HB-231 665 28
               Number 28
               December 1974
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
 U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           Washington, D. C. 20460

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mental reports issued by foreign governments  and  international organi-
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         solid waste management

This series, devoted to summaries  of government  reports  and  other  pertinent
literature and focusing on the legislative,  organizational,  economic,  and
social aspects of environmental protection,  supplements  foreign  scientific
and technical literature abstracted by other EPA information services.
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       Areas for Air Pollution Control Named by Government  •
       Auto Exhaust Standards  	
       Bold Move Halts Exhaust Plan  	
       Air Pollution Victims To Get 3,330,000,000 Yen   .  .  .
       See SOLID WASTE (Japan) — Control No. 02319A ....

       November 16, 1973 Crown Resolution Prescribing
          Regulations on the Utilization of Leaded Petroleum
South Ajfoica
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02270A   .  .
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02276A   .  .
SitittzeAland
       Problems of Air Hygiene 	
       See RADIATION (Switzerland) — Control No. 02268A  .  .
       See GENERAL (Switzerland)  — Control No. 02349A  .  .  .
USSR
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02352A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02356A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02363A  	

                                      GENERAL


       Commission of Inquiry into Land Tenures 	
       Department of Urban and Regional Development.  First
          Annual Report,  1972 - 1973 	
       Regions 	

       SEMA:  Stations for Ecological Preservation  	
       SEMA Will Consolidate Environmental Legislation  .  .  .
Canada
       Department of the  Environment Act, 1972 	
       louafe/ca.
       Administration of  the Protection of Public
          Health: Central Agencies 	
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       Areas for Air Pollution Control Named by Government  •
       Auto Exhaust Standards  	
       Bold Move Halts Exhaust Plan  	
       Air Pollution Victims To Get 3,330,000,000 Yen   .  .  .
       See SOLID WASTE (Japan) — Control No. 02319A ....

       November 16, 1973 Crown Resolution Prescribing
          Regulations on the Utilization of Leaded Petroleum
South Ajfoica
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02270A   .  .
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02276A   .  .
SitittzeAland
       Problems of Air Hygiene 	
       See RADIATION (Switzerland) — Control No. 02268A  .  .
       See GENERAL (Switzerland)  — Control No. 02349A  .  .  .
USSR
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02352A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02356A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) -- Control No. 02363A  	

                                      GENERAL


       Commission of Inquiry into Land Tenures 	
       Department of Urban and Regional Development.  First
          Annual Report,  1972 - 1973 	
       Regions 	

       SEMA:  Stations for Ecological Preservation  	
       SEMA Will Consolidate Environmental Legislation  .  .  .
Canada
       Department of the  Environment Act, 1972 	
       louafe/ca.
       Administration of  the Protection of Public
          Health: Central Agencies 	
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P&nma/ife
       March 29, 1974 Order No. 178 on the Transfer of Functions
          and Authorities to the Environmental Protection Agency ....      12
       Environmental Protection Act: The Environment Protection
          Act With Commentary  .....................      12
       March 29, 1974 Order No. 170 on the Regulation of
          Environmental Protection ...................      12
       March 29, 1974 Order No. 176 on the Approval of Heavily
          Polluting Enterprises  ....................      13
       The Administrative Consequences of Environmental Reform .....      13
       Information on Orders and Circular Letters Relating to
          Environmental Reform .....................      13
Gexmany,  Fe.d Rep o&
       Expert Opinion on the Environment 1974 ..............      14
       Organizational Chart of the Federal Ministry of the
          Interior.  Status: April 1, 1974 ...............      14
       Price Rises Unavoidable .....................      14
       Pollution Threatens Latin America ................      15
       Environmental Sanitation  ....................      15
       Alexandria Center for Pollution Studies .............      16
       Global Market Research - Post Conducted Studies: Air
          and Water Purification and Pollution Control Equipment ....      16
ItaJbj
       Rome Pushing Environmental Protection ..............      16
       ENI and Environmental Protection in Italy ............      17
Japan
       Pollution Offenses Up 94 Percent Over One Year Ago  .......      17
       Environmental Laws Passed by 72nd Diet  .............      17
       Japan Establishes Environmental Research Institute  .......      18
       Employee Roster. Environmental Agency ..............      18
       Reorganization of Environment Agency  ..............      18
OECV
       Environment Bid Okayed by OECD  .................      19
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South
       Co-ordination of the South African Committee on Environmental
          Conservation .........................       19
       Jaarverslag/Annual Report 1972 - 1973  ..............       19
       Pollution 1971. Report by the Pollution Subsidiary Committee
          of the Prime Minister's Planning Advisory Council   ......       20
       Duties and Organization of the Federal Office for
          Environmental Protection ...................      20
       Environmental Protection in Switzerland .............      20
USSR
       Guardians of Nature .......................      21
       Face To Face With Nature  ....................      21
       The Protection of Nature - Everyone's Affair  ..........      21
       Environmental Crisis: The Soviet View ..............      22

                                       NOISE

Canada
       Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations,
          Amendment  ..........................      22
       See AIR (Canada) — Control No. 00358C  .............       2
Vnrnnank
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742B ...........       2
GeAmany, F&d Rep oj
       For Reasons of Noise Protection - Across Open Country ......      23
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No.  02014C  .....      14
       "Operation Muffle" on Noise Nightmare ..............      23
       2M. (Pounds) to Beat Road Din for 2,000 .............      24
South
       See GENERAL (South Africa) -- Control No. 02270A  ........      19
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02276A  ........      20
       See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02349A .........      20
       June 21, 1971 Regulations on General Measures and Standards
          for the Protection of Workers Against Noise in Work-Places .  .       25
                                        IV

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                                    PESTICIDES

BVui2.il
       Control of Insecticide Use Difficult   ..............       25
       Chemical Pollution in Goias Diminished   .............       26
       June 8, 1973 Decree No. 458... on the Pre-Harvest Intervals  for
          Pesticides and Other Restrictions on Their Use  ........       26
       , F&d Rep
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02014C   .....       14
USSR
       See WATER (USSR) — Control No. 02338B   .............       44
yu.go-6lo.UxLa
       March 15, 1973 Regulations Concerning the Maximum Permissible
          Quantities of Pesticides in Foodstuffs  ............       27

                                     RADIATION
       June 30, 1972 Order No. 59 Concerning Health Protection
          Against Ionizing Radiations   .................       27
Finland
       January 12, 1973 Law No. 7 To Amend the Atomic Energy Law  ....       28
       June 21, 1973 Ordinance No. 555  To Amend  the Atomic  Energy
          Ordinance  ..........................       28
F^ionce
       France and the Utilization of the Atom: Let's Not Create
          Additional Risks .......................       28
South
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No.  02276A   ........       20
       Radioactive Wastes - An Unsolved Problem?  ............       29

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                                    SOLID WASTE
       National Capital Development Commission, 16th Annual
          Report, 1972 - 1973  .....................      29
       See GENERAL (Denmark) -- Control No. 01742B ...........      12
GeAmany, Fed Rep oj
       Passes for Toxic Wastes .....................      30
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02014C  .....      14
       See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02166C ........      15
Japan
       Landowners Okaying Incinerator  .................      30
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 02276A  ........      20
       See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02349A .........      20

                                       WATER
       Mine Waste Pollution of the Molonglo River.  Final Report
          on Remedial Measures, June 1974  ...............      31
       National Capital Development Commission,  16th Annual
          Report, 1972 - 1973  .....................      31
       See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No.  02362A ..........       9

       Pollution of the Lagoon: Study Will Be  Finished in 1975 .....      32
       Brasilia Will Fight Lake Pollution  ...............      32
       Assuming Charge of CAESB.  Today,  Lucio  Leaves CAESB and the
          History of Brasilia  .....................      33
       Environment Control Does Not Interest Industries  ........      33
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Canada.
       Water Resources Management Act, 1972  ..............      33
Co&ta.
       Works Costing 13.6 Million Colons Inaugurated Today
          in Liberia (Costa Rica)  ...................      34
       Order Prohibiting the Dumping of Certain Materials From Ships  .  .      34
       March 29, 1974 Order No. 171 on Supervision of the
          Storage of Oil, etc ......................      35
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742B ...........      12
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742F ...........      13
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02359A ...........      13
GeAman Vw Rep
       Water Is To Be Wisely Utilized  .................      35
G&sunany, Fed Ttep ofi
       Maintenance of Water Purity Ordinance for Berlin  ........      36
       Removal of Bilge Oils in the Rhine Area .............      36
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02014C  .....      14
       Zurich Symposium of the European Water Protection
          Federation, October 16-18, 1972  ...............       37
       Water Supplies Act, 1942  ....................      37
1-6 MUil
       Memorandum on Control of Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea  ...      37
       See GENERAL (Israel) — Control No. 02337A  ...........      16
Italy
       Industrial Effluents  ......................      38
       Water Pollution and Penal Legislation ..............      38
       June 20, 1896 Ministerial Instructions: Compilation of Local
          Regulations on Hygiene of Soil and Dwellings .........      39
       October 8, 1931 Royal Decree-Law: Single Text of
          Laws on Fishing  .......................      39
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Italy
       July 27, 1934 Royal Decree: Single Text of Sanitary Laws   .  .  .
       July 14, 1965 Law: Maritime Fishing Rules 	
       October 2, 1968 Presidential Decree: Regulations for the
          Execution of the Law of July 14, 1965, Concerning
          Fishing in the Sea 	
       March 5, 1963 Law: New Standards Relative to the Lagoons
          of Venice and Marano-Grado 	
       Feb. 23, 1961 Law: Acceptance of the International Convention
          for the Prevention of Pollution of Seawater by Hydrocarbons
       Jan. 14, 1970 Law: Acceptance of Amendments of the International
          Convention for the Prevention of Hydrocarbon Pollution of
          Sea Water  	
       See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 02331A 	
       See AIR (Italy) — Control No. 02339A 	
Japan
       Maritime Mishaps Fall, Pollution Cases Rise 	
Mex/ico
       Beginning Tomorrow Accusations Against Pollution Will
          Be Accepted  	
South Ajfoxica
       See GENERAL (South Africa) -- Control No. 02270A  	
       See GENERAL (South Africa) -- Control No. 02276A  	
Spo-cn
       Protection of Public Waters 	
SuK^zeAland
       Characteristics of Federal Water Protection Legislation 	
       Water Biology and Water Protection. Manual for Teachers 	
       See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02349A 	
USSR
       Safeguards for Baikal 	
       For the Preservation of Baikal  	
       Sanitary Protection of Reservoirs in the Moscow Area  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02352A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02356A  	
       See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02363A  	
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AIR

BRAZIL
     PM{B)
    "CAMPINAS APPROVES  INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND REJECTS POLLUTION."   0  ESTADO DE
    SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/11/74   P3S  11             IDf   02333A
    ALSO SE

    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THE MUNICIPAL CHAMBER  OF  CAMPINAS, BRAZIL, HAS
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A  LAW  TO  CREATE  AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT  OUT OP  EI3HT MILLION SQUARE METERS
OF OTHERBISE UNUSABLE LAND  IN  THE SUBURB OF VIRACOPOS.  THIS LAND HILL BE EXPROPRIATED AND
SOLD BY THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE TO INTERESTED COMPANIES ON THE CONDITION THAT
CONSTRUCTED INSTALLATIONS DO NOT POLLUTE THE AIR.  THE PRIMARY INCENTIVE FOR IHDOSTRIAL LOCATION
IN THIS DISTRICT LIES IN  ITS POTENTIAL.  II HILL HAVE CONVENIENT  ACCESS TO A TRANSPORTATION
NETHORK FOR SHIPMENT OF GOODS  TO OTHER ARRAS OF THE COUHTHY  AHD ABROAD.  THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
HILL, IN FACT,  BE  A  HELL  PLANNED CIIY HITH A CONTROLLED RATE OF GROWTH, ESPECIALLY SINCE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH HAS
YET TO FEEL THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION.
BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "CONTROL OF INSECTICIDE USE DIFFICULT."  0 ESTADO  DE SAO  PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/05/7U  PGS  10              ID*   02335A
    ALSO SE
    *PESTICIDES
BRAZIL

     PH(B)
    "DEPARTMENT OF ROADS  HILL CONTROL TAXI POLLUTION."  0  ESXADO  DE SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/09/74  PGS  17              ID*   023H7A

    THIS NEHSPAPEH ARTICLE REPORTS THAT BE3INNING IN 1975  THE  MUNICIPAL SECRETARIAT OF TRANSPORT
OF THE CITY OF SAO PAOLO,  BRAZIL HILL ADOPT THE USE OF SPECIAL INSPECTION DEVICES  FOR TAXIS  AS
PART OF THE MUNICIPAL  PLAN TO CONTHDL AIR POLLUTION IN THE CITY.   THIS MEASURE HAS ANNOUNCED Bl
LOREDANO CASSIO SILVA,  DIRECTOR OF THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT OF ROADHAYS, DURING AN ADDRESS
DELIVERED BEFORE  THE AIR  POLLUTION COURSE OF THE FEDERATION OF COMMERCE.

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MR

BRAZIL
                                                                                                                               PAGE
    "ENVIRONMENT  CONTROL  DOES NOT INTEREST INDUSTRIES."  0 ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/01/74  PGS  20              ID*  02332A
    *WATER
:ANADA
     LR(A)
    "MOTOR VEHICLE  SAFETY ACT,   MOT3R VEHICLE SAFETY  RE3ULATIONS, AMENDMENT."   (SOP
    72-248).  CANADA  GAZETTE,  PART 2, V. 106, NO.  14
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH*                 07/26/72  PGS  1026-1027       ID*  00358C
    *ALSO FRENCH
     NOISE

    THIS AMENDMENT  CHANGES THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS  OF  SCHEDULE E OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
REGULATIONS TO  READ AS  INDICATED:  1) SECTION 1100  IS AMENDED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
"'OXIDES OF NITROGEN1  MEANS THE SUM OF THE NITRIC  OXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE THAT  WOULD BE
CONTAINED IN A  3AS  IF  THB NITRIC OXIDE WERE IN THE  FORM OF NITR03EN DIOXIDE;"  2)  ALL OF SECTION
1103 PRECEDING  PARAGRAPH  (A)  IS AMENDED TO HEAD:   "1103.   THE HYDROCARBON MONOXIDE AND OXIDES OF
NITROGEN CONTENT  OF THE EXHAUST EMISSIONS FROM A GASOLINE  POWERED VEHICLE ENGINE  SHALL NOT EXCEED";
AND 3)  AN ADDITIONAL  PARAGRAPH  IS ADDED TO SECTION  1103 WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS:   "(C)  IN THE CASE
OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN,  3.0 GRAMS PER VEHICLE MILE  AS  DETERMINED BY THE APPROVED TRUE MASS
MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE  FOR A LIGHT DUTY VEHICLE."   THIS  AMENDMENT ALSO ADDS AN  ADDITIONAL SECTION
1106 CONCERNING NOISE  REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMOBILES  TO SCHEDULE E OF THE REGULATIONS.
DENMARK


     LF(B)
    MILJOBESKYTTELSESLOVEN:   LOV OM MILJOBESKYTTELSE  MED  KOMMENTARER (ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION  ACT:   THE  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  ACT  WITH  COMMENTARY)
    BORRE, NIELS                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS   1-212           ID*  01742B
    *GENERAL       WATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 29,  1974  ORDER  NO.  176 ON THE APPROVAL  OF  HEAVILY POLLUTING
    ENTERPRISES."  LOVTIDENDE FOR KON3ERIGET DANMARK,  PART  A,  NO.  20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/74  PGS  436-441        ID*   01742F
    ^GENERAL       WATER

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AIR

DENMARK
     LR (B)
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"INFORMATION ON ORDERS  AND  CIRCULAR LETTERS RELATING TO  ENVIRONMENTAL  REFORM."
NYT FRA MILJOSTYRBLSBN,  NO.  4
                                                               EPA
DANISH                   04/08/74   PGS  1-8            ID*   02359A
*GENERAL       WATER
3ERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR (B)
"PLACED IN DISCUSSION:   TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE  OF AIR PURITY."
HASSEB, LOFT UND  BETRIEB,  NO.  7
DREISSIGACKER, HANS  LUDWIG AND OTHERS
GERMAN                   07/00/74   PGS  392-394
                                                                                 IDt
  EPA
02033E
                          THIS PERIODICAL ARTICLE LISTS PROVISIONS  OF THE DRAFT "TECHNICAL  GUIDELINES," APPROVED BY
                      THE FEDERAL CABINET AND DISCUSSES THE  CONCEPT "CURRENT STAGE OF TECHNICAL  DEVELOPMENT" AS
                      APPLICABLE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE  OF  MORE STRINGENT AIR STANDARDS RELATIVE  TO ENERGY NEEDS.  THE
                      GUIDELINES IF APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT HILL REPLACE SIMILAR PROVISIONS  FROM  1964.   APPLICABLE TO
                      FACILITIES REQUIRING PERMITS UNDER  THE FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW, THEY DEFINE AREAS OF VALIDITY,
                      SET GENERAL EMISSIONS AND IMMISSIONS REGULATIONS, AND BAKE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF
                      FACILITIES.  DANGEROUS PARTICULATE  EMISSIONS  FROM 50 SUBSTANCES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES
                      ACCORDING TO DEGREE OF HARMFULNESS  AND CORRESPONDING THRESHOLDS ARE SET.   THE SAME IS DONE FOR
                      120 GASEOUS SUBSTANCES.  THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED SULFUR DIOXIDE LEVELS  HAVE  BEEN REDUCED.  FACILITIES
                      MUST LIMIT EMISSIONS BY APPLYING THE MOST RECENT LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY.   INTERIM APPROVALS FOR
                      FACILITIES WITH LESS THAN MINIMUM EMISSIONS LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE FOR UP TO  FOUR YEARS.
GERMANY,FED REP  OF

     PM(A)
UMWELT3UTACHTEN  1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT 1974.)
HANSMEYER,  KARL-HEINRICH AND OTHERS                           EPA
GERMAN                   06/00/74  PGS  1-320           ID#  02014C
*GENERAL       WATER         PESTICIDES    NOISE          SOLID HASTE
HUN3AHY
     LR(A)
"APRIL  18,  1973  ORDINANCE NO. 2 OF THE MINISTER  OF  CONSTRUCTION AND TOWN
PLANNING ON  THE  PROTECTION OF THE PURITY OF THE  AIR."   INT.  DIG. OF HLTH.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                              EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  328             ID#  02320B
                                                                                                      LEG
                      V. 25, NO.  2
                          THIS ORDINANCE IS  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 1 OF  THE  COUNCIL OF MINISTERS  FOR  THE
                      PROTECTION OF THE PURITY  OF THE  AIR (JANUARY 9, 1973).   IT PROHIBITS ESTABLISHMENT OF UNDERTAKINGS,
                      SUCH AS FACTORIES OR WORKSHOPS,  WHICH WOULD CAUSE HARMFUL AIR  POLLUTION IN ANY ZONES  DESIGNATED
                      AS SPECIALLY PROTECTED AND SPECIFIES THAT ONLY WOOD, COKE, GAS AND HYDROCARBONS WITH  NOT  MORE
                      THAN 1 PERCENT SULFUR  CONTENT MAY BE USED AS FUELS IN THESE  ZONES.   THE ABOVE FUELS  AND  COAL OR
                      HYDROCARBONS WITH NOT  MORE THAN  3 PERCENT SULFUR CONTENT MAY BE  USED IN AREAS CLASSIFIED  AS
                      PROTECTED.  RAW MATERIALS, INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND WASTE MATTER MUST BE STORED  SO  AS TO PREVENT
                      THE FORMATION OF LOOSE DUST.  .HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL WASTES OR WASTES THAT CAUSE OFFENSIVE
                      ODORS AND PACKAGING CONTAMINATED BY SUCH WASTES MAY ONLY BE  BURNED IN SPECIAL INCINERATORS.  COAL
                      WITH A HIGH DUST CONTENT  MUST BE BURNED IN SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS EQUIPPED WITH SEPARATORS D8SI3NED
                      FOR THIS PURPOSE.  THE ORDINANCE APPEARS IN MAGYAR KOZLONY,  NO.  28, APRIL 18, 1973,  PP.  350-352.

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AIR

ISRAEL
     SE( )
                                                                                                                              PAGE
    "GLOBAL MARKET  RESEARCH - POST CONDUCTED STUDIES:   AIR  AND HATER PURIFICATION
    AND POLLUTION CONTROL  EQUIPMENT."  DEPI. OF STATE  AIRGRAM, AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV,  NO.  A-235
    U. S. DEPARTMENT OF  STATE                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/2U/74  PGS  1-52           IDi   02337A
    ALSO PMA
    ^GENERAL        WATER
ITALY
     LR(B)
    "THE FIRST CONCRETE  INITIATIVE FROM A COMMUNE TO REDUCE  POLLUTANTS."  COMUNE
    DI VENEZIA
                                                                   EPA
    ITALIAN                  03/31/71*  PGS  18              IDI   00400F

    THIS ARTICLE DEALS HITH A  MAYORAL ORDINANCE ISSUED IN  DECEMBER 1973 IN IHE COMHONB  OF VENICE
INTENDED TO OBTAIN A  REDUCTION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE CONTENT IN  EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS.  THE  ORDINANCE HAS ISSUED HITHIN THE FRAMEWORK  OF THE APRIL 15, 1971 PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE ON CONTROL OF  INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION.  THIS DECREE  DELEGATED TO REGIONAL COMMITTEES FOR
THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING EMISSION LIMITS FOR INDIVIDUAL
INDUSTRIES.  HOHEVEE,  AS THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE HAS SLOW IN  SETTING STANDARDS FOR THE PORTO
MARGHERA AREA OF THE  COMMUNE OF VENICE, THE MAYOR ISSUED AN  ORDINANCE AS A RESULT OF GRAVE AIR
POLLUTION PROBLEMS.   THE ARTICLE CITES THE SUBSEQUENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF 13 INDUSTRIES IN  THAT  AREA
IN REDUCING SULFUR DIOXIDE  EMISSIONS.
ITALY
     LH(A)
    "JULY 27, 1934 ROYAL  DECREE:   SINGLE TEXT OF SANITARY LAWS."   INQUINAMENTO IDRICO
    E LEGISLAZIONE PEN ALE
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72   PGS  3U2-345        IDI   02325A
    *HATER
ITALY
     LB(B)
    "ROME PUSHING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."  DIB BELT

                             09/18/73  PGS  10
GERMAN
'GENERAL
IDI
  EPA
02331A
                                         HATER

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AIR

ITALY
     PN(B)
JAPAN
     LR(B)
    "FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION."   COMUNE DI VENEZIA
    ITALIAN
     WATER
03/31/71  PGS  25
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                 IDt  02339A
    THIS ARTICLE DEALS  WITH A  MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF  INDUSTRIES OF THE PORTO  MARGHBRA  AREA
IN THE REGION OF VENETO.   THE  HEALTH ASSESSOR OF THE REGION  STATED AT THE MEETIN3 THAT  IT  HAS THE
INTENT OF THE REGION TO SPARE  NO EFFORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIR  AND WATER POLLUTION.   HE  ALSO
NOTED THE INCREASIH* INTENSITY OF RESEARCH IN POLLUTION CONTROL BY THE PROVINCIAL CHEMICAL
LABORATORY, THE NATIONAL CENTER OF RESEARCH, AND THE COMMUNE OF VENICE.  IN ADDITION, THE  ARTICLE
EMPHASIZES THE INTENT OF THE REGION TO PROVIDE ANY NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR MONITORING OF  INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION.  FURTHER, THE REGION PLANS TO DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE  IN  FACTORIES
(WHICH IS CLOSELY RELATED TO POLLUTION PROBLEMS) TO THE PROVINCES AND COMMUNES, WITH THE  REGIONAL
COMMITTEE INTERVENING IN A CONSULTATIVE CAPACITY.


    "AREAS FOR AIR  POLLUTION CONTROL NA3BD BY GOVERNMENT."   THE JAPAN TIMES
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                  11/22/74  PGS  2               IDt  01852B

    THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT 11 AREAS SUFFERING HEAVY AIR  POLLUTION HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED  SUBJECT
TO CONTROLS ON TOTAL SULFUR OXIDE IN THE AIR EFFECTIVE APRIL 1975.  THE AREAS, LOCATED  IN  TOKYO,
YOKOHAMA, HAGOYA, OSAKA, KOBE, KITAKYUSHU AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON JAPAN'S PACIFIC COAST,
HERE CHOSEN AT A MEETING OF VICE-MINISTERS AND HILL BE APPROVED BY A CABINET MEETING.   EXPERTS
EXPECT THE CONTROLS TO  CUT AIR SULFUR OXIDE CONTENT BY 50  TO 70 PERCENT IN THE NEXT  FIVE  YEARS,
REDUCING THE  POLLUTANT  IN THE  AIR ID 0.04 PPM PER DAY OR LOWER.  THESE HILL BE THE  FIRST  AREAS
SUBJECT TO A  NEW MEASURE LIMITING SULFUR OXIDE CONTENT IN  THE AIR.  PREFECTURAL GOVERNORS  HILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.  UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, PREFECTURES MUST REQUIRE POLLUTING CONCERNS
TO USE LOH-SULFUR HEAVY OIL AND TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT TO REDUCE SMOKE AND SULFUR EMISSIONS.
ESTABLISHMENTS USIN3 100 TO 1000 LIIERS OF HEAVY OIL PER HOUR MUST OBSERVE QUOTAS  FOR  SULFUR OXIDE
DISCHARGED INTO THE AIR.  THE  ARTICLE INCLUDES A LIST OF  ALL AREAS AFFECTED.
JAPAN
     LR(B)
    "AUTO EXHAUST  STANDARDS."  JAPAN TIMES

    ENGLISH                  12/08/7U  P3S   10
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                  IDt   022U1E
                          THESE PRESS COMMENTS  OF  THE JAPAN TIMES NEWSPAPER  REPRINT RELATED ARTICLES FROM  OTHER
                      TOKYO NEWSPAPERS DISCUSSING  RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE  FORMULATION OF AUTOMOBILE  EXHAUST
                      REGULATIONS.  THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION  HAS DRAFTED A RECOMMENDATION TO
                      IMPOSE INTERIM EMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS FOR 1976, THEREBY  POSTPONIN3 THE MORE STRINGENT
                      STANDARD OF .25 GRAMS  OF  NITROGEN MONOXIDE PER KILOMETER  RUN ORIGINALLY ENVISAGED FOR 1976.
                      THE RECOMMENDATION IS  SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE ATMOSPHERIC SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE  CENTRAL
                      ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION COUNCIL AND HILL BE SUBMITTED  TO  THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.   THE
                      RECOMMENDED INTERIM  STANDARDS HERE FORMULATED AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT INABILITY  OF AUTOMOBILE
                      MAKERS TO COMPLY WITH  THE .25 GRAM STANDARD.

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AIR

JAPAN
     Lfi(B)
    "BOLD MOVE  HALTS  EXHAUST PLAN."  JAPAN TIMES

    ENGLISH                  12/11/71*  PCS  2
       EPA
IDI  02241F
                          THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS  THAT  KIYOO WADACHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE  JAPANESE CENTRAL COUNCIL
                      FOR CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION,  HAS REFERRED THE REPORT OF THE  AD HOC AIR QUALITY
                      COMMITTEE TO A PLENARY SESSION  OF THE  CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATIONS.   THE REPORT OF THE AIR
                      QUALITY COMMITTEE STANDS IN OPPOSITION TO  THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE REPORT OF THE EXPERT
                      COMMITTEE ON AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION WHICH  FAVORS A POSTPONEMENT OF THE STRICT 1976 AUTO EMISSION
                      STANDARD OF 0.25 GRAMS OF NITROGEN  DXIDE PBR KILOMETER BUN.   THE CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF THE
                      SUBJECT HAS NECESSITATED A PLENARY  DEBATE  ON THE AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE'S  REPORT BEFORE ITS
                      OFFICIAL APPROVAL BY THE CENTRAL COUNCIL AND SUBSEQUENT SUBMISSION TO THE ENVIRONMENT A3ENCY.
                      IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS  CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT WILL  NOT  BE MODIFIED DURING
                      THE COURSE OF DELIBERATION.
JAPAN
     LR(B)
    "LANDOWNERS  OKAYING  INCINERATOR."  JAPAN TIMES

    ENGLISH                  11/15/711  PGS  2
    ALSO PMB
    *SOLID WASTE
       EPA
IDf  02319A
JAPAN
     SE( )
    "AIR POLLUTION  VICTIMS TO GET 3,330,000,000 YEN."  JAPAN  TIMES
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                  11/12/7H  PGS  2               ID*   02285B

    ACCORDING TO  THIS  NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 43 INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES  OF KAWASAKI, JAPAN,  HAVE  AGREED
TO PAY MORE THAN  3  BILLION YEN IN COMPENSATION TO THE  1,992 AIR POLLUTION VICTIMS OF  THAT  CITY.
THROUGH MEDIATION OP THE  KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,  REPRESENTATIVES DF THE AIR POLLUTION
VICTIMS AND THE 43  COMPANIES  CONCERNED SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WHEREIN THE COMPANIES WOULD  PROVIDE
MONETARY COMPENSATION  TO  VICTIMS IN PROPORTION TO THE  VOLUME  OF SULFUR OXIDES EMITTED INTO THE
AIR BY EACH COMPANY.   DESPITE THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT'S ENFORCEMENT  OF THE STRICT POLLUTION
CONTROL ORDINANCE,  THE NUMBER OF AIR POLLUTION VICTIMS HAS INCREASED.  OF THE 1,992 OFFICIALLY
LISTED AIR POLLUTION VICTIMS,  101 HAVE DIED, 35 OF THEM  THIS  YEAR.

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AIR

NORWAY
     LE(A)
    "NOVEMBER  16,  1973  CROWN  RESOLUTION PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS  ON THE UTILIZATION
    OF LEADED  PETROLEUM."   INT.  DIG.  OF HLIH. LEG., V. 25,  NO.  2
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,  COMP.                               EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/7U   PCS  424             IDt   02315A

    THESE REGULATIONS,  ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE JUNE 20,  1964  LAW NO. 5 ON PHARMACEUTICAL
PRODUCTS AND POISONS,  PROHIBIT  THE SALE OR USE OF PETROL  CONTAINING MORE THAN 0.4 GRABS  OF LEAD
PER LITER AS A MOTOR FUEL  (EXCEPT IN  THE CASE OF AIRCRAFT FUEL).  OTHER SUBSTANCES  MAY NOT BE
ADDED TO PETROL WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL  AFFAIRS.  LEADED PETROL MAY NDT BE
USED IN HEATING OR LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS OR FOR CLEANING PURPOSES.  MOREOVER, PETROL, IF IT  IS
LEADED, MUST BE COLORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MINISTRY.  PUMPS SERVING TANKS
CONTAINING LEADED PETROL MUST BE HARKED WITH A WARNING NOTICE  INDICATING THAT THB PRODUCT IS
TOXIC AND MAY  BE USED  ONLY AS A  MOTOR FUEL.
SOUTH AFRICA

     PM(A)
    JAARVERSLAG / ANNUAL  REPORT 1972-1973
    SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT  OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH*                 00/00/74  PGS  1-27            ID*
    *ALSO AFRIKAANS
    'GENERAL        WATER          NOISE
                EPA
              02270A
SOUTH AFRICA


     PM(A)
    POLLUTION 1971.   REPORT BY THE POLLUTION SUBSIDIARY  COMHirPBE OF THE PRIME
    MINISTER'S PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL
    SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT     EPA
    ENGLISH                  09/00/74  PGS  1-185           ID*   02276A
    *GENERAL        HATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
    "RADIOACTIVE  WASTES  -  AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM?"
    BRUNNER, H  AND  P.  NIKLAUS,  AND OTHERS
    GERMAN                   07/07/74  PGS  35-36
    ALSO ST
    ^RADIATION
NEUE ZOERCHER ZEITUNG
                EPA
         IDt  02268A

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AIR

SWITZERLAND

     PM(A)
    UMWELTSCHUTZ  IN  DER SCHWEIZ (ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  IN SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.   FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/71*  PGS   1-110           IDt  023U9A
    ALSO PMB
    *GENERAL       WATER         NOISE          SOLID  WASTE
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
    PROBLEMES  DE  L'HYGIENE DE L'AIR (PROBLEMS OF  AIR  HYGIENE)
                                                                   EPA
    FRENCH                   00/00/7H  PGS  1-100           IDt   02357A

    THIS BOOKLET,  PARTIALLY REPRINTED FROM THE BULLETIN  FOR THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT  OP PUBLIC
HYGIENE  (MARCH  23,  1974),  CONTAINS INFORMATION COMPILED  BY THE FEDERAL COMMISSION  ON AIR HYGIENE
TO AID IN THE  EVALUATION  OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH  AIR  POLLUTION WHEN FUTURE  ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION IS  FORMULATED.  IT DISCUSSES THE CAUSES OF  AIR POLLUTION, ITS EFFECTS  ON MAN AND ON
PLANT LIFE, COMPONENTS  OF  AIR POLLUTION AND ALTERATION  OF NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN BALANCE.   ALSO
CONSIDERED ARE  MEANS  TO MAINTAIN AIR PURITY, INCLUDING  GENERAL OBJECTIVES, TECHNICAL AND LEGAL
MEASURES, AIR  MONITORING  POSSIBILITIES, AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND MEASURES  FOR EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS.  EXISTING LEGAL REGULATORY TOOLS ARE  LISTED  FOR HEATING INSTALLATIONS,  INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL CONCERNS,  AND  EXHAUST GASES.  FUTURE LEGAL STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE  EXHAUST GASES ARE
DISCUSSED.  THE BOOKLET INCLUDES INITIAL SUMMARIES IN GERMAN AND FRENCH.  THE TWO  APPENDIXES
DISCUSS ELEMENTS  OF TOXICOLOGY AND PROVIDE DEFINITIONS  OF TERMINOLOGY.
USSR
     LR(B)
    "GUARDIANS OF  NATURE."  PRAVDA

                             11/29/74  PGS  6
RUSSIAN
^GENERAL
       EPA
IDf  02352A
                                         WATER
USSR
     LR(B)
    "FACE TO FACE  WITH NATURE."  IZVESTIYA
    KOHRAKOV,  G. AND  G.  MELIKYANTS
    RUSSIAN                  11/27/71*  pss  5
    ALSO PMB
    *GENERAL        WATER
                                                               EPA
                                                        ID*   02356A

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AIR

USSR
     LR (B)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
    "THE PROTECTION OF  NATURE—EVERYONE'S AFFAIR."
    MO.  13
    LUK'YANENKO, I.
    RUSSIAN                  00/00/7U   P3S  59-63
    ALSO PMB AND SE
    *GENERAL       HATER
KOMMUNIST VOORUZHENNYKH  SIL,
                                                                                 ID I
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                      02363A
GENERAL

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
    COMMISSION OF INQUIRY  INTO  LAND TENURES.  FIRST REPORT

    ENGLISH                  00/00/7!*  P3S  1-75            IDI   02309A

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED  BY A  COMMISSION APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNMENT TO LOOK INTO  LAND  TENURES
AND SPECIFICALLY INTO  THE  MOST  SUITABLE METHODS OF LEASEHOLD  ADMINISTRATION AND  MANAGEMENT OF
GOVERNMENT LAND IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,  COVERS SUCH TOPICS
AS NATIONAL LAND POLICY,  URBAN  LAND POLICY, RESERVATION OF  DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, LAND TENURE SYSTEMS
AND ARRANGEMENTS, AND  LAND USE.   THE SECTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION STATES THAT THE  PUBLIC
OWNERSHIP OF INDUSTRIAL LAND HILL BB MORE EFFECTIVE IN  PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THAN THE BXISTIN3
SYSTEM OF PRIVATE OHNERSHIP AND ESTATES IN FEE SIMPLE.   THEREFORE, THE REPORT CONTINUES,  SOCIAL
EQUITY AND COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THE ENVIRONMENT CAN  BE BEST  SERVED BY THE ADOPTION OF LEASEHOLD
TENURE FOR INDUSTRIAL  LAND DISPOSED OF BY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
    DEPARTMENT OF  URBAN  AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.   FIRST  ANNUAL REPORT, 1972-1973
    AUSTRALIA.   DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT      EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/26/73  PGS  1-38            IDf  02362A
     WATER

    THIS DOCUMENT  IS  THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF URBAN  AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FROM DECEMBER 1972 TO JUNE 1973.  AMON3 OTHER ACTIVITIES, THE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED
IN A LONG-RANGE  PROGRAM  TO ELIMINATE THE COUNTRY'S  SEWAGE BACKLOG, STRESSING THE NEED FOR PROPER
EFFLUENT DISPOSAL  STANDARDS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL  DAMAGE.   HOWEVER, THE MAJOR  ACTIVITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT HAVE THUS  FAR BEEN FORMATIVE, CONCERNED  MAINLY WITH INTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND THE
CREATION OF STUDY  AND POLICY COMMITTEES.  IN GENERAL,  THE DEPARTMENT FAVORS THE POLICY OF CLOSE
COOPERATION C ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY A10NG ALL  ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BESIDES CHAPTERS ON  DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, LAND, TRANSPORT,  RE3IONAL PLANNING,  AREA IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS AND NEW CITIES, THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES AND PLANS CONCERNING
PRESERVATION OF  THE  NATIONAL ESTATE FOR WHICH THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO THE NATIONAL ESTATE
HAS CREATED BY THE MINISTERS OF URBAN AND REGIONAL  DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION.

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GENERAL

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
BRAZIL

*"   PM(A)
    REGIONS
    AUSTRALIA.
    ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT     EPA
            10/00/73   PCS   1-62           ID#  02365A
    THIS REPORT  HAS  ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT  OF  URBAN  AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT  TO
PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR  AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE HITH THE 3RANTS  COMMISSION
ACT 1973.   IN ORDER  TO  RESOLVE INEQUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS,  THE GRANTS COMMISSION  ACT  ALLOWS
FOR FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS IN  PROPORTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT  NEEDS  OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS  OF THE
COUNTRY.  THE ACT SPECIFIES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE TO TAKE AN  ACTIVE PART IN ADMINISTERING
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS HELL  AS IN DELINEATING THE REGIONS  THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO THEIR
SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS.  THE  REGIONAL  GROUPINGS, AS DESIGNATED BY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, MUST BE APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF URBAN AND  REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MHO,  IN  TURN,
REFERS THE NATTER TO THE GRANTS COMMISSION TO SET FINANCIAL ALLOCATIONS.  ilTH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE STATE OF VICTORIA,  THIS REPORT RECOMMENDS EXISTING STATE  RESIGNS AS A BASIS FOR DETERMINING
APPROVED REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.  A PATTERN OF SUB-REGIONS  IS RECOMMENDED FOR SYDNEY  AND MELBOURNE.


    "SEMA:  STATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL PRESERVATION."   CORREIO BRAZILIENSE
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               11/05/74  PCS  5              IDt  02037E

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CITES THE OFFICIAL BRAZILIAN  POLICY FAVORING THE CREATION  OP  AN
EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  THIS ATTITUDE  LED  UP
TO THE CREATION  OF THE  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OP THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA)  WHICH DURING THE FIRST  TEN
MONTHS OF EXISTENCE  HAS FORMULATED A PLAN OF ACTION  TO EMBODY THE  CONCEPT OP RATIONAL USE  OP
NATURAL RESOURCES.   THE ACTIVITIES SUCCESSFULLY REALIZED AS PART  OP SENA'S PLAN OP ACTION  INCLUDE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ECOLOGICAL STATIONS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OP  THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICATIONS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS,  AND LISTING OF POLLUTING AGENTS.  ACCORDING TO PAULO NOGUEIRA NEPO,
SECRETARY OF SEMA, ONE  OF THE HOST SATISFACTORY ACHIEVEMENTS  OF THE PLAN HAS BEEN IN  THE CREATION
OF PUBLIC AWARENESS  TO  ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WHICH  IS ESSENTIAL  FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND
USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
BRAZIL

     PM(A)
    "SEMA WILL CONSOLIDATE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION."  0  BSTADO  DE SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               08/10/7H  PGS  15              IDf   02037F

    THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL  SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
(SEMA) IS CONCLUDING  THE  TASK OF COMPILING ALL EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN BRAZIL  FROM  WHICH
INSIGHTS MAY BE  GAINED  FOR FORMULATING A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL  ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.  EFFICIENT
OPERATION OP THE AGENCY CONTINUES TO BE HINDERED BY A LACK OP  SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL DUE  TO LOW
SALARIES.  IN ORDER TO  REMEDY THIS PROBLEM, THE SECRETARY  OF THE  ENVIRONMENT, PAULO NOGUEIRA HETO,
WILL SUBMIT A MANPOWER  RESOURCES PLAN TO THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR FOR APPROVAL.  ALSO  MENTIONED
IN THE ARTICLE IS THE OPENING OP THE FIRST ECOLOGICAL STATIONS AS PART OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK
OF STATIONS TO MONITOR  THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH.

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GENERAL

CANADA
     LR (A)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
                                                                                                                                      11
"DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT  ACT, 1972."
1971-1972, CHAPTER 31
STATUTES OF SASKATCHEWAN,
                          ENGLISH
                         00/00/72   P3S  1U5-151
                                                                                 IDt
                  EPA
               02340A
                          THIS  ACT PROVIDES FOR THE CREATION  OF  THE SASKATCHEWAN DEPARTMENT OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT, PRESIDED
                      OVER BY THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND  STAFFED BY THE DEPUTY MINISTER  OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
                      OTHER PERSONNEL AS DEEMED NECESSARY.  AMON3  ITS  FUNCTIONS, THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS EXISTING
                      LEGISLATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT,  NAMELY:  1)  THE  AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT,  2)  THE GROUND WATER
                      CONSERVATION ACT, 3}  THE WATER RESOURCES  MANAGEMENT ACT, l»)  THE WATER RIGHTS  ACT,  AND 5)  THE HATER
                      POWER ACT.   UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF  THE ACT,  THE MINISTER MAY APPOINT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY
                      COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,  WHILE THE  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL  IS EMPOWERED,  AT  HIS
                      DISCRETION, TO APPOINT THE INTERAGEHCY  CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE  30VERNMENT ACTIVITIES
                      AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.  ACTIVITIES  INVOLVING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTE MUST  BE APPROVED BY  THE
                      MINISTER, AND "STOP ORDERS" MAY  BE SERVED  AGAINST ANY ACTIVITY CONTRAVENIN3 ENVIRONMENTAL
                      LEGISLATION.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
     LR(A)
"ADMINISTRATION OP  THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH:
INT. DI3. OF  HLTH.  LES.,  V.  18
WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION,  COMP.
ENGLISH                  00/00/67   P3S  50-54
                                                      CENTRAL  AGENCIES."
          ID«
                                                               EPA
                                                             02329A
                          THIS EXCERPT OF SECTIONS  68  THRDUGH  71  OF LAW 20 OF MARCH  17,  1966,  DESCRIBES THE BASIC
                      ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 'OF  3ENTRAL  GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH
                      PROTECTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.  THE  CENTRAL  GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE  RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING
                      APPROPRIATE HEALTH PROTECTION  MEASURES FOR  THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THEIR  RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS
                      AND MUST COOPERATE WITH THE CENTRAL HEALTH  AUTHORITIES IN REALIZING THESE MEASURES.  THE
                      MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS CONCERNED  WITH  THE  FORMULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF  NATIONAL HEALTH POLICIES
                      AND CONDUCTS BASIC RESEARCH ON HEALPH PROTECTION.  THE CHIEF HYGIENIST OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK
                      SOCIALIST REPUBLIC IS APPOINTED  WITHIN THE  MINISTRY OF HEALTH  BY  THE GOVERNMENT AND IS
                      RESPONSIBLE FOR TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND FOR GENERAL SURVEILLANCE  OF  HEALTH MEASURES.
                      THIS LAW WAS FIRST PUBLISHED  IN  SBIRKA ZAKDNU CBSKOSLO VENS KB SOCIALIST 13 KE REPUBLIKY, NO. 7
                      OF MARCH 30, 1966.

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GENERAL

DENMARK
     LR (B)
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    MILJOBESKYTTELSESLOVEN:   LOV OH MILJOBESKYTTELSE  MED KOMMENTARER (ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION  ACT:   THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  ACT WITH COMMENTARY)
    BORRE, NIELS                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS  1-212           IDf  01742B
     AIR            WATER         SOLID HASTE   NOISE

    THIS BOOK CONTAINS  THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE  DANISH  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT  OF 1973 AND
ITS APPENDIXES  AS  HELL  AS A DETAILED COMMENTARY  ON EACH INDIVIDDAL SECTION.  THE  COMMENTARY,
DESIGNED TO  PROVIDE  A  MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF  THE ACT  AND ITS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
RAMIFICATIONS PRIOR  TO  ITS COMING INTO FORCE IN  1974, IS BASED ON VARIOUS SOURCES,  INCLUDING
A REPORT OF  THE PUBLIC  HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR, THE EXPLANATORY  TEXT
ACCOMPANYING THE ACT IN ITS BILL FORM, AND THE DEBATES  ON THE ACT IN THE DANISH PARLIAMENT.


    "MARCH 29,  1974  ORDER NO.  170 ON THE REGULATION OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    LOVTIDENDB  FOR  KON3ERIGET DANMA8K, PART A, NO. 20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/7U  P3S  401-407         ID*  01742C

    THIS ORDER, MADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE JUNE 13, 1973  ACT  NO.  372, THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION
ACT, CONTAINS REGULATIONS COVERING:  KEEPING OF  LIVESTOCK;  DISPOSAL OF VARIOUS TYPES OF  HASTE;
DISTANCES TO BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN DUNGHEAPS AND HABITATIONS, HELLS, PUBLIC ROADS, FOOD  PROCESSING
PLANTS, WATERCOURSES AND LAKES;  HASTE WATER DRAINAGE; BURIAL  PLACES; BATHING HATER AND BEACHES;
SHIMMIN3 POOLS  AND THERMAL BATHS; FURNACES; NUISANCES FROM  ENTERPRISES NOT SPECIFIED IN  THE
APPENDIX TO  THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT AS  HELL  AS FROM  RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES;  AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES OR INSTALLATIONS  AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH.  THESE REGULATIONS, HHILE COVERING  THE AREAS
EARLIER DEALT HITH BY  SANITARY REGULATIONS, DIFFER FROM THESE ESSENTIALLY IN APPLYING  TO  THE
HHOLE COUNTRY RATHER THAN TO STRICTLY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.  THERE ARE,  HOHEVER, SPECIFIED AREAS
OF CONCERN IN WHICH  MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES ARE PERMITTED TO  ESTABLISH RESULATIONS BASED ON THE
SPECIAL CONDITIONS  HOLDING IN A  GIVEN MUNICIPALITY.
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 29,  1974  NO.  178 ON THE TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS  AND  AUTHORITIES TO
    THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY."  LOVTIDENDE  FOR  KON3BRIGET DANBARK, PART  A, NO.  20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/74  PGS  444-446         ID#  01742E

    THIS ORDER, ISSUED IN  PURSUANCE OF THE JUNE 13, 1973  ACT  NO.  372, THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ACT, TRANSFERS  TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGENCY  CERTAIN FUNCTIONS  ASSIGNED  BY
LAW TO THE MINISTER  OF THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE  PREPARATION OF GUIDELINES, ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROTECTION ZONES, VARIOUS DECISION MAKING POHERS, AND  THE  ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN PERMITS.
AFFECTED ARE NOT ONLY  FUNCTIONS COVERED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION ACT BUT ALSO MANY  OF  THOSE
SPECIFIED IN LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS CONCERNING:  HATER  SUPPLY;  WATERCOURSES; PESTICIDES;
POISONS AND DAN3EROUS  SUBSTANCES;  SALT HATER FISHERIES; POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL; AND
PREPAREDNESS FOR HEALTH EMERGENCIES.

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DENMARK
     LE(A)
DENMARK
     LR (B)
    "MARCH 29,  1974 ORDER  NO.  176 ON THE APPROVAL OF HEAVILY  POLLUTING
    ENTERPRISES."  LOVTIDENDE  FOR KON3ERIGET DANMARK, PART A,  NO.  20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/74  PGS  436-441        IDt   01742F
     AIR           WATER

    THIS ORDER  REGULATES  PROCEDURES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERATION  OF INSTALLAIIONS DESIGNATED AS HEAVILY POLLUTING IN THE JUNE  13,  1973
ACT NO. 372, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.   INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED IN PERMIT APPLICATIONS
INCLUDES DETAILS ON THE LOCATION, DESI3N AND OPERATION OF THE INSTALLATION, AMOUNTS OF POLLUTING
SUBSTANCES PRODUCED,  AND  MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AGAINST SUCH POLLUTION.  PERMITS ARE TO SET,  AMONG
OTHER THINGS, LIMITS  ON POLLUTION LEVELS AND TO SPECIFY NECESSARY ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES.
RESPONSIBILITY  FOR ISSUING PERMITS AND MAKING DECISIONS IN THIS AREA  IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL  COUNCILS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF INSTALLATION  INVOLVED.


    "THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM."
    NORDISK ADMINISTRATIVT TIDSKRIFT, VOL. 54, NO. 2
    PEDERSEN, POOEL                                                EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS  95-106         ID*  02358A

    THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY  RESULTING
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS INTRODUCED IN THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF  1973  AND
OTHER RECENT LEGISLATION  AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.  THIS LEGISLATION TRANSFERS COMPETENCE  FOR
IMPLEMENTATION  OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES FROM APPOINTED SANITATION COMMISSIONS AND LAND  TRIBUNALS
TO THE POPULARLY ELECTED  MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY COUNCILS, WITH  THE EXPECTATION THAT THE LATTER
OFFICIALS, BEING MORE RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC OPINION,  HILL ALSO BE MORE ACTIVE IN ENFORCING
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION  THAN THE FORMERLY COMPETENT OFFICIALS.  DISCUSSED ARK:  THE DIFFICULTIES
FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS IN ISSUING PERMITS IN THE ABSENCE OF  BINDING  GUIDELINES AND LIMITS; THE
PERMIT-ISSUING  AND PLANNING ROLE OF THE COUNTY COUNCILS; PROVISIONS FOR PROBLEMS INVOLVING
POSSIBLE AREAS  OF OVERLAPPING  JURISDICTION BETWEEN COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS; THE NEW
ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL  BOARD;  AND INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
DENMARK


     LR(B)
    "INFORMATION  ON  ORDERS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS  RELATING  TO ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM."
    NYT FRA MILJOSTYRELSKN, NO. 4
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   04/08/74  P5S   1-8             IDt  02359A
     AIR           WATER

    THIS NUMBER  OF THE NEWSLETTER OF THE DANISH  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  LISTS,  AND IN
MOST CASES PROVIDES  SHORT SUMMARIES OF, VARIOUS  ORDERS  AND CIRCULAR LETTERS  ISSUED  BY THE MINISTRY
OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT AND THE NEWLY  A BENDED
VERSIONS OF THE  1949 WATERCOURSE ACT AND THE  1969  WATER SUPPLY ACT.  THESE ORDERS AND CIRCULAR
LETTERS, ALL  SCHEDULED TO COME INTO FORCE SIMULTANEOUSLY  WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PHOTECTION ACT ON
OCT. 1, 1974,  COVER  THE FOLLOWING AREAS:  ADMINISTRATION  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW;
PROTECTION OF WATER  SUPPLY INTBBESTS; PROTECTION OF WATERCOURSES, LAKES AND  THE  SEA; ISSUING OP
PERMITS FOR HEAVILY  POLLUTING ENTERPRISES;  PLANNING IN  CONNECTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ACT;  THE  REGULATION OF WATER SUPPLY  ACTIVITIES; AND THE TRANSFER  OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS
FROM THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

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3ERHA NY,FED  REP OF

      PM(A)
    UMHELTGUTACHTEN  1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON  THE ENVIRONMENT 1974.)
    HANSHEYER,  KARL-HEINRICH AND OTHERS                           EPA
    GERMAN                   06/00/74  PCS  1-320           ID#  02014C
     AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES     NOISE          SOLID HASTE

    THIS REPORT  HAS  PUBLISHED IN COS FORMANCE HITH AN  INTERIOR MINISTRY DECREE  (DECEMBER 28, 1971)
PROVIDING FOR FORMATION OF A COUNCIL TO PREPARE PERIODIC EXPERT OPINIONS ON  THE  ENVIRONMENT AS A
REFERENCE FOR INVOLVED AND INTERESTED GROUPS.   SELECTED GENERAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS,  PR03RAM
AREA RECOMMENDATIONS  AND RESEARCH-RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SUMMARIZED AT  THE  BEGINNING OP THE
REPORT.  GENERAL GOALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY  IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC ARE DISCUSSED.   A  SECTION IS
DEVOTED TO CONSIDERATION OF THE PROGRAM AREAS  (AIR, HATER,  FOODSTUFFS, NOISE,  SOLID  HASTE,  AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS AND ECOSYSTEMS), INCLUDING PRESENT  STATUS, PROBLEMS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS.
OTHER SECTIONS CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN REGARD TO NATURE, PLANNING,  DEVELOPMENT,  AND
ENERGY; ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND PLANNING PROBLEMS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AND TRANSNATIONAL  ASPECTS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.   THREE APPENDIXES PROVIDE AIDS TO  METHODOLOGY IN STUDY  OF THE ENVIRONMENT;
TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS;  AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
GERMANY,FED  REP  OF
     PM(A)
    ORGANISATIONSUEBERSICHT DBS BUNDESMINISTERIOMS DBS  INNERN.   STAND:  1 APRIL
    1974  (ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE FEDERAL  MINISTRY  OF  THE INTERIOR.  STATUS:
                                                                   EPA
    GERMAN                   04/01/74  PGS  1               IDf  02324A
                                                                                                          APRIL  1,  1974)
                          THIS CHART DIAGRAMS THE  MINISTRY  OF THE INTERIOR FOR THE  FEDERAL  REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,  INCLUDING
                      THOSE SECTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS ARE ADMINISTERED
                      BY TWO SECTIONS.  SECTION UA  IS  RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY,  REACTOR SAFETY AND RADIATION
                      CONTROL.  OFFICES HHICH HANDLE  POLICY INCLUDE THOSE FDR PLANNING,  COORDINATION, RESEARCH,  ECONOMIC
                      AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY  OF MINISTERIAL REGULATIONS  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES  PLUS
                      SOME ENVIRONMENTAL LAH, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AND ECDLDGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.  SECTION
                      UB HAS JURISDICTION IN HATER  MANAGEMENT,  SOLID HASTE MANAGEMENT, AIR  PURITY AND NOISE CONTROL.   A
                      SUBSECTION DEALS HITH EACH OF THE  FOLLOHING:   (A)  WATER, (B)  AIR AND  NOISE, (C) SOLID HASTE.   THE
                      PRESENT INCUMBENTS OF ALL OFFICES  ARE GIVEN.
GERMANY,FED  REP  OF

     SE( )
    "PRICE RISES  UNAVOIDABLE."  UMHELI:   FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,  SCHUTZ, NO. 1
    KOEHLER, AXEL                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   02/00/74  PGS  30-31           ID*   02327A

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES  THE COST TO GERMAN INDUSTRY OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.   ACCORDING TO A
STUDY AMONG INDUSTRIAL  AND  COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS  (TO HHICH  80X OF ALL CONCERNS HITH  OVER 100
EMPLOYEES BELONG)  MORE  THAN 3.1 BILLION MARKS HERE SPENT DN AIR  POLLUTION CONTROL  FROM 1969-71,
MORE THAN THICE AS  MUCH AS  SPENT IN 1965-69.   OF THIS, INVESTMENTS  IN EQUIPMENT CONSTITUTED 61.3%;
MAINTENANCE, 34.2X;  RESEARCH AND TESTING, 4.5*.  THE IRON,  STEEL AND METAL INDUSTRIES  SPENT
34.4% OF THE TOTAL;  ENERGY  AND NON-METALLIC RESOURCES, 22.7*;  CHEMICALS, 22.6%; MINING,  4.3X;
OTHERS, 16X.  PROJECTING  THESE FIGURES TO ALL POLLUTION CONTROL  AREAS, THE AUTHOR  CONCLUDES THAT
NEARLY 4X OF GROSS  NATIONAL PRODUCT HILL BE SPENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.  HE FEELS THAT
EVENTUAL PRICE RISES  DUE  TO THESE COSTS ARE INEVITABLE.  THE  AUTHOR STATES, HOHEVER, THAT  CONSUMERS
IN A FREE ENTERPRISE  SYSTEM HILL STILL PAY LESS THAN THOSE  IN  A  PLANNED ECONOMY BECAUSE  OF
COMPETITION TO DEVELOP  QUICKLY EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.

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INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
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                                                                                                                15
    "POLLUTION THREATENS  LATIN  AMERICA."  0 ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
    PORTUGUESE
    ALSO SE
     SOLID WASTE
08/13/74  PCS  20
                                                           ID*
  EPA
02166C
                          THIS  BRAZILIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE  REPORTS  ON THE ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
                      INTER-ANERICAN CONGRESS ON SANITARY ENGINEERING HELD IN MEXICO CITY  IN  AUGUST 1974.  MAJOR
                      ACTIVITIES OF THE CONGRESS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT,  SOLID WASTE
                      DISPOSAL,  PESTICIDE USE AND AIR  AND WATER POLLUTION IN LATIN AMERICA.   IN  VIEW OF THE GROWING
                      PROBLEMS  OF POLLUTION AND THE ALARMING  INCREASE OF POPULATION, AS WELL  AS  A  GENERAL LACK OP
                      FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES  TO  COPE WITH THESE PROBLEMS, THE CONGRESS  HAS FORMULATED
                      SEVERAL PROGRAMS OF ACTION TO HELP ALLEVIATE  THE SITUATION.  THESE PROGRAMS  PROVIDE FOR THE
                      CREATION  OF THE INTER-AMERICAN  INFORMATION AND COORDINATING CENTER AND  RECOMMEND THE ESTABLISHMENT
                      OF APPROPRIATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND  AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ON
                      NATIONAL  GOVERNMENT LEVELS.  ALSO  INCLUDED ARE PLANS TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL LOANS AVAILABLE TO
                      LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
INTERNATIONAL
     PM(A)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION."  BOLETIN DB LA OFICINA SANITARIA  PANAMBRICANA,
    V.  76, NO.  1
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION                                      EPA
    SPANISH                  01/00/74   P3S  72-78           ID*   02354A

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE  IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE PAN AMERICAN  SANITARY BUREAU'S DECENNIAL
HEALTH PLAN FOR THE  AMERICAS  (PART II - RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  PROGRAM AREAS)  AS APPROVED  BY  THE
HEALTH MINISTERS OF  THE  AMERICAS IN THEIR THIRD SPECIAL  MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 2-9,  1972 IN
SANTIAGO, CHILE.  THE  ARTICLE  REVIEWS THE CURRENT LATIN  AMERICAN  SITUATION REGARDING WATER SUPPLY,
SEWAGE WORKS AND POLLUTION OF  THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN PROCEEDS TO FORMULATE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT GOALS FOR  THE  LATIN AMERICAN REGION.  THE RECOMMENDED MEASURES NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE
THE STATED GOALS INCLUDE,  IN GENERAL, THE ESTABLISHMENT  OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS, PASSAGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION WHERE NEEDED,  CONDUCTING OF RESEARCH, TRAINING OF
TECHNICIANS, ADEQUATE  PLANNING IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MONITORING OF POLLUTION, AND  THE EDUCATION
AND MOBILIZATION OF  THE  GENERAL PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL  MATTERS.

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INTERNATIONAL


     PM(A)
ISRAEL
     SE( )
    "ALEXANDRIA CENTER FOR POLLUTION STUDIES."
    AMCONSUL ALEXANDRIA A-027
    U. S. DEPARTMENT  OF STATE
    ENGLISH                  11/18/74  P3S  1
                                             DEPARTMENT  OF SPATE AIR3RAM
                                                        ID*
       EPA
     02360A
    THIS AIRGRAM,  PREPARED BY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE  IN  ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT), REPORTS  THAT THE
UNITED NATIONS  HAS DECIDED TO FINANCE AND EQUIP THE FIRST  POLLUTION STUDY CENTER  FOR THE MIDDLE
EAST AND MEDITERRANEAN  BASIN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALEXANDRIA.   THE UNIVERSITY,  ALREADY INVOLVED
IN BASIC POLLUTION RESEARCH, INTENDS TO SPONSOR MEETINGS IN  COOPERATION WITH UNITED  NATIONS
AGENCIES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES FROM VARIOUS AREAS OF THE WORLD TO EXAMINE THE  FINDINGS OF
POLLUTION RESEARCH.


    "GLOBAL MARKET RESEARCH - POST CONDUCTED STUDIES:  AIR AND WATER PURIFICATION
    AND POLLUTION  CONTROL EQUIPMENT."  DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM, AMBMBASSY TEL AVIV, NO. A-235
    U. S. DEPARTMENT  OF STATE                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/24/74  PGS  1-52            ID*   02337A
    ALSO PMA
     AIR            HATER

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY UNITED STATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL IN TEL AVIV,  SUMMARIZES ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS REFLECTING A GROWING CONCERN OVER  POLLUTION.   THE ISRAELI ECONOMIC PLANNING
AUTHORITY HAS PROVIDED  BETWEEN $211 AND $304 MILLION  FOB THE COUNTRY'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO PREVENT
FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.   THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  SERVICE ESTIMATES ISRAELI INDUSTRY
WILL SPEND ABOUT $50  MILLION ON AIR-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT BETWEEN 1975-1978.   MORE SPECIFICALLY,
THIS STUDY PROVIDES DETAILED STATISTICS ON THE ACTUAL AND  POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS OF ISRAELI
INDUSTRY IN THE PURCHASE  OF POLLUTION-CONTROL EQUIPMENT.   TABLE 3 OF THE STUDY LISTS INDUSTRIAL
SPENDING ON IMPORTED  POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT FOR  1972-73 AND THE FIRST PART OF 1974.   ALSO
-5IVEN ARE ANNOTATED LISTS OF MAJOR INDUSTRIES WHICH WILL LIKELY MAKE SIZABLE INVESTMENTS  IN
EQUIPMENT; POTENTIAL  AGENTS AND DISTRIBUTORS; PRINCIPAL TRADE  ASSOCIATIONS; DOMESTIC POLLUTION
EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES; LEGISLATION ON POLLUTION CONTROL; AND  PERTINENT PERIODICALS ON THE  SUBJECT.
ITALY
     LR(B)
    "ROME PUSHING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."  DIE WELT

                             09/18/73  PGS  10
GERMAN
 WATER
ID*
  EPA
02331A
                                         AIR
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON PLANS  OF  THE  ITALIAN MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   PROJECTED
                      LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER 1974 INCLUDES  MEASURES TO REDUCE LEAD CONTENT
                      OF GASOLINE FROM 0.64 TO 0.40  PERCENT BY  THE END OF DECEMBER 1975;  MAKE ALL DRINK CONTAINERS
                      REFUNDABLE; LIMIT THE POLLUTION OF IHE COASTS AND COASTAL WATERS BY PETROLEUM TANKERS.  THE
                      MINISTER ALSO WISHES TO LAY THE LEGAL GROUNDWORK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION  OF WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS
                      FOR COMMUNITIES OF MORE THAN 100,000  INHABITANTS.  ALSO MENTIONED  IS A RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
                      INDICATING THAT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DECREASED BETWEEN 1971 AND 1972
                      AND ARE BELOW THOSE PROJECTED  IN THE  FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR 1971-1975;  ONLY 0.56 PERCENT OF THE 1972
                      3ROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT WAS EXPENDED ON ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.  FURTHERMORE, AN INVESTIGATION
                      INDICATED THAT ONLY A SHALL PERCENTAGE DF INDUSTRIAL WORKING CAPITAL WAS DEVOTED TO MEASURES FOB
                      AIR AND WATER PURIFICATION.

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ITALY

     SE(
JAPAN
     LE(B)
    "ENI AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  IN  ITALY."  WORLD PBTBOLEUM
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  07/00/72   PGS  20-22          IDf  02341A
    ALSO PMA
    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE  REPORTS THAT,  DUE TO UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS  ON  THE PART OF THE ITALIAN
GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT POLLUTION,  THE STATE-OWNED NATIONAL HYDROCARBON  ENTITY (ENI)  HAS TAKEN THE
INITIATIVE IN PROVIDING  $85  MILLION OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD TO CONTROL THE POLLUTION OF ITS OWN
FACTORIES AND OPERATIONS.   IN  ADDITION,  THE ENI HAS SET UP A SPECIALIZED SUBSIDIARY, TECNECO, TO
STUDY AND MONITOR POLLUTION  AND TO PROVIDE CONSULTATIVE AND TECHNICAL SERVICE TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERESTED IN ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.   BESIDES STRESSING THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICIES AND GOVERNMENT  REORGANIZATION TO ADMINISTER ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, THE BNI HAS ALSO
SPONSORED A STUDY ON THE COSTS  AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.  DUE TO A LACK  OF DATA,  THE TOTAL COST OF A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL PROGRAM TO CONTROL
POLLUTION CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED EXACTLY   ($13 TO $15 BILLION DURING 1970-1985 IS ONE ESTIMATE).
REGARDLESS OF THE COST,  HOWEVER,  THE EVENTUAL BENEFITS JUSTIFY THE CREATION OF SUCH A PH03HAM.


    "POLLUTION  OFFENSES  UP 94  PERCENT OVER ONE YEAR AGO."  JAPAN TIMES
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  07/31/74  PGS  2              IDf  02284A

    ACCORDING TO THIS  ARTICLE,  THE JAPANESE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY HAS  REPORTED A HALF-YEARLY
TOTAL OF 1,128  POLLUTION-RELATED OFFENSES IN 1974, AN INCREASE OF  94 PERCENT OVER THE
CORRESPONDING FIGURE FOR 1973.   THE AGENCY REPORTS THAT POLLUTION OFFENSES ARE BECOMING MORE
INTERNATIONAL AND MORE INVOLVED WITH UNDERWORLD ELEMENTS  AND THAI TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
ARE NECESSARY.  REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES  OF POLLUTION CRIMES GIVEN IN THIS ARTICLE INCLUDE  A  CASE
IN WHICH AN UNDERWORLD FIGURE  ILLEGALLY DISPOSED OF 3,760 TONS OF  INDUSTRIAL WASTE  FOR A  PROFIT.
OTHER EXAMPLES  INVOLVE COMPANIES WHICH INSTALLED ANTI-POLLUTION  EQUIPMENT BUT DID NOT USE  IT,  OR
ONLY USED IT DURING THE  DAY-TIME.
JAPAN
     LR(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  LAWS PASSED BY 72ND DIET."
    NO. 7
    JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
    ENGLISH                  07/10/74  PGS  1-2
JAPAN ENVIRONMENT  SUMMARY,  V.  2,
                                                                                 IDt
                   EPA
                 02342A
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE  MAY  26,  1974 ENACTMENT OF THE NATIONAL  LAND USE PLANNING LAW  10
                      PROMOTE A WHOLESOME LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND BALANCED NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  THROUGH LAND PLANNING  AND
                      A LICENSING SYSTEM ON CERTAIN  LAND TRANSACTIONS TO CURB SPIRALING  LAND  PRICES.   AUTHORITIES  AT  THE
                      NATIONAL, PREFECTURAL AND MUNICIPAL  LEVELS ARE TO DEVELOP LAND  USE PLANS.   PREFECTURAL GOVERNORS
                      ARE TO DESIGNATE URBAN, AGRICULTURAL,  FOREST, NATURAL PARK AND  NATURE  CONSERVATION AREAS.  THE
                      NATIONAL LAND-USE PLANNING COUNCIL IS  TO BE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE  PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE, AND
                      REGIONAL NATIONAL LAND USE PLANNING  COUNCILS AND LAND USE SCREENING COMMITTEES ARE TO BE FORMED
                      AT THE PREFECTURAL LEVEL.  THE NATIONAL  LAND AGENCY, FORMED JUNE  26, 1974 AT CABINET LEVEL ON THE
                      BASIS OF THE LAW, HAS PLANNING AND PRICE-CURBIN3 FUNCTIONS.

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JAPAN
     PM(A)
JAPAN
      PM(A)
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"JAPAN ESTABLISHES  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE."
GESTALTUNG,  SCHDTZ,  NO.  I
                                                             UMBELT:  FDRSCHONG,
    GERMAN
                         02/00/74  PGS  9-10
IDt
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                       01898B
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS'THAT  PLANS FOR JAPAN'S FIRST  NATIONAL  INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
                      RESEARCH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.   THE INSTITUTE, WHICH WAS  AUTHORIZED BY PARLIAMENT IN  LATE 1970,
                      IS TO STUDY NOT ONLY EXISTING  POLLUTION PROBLEMS, BUT  ALSO  LONG-TERM PREVENTIVE MEASURES.   THE
                      NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  PLANS TO INITIATE CONSTRUCTION  IN JANUARY 1975 BITH COMPLETION OF THE
                      500-STAFF FACILITY SCHEDULED HITHIN FIVE YEARS.  UNDER A  DIRECTOR AND VICE-DIRECTOR,  A  DEPARTMENT
                      OF GENERAL ANALYSIS W.ILL  SUPERVISE THE WORK OF SIX DEPARTMENTS,  THOSE FOR MEASURING  TECHNIQUE,
                      AIR POLLUTION, HATER AND  SOIL  POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE,
                      AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY.   THERE WILL ALSO BE DEPARTMENTS  OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION,
                      TECHNOLOGY, AND GENERAL AFFAIRS.   A "PROJECT-TEAM" WORK  STRUCTURE, ALLOWING EXPERTS  FROM VARIOUS
                      FIELDS TO WORK ON AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BASIS, WILL CHARACTERIZE  THE INSTITUTE.  THE  RESEARCH OF
                      VARIOUS PROJECT TEAMS  WILL PARALLEL WORK OF INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
    EMPLOYEE  ROSTER.   ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
    JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
    JAPANESE                 10/01/74  PGS   1-83
                                                               EPA
                                                        ID*   02336A
                          THIS DIRECTORY OF THE  JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY LISTS  THE NAMES AND POSITIONS  BY
                      BUREAU OF THE OFFICIALS  OF THE  AGENCY AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1974.   THE BREAKDOWN INCLUDES:   THE
                      DIRECTOR'S SECRETARIAT  (SECRETARIAL DIVISION, GENERAL AFFAIRS  DIVISION, ACCOUNTS DIVISION, AND
                      INTERNATIONAL DIVISION);  PLANNING AND COORDINATION BUREAU;  ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION  BUREAU;
                      NATURE CONSERVATION BUREAU;  AIR QUALITY BUREAU (PLANNING DIVISION,  AIR POLLUTION CONTROL  DIVISION)I
                      WATER QUALITY BUREAU  (PLANNING  DIVISION, WATER QUALITY CONTROL DIVISION, WATER POLLUTION  CONTROL
                      DIVISION,  SETO INLAND SEA  POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICE, SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS  DIVISION);
                      AND AFFILIATIONS  (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESEARCH OFFICE, TRAINING
                      INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTION DAMAGE COMPENSATION AND COMPLAINT
                      EXAMINATION OFFICE).
JAPAN
     PM(A)
    "REORGANIZATION  OF  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY."  JAPAN  ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY, V. 2,  NO.  7
    JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY                                    EPA
    ENGLISH                  07/10/74  PGS  4               IDt  02343A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THREE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES  IN  THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY.
 (1) REGIONAL  INSPECTION BUREAUS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE  MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAVE BEEN  AUTHORIZED TO
 PERFORM TASKS  SUCH  AS  MAKING SURVEYS, COLLECTING  DATA  AND OFFERING CONSULTATIVE  SERVICES  FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY.  FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYORS,  APPOINTED IN THE GENERAL AFFAIRS DIVISION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT'AGENCY, ARE TO COLLECT AND FILE DATA,  MAKE SURVEYS, AND TO PERFORM  LIAISON
FUNCTIONS WITH AMA  BUREAUS IN THEIR ASSIGNED REGIONS.   (2)  THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS
 BEEN CREATED  TO CARRY  OUT REGULATORY AND IMPLEMENTATION  DUTIES IN REGARD TO CERTAIN
POLLUTION-RELATED LAWS  AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH WORK ON HEALTH AND POLLUTION.   (3)  THE NEWLY FORMED
 ENVIRONMENTAL  MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE AGENCY IS  RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, AND COORDINATION OF  WORK BY VARIOUS AGENCIES.   A CHART LISTS
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL CHANGES.

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GENERAL

OECD

     SE(
SOUTH AFRICA
     P«(A)
    "ENVIRONMENT BID  OKAYED  BY  OECD."  JAPAN TIMES

    ENGLISH                  11/16/74   PGS  10
ID*
  EPA
02321A
    ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE,  THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC  COOPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT HAS APPROVED  A  DECLARATION  ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WHICH  BMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR
THE WESTERN INDUSTRIALIZED  NATIONS  TO REORIENT THEIR ECONOMIC GROWTH  IN  A  MANNER THAT PRESERVES
THE EQUALITY OF ALL COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.  TOWARD THIS  END,  ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES MUST BE  COORDINATED  WITH SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICIES.   RECOMMENDATIONS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DECLARATION INCLUDE  THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES  FOR  THE RATIONAL USE
OF ENER3Y, AVOIDANCE OF WASTE, PREVENTION OF NOISE, LIMITATION OF  TRAFFIC,  LOW COST URBAN
IMPROVEMENT, AND AIR AND  WATER POLLUTION  CONTROL PROGRAMS.


    "CO-ORDINATION OF THE SOUTH  AFRICAN COMMITTEE ON * ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION."
    OMGEWING/ENVIRONMENT  RSA
    GRANGE, J. J.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH*                09/00/71*   PGS  3-5            IDf  02269A
    *ALSO AFRIKAANS

    THIS ARTICLE, CONTAINED IN A MONTHLY  PUBLICATION OF THE SOUTH  AFRICAN  DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND THE ENVIRONMENT, OUTLINES THE BACKGROUND, ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONING,  AND PURPOSE OF THE SOUTH
AFRICAN COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION.  THIS COMMITTEE HAS  ESTABLISHED TO ADVISE THE
CABINET COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION.  THE TASK OF THE  SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION  IS TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND
POLLUTION, TO PROPOSE GENERAL PRIORITIES  FOR ACTION, AND TO ADVISE ON THE  COORDINATION OF STEPS
TO BE TAKEN.  THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWING EXISTING LEGISLATION,
IT MAKES REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  TO THE MINISTER OF PLANNING AND  THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE
COMPOSITION, ORGANIZATION OF  OFFICES, AND COORDINATING LINES OF THE COMMITTEE ARE DIAGRAMED.
SOUTH AFRICA

     PM(A)
    JAAHVERSLAG / ANNUAL  REPORT 1972-1973
    SOUTH AFRICA.  DEPARTMENT  OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH*                 00/00/7*   PGS  1-27           IDt
    *ALSO AFRIKAANS
     AIR           WATER          NOISE
       EPA
     02270A
                          THIS  ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIZES THE  ACTIVITIES  OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND
                      THE  ENVIRONMENT DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1,  1972  THROUGH JUNE 30, 1973.  TOPICS  TREATED IN THIS
                      REPORT INCLUDE:  ECONOMIC PLANNING; SCIENTIFIC  PLANNING; PHYSICAL PLANNING  (MINERAL RESOURCES,
                      ENERGY, DEMARCATION OF REGIONS AND LIAISON  WITH REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS, EARTH RESOURCES
                      TECHNOLOGY  (SATELLITE) PROGRAM, RIVER  MOUTHS  AND  LAGOONS, CENTRAL GUIDE  PLAN COMMITTEES,
                      ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, OCEAN AFFAIRS,  RICHARDS BAY); DEMARCATION OF AREAS;  CONTROL MEASURES;
                      DEVELOPMENT OF GROWTH POINTS; CONSULTATIONS;  AND  THE PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL.   THE SECTION ON
                      ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION DISCUSSES ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUPS ON AIR,  WATER, AND NOISE
                      POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.

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GENERAL

SOOTH AFRICA


     PM(A)
SWITZERLAND
     PM(A)
    POLLUTION  1971.   REPORT BY THE POLLUTION SUBSIDIARY COMMITTEE OF THE PRIME
    MINISTER'S  PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL
    SOUTH AFRICA.  DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE  ENVIRONMENT    EPA
    ENGLISH                  09/00/74  PGS  1-185           ID«  02276A
     AIR           WATER          SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     NOISE

    THIS REPORT, THE  ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF WHICH  WAS  FIRST PUBLISHED IN  1974  (ALTHOU3H
THE AFRIKAANS-LANGUAGE  VERSION APPEARED IN 1972),  PRESENTS  A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF THE VARIOUS
TYPES OF POLLUTION (WATER,  MARINJB, AIR, NOISE, SOLID  HASTE,  AND RADIATION), THE EXISTING MACHINERY
TO CONTROL OR PREVENT  POLLUTION, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE MEASURES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
PROGRAMS AND THEIR FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.  IN THE FINAL SECTION OF THE REPORT THERE IS A BRIEF
ACCOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONDITIONS AND CONTROL MECHANISMS  IN SELECTED COUNTRIES.


    "DUTIES AND  ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    UMWELTSCHUTZ IN DER SCHWEIZ
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/74  PGS  98-102          ID#  00372B

    THIS ARTICLE BY URS BALSIGER DISCUSSES THE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   MAJOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW,  COORDINATION
OF FEDERAL AND FEDERAL-CANTONAL ACTIVITIES, ADVICE AND  INFORMATION, PLANNING AND FURTHERING OF
EFFORTS IN ALL AREAS  OF WATER, AIR AND NOISE QUALITY.   THE  OFFICE, EMPLOYING 72 PERSONS,  CONSISTS
OF THE DIRECTORATE AND  STAFF OFFICES (SECRETARIAT, LEGAL SERVICES, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS,  INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SERVI3E)  AND TWO NAJOR  SUBDIVISIONS:  ONE DEALING WITH WATER
PROTECTION AND ONE DEALING WITH AIR QUALITY AND NOISE CONTROL.   WHILE WORKING ON THE BASIS OF
EXISTING FEDERAL AND  CANTONAL LEGISLATION, THE OFFICE IS LAYIN3 GROUNDWORK FOR COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND DEVELOPING THE FRAMEWORK  OF OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.   AN
ORGANIZATION CHART DATED  JANUARY 1, 1974 IS INCLUDED.
SWITZERLAND

     PM(A)
    UMWELTSCHUTZ IN  DER  SCHWEIZ (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IN  SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/74  PGS  1-110           IDI  02349A
    ALSO PMB
     WATER         AIR            NOISE         SOLID WASTE

    THIS BOOKLET, CONSISTING OF 20 ARTICLES THAI ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN "CHEHISCHE  RUNDSCHAU"
ISSUES FROM JANUARY  TO  MAY 1974 AND A PREFACE BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, OFFERS AN OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICE'S  ACTIVITIES.  IT AFFORDS  INSIGHT  INTO
THE KIND OF STUDIES  THAT PRECEDED PREPARATION OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION,  THE  OFFICE'S
REGULATORY CAPABILITIES,  ITS COORDINATING EFFORTS ACROSS CANTONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND
WITHIN FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS, AND ITS ADVISORY  AND  PUBLICITY FUNCTIONS.  THE INTRODUCTORY
SECTION INCLUDES A GENERAL ARTICLE DN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SWITZERLAND BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE.  OTHER SECTIONS TREAT WATER AND  SOLID WASTES; AIR AND  NOISE;
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PARTICULARLY WATER LAW; DUTIES AND  ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
OFFICE  (INCLUDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART) ; AND A PROGNOSIS FOR THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL IN SWITZERLAND.

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3ENERAL

USSR

     LR(B)
USSR
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                             PAGE
                                                                                                                                      21
    "GUARDIANS OF NATURE."  PRAVDA
    RUSSIAN
     HATER
11/29/7«  PCS  6
                                                                  EPA
                                                           101  02352A
                                         AIR
                          THIS  ARTICLE DEALS ilTH ACCOMPLISHMENTS  IN  THE PRESERVATION OF NATURE  BY  THE GOVERNMENT AND
                      THE  ALL-RUSSIAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE IN THE RSFSR, IN EXECUTION OF THE "LAH ON THE
                      PROTECTION OF NATURE IN THE RSFSR".  IN  RECENT  YEARS, MORE THAN 6,000 PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS
                      BERE BUILT IN THE RSFSR, CAPABLE OF PROCESSING  DAILY BORE THAN 30,000,000  CUBIC METERS OF DOMESTIC
                      AND  INDUSTRIAL SEHA'GE.  CITIZENS IN MANY  DISTRICTS HAVE BUILT DAMS TO ENSURE  SMOOTH FLOH OF RIVERS
                      AND  A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR FLORA AND  FAUNA.   ALSO, IN SEVERAL CITIES, MEMBERS OF THE NATURE
                      PROTECTION SOCIETY HAVE ESTABLISHED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES IN INDUSTRIAL  ENTERPRISES FOR THE PURPOSE
                      OF DETERMINING METHODS OF REDUCING AIR AND HATER POLLUTION.
    "FACE TO FACE WITH NATURE."   IZVESTIYA
    KOMRAKOV, G. AND G. MELIKYANTS
    RUSSIAN                  11/27/74   PGS  5
    ALSO PMB
     HATER         AIR
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                 IDt  02356A
                          THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN  BY  THE  RUSSIAN DISTRICT OP
                      YAROSLAVL', ON THE BASIS OF THE  "LAH  ON  THE PROTECTION OF NATURE  IN  THE  RSFSR."  REGULATIONS SET
                      BY THE YAROSLAV DISTRICT SOVIET,  WHICH HAVE ALSO SERVED AS MODELS  FOR  OTHER LOCAL SOVIETS, INCLUDE
                      MEASURES FOR PREVENTING OIL SPILLS  AND OTHER HASTE DISCHARGES  FROM  SHIPS AND A REQUIREMENT THAT
                      DIRECTORS OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES FOR  ABATIN3 AIR AND HATER
                      POLLUTION.   SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF  AIR  AND HATER POLLUTION REDUCTION  ARE CITED.   THE ARTICLE MENTIONS
                      COOPERATION BBTHEBN THE DISTRICT  SOVIET  FOR MUNICIPAL ECONOMY  AND  PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE
                      COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF  NATURE IN COORDINATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS.  ALSO
                      EMPHASIZED ARE SUCCESSFUL  MEETINGS  BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATIVES  AND LOCAL AND DISTRICT
                      GOVERNMENTS RELATIVE TO CONSTRUCTION  OF  PURIFICATION FACILITIES.
USSR
     LR (B)
    "THE PROTECTION OF  NATUHE--EVERYONE'5 AFFAIR."  KOMMUNIST VOORUZHENNYKH SIL,
    NO. 13
    LUK'YANENKO,  I.                                                EPA
    RUSSIAN                  00/00/74   P3S  59-63           IDt  02363A
    ALSO PMB AND  SE
     HATER         AIR

    THIS ARTICLE  PRESENTS  A  GENERAL PICTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION MEASURES  IN  THE USSR.   HITH
REGARD TO HATER POLLUTION, THE ARTICLE STATES THAT  BY  1980,  THE DISCHARGE OF UNPURIFIED DOMESTIC
AND INDUSTRIAL HASTEHATER  HILL BE COMPLETELY PROHIBITED IN CITIES LOCATED IN THE  VOLGA AND URAL
RIVER BASINS.  IT IS  AT PRESENT FORBIDDEN IN THE  USSR  TO  PUT  INTO OPERATION NEH INDUSTRIES UNLESS
THEY ARE SUPPLIED HITH  HASTE PURIFICATION FACILITIES.   EFFLUENT AND EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HUNDREDS
OF POLLUTING SUBSTANCES AND  COMBINATIONS DF SUBSTANCES  HAVE  BEEN ESTABLISHED.  THE ARTICLE ALSO
DISCUSSES AUTOMOBILE  EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES  TAKEN  IN ACCORDANCE HITH DIRECTIVES OP THE 2UTH
PARTY CONGRESS OF THE USSR.   FURTHERMORE, IT IS NOTED  THAT THE USSR SPENT MORE THAN 11 BILLION
RUBLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN 1970, AND  MANY  INDUSTRIES ARE PRESENTLY INVESTING ONE-THIRD
OF THEIR PRODUCTION COSTS  IN POLLUTION CONTROL.

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GENERAL

USSR

     SE(
NOISE

CANADA
     LR(A)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
                                                                                                                                      22
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  CRISIS:
    MILLER, MAR3ARET
    ENGLISH
THE SOVIET VIEW.
08/00/73  PCS
    WORLD TODAY, VOL.  29,  NO.  8,  1973
                       EPA
352-362        IDt   02266A
                          THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SEVERAL  USSR  REPORTS AND CONFERENCES WHICH REFLECT  THE GROBING
                      CONCERN OVER CONTINUED ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION IN THE SOVIET UNION.  OFFICIAL MEASURES
                      TAKEN  TO COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS  HAVE  PROVED INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF  A  LACK  OF TECHNOLOGICAL
                      EXPERTISE,  AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TRADITIONAL  PRODUCTION-ORIENTED STRUCTURE OF THE
                      SOVIET GOVERNMENT, A STRUCTURE DIFFICULT  TO  CHANGE BECAUSE OF POLITICAL AND  ECONOMIC FACTORS.
                      SOVIET LEADERS NOW REALIZE THE NECESSITY  FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SOVIET  UNION AND THE HI3HLY
                      INDUSTRIALIZED WESTERN NATIONS TO SUCCESSFULLY  CLOSE THE TECHNOLOGICAL GAP AND  PREVENT THE
                      INCREASING  DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
    "MOTOR VEHICLE  SAFETY ACT.   MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS,  AMENDMENT."
    72-2U8).  CANADA  GAZETTE,  PART 2, V. 106, NO. 14
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH*                 07/26/72   P3S  1026-1027      IDI   00358C
    *ALSO FRENCH
    *AIR
                                                                                                       (SOR
CANADA
     LR(A)
    "MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY  ACT.   MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS,  AMENDMENT."
    (SOR 72-2U8) .  CANADA  GAZETTE,  PART 2,  V. 106, NO. 1<»
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH*                 07/26/72   PGS  1027           IDt  00358D
    *ALSO FRENCH

    THIS AMENDMENT TO THE  CANADIAN  MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY REGULATIONS PROVIDES  FOR THE ADDITION
OF SECTION 1106 CONCERNING NOISE TO SCHEDULE E OP THE REGULATIONS.  THIS SECTION SPECIFIES
THAT ALL VEHICLES MUST EITHER  COMPLY  WITH NOISE REGULATIONS OF THE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY  OR MUST  NOT EMIT NOISE LEVELS  IN EXCESS OF 88 DBA IN THE
CASE OF HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES AND  NOT IN EXCESS OF 86 DBA IN THE CASE OF  LIGHT  DDTY VEHICLES.

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NOISE

DENMARK
     LR (B)
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                                                                                                             23
HILJOBESKYTTBLSESLOVEN:   LOV OM MILJOBESKYTTELSE BED  KOMMENPARER (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ACT:  THE  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT WITH  COMMENTARY)
BOREE, NIELS                                                   EPA
DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS  1-212           IDt   01742B
^GENERAL       AIR            HATER         SOLID HASTE
GERMANY,FED REP  OF

     PM(A)
UMHELTGUTACHTEN  1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT 1974.)
HANSMBYER,  KARL-HEINRICH  AND OTHERS                           EPA
GERMAN                   06/00/74  PGS  1-320           IDt  02014C
*GENEHAL       AIR            HATER         PESTICIDES     SOLID HASTE
3BRMANY,FED REP  OF
     PM(B)
"FOR REASONS OF NOISE  PROTECTION -- ACROSS OPEN
ZEITUNG
REHM, MARTIN
GERMAN                   10/02/71  P3S  11
      rOUNTRY."  SOEDDEOTSCHE
                                                                                 IDt
                    EPA
                 02346A
                          THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE  INFERIOR MINISTRY OF BAVARIA  HAS  HORKED DOT A NEH PROPOSED  HOOTE
                      FOR  THE SOUTHHESTERN STRETCH OF THE  PLANNED MUNICH HIGHWAY BYPASS  AND FORWARDED IT TO THE  FEDERAL
                      MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION.  THE  NEH ROUTE WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLY LOCATED IN RELATION TO
                      THE  RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF GERMERING,  NEOAUBING AND UNTERPFAFFENHOFEN.   IN ADDITION THE FACT THAT
                      IT WOULD CUT THROUGH OPEN  LAND  WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST TRAFFIC NOISE.
                      A BAVARIAN OFFICIAL STATED THAT THE  PROTECTION DF CITIZENS IN  EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM
                      HEALTH-ENDANGERING NOISE MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ANY POSSIBLE  ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN PLANNING.
;REAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
"•OPERATION  MUFFLE'  ON NOISE NIGHTMARE."
JACKSON, KENNETH
ENGLISH                  09/09/74  PGS  5
BIRMINGHAM EVENING  MAIL
                    EPA
             IDt   02302A
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT  "OPERATION MUFFLE," A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO INSULATE  HUNDREDS OF
                      HOMES A3AINST HIGHWAY NOISE,  HAS  BEGUN IN THREE APARTMENT  COMPLEXES IN BIRMINGHAM.   WORK  IS
                      BEING EFFECTED THROUGH THE  CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF VENTILATION UNITS
                      AND WINDOW DOUBLE-GLAZING.   SIMILAR PROJECTS ARE TO INSULATE  HOMES IN HIGH ROAD NOISE  AREAS
                      THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS AREA  EVENTUALLY.   THIS IS THE FIRST  PROJECT OF ITS KIND IN  GREAT  BRITAIN.

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NOISE

GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
    "2N.  (POUNDS) TO  BEAT  ROAD DIN FOR 2,000."  BIRHINGHAH  EVENING HAIL
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                  08/27/74  PGS  1               IDf   02307A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS ARTICLE  REPORTS  THAT 2,000,000 BRITISH POUNDS  HAVE BEEN BADE AVAILABLE UNDER  THE LAND
COMPENSATION ACT  1973 FOR  SOUND-PROOFING OF DWELLINGS ALONG ROADS WIDENED SINCE OCTOBER  1972.
GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE  FOR  SOUND INSULATION THROUGH DOUBLE  GLAZIN3 OR OIHER METHODS.   THE  WEST
MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL,  HITH JURISDICTION IN BIRMINGHAM,  THE  BLACK COUNTRY, SOLIHULL  AND
COVENTRY, HAS ALREADY DETERMINED THAT AROUND 2,300 APARTMENTS  AND HOMES ARE ELIGIBLE FOB THE
GRANTS IN ITS AREA.   SOUND RECORDINGS HERE TAKEN IN  22  AREAS BEFORE AND AFTER ROAD  IMPROVEMENTS
HERE MADE AND NOISE MAPS  HERE DRAFTED TO IDENTIFY APPLICABLE AREAS.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A
TOTAL OF 5,000 TO 6,000  HOUSES ALONG MIDLANDS HIGHWAYS  HILL QUALIFY FOR GRANTS.  MANY  OTHER
HOMES ALONG HIGHWAYS  WHICH COME UNDER THE JURISDICTION  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT MAY ALSO
QUALIFY.
SOUTH AFRICA

     PM(A)
    JAARVERSLAG /  ANNUAL  REPORT 1972-1973
    SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH*                 00/00/74  PGS  1-27            ID*
    *ALSO AFRIKAANS
    'GENERAL        AIR            HATER
  EPA
02270A
SOUTH AFRICA


     PM(A)
    POLLUTION 1971.   REPORT BY THE POLLUTION SUBSIDIARY  COMMITTEE OF THE PRIME
    MINISTER'S PLANNING  ADVISORY COUNCIL
    SOUTH AFRICA.  DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT     EPA
    ENGLISH                  09/00/74  PGS  1-185           ID*   02276 A
    *GENERAL       AIR            WATER         SOLID HASTE    RADIATION
SWITZERLAND

     PM(A)
    UMHELTSCHUTZ IN  DER  SCHHEIZ (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IN  SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL  OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION     EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/74  PGS  1-110           ID*   02349A
    ALSO PMB
    ^GENERAL       HATER          AIR           SOLID WASTE

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NOISE

YUGOSLAVIA


     LR(B)
PESTICIDES

BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "JUNE 21,  1971 REGULATIONS  ON GENERAL MEASURES AND STANDARDS  FOR THE PROTECTION
    OF WORKERS AGAINST  NOISE IN HORK-PLACES."  INT. DI3. HLTH.  LEG., V.  25, NO. 1
    HORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,  COMP.                               EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/7t   PGS  246-247         IDt   02313A

    THESE REGULATIONS,  PUBLISHED IN SLUZBENI LIST SOCIJALISTICKE  FEDERATIVNE REPUBLIKE
JUGOSLAVIJE, NO. 29  OF  JULY  8,  1971,  HERE ISSUED BY THE  FEDERAL LABOUR COUNCIL IN  PURSUANCE
OF THE 1955 BASIC LAH ON  OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.   THESE REGULATIONS PROVIDE  FOR  THE
MONITORING OF  NOISE  LEVELS AND  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTIVE  MEASURES A3AINST NOISE IN
HORK-PLACES.   SPECIFIC  PROVISIONS INVOLVE MEASUREMENT AND  ANALYSIS OF NOISE; NOISE-MEASURING
INSTRUMENTS; LOCATION AND CONDITIONS  UNDER HHICH NOISE IS  TO BE MEASURED; PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE
DEVICES AGAINST NOISE;  PROTECTIVE MEASURES APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY AND HORK PREMISES; AND
PERIODIC HEALTH EXAMINATION  OF  PERSONNEL.  APPENDIXES TO THESE  REGULATIONS PROVIDE  TABLES  OF
PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS  IN  RELATION  TO THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND  TO OTHER AMBIENT  CONDITIONS.
    "CONTROL OF INSECTICIDE USE DIFFICULT."  0 ESTADO  DE  SAO  PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/05/74  PGS  10              IDf  02335A
    ALSO SB
     AIR

    THIS NEBSPAPER ARTICLE CITES THE RECENT BAN AND CONTROVERSY ON DANGEROUS PESTICIDES
SUCH AS ALDRIN AND DIELDRIN AND DISCUSSES THE CURRENT  USE OF  PESTICIDES IN THE STATE  OF
RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL.  DANGEROUS PESTICIDES ARE USED ON  At LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE
CULTIVATED LAND IN THE  STATE BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS OF THE SECRETARY  OF
AGRICULTURE, MOST LAND  BELONGS 10 INDIVIDUAL FARMERS HHO  ARE  ISNORANT OF THE DANGERS
INVOLVED AND HHO CANNOT AFFORD THE SAFER BUT MORE EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PEST CONTROL.   IN
MAY 1974 THE SECRETARY  OF AGRICULTURE ORGANIZED THE "PRODUCTION WITHOUT POLLUTION"  CAMPAIGN
TO EDUCATE FARMERS ON  THE DANGERS OP INDISCRIMINATE PESTICIDE USE AND TO DISSEMINATE
INFORMATION ON OBTAINING ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROPER APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES.  HOWEVER, THIS
CAMPAIGN IS NOT YET  IN  FULL OPERATION, AND SUCCESSFUL  RESULTS OF THIS CAMPAIGN HILL NOT BE
APPARENT FOR SOME TIME.

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PESTICIDES

BRAZIL

     SE{ )
FINLAND
     LR(A)
    "CHEMICAL POLLUTION  IN GOIAS DIMINISHED."  CORREIO  BRAZILIENSE
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               11/06/74  PGS  1A              IDf  02351A

    THIS NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE LEVELS OP  POLLUTION CAUSED BY PESTICIDES  AROUND
SANTA HELENA, IN THE  STATE OF GOIAS, BRAZIL, HAVE DIMINISHED  CONSIDERABLY BECAUSE OF  THE
REDUCTION OP COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE AREA ALONG KITH  ITS  EXCESSIVE APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES.
DUE TO ECONOMIC FACTORS,  ONLY 15 PERCENT OF THE LAND AROUND SANTA HELENA (ONCE KNOWN  AS  THE COTTON
CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY)  IS UNDER CULTIVATION FOR COTTON.   FARMERS ARE NOW FINDING OTHER  CROPS
SUCH AS SOYBEANS, RICE,  AND CORN TO BE MORE PROFITABLE, AND THIS  TURN OF EVENTS HAS INDIRECTLY
BENEFITED THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SINCE THE CULTIVATION OF THESE CROPS DOES NOT REQUIRE  EXCESSIVE
APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS.  IMMEDIATE INDICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RECUPERATION
IN THE REGION ARE SEEN IN THE REAPPEARANCE OF WILDLIFE AND IN THE REESTABLISHMENT OF  THE FISHING
INDUSTRY ALONG THE  RIVERS.


    "JUNE 8, 1973 DECREE NO.  458 ... ON THE PRE-HARVEST  INTERVALS FOR PESTICIDES
    AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR USE."  INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., V. 25,  NO. 1
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  105             IDf  01110E

    THIS DECREE, ISSUED  BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND IN  PURSUANCE  OF  THE JAN.
30, 1970 ORDINANCE  NO. 93, SETS THE PRE-HARVEST SAFETY INTERVALS  FOR SOME 50 PESTICIDES  USED FOR
THE CONTROL OF PLANT  DISEASES AND PLANT PESTS AND FOR WEED CONTROL.  RESTRICTIONS ARE  ALSO  PLACED
ON THE USE OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE AERIAL PARTS  OF LETTUCE AND OTHER  GREEN
VE3BTABLES AND OF FORCED RADISHES MAY NOT BE TREATED WITH  PESTICIDES CONTAINING BENOMYL,  CAPTAN,
FOLPET, MANCOZEB, MANEB,  THIRAM, OR ZINEB.   MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES MAY ONLY BE USED  FOR THE
PRE-SOWING SEED TREATMENT OF  CEREALS AND SUGAR BEETS.  THE FINNISH/SWEDISH  ORIGINAL OF THIS DECREE
APPEARS IN SUOMEN ASETUSKOKOELMA/FINLANDS FORFATTNINGSSAMLING,  JUNE 9, 1973, PP. 961-962.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(A)
    UMHELTGUTACHTEN 1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT  1974.)
    HANSMEYER, KARL-HEINRICH  AND OTHERS                           EPA
    GERMAN                  06/00/74   PGS  1-320          ID*   02014C
    "•GENERAL       AIR            WATER         NOISE         SOLID  WASTE

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USSR

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    "FOR THE PRESERVATION  OF  BAIKAL."  KOMSOMOL1SKAYA  PRAVDA
    BELICHENKO, YU
    RUSSIAN                  11/23/74  PCS  2               IDf
    *WATER
  EPA
02338B
YUGOSLAVIA


     LR(B)
RADIATION

CZECHOSLOVAKIA


     LR(B)
    "MARCH 15,  1973 REGULATIONS  CONCERNING THE MAXIMUM  PERMISSIBLE QUANTITIES OF
    PESTICIDES  IN  FOODSTUFFS."  INT.  DI3. HLTH.  LEG., VOL.  25,  NO. 1
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, CONP.                               EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74   PCS  265-266         ID*  02314A

    THESE REGULATIONS,  ISSUED BY THE  FEDERAL SECRETARY  FOR LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY  OF  YUGOSLAVIA,
HERE MADE IN  PURSUANCE  OF THE LAW ON  THE WHOLESOMENESS  OF  FOODSTUFFS AND REPEAL REGULATIONS
OF DECEMBER 23,  1968  ON THE SAME SUBJECT.  THESE  REGULATIONS DEFINE THE TERM "PESTICIDES" AND
LIST THE TYPES  OF  FOODSTUFFS UNDER CONTROL.  ANY  DESIGNATED FOODSTUFFS MAY BE MARKETED ONLY IF
THE PESTICIDE RESIDUES  WHICH THEY CONTAIN DO NOT  EXCEED LIMITS SET FORTH IN THE "TABLE OF
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE QUANTITIES OF PESTICIDES IN  FOODSTUFFS" WHICH IS APPENDED TO  THE TEXT DF
THE REGULATIONS.   THE REGULATIONS ALSO PROVIDE GUIDELINES  TO CONTROL PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION
OF OTHER FOODSTUFFS HHICH ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED  IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED  TABLE.
    "JUNE 30,  1972  ORDER NO.  59 CONCERNING HEALTH  PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING
    RADIATIONS."  INT.  DIG.  OF HLIH. LEG., V. 25,  NO.  1
    HORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION, COMP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  65-66           ID*  02329B

    THIS ORDER, PUBLISHED IN SBIRKA ZAKONU CESKOSLOVESKA SOCIALISTICKA REPUBLIKA OF SEPTEMBER 4,
1972, HAS ISSUED  BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE  CZECH SOCIALIST REPUBLIC  IN  AGREEMENT HITH THE
CZECHOSLOVAK  ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES.  IT WAS  PASSED IN PURSUANCE
OF LAW NO. 20  OF  1966  CONCERNING PROTECTION OF PUBLIC  HEALTH AND REPEALS ORDER NO. 34 OF
MARCH 21, 1963.   PART  I OF THE ORDER SETS FORTH BASIC  RESPONSIBILITIES AND  DEFINES TERMS DEALING
WITH RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS.   PART II LAYS DOHN DETAILED PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING, HANDLING AND
WORKING WITH  RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND DESCRIBES THE SYSTEM OF LICENSING FOR  THE PRODUCTION AND
USE OF RADIOACTIVE  SUBSTANCES.  PART III LISTS EXCEPTIONS TO PREVIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ORDER.
ANNEXES I AND  II  SET FORTH RADIATION DOSE LIMITS AND FORMULATE PRINCIPLES FOR  MEASURING AND
ELIMINATING SURFACE CONTAMINATION BY RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.

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RADIATION

FINLAND


     LR(A)
    "JANUARY  12,  1973  LAW NO. 7 TO AMEND THE ATOMIC  ENERGY LAB."  INT. DI3. OF
    HLTH. LEG.,  V.  25,  NO. 1
    WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION, COUP.                               EPA
    EN3LISH                  00/00/71*   P3S  102             IDI  01112B

    THIS LAW  MAKES  A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS 10 THE  OCTOBER  25,  1957 ATOMIC ENERGY  LAW  NO.  356.   IN
PARTICULAR, A  NEW VERSION IS INTRODUCED OF SECT.  8,  WHICH DELINEATES THE POWERS  OF THE
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY  TO  ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS  LAW, THE PROVISIONS ISSUED  FOR  ITS
IMPLEMENTATION, AND WITH  INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS  IN  THE  FIELD OF ATOMIC ENERGY  TO WHICH FINLAND IS
A PARTY.  CERTAIN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE 1957 LAW  ARE  ALSO AMENDED.   THE ORIGINAL FINNISH AND
SWEDISH VERSIONS  OF THIS  LAW APPEAR IN SUOHBN ASETUSKOKOELMA/FINLANDS FORFATTNINGSSAMLING,  JANUARY
16, 1973, NOS.  3-14, PP.  9-10.
FINLAND


     LR(A)
    "JUNE 21,  1973 ORDINANCE NO. 555 TO ABEND THE ATOMIC  ENERGY ORDINANCE."  INT.
    DIG. OF HLTH. LEG.,  V.  25,  NO. 1
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,  COMP.                              EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/7H  PSS  102-103         ID!  01112C

    AMONG THE  AMENDMENTS  THAT THIS ORDINANCE MAKES TO  THE ATOMIC ENERGY ORDINANCE NO.  75
 (FEBRUARY 14,  1968)  IS A  PROVISION INDICATING THAT THE  INSTITUTE OF RADIOPUYSICS IS  AUTHORIZED TO
ACT AS THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY MENTIONED IN THE OCTOBER 25, 1957 LAH NO. 356 ON ATOMIC  ENERGY.
THE LATTER LAW  STATED THAT  THE  SPECIAL LICENSES REQUIRED  FOR  CERTAIN SUBSTANCES ARE  TO BE ISSUED
BY THE MINISTRY OF TRADE  AND INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE  RIGHT TO  ISSUE THESE LICENSES HAT  BE  CONFERRED
BY DECREE ON ANOTHER AUTHORITY  OR INSTITUTION.   THE  INSTITUTE OF RADIOPHYSICS HAS BEEN GRANTED
THIS RI3HT.  THE FINNISH/SWEDISH ORIGINAL OF THIS ORDINANCE APPEARS IN SUOBEN ASBTUSKOKOELMA /
FINLANDS FORFATTNINGSSAMLING, JUNE 29, 1973, NOS. 554-565,  PP.  1156-1157.
FRANCE


     PM(B)
    "FRANCE AND THE  UTILIZATION OF THE ATOM:  LET'S NOT  CREATE ADDITIONAL RISKS."
    LE MONDE
    PERONNET,  GABRIEL                                              EPA
    FRENCH                   10/11/74  PCS  1; 36           IDI   02267A

    THIS ARTICLE,  AUTHORED BY  FRANCE'S SECRETARY OF STATE  FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT, OUTLINES  THE
GOVERNMENT'S  POSITION  IN  REGARD TO THE BUILDING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO ASSURE ELECTRICAL  POWER
IN THE DECADES TO  COMB AND THEREWITH THE COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE IN  HA~TTBRS OF ENERGY.  THE NEED
FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY IS  SUCH THAT THERE CAN BE NO THOUGHT  OF ABANDONING THE PROGRAM OF
NUCLEARIZATION.  RATHER FRANCE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE PROGRAM,  TAKING CARE ADEQUATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS ARE MET  AND THAT PRUDENCE IS EXERCISED.  IN  THE ARTICLE, THE SECRETARY DISCUSSES
THE PLACEMENT OF STATIONS  UNDERGROUND AS A PROTECTION AGAINST  BOMBING AND ACTS OF TERRORISM;  THE
PROBLEMS OF RADIOACTIVE HASTE  DISPOSAL;  THE TRANSPORTATION  OF  FISSILE MATERIALS; THE THERMAL
POLLUTION OF WATERS; AND  THE PROPER SITING OF THE POWER  PLANTS.   THE SECRETARIAT FOR THE
rfNVIRONMBNT HILL SEE TO IT THAT REASONABLE LIMITS ARE NOT  EXCEEDED  IN THE DEGRADATION OF  CERTAIN
SITES AND IN THERMAL POLLUTION.  THE SECRETARIAT HILL KEEP IN  TOUCH WITH OTHER RESPONSIBLE BODIES.

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RADIATION

SOUTH AFRICA


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POLLUTION 1971.   REPORT  BY  THE POLLUTION SUBSIDIARY COMMITTEE  OF THE PRIME
MINISTER'S PLANNING  ADVISORY COUNCIL
SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT    EPA
ENGLISH                  09/00/74  PCS  1-185           IDf   02276A
'GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID HASTE    NOISE
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
"RADIOACTIVE  WASTES  -  AN  UNSOLVED PROBLEM?"
BRUNNER, H  AND P.  NIKLAUS,  AND OTHERS
GERMAN                   07/07/71  PGS  35-36
ALSO ST
 AIR
NEUE ZOERCHER ZEITUNG
                 EPA
         IDI  02268A
SOLID  WASTE

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
                          THIS ARTICLE REPRESENTS  A  DISCUSSION  OF EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT,  "ELECTRICAL DEMAND, NUCLEAR
                      POWER PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT."  ACCORDING TO TH.E SPOKESMAN  DEFENDING THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR
                      POWER PLANTS, SUCH PLANTS  EMIT NE3LI3IBLE QUANTITIES OF WASTES  INTO  THE ENVIRONMENT COMPARED  TO
                      TRADITIONAL POWER PLANTS.  MOST RADIOACTIVE WASTES REMAIN IN  THE  PLANT FOR PROCESSING PRIOR TO
                      DISPOSAL UNDER CONTROLLED  CONDITIONS.   THE RESULTS OF SUCH WASTES IN THE BIOSPHERE ARE MUCH BETTER
                      RESEARCHED THAN ARE THOSE  OF OTHER TYPES  OF HARMFUL WASTES.   RADIOACTIVITY IS CONSTANTLY  MONITORED,
                      AND TECHNOLOGY EXISTS TO ENSURE SAFE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE.   THE  EXPERT OPPOSING INCREASING THE
                      NUMBER OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS EMPHASIZES THE EXTREME TOXICITY  OF EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE
                      WASTES.  HE POINTS OUT THE PRESENT INADEQUACY OF UNDERGROUND  STORAGE OF THESE WASTES AND  THE  DANGER
                      INVOLVED IN TRANSPORT.  HE WARNS OF THE DANGERS OF TERRORISM.   HE FEELS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS CAPABLE
                      OF ADEQUATELY CLEANING UP  FOSSIL FUELS.
NATIONAL  CAPITAL  DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION,  16TH  ANNUAL  REPORT,  1972-1973
AUSTRALIA.   NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT  COMMISSION           EPA
ENGLISH                  07/30/7U  PGS   1-83            IDt  02361A
*WATER
DENMARK
     LR(B)
MILJOBESKYTTELSESLOVEN:   LOV OM MILJOBESKYTTELSE MED KOMMENTARER  (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION  ACT:   THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  ACT  WITH COMMENTARY)
BORRE, NIELS                                                   EPA
DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS   1-212           IDt  017U2B
'GENERAL        AIR           WATER         NOISE

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SOLID HASTE

GERMANY,FED  REP  OF

     LR(B)
"PASSES FOR  TOXIC WASTES."  SUEDDEUTSCHE  ZEITUNG,  NO. 229
                                                               BP&
                                                        IDf  001146
GERMAN
10/04/74  PCS  21
                                                                                                                               PAGE
                                                                                                                                       30
                          THIS ARTICLE NOTES  THAT FIRMS WHICH PRODUCE, TRANSPORT OR DISPOSE OF TOXIC  WASTES WILL BE
                      REQUIRED TO KEEP RECORD BOOKS TO ALLOW ENVIRONMENTAL  AUTHORITIES TO MAINTAIN A  RELIABLE CHECK ON
                      THE LOCATION OF SUCH  WASTES.   RECORDS ARE TO CONSIST  OF "INVENTORY" SHEETS, NOTING NATURE AND
                      QUANTITY OF WASTES  ON HAND AND "WAYBILLS" TO ACCOMPANY WASTES DURING TRANSPORT  AND DISPOSAL.
                      TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REGULATION, BAVARIAN  ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS HAVE ASKED LOCAL
                      AUTHORITIES TO LEARN  BY FEBRUARY 1, 1975 WHICH FIRMS  IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS PRODUCE TOXIC WASTES,
                      QUANTITIES PRODUCED,  AND MEANS OF DISPOSAL.  ON THE BASIS  OF THIS INFORMATION,  DISTRICT (KREIS)
                      OFFICIALS ARE TO DETERMINE THOSE FIRMS REQUIRED TO  KEEP RECORDS.  CENTRAL FILES ON THESE FIRMS
                      WILL BE SET UP AT THE STATE AND DISTRICT LEVELS.
GERMANY,FED  REP  OF

     PM(A)
UMWELT3UTACHTEN  1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON THE  ENVIRONMENT 1974.)
HANSHEYER,  KARL-HEINRICH  AND OTHERS                           EPA
GERMAN                   06/00/74  PGS  1-320           IDt  02014C
'GENERAL       AIR            WATER         PESTICIDES     NOISE
INTERNATIONAL

     PM(B)
"POLLUTION THREATENS  LATIN AMERICA."  0 ESTADO  DE SAO PAULO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO SE
'GENERAL
                         08/13/74  PGS  20
                               IDt
  EPA
02166C
JAPAN
     LR(B)
"LANDOWNERS OKAYING INCINERATOR. "  JAPAN TIMES

ENGLISH                  11/15/74  PGS  2
ALSO PMB
 AIR
                                                               EPA
                                                        IDt   02319A
                          THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE  SUMMARIZES THE POLITICAL AND  LEGAL  EVENTS OF EI3HT YEARS CONCERNING
                      THE EXPROPRIATION OF LAND FOR  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GARBAGE  DISPOSAL PLANT AND INCINERATOR IN
                      TAKAIDO SUGINAMI WARD OF TOKYO,  JAPAN.   IN APRIL 1974, AFTER RECEIVING THE ASSURANCE OF  THE
                      TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT  THAT THE PLANT WOULD NOT POLLUTE THE VICINITY, MOST LANDOWNERS AND
                      RESIDENTS FINALLY RELENTED  IN  PERMITTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE  PLANT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE
                      COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF  1977.   AT  PRESENT TOKYO PRODUCES  16,500 TONS OF GARBAGE A DAY,  AND
                      THIS FIGURE WILL INCREASE TO 17,400 TONS OF GARBAGE A DAY IN 1975, MATCHING THE HATE OF  GARBAGE
                      PRODUCED IN NEW YORK CITY.

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SOUTH AFRICA


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    POLLUTION 1971.  REPORT BY THE POLLUTION  SUBSIDIARY COMMITTEE OF THE PRIME
    MINISTER'S PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL
    SOUTH AFRICA.  DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING  AND THB ENVIRONMENT    EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/00/74  P3S   1-185           ID»  02276A
    'GENERAL       AIR           WATER          RADIATION     NOISE
SWITZERLAND

     PM(A)
    UMWELTSCHUTZ IN DER SCHHEIZ  (ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION IN SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/74   PGS   1-110           IDf  02349A
    ALSO PMB
    'GENERAL       WATER         AIB            NOISE
WATER

AUSTRALIA


     PM(B)
    MINE WASTE POLLUTION OF THE  MOLONGLO  RIVER.   FINAL REPORT ON REMEDIAL MEASDRES,
    JUNE 1974
    AUSTRALIA.  DEPARTMENT OF  THE  CAPITAL TERRITORY              EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/74   PGS  1-68            ID«  02355A

    THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY A JOINT  COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF HER SOUTH  WALES  AND  AUSTRALIA,
DISCUSSES THE MINE WASTE POLLUTION OF THE MOLONGLO RIVER WHICH IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNCHECKED
COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE HATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS  OF CANBERRA (AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY).
AFTER EVALUATING SEVERAL ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS TO  THE PROBLEM, THB COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A  DEFINITE
PLAN OF ACTION TO PERMANENTLY  ABATE THE POLLUTION OF THE RIVER.  RECOMMENDED WORKS  OF THIS PLAN
INVOLVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE  FLOW  OF WATER INTO THB MINE AT CAPTAIN'S FLAT AND TO  HALT THE
LEACHING AND EROSION OF MINE WASTES INTO  THE RIVER.  THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY FOR THESE WORKS
WOULD BB THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS OF NEW SOOTH HALES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION HITH  OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT  ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THB
PROJECT.  THE ESTIMATED COST OF  THE PROJECT IS 2.5 MILLION AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS,  AND  THB ESTIMATED
DATE OF COMPLETION IS MID-1976.
AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
    NATIONAL CAPITAL DBVELOPMBNT  COMMISSION,  16TH ANNUAL REPORT, 1972-1973
    AUSTRALIA.   NATIONAL  CAPITAL  DBVBLOPMENT COMMISSION          EPA
    ENGLISH                  07/30/74   PGS  1-83           IDI  02361A
     SOLID BASTE

    THIS ANNUAL  REPORT, SUBMITTED TO  THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR URBAN  AND  REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN PURSUANCE OF  THE NATIONAL CAPITAL  DBVBLOPMENT COMMISSION ACT, DESCRIBES  THE ACTIVITIES AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE  NATIONAL  CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
1973.  THE REPORT  DISCUSSES  URBAN PBOJECTS  IN CANBERRA AND THE SDRROUNDING  AREA, LAND USB, HOUSING,
EDUCATION, INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT  OF THB CAPITAL TERRITORY.
THE SECTION OF THB REPORT CONCERNING  ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MENTIONS THB REQUIREMENT OP
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS  FOR ALL MAJOR URBAN PROJECTS AND DISCUSSES  REFUSE DISPOSAL,
LANDSCAPING, CITY  PARKS,  RATER  SUPPLY SERVICES, AND THB MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PROJECTS TO BUILD
SYSTEMS FOR THE  DISPOSAL  AND TREATMENT OF WASTEHATER.   OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THB REPORT
INCLUDE URBAN ECONOMICS,  POPULATION GROWTH, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, STAFFING OF
THB COMMISSION,  AND A  STATISTICAL DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

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HATER

AUSTRALIA

     PM(A)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
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    DEPARTMENT OF  URBAN  AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.  FIRST  ANNUAL REPORT, 1972-1973
    AUSTRALIA.   DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT      EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/26/73  PGS  1-38            IDt   02362A
    ^GENERAL
BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "POLLUTION OF THE  LAGOON:   STUDY HILL BE FINISHED IN  1975."   0 GLOBO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/06/74  PGS  12              IDf   02317A

    ACCORDING TO THIS  NEHSPAPEH ARTICLE, IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER  USE OF EXISTING PERSONNEL
RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE,  THE BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF SANITARY ENGINEERING, THE ECONOMIC  COMMISSION
FOR LATIN AMERICA, THE UNITED NATIONS PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT,  AND THE HORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HAVE DECIDED TO COORDINATE THEIR HATER PROTECTION PROJECTS  CURRENTLY PLANNED OR UNDERHAY  IN
RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO.   HAIER PROTECTION STUDIES AND ACTIVITIES MENTIONED IN THIS  ARTICLE
INCLUDE THE FOLLOHING:   1)  A STUDY SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE  OF  SANITARY ENGINEERING AND THE
UNITED NATIONS PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT TO RECOMMEND ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES FOR RODRIGO PREITAS
LAGOON IN RIO DE JANEIRO;  2)  A PRELIMINARY STUDY, COSTING 11 MILLION CRUZEIROS, BY THE
3UANABARA SANITATION ENTERPRISE FOR THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION  OF  SEHAGE TREATMENT PLANTS  IN
RIO DE JANEIRO; AND 3)  THE SOUTH PARAIBA RIVER SANITATION PROGRAM WHICH HILL BE THE MODEL FDR
FUTURE RIVER PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN BRAZIL.
BRAZIL

     PM(B)
    "BRASILIA HILL FIGHT  LAKE POLLUTION."  0 ESTADO DE SAO  PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/11/74  PGS  17             IDf   02334A
    ALSO SE
                          THIS  NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS IHAT  1.2 BILLION CRUZEIROS HAVE BEEN  APPROPRIATED BY THE
                      BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR TO CARRY  FORTH THO SANITATION PROJECTS IN THE  FEDERAL DISTRICT
                      (BRASILIA)  HITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF  PREVENTING THE POLLUTION OF LAKE PARANOA.   THE FIRST
                      PROJECT  INVOLVES SLUM CLEARANCE  AND HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR THE SUBURB OF CEILANDIA HHICH
                      CONTRIBUTES TO THE POLLUTION OF  THE LAKE.   THE SECOND PROJECT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A SEHERAGE
                      SYSTEM  FOR THE FEDERAL DISTRICT  AND A SEHERAGE LINE HHICH HILL DEPOSIT DOMESTIC SERAGE 30 MILES
                      OUTSIDE THE CITY.  THE MINISTER  OF INTERIOR,  RANGEL HEIS, ANNOUNCED THAT GRAVE  POLLUTION TO
                      LAKE PARANOA HILL OCCUR HITHIN THO YEARS  IF THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.

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HATBB

BRAZIL
     PH(B)
BRAZIL

     SE(
    "ASSUMING CHAHGE OF  CABSB.   TODAY, LOCIO LEAVES CAESB AND  THE  HISTORY 0?
    BRASILIA."  CORREIO  BHAZILIBNSE
                                                                  EPA
    PORTOGDESB               10/30/7U  PGS  1, 12A         ID*   02353A

    IN ORDER TO COMMEMORATE THE CHANGE OF DIRECTORSHIP OF THE  MUNICIPAL HATER AND SEWAGE  COMPANY
OF BRASILIA  (CAESB) AND  TO HONOR THE COMPANY'S FOUNDER AND  PREDECESSOR, LDCIO GOBIDE  LOORBS,
THIS LEN3THY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE  PRESENTS AN IN-DEPTH CHRONOLOGY OF  THE HATER SUPPLY  AND SANITATION
ACTIVITIES IN BRASILIA,  BRAZIL.  AFTER A DISCUSSION OF THE  HISTORY OF iATER SERVICES  IN BRASILIA,
THE ARTICLE DELINEATES THE PRESENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS OF CAESB TO SERVE THE RAPIDLY  INCREASING
POPULATION AND TO CONTEND HITH  THE 3ROHING PROBLEMS OF URBAN  DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE
CITY'S PLAN FOR HATER SUPPLY,  SEHAGE HORKS AND POLLUTION CONTROL.   PRESENT URBAN PLANNING FOR THE
CITY INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION  OF COUNTRY'S LARGEST HATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR HHICH HILL SERVE  FIVE
MILLION INHABITANTS, PROJECTS  TO PREVENT THE POLLUTION OF LAKE PARANOA, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AND RELOCATION PROGRAMS  TO ALLEVIATE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS  IN  THE  CITY.


    "ENVIRONMENT CONTROL DOES  NOT INTEREST INDUSTRIES."  0  ESTADO  DE SAO PAULO
                                                                  EPA
    PORTUGUESE               10/01/7U  PGS  20             ID*   02332A
     AIR

    ACCORDING TO THIS NEHSPAPER ARTICLE, INDUSTRIALISTS OF  SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, HAVE  NOT GENERALLY
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF  THE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR SUSTAINING THE COST OF  ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT,
DESPITE GOVERNMENT  PRESSURE ON INDUSTRIES TO INSTALL SUCH EQUIPMENT.   OF THE 91 INDUSTRIES
POLLUTING THE HATERS OF  SAO PAULO, P HO HAVE APPLIED FOR POLLUTION  EQUIPMENT LOANS.   THIS
ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY  1.2 MILLION  CRUZEIROS OF THE 60  MILLION CRUZEIROS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SAO  PAULO  FOR ANTI-POLLUTION LOANS.  FURTHERMORE, NONE OF THE AIR-POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES OF THE REGION HAS APPLIED FOR AVAILABLE LOANS, EVEN THOUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION HAS SERVED 696 LEGAL NOTICES TO SUCH INDUSTRIES DURING  THE FIRST
HALF OF 197I».  PENALTIES CONNECTED WITH THESE NOTICES HAVE  REACHED A TOTAL OF 38«,940 CRUZEIROS.
CANADA


     LR (A)
    "HATER RESOURCES  MANAGEMENT ACT, 1972."  STATUTES  OF  SASKATCHEWAN 1971-1972,
    1972, CHAPTER  146
ENGLISH
00/00/72  PGS  831-851*
                                                                   EPA
                                                            ID*  02344A
                          THIS ACT, ADMINISTERED  BY  THE SASKATCHEWAN DEPARTMENT  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT AND FUNDED  BY
                      APPROPRIATIONS OF THE  PROVINCIAL  LEGISLATURE, CONTAINS PROVISIONS  FOR THE MANAGEMENT  OF  HATER
                      RESOURCES IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.  THE  RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MINISTER OF
                      THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AS  HELL AS  OTHER SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
                      REGARDING HATEE RESOURCES ARE  DISCUSSED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS IN THE ACT:   GENERAL DUTIES
                      OF THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT;  BASIC DATA AND RESEARCH;  INVESTIGATION AND PLANNING;
                      INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL HATERS; REFERRED PROJECTS;  HATER MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIR LAND
                      USE; WATERWORKS, SEHAGE  HORKS  AND POLLUTION CONTROL; AND ORDERS CONCBRNIN3 THE LEGAL  ATTRIBUTES
                      OF THE ACT.   THIS ACT, DATED MAY  5,  1972, REPEALS THE  HATER RESOURCES COMMISSION ACT  AND ENTERS
                      INTO FORCE THE SAME DAY  ON  HHICH  THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ACT, 1972 COMES INTO  FORCE.

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HATER

COSTA RICA


     PM(B)
DENMARK


     LR(A)
    "WORKS COSTING  13.6 MILLION COLONS INAUGURATED  TODAY IN LIBERIA  (COSTA  RICA)."
    LA REPUBLICA
                                                                   EPA
    SPANISH                  11/09/74  P3S  15              IDt  -02350A

    THIS NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE OPERATION  OF  THE NEW WATER, SEWAGE  AND  DRAINAGE PROJECTS
CONSTRUCTED IN  LIBERIA, COSTA RICA AND OUTLINES  THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES IN  WHICH THE PRESIDENT
OP THE REPUBLIC,  THE  MINISTER OF HEALIH AND OTHER PROMINENT OFFICIALS TOOK PART.   THE WATER AND
SEWAGE PROJECTS WERE  REALIZED BY THE AQUEDUCTS AND  SEWERAGE COMPANY  (ACUEDUCTOS  Y ALCA NTARILLA DO)
AND WERE FINANCED THROUGH A LOAN OF 10.2 MILLION COLONS  FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN  DEVELOPMENT BANK,
WHILE THE DRAINAGE  PROJECT WAS SPONSORED BY THE  MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF LIBERIA  AT  A COST OF 3.4
MILLION COLONS.   THE  ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF ALL  THREE  PROJECTS WAS CONTRACTED OUT TO THE PRIVATE
CARREZ ENTERPRISE.  THE SEWAGE PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE  PRESENT USE OF CESSPOOLS  AND SEPTIC TANKS
BY CONDUCTING WASTEWATER THROUGH SEWERAGE LINES  TO  OXIDATION POOLS TWO KILOMETERS FROM THE CITY.
PRESENTLY, THE  PROJECTS SERVE 8,000 INHABITANTS; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY  TO SERVE A MUCH
LARGER POPULATION IN  THE FUTURE.


    BEKENDTGORBLSE  OM FORBUD MOD UDKASTNING FRA  SKIBE  AF VISSE MATERIALER
    (ORDER PROHIBITING  THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN MATERIALS  FROM SHIPS)
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   01/18/74  PCS  1-4             IDi  01446B

    THIS ORDER, MADE  IN PURSUANCE OF THE APRIL 7, 1967 ACT NO.  124 ON MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION
OF THE SEA BY OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, FORBIDS  THE DUMPING INTO DANISH TERRITORIAL RATERS OF
MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN SUBSTANCES DANGEROUS TO  MARINE ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE OR WHICH CAN CREATE
A SERIOUS NUISANCE  FOR  SHIPPING OR FISHING OPERATIONS.   UNCONDITIONALLY PROSCRIBED IS THE
DUMPING OF MATERIALS  CONTAINING HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS SUCH AS DDT, PCB'S  AND  CHLOROBENZINB,
BOTH MERCURY AND  CADMIUM AND THEIR COMPOUNDS, AND NONDEGRADABLE PLASTICS, ROPES,  CONTAINERS,  ETC.
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, HOWEVER, THE MINISTER  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT HAY ISSUE  PERMITS FOR THE
DUMPING OF MATERIALS  OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN  IN  THIS ORDER, INCLUDING ANTIMONY, ARSENIC,
BERYLLIUM, LEAD,  COPPER, COBALT, CHROME, NICKEL, SELENIUM, THALLIUM, TIN, TITANIUM, VANADIUM,
ZINC, AND THEIR COMPOUNDS, AS WELL AS CYANIDES AND  THE ALKALOIDS STRYCHNINE, BRUCINE, AND LSD.
DENMARK


     LR(B)
    MILJOBESKYTTELSESLOVEN:   LOV OM HILJOBESKYTTELSE MED  KOHMBNTARBR (ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION ACT:  THE  ENVIRONHENr PROTECTION ACT WITH  COMMENTARY)
    BORRB, NIELS                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/73  PGS  1-212           IDf   01742B
    'GENERAL       AIR            SOLID WASTE   NOISE

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HATER

DENMARK
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 29,  1974 ORDER  NO.  171  ON  SUPERVISION OF THE STORAGE  OF  OIL,  ETC."
    LOVTIDENDE  FOR KON3ERIGET  DANMARK,  PART A, NO. 20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/74   P3S  408-421        ID*  01742D

    THIS ORDER, MADE  IN  PURSUANCE  OF  THE JUNE 13, 1973 ACT  NO. 372, THE  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ACT, IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT  GROUNDH&TER THROUGH REGULATIONS  COVERING BOTH BURIED AND ABOVE
3ROUND CONTAINERS FOR  THE  STORAGE  OF  PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUCH AS  GASOLINE, KEROSENE, FURNACE  OIL,
AND GREASE, AS  HELL AS PIPELINE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONVEYING SUCH PRODUCTS.  THE REGULATIONS,
WHICH SUPERSEDE BUT ESSENTIALLY CORRESPOND TO THOSE LAID  DOWN  IN AN INTERIOR MINISTRY ORDER  OF
FEB. 26, 1970, COVER  CONTAINERS OF 5,000 LITERS AND ABOVE AND, KITH REGARD TO BURIED CONTAINERS,
DIFFER SOMEWHAT DEPENDING  ON WHETHER  THE CONTAINER WAS BURIED  BEFORE OR  AFTER APRIL 1,  1970.
APPENDIXES CONTAIN DETAILED  DIRECTIVES CONCERNING THE DESIGN AND TYPE APPROVAL OF CONTAINERS
BASED ON SIZE AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
REGULATIONS IS  ASSIGNED  BASICALLY  TO  THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 29,  1974  ORDEB NO.  176 ON THE APPROVAL OF  HEAVILY  POLLUTIN3
    ENTERPRISES."  LOVTIDENDE  FOR KONGERIGET DANMARK,  PART  A,  NO.  20
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   00/00/74  PCS  436-441        IDi   01742F
    ^GENERAL       AIR
DENMARK
     LR (B)
    "INFORMATION ON  ORDERS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS  RELATING  TO ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM."
    NYT FRA MILJOSTYRELSEN,  NO. 4
                                                                   EPA
    DANISH                   04/08/74  P3S  1-8             ID*  02359A
    *GENERAL       AIR
3ERMAN DEM  REP

      PM(B)
    "WATER IS  TO  BE  WISELY UTILIZED."
    SPICKERMANN,  WOLFGANG
    GERMAN                   10/26/74
 NEUES DEUTSCHLAND

PGS  12
                     ID*
  EPA
02348A
                          THIS INTERVIEW WITH  THE  NATIONAL MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND WATER  MANAGEMENT OF
                      THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC  REPUBLIC  DISCUSSES THE COUNTRY'S  INCREASING NEEDS FOR GOOD QUALITY  WATER
                      IN INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND HOMES.   ALTHOUGH WATER  DEMAND  INCREASED 158 PERCENT FROM  1949-1974,
                      THE GDR HAS FEWER NATURAL WATER RESERVES THAN OTHER  COMPARABLE  STATES.   THEREFORE  WATER  MANAGEMENT
                      IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE.   THE NATIONAL HATER LAW HELPS  MAINTAIN HATER PURITY.   AMONG ITS
                      REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT  NEW CONCERNS BUILD FACILITIES  TO  PURIFY W&STEWATER.  THE  STATE WATER CONTROL
                      AGENCY MONITORS 30,000 KM OF WATERCOURSES; 3,500 LAKES,  PONDS,  BARRAGES AND RESERVOIRS;  AND THE
                      BALTIC COAST OF THE GDR.   THE AGENCY HAS A STAFF OF  600  PLUS  TWICE AS MANY HONORARY MEMBERS
                      PARTICULARLY FROM THE  FISHERMAN'S UNION.  DAILY PRODUCTION  OF COMMUNITY CLARIFICATION  PLANTS HAS
                      INCREASED 230  PERCENT  IN THE YEARS 1949-1974 FROM 1,400,000 TO 3,216,000 CUBIC  METERS.

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HATER
GKRM1NY,FED REP  OF
     LB(B)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
                                                                                                                                      36
    "MAINTENANCE OF  HATER PURITY ORDINANCE FOR BERLIN."
    3ESTALTUNG, SCHDTZ,  NO.  I
                              OHBELT:   FOHSCHUN3,
    GERMAN
02/00/7H  PGS  8
ID*
                                                                   EPA
                                                                 00478F
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT BEST BERLIN  HAS  ISSUED AN "ORDINANCE FOR  MAINTENANCE OF PURITY OF
                      SURFACE HATERS," VALID FOR 10 YEARS.   DESIGNED TO PROTECT SUCH RIVERS AS  THE  SPREE AND HAVEL,
                      IT  REPLACES A SIMILAR ORDINANCE FROM  1964.   II REQUIRES PERMITS FROM LOCAL  AUTHORITIES NOT ONLY
                      FOR DIRECT DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS, BUT  ALSO FOR INDIRECT INTRODUCTION  OF SEHAGE, COOLING HATER
                      OR  OTHER IMPURE HATER INTO SURFACE HATERS.   THE ORDINANCE HAS GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE
                      HIGHEST PERMISSIBLE TEMPERATURE OF DISCHARGED  COOLING HATER, AND PROHIBITS  DISCHARGE OF FECAL
                      SEHAGE  INTO SOME SURFACE HATERS.  CERTAIN  STRIPS OF SHORE ARE ALSO PROTECTED.   HASHING, REPAIRING,
                      MAKING  OIL CHANGES, AND FILLING THE TANK OF  A  MOTOR VEHICLE ON A RIVER  BANK ARE FORBIDDEN IN
                      INSTANCES HHERE THESE COULD CAUSE SHORE  OR HAIER POLLUTION BY PETROLEUMS  OR OTHER POLLUTANTS.
                      THE ORDINANCE IS ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY  OF A REGULATION OF THE HATER MANAGEMENT LAH.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(A)
    UHHELTGUTACHTEN  1974.   (EXPERT OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT  1974.)
    HANSHEYER, KARL-HEINRICH  AND OTHERS                           EPA
    GERMAN                  06/00/74   PGS  1-320          IDf   02014C
    ^GENERAL       AIR            PESTICIDES    NOISE         SOLID  HASTE
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(B)
    "REMOVAL OF  BILGE  OILS  IN  THE RHINE AREA."  HASSERHIRTSCHAFT,  VOL.  7/8
    KLOSTERKEMPER, HEINZ                                          EPA
    GERMAN                   07/00/74   PGS  214-217        IDt   02300A

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES  THE SUCCESS OF ft FLEET OF SEVEN BILGE OIL COLLECTION TANKERS IN
REDUCING OIL POLLUTION IN THE  RHINE AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF HASTE  OILS COLLECTED FROM SHIPS
AND SOLD TO REPROCESSING PLANTS (344,276 KG IN 1961; 6,086,955  KG  IN 1973).  THE BILGE "DE-OILERS"
ARE OPERATED BY A  PRIVATE FIRM UNDER  AGREEMENT HITH THE BILGE DRAINAGE  ASSOCIATION (BEV), A PUBLIC,
LEGAL BODY FORMED  IN 1965 TO PROTECT  THE RHINE, ITS NAVIGABLE TRIBUTARIES, CANALS AND PORTS FROM
BILGE OIL POLLUTION.   "DE-OILERS" MAY OPERATE IN ALL OF THE FIVE FEDERAL  STATES ALONG THE RHINE
AND SERVICE VESSELS OF ALL  NATIONS.   EQUIPPED HITH MACHINERY TO SEPARATE  BILGE HATER FROM OIL
RESIDUE, THE TANKERS SELL THE  HASTE OIL TO REPROCESSING PLANTS.  EXPENSES ARE MET BY THESE SALES,
SUBSIDIES UNDER THE FEDERAL HASTE OIL LAH, AND FUNDS FROM BEV MEMBERS AND AFFECTED FEDERAL STATES.
SINCE INITIATION OF THE PROGRAM MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF HASTE OIL ANTI-POLLUTION LAHS HAVE
INCREASED.  SWITZERLAND AND HOLLAND MAINTAIN REGULAR CONTACT HITH  BEV.

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HATER

INTERNATIONAL


     PH(B)
IRELAND

     LR(A)
    "ZURICH SYMPOSIUM OF THE  EUROPEAN  HATER  PROTECTION FEDERATION, OCTOBER  16-18,
    1972."  AGUA, NO. 75,  1972
    APARICIO, ISIDRO                                              EPA
    SPANISH                  12/00/72   PCS   28-38          ID*  02273A
    ALSO SE

    THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE  OUTLINES  THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE SYMPOSIUM OF THE EUROPEAN
HATER PROTECTION FEDERATION  HELD  IN ZURICH DURING OCTOBER 16-18, 1972.  DURING  ONE SYMPOSIUM
SESSION ENTITLED "CURRENT  MEASURES  ADOPTED TO PROTECT HATERS FROM POLLUTION",  REPRESENTATIVES FROM
WEST GERMANY, FRANCE, SCANDINAVIA,  AUSTRIA,  SWITZERLAND AND THE BENELUX COUNTRIES PRESENTED PAPERS
ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND  ECONOMIC  STRUCTURE OF HATER PROTECTION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.
THESE PAPERS ARE COMPARATIVELY  SUMMARIZED  IN THIS ARTICLE.  OTHER SYMPOSIUM ACTIVITIES NENTIOHED
IN THE ARTICLE INCLUDED THE  PRESENTATION OF  PAPERS ON SUBJECTS SUCH AS THE  STATE OF EUROPEAN HATER
QUALITY AND THE TECHNICAL  AND ECONOMIC PROPOSALS TO PREVENT HATER POLLUTION.   THE GENERAL
CONTENTION HELD BY PARTICIPANTS OF  THE SYMPOSIUM EMPHASIZES THE FACT THAT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE
NO LONGER JUSTIFIED  IN  POSTPONING DEFINITIVE HATER PROTECTION MEASURES FOR  EITHER TECHNOL03ICAL
OR ECONOMIC REASONS.


    "HATER SUPPLIES  ACT,  1942."   ACTS  OF THE OIREACHTAS,  1942, NO.  1
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/43  PGS   3-33           IDt  02137A

    THIS LAW SPECIFIES CONDITIONS AND  PROCEDURES UNDER HHICH SANITARY  AUTHORITIES HAY TAKE
SUPPLIES OF HATER FROM HATER SOURCES AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR MATTERS  INCIDENTAL TO OR CONNECTED
HITH THEIR TAKING OF SUCH  HATER SUPPLIES.   ARTICLE 20 OF  THE LAH STATES THAT HHERE A SANITARY
AUTHORITY IS EMPOHERED BY  THE ACT TD TAKE  A SUPPLY OF HATER FROM A  SOURCE,  THE AUTHORITY HAS THE
SAME RIGHT TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE  HITH THE FLOH OF WATER IN, FROM, OR INTO SUCH HATER
SOURCE AND TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF  THE HATER IN THE SOURCE AS AN OHNER OF  LAND CONTIGUOUS TO THE
SOURCE.
ISRAEL

     PB(B)
    MEMORANDUM ON CONTROL  OP  POLLUTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN  SEA
    ISRAEL.  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION SERVICE                       EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-11           IDt  02298 A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS MEMORANDUM,  PREPARED BY D. J. BARDIN AND P. HANDELBAUH  FOR THE KNESSET PARLIAMENTARY
DELEGATION TO THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE OF COASTAL STATES ON THE CONTROL Of POLLUTION  IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (ROME,  MARCH 29 - APRIL 3, 1974),  REPORTS  ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS  AS  THBI
APPLY TO ISRAEL:  COASTAL  OIL POLLUTION  (LEGISLATION, ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND CLEAN-UP;
SHORE-RECEPTION  FACILITIES,  AND FUEL SUPPLY OF POWER PLANTS),  URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE (THE
NATIONAL SEWAGE  PROGRAM  AND  SEWAGE LEGISLATION), SEA POLLUTION FROM CHEMICALS  (AGRICULTURAL
CHEMICALS AND BULK  AND  PACKAGED CHEMICALS), THERMAL EFFECTS  AND  RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGES,  PHYSICAL
PLANNING AND THE LICENSING OF CONSTRUCTION, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH
SEA POLLUTION.

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HATER

ISRAEL
     SB( )
                                                                                                                              PAGE
                                                                                                                                       38
"GLOBAL MARKET  RESEARCH - POST CONDUCTED STUDIES:   AIR AND HATER PURIFICATION
AND POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT."  DEPT. OF STATE  AIRGRAM, AMBMBASSY TEL  AVIV,  NO.  A-235
U. S. DEPARTMENT  OF STATE                                     EPA
ENGLISH                  10/24/7U  PGS   1-52            IDt  02337A
ALSO PBA
*GENERAL        AIR
ITALY
     LR(B)
EFFLUENTI IDRICI INDUSTRIALI (INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS)
NASO, ROMUALDO
ITALIAN                  05/OU/71   PGS  1-120
*ALSO INTERNAT'L/ALSO SE,ST & LRA
       LOG
IDf  02316A
                                                                                                         (LAH) ITALY  7  NASO
                          THIS BOOK DISCUSSES VARIOUS  ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL HATER POLLUTION  IN ITALY, HITH REFERENCES  TO
                      HATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION AND  STANDARDS  IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.   CHAPTER I LISTS AND  DEFINES
                      VARIOUS HATER POLLUTANTS.  CHAPTER  II  BRIEFLY DISCUSSES HATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION IN ITALY,  3REAT
                      BRITAIN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND SHITZERLAND.  PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
                      TREATMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS  ARE DEALT HITH IN CHAPTER III,  AND  THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN  THE
                      COST OF SUCH PURIFICATION PROCESSES  ARE DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER IV.   APPENDIXES CONTAIN QUANTITATIVE
                      CLEAN HATER STANDARDS IN GREAT BRITAIN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND SHITZERLAND, IN
                      ADDITION TO AN ITALIAN DRAFT LAH ON  HATER  PROTECTION AND THE TEXT  OF ITALY'S MARCH 3, 1971 LAH ON
                      THE BIODEGRADABILITY OF SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS.
ITALY
     LR(B)
INQUINAMENTO IDRICO  E  LEGISLAZIONE PENALE  (HATER POLLUTION  AND PENAL
LEGISLATION)
AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO                                           LOC
ITALIAN                  00/00/72   PGS  1-396           IDt   02318A
*ALSO INTERNAT'L/ALSO  LRA
                                                                                                         (LAH)  ITALY 7  AMEN
                          THIS  BOOK PRESENTS AN INTERPRETATIVE  DISCUSSION OF ENFORCEMENT AND  PENAL PROCEDURES HITH
                      RESARD  TO HATER POLLUTION IN ITALY, IN  VIEH  OF THE LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE  HATER  POLLUTION CONTROL
                      LEGISLATION.   AFTER AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER  ON THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND  REMEDIES OF HATER POLLUTION,
                      THE  BOOK  DEALS HITH THE VARIOUS TYPES OF  OFFENSES RELATIVE TO HATER  POLLUTION  HHICH VIOLATE THE
                      PENAL CODE,  FISHING LAHS OR GENERAL SANITATION LAHS.   THE THEORETICAL PENAL RESPONSIBILITY OF
                      PUBLIC  OFFICIALS IN THIS CONTEXT IS ALSO  EMPHASIZED.   BRIEF OUTLINES OF PENAL  LEGISLATION RELATIVE
                      TO  HATER  POLLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES,  FRANCE,  SHITZERLAND, GREAT  BRITAIN AND GERMANY ARE
                      PROVIDED.   FINALLY, THE BOOK INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OP AN ITALIAN DRAFT  LAH  ENCOMPASSING ALL HATER
                      PROTECTION REGULATIONS AND AN APPENDIX  PRESENTS THE TEXTS OF ALL EXISTING ITALIAN LAHS AND DECREES
                      CONTAINING PROVISIONS FOR HATER POLLUTION CONTROL.

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HATER

ITALY
     LB(A)
ITALY
     LR(A)
    "JUNE 20,  1896 MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS:  COMPILATION OP  LOCAL  REGULATIONS ON
    HYGIENE OF SOIL AND  DUELLINGS."  INQUINAMENTO IDRICO E  LSGISLAZIONE PENALE
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PCS  281-289        IDf  02322A

    SECTION II OF THESE  MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTIONS, DATED JUNE  20,  1896,  DEALS WITH THE  HYGIENIC
CLEANLINESS OF SURFACE HATER IN  ITALY.   ARTICLE 17 EMPOHERS MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES TO ESTABLISH
THE DISTANCE DOHNSTREAM  FROM A CITY OR  OTHER POPULATED AREA AT  HHICH SEHERS OR CANALS  CARRYING
HASTEHATER CAN BE DISCHARGED INTO A WATERCOURSE HITHOUT HARM  TO PUBLIC  HEALTH.  UNDER  ARTICLE 18,
PREFECTURAL AUTHORITIES  CAN REQUIRE THE PURIFICATION OF HASTEHATER  BEFORE ITS INFUSION INTO  A
HATERCOUHSE IF ITS CAPACITY FOR SELF-PURIFICATION IS FOUND  TO BE INSUFFICIENT.  FINALLY,  THE
DISCHARGE OP BULKY OR DANGEROUS  INDUSTRIAL HASTES INTO LAKES, HATERCOURSES, AND CANALS IS
FORBIDDEN HITHOUT A PERMIT FROM THE PREFECT HHICH IS CONTINGENT ON  SUFFICIENT PURIFICATION OF
HASTEHATER, IN ACCORDANCE  HITH ARTICLES 21, 22 AND 23.


    "OCTOBER 8,  1931 ROYAL DECREE-LAH:   SINGLE TEXT OF LAWS ON  FISHING."
    INQUINAHENTO IDRICO  E  LEGISLAZIDNE PENALE
    AMENDOLA,  GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PGS  320-323        ID*  02323A

    ACCORDING  TO ARTICLE 9 OF THIS DECREE-LAH, DATED OCTOBER  8, 1931, INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS,
BEFORE DISCHARGING HASTES  INTO PUBLIC HATERS, MUST OBTAIN A PERMIT  FROM THE PRESIDENT  OF  THE
PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE  (3IUNTA)  HHICH HILL PRESCRIBE MEASURES TO  BE TAKEN IN 3RDER TO  PREVENT  HARM
TO THE FISHING INDUSTRY.   IN ADDITION,  THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVINCIAL GIUNTA IS EMPOWERED  TO
ORDER MODIFICATIONS IN THE DISPOSITION OF PERMITS PREVIOUSLY  ISSUED AND TO ORDER POLLUTING
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES TO  UNDERTAKE OPERATIONS TO REPOPULATE  THE FISH SUPPLY.
ITALY
     LR(A)
    "JULY 27, 1934  ROYAL  DECREE:  SINGLE TEXT OF  SANITARY LAHS."  INQUINAMENTO  IDRICO
    E LEGISLAZIONE  PENALE
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO, COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PGS  312-3U5         ID*  02325A
     AIR
                          THIS TEXT OF SANITARY  LAHS,  DATED JULY 27, 1 93U, CONTAINS  PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
                      SURFACE HATER, 3ROUNDHATER  AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN ITALY, INCLUDING  AN ENUNCIATION OF  THE  PENALTIES
                      ELICITED BY VARIOUS TYPES  OF  OFFENSES.   ARTICLE 202 PROHIBITS  ANY  OPERATIONS HHICH HOULD
                      HARMFULLY MODIFY THE LEVEL  OF  GROUNDHATER OR THE NATURAL  FLOH  OF SURFACE HATER.  UNDER ARTICLE
                      217,  THE MAYOR OF A MUNICIPALITY IS EMPOHERED TO PRESCRIBE  AND ENFORCE MEASURES FOR  THE  PREVENTION
                      OF DAN3ER TO PUBLIC HEALTH  RESULTIN3 FROM VAPORS, GAS OR  OTHER FUMES, DRAINAGE OF HATER, OR SDLID
                      OR LIQUID REFUSE FROM FACTORIES.   ARTICLES 226 AND 227 PROHIBIT THE DISCHARGE FROM SEHERS AND
                      CANALS OF LIQUID HASTES  INTO  HATERCDUBSES UNLESS PURIFICATION  OF THE HASTEHATER HAS  BEEN EFFECTED.
                      ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 2H9,  IT  IS  AN OFFENSE TO CONTAMINATE HATER IN FOUNTAINS, POOLS, HELLS, CANALS,
                      AQUEDUCTS OR RESERVOIRS  OF  DRINKING HATER.  FINALLY, ARTICLE  3H4 STATES THAT LOCAL HYGIENE
                      REGULATIONS ARE TO ASSURE  THE  PURITY OF DRINKING HATER.

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WATER

ITALY
     LR(A)
ITALY
     LR(A)
    "JDLY  14,  1965 LAH:   MARITIME PISHING RULES."   INQUINAMENTO IDRICO E
    LEGISLAZIONE  PENALE
    AMENDOLA,  GIANFRANCO, COMP.
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72
PGS  387-393
ID*
  EPA
02326A
    THIS LAH,  DATED JULY 14,  1965, CONTAINS PROVISIONS  RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL OF  POLLUTION OF SEA
HATER IN ORDER  TO  PROTECT THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE  SEA.   ARTICLE 15 (E)  PROHIBITS THE DIRECT
OR INDIRECT  DISCHARGE  OF POLLUTING SUBSTANCES INTO SEA  HATER.   POLLUTANTS ARE DEFINED  AS
SUBSTANCES WHICH CONSTITUTE A DIRECT DANGER TO FISH OR  HHICH CAUSE HARMFUL CHEMICAL  OR PHYSICAL
ALTERATIONS  OF  THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.  VIOLATIONS OF  THESE REGULATIONS ARE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
OF 1,000,000 LIRE  OR UP TO TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT.


    "OCTOBER 2, 1968 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE:  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  EXECUTION OF THE LAH
    OF JULY  14, 1965,  CONCERNING FISHING IN THE SEA."   INQOINAMENTO IDHICO E LEGISLAZIONE  PENALE
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PGS  393-394         IDf   02326B

    THIS DECREE, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1968, PROVIDES THE RE5ULATIONS  FOR EXECUTION OF THE  JULY 14, 1965
LAH ON FISHING  IN  THE  SEA.  UNDER ARTICLE 145, AN AUTHORIZAIION FROM THE CHIEF OF THE  MARITIME
DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THE DISCHARGE INTO SEA HATER OF  REFUSE FROM INDUSTRIAL WORKS OR PUBLIC
UTILITIES.   SUCH AUTHORIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE INSTALLATION OF  TECHNICAL DEVICES CAPABLE OF
ELIMINATING  AND NEUTRALIZING  POTENTIALLY POLLUTING SUBSTANCES,  ACCORDING TO ARTICLE  148.
FURTHERMORE,  ARTICLES  150 AND 151 STATE THAT THE CHIEF  OF  THE MARITIME DEPARTMENT MOST EXAMINE
PURIFICATION  FACILITIES BEFORE ISSUING PERMITS, AND MAY  PERFORM INSPECTIONS AT ANY TIME THEREAFTER
TO ASSURE THAT  THE CONDITIONS OF THE PERMITS REMAIN IN  FORCE.   DISCHARGE PERMITS MAY BE REVOKED
HHEN, EVEN IF INDEPENDENT OF  THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY TAKING  PLACE,  POLLUTION CANNOT  BE SUFFICIENTLY
ELIMINATED BY THE  EXISTING PURIFICATION SYSTEMS.
ITALY
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 5, 1963  LAH:   NEH  STANDARDS RELATIVE TO THE LAGOONS  OF VENICE AND
    MARANO-GRADO."   INQUINAHENTO IDRICO E LEGISLAZIONE PENALE
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    HPA
    ITALIAN                 00/00/72  PGS  369-375        IDt   02328A

    THIS LAH, DATED MARCH 5,  1963, REGULATES THE DISCHARGE OF  HASTES  INTO THE LAGOONS OF VENICE
AND HARANO-GRADO.   UNDER  ARTICLE 10, IT IS PROHIBITED TO DISPERSE POLLUTING SUBSTANCES INTO  THE
LAGOONS.  INDUSTRIES  INTENDING TO CONDUCT SUCH ACTIVITIES MUST  INSTALL PURIFICATION FACILITIES
HHICH ARE APPROVED  BY  SANITATION AND'HATER AUTHORITIES,  ARTICLE  20 STATES THAT THE OFFICE DF
CIVIL ENGINEERS OR  THE OFFICE OF THE HARBOR-MASTER MOST AUTHORIZE ANY DISCHARGE INTO LAGOONS OF
LIQUID OR SOLID SUBSTANCES FROM  SHIPS.   FURTHERMORE, THE LAH DESIGNATES VARIOUS LOCAL OFFICIALS
AS RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE ENFORCEMENT DF  REGULATIONS.  VIOLATORS  OF  THE  LAH HAY BE PUNISHED BY  A  FINE
OF UP TO 300,000 LIRE  AND HAY BE OBLIGATED TO RESTORE POLLUTED  HATERS TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE.

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HATER

ITALY
     LH(A)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
                                                                                                                                      1*1
    "FEB. 23, 1961 LAW:   ACCEPTANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION  FOR THE
    PREVENTION OF POLLUTION  OF  SEAWATER BY HYDROCARBONS."  INQUINAMENTO IDRICO E LEGISLAZIONE  PENALE
    ABENDOLA, GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PCS  352            ID*   02330A

    THIS LAW, DATED FEBRUARY 23,  1961, AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT OF ITALY TO ADOPT AND EXECUTE  THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION  OF POLLUTION OF SEA WATER BY
HYDROCARBONS WHICH WAS SIGNED AT  LONDON ON MAY 12, 1954.
ITALY
     LR(A)
    "JAN. 14,  1970 LAW:   ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
    FOR THE PREVENTION OF HYDROCARBON POLLUTION OF SEA WATER."   INQUINAMENTO IDRICO
    AMENDOLA,  GIANFRANCO,  COMP.                                    EPA
    ITALIAN                  00/00/72  PCS  395            ID*   02330B
                                                                                                              . PENALE
                          THIS LAW, DATED JANUARY  14,  1970,  AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT OF  ITALY  TO  ACCEPT AND EXECUTE  THB
                      AMENDMENTS AND ANNEXES A AND B OF  THE  MAY 12,  1954 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION  OF
                      POLLUTION OF SEA WATER BY  HYDROCARBONS,  WHICH  WERE ADOPTED AT LONDON  DN  APRIL 11, 1962.
ITALY
     LR(B)
                          "ROME PUSHING ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION."  DIE WELT
    GERMAN
    *GENERAL
09/18/73  PGS   10
                                         AIR
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                 ID*   02331A
ITALY
     PM(B)
                          "FI3HT AGAINST POLLUTION."   COMUNE DI VENEZIA
    ITALIAN
    *AIR
03/31/74  PGS  25
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                 ID*   02339A
JAPAN
     LR(B)
    "MARITIME  MISHAPS  FALL,  POLLUTION CASES RISE."   JAPAN  TIMES
                                                                   EPA
                                                            ID*  02277A
                          ENGLISH
07/17/74  PGS  3
                          ACCORDING TO THIS  NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE JAPANESE  MARITIME  SAFETY AGENCY HAS PUBLISHED
                      AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1973  WHICH STATES THAT THE NUMBER OF  MARITIME ACCIDENT VICTIMS  IN
                      JAPANESE WATERS DURING 1973  WAS THE LOWEST IN THE PREVIOUS  FIVE YEARS.   ON THE OTHER  HAND,
                      THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES OF WATER POLLUTION BY SHIPS INCREASED BY 50 PERCENT OVER 1971 AND
                      BY MORE THAN 100 PERCENT OVER 1972.  OUT OF THE 2,460  WATER POLLUTION CASES DISCOVERED  IN 1973,
                      1,302 WERE PROSECUTED  IN VIOLATION OF THE OCEAN POLLUTION  PREVENTION LAW, AND THIS  FIGURE
                      REPRESENTS A 100 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER OF CASES  PROSECUTED IN 1972.  THE  REPORT ALSO
                      STATED THAT 62 PERCENT OF  THE POLLUTION CASES OCCURRED IN  TOKYO BAY.

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HATER

MEXICO

     LR(B)
    "BEGINNING TOMORROW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST POLLUTION  HILL BE ACCEPTED."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                   EPA
    SPANISH                  05/29/74  PGS  8-A             ID#  01650C

    THIS NEWSPAPER  ARTICLE REPORTS THAT BEGINNING  ON MAX  30,  1974, IN ACCORDANCE  WITH ARTICLE 66,
CHAPTER 7 OF THE  REGULATIONS FOE THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION, ANY MEXICAN
CITIZEN MAY REPORT  POLLUTION OFFENSES TO THE OFFICES OF THE SECRETARY OF HATER RESOURCES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY  OR, IN THE CASE OF THE FEDERAL  DISTRICT, REPORTS MAY BE
REGISTERED WITH THE OFFICE OF HATER USE AND PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF RESOURCES.   REPORTS MAY
BE BRITTEN OR VERBAL.   RESULTING PENALTIES FOR POLLUTION  OFFENSES MAY RANSE FROM  100 TO  5,000
PESOS.
SOUTH AFRICA

     PM(A)
    JAARVERSLAG /  ANNUAL REPORT 1972-1973
    SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH*                 00/00/74  PGS  1-27            IDi
    *ALSO AFRIKAANS
    'GENERAL        AIR            NOISE
  EPA
02270A
SOUTH AFRICA


     PM(A)
    POLLUTION  1971.   REPORT BY THE POLLUTION SUBSIDIARY COMMITTEE OF THE PRIME
    MINISTER'S PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL
    SOUTH AFRICA.   DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT     EPA
    ENGLISH                  09/00/74  PGS  1-185           ID*   02276 A
    ^GENERAL        AIR           SOLID HASTE   RADIATION      NOISE
SPAIN
     PM(B)
    "PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HATERS."  BOLETIM TRIMESTRAL  DE  INFORMACAO,  NO. 49
    PORTUGAL.  DIRECCAO-GERAL DOS SERVICOS HIDRAULICOS            EPA
    SPANISH                  04/00/73  PGS  7-13            ID#   02345A
    ALSO SE

    THIS ADDRESS, DELIVERED ON OCTOBER 27, 1972 BY THE  SPANISH DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HATER  WORKS
DURING THE "HATER IN  INDUSTRY" SYMPOSIUM, GIVES A REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL AND INTERNATIONAL
CONCEPTS OF HATER PROTECTION IN RELATION TO THE PRESENT SITUATION AS IT PERTAINS TO  THE
ADMINISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF HATER RESOURCES IN SPAIN.   HATER PROTECTION IS BASICALLY AN
ECONOMIC PROBLEM.  THE  ADDRESS LISTS THE MAJOR GOVERNMENT  PROGRAMS TO  COMBAT HATER POLLUTION  AND
DISCUSSES INDUSTRIAL  SPENDING, RELFECTING A GROHING CONCERN OVER HATER POLLUTION.  HOHEVER,
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS LIE IN REORIENTATION OF INDUSTRIAL  ATTITUDES AND ECONOMIC PRIORITIES  AND
IN A BETTER ORGANIZATION AND APPLICATION OF EXISTING LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY HITH REGARD  TO  HASTE
DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC  WATERS.  TH£ ADDRESS CONCLUDES THAT  PUBLIC WATER PROTECTION IS AN  INTEGRAL
PART OF THE COMPLEX PROBLEM OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REQUIRING COORDINATION AND COOPERATION ON ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT  AND INDUSTRY.

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HATER

SWITZERLAND


     LR (B)
    "CHARACTERISTICS OP  FEDERAL HATER PROTECTION LEGISLATION."   UMHELTSCHUTZ IN DEB
    SCHWEIZ
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL  OFFICE FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION     EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/74   PGS  86-90          ID*   00362H

    THIS ARTICLE, WRITTEN  BY DR. P.  DUERST, HEAD OF THE LEGAL  SERVICES STAFF OF THE FEDERAL
OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,  SUMMARIZES HATER PROTECTION  LEGISLATION IN SWITZERLAND
AND OUTLINES THE JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL, CANTONAL AND LDCAL GOVERNMENTS.
ARTICLE 24 OF THE FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION EMPOWERS THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT TO ACT IN THIS AREA.
IN OCTOBER 1971, A COMPREHENSIVE LAW  FOR HATER PROTECTION HAS  PASSED AND SET INTO EFFECT  IN
JULY 1972.  THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY  FOR DEVELOPIN3 HATER POLICY  AND
PROGRAMS.  CANTONAL  AND  LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR  CARRYING OUT NATIONAL PROVISIONS.
CANTONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACT IN  THE AREAS OF SEHAGE AND SOLID HASTE ADMINISTRATION.   THB
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS  FINANCIAL AID TO COMMUNITIES FOR SEWAGE PLANTS, SOLID 8ASTE DISPOSAL
FACILITIES, RESEARCH AND PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT.  THE ARTICLE LISTS IMPLEMENTING DECREES OF THE"
FEDERAL COUNCIL AND OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
SWITZERLAND

     PM(A)
    UMHELTSCHUTZ  IN  DER  SCHHEIZ (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IN  SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.   FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/74  PGS  1-110           IDt  02349A
    ALSO PHB
    *GENBHAL       AIR            NOISE         SOLID WASTE
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    GEHAESSERBIOLOGIE DND GEHAESSERSCHUTZ.  LEITFADEN  FUER  LBHRER (WATER BIOLOGY
    AND WATER  PROTECTION.  MANUAL FOR TEACHERS)
    SWITZERLAND.   FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR              EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/70  PGS  1-86            IDt  02364 A

    THIS BOOKLET  IS  INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR TEACHERS IN  BRINGING AWARENESS OF  HATER  POLLUTION
AND THE NEED FOR  PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PUPILS AT  VARIOUS  SCHOOL LEVELS.  SECTION  I  PRESENTS A
GENERAL ORIENTATION  IN THE SUBJECT OF HATER BIOLOGY AND  WATER PROTECTION, DISCUSSING SUCH TOPICS
AS BIOLOGICAL  BALANCE IN UNPOLLUTED WATER, MECHANICAL  AND  BIOLOGICAL MEANS OF  HATER  PURIFICATION,
AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTBHATEB.  SECTION II  OFFERS SIX CLASSROOM LESSONS  IN  HATER PROTECTION,
INCLUDING AN INTRODUCTION, AND LESSONS ON MECHANICAL HASTBWATBR PURIFICATION,  BIOLOGICAL
PURIFICATION,  LAKES  IN DANGER, MAN AND HAIER, AND  SOURCB OF DRINKING HATER.  SECTION III PRESENTS
TEN SIMPLE CHEMICAL  EXPERIMENTS  (FOR EXAMPLE, DETERMINATION OF CARBONATE HARDNESS  IN WATER AND
DETERMINATION  OF  TOTAL HATER HARDNESS THROUGH SOAP DISSOLUTION).  OTHER SECTIONS GIVE SOURCES
OF LIVING MATERIALS  FOR THE CLASSROOM, SUGGEST USEFUL  LITBRATDRE, SLIDES AND FILMS,  AND GIVE A
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS.  ILLUSTRATIONS AND  LINE-DRAHINGS ACCOMPANY THE TEXT.

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HATER

USSR
     LR(B)
USSR
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                               PAGE
"SAFEGUARDS FOR  BAIKAL."
KHODII, V.
RUSSIAN
                                                     PRAVDA
                         11/20/7U  PCS  6
                            EPA
                     IDI  02338A
                          THIS ARTICLE REPORTS  THAT  THE MINISTRY OF LAND IMPROVEMENT AND HATER MANAGEMENT  OF  THE USSR
                      HAS APPROVED "PROVISIONAL RULES FOR PROTECTION OF THE  HATERS  OF LAKE BAIKAL AND ITS  NATURAL
                      RESOURCES," INTENDED TO PRESERVE THE OfilGINAL PURE STATE  OF  THE LAKE.  THESE RULES ARE  THE RESULT
                      OF AN INTENSIVE STUDY  BY  THE ALL-UNION SOCIETY "SOYUZVODPROEKT" AND THE STATE INSPECTORATE POR
                      PROTECTION OF HATER SOURCES, AND ARE TERMED "PROVISIONAL" AS  RESEARCH IS STILL BEING CARRIED DOT.
                      THEY PROVIDE GENERAL RE3ULATIONS FOR DISCHAR3ES OF HASTES INTO LAKE BAIKAL OR RIVERS EMPTYING INTD
                      THE LAKE, AS HELL AS MEASURES  FOR FISH PRESERVATION.   THE ARTICLE CITES HATER PROTECTION  MEASURES
                      PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ON  THE BASIS OF A RESOLUTION "ON ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR ENSURING RATIONAL USE
                      AND PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL HEALTH OF THE BAIKAL BASIN":   A NUMBER OF PURIFICATION
                      INSTALLATIONS HERE BUILT  AND A  SPECIAL HATER PROTECTION ZONE  HAS  DESI3NATBD IN THE LAKE.
"FOR THE PRESERVATION  OF  BAIKAL."  KOMSOMOL"SKAYA  PRAVDA
BELICHENKO, YU
RUSSIAN                  11/23/71  PGS  2               ID»
 PESTICIDES
                                                               EPA
                                                             02338B
                          THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE  "PROVISIONAL RULES FOR PROTECTION  OF THE HATERS OF LAKE  BAIKAL  AND
                      ITS NATURAL RESOURCES," APPROVED RECENTLY BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT.   ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS  RB3ULATIONS
                      PHOTECTIN3 LAKE BAIKAL HERE  EFFECTIVE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF  HATER PURIFICATION COMPLEXES  AT  41
                      INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, MORE  COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION HAS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF
                      EFFICIENT USE OF NATURAL  RESOURCES  OF THE BAIKAL BASIN HITHOUT  THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.   THE
                      PROVISIONAL RULES PRESCRIBE  EXTENSIVE FISH PRESERVATION MEASURES,  INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON THE
                      USE OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES  NEAR HATERCOURSES.  IN ADDITION, THE DISCHAR3E OF UNPURIFIED
                      INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL  AND  MUNICIPAL HASTES INTO THE BAIKAL BASIN ARE PROHIBITED.  FINALLY,  THE
                      ARTICLE CALLS FOR STRICT  ENFORCEMENT  OF THE PROVISIONAL RULES,  AND SU33ESTS LIMITING TOURISM  IN
                      THE LAKE BAIKAL AREA AS ONE  ENFORCEMENT METHOD.
USSR
     LR(B)
"GUARDIANS OF NATURE."   PRAVDA

                         11/29/74
RUSSIAN
"•GENERAL
PGS
       EPA
ID*  02352A
                                         AIR

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WATER

USSR
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                              PAGE
    "FACE TO FACE WITH NATURE."   IZVESTIYA
    KOHRAKOV, G. AND G.  MELIKYANTS
    RUSSIAN                  11/27/74  PGS  5
    ALSO PUB
    'GENERAL       AIR
                                                                                         EPA
                                                                                  IDt   02356A
USSB
     LR (B)
    "THE PROTECTION  OF  NATURE—EVERYONE'S AFFAIR."   KOMMUNISI  VOORUZHENNYKH SIL,
    NO. 13
    LUK'YANENKO,  I.                                                EPA
    RUSSIAN                  00/00/74  P3S  59-63           ID*   02363A
    ALSO PMB AND  SE
    'GENERAL       AIR
USSR
     PM(B)
    "SANITARY  PROTECTION  OF RESERVOIRS IN THE MOSCOW  AREA."  GIGIENA I SANIJARIYA,
    NO. 8
    SRINBLAT,  0.  H.  AND OTHERS                                    EPA
    RUSSIAN                  00/00/74  PGS  87-88           IDt  02366A

    THIS ARTICLE  DISCUSSES THE HATER POLLUTION CONTROL  FUNCTIONS OF THE SANITARY  OFFICE
(SANEPIDSTANTZIYA)  IN  THE KRASNOPRESNENSKII AREA  OF  MOSCOW.  IN RECENT YEARS,  THE SANITARY OFFICE
HAS INCREASED  LABORATORY  CONTROL OF THE CONTENT OF DISCHARGED WASTEWATER AND  THE  QUALITY OF WATER
IN RESERVOIRS.  ANNUALLY, 500 ANALYSES ARE CARRIED OUT.   IN ADDITION, THE  SANITARY  OFFICE HAS
EXERCISED STRICT  CONTROL  OVER WASTEWATER PURIFICATION FACILITIES OF MOTOR  VEHICLE INDUSTRIES IN THE
AREA, RESULTING IN  A MARKED REDUCTION OF POLLUTANTS  CONTAINED IN WASTBWATER.   TESTING PROCEDURES
FOR THE WASTEWATER  FROM MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRIES,  AS WELL AS FOR WATER IN  OPEN RESERVOIRS, ARE
ALSO DISCUSSED.   FINALLY, THE ARTICLE NOTES A DECREASE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OF POLLUTION IN
THE MOSCOW RIVER.

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