIRONMENT," ICAO BULLETIN, V. 29, NO. 7. EPA ENGLISH 07/00/7U PGS 9 ID* 02066A *NOISE AIR ------- PAGE. 61 WATER INTERNATIONAL PM(B) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN EUROPE 7ROST AND SULLIVAN LTD., LONDON ENGLISH 12/00/73 PCS ALSO SE AND LRB SOLID WASTE 150 LOG ID# 02057A TD789.E9F76 1973 THIS SURVEY DISCUSSES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS BEING REALIZED IN SOLID WASTE CONTROL IN FIVE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AS A RESULT OF LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND MODIFICATION. THE PROBLEMS, EXPENDITURES, LEGISLATION AND FACILITIES FOR SOLID WASTE CONTROL IN DENMARK, FINLAND, NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, GREAT BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY ARE EXPLORED IN DEPTH. THE SURVEY CONTENDS THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH SIMILARITIES AMONG THESE COUNTRIES TO FORMULATE POSSIBLE UNIFORM SOLUTION BY CREATING SIMILAR NATIONAL POLICIES AND WITH THE CONSULTATIVE HELP OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, WHICH IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL POLICY. ALTHOUGH LAND DUMPING WILL REMAIN THE PRINCIPAL METHOD FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL, THERE IS A GROWING CONSIDERATION FOR INCINERATION OF REFUSE AND A SUBSEQUENT TIGHTENING OF REGULATIONS FOR DUMPING ON LAND. EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO ECONOMIZING REFUSE TRANSPORTATION WHICH PRESENTLY ACCOUNTS FOR 80 PERCENT OF EXPENDITURE. INTERNATIONAL PM(B) "THE RHINE HAS BECOME EUROPE'S BIGGEST SEWER," LE PEUPLE. EPA ID* 02052A FRENCH 07/03/74 PCS THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WORSENING CONDITION OF THE RHINE AND ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF GROUPS WORKING TO SAVE THE RIVER. ACCORDING TO A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RHINE AGAINST POLLUTION, FORMED BY COUNTRIES BORDERING THE RHINE, SOME IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE MILLIONS OF TONS OF TOXIC PRODUCTS AND INSUFFICIENTLY TREATED SEWAGE DUMPED INTO THE RIVER EACH YEAR. THE MAJOR CONCERN IS TO KEEP THE RHINE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAN TO SERVE AS A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. LEGISLATION EXISTS TO AID IN CORRECTING THE SITUATION, BUT HONEY AND MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION ARE LACKING. THE SIX GERMAN STATES THROUGH WHICH THE RHINE FLOWS HAVE FORMED A COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RHINE, BUT, LIKE ITS INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPART, THE GERMAN COMMISSION CAN ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAS NO ENFORCEMENT POWERS. SPECIALISTS WARN THAT EVEN A MODERATE INCREASE IN POLLUTION COULD HAVE DISASTROUS EFFECTS, TURNING THE LENGTH OF THE RHINE INTO A VAST CESSPOOL. ------- PAGE 62 WATER INTERNATIONAL PM(A) INTERNATIONAL PH(B) "COUNTRIES BORDERING MEDITERRANEAN: UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT TO FIGHT POLLUTION," LE FIGARO. EPA FRENCH 04/05/71 PGS 15 IDI 02068A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE RESULTS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND ISRAEL, CALLED BY THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION. THE PARTICIPANTS, MEETING IN ROME, REACHED UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON A FINAL STATEMENT EMBODYING SEVEN ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE MEDITERRANEAN WHICH THEY KILL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THEIR GOVERNMENTS PUT INTO EFFECT. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT A CONFERENCE BE CALLED TO ADOPT A REGIONAL CONVENTION SIMILAR TO THAT ADOPTED BY THE BALTIC COUNTRIES IN MARCH 1971, CREATING AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO SEE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES AGREED OPON ARE CARRIED OUT. ALTHOUGH EACH COUNTRY RETAINS SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS TERRITORIAL WATERS, IT PROMISES TO HONOR CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, SUCH AS A PROHIBITION ON DUMPING CERTAIN TOXIC SUBSTANCES INTO THE BALTIC. THE COUNTRIES ALSO AGREED TO TREAT MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE BEFORE DISCHARGING IT INTO THE SEA AND TO HAVE OIL TANKER CLEANING FACILITIES IN ALL PORTS BY 1977, AMONG OTHER MEASURES. "CANADIAN-AMERICAN COLLABORATION ON MARITIME CLEAN-UP," LES AFFAIRES. EPA FRENCH 07/01/71 PGS IDt 02097A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO CONTAIN AND CLEAN UP HYDROCARBONS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS THREATENING THEIR COASTAL REGIONS AND ADJACENT WATERS (AS DEFINED IN THE 1909 TREATY ON LIMITROPHE WATERS). THE PLAN OF EMERGENCY ACTION WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN TWO CASES: (1) WHEN THERE IS SERIOUS RISK OF POLLUTION OF COASTAL AREAS OR WATERS OF BOTH COUNTRIES; AND (2) WHEN A SPILL OF SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT IT REQUIRES THE INTERVENTION OF BOTH COUNTRIES OCCURS. AUTHORIZATION OF BOTH COUNTRIES IS REQUIRED IN THE LATTER CASE. THIS AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENTS AN EARLIER AGREEMENT ON THE WATER QUALITY OF THE GREAT LAKES, SIGNED APRIL 15, 1972. THE NECESSITY OF SUCH AN EMERGENCY PLAN WAS FIRST STRESSED IN APRIL 1970 BY THE-JOINT COMMISSION IN A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE RISK OF POLLUTION BY HYDROCARBONS, EUTROPHICATION, AND BOATS. INTERNATIONAL PM(A) "BALTIC SEA. RESCUE IS ALMOST TOO LATE." DIE PRESSE, NO. 7789. GRAFFENBERGER, GUENTER EPA GERMAN 03/20/71 PGS 12 ID# 02101A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE SEVEN NATIONS LYING ON THE BALTIC SEA (THE USSR, POLAND, THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DENMARK, FINLAND AND SWEDEN) ARE TO SIGN THE HELSINKI CONVENTION WHICH WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE BALTIC. A 15-POINT LIST WARNS OF ESPECIALLY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS HEAVY METALS, CARBOLIC ACID, CYANIDES, VARIOUS CONTROL AGENTS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND PLASTICS. THE BALTIC HAS BEEN CALLED THE DIRTIEST INLAND SEA IN THE WORLD. SOURCES OF POLLUTION INCLUDE SOLID WASTES FROM SHIPS AND FERRIES, ORGANIC WASTES FROM PAPER AND CELLULOSE INDUSTRIES AND MUNICIPAL SEWAGE, AND ILLEGALLY DUMPED OIL FROM TANKERS. EXPANDED POLITICAL RECOGNITION OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN THE LAST TWO YEARS MADE SUCH AN AGREEMENT POSSIBLE. ------- PAGE 63 WATER INTERNATIONAL PM(A) "HOW DIRTT IS THE BALTIC SEA?" DIE WELT, NO. 113. STEINERT, HARALD EPA GERMAN 05/16/71 PCS 16 ID* 0210tB THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES ASPECTS OP POLLUTION IN THE BALTIC SEA RELATIVE TO AN AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY OP THIS SEA RECENTLY SIGNED IN HELSINKI. A BALTIC STUDY YEAR BASED IN COPENHAGEN IS PLANNED AS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE SIGNATORIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EXPLORATION OF THE SEA TO DETERHINE PRESENT DEGREE OF POLLUTION. CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF WASTEWATER IN VARIOUS STAGES OF TREATMENT ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE BALTIC FROM THE SEVEN NATIONS ON ITS SHORES. A HARKED INCREASE IN DEGREE OF POLLUTION HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE AREA OF THE BAY OF DANZIG AND OTHER SOUTHERN REGIONS OF THE SEA, MANIFESTED BY LARGE QUANTITIES OF PLANKTON. WATERS NEAR SWEDEN WERE POLLUTED BY HERCURY FROM A FUNGICIDE PREVIOUSLY USED IN FORESTRY. POLLUTION HAS NOT CAUSED THE TOTAL FISH YIELD FROM THE BALTIC TO DECREASE. THE BALTIC IS CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERAL SEA-FLOOR DEPRESSIONS WHERE WATER CAN STAGNATE AND BY CURRENTS INTO AND PROM THE NORTH SEA. INTERNATIONAL PM(B) "ERIE'S SEWAGE AT EBB?" LEVETT, BRDCE ENGLISH THE CITIZEN 09/03/7H PGS 16 EPA TDI 02158A ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE INCREASING RATE OF POLLUTION OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO HAS BEEN HALTED. IN ITS SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, THE COMMISSION ADMITS THAT THIS ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN HADE ON INCOMPLETE DATA AND HAS CALLED FOR CONTINUED FINANCING ON THE PART OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND TO COMPLETE THE JOINT CLEAN-OP PROGRAM OF THE LAKES. THE COMMISSION IS SPECIFICALLY PRESSING FOR THE RELEASE OF THE $9 BILLION IN IMPOUNDED U.S. FUNDS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED FOR THE PROGRAM. THE COMMISSION'S REPORT ALSO CONFIRMS THAT CANADA WILL MEET THE 1975 DEADLINE OF THE JOINT ANTI-POLLUTION PROGRAM, WHILE THE UNITED STATES WILL BE ABOUT THREE YEARS BEHIND. IRELAND PM(B) "TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION." IRISH PRESS. DOCHERTY, JOHN ENGLISH Q'H/W/TH PGS SOLID WASTE EPA ID» 02131A THIS ARTICLE RELATES RESULTS OF A SURVEY IN THE DUBLIN AREA TO DETERMINE WHAT FIRMS ARE DOING ABOUT POLLUTION, PARTICULARLY ABOUT WATER POLLUTION. THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT MONITORING AND EQUIPMENT VARIED, WITH SOME FIRMS SPENDING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS, OTHER LITTLE OR NOTHING ON POLLUTION CONTROL. A PLANT WHICH PROCESSES PISH AND POULTRY STATED THAT IT CONTROLLED EFFLUENTS INTO THE RIVER BY A SERIES OF SIPHONING SYSTEBS, DAILY INSPECTIONS OF DRAINS AND WEEKLY INSPECTIONS OF THE OUTLET INTO THE RIVER. ANOTHER FIRM, MANUFACTURING STEEL WIRE AMONG OTHER PRODUCTS, NOTED THAT ITS EFFLUENT WAS TREATED TO CONFORM TO A REQUIRED ACID/ALKALI BALANCE BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER. THE FIRM HAS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO MONITOR ITS EFFLUENT. A THIRD COMPANY INVOLVED IN STEEL PRODUCTION CHANGED ITS ACID PICKLING PROCESS TO A SHOT-BLASTING PROCEDURE TWO YEARS AGO TO ELIMINATE WASTES THAT NEEDED DISPOSING OF OUTSIDE THE PLANT. SEVERAL OF THE PLANTS HAVE DEVELOPED OR MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OR PROCEDURES TO COMBAT POLLUTION. ------- PAGE WATER MEXICO LR (B) MEXICO PM(B) "POLLUTION IS VERY EXTENSIVE IN THE PANOCO RIVER BASIN." EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/OU/7U PCS ID» 01650B THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT THE PANUCO RIVER BASIN, THE FOURTH LARGEST IN MEXICO, IS EXPERIENCING A HIGH DEGREE OF INDDSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE POLLUTION OF THE RIVER ARE SUGAR MILLS, AN OIL REFINERY, A DISTILLERY, A HEAT-PACKING HOUSE, AND VARIOUS HUNICIPAL DISCHARGES LOCATED IN THE STATES OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, TAMAULIPAS, AND VERACRUZ. IN TABPICO (TAMAULIP4S) THE DIRECTOR OF WATER USE AND POLLUTIOH CONTROL OF THE MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS CONFERRED WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES IN THE LOWER PANDCO BASIN TO DEMAND COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATION FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION. "RIVERS WHICH COULD BE WATER SUPPLY SOURCES FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT ARE BEING POLLUTED." EXCELSIOR EPA SPANISH 05/12/74 PGS ID# 02039A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE WEEK-LONG CONFERENCE ON POLLUTIOH PROBLEMS ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAH). ENRIQUE HERAS HERRERA, A PARTICIPANT REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF WATEB RESOURCES (SRH), STATED THAT IMMEDIATE ATTENTION WAS NEEDED TO SAVE MEXICO CITY'S FUTURE HATER SUPPLY SOURCES FROM POLLUTION. THE CITY'S PRESENT SUPPLY IS OBTAINED FROM THE LERMA RIVER BASIN AND FROM WELLS. IN VIEW OF THE GROWING DEMAND FOR WATER THE TUXPAN, PAPALOAPAN, AND BALSAS RIVERS HAY PROVIDE THE CITY'S FUTURE NEEDS. HOWEVER, THE INCREASING RATE OF POLLUTION OF THESE RIVFRS MAY SOON MAKE THEM UNACCEPTABLE AS WATER SUPPLY SOURCES. MEXICO PM(B) "60,000 DEAD EACH YEAR FROM TYPHOID IN THE COUNTRY: POLLUTED MEDIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT." EXCELSIOR WATER IS THE MOST SPANISH 05/19/74 PGS ID* EPA 02040A THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CITES A REPORT, IN PREPARATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT (SNA), THAT CALCULATES THAT FOR EVERY PESO SPENT IN COMBATTING AIR POLLUTION SIX ARE NEEDED TO WAGE A SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST WATER POLLUTION. THE SMA IS PLANNING A NEW STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, CONSISTING OF THE OFFERING OF REWARDS TO AND ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT VOLUNTARILY HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION. THIS STRATEGY IS NECESSARY, FOR IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE TOO LATE OR TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH WATER POLLUTION BY THE TIME LAWS OR REGULATIONS FINALLY COME INTO FORCE. THE SMA RECOGNIZED THE LERMA, SANTIAGO, LA LAJA, COATZACOALCOS, PANUCO AND OTHERS AS THE WORST POLLUTED RIVERS, AS ARE LAKES CHAPALA AND PATZCUARO. ------- PAGE 65 WATER MEXICO Pfl(S) "DAMAGE TO RIVERS IS TOO MUCH FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONTROL." EXCELSIOR EPB SPANISH 05/18/74 PCS ID# 02042A ALSO PMB THE MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK HAS DECLARED, ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THAT IT IS ECONOMICALLY AND TECHHICALLY INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH THE RIVER POLLUTION PROBLEM. NOR CAN AN EVALUATION OF CROP DAMAGE CAUSED BY POLLUTED WATER BE GIVEN. THE ONLY EFFECTIVE CONTROL EXERCISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS IN THE AREA OF POLLUTED WATER UTILIZATION FOR IRRIGATION OF COTTON. IN THIS MANNER, CLEAN WATER CAN BE RESERVED FOR FOOD CROPS. HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF POLLUTED-WATER IRRIGATION CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AT PRESENT. MOREOVER, AN ESTIMATED 250 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF SLUDGE ARE POURED INTO RIVERS EACH YEAR, MOST OF WHICH IS AGRICULTURAL WASTE. IN LIGHT OF ITS OWN INCAPACITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS CALLED UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO UNDERTAKE A CAMPAIGN APPEALING TO THE PATRIOTISM OF MEXICAN INDUSTRIALISTS TO ADOPT CORRECTIVE MEASURES. MEXICO PM(B) "WATER POLLUTION WILL BE DETECTED RIVERO, IVEN SPANISH 03/14/74 PGS BY A NATIONAL 2 MONITORING NETWORK." EPA ID* 02123A EL DIA ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE ADOPTION OF POLLUTION CONTROL TECPNOLOGIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR MEXICO. THE MEXICAN DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES REPORTS THAT GOVERNMENT EFFORTS IN COMBATING WATER POLLUTION ARE NOW CENTERING AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ADEQUATE FOR MEXICAN PROBLEMS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMISSIONS WILL BE CREATED TO STUDY POLLUTION PROBLEMS, AND 101 MONITORING STATIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED ALONG MEXICAN RIVERS TO MEASURE WATER QUALITY VARIATIONS REGULARLY AND ON A CONTINUING BASIS. THE CAPACITY OF THE MEXICAN ANTI-POLLUTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN STUDIED AND ASCERTAINED. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NEWLY CREATED CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN WATER QUALITY CONTROL WILL OVERCOME THE LACK OF COMPETENT TECHNICIANS IN THE FIELD OF POLLUTION CONTROL. NETHERLANDS LR (B) "WATER AND THE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE LOW COUNTRIES." AGUA, NO. 77. CHELTINGA, H. B. J., & T. VERHEUL EPA SPANISH 04/00/73 PGS 12-28 ID* 00530D ALSO PMB AND PMA THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REVIEWS TPE WATER SUPPLY HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS AND DISCUSSES THE PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPLY OF WATER RESOURCES. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WASTE PURIFICATION INSTITUTE (RIZA) AS WELL AS OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE, REGULATORY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES HAVE CULMINATED IN THE PASSAGE OF THE 1969 LAW ON SURFACE WATER POLLUTION. THE PROVISIONS AND PROGRAMS ENVISAGED IN THIS LAW ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. IT FUNCTIONS ON THE "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE AND BY MEANS OF A PERMIT SYSTEM. THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ASPECT OF THIS LAW IS THAT IT EMPOWERS THE AUTHORITIES TO OBTAIN PAYMENT FROM POLLUTERS IN PROPORTION TO THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF THEIR DISCHARGES. IN THIS MANNER, THE DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTES WILL NOT 3E PROFITABLE FOR INDUSTRIALISTS. ------- PAGE 66 WATEK SPAIN LR(B) "HATER POLLUTION IN 'ENVIRONMENT 73.» AGHA. NO. 78 (1973) VARILLAS, VICENTE ET AL. EPA SPANISH 06/00/73 PGS 26-45 IDl 02107A ALSO SB AND PBB THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE CONTAINS THE TEXTS OP THREE REPORTS PRESENTED IN APRIL 1973 DURING THE "ENVIRONMENT 73" CONGRESS IN BILBAO, SPAIN. THE FIRST REPORT ELABORATES ON THE WATER PROBLEMS OF THE BILBAO REGION AND COMPARATIVELY SUMMARIZES FRENCH, GERMAN AND BRITISH LEGISLATION ON HATER POLLUTION AND THEN DETAILS MAJOR SPANISH LEGISLATION ON WATER POLLUTION AND LISTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OBJECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION. THE LAST TWO REPORTS EMPHASIZE THAT FINAL SOLUTIONS TO WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY, THROUGH CONSCIENTIOUS COOPERATION AMONG GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC, AND BY CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL ATTITUDES AND CONCEPTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AMD UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH. UNITED STATES PB(A) RESEARCH AND MONITORING: CORNERSTONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 10/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID# 02053A *GENERAL AIR PESTICIDES RADIATION SOLID WASTE NOISE UNITED STATES PM(B) BACKGROUND REPORT ON EPA ENFORCEMENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENGLISH 07/25/74 PGS 1-UO ALSO LRB AND PMA *AIR PESTICIDES EPA ID# 02081A UNITED STATES P«(B) ACTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT FOR AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA ENGLISH 03/00/73 PGS 1-20 ID# 02083A *AIR ------- PAGE 67 WATER UNITED STATES THE ECONOMICS OP CLEAN WATER, 1973. EPA SE ( ) EHGLISH 00/00/74 PCS 1-120 ID» 02095A ALSO PHB THIS IS THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PRESENTED IN JANUARY 1974. THE REPORT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON SOME OF THE ECONOMIC FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1972 AHENDHENTS TO THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT. THE INTRODUCTION CONTAIHS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE REPORT AND ITS CONCLUSIONS. THE BODY OF THE REPORT DISCUSSES: THE NATURE OF AND TRENDS IN WATER POLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL COSTS; INDUSTRIAL COSTS; NONPOINT POLLUTION (SOIL LOSS, NITROGEN FERTILIZERS); BENEFITS FROM WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT; AND CONSTRAINTS. THE CONSTRAINTS CONSIDERED ARE THE FINANCIAL BURDENS PLACED ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND DIRECTLY DISCHARGING INDUSTRIES, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLY INDUSTRIES TO PUT IN PLACE THE REQUIRED CAPITAL. VENEZUELA "DECREE NO. 1127 OF NOVEMBER 15, 1972." GACETA OFICIAL, NO. 29.959. EPA LH(A) SPANISH 11/17/72 PGS 185-188 ID# 02170C THIS DECREE STATES THAT THE COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VENEZUELA'S WATER RESOURCES. THE ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING OF ALL PUBLIC BODIES MUST CONFORM TO THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THS ACTIVITIES AND PLANNING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REGULATED BY LAWS WHICH CONFORM TO THE PLAN. THE DECREE LISTS THE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC BODIES IN FORMULATING AND ADMINISTERING THE PLAN AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE CREATION OF LAWS AND PROGRAMS TO REGULATE THE USE OF THE COUNTRY'S WATER RESOURCES. ------- To: Headquarters Library From: Office: Room # Subject: Requests for Foreign Exchange Documents Please send me ':he following items abstracted in the Summaries of FcT3ign Government Environmental1 Reports Dated : Control No, Language ------- |