PB-231 665-29
Number 29
January 1975
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTS
U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'
Washington D C 20460
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FOREWORD
Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental
agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ-
mental reports issued by foreign governments and international organi-
zations. This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents
received through the exchange agreements.
The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems
Branch (see back page for order form)„ More detailed English abstracts
can be provided when required. Full text translations, which are expen-
sive, should be requested only when essential for operation of EPA
programs. Translation Services Requisition form #1350-1 is used to re-
quest translations.
A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
retrieval of these summaries by:
c. type of document
legal/legislative/regulatory
management/planning
socio-economic
a. country
b. subject area
air
water
noise
pesticides
radiation
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.
APTIC
SWIRS
PIG
NOISE
Ultimately, EPA plaits to assemble a major collection of foreign govern-
ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the
dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of
documents received is the first step.
Office of Planning and Management
Office of International Activities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C. 20460
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AIR
Borregaard Must Shut Down, Says the Parliamentary
Commission of Inquiry .................... 1
Motorist Whose Vehicle Pollutes May Be Fined .......... 1
Motorists Will be Able to Avoid Pollution ........... 2
Pollution Will Expel Eight Thousand .............. 2
See WATER (Brazil) -- Control No. 02405A ............ 31
See WATER (Brazil) — Control No. 02421A ............ 31
See WATER (Brazil) -- Control No. 02387A ............ 33
EuAop&an ComunitieA
Energy and Environmental Protection .............. 3
G&unan Vym Rep
Freiberg ............................ 3
G&unany, Fed Rep o&
Total Improvement Insignificant ................ 4
See WATER (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02452A ...... 38
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02432A ..... 12
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02433A ..... 13
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02434A ..... 13
The British Clean Air Acts and Their Impact on the
Urban Environment
See GENERAL (International) ~ Control No. 02425A ....... 15
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02438A ....... 15
Reconciliation of Ecology and Chemical Complexes? ....... 5
Japan
Some "Clean" Cars Very Close to 1976 Standard ......... 6
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Me.xx.co
Pemex (Mexican Petroleum) and CFE (Federal Electricity
Commission) Will Be Fined if Antipollution Regulations
Are Not Obeyed ....................... 6
COM (Government of Mexico) Efforts to Reduce Air Pollution ... 6
OECV
OECD Urges Environment Policies ................ 7
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02411A .......... 18
Spain
Spanish Atmosphere Receives Nearly Six Million Tons of
Pollution Annually ..................... 7
See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02389A ........ 20
GENERAL
Cities Commission. First Annual Report, 1972-1973
SEMA (Special Secretariat of the Environment) Controls
Industrial Pollution .................... 8
Bill Modifies Functions of SEMA ................ 8
French Biologist Will Attempt to Implement Environmental
Control ........................... 9
Brasilia Will Delimit Industrial Nucleus Without Pollution ... 9
Commission for Program on the Environment ........... 10
Germans Double Investments ................... 10
See AIR (Brazil) ~ Control No. 02428A ............. 1
See AIR (Brazil) — Control No. 02426A ............. 2
Canada.
Environmental Management .................... 10
March 28, 1974 Notice No. 205 on Changes in Ministerial Areas
of Jurisdiction (Environmental Matters) ........... 11
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Environmental Protection in the Community of Nine 11
Fiance.
Protection of the Shores - Fragile Coasts 11
GeAmont/, Fed Rep ofi
Indefinite Concepts and Judgments in Environmental
Protection Legislation 12
Most Protests Against City Planning 12
Tilting at Windmills 13
The Foehn Promoted Environmental Protection . . . ." 13
InteAnationat
Organizational Structures for Environmental Protection
and Improvement in ECE Countries 14
Systematization of Urban Structures and the Environment of Man . 14
Clean Alsace - Clean South Baden 15
UK/USSR Joint Environmental Protection Committee Meeting .... 15
Italy
Regions Can Limit Land Waste 16
Japan
Guidelines for National Park Development Set 16
Basic Economic and Social Plan 16
Antipollution Investments Will Rise Further 17
Kuwait
Committee for the Creation of a Special Operation
on Environmental Protection 17
Mexico
See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 02435A 6
OECV
OECD Urges Environment Policies 18
The OECD in the Service of Environmental Protection 18
Romania
Juridical Views on the Legislation Involving Environmental
Protection Within Framework of Law in the Socialist
Republic of Romania 18
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Spain
Plenary Structure of the Interministerial Commission on the
Environment is Established ................. 19
Selected Questions on Environmental Protection Legislation -
Presented Relative to the Preliminary Draft of the Expert
Commission ......................... 19
Land Use Planning and Environmental Protection ......... 19
About the Contribution of the Federal Government in the Area
of Protecting the Countryside ................ 20
Environmental Protection Yearbook 1973 ............. 20
Information From the Federal Government and the Cantons .... 21
USSR
USSR: Eliminate Wastes .................... 21
Our Friend - Nature ...................... 22
NOISE
Horn-Blowing Prohibited, By Law ................ 22
Silence Law in Danger ..................... 22
DSV (Department of Roadways) Promises to Enforce Silence Law . . 23
EEC
Aefial Space, A Progress Report of the Environment ....... 23
GeA/nom/, Fe.d Rep 06
Noise Protection - The Last Chance for Berlin Motor Sports ... 23
The German Law on Protection Against Aircraft Noise ...... 24
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02A33A ..... 13
Noise Abatement in Town Planning ................ 24
Japan
3,700 to Sue Airport in Osaka Over Noise ............ 25
MfcX/LCO
Noise, A Health Problem, Affirms Dr. Marquez Mayaudon ..... 25
...But Flight Noise Can Be Reduced ............... 25
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Suiitz&dfand
See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02389A ........ 20
USSR
Urgent Measures for Reducing Noise in Cities .......... 26
PESTICIDES
Free Sale of Herbicides Is Prejudicial ............. 26
Manufacture of Insecticides and Rat Poisons Is Regulated .... 27
Pesticides. Pollution Control Board Pub. No. 17 ........ 27
See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02389A ........ 20
RADIATION
Pfuwce.
The Government Informs the Regional Councils. Nuclear
Power Plant Sites in France Mapped ............. 28
SOLID WASTE
See WATER (Brazil) — Control No. 02A21A ............ 31
See AIR (Brazil) — Control No. 02428A ............. 1
Solid Waste. Pollution Control Board Pub. No. 20 ....... 28
G&iman Vw Rep
See AIR (German Dem Rep) — Control No. 02AAOA ......... 3
, Fecf Rep QJ$
Effects of New Environmental Protection Law .......... 29
New Law Makes Solid Waste "Management" Possible ........ 29
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02432A ..... 12
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02433A ..... 13
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See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02389A ........ 20
WATER
Belgium
Industrialists Are Called Upon to Purify Their Residual Waters . 30
Diadema Closes Factory and Denounces Pollution ......... 31
SEMA Will Report on Water Quality ............... 31
Atibaia May Punish Polluting Industry ............. 32
Water Pollution Is Serious in Sao Paulo ............ 32
Without Sufficient Water, the City Treats Its Sewage ...... 32
Bahia Will Have Antipollution Station ............. 33
Sewers Polluting Presidente Prudente .............. 33
Fishermen Abandon Polluted Mogi River ............. 33
State Government Refuses to Finance Water ........... 34
See AIR (Brazil) — Control No. 02404A ............. 1
Water Resources. Pollution Control Pub. No. 14 ........ 34
First Legal Act for a European Communities' Environmental
Policy ........................... 35
See AIR (European Communities) — Control No. 02439A ...... 3
See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 02458A .... 11
F/lonce.
To Save the Ocean, Jarrot Proposes an Environmental
Coast Guard Unit ...................... 35
Water: Municipal Participation in Basin Agencies
Financing May Undergo Revision ............... 36
No Hope of Changing the Environment Without a Change
of Policy .......................... 36
Shovelfuls of Oil ....................... 36
The Seine at Le Havre - Oily Shrimp .............. 37
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Fed Rep
Wastewater Fee Law ....................... 37
Further Controversy About Water Law .............. 37
Environmental Protection Legislation in Both Parts of
Germany - Using as an Example Industrial Water and
Air Pollution ........................ 38
Water Protection Is the Key Problem ..............
Up To 100,000 Marks Penalty for Sewage Sinners Planned ..... 39
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — • Control No. 02432A ..... 12
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02433A ..... 13
Int&wationaf.
International Control of River Water Pollution ......... 39
Convention on the Dumping of Wastes at Sea, 1972 ........ 40
Regulations Pertaining to the Pollution of Fresh and
Maritime Waters in the Mediterranean Countries ....... 40
Purification, That Polluting Activity ............. 41
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02438A ....... 15
Italy
See AIR (Italy) — Control No. 02455A ............. 5
Japan
Government Survey Shows Pollution of Water Still High in Japan . 41
MfcXXC.0
See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 01645G ............. 6
OECV
See GENERAL (OECD) — Control No. 02407A ............
Portugal
Worldwide Study of Marine and Shoreline Recreation ....... 42
Decree No. 495/73 of October 6, 1973 .............. 42
Romania
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02411A .......... 18
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Spain Adheres to the Convention Against Pollution by Ships ... 43
Fine for Discharge of Wastewater Into Rivers .......... 43
Madrid: Purification of Wastewater .............. 43
Our Water in Danger ...................... 44
See GENERAL (Switzerland) -- Control No. 02389A ........ 20
See GENERAL (Switzerland) — Control No. 02396A ........ 21
USSR
In Order That Water Will Be Clean ............... 44
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AIR
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"BORREGAARD MUST SHOT DOWN, SAYS THS PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY."
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
EPA
PORTOGOESE 09/05/74 PCS 22 IDf 02404A
HATER
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY OF THE BRAZILIAN
GAUCHA ASSEMBLY HAS VOTED TO CLOSE DOWN AND NATIONALIZE THE BRANCH OF THE NORWEGIAN OWNED
BORREGAA2D CELLOLOSE PLANT LOCATED NEAR PORTO ALEGRE BECAOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. THIS
ACTION CULMINATES WEEKS OF HEARINGS DURING WHICH CHARGES INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC
HEALTH DAMAGES WERE BROUGHT AGAINST THE FIRM. THE VOTE OF THE COMMISSION CALLS FOR NATIONAL
CONTROL OF BORHEGAARD AND THE IMMEDIATE SOSPENSION OF ITS ACTIVITIES UNTIL INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
CAN BE MODIFIED TO CONFORM TO PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THE
REFORMULATION OF THE FOREST ZONING POLICY OF THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL ALONG ENVIRONMENTAL
RATHER THAN ECONOMIC GUIDELINES. THE COMMENTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BORREGAARD CBLOLOSE INDUSTRY
CONCERNING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ACTIONS AND ACCUSATIONS ARE ALSO PRINTED IN THIS ARTICLE.
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"DIADEMA CLOSES FACTORY AND DENOUNCES POLLUTION."
PORTUGUESE '
ALSO PMB
*HATER
09/05/74 PGS 22
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
IDt 02405A
BRAZIL
LH(B)
"SEMA WILL RiPORT ON WATER QUALITY." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/24/74 PGS 10 IDt 02421A
ALSO PMB
*WATER SOLID WASTE
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"MOTORIST WHOSE VEHICLE POLLUTES MAY BE FINED." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/21/74 PGS 34 IDt 02428A
SOLID HASTE GENERAL
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT,
PAULO. NOGUEIRA NETO, CITING THE FACT THAT 30 PERCENT OF URBAN AIR POLLUTION IN BRAZIL IS CAUSED BY
AUTOMOBILES, HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE NATIONAL TRANSIT COUNCIL ESTABLISH PROVISIONS WITHIN THE
NATIONAL TRANSIT CODE TO IMPOSE FINES ON MOTORISTS WHOSE VEHICLES DO MOT CONFORM TO PERMISSIBLE
EMISSION STANDARDS. THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSIT CODE
CONTAIN ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO PREVENT LITTERING FROM AUTOMOBILES AND TO PROHIBIT PET OWNERS
FROM ALLOWING THEIR PETS TO RON LOOSE'ALONG PUBLIC ROADWAYS SINCE THIS CONSTITUTES A SAFETY
HAZARD. IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO THE NATIONAL TRANSIT COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY
HAS ORGED THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO CREATE A COMPULSORY COURSE ON CONSERVATION AND THE
ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONS ENROLLED IN COLLEGES OF ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
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AIR
BRAZIL
PH(B)
"MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO AVOID POLLUTION." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/17/7U PGS 19 ID* 02426A
GENERAL
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA), AS
PART OP ITS NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, BILL DISTRIBUTE A MANUAL TO INFORM
MOTORISTS HOH TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND IMPROVE GAS MILEAGE. TOWARD
THIS END, THE MANUAL EMPHASIZES THE NECESSITY OF PERIODIC TUNE-UPS. SEMA ALSO PLANS TO PUBLISH
AN ADDITIONAL BOOKLET DESIGNED TO GIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN BASIC INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND
ITS PRESERVATION.
BRAZIL
3E(
"FISHERMEN ABANDON POLLUTED MOGI RIVER.11 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/18/74 PGS 35 IDi 02387A
*WATER
BRAZIL
SE(
"POLLUTION WILL EXPEL EIGHT THOUSAND."
KOTSCHO, RICARDO
PORTUGUESE 11/24/74 PGS 62
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
ID* 02429A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS OF PLANS OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF PARAIBA, BRAZIL, TO RELOCATE THE EIGHT THOUSAND
INHABITANTS OF THE ILHA DO BISPO SECTION OF THE CITY OF JOAO PESSOA DUE TO EXCESSIVE INDUSTRIAL
AIR POLLUTION IN THE AREA. FOR 35 YEARS THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES OF THE PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY
OF PARAIBA HAVE CAUSED AIR POLLUTION IN THIS AREA; HOWEVER, NEWLY INSTALLED, CHEAPER PROCESSES
ARE CREATING EVEN HIGHER LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION. ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT HAS PREVENTED THE
SPREAD OF CEMENT DUST TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, BUT THE ADJACENT ILHA DO BISPO CONTINUES TO
BE AFFLICTED. BECAUSE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC REASONS, MOST INHABITANTS SEEM TO BE UNWILLING OR UNABLE
TO MOVE, EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY HAS OFFERED TO BUY THEIR HOMES. HOWEVER, RELOCATION OP THE
INHABITANTS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY REMEDY TO THIS SITUATION, SINCE ACTIONS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE
INHABITANTS TO OBLIGATE THE COMPANY TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE.
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AIR
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(B)
"ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." WASSEHWIRTSCHAFT
GERMAN
MATER
11/00/74 PGS 340
ID*
EPA
02439A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AGENCIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAVE PREPARED A FIRST REPORT ON
THE PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY. THE COMMISSION CITES
MEASURES WHICH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND MEMBER STATES MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO CURB
INCREASING POLLUTION HHILE MEETING SPIRALING ENERGY NEEDS IN THE NEXT DECADES. SUGGESTIONS TO
REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC SULFUR DIOXIDE INCLUDE USE OF LOW-SULFUR FUEL OILS AND RESIDUAL HEATING OILS
AND GREATER USE OF MORE ENVIRONMENTALLLY COMPATIBLE FUELS (E.G., NATURAL GAS) IN HEAVILY POLLUTED
AREAS, WHILE PROMOTING TECHNICAL PROCESSES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. PROPOSALS RELATING TO NITROGEN
OXIDES INCLUDE RESEARCH INTO THEIR EFFECTS ON MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE
MEASURING TECHNIQUES, AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES AT EMISSIONS SOURCES. MEANS OF COPING WITH THERMAL
POLLUTION INCLUDE A SYSTEMATIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG MEMBER STATES IN LOCATING NEW POWER
PLANTS AND UTILIZATION OF HASTE HEAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
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GERMAN DEM REP
PM(B)
"FREIBERG." GDR REVIEW
SfEYER, ROLAND
ENGLISH
SOLID HASTE
01/00/73 PGS 1-5
ID#
EPA
02440A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PROGRAMS IN FREIBERG IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC. THIS FORMER MINING CITY TODAY HAS APPROXIMATELY 88 INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING A LARGE
METALLURGICAL COMBINE PROCESSING ORE AND SCRAP METAL. THE TOWN ASSEMBLY'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON
SAFETY AND ORDER HAS GENERAL LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCING PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, AND PERIODICALLY WORK GROUPS CONSISTING OF MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY
AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL INSPECT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES TO INSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW. TO
REDUCE SULFUR EMISSIONS FROM NON-INDUSTRIAL SOURCES, MORE LONG DISTANCE RESIDENTIAL HEATING IS
PLANNED AS WELL AS CONVERSION OF EXISTING POWER PLANTS TO NATURAL GAS. RAILWAYS ARE ELECTRIC.
CITY DISTRICTS WHICH FAIL TO COLLECT REFUSE PROPERLY MAY BE FINED 1,000 MARKS. BULKY REFUSE IS
ACCEPTED THREE TIMES A YEAR AT 50 COLLECTION STATIONS. MUCH ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO ESTABLISHING
PARKS AND GREEN AREAS IN THE CITY.
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AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"dNVIHONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN BOTH PARIS OF GERMANY - USING AS AN
EXAMPLE INDUSTRIAL HATER AND AIR POLLUTION." JAHRBUCH FUER OSTRECHT, VOL. 13
LUEERS, HARTUIG EPA
GERMAN 00/00/72 PGS 43-61 ID* 02452A
*ilATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF
"MOST PROTESTS AGAINST CITY PLANNING."
NO. 5
L02HA, ORTHIN
GERMAN 10/00/72 P3S 38-42
*GENERAL HATER SOLID HASTE
UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
EPA
IDt 02432A
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"TILTING AT HINDMILLS." UBHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
ZUENDORF, UHE EPA
GERMAN 10/00/73 PGS 39-45 ID* 02433A
•"GENERAL NOISE SOLID HASTE HATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PH(B)
'THE FOEHN PROMOTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
SCHUTZ, NO. 3
VILSER, OTTO
GERMAN 06/00/74 PGS 37-41
^GENERAL
UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
ID*
EPA
02434A
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"TOTAL IMPROVEMENT INSIGNIFICANT." UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 1
STRAUSS, REINER EPA
GERMAN 02/00/74 PGS 18-19 ID* 02437A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO MEASUREMENTS OF THE BAVARIAN OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DURING FOUR SUNDAYS ON HHICH
AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC HAS PROHIBITED IN SEVERAL CITIES. IT HAS DETERMINED, HOHEVER, THAT NO
MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT TO CITY AIR QUALITY HOULD RESULT FROM LIMITED TRAFFIC OH SUNDAYS ONLY,
AND THAT PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO TRAFFIC-CAUSED POLLUTION HOULD DEPEND ON ALTERATION OF THE
AUTOMOBILE ITSELF AND ON EFFECTIVE CITY PLANNING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CREATE MORE EXCLUSIVELY
PEDESTRIAN AREAS. THE EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN MUNICH, ASCHAFFENBURG, AUGSBURG, INGOLSTADT,
NUERNBERG AND HUERZBURG, HELPED VERIFY EMPIRICALLY THE AUTOMOBILE'S PART IN POLLUTION AND TO
IDENTIFY COMPARATIVELY THE SHARES "OF INDUSTRY AND RESIDENTIAL HEATING. CHARTS AND GRAPHS SHOH THE
RELATIVE LEVELS OF DUSTS, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDES, HYDROCARBONS AND SULFUR DIOXIDE ON
SUNDAYS AND HORKDAYS.
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AIR
GHjJAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
THE BRITISH CLEAN AIB ACTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
TAYLOR, K. EPA
ENGLISH 10/00/73 PGS 1-37 ID* 02459A
ALSO Sfi
THIS STUDY DISCUSSES EVENTS LEADING TO THE PASSAGE OF THE BRITISH CLEAN AIR ACTS OF 1956 AND
1968, AND IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS OF THE ACTS. THE FIRST PART OF THE STUDY DESCRIBES THE
INITIAL SMOKELESS ZONE CONCEPT AND THE SUBSEQUENT SMOKE CONTROL AREA WHICH REPLACED IT. THE
ROLES PLAYED BY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, PRESSURE GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS ARE
EXAMINED. THE SECOND PART PRESENTS QUANTITATIVE DATA ON EMISSION TRENDS AND GROUND LEVEL
CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS IN URBAN AREAS. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACTS ARE REVIEWED,
PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE CONVERSION OF HOME HEATING SYSTEMS TO SMOKELESS FUELS AND TYPES OF
DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SMOKE POLLUTION. THERE ARE TWO APPENDIXES, ONE LISTING IMPORTANT DATES IN
THE HISTORY OF SMOKE CONTROL MEASURES, AND THE SECOND SUMMARIZING IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACTS. THE ENGLISH INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY IS REPRINTED IN 3ERMAN, ITALIAN AND FRENCH.
GRAPHS, CHARTS, AND TABLES SUPPLEMENT THE TEXT.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"CLEAN ALSACE - CLEAN SOUTH BADEN."
GERMAN
*GENERAL
10/12/74 PGS 29
STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
EPA
ID* 02425A
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"UK/USSR JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING." DEPARTMENT OF
STATE AIRGRAM. AMEMBASSY LONDON, A-1008
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/18/74 PGS 1-8 ID# 02438A
*Gi:NERAL HATER
ITALY
SE( )
"RECONCILIATION OF ECOLOGY AND CHEMICAL COMPLEXES?"
ML'CCOLI, SANDRO
ITALIAN 11/08/74 PGS 17
WATER
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
EPA
ID# 02455A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE POLLUTION ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN IN MARGHERA BY
THE ITALIAN MONTEDISON ENTERPRISE. FIFTY BILLION "ECOLOGICAL" LIRE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE
FIRM FOR THE REDUCTION OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. MONTEDISON IS ALREADY OPERATING, ON
A TRIAL BASIS, A BIO-CHEMICAL PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE HASTEWATER OF ITS CRACKING PLANT AND
EXPECTS TO IMPLEMENT AN EVEN MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM BEFORE LONG. THE FIRM(S INNOVATIONS IN AIH
POLLUTION CONTROL INCLUDE THE USE OF LOW SULFUR CONTENT FUEL AND A COMPUTERIZED EMISSION CONTROL
NETWORK. SPOKESMEN FOR MONTEDISON CLAIM THAT SUCH TECHNIQUES HAVE PLACED THE FIRM IN THE
VANGUARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
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AIR
JAPAN
LR(B)
"SOME 'CLEAN' CARS VERY CLOSE TO 1976 STANDARD." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 12/13/74 PGS 2 ID# 02241G
THIS NfiWSPAP£R ARTICLE REPORTS THAT TESTING CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT HAS REVEALED THAT THREE JAPANESE
CAR MODELS, THE MAZDA SAVANNA AP, THE HONDA CIVIC 1500, AND THE GALLANT MCA ALREADY MEET THE
1975 JAPANESE EMISSION STANDARDS AND COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE CONTROVERSIAL 1976 STANDARDS.
THE TESTING RESULTS, THEREFORE, DISCREDIT SOMEWHAT, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE CONSISTENT
ALLEGATIONS MADE BY ALL NINE JAPANESE CAR MANUFACTURERS THAT THEY MOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY
WITH THE STRINGENT 1976 EMISSION STANDARDS BY THE DEADLINE DATE OF APRIL 1, 1976.
MEXICO
LR(B)
"PEflEX (MEXICAN PETROLEUM) AND CFfc (FEDERAL ELECTRICITY COMMISSION) HILL BE
FINED IF ANTI-POLLUTION REGULATIONS ARE NOT OBEYED." EXCELSIOR
CARBALLO, M. A. EPA
SPANISH 10/09/74 PGS 16A ID* 01645G
WATER
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, FRANCISCO VIZCAINO MURRAY, THE SUBSECRETARY FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT OF MEXICO, HAS STATED THAT THE STATE-OWNED PEMEX (MEXICAN PETROLEUM) AND
THE FEDERAL ELECTRICITY COMMISSION (CFE) COULD BE FINED UP TO 50,000 PESOS FOR THEIR POLLUTION
CAUSING ACTIVITIES IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTRY; HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE VITAL NATURE OF THE TWO
ENTITIES, THEY COULD NOT BE CLOSED DOWN. AMONG OTHER STATISTICS, VIZCAINO REPORTS THAT SOX OF
THE POLLUTION IN MEXICO IS CAUSED BY 72,000 OF THE 750,000 INDUSTRIES, 3,000 OF WHICH ARE HIGHLY
POLLUTING. TO DATE, 88 ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN FINED, AND ABOUT 800 OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS ARE
CURE3NTLY IN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH POLLUTION LAWS. ADMITTEDLY, EVEN THE MAXIMUM FINES CAN BE
EASILY ABSORB£D BY MOST INDUSTRIES; HOWEVER, THEY WILL SERVE AS WARNINGS TO INDUSTRY PRECEDING
POSSIBLE TAKE-OVER OR CLOSE-DOWN PURSUANT TO ANTI-POLLUTION LAWS. ALTHOUGH SOME DELAYS IN
COMPLIANCE HAVE BEfeN ENCOUNTERED, MOST INDUSTRIES HAVE SHOWN THE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE.
MEXICO
LR(B)
"COM (GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO) EFFORTS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION." DEPT. OF STATE
AIRGRAM, AMEMBAS5Y MEXICO CITY, NO. A-534
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/12/74 PGS 1-8 ID# 02435A
ALSO PMB AND SE
GENERAL
THIS RfcPORT, PREPARED BY UNITED STATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL IN MEXICO CITY, DISCUSSES THE DEGREE
OF MEXICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLIANCE WITH AIR POLLUTION LAWS, CITES FORTHCOMING MEXICAN ANTI-POLLUTION
LEGISLATION, AND ANALYZES THE LUCRATIVE POTENTIAL IN MEXICO FOR THE MARKETING OF ANTI-POLLUTION
EQUIPMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES. ENCLOSURE ONE TO THE REPORT LISTS 15 COMPANIES WHICH ARE
CURRENTLY MANUFACTURING ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IN MEXICO. ENCLOSURE TWO LISTS THE 2,927 FIRMS
WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY POLLUTING BY THE MEXICAN SUB-SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT. THE REPORT ALSO STATES THAT 58,352 FIRMS ARE MEDIUM POLLUTERS, AND 10,769 ARE LOW
POLLUTERS. ON THE AVERAGE, 30 PERCENT OF MEXICAN INDUSTRY HAS COMPLIED WITH APPROVED AIR
POLLUTION STANDARDS. ADHERING TO A POLICY OF DIALOGUE, NOT SANCTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS
THS ECONOMIC SITUATION OF EACH FIRM IN WORKING OUT A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TIMETABLE FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, 267 DELINQUENT FIRMS HAVE REFUSED TO COOPERATE.
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OECD
LR(B)
PAGE
"0£CD URGES ENVIRONMENT POLICIES." NATURE, VOL. 252
LAURENCE, ELEANOR
ENGLISH 11/22/74 PGS 263
*3ENERAL HATER
IDt
EPA
02407A
ROMANIA
LR(B)
"JURIDICAL VIEHS ON THE LEGISLATION INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITHIN
FRAMEWORK OF LAW IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA." REVUE ROUMAINE DBS SCIENCES SOCIALES
BHADEANU, SALVATOR EPA
FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 219-234 IDf 02411A
*GENERAL HATER
SPAIN
?M(B)
"SPANISH ATMOSPHERE RECEIVES NEARLY SIX MILLION TONS OF POLLUTION ANNUALLY."
ABC, MADRID
EPA
SPANISH 09/10/74 PGS 39 ID# 02419A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CITES THE AIR POLLUTION STATISTICS OBTAINED FROM THE REPORT ENTITLED,
"SPANISH INDUSTRY IN 1973," WHICH WAS PUBLISHED RECENTLY BY THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY.
THE REPORT STATES THAT 5,900,000 TONS OF PARTICLES ARE EMITTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BY SPANISH
INDUSTRY EACH YEAR. THIS REPRESENTS 174 KILOGRAMS OF POLLUTANTS PER CAPITA IN SPAIN AS COMPARED
WITH 340 IN GERMANY AND 1,309 IN THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT 35 PERCENT OF AIR
POLLUTION IN SPAIN IS PRODUCED BY AUTOMOBILES, 23 PERCENT BY COMBUSTION IN FIXED ESTABLISHMENTS,
22 PERCENT BY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, AND 20 PERCENT BY MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES. THE REPORT ALSO
STATES THAT SPANISH INDUSTRY DOES NOT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION EXCEPT IN
THE SPECIAL CASES OF MADRID, BARCELONA, BILBAO, AND OVIEDO. AN ADJACENT ARTICLE IN THIS NEWSPAPER
CITES AIR POLLUTION STATISTICS FOR BILBAO.
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
JAHRBUCH FUEH UMHELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BERBICHE DES UMWELTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOGEL, H. E., ED. EPA
GERMAN PGS 1-207 ID* 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
•••GENERAL WATER SOLID HASTE NOISE PESTICIDES
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
?M(A)
BRAZIL
LR(B)
CITIES COMMISSION. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, 1972-1973
AUSTRALIA. CITIES COMMISSION
ENGLISH 07/13/73 PGS 1-28
ID*
EPA
02367A
THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CITIES COMMISSION, SUBMITTED TO THE MINISTER FOR
URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PURSUANCE OF THE CITIES COMMISSION ACT, DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES,
FUNCTIONS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1972 TO JUNE 1973.
THE PRINCIPAL ROLE OF THE CITIES COMMISSION IS TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH AUSTRALIAN AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CITIES. ALTHOUGH STILL IN THE
INITIAL STAGES OF OPERATION, THE COMMISSION HAS PRESENTED A PROGRAM OF ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
IN A FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS PLAN WAS FORMULATED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA OBTAINED IN STUDIES OF 12 URBAN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND
THd STUDIES ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT AND PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE
ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE COMMISSION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. TH2 STAFFING,
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FUTURE PLANS OF THE COMMISSION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
"SJ5MA (SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT) CONTROLS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION."
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/30/74 PGS 14 ID# 02413A
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, A MEETING BETWEEN THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, PAULO NOGUEIRA NETO, AND THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, SEVERO GOMES, HAS
RESULTED IN AN AGREEMENT WHEREBY ALL INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL WILL ALSO Bil REVIEWED BY THE SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TO VERIFY THAT THE
APPROPRIATE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES ARK INCLUDED. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN REALIZING
THE NATIONAL POLICY OF MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES COMPATIBLE WITH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,
ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON
ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. BESIDES THE USE OF ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT, FORTHCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL
LE3ISLATION HILL REQUIRE DISPERSED LOCATION OF NEW INDUSTRIES AND WILL OFFER INCENTIVES RATHER
THAN PENALTIES TO ELICIT THE COOPERATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY IN THESE EFFORTS.
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"BILL MODIFIES FUNCTIONS OF SEMA." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/14/74 PGS 31 ID# 02427A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON FORTHCOMING LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO STATE EXPLICITLY THE
FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) AND TO SET ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS WHICH WILL ALLOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT MORE DECISIVELY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE ENVISAGED LAW WILL SPECIFY SENA'S PRINCIPAL ROLB AS A COORDINATING
ENTITY TO PROMOTE AND ADVISE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES ON THE STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL, THEREBY
MAINTAINING THE DECENTRALIZED CHARACTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IN THE COUNTRY. THE ARTICLE
POINTS OUT THE VARYING DEGREES OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN THE DIFFERENT
BRAZILIAN STATES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE BASIC SANITATION COMPANY OF THE STATE OF SAO PAULO
RECEIVES ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS TEN TIMES GREATER THAN THOSE OF SEMA ITSELF. ON THE OTHER HAND,
IN STATES SUCH AS MINAS GERAIS, AGENCIES TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
ESTABLISHED.
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BBAZIL
LR(B)
PAGE
"MOTOBIST WHOSE VEHICLE POLLUTES MAY BE FINED."
PORTUGUESE 11/21/74 PGS 34
*AIR SOLID HASTE
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
ID* 02428A
BBAZIL
PM(A)
"FRENCH BIOLOGIST WILL ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL." 0 ESTADO
DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/14/74 PGS 14 ID# 02383A
ALSO SE
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE FRENCH BIOLOGIST RICHARD ABBOU, PRESIDENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, HAS ANNOUNCED THE CREATION
OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ECODYNAMICS IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
INSTITUTE HILL BE TO REALIZE PRACTICAL MEASURES TO OBTAIN A COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN'ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. IN A PLAN REVEALED TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, ABBOU
INDICATED THAT SAO PAULO MOULD BE THE PILOT CITY FOR LATIN AMERICA IN IMPLEMENTING POLLUTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS. IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS, THE INSTITUTE OF ECODYNAMICS HILL WORK
IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OF SAO PAULO, WITH THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL
SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA), AND WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. ABBOU
ATTRIBUTED INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS TO EFFORTS OF THE PRESS AND IN
PARTICULAR TO THE REPORT SERIES "A DEVASTATED COUNTRY" PUBLISHED IN "0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO."
BBAZIL
PH(B)
"MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO AVOID POLLUTION." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/17/74 PGS 19 ID* 02426A
*AIR
BRAZIL
P«(B)
"BRASILIA WILL DELIMIT INDUSTRIAL NUCLEUS WITHOUT POLLUTION." ESTADO DE SAO
PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/10/74 PGS 19 ID* 02447A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON OPPOSING VIEWS HELD BY CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
OF BRASILIA, B3AZIL, CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA. THE GOVERNOR OF
BRASILIA, ELMO SEREGO FARIAS OPPOSES BILLS TO PROHIBIT INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL AND FAVORS THE CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN WHICH ONLY NON-POLLUTING INDUSTRIES
WOULD BE ESTABLISHED. THE INSTALLATION OF ANY INDUSTRY IN THESE ZONES WOULD BE CLOSELY
SUPERVISED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
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10
GBNSSAL
BRAZIL
PB(A)
BRAZIL
SE(
"COMMISSION FOB PHOGBAfl ON THE ENVIRONMENT." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPi
PORTUGUESE 10/16/7^ PCS 15 ID* 02U50A
THIS NEHSPAPEB ARTICLE R£POBTS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL HAS CHEATED THE BHAZILIAH
COMMISSION FOB THE HAN AND THE BIOSPHEBE PROGRAM, UNDER THE MINISTRY OF EXTERIOR BELATIONS TO
COORDINATE, PLAN AND SUPERVISE IN BBAZIL THE ACTIVITIES PBOHOTED IN UNESCO'S BAN AND THE
BIOSPHEBE PHOGHAH. THE TEN-HEBBEB COMMISSION HILL CONSIST OF FOUB ECOLOGICAL EXPERTS AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MINISTRY OF EXTERIOR BELATIONS, THE HINISTEY OF INTEBIOR, THE NATIONAL
BESEABCH COONCIL, THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND THE
FOEEST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE. FBOH AMONG THESE MEMBERS, THE BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF STATE HILL
APPOINT A PRESIDENT, VICE-PBBSIDENT AND SBCRBTABI. THE PBESIDENT OF THE COHHISSION HILL CONVENE
ORDINARY MEETINGS TWICE A YEAR. EXTHAORDINAHY MEETINGS MAY BE CONVENED BY THE MINISTER OF STATE.
"GERMANS DOUBLE INVESTMENTS." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE OB/10/7U PGS 14 IDt 02382A
ACCOBDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GEBHAN INDUSTRIAL FEDEBATION HAS
STATED THAT GEBHAN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS IN BBAZIL HILL DOUBLE HITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THE FACT IS THAT BRAZIL, HHICH HAS LEARNED TO COPE KITH THE DRASTIC EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND IS
MORE LENIENT IN ENFOBCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAHS, IS PABTICULARLI ATTRACTIVE TO GERMAN INDUSTRY. A
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION, HEADED BT THE FEDEBATION PRESIDENT, IS VISITING MIBAS GERAIS,
GUANABABA, AND PCBTO ALEGRB IN BBAZIL TO OBTAIN PERTINENT INFORMATION TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE
100 THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE GEBHAN INDUSTRIAL FEDERATION.
CANADA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
BACNEILL, J. H.
ENGLISH
ALSO PUB AND SE
00/00/71 P3S 1-191
LOG
ID* 02402A
HC 120 .E5 H3
THIS DESCRIPTIVE STUDI, DIVIDED INTO SIX PARTS, HAS PREPARED FOR THE PRIVI COUNCIL OFFICE OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO PROVIDE A BACKGROUND OF INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS FROM HHICH FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COULD BE DEVELOPED AND DISCUSSED IN THE COURSE OF
CONSTITUTIONAL BEVIEH. ALTHOUGH NEITHER A PROPOSAL NOR A PLAN FOR ACTION, THIS STUDI DISCUSSES
THE -PRESENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE DIMENSIONS OF ENVIRONBENTAL MANAGEMENT AND IDENTIFIES AND ASSESSES
THE RANGE OF STRATEGIES THAT THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN CANADA HAT HEED TO EMPLOY TO
DEAL EFFECTIVELY HITH ENVIRONMENTAL PBOBLEHS. PART I OF THE STUDI FORMULATES DEFINITIONS AND
SERVES AS AN INTRODUCTION; PART II OUTLINES AND ANALYZES THE SOURCES OF ENVIRONHENTAL
DETERIORATION; PARIS III TO V DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF URBAN AND RURAL ABBAS AND
AIR AND HATER RESOURCES; AND PART VI PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTS DIFFERENT ROLES
OF GOVERNMENT BODIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEBENT.
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DENSAHK
(A)
PAGE
11
"HAHCH 28, 1974 NOTICE HO. 205 OH CHAHGES IH BINISTERIAL ABBAS OP
JOBISDICTIOH (ENVIRONMENTAL BATTEBS)." LOV OG ANORDIHGEB, PT. A, HO. 3
EPA
DAHISH 00/00/74 PGS 549 ID* 02376A
THIS NOTICE ANNOUNCES THE BOYAL RESOLUTION OF HAHCH 25, 197U BY WHICH CEETAIN FUNCTIONS ABB
TRANSFERRED FROH OTHEB BIBISTBIES TO THE BINISTRY 0? THE ENVIBOHBENT. THIS BINISTRY ASSOBES
FROH THE BIHISTBY OF AGBICOLTUBE JOBISDICTIOH OVER THE ADHIHISTHATIOH OF THE LAB GOVEBKIHG THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL LAHD THIBUHALS (LANDVAESENSRETTEB) AMD FBOB THE BIHISTEY OF
PUBLIC BOSKS JURISDICTION OTEB THE DAHISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AS HELL AS OVER CERTAIN ASPECTS
OF LEGISLATION DEALIHG WITH THE CONTINENTAL SHELF.
EOBOPEAH COBHUNITIE3
PS(A)
"ri.NVIBOHHENTAL PBOTBCTIOH IH THE COHBUHITY OF HIHE. '
GERBAN
BAT£R
11/06/74 PGS 17
HEUB ZUERCHBB ZBITDHG
EPA
ID* 024581
IHIS ARTICLE SUBVEYS TOPICS TO BE COHSIDEBED BY THE BIHISTBBIAL COOKCIL FOB QUBSTIOHS OF
£HVIBOHHEHTAL POLICY OF THE EUBOPEAN COBBUHITIES AT AH UPCOBIHG BESTING IK PABIS. THE COOHCIL
INTENDS TO COHTINUE COORDIHATIOH AHD HARMONIZATION OF EHVIBOHBEHTAL POLICY IN HEBBEE STATES WHILE
INTEOD3CIN3 SEVEBAL COHCBETE BEASORES TO HARD IBPBOVEBENT OF THB EHVIBCHHENT. THE EUROPEAN
COHBISSIOH HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE COUHCIL DEVELOP A BECOBHENDATIOH FOB THE APPLICATION OF THE
"POLLUTES PAYS" PBIHCIPLE, EXPLOBIHG THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC SUBSIDIES ON THE EFFECTIVEHESS OF THE
PRINCIPLE, LEGAL SANCTIOHS TO BE APPLIED IN IHSTANCES OF NON-COBPLIANCE WITH NOBBS, AHD BEASORES
TO BE TAKEN IH CASES OF TEANSHATIONAL POLLUTION. OTHEF PROBLEBS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
(1) GUIDELINES FOB THE QUALITY OF SURFACE BATEB SOURCES OF DBINKINS BATE.fi, (2) ENVIROHEENTALLY
COMPATIBLE WASTE OIL DISPOSAL BETHODS, AND (3) THE 3ELATIONSHIP BBTKEEN ENVIRONHENTAL PBOTECTION
AND THE PBODUCTICN OF ENERGY.
FBAHCE
PH(B)
"PBOTECTIOH OF THE SHORES - FBAGILE COASTS."
GBOSBICHABD, FRANCOIS
FRENCH 11/23/7" PGS 27
L£ HONDE
ID*
EPA
02423A
THIS ABTICLE 2XABIN2S A NEB FRENCH DRAFT LAB CONCERNING THE CREATICH OF A PUBLIC AGEKCY 10
UNDERTAKE THE PURCHASE OF COASTAL AND LAKESIDE LAND IN AN EFFOBT TO PRESERVE UNDEVELOPED AREAS
FROM THE EHCBOACHBENTS OF INDUSTRY AND TOUBISB. A CREDIT OF THIBTY BILLION FBANCS BCULD BE BADE
AVAILABLE TO THE AGENCY IN 1975 FOB THE PURCHASE OF LANDS BHOSE SUBSEQUENT DISPOSAL OB TRANSFER
COULD HOT BE HiDE BITHOUT A STATE COUNCIL DECREE, At THB PBOPOSAL OF THE AGENCY'S BOAPD OF
DIRECTORS. THE BANAGEBENT OF ALL SUCH ACQUIRED LANDS, HOBEVEB, rfOULD BE ENTRUSTED TO LOCAL OR
BEGIOHAL PUBLIC INTEREST ASSOCIATIONS, THEREBY LIBITING THE SIZE OF THB AGENCY'S STAFF. THIS
LIHIIAIION, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, BAS INTRODUCED BY THE CENTRAL SOVERNBENT AS A CONCESSION
TO TH2 REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, WHICH ARE DEBANDING GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES.
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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"INDEFINITE CONCEPTS AND JUDGMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION."
DEUTSCHES VEHWALTUNGSBLATT, VOL. 88
ULE, CARL HERMANN EPA
GERMAN 00/00/73 PCS 756-763 ID# 02456A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES INDEFINITE CONCEPTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IN THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, PARTICULARLY IN DRAFTS OF THE FEDERAL IMMISSIONS LAW. AND THE EXTENT OF
JUSTIFIABLE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS IN APPLICATION OF THESE CONCEPTS.
INDEFINITE CONCEPTS REQUIRE SOME VALUE JUDGMENT IN ADMINISTRATION. PHRASES SUCH AS "HARMFUL
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES" AND "CONSIDERABLE DISADVANTAGES" ARE CITED FROM DRAFTS OF THE FEDERAL
IMMISSICNS LAW, IN WHICH THE TERMS "HARMFUL" AND "CONSIDERABLE" ARE RELATIVE. IN GENERAL, THE
AUTHOR STATES THAT COURTS MAY INTERPRET SUCH CONCEPTS AND RULE ON ACTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
IN APPLYING THEM IN CASES OF DISAGREEMENT. IF, HOWEVER, EITHER OF TWO INTERPRETATIONS SHOULD BE
tQUALLY FEASIBLE UNDER A LAW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY DECISION WOULD STAND. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES
COURT PRONOUNCEMENTS ON INDEFINITE CONCEPTS, LISTS MANY EXAMPLES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, CITES THE
INIiNTION OF THE LAWMAKER IN SOME ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REFERS TO EXISTING INTERPRETIVE LITERATURE.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(3)
"MOST PROTESTS AGAINST CITY PLANNING." UMKELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 5
LOEWA, ORTWIN EPA
GERMAN 10/00/72 PGS 38-U2 ID* 02U32A
WATER SOLID WASTE AIR
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN HAMBURG. TO ALLEVIATE POLLUTION OF THE
ALSTiiR RIVER, IMPROVEMENT OF THE 150-YEAR-OLD SEWERAGE SYSTEM IS UNDERWAY TO HANDLE ADDED SEWAGE
FROM SUBURBS AND PREVENT OVERFLOWS DURING HEAVY RAINS. TWO PLANNED INCINERATORS FOR DOMESTIC
WASTES WILL AUGMENT THE CAPACITY OF TWO EXISTING ONES WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL OF INCINERATION OF
MOST SUCH WASTES. A SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL TOXIC WASTES IS IN PROCESS. MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
IN CITY PLANNING, WHICH IS OFTEN PRIMARILY TRAFFIC PLANNING, IS ANTICIPATED. TO ENCOURAGE
REDUCTION OF AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC, EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S RAPID RAIL SYSTEM IS FORESEEN. MORE
PEDESTRIAN AHEAS SUCH AS THE CITY'S EXISTING SUCCESSFUL ONE ARE PROPOSED. PARKS AND GREEN AREAS
IN THE CITY ARE BEING GREATLY ENCOURAGED. ADMINISTRATIVELY, EIGHT CITY DEPARTMENTS PERFORM
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS COORDINATED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE, WHILE A NEW ADVISORY
COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS IS PREPARING A PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR THE CITY.
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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED HEP OF
PM(B)
"TILTING AT WINDMILLS." UMHELT: FORSCHUKG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
ZUENDORF, UHE EPA
GERMAN 10/00/73 PGS 39-15 ID* 02433A
• NOISE SOLID WASTE HATER AIR
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT DOESSELDORF HAS FEHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAN MANY OTHEE MAJOR
CITIES IN THE RHINE-RUHR AREA. A CITY-OPERATED REFUSE INCINERATOR BURNS 260,000 TONS 0? MUNICIPAL
HASTES YEARLY AND IS SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH SALE OF ST3AM TO A POHER PLANT AND OF SCRAP METAL AND
SLAG. INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SLUDGE IS DUMPED AND NEUTRALIZED IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY DUMP. LIQUID
WASTES ARE PHETREATED IN THO PURIFICATION PLANTS BEFORE DISCHARGE INTO THE RHINE RIVER, AND WHILE
ANOTHER IS PLANNED, EVEN MORE SOPHISTICATED PURIFICATION FACILITIES WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
ALTERNATIVES TO DRAWING DRINKING HATER FROM THE RHINE ARE BEING DISCUSSED. A NETHOHK OF PARKS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS ADVOCATED BY MANY. THE CITY BUILDIN3 AUTHORITY HAS PREPARED A TEN-POINT
PROGRAM TO CREATE CITY ZONES FREE OF THROUGH TRAFFIC, ALTHOUGH OPPOSITION BXISTS. VARIOUS MEASURES
HAVE BEEN TAKEN SINCE 1958 TO COMBAT NOISE FROM THE CITY'S AIRPORT AT LOHAUSEN, BUT MUCH REMAINS
TO BE DONE. A CITY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE IS CHARGED HITH ESTABLISHING PROJECT PRIORITIES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
Ptt(B)
"THE F03HN PROMOTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
SCHUIZ, NO. 3
VILSER, OTTO
GERMAN 06/00/74 P3S 37-41
AIR
UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
ID*
EPA
02434A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT MUNICH HAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE FBDBEAL REPUBLIC TO PREPARE
AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STUDY (JUNE 1971) AND TO APPOINT AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER
(NOVEMBER 1972). ALTHOUGH A CHARACTERISTIC HARM HIND (FOEHN) CREATES TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS MUCH
OF THE YEAR, MUNICH HAS BEEN FORTUNATE IN ESCAPING MANY OF THE SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEMS OF SOM3
GJSaMAN CITIES. IT HAS LITTLE SIGNIFICANTLY POLLUTING INDUSTRY, AND THERE IS LITTLE HEATING HITH
COAL, A SOURCE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE. MAJOR PROBLEMS STEM FROM AUTOMOBILE CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS.
ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE CENTRAL CITY HAVE INCLUDED CREATION OF MORE SOLELY PEDESTRIAN
ZONES. GREEN AREAS IN THE CITY ARE BEING PROMOTED AND BORDERING GREEN STRIPS ARE PLANNED FOR
NEULY-CONSIHUCTED STREETS. PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED INCLUDE REDUCTION OF GROWING NOISE FROM CARS
AND AIRCRAFT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES TO REPLACE A DUMP WHICH HILL REACH
CAPACITY IN 1975. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO PRESERVE THE PURITY OF THE ISAR RIVER.
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GBNBHAL
INTERNATIONAL
PM{A)
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN
ECB COUNTRIES.
UNITED NATIONS. ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE EPA
ENGLISH* 09/02/74 PGS 1-103 IDi 02368A
*ALSO RUSSIAN & FRENCH SUMMARIES
THIS DOCUMENT, COMPILED BY THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1974, CONTAINS
INFORMATION ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN 18 ECB COUNTRIES,
BASKD ON DATA RECEIVED BY THE ECE IN ITS PROJECT 05.1.1, "EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION AND VIEWS OM
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND STRATEGIES APPLIED IN ECE COUNTRIES AND ON PROGRESS MADE IN SOLVING
ENVI20NMENTAL PROBLEMS." ALTHOUGH INCOMPLETE, THIS INTERIM DOCUMENT PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION CHARTS AND/OR OTHER PERTINENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES
AS INDICATED: BULGARIA, BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, CANADA, CYPRUS*, DENMARK*,
FINLAND, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, HUNGARY*, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY,
POLAND, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES. THE COUNTRIES MARKED
WITH AN ASTERISK (*) ARE LACKING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IN THIS DOCUMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND,
SWITZERLAND, POLAND, BULGARIA, BYELORUSSIA AND SPAIN ARE REPRESENTED ONLY BY ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
SYSTEMATIZATION OF URBAN STRUCTURES AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF MAN
ZAREMBA, PETER EPA
ENGLISH 11/00/74 PGS 1-78 ID# 02397A
ALSO SE
THIS STUDY, SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE "ENVIRONMENT OF MAN" OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,
DISCUSSES ENVIRONKENTAL PLANNING IN RELATION TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF URBANIZATION SCHEMES, AS
ANALYZED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE TEXT OF THE STUDY. IN ORDER FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
TO CONTINUE BEING BENEFICIAL OVER LONGER PERIODS OF TIME, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT URBANIZATION
PLANS CONSIDER THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. URBANIZATION
SCHEMES MUST NECESSARILY FIT INTO A NATIONAL URBANIZATION POLICY WHICH IS PRATICAL AND APPROPRIATE
FOR THE PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE COUNTRY. THK SCIENCE OF URBANIZATION HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY
ELABORATED, BUT IN MOST CASES IT HAS NOT BEEN APPLIED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF UNIFORM REGULATION
AND DIRECTION. THIS PUBLICATION, THEREFORE, SETS FORTH GUIDELINES FOR THE METHODOLOGY GOVERNING
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
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INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"CLB.AN ALSACE - CLEAN SOUTH BADEN." STUTTGAHTER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 10/12/74 PGS 29 ID# 02425A
AIR
THIS .ARTICLE DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF COOPERATION IN POLLUTION CONTROL ACROSS THE RHINE BOUNDARY
31 THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS OF ALSACE IN FRANCE AND OF SOUTH BADEN IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMAN*. AT A MEETING OF THE PREFECT OF LOWER ALSACE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
OF FREIBURG, BOTH PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MUTUAL CONSULTATION DURING CONSIDERATION OF
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES IN THE BORDER AREA. PRESENTLY OFFICIALS OF BOTH NATIONS PLAN
COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE EXISTING POLLUTION LEVELS IN THE UPPER RHINE REGION. THE
FRENCH HAVE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THEIR GERMAN NEIGHBORS A STUDY ENTITLED "CLEAN ALSACE."
OFFICIALS ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING BASE AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS PRIOR .TO APPROVAL OF A
CONTROVERSIAL PLANNtD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN FRENCH MAROCKELSHEIM, WHICH WOULD PRODUCE HEAVY LEAD
EMISSIONS. A PROJECTED FRENCH-GERMAN-SWISS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER PROBLEMS ALONG
THii ^HIN£ FROM BASEL TO KARLSRUHE AND NEUSTADT.
INTERNATIONAL
Pfl(B)
"UK/USSR JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING." DEPARTMENT OF
STATE AIRGRAM. AMEMBASSY LONDON, A-1008
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/18/74 PGS 1-8 ID* 02438A
WATER AIR
THIS MEMORANDUM SUMMARIZES THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE FIRST MEETING 0? THH JOINT COMMITTEE OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HELD IN LONDON NOVEMBER 29
TO DECEMBER 3, 1974. THE JOINT COMMITTEE FORMULATED PLANS FOR COOPERATION IN 1975 AND AGREED TO
CONSIDER ASPECTS OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND RECLAMATION OF LAND EXHAUSTED BY INDUSTRY,
MINING OR OTHER CAUSES. ANGLO-SOVIET WORK GROUPS WILL STUDY PROBLEMS OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION
IN 1975, GIVING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO TOPICS DELINEATED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE. WORK GROUPS
FOR LAND RECLAMATION AND OTHER SUBJECTS WILL BE FORMED LATER. COOPERATION ON PROBLEMS OF
URBANIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS ALSO PROJECTED. MEANS OF COOPERATION WILL INCLUDE EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION, EXCHANGE OF VISITS BY EXPERTS, MEETINGS OF EXPERTS, SEMINARS AND JOINT STUDIES.
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ITALY
PM(B)
JAPAN
LR(B)
"REGIONS CAN LIMIT LAND WASTE.-'
CERDENA, ANTONIO
ITALIAN 11/08/74
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
PGS 17
IDI
EPA
02U5UA
THIS ARTICLE COMMENTS ON THE OBJECTIVES ESTABLISHED BY THE ITALIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DURING ITS NOVEMBER OPENING SESSION. DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION EXPRESSED
THE OPINION THAT THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAD BEEN INEFFECTIVE IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS
OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION, URBAN LAND USE, AND CONSERVATION OF HATER RESOURCES. THE "PARTIAL
AND IMPRECISE" POWER OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS WAS STRESSED BY THE DELEGATES, AND GREAT EMPHASIS WAS
PLACED ON THE NECESSITY FOR INCREASED REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
"GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL PARK DEVELOPMENT SET." THE JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 11/25/74 PGS 2 ID# 02372A
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY HAS ISSUED GUIDELINES TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE IN APRIL 1975 TO ASSIST PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENTS IN LIMITING LAND DEVELOPMENT IN
NATIONAL AND SEMI-NATIONAL PARKS. IT SUPPLEMENTS THE NATURAL PARK PRESERVATION LAW WHICH
PROHIBITS FELLING TREES OR BUILDING IN CERTAIN AREAS WITHOUT AGENCY AUTHORIZATION. THE GUIDELINES
WILL RESTRICT ROAD, GOLF COURSE, AND VACATION HOME LAND DEVELOPMENT INSIDE PARK ASEAS. IT PROVIDES
THAT ALL VACATION HOMES MUST BE LESS THAN 10 METERS HIGH, AND OTHER BUILDINGS MAY NOT EXCEED 13
METERS. THE RATIO OF GROUND FLOOR SPACE TO PLOT OF LAND MUST BE LIMITED TO 10, 15, OR 20 PERCENT
DEPENDING ON PLOT SIZE, TO PREVENT CONGESTION. NO FLOOR SPACE MAY EXCEED 2,000 SQUARE METERS.
CONDOMINIUM HOUSING MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST 250 SQUARE METERS FLOOR SPACE PER UNIT. A HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT EXCEED 20 HECTARES TOTAL. ROADS ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ONLY WHEN ESSENTIAL
FOR RESIDENTS' DAILY LIVES.
JAPAN
PH(B)
BASIC ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PLAN. 1973-1977
JAPAN. ECONOMIC PLANNING AGENCY
ENGLISH 02/00/73 PGS 1-188
EPA
ID* 02385A
THIS BOOK INCLUDES A CHAPTER "CREATION OF A RICH ENVIRONMENT," DEALING WITH IMBALANCED LAND
USE AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. LONG-TERM, NATIONAL PLANNING, TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE DEMANDS OP INDIVIDUAL AREAS, IS NECESSARY. MINIMUM GOALS ARE SET FOR AIR, WATER,
HASTE DISPOSAL, CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND CREATION OF URBAN GREEN AREAS, AND REDUCTION OF ACCRUED
POLLUTION (SUCH AS SLUDGE OR CONTAMINATED SOIL) WITH FULFILLMENT BY 1985 OB SOONER. POLICIES
PLANNED TO REDUCE POLLUTION INCLUDE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND INFORMATIONAL
SYSTEM, STRENGTHENING OF STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, AND
PROMOTION OF POLLUTION-CONTROL INVESTMENT. ALSO NECESSARY IS RESTRUCTURING OF NATIONAL LARD USE
TO REDUCE CROWDING AND INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION IN A FEW URBAN AREAS AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITIES. A
SECTION OF THE FIFTH CHAPTER DEALS WITH CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND GOALS FOB INDUSTRY
LOCATION. RELEVANT CHARTS ARE INCLUDED IN A REFERENCE SECTION AT THE END OF THE BOOK.
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JAPAN
SK(
KUtfAIT
"ANTIPOLLUTION INVESTMENTS HILL RISE FURTHER." THE JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 11/22/74 PGS 13 ID# 02370A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (MITI)
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION CONTROL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE FUTURE. PLANNED BUSINESS
SPENDING ON POLLUTION CONTROL FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL 1974 IS 2.13 TIMES THAT OF FISCAL 1973.
POLLUTION CONTROL INVESTMENT IN FISCAL 1974 HILL TOTAL 16.4 PERCENT OF AGGREGATE INDUSTRIAL
INVESTMENT (UP FROM 10.3 PERCENT IN FISCAL 1973) AND 18.9 PERCENT IN FISCAL 1975. PLANNED
ANTI-POLLUTION INVESTMENTS IN FISCAL 1974 BY PETROCHEMICAL, PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL FIRMS ROSE 206,
179, AND 175.5 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY FROM FISCAL YEAR 1973. ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES HAVE
DESIGNATED 44.8 PERCENT OF TOTAL INVESTMENTS FOR ANTI-POLLUTION EQUIPMENT IN FISCAL 1974 AS
COMPARED TO 26.5 PERCENT IN FISCAL 1973. MITI'S DATA ALSO SHOW THAT MINING AND MANUFACTURING PLAN
TO SPEND 43.6 PERCENT MORE ON POLLUTION CONTROL IN FISCAL YEAR 1975 THAN IN FISCAL 1974. TOTAL
POLLUTION CONTROL EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL YEAH 1974 ARE ESTIMATED AT 1,018,800 MILLION YEN.
COMMITTEE FOR THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL OPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
KUHAIT. MINISTRY OF HEALTH EPA
ENGLISH* 00/00/74 PGS 1-3 ID# 02403A
*ALSO ARABIC
THIS DOCUMENT DISCUSSES THB KUWAITI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EXPECTED TO BE
ESTABLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE STRUCTURE AND DUTIES OF THE PROPOSED AGENCY HAVE BEEN
FORMULATED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL OPERATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AND HERE APPROVED BY THE KUWAITI CABINET TO WHICH THE NEW AGENCY HILL BE RESPONSIBLE. THE AGENCY
HILL BE STAFFED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND, IN GENERAL,
HILL BE CHARGED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND LAWS SET FORTH BY THE
KUWAITI ASSEMBLY. IN ADDITION THE AGENCY WILL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE ASSEMBLY, AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. ACTIVITIES OF THE AGENCY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE
PUBLISHED IN THE AGENCY'S JOURNAL.
MEXICO
"GOM (GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO) EFFORTS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION." DEPT. OF STATE
AIRGRAM, AMEMBASSY MEXICO CITY, NO. A-534
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/12/74 PGS 1-8 ID# 02435A
ALSO PMB AND SE
*AIR
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OBCD
LR(B)
OECD
PM(A)
"OECD URGES ENVIRONMENT POLICIES." NATURE, VOL. 252
LAURENCE, ELEANOR EPA
ENGLISH 11/22/74 PGS 263 ID* 02407A
AIR HATER
THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE NOVEMBER MEETING IN PARIS OF THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS
OP 24 OECD COUNTRIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS GIVEN TO THE.BRITISH POINT OF VIEH REGARDING THE
TOPICS DISCUSSED. THE MEETING HAS CONVENED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT (OECD) TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STANDARDIZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THROUGHOUT
THE OBCD COUNTRIES. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDED THE "POLLUTER PATS PRINCIPLE," THE PROBLEMS OF
TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION, AND THE COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN THE
JUDICIAL STRUCTURES IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND ESPECIALLY IN GREAT BRITAIN, HHERE BOTH ROMAN AND
COMMON LAK MUST BE CONSIDERED. THE ARTICLE ALSO MENTIONS THAT THE OECD IS CONDUCTING THE FIRST
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF AIR POLLUTION USING STANDARDIZED MONITORING METHODS. ACCORDING TO THE
BRITISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, DENIS HOHELL, GREAT BRITAIN MAY HAVE TO RECONSIDER POHER-GENERATING
POLICIES IF RESULTS SHOH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AIR POLLUTION OVER CONTINENTAL EUROPE.
"THE OECD IN THE SERVICE OF ENVIRCNMENTAL PROTECTION." NEUE ZUERCHEH ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/07/74 PGS 14 ID* 02457A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT A COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) HILL MEET NOVEMBER 13 AND 14 IN PARIS TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
ALTHOUGH THE OECD HAS HAD A SPECIAL COMMITTEE DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS SINCE 1970, THIS
IS THE FIRST MEETING OF MINISTERIAL STATUS ON THE TOPIC. ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S FUNCTIONS HILL BE
TO DECIDE THE ORIENTATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S HORK IN THE COMING YEARS. MEMBERS HILL ALSO
D5AFT A PRONOUNCEMENT EMPHASIZING THEIR CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE AND TO CONSERVE SCARCE NATURAL RESOURCES. THEIR STATEMENT HILL FURTHER STRESS THE NECESSITY
OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO CONTROL TRANSNATIONAL SOURCES OF
POLLUTION AND TO AVOID SEVERE MARKET INEQUITIES RESULTING FROM POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS.
ROMANIA
LR(B)
"JURIDICAL VIEHS ON THE LEGISLATION INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HITHIN
FRAMEHORK OF LAH IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA." REVUE ROUMAINE DBS SCIENCES SOCIALES
BRADEANU, SALVATOR EPA
FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 219-234 ID* 02411A
HATER AIR
THIS COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ROMANIA
COVERS ITS LEGAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND, THE OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE
CURRENT STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, LAHS RELATIVE TO THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF
VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES AND SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION CONCERNED HITH THE ENVIRONMENT AS HELL AS
SPECIFIC LAHS PERTAINING TO HATER RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT,
AND TO THE FISHING INDUSTRY. ALSO COVERED IN THE ARTICLE IS THE JUNE 23, 1973 LAH NO. 9 ON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ITS PROVISIONS AS THEY PERTAIN TO AIR, HATER, AND SOIL POLLUTION
AS HELL AS TO THE PRESERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC FAUNA, THE SAFEGUARDING OP NATURAL
SITES, AND THE PROTECTION OF HABITABLE AREAS.
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SPAIN
LR(B)
SWITZERLAND
LH(B)
"PLENARY STRUCTURE OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT IS
ESTABLISHED." ABC, MADRID
EPA
SPANISH 09/17/74 PCS 44 ID# 02448A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON TH£ MEETING HELD IN THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT TO FORHALIZE THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
(CIMA) AS PROVIDED BY DECREE 2.216 OF JULY 20, 1974. THE MINISTER OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT,
MHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION, PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING AND STRESSED THE NECESSITY FOR
MODIFYIN3 THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO CONFRONT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EFFECTIVELY.
AS A RESULT OF THE MEETING, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF CIMA HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 25 TO 35, AND
THE NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES UNDER CIMA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE FOLLOWING SEVEN:
PROTECTION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT; CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION; CONTROL AND
PREVENTION OF INLAND WATER POLLUTION; CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION; PROTECTION OF
NATURE AND RURAL AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
"SELECTED QUESTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION - PRESENTED
RELATIVE TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THE EXPERT COMMISSION." UMHBLTSCHUTZ IN DER SCHHEIZ
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 00/00/74 PCS 91-96 ID# 02386A
THIS ARTICLE, BY GEORG ISELIN, A SPOKESMAN OF THE LEGAL SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF A GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW PREPARED 3Y AN EXPERT COMMITTEE FORMED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. PROPOSED IS,A
COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK LAW SETTING BASIC GOALS AND STANDARDS AND EMPOWERING THE FEDERAL COUNCIL
TO ISSUE REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS TO INSURE GREATER WORKING FLEXIBILITY. THE
DRAFT DEFINES TH£ ENVIRONMENT TO BE PROTECTED AND REQUIRES MINIMALLY THAT POLLUTION SHALL NOT BE
INCREASED AND WHERE POSSIBLE SHALL BE REDUCED. SECTIONS DEAL WITH AIR, NOISE AND VIBRATIONS, LAND
AND OTHER BASES OF LIFE, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. PROBLEMS
AND DUTIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CANTONS RELATIVE TO THE PROGRAM- AREAS ARE OUTLINED.
THE "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE IS ENDORSED, AND A FEE SYSTEM THOUGHT ADVISABLE. UNDER THE PROPOSAL
THE FEDERAL COUNCIL WOULD SET STANDARDS OR ESTABLISH PERMIT SYSTEMS.
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"LAND USE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." JAHRBUCH FUER UMHELTSCHUTZ
1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DES UMWELTSCHUTZES
SHUERMANN, LEO EPA
GERMAN PGS 147-150 ID* 02394A
ALSO PMA/*AFTEH AUTUMN 1973
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE MAY 31, 1972 LAND USE PLANNING BILL OF THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL
AS WELL AS THE GENERAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT. THE BILL, BASED ON
THE PRINCIPLE OF "CENTRALIZED DECENTRALIZATION," PROVIDES FOR ZONING LAND INTO AREAS TO BE
DEVELOPED AND AREAS NOT TO BE DEVELOPED. AREAS WOULD BE ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL, AGRICULTURAL,
SYLVICULTURAL, RECREATIONAL OR OTHER PURPOSES. CERTAIN NATURAL REGIONS WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS
PROTECTED AREAS. GUIDELINES WOULD ALSO CALL FOR PLANNING IN THE AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
SERVICES (WATER, ENERGY, SEWAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL), PUBLIC STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES. CANTONS
WOULD HAVE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD COORDINATE
AND PERFORM FUNCTIONS BEST SUPERVISED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT LAND
PLANNING WOULD THUS BOTH HELP TO REALIZE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR IT.
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SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE AREA OF PROTECTING
THE COUNTRYSIDE." JAHRBUCH FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FDER ALLE BEBEICHE DBS UMWELTSCHUTZES
HUNZICKER, THEO EPA
GERMAN PGS 140-146 IDI 02399A
ALSO PMB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PROTECTION OP NATURE AND THE
NATIONAL HERITAGE IS BASED ON ARTICLE 24 (6) OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE 24 RESERVES
TO THE CANTONS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS AREA BUT AUTHORIZES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT
IN SPECIFIED INSTANCES OF NATIONAL INTEREST. THE FEDERAL LAW ON PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATION, BOTH OF WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1967,
PROVIDE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT NATURAL AND. CULTURAL SITES IN ISSUING
LEGISLATION AND PERFORMING DUTIES SUCH AS ROAD-BUILDING, GRANTING OF PERMITS AND OF FUNDS. IT
MAY ALSO PROVIDE SUBSIDIES FOR UPKEEP OF SUCH SITES AND TAKE DIRECT PREVENTIVE.ACTION IN SOME
CASES. THE GOVERNMENT IS OBLIGATED TO ESTABLISH AN INVENTORY OF SUCH OBJECTS AND CONSULT IT IN
PLANNING NATIONAL PROJECTS. THE LAW ESTABLISHES A FEDERAL SECTION FOR PROTECTION AND THE NATIONAL
HERITAGE WITH PRIMARILY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
SWITZERLAND
P»(B)
JAHRBUCH FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DBS UMWELTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOGEL, H. a., ED. EPA
GERMAN PGS 1-207 IDI 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
WATER AIR SOLID WASTE NOISE PESTICIDES
THIS YEARBOOK, EDITED BY THE MANAGER OF THE SWISS UNION FOR WATER PROTECTION AND AIR HYGIENE
AND OF THE OFFIC.E FOR COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ARTICLES
BY EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. IT IS INTENDED AS A REFERENCE TO INFORMATION IN DIVERSE AREAS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS EDITION CONTAINS A GENERAL INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE BY THE DIRECTOR OF
THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THERE ARE ARTICLES ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
NATURE, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND MEDICINE RELEVANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. OTHER ARTICLES
DEAL WITH SWISS ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, WATER LAW, WATER MANAGEMENT, DETERGENTS AND OTHER
CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TREAT LAND PLANNING, NOISE CONTROL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE
ENERGY INDUSTRY, COORDINATION OF EFFORTS IN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, AND EDUCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. CONCLUDING CHAPTERS LIST VARIOUS SWISS GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT OFFICES AND MEMBERS OF
THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
"INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CANTONS." JAHRBUCH FUER
UMHELTSCHUTZ. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DBS UMHELTSCHUTZES
VOGEL, H. E., ED. EPA
GERMAN PCS 155-156 IDf 02396A
HATER
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES RECENT LEGAL-ADMINISTRATIVE LANDMARKS IN SWITZERLAND'S EFFORTS TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. ARTICLE 21 (7) OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION RELATIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
WAS APPROVED BY REFERENDUM BY 93.5 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN 1971. IN JULY 1972, THE MORE STRINGENT
FEDERAL LA* ON PROTECTION OF HATER AGAINST POLLUTION (ENACTED OCTOBER 8, 1971) REPLACED AN OLDER
LAH. THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY
MAY 26, 1971. THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR PROVISION OF HATER, SEWAGE PURIFICATION AND HATER
PROTECTION, AN ANNEX INSTITUTE OF THE FEDERAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZURICH, OFFERS ADVISORY
SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY. ALL CANTONS HAVE OFFICES FOR HATER PROTECTION. ASSIGNMENT
OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE AREA OF AIR POLLUTION IS IN A STATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND GIVEN TO VARIOUS
OFFICES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR ENVIRONMENT, HATER AND HEALTH, IN DIFFERENT CANTONS. THE CANTONAL
OFFICES FOR HATER PROTECTION ARE LISTED WITH ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS.
USSR
PM(B)
"USSR: ELIMINATE WASTES." UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. I
EPA
GERMAN 02/00/74 PGS 10 ID# 02381A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES POLLUTION CONTROL INFORMATION FOR THE SOVIET UNION FROM MATERIAL
ISSUED BY THE SOVIET PRESS SERVICE "NOHOSTI." IN MOSCOH, OVER 7000 PURIFICATION PLANTS HAVE
BEEN CONSTRUCTED. BOILERHOUSES AND REMOTE HEATING POHER PLANTS THERE ARE NOW FUELED BY NATURAL
GAS. AROUND 700 HEALTH-ENDANGERING FACTORIES HAVE MOVED OUTSIDE THE CITY OR HAVE BEEN REMODELED
TO REDUCE POLLUTION. MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR VARIOUS HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ARE BEING ELABORATED
FOR THE SOVIET UNION AS A HHOLE. THRESHOLDS HAVE BEEN SET FOR 400 SUBSTANCES IN HATER AND FOR
120 SUBSTANCES AND 25 COMBINATIONS IN THE AIR. A FACILITY HAS COMPLETED ON THE COAST OF THE
CASPIAN SEA LAST YEAR HHICH PROCESSES MECHANICALLY, BIOLOGICALLY AND CHEMICALLY 200,000 CUBIC
METERS OF INDUSTRIAL HASTEHATER DAILY. EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE USSR IN
1972 ARE ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 11 BILLION RUBLES. DEVELOPMENT OF NEH TECHNOLOGY TO EFFECTIVELY
ELIMINATE INDUSTRIAL WASTES IS BEING URGED IN VIEH OF THE CONTINUING PROBLEM.
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GENERAL
USSR
NOISE
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"OUR FRIEND—NATURE." IZVESTIYA
RUSSIAN 12/05/74 PGS 1-2
EPA
ID* 02384A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE STATE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL
ECONOMY OF THE USSR FOR 1975 INCLUDES A SPECIAL SECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. A MEMBER
OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
STATED THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE NEW STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN THE STATE PLAN, THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MOULD GIVE MORE
ATTENTION TO AND ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.
"HORN-BLOWINS PROHIBITED, BY LAW." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
ID* 02374A
PORTUGUESE
08/13/7K PGS 23
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE SILENCE LAW PASSED BY THE MUNICIPAL
CHAMBER OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. IT WILL ESTABLISH WORK-HOUR SCHEDULES AND MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE
NOISE LEVELS FOR EACH ZONE OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO REGULATE NOISE PRODUCED BY CONSTRUCTION,
TRAFFIC, BUSINESS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS LAW, SPECIFIC
REGULATIONS CONCERNING PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS HILL BE FORMULATED. INDUSTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS
MUST COMPLY TO THESE REGULATIONS WITHIN TIME LIMITS SPECIFIED BY THE LAW. THE LAW, IN ITS PRESENT
FORM, SUBSTITUTES A MORE RIGOROUS BILL SPONSORED BY THE PREFBCTURAL PLANNING AUTHORITY,
AND CRITICS OF THE PASSED LAW CLAIM THAT IT IS TOO VAGUE AND TOLERANT IN MANY RESPECTS WHICH WILL
RENDER ITS APPLICATION INEFFECTIVE. HOWEVER, THE SPONSOR OF THE SILENCE LAW, CELSO MATSUDA,
EXPLAINS THAT IT IS BASICALLY LONG RANGE IN SCOPE, PROVIDING ADEQUATE TIME FOR INDUSTRY AND
BUSINESSES TO COMPLY EFFECTIVELY.
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"SILENCE LAW IN DANGER." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
PORTUGUESE 08/16/74 PGS 18
EPA
ID* 02374B
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, COMMENTING ON THE RECENT PASSAGE OF SAO PAULO'S SILENCE LAW,
EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR A RIGOROUS SYSTEM OF SURVEILLANCE AND PENALTIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF
NOIS£ CONTROL LEGISLATION. PREVIOUS NOISE CONTROL MEASURES, ALTHOUGH CONSCIENTIOUSLY FORMALIZED
BY LAWMAKERS, HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE OF A LAXITY IN ENFORCEMENT ON THE PART OF THE
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. THE NEGATIVE RESULTS OF THE 1955 ACOUSTICS LAV, THE NOISE MONITORING
STATIONS ESTABLISHED IN 1962, THE NOISE CONTROL CAMPAIGNS OF 1965 AND 1966, THE 1970 AMENDMENTS
TO THE ACOUSTICS LAW, AND THE BRAZILIAN NOISE POLLUTION SYMPOSIUM OF 1971 ALL LEND SUPPORT TO
THE OPINION THAT THE NEW SILENCE LAW WILL LIKEWISE BE INEFFECTIVE UNLESS WEAKNESSES IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION ARE RESOLVED.
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NOISE
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"DSV (DEPARTMENT OF ROADWAYS) PROMISES TO ENFORCE SILENCE LAW." 0 ESIADO DE
SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 09/03/74 PGS 19 ID* 02374C
ALSO PHB
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT SAO PAULO IS ONE OF THE NOISIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND
IN NEED OF SPECIAL LAWS TO CONTROL EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC NOISE. THE DIRECTOR OP THB SAO PAULO
DEPARTMENT OF ROADWAYS HAS STATED THAT THE FORTHCOMING REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL SILENCE LAW
WILL BE RIGOROUSLY ENFORCED AS SOON AS APPROPRIATE PENALTIES FOR INFRACTIONS OF THE LAW ARE
ELABORATED. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS TO BE A SUM EQUAL TO TWICE THE BASE SALARY OF THE VIOLATOR.
THE RSGULATIONS WILL CONTROL THE INTERMITTENT AND PARTICULARLY UNPLEASANT NOISES PRODUCED BY
MODIFIED ENGINES, AIR HORNS, EXCESSIVE USE OF HORNS AND VEHICLES WITHOUT MUFFLERS. THESE
REGULATIONS CAN BE EASILY ENFORCED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO NECESSITY OF MAKING MECHANICAL NOIS2
LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.
ESC
PH(B)
"AERIAL SPACE, A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.1
DAVIES, M. H. AND GREENWOOD, A. H. C.
FRENCH 06/00/74 PGS 280-292
REVUE DU MARCHE COMMUN
EPA
ID* 02443A
IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES TWO ASPECTS OF AIR POLLUTION PRODUCED BY AVIATION. NOISE
POLLUTION, THE AUTHOR'S PRIMARY CONCERN, IS IN THE PROCESS OP BEING SUBJECTED TO CONTROLS BY MEANS
OF SILENCERS, ENGINE MODIFICATIONS AND ALTERNATE APPROACH AND TAKE-OFF PATTERNS. LEGISLATION HAS
PROVIDED THE NECESSARY IMPETUS TO TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF NOISE LEVEL STANDARDS. IN
THE AUTHOR'S OPINION, ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PROBLEMS ARE ALREADY WELL UNDER CONTROL AND ARE LESS
OF A CONCERN. MOREOVER, HE ARGUES THAT THE SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFICULTIES INTRODUCED BY
SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT CAN BE REMEDIED THROUGH COMPARABLE TECHNICAL CONTROL.
GERMANY,FEJ REP OF
LR(B)
"NOISE PROTECTION — THE LAST CHANCE FOR BERLIN MOTOR SPORTS." DIE WELT
EPA
GERMAN 10/04/74 PGS 8 ID* 02409A
THIS NEWS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT, SHOULD A RECENT COURT DECISION BE UPHELD, MOTOR RACING ALONG
WEST BERLIN'S FAMOUS AVUS TRACK WILL NO LONGER BE FEASIBLE. ACCORDING TO.THE DECISION, RACING
WILL BE APPROVED ONLY WHEN THE RESULTING NOISE DOES NOT EXCEED 75 DECIBELS. THIS IS TANTAMOUNT
TO OUTLAWING MOTOR RACING, FOR AUTO AND MOTORCYCLE RACING PRODUCES NOISE LEVELS OF ABOUT 112
DECIBELS, EQUIVALENT TO THOSE PRODUCED BY JET AIRCRAFT AT TAKEOFF. THE DECISION WAS TAKEN AS A
RESULT OF COMPLAINTS MADE BY RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THE AVUS TRACK. THE BERLIN SENATE IS BEING
ASKED BY RACING ENTHUSIASTS TO NULLIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT'S DECISION.
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NOISS
GERMAN*,FSD RBP OF
LR(3)
"THE GERMAN LAB ON PROTECTION AGAINST AIRCRAFT NOISE." REVUE GENERALE DE L'AIR
ET DE L'ESPACE, VOL. 36
GOY, R. BPA
FRENCH 00/00/73 PCS 267-282 ID# 02460A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE LAW ON THE PROTECTION AGAINST AIRCRAFT NOISES (MARCH 30, 1971) OF
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IS IMPORTANT AS ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND FOR THE MANNER
IN WHICH IT APPROACHES AND SOLVES THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED. THE ARTICLE CITES EXAMPLES OF THE
GENERAL, FRAGMENTARY LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO AIRCRAFT NOISE EXISTING PRIOR TO THIS TIME. THE
STEPS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE LAW ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING STAGES OF (1) SCIENTIFIC STUDY,
(2) INTERPARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSIONS AMONG MEMBERS OF FEDERAL AND STATE ASSEMBLIES, AND (3)
CONTROVERSY AMONG GROUPS AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSAL OF THESE GROUPS. PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON THE
NATIONAL LEVEL LASTED FROM 1966 TO FINAL PASSAGE OF THE LAW IN 1971. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE
ARTICLE COMMENTS ON THE LAW'S CONTENT, CHARACTERIZED AS PROVIDING BOTH LOCALIZED, PASSIVE
PROTECTION IN AREAS AROUND AIRPORTS AND MORE GENERAL PREVENTIVE PROTECTION AT NOISE SOURCES.
A FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE LA« IS APPENDED.
GERMANY,FED HJSP OF
PM(B)
"TILTINvi AT WINDMILLS." UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
ZUENDORF, UHE EPA
33RMAN 10/00/73 PCS 39-45 ID* 02433A
*GENERAL SOLID WASTE WATER AIR
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
SIOJ OG BYPLAN (NOISE ABATEMENT IN TOWN PLANNING). NKB-PUBLICATION NO. 17
EPA
DANISH 05/00/71 PGS 1-27 ID# 02377A
THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS PRACTICAL AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR REDUCING NOISE NUISANCES
IN URBAN AREAS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TRAFFIC NOISE AFFECTING HUMAN HABITATIONS, OPEN AREAS,
AND RECREATIONAL AREAS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE LEVEL OF NOISE
EMANATING FROM EXTERIOR SOURCES DURING BOTH DAY AND NIGHT HOURS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 30 DB(A),
MEASURED FROM BEHIND CLOSED WINDOWS. THE DISTANCES BETWEEN NOISE SOURCES AND AFFECTED AREAS
NECESSARY FOR ACHIEVING THIS STANDARD ARE STATED, AS WELL AS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE DISTANCES
HAY BE REDUCED WHEN NOISE BARRIERS ARE INTERPOSED OR INCREASED WHEN BUILDINGS OF SEVERAL STORIES
ARE INVOLVED. THE FINAL SECTION CONSIDERS CITY PLANNING MEASURES CONDUCIVS TO ACHIEVING NOISE
REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. (THi NORDIC BUILDING RE3ULATIONS COMMITTEE, UNDER WHICH THIS
REPORT HAS PREPARED, IS A JOINT COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL BUILDING AUTHORITIES WORKING ON COORDINATING
TECHNICAL BUILDING REGULATIONS IN DENMARK, FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN AND ICELAND.)
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NOISE
JAPAN
Lfi(B)
MEXICO
Sfi(
"3,700 TO SUE AIRPORT IN OSAKA OVER NOISE." JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ID* 02398A
ENGLISH
12/03/7U PGS 3
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT 3,700 PEOPLE FROM KAWANISHI, HYOGO PREFECTURE, AND TOYONAKA, OSAKA
PREFECTURE, NEAR OSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HILL BRING SUIT IN OSAKA DISTRICT COURT TO:
1) PROHIBIT AIRCRAFT FROM USING THE AIRPORT FROH 9:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M.; 2) PAY BACH PLAINTIFF ONE
MILLION YEN COMPENSATION FOR PAST NOISE POLLUTION; AND 3) PROHIBIT CRAFT FROM CAUSING NOISE OF 65
PHONS OR MORE FROM USING THE AIRPORT. IN FEBRUARY OSAKA DISTRICT COURT RULED THAT PLANES MIGHT
USE THfi AIRPORT UNTIL 10:00 P.M. THAT DECISION IS CURRENTLY BEING APPEALED BEFORE THE OSAKA HIGH
COURI. THE GOVERNMENT REDUCED JET FLIGHTS USING THE AIRPORT BY 20 PER DAY IN MAY AND ESTABLISHED
AN ORGANIZATION TO WORK TOWARD REDUCING NOISE POLLUTION IN THE AIRPORT AREA.
"NOISE, A HEALTH PROBLEM, AFFIRMS DR. MARQUEZ MAYAUDON." EXCELSIOR
EPA
SPANISH 10/13/74 PGS 1F ID* 02401A
ALSO LRB
IN THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, ENRIQUE MARQUEZ MAYAUDON, A MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL COUNCIL OF THB
MEXICAN SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, ELABORATES UPON THE PREJUDICIAL EFFECTS OF
INCREASING NOISE LEVELS ON SOCIETY AND STATES THAT NOISE LEVELS IN MANY CITIES HAVE INCREASED
FOUR-FOLD IN 15 YEARS, NOT ONLY ON THE STREETS AND IN FACTORIES, BUT ALSO IN THE HOME. THIS
DETERIORATING SITUATION REQUIRES THAT NOISE BE CONSIDERED AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM, AND
MARQUjJZ HAS AFFIRMED THAT THE TECHNICAL COUNCIL HILL SOON DISSEMINATE THB REGULATIONS FOR THE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF NOISE.
NETHERLANDS
PM(B)
"...BUT FLIGHT NOISB CAN BE REDUCED."
SCHUBERT, DIETER
GERMAN tO/17/114 PGS
ALSO SB
STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
19-20
ID*
EPA
021*24 A
THIS ARTICLE, OCCASIONED BY A STUDY VISIT TO AMSTERDAM'S SCHIPOHL AIRPORT BY THB COMMISSION
ON FLIGHT NOISE FOR STUTTGART AIRPORT, STATES THAT ACCORDING TO A DUTCH OFFICIAL FLIGHT NOISE
CANNOT BE PREVENTED BUT IT CAN BE REDUCED. AN AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTED THAT FLIGHT NOISB
LEVELS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN 1965 AS AT PRESENT, FOR WHILE MORE LARGE JETS ARE BEING
BUILT WITH QUIETER ENGINES, FLIGHT VOLUME IS CONTINUALLY INCREASING. ANOTHER SPOKESMAN NOTED
THAT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE ENERGY CRISIS HAVE SLOWED THE CONVERSION OF PLANES TO
QUIETER JET APPARATUS. ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ALSO CAUSED DUTCH OFFICIALS TO ABANDON PLANS TO
BUILD ANOTHER LARGE AIRPORT IN A LESS DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF THB COUNTRY. RELATIVE TO
SCHIPOHL ITSELF, IT WAS LEARNED THAT ONLY ONE RUNWAY IS UNCONDITIONALLY OPEN TO AIR TRAFFIC AT
NIGHT. THREE RUNWAYS ARE CLOSED TO JETS WHICH DO NOT MEET INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC NOISB
SPECIFICATIONS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:30 P.M. AND'6:00 A.M.
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SWITZERLAND
P«(B)
PAGE
26
JAHRBUCH FUER UMHEL1SCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DES UHHELTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOGEL, H. E., ED. £PA
GERMAN PGS 1-207 ID* 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
*GENERAL WATER AIR SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES
USSR
LR(B)
PESTICIDES
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"URGENT MEASURES FOB REDUCING NOISE IN CITIES."
ZAICHENKO, A.I., AND OTHERS
RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 3-6
ALSO PMA
GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 7
EPA
ID* 02371A
THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE INSUFFICIENCIES OF NOISE CONTROL IN THE USSR AND THE 1973
RESOLUTION "ON NOISE RiDUCTION MEASURES IN INDUSTRIES, CITIES AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS." THIS
RESOLUTION REQUIRES THE MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, AS HELL AS THE
COUNCILS OF MINISTERS OF THh FEDERATED REPUBLICS, TO ESTABLISH TECHNICAL METHODS OF NOISE REDUCTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS BY 1975. ALSO STIPULATED BY THE RESOLUTION IS THE COMPILATION OF A
LIST 0? PERMISSIBLE NOISE LEVELS OF NOISE-PRODUCING ARTICLES BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE
ALL-UNION CENTRAL TRADE-UNION COUNCIL. FURTHERMORE, STANDARDS FOR NOISE LEVELS OF AIRCRAFT IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE TO BE SET BY THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. THE
SURVEILLANCE OF NOISE LEVELS OF MOTOR VEHICLES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.
FINALLY, INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES FOR NOISE CONTROL, ESTABLISHED IN HOST OF THE FEDERATED
REPUBLICS, ARE TO PREPARE AND ENFORCE CORRESPONDING RESOLUTIONS ON NOISE CONTROL!
"FREE SALE OF HERBICIDES IS PREJUDICIAL." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/31/74 PGS 12 ID* 02422A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RBPORTS ON THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE OSE OF THE HERBICIDE
TRICHLOROPHENOXIACETATE IN BRAZIL. THE BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH MAINTAINS THAT HUMAN CONTACT
WITH THIS HERBICIDE CAN CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE. AT THE INSISTENCE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, THE
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HAS AGREED TO LIMIT ITS APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF TRICHLOROPHENOXIACETATE.
HOtfEVEH, SEVERAL TOXICOLOGISTS REPRESENTING THE POSITION OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH DOUBT THE
ABILITY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE TO EFFECTIVELY CONTROL THE USE OF THIS HERBICIDE AND
BELIEVE THAT ITS IMPORTATION AND MARKETING HILL RESULT IN ITS UNAUTHORIZED AND INCORRECT USE.
TH£ MINISTRY OF HEALTH, THEREFORE, ADVOCATES THE BAN OF THIS HERBICIDE, ESPECIALLY AS APPLIED
FROM AIRCRAFT. IT IS UNLIKELY AT THE PRESENT TIME THAT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE HILL RADICALLY
RESTRICT THE USE OF TRICHLOROPHENOXIACETATE SINCE IT IS EFFECTIVE AS A HERBICIDE, BIODEGRADABLE
AND INEXPENSIVE.
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27
PESTICIDES
BRAZIL
LS(B)
DKNMAfiK
PM(B)
"MANUFACTURE OF INSECTICIDES AND RAT POISONS IS REGULATED." 0 ESTADO DE SAO
PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 10/20/74 PGS 41 ID* 02451A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE CONTROL OF MEDICINE
AND PHARMACY HAS LAID DOWN DIRECTIVES REGULATING THB MANUFACTURE, CONTENT, PACKAGING AND SALE OF
DOMESTIC INSECTICIDES AND RAT POISONS. TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL POISONINGS OF HUHANS, THE USE OF
AROMATICS IN PESTICIDES IS PROHIBITED AS IS ANY FORM OF PACKAGING OR LABELING WHICH COULD BE
MISLEADING. THE DIRECTIVES SPECIFY TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND REGULATE THEIR USE IN PESTICIDE
PRODUCTION, AND SOME OF THE RESTRICTED AND PROHIBITED POISONS ARE LISTED IN THIS NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE. MANUFACTURERS HAVE ONE YEAR TO MODIFY THEIR PRODUCTS TO ACCEPTABLE SPECIFICATIONS.
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THESE SPECIFICATIONS CAN RESULT IN REVOCATION OF LICENSES TO MANUFACTURE
PE3Tl:iDbS.
PESTICIDER (PESTICIDES). POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD PUB. NO. 17
DENMARK. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-182 ID* 02379A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE PESTICIDES WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE CHIEF SOIL COMMISSION
OF THK DANISH POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, CONSIDERS PESTICIDES, THEIR USE AND REGULATION, THE RISK
OF UNDESIRABLE AND POLLUTIVE EFFECTS CONNECTED WITH THEIR USE, AND THE MEASURES TAKEN AND
RECOMMENDED TO PREVENT SUCH EFFECTS. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE
VARIOUS FINDINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHILE THE SECOND SECTION REPRODUCES THE FULL TEXTS OF THE
10 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ON WHICH THE SUMMARY IS BASED. VARIOUS STUDIES DEAL WITH AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AREAS OF: PESTICIDE LEGISLATION; THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POISONOUS
SUBSTANCES BOARD; SUPERVISION OF PESTICIDE USE AND STATISTICS ON PESTICIDE SALES; RISKS FOR
HUMANS AND iJFFiiCTS ON FLORA AND FAUNA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOODS; DECOMPOSITION OF PESTICIDES
IN THE SOIL; AND THE OCCURRENCE OF PESTICIDES IN THE AIR, RAINWATER, SOIL, GROUNDWATSH, SURFACE
WATER AND THh' SEA.
SWITZERLAND
PM(3)
JAHRBUCH FUlSR UMWELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DBS UMWELTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOGEL, H. £., ED. EPA
3ERMAN PGS 1-207 ID* 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
*GENERAL WATER AIR SOLID WASTE NOISE
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FRANCE
PM(B)
SOLID WASTE
BRAZIL
LR(B)
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28
"THE GOVERNMENT INFORMS THE REGIONAL COUNCILS.
IN FRANCE MAPPED." LE MON.JE
FRENCH
12/04/74 PCS 15
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SITES
ID#
EPA
02297B
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPRODUCES THE MAP OF NUCLEAR-POWER PLANT SITES IN FRANCE (THOSE IN
OPERATION, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND PLANNED) AND HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTENTS OF TWO DOCUMENTS WHICH
ALONG WITH THE MAP tfERE SENT TO THE REGIONAL PREFECTS BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AS PART OF A
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR-PRODUCED ELECTRICITY.
THS FIRST DOCUMENT, ENTITLED "LOCALIZATION OF NUCLEAR PLANTS," DEALS HITH THE NEED FOR NUCLEAR
ELECTRICITY, THE STRUCTURE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS OF THE PLANTS, AND THE EFFECTS OF THESE PLANTS
ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THB SECOND DOCUMENT CITES THE REASONS FOR SITE SELECTIONS. THESE DOCUMENTS
ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGIONAL COUNCILS, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILS, THE GENERAL
COUNCILS, AND THE WATER BASIN AGENCIES FOR THEIR OPINIONS. THIS COORDINATION IS DESIGNED TO
ELICIT OPINION AND TO PINPOINT THE DEGREE OF REGIONAL RESISTANCE TO THE INSTALLATION OF NUCLSAR
POWER PLANTS.
"SEMA WILL REPORT ON WATER QUALITY." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO PMB
*WATKR
08/24/74 PCS 10
ID*
EPA
02421A
AIR
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"MOTORIST WHOSS VEHICLE POLLUTES MAY BE FINED." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/21/74 PGS 34 ID* 02428A
*AIR GENERAL
DENMARK
PM(B)
FAST AFFALD (SOLID WASTE). POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD PUB.
DENMARK. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-320 ID*
NO.
20
EPA
02375A
THIS REPORT, PRODUCED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON SOLID WASTE SET UP IN MAY 1970 UNDER THE DANISH
POLLUTION BOARD, SURVEYS POLLUTION FROM THE PRODUCTION, COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF SOLID WASTE,
EVALUATES TREATMENT METHODS, AND PRESENTS PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH SUCH WASTE. THS FIRST PART
OF THE REPORT PRESENTS A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE AREAS CONSIDERED BY THE WORKING GROUP: POLLUTION
AND NUISANCES FROM SOLID WASTE; PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE UNAUTHORIZED AND RANDOM OCCURRENCE OF
WASTE ON BEACHES AND IN PARKS AND FORESTS; SPECIAL TYPES OF WASTE SUCH AS CONTAINERS, AUTO WRECKS
AND PLASTICS; SYSTEMATICALLY HANDLED WASTE AND ITS SOURCE; VARIOUS METHODS OF TREATING SOLID
WASTE; REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; AND LEGISLATION. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
DEALING WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF WASTE PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ARE PRESENTED.
THE SECOND PART CONTAINS THE TEXTS OF THE 22 INDIVIDUAL REPORTS ON WHICH THE INITIAL OVERVIEW
AND THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED.
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GERMAN OEM REP
PM(B)
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29
"FREIBERG." GDR REVIEW
STEYER, ROLAND
ENGLISH
*AIR
01/00/73 PCS 1-5
EPA
ID* 02440A
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"EFFECTS OF NEW ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION LAW." SAARBRUECKER ZEITONG
EPA
GERMAN 10/18/71 PCS 21 ID# 02373A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A WORKSHOP OF THE ORGANIZATION OF URBAN SANITATION CONCERNS FOR THE
FEDERAL STATES HESSE, RHINELAND-PALATINATE, AND SAARLAND HELD IN SAARBRUECKEN. DISCUSSION
REVEALED THAT SANITATION CONCERNS HAVU ENCOUNTERED SOME PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL HASTE
REMOVAL LAW, ESPECIALLY IN DISPOSING OF WASTES FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THEIR
COMPOSITION AND FREQUENTLY THEIR DANGEROUSNESS. SANITATION FIRMS ALSO ENCOUNTER SPECIAL
DIFFICULTIES IN DISPOSAL OF WASTES FROM HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS' OFFICES, REMOVAL OF LARGE
CONTAINERS, REMOVAL OF OLD TIRES, RECYCLING WASTES, AND BUILDING AND OPERATING PULVERIZATION
FACILITIES. COSTS OF WASTE REMOVAL HAVE BEEN STEADILY RISING DUE TO THE GREAT INCREASE IN
QUANTITY.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"NEW LAW MAKES SOLID WASTE 'MANAGEMENT' POSSIBLE." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/05/74 PCS 5 ID# 02415A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT UNDER A PROPOSED WASTE REMOVAL LAW DRAFTED BY THE STATS CABINET IN
BADKN-HUERTTEMBERG SOLID WASTES WOULD BE COLLECTED, TRANSPORTED, HANDLED AND STORED SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR HEUTILIZATION WHENEVER POSSIBLE. THE STATE 30VERNMENT COULD PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL
TREATMENT OF CERTAIN WASTE TYPES BY DECREE AS NECESSARY. THE LAW WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR REFUSE
COLLECTION AT CITY OR DISTRICT (LANDKREIS) LEVEL RATHER THAN AT THE PRESENT COMMUNITY LEVEL.
REGULATIONS WOULD GOVERN THE NUMBER AND REQUIRED TRAINING OF WASTE REMOVAL PLANT PERSONNEL. THE
CABINET HAS FURTHER SENT TO AFFECTED CITIES AND DISTRICTS FOR COMMENT A PROPOSED PARTIAL PLAN
UNDER WHICH 50 PERCENT OF DOMESTIC WASTES WOULD BE COMPOSTED. CONSTRUCTION OF 51
LARGri DOMESTIC WASTE REMOVAL FACILITIES IS ALSO PROJECTED IN THE LATTER PLAN. THE ARTICLE
BRIEFLY MENTIONS A PLANNED STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BADEN-HUERTTEMBERG TO BE
HEADQUARTERED AT KARLSRUHE, WHERE IT WILL COMBINE AND COORDINATE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
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GERMANY,FED RiP OF
PM(B)
PAGE
30
"MOST PROTESTS AGAINST CITY PLANNING." DMWELT: FORSCHONG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 5
LOEHA, OflTHIN EPA
GERMAN 10/00/72 PGS 38-42 ID# 02432A
*GENERAL HATER AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"TILTING AT WINDMILLS." UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTHNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
ZUJNDORF, UHE EPA
GERMAN 10/00/73 PGS 39-45 ID# 02U33A
•"GENERAL NOISE HATER AIR
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
JAHRBUCH FUiSR UMHELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FOER ALLE BEHEICHE DBS UMHSLTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOvJEL, H. £., ED. EPA
GERMAN PGS 1-207 ID* 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
*GENSF.AL HATER AIR NOISE PESTICIDES
HATER
BELGIUM
LR(B)
"INDUSTRIALISTS ARE CALLED UPON TO PURIFY THEIR RESIDUAL HATERS.11 LE SOIR
EPA
FRENCH 03/28/74 PGS 8 ID# 00549E
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES AN APPEAL BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF POBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT TO BRUSSELLS INDUSTRIALISTS TO ASSUME THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF PURIFICATION OF
SURFACE HATERS CONTAMINATED BY LIQUID HASTE FROM THEIR ENTERPRISES. THE LAH OF MARCH 26, 1971
ON THE DECONTAMINATION OF SURFACE HATERS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY ENFORCED, AND THE OFFICIAL SUGGESTED
HATES-PURIFICATION PROGRAMS HHICH HE URGED THE INDUSTRIALISTS TO IMPLEMENT. HE NOTED THAT A
ROYAL DECREE PROVIDED FOR GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF SUCH PROGRAMS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, HHICH
MI3HI VARY FROM 60 PERCENT THIS YEAR TO 35 PERCENT IN 1979.
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BRAZIL
L3(3)
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31
"30RREGAARD MJST SHUT DOWN, SAYS THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY."
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 09/05/74 PGS 22 ID# 02404A
*AIR
BRAZIL
LH(B)
"DIADEMA CLOSES FACTORY AND DENOUNCES POLLUTION." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 09/05/74 PGS 22 IDf 02405A
ALSO PMB
AIR
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITY OF DIADEMA, ALTHOUGH ONLY IN
THE INITIAL STAGES OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE IN COMBATING LOCAL POLLUTION
BY CLOSING DOWN TWO PLANTS AND THREATENING TO CLOSE DOWN TWO MORE UNLESS THEY REDUCE THEIR
POLLUTION. THE INITIATIVE TAKEN BY THE MUNICIPALITY SPRINGS FROM A COMBINED CAMPAIGN OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT OF SAO PAULO AND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF DIADEMA TO PRESERVE THE BILLINGS
HATER RESERVOIR OF THE GREATER SAO PAULO REGION. THE MOST RECENT SHUTDOWN WAS PRECIPITATED BY
COURT ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST A FURNITURE COMPANY, NOT ONLY FOR POLLUTING THE AIR AND WATER, BUT
ALSO FOR CREATING CONSTANT NOISE DISTURBANCES AND OPERATING ON CONDEMNED PREMISES.
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"SEMA WILL REPORT ON HATER QUALITY." 0 ESTADO DS SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/24/74 PGS 10 ID# 02421A
ALSO PMB
AIR SOLID HASTE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT DANGERS TO HUMAN HEALTH WHICH MAY
OCCUR BY SWIMMING IN POLLUTED WATERS, THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PLANS TO
CLASSIFY THE NATION'S BEACHES, LAKES, AND RIVERS ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF POLLUTION ENCOUNTERED
IN EACH. BEACHES, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE CLASSIFIED IN ONE OF THE THREE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
SAFE FOR SWIMMING, RESTRICTED USE, AND INAPPROPRIATE FOR RECREATION. THE ARTICLE ALSO REPORTS
THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) AND' THE STATE COMPANY FOR URBAN CLEANLINESS (CELURB)
OF RIO DE JANEIRO ARE REVIEWING THE PROBLEM OF INCREASED AIR POLLUTION IN RIO 'DE JANEIRO DUE TO
INCINERATION OF REFUSE. EFFORTS TO DECREASE AIR POLLUTION WILL CENTER AROUND PREVENTING INCREASED
USi OF DOMESTIC INCINERATORS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FORTHCOMING POLITICAL FUSION BETWEEN THE
STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND GUANABARA WILL ALSO HBLP ALLEVIATE AIR POLLUTION IN THE CITY, SINCE
MORE LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL, THEREBY RENDERING INCINERATION UNNECESSARY.
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WATER
BRAZIL
LR(B)
BRAZIL
PM(B)
"ATIBAIA MAY PUNISH POLLUTING INDUSTRY." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 10/24/71 PGS 26 ID# 02449A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OP ATIBAIA, BRAZIL,
MAY ORDER THE CLOSURE OF THE LOCAL "FORMULA, S.A." INDUSTRY UNLESS THIS FIRH CAN PROVE TO BE
NON-POLLUTING WITHIN SIXTY DAYS. THIS ACTION FOLLOWS A FINE LEVIED AGAINST THE INDUSTRY BY THE
STAT£ COMPANY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND BASIC SANITATION OF SAO PAULO (CETESB) FOR POLLUTING THE WATER
SUPPLY RESERVOIR OF ATIBAIA. RECENT WATER QUALITY ANALYSES TAKEN FROM THE RESERVOIR BY CETESB
INDICATE THAT THE DANGER OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE RESERVOIR HAS NOT PASSED. HOWEVER, A LARGE
NUMBER OF DEAD FISH CONTINUE TO APPEAR IN THE RESERVOIR, AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, QUESTIONING THE
CEIilSB FINDINGS, THREATEN TO CLOSE DOWN THE INDUSTRY UNLESS IT CAN PROVE NON-CULPABILITY.
"WATER POLLUTION IS SERIOUS IN SAO PAULO." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/14/74 PGS 14 ID# 02393A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT PAULO NOGUEIRA NETO, THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLLUTED DRINKING WATER IN SAO PAULO IS ONE OF BRAZIL'S MOST
SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. SUGGESTED SHORT-RANGE SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM LIE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
CAMPAIGNS RECOMMENDING THAT WATER DRAWN FROM WELLS BE BOILED BEFORE UTILIZATION, WHILE LONG-RANGE
SOLUTIONS IMPLY AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN IN ALL URBAN AREAS. MEANWHILE,
THE STATE COMPANY OF BASIC SANITATION OF SAO PAULO (SABESP) HAS OPENED AN ADDITIONAL 32 KILOMETERS
OF WATER SUPPLY CANALS COMPLETING MORE THAN HALF THE 2,800 KILOMETERS OF CANALIZATION ENVISAGED TO
SERVE THE CITY WITHIN THE COMING YEAR. THIS WATER SUPPLY NETWORK IS PART OF THE MULTIANNUAL
WORKS PROGRAM, MADE POSSIBLE BY TAPPING NEW SOURCES OF WATER HHICH NOW FURNISH THE CITY WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 3,000 LITERS OF WATER PER SECOND. THE ARTICLE ALSO CITES NOGUEIRA NETO'S RECENT VISIT
TO MEXICO DURING WHICH A BASIS WAS ESTABLISHED FOR EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
BRAZIL
PM(B)
"WITHOUT SUFFICIENT HATER, THE CITY TREATS ITS SEWAGE." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/18/74 PGS 38 ID# 02395A
DUE TO THE PRESENT LACK OF PURE WATER IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, AND IN VIEW OF INCREASING WATER
NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE, THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE EXECUTIVE GROUP OF GREATER SAO
PAULO (GEGRAN) HAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE GOVERNOR A PLAN FOR CLEANING UP PRESENTLY POLLUTED
RIVERS IN THE REGION WHICH CAN SERVE AS FUTURE HATER SUPPLY SOURCES FOR THE CITY. THE DEPOLLUTION
OF LOCAL RIVERS WILL BE THE RESULT OF EFFORTS TO TREAT AND REDIRECT MUNICIPAL SEWAGE WHICH IS
PRESENTLY DISCHARGED INTO THESE RIVERS. PLANS CALL FOR SEWAGE TO BE FILTERED THROUGH A SERIES OF
SPECIAL TREATMENT STATIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONDUCTED 14 MILES THROUGH A SEHAGE LINE TO THE
JUQUEHI RIVER WHICH, BY MEANS OF ITS SHIFT CURRENT, HILL ACT AS AN OXIDATION POOL, EVENTUALLY
PURIFYING THE SEHAGE UP TO 90 PERCENT.
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HATER
BRAZIL
PM(B)
BRAZIL
PM(fl)
"BAHIA HILL HAVE ANTI-POLLUTION STATION." 0 6LOBO
PORTUGUESE 11/10/74 PGS 23
EPA
ID* 02U30A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES IN
THE BAHIA REGION OF BRAZIL, A SEWAGE TREATMENT COMPLEX1 HILL BE CONSTRUCTED NEXT YEAH IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CAMACARI. THIS COMPLEX, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RIVER CANALIZATION PROJECTS, HILL 33
ABLE TO TREAT BOTH DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL SEHAGE, THEREBY ENSURING THAT THE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNALTERED, AND THAT THE SAME RIVERS WHICH SERVE THE INDUSTRIES MAY ALSO
CONTINUE TO BE USED AS A SOURCE OF HATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF SALVADOR (CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF
BAHIA) . THE PROJECTS HILL AVOID THE DEVELOPMENTAL ERRORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DA8A3E IN
OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. AFTER DESCRIBING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TREATMENT
STATION AND CANALIZATION WORKS, THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT THIS SYSTEM HILL BE THE LARGEST AND
MOST TECHNICALLY MODERN IN LATIN AMERICA, COVERING 250 THOUSAND SQUARE METERS AND REQUIRING
15,000 CUBIC METERS OF CONCRETE IN ITS CONSTRUCTION.
"SEWERS POLLUTING PRESIDENTS PRUDENTE." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/23/74 PGS 16 ID* 02U31A
ALSO S2
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE SEWERAGE NETHORK IN THE
BRAZILIAN .MUNICIPALITY OF PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE IS CREATING SERIOUS SANITATION PROBLEMS BECAUSE NO
INTERIM SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS EXIST DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SEWERAGE LINES. AS PART
OF THE MUNICIPAL LONG-RANGE INVESTMENT PLAN, THE DEPARTMENT OF HATER AND SEWERS ENVISAGES THE
COMPLETION OF 18 THOUSAND METERS OF SEWERAGE LINES WITHIN THREE YEARS. HOWEVER, IN THE MEANTIME,
PRESENT SEWERAGE LINKS ARE BEING BLOCKED AND BACKED UP, CREATING HEALTH HAZARDS AND FORCING
RESIDENTS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HATER AND SEHERS, THE ONLY
DEFINITE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE COMPLETION OF THE THREE-YEAR PROJECT FOR ENLARGING
THE MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE NETWORK.
BRAZIL
"FISHERMEN ABANDON POLLUTED MOGI RIVER." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 08/18/74 pss 35 ID* 02387A
AIR
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT FISHERMEN
ARE BEING FORCED TO TRANSFER THEIR OPERATIONS TO
MATO GROSSO BECAUSE EVEN THE HARDIEST STRAINS OF
POLLUTION. ALSO, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF FARMERS
OF AIR POLLUTION. THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER OF THE
MUCH OF THE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, ADMITS THAT
DISTRIBUTES THE BLAME FOR POLLUTION EVENLY AMONG
NETWORKS OF THE REGION. DESPITE CHAMPION'S PLANS
THE DAMAGE DONE IS ALREADY EXTENSIVE. MEANWHILE,
AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE REGION IS ALREADY
IMPORT AND PAY MORE FOR FISH PRODUCTS.
OF MOGI-GUACU IN THE STATE OF CAMPINAS, BRAZIL,
THE PARDO AND MIRANDA RIVERS IN THE STATE OF
FISH IN THE MOGI-GUACU RIVER ARE DYING OFF FROM
HAVE REPORTED DAMAGE DUE TO THE CORROSIVE EFFECTS
CHAMPION CELLULOSE INDUSTRIES, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR
NO ALTERNATIVE IS LEFT FOR THE FISHERMEN, BUT
THE 165 INDUSTRIES AND 29 MUNICIPAL SEWAGE
TO AUGMENT EXISTING POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS,
AMID THE GROWING REPORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
EXPERIENCING THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF HAVING TO
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34
HATER
BRAZIL
SE(
"STATE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO FINANCE WATER." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 09/01/74 PGS 43 ID* 02406A
ALSO LRB AND PMB
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN MUNICIPALITY OF MARABA PAULISTA, LIKE MANY
OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO, HAS ENCOUNTERED A SERIOUS LACK OF WATER
PURIFICATION FACILITIES BECAUSE THE STATE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO FINANCE SANITATION WORKS. THE
STATE GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES THE FINANCING OF MUNICIPAL SANITATION WORKS ON THE CONDITION THAT
SUCH WORKS BE CONTROLLED BY THE BASIC SANITATION COMPANY OF THE STATE OF SAO PAULO (SABESP).
MANY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, FEARING A STATE MONOPOLY ON SANITATION FACILITIES, HAVE REJECTED THIS
PLAN STATING THAT RESIDENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE HIGH COSTS OF STATE SANITATION
SERVICES. FOR THIS REASON, MARABA PAULISTA HAS DECIDED TO MAKE DO WITH ITS OWN RESOURCES IN
CONSTRUCTING SANITATION AND WATER SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH IT INVOLVES DRAWING ON FUNDS ORIGINALLY
DESIGNATED FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES.
DENMARK
PM(B)
VANDRESSOURCE (HATER RESOURCES). POLLUTION CONTROL PUB.
DENMARK. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
DANISH 06/00/71 PGS 1-90 ID*
NO.
14
EPA
02378A
THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY THE HATER RESOURCES GROUP ESTABLISHED BY THE CHIEF WATER
COMMITTEE OF THE DANISH POLLUTION BOARD TO MAP DANISH WATER RESODRCES AND INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED
TO PROTECT THEM, ELABORATE A STATEMENT OF PRESENT AND PROJECTED WATER CONSUMPTION LEVELS AND THE
ACCOMPANYING COSTS, AND INDICATE AREAS IN WHICH FURTHER KNOWLEDGE IS NECESSARY. MAJOR SECTIONS
DEAL WITH: DANISH FRESHWATER RESOURCES; THE PRESENT CONSUMPTION OF WATER FOR DOMESTIC,
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES; FUTURE DEMANDS FOR FRESHWATER; THE INFLUENCE OF POLLUTION
ON THE UTILIZATION OF BOTH GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; CURRENT MEASURES DESIGNED TO
PROTECT WATER RESOURCES FROM POLLUTION; NECESSARY ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES; AND CONCLUSIONS DERIVED
FROM THE STUDY. DETAILED MAPS OF THE LOCATION, USE, AND QUALITY MAINTENANCE OF DANISH
FRESHWATER RESOURCES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CHARTS AND TABLES ARE INCLUDED.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(B)
"ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." WASSERWIRTSCHAFT
EPA
GERMAN 11/00/74 PGS 340 ID* 02439A
*AIR
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(A)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE COMMUNITY OF NINE." NEUE ZOEECHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/06/74 PCS 17 ID* 02458A
"GENERAL
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35
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(B)
"FIRST LEGAL ACT
ZIHEKCHER ZEIIUNG
GERMAN
FOB A EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY." NEUE
11/08/74 P3S 17
ID*
EPA
02458B
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES HAS PASSED GUIDELINES FOR THE QUALITY OF SURFACE WATERS USED AS SOURCES OF DRINKING
WATER. THE GUIDELINES DIVIDE SURFACE HATERS INTO THREE GRADES OF QUALITY THAT .CAN BE USED FOR
DRINKING HATEH. THE COUNCIL BILL ESTABLISH CORRESPONDING NORMS WHICH MEMBER STATES MUST OBSERVE,
ALTHOUGH AN INDIVIDUAL STATE MAY APPLY MORE STRINGENT NORMS. MEMBER STATES ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT
TO PERMIT EXCEEDING OF THE NORMS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME IN SPECIAL CASES. THE GUIDELINES
SPECIFY THAT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HATERS ARE TO BE TREATED IN THE SAME MATTER. QUALITY
NORMS ABE TO BE REEXAMINED AFTER TWO YEARS, AND MEMBER STATES ARE TO ACHIEVE HITHIN THE FRAMEWORK
OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE WORST GRADES OF HATER HITHIN TEN YEARS.
THERS IS NO PROVISION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HATERS BY NON-MEMBER
STAIfiS.
FRANCE
PM(B)
"TO SAVE THE OCEAN, JAHROT PROPOSES AN ENVIRONMENTAL COAST GUARD UNIT."
LE MCNDE
EPA
FRENCH 12/10/74 PGS 44 ID* 02410A
ALSO LRB
THIS NEWS ARTICLE REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROPOSALS FOE THE PROTECTION OF THE SEA AND THE
FRENCH SHORELINE THAT THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ANDRE JARROT, PROMISES TO LAY BEFORE
TH3 GOVERNMENT. THESE PROPOSALS INCLUDE COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AMONG THE VARIOUS AGENCIES
CONCERNED WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE OCEAN AND THE FRENCH LITTORAL AND THE VESTING OF
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR UNIFIED ACTION IN ONE SINGLE AGENCY OR IN A SPECIALIZED UNIT, THE
STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING REGULATIONS THROUGH TOUGHER PENALTIES, REGULATION OF OFF-SHORE
INCINERATION AND OCEAN-BOTTOM EXPLOITATION, AND A LAW GOVERNING AUTHORIZATION AND SUPERVISION
OF REFUSE DUMPING AS HELL AS A LAH BANNING THE DISCHARGE OF TOXIC HASTES INTO HATERS OFF THE
COAST.
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HATER
FRANCE
PM(B)
"WATER: MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN BASIN AGENCIES FINANCING BAY UNDERGO
REVISION." LE FIGARO
B3ITRY, MICHELE EPA
FRENCH 10/16/71 PGS 11 . ID* 02444A
ALSO SE
THE ARTICLE EXAMINES FRANCE'S HATER BASIN FINANCE AGENCIES ON THE EVE OF THEIR SEVENTH
ANNIVERSARY. ATTEMPTING TO DISCOURAGE POLLUTION THROUGH THE "POLLUTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE, THESE
AGENCIES ALSO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENCY HORK PROJECTS. ALTHOUGH CLEAR DECLINES IN POLLUTION HAVE BROUGHT GENERAL
APPROVAL TO THEIR OPERATION, CRITICISM IS BEING RAISED BY MUNICIPALITIES HHICH OBJECT TO THE
PAYMENT OF PENALTY FiiES FOR THE POLLUTION GENERATED BY THEIR INHABITANTS. NEGOTIATIONS
SPONSORED BY THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE SOLUTION — INCORPORATING THE
PENALTY FEE INTO THE PRICE OF HATER. SINCE THIS INNOVATION WOULD ENTAIL AN AMENDMENT TO THE
1964 WATER LAW, FURTHER TALKS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL THE SPRING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.
FRANCE
PM(B)
"NO HOPE OF CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT A
AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC
FRi-NCH 11/01/74 PGS 26
:HANSE OF POLICY."
EPA
ID# 02445A
LE MONDE
THIS ARTICLE REVIEHS A 315 PAGE REPORT ISSUED BY THE FRENCH COASTAL INVESTIGATORY COMMISSION.
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE COMMISSION REPORTS THAT SOURCES OF POLLUTION SHOH NO INDICATION OF
DIMINISHING AND IS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE COMMISSION CALLS FOR A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY WITH AN INDEPENDENT MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT CONSISTING OF DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTION
UNITS. THIS AGENCY HOULD POLICE ALL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND BE CONSULTED PRIOR TO ANY NEW
PROJECT. ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, THE INVESTIGATORS CALL FOR "DYNAMIC ACTION" BY THE
GOVERNMENT IN DEALING HITH THEIR MEDITERRANEAN NEIGHBORS. FINALLY, THE REPORT CATALOGS REMEDIAL
MEASURES FOR POLLUTION CONTROL: STRENGTHENED REGULATIONS, INCREASED POLLUTION FEES, AND EXPANDED
RESEARCH. HOWEVER PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES REMAIN SCEPTICAL OF IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE OF
BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS.
FRANCE
PM(B)
"SHOVELFULS OF OIL."
AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC
FRENCH
LE MONDE
12/04/74 PGS 15
EPA
ID* 02446A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S REACTION TO A RECENT OIL SPILL AND CONSIDERS
TriS CRITICISMS HHICH IT OCCASIONED. THE UNION OF MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS HAS DENOUNCED THE
INEFFECTIVE CONTAINMENT MEASURES, CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE DECRIED THE HUNDREDS OF OIL-COVERED BIRDS
LINING THE SHORE, BIOLOGISTS HAVE PROTESTED THAT TOXIC DETERGENTS HERE USED IN THE CLEAN-UP, AND
FISHERMEN, SEEING THEIR LIVELIHOOD THREATENED BY BOTH CURE AND DISEASE, HAVE FORMED THE SEINE BAY
UNION TO SEEK REPARATION. THE ABSENCE OF PROGRESS IN REMEDIAL ACTION FOR DEALING HITH OIL SPILLS
SINCE THE 1967 "TORREY-CANYON" INCIDENT PROMPTS THE AUTHOR TO CONCLUDE THAT TODAY'S LARGER TANKERS
AND ADDITIONAL PORTS POINT THE HAY TO GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS.
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37
WATER
FRANCE
SS(
GERMANY,FEO REP OF
LR(B)
"THE SilNE AT LE HAVRE - OILY SHRIMP." LE MONDE
AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC
FRENCH 12/18/74 PGS 36
ID#
EPA
024U1A
THIS ARTICLE COMMENTS ON THE ADVANCES OF POLLUTION IN THE SEINE BAY AND EXAMINES THE CAUSES
OF THE POLLUTION ALONG WITH ITS EFFECTS ON THE FISHING INDUSTRY. AS RISING NUMBERS OF INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEXES AND PORT INSTALLATIONS HAVE FILLED THE SEINE ESTUARY HITH THEIR DISCHARGES AND WASTES,
FISHING SITES HAVE SHRUNK AND FISH ARE BECOMING SCARCER. NOW THAT THE SEINE HAS BEEN
CONTAMINATED, THE SURVIVAL OF IIS ESTUARY IS AT STAKE, AND FISHERMEN ARE QUESTIONING THE EVENTUAL
FATE OF THE WHOLE CONTINENTAL SHELF.
"HASTEWATER FEE LAW." WASSER, LUFT UNO BETRIEB, V. 18, NO. 9
DITTRICH, VIKTOR EPA
GERMAN 09/00/74 PGS 508-509 ID# 02400A
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SPEECHES ABOUT THE PROPOSED FEDERAL WASTEWATER FEE LAW PRESENTED
AT A CONFERENCE IN COLOGNE HELD BY THE INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL WATER MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
OF AIR PURIIY IN MAY AND ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. THE DRAFT OF
THE LAW SENT TO THE FEDERAL COUNCIL BY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPOSE A FEE ON DISCHARGERS OF
WASTriHATER BASED ON ITS QUANTITY AND HARMFULNESS. THE FEE WOULD BE 25 DM A YEAR PER "POLLUTING
ENTITY" THROUGH 1979; THEREAFTER, 40 DM PER "POLLUTING ENTITY." A "POLLUTING ENTITY" WOULD
EQUAL THE UNTREATED SEWAGE OF ONE RESIDENT. THE FUNDS WOULD GO TO THE STATES TO FURTHER WATER
PURIFICATION EFFORTS. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE 5-10 PERCENT OF THE FEE'S PROCEEDS.
REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY MAINTAINED THAT THEY IN GENERAL SUPPORT THE FEE, BUT OBJECT TO
INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS, FOR EXAMPLE A FIXED FEE FOR CONCERNS OF ALL SIZES. THE CONCEPT OF A
"POLLUTING ENTITY" AND THE METHODS OF DETERMINING TOXICITY OF WASTEWATEH ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"FURTHER CONTROVERSY ABOUT WATER LAW." SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
BfiRGDOLL, UDO EPA
GSRMAN 10/10/74 PGS 5 IDt 02436A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT A GOVERNMENT WASTEWATER FEE BILL AND A BILL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPATIBILITY OF WASHING AND CLEANING AGENTS FACE OPPOSITION FROM ONE POLITICAL COALITION IN THE
FEDERAL DIET. THE LATTER BILL WOULD ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT BY DECREE TO LIMIT OR PROHIBIT USB OF
CERTAIN WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES. PHOSPHATE CONTENT WOULD BE GRADUALLY LOWERED AND FINALLY
PROHIBITED. PACKAGING WOULD HAVE TO SHOW MAJOR INGREDIENTS OF SUCH AGENTS AND STATE RECOMMENDED
USAGE FOR FOUR GRADES OF WATER HARDNESS. THE WASTEWATER FEE BILL, WHICH WOULD CHARGE POLLUTERS
ACCORDING TO THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF EFFLUENTS 'DISCHARGED, IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE INCENTIVE TO
BUILD MORE CLARIFICATION FACILITIES, IMPROVE CLARIFICATION TECHNIQUES, AND DEVELOP MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES PRODUCING LESS WASTEWATER. THIS BILL, AS HELL AS A WATER MANAGEMENT BILL BEFORE THE
DIET, WOULD REQUIRE CONSTITUTIONALLY GRANTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONCURRENT AUTHORITY WITH THE
STATES IN WATER MANAGEMENT MATTERS, A MOVE TO WHICH SEVERAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES OBJECT.
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38
HATER
3i!RMANY,FEO RE? OF
LR(B)
"J3NVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN BOTH PARIS OF GERMANY - USING AS AN
EXAMPLE INDUSTRIAL HATER AND AIR POLLUTION." JAHHBUCH FUER OSTRECHT, VOL. 13
LUEERS, HARTHIG EPA
GERMAN 00/00/72 PGS 43-61 ID# 02452A
AIR
THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE MAJOR LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR PREVENTION OF AIR AND HATER POLLUTION IN
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (FRG) AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR). THE AUTHOR
CONCLUDES THAT ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IN BOTH STATES IS SIMILAR IN APPROACH IN SPITE OF THE
DIFFERING POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. LEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS AND PROSCRIPTIONS FORM THE BASIS OF
EFFORTS IN BOTH INSTANCES, ALTHOUGH THE GDR HAS BEEN FIRST IN SUPPLEMENTING ADMINISTRATIVE
MEASURES WITH USE-FEES AND ECONOMIC PENALTIES. THE AREAS OF AIR AND HATER POLLUTION ARE TREATED
IN SEPARATE SECTIONS. SUBSECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE FRG TREAT SOURCES AND EXTENT OF POLLUTION,
PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MAJOR CURRENT LEGISLATION, AND PLANNED LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS.
DISCUSSIONS OF THE GDR REVIEH THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, CURRENT LEGISLATION., AND THE FEES AND
PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH HATER USE AND HATER AND AIR POLLUTION EXCEEDING PERMITTED LEVELS.
FOOTNOTES PROVIDE GUIDES TO ADDITIONAL LITERATURE ON THE TOPIC.
GERMANY, FED RfcP OF
PM(B)
"tfATER PROTECTION IS THE KEY PROBLEM." UMHELT:
FiSHLAU, KLAUS-PETER
GERMAN 06/00/7U PGS 39-50
ALSO LRB AND SE
FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ
EPA
ID* 02388A
THIS ARTICLE, BRITTEN BY A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE "EXPERT OPINION ON THE ENVIRONMENT" PREPARED FOR
THB FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DISCUSSES THB SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF HATER MANAGEMENT IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC.
FOUR WATER PURITY GRADES ARE NOTED (CLASS I, PURE OR NEARLY SO; II, MILDLY POLLUTED; III, STRONGLY
POLLUTED; IV, V£BY STRONGLY POLLUTED). SETTING OF AMBIENT HATER QUALITY STANDARDS IS SEEN AS
NECESSARY. SYSTEMS OF HAVING THE POLLUTER PAY COSTS OF IMPROVEMENT INCLUDE: 1) LEGAL
COMPULSION; 2) A FEE SYSTEM; 3) REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. CLASS II HATER PURITY IS REGARDED AS A
PRACTICABLE GOAL. NECESSARY TO ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOAL ARE: MOEE CLARIFICATION PLANTS, INCREASED
PERSONNEL PREPARATION, MORE SEHAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS, GREATER TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, MORE
SEHAGE PRETREATMENT, AND BETTER DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL HASTES. MAJOR 'POLLUTANTS AND SOME EXPERIENCES
IN HANDLING THEM ARE DISCUSSED. THE PRESENT NATIONAL LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATION REGARDING
HATJSR IS DISCUSSED ALONG HITH SHORTCOMINGS AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS.
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39
HATER
GERMANY,FEU R2P Of
P«(B)
"UP TO 100,000 MARKS PENALTY FOR SEWAGE SINNERS PLANNED." STUTTGAHTER ZEITONG
EPA
GB3MAN 10/15/74 PCS 5 ID* 02U1UA
THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES PROVISIONS OF A SEWAGE REMOVAL BILL DRAFTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MINISTRY IN BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. THE BILL COMMITS THE MINISTRY TO A SUPRAREGIONAL VIEWPOINT IN
SEWAGE REMOVAL PLANNING AND MAKES SEWAGE PRODUCERS,'PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR
REMOVAL. COMMUNITIES MAY SET REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGE OF WASTEBATER INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE
SYSTEMS. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEWAGE REMOVAL MAY FORM PUBLIC BODIES, BUT THE STATE (LAND)
DELINEATES PREREQUISITES FOR SEWAGE PLANT PERSONNEL. THOSE WITH PRIVATE WASTEWATER PURIFICATION
FACILITIES MUST PROVIDE INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE PROCESSING CAPABILITY AND THE QUANTITY AND NATURE
OF TREATED SEWAGE AND MUST KEEP WRITTEN RECORDS OF THE RESULTS. INFRACTIONS OF THE LAW WOULD BE
PUNISHED 3Y FINES UP TO 100,000 MARKS. OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED, PARTICULARLY
BY COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
P«(B)
"MOST PROTESTS AGAINST CITY PLANNING."
NO. 5
LOEWA, ORTWIN
GERMAN 10/00/72 PCS
*G2NERAL SOLID WASTE AIR
UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
38-42
EPA
ID* 02432A
GSRi1ANY,F£J REP OF
?M(B)
"TILTING AT WINDMILLS." UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
ZUENDORF, UWE EPA
GERMAN 10/00/73 PGS 39-45 ID* 02433A
*G2NESAL NOISE SOLID WASTE AIR
INTERNATIONAL
Lfi(B)
"INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF RIVER WATER POLLUTION."
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY, V. 2, 1972
WITASCHBK, FRED V.
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 35-54
ALSO PMB AND SE
DENVER JOURNAL OF
ID*
EPA
02390A
THIS ARTICLE, DIVIDED INTO FOUR CHAPTERS, DISCUSSES TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONCEPTS IN
THE USE AND PROTECTION OF RIVERS WHICH CROSS INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. THE GROWING CONCERN
OVER WATER POLLUTION ADDS TO THE EXISTING COMPLEXITIES OF JOINT RIVER ADMINISTRATION; HOWEVER,
THS AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE MAINTAINS THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
TOGETHER WITH ADEQUATE STRUCTURING OF INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION WILL RESULT IN
SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF RIVER POLLUTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND WILL SERVE AS A BASIS FOR
IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS. CHAPTERS I AND II OF THE ARTICLE
DESCRIBE THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF THE USE AND POLLUTION OF RIVER WATERS; CHAPTER III DISCUSSES THE
FUNCTIONS, COSTS, AND THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL; CHAPTER IV GIVES
CONCLUSIONS AND A SUMMARY WHICH EMPHASIZE THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCCESSFUL PIVER POLLUTION CONTROL
ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
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HATER
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B)
"CONVENTION ON THE DUMPING OF HASTES AT SEA, 1972."
V. 7, 1973
WASSSRMAN, URSULA
ENGLISH 08/00/73 PGS U85-488
JOURNAL OF HORLD TRADE LAH,
ID!
EPA
02392A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE UNITED
NATIONS AND HELD IN LONDON IN NOVEMBER OF 1972. DURING THIS CONFERENCE, DELEGATES OF 91 COUNTRIES
AGREED ON A CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT OR REGULATE THE DUMPING OF HASTES AT SEA BY ANY VESSELS OR
AIRCRAFT. ANNEX I OF THE CONVENTION LISTS THE HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND NON-BIODEGRADABLE SUBSTANCES
FOR HHICH DISPOSAL AT SEA IS PROHIBITED. ANNEX II LISTS THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HASTES FOR
WHICH A SPECIAL PERMIT MUST BB ISSUED BY EACH SIGNATORY STATE BEFORE DISPOSAL AT SEA MAY TAKE
PLACE. (ANNEXES I AND II ARE REPRODUCED IN THIS ARTICLE.) DISPOSAL OF HASTES NOT SPECIFIED IN
ANNEXES I AND II REQUIRES A GENERAL PERMIT. ALTHOUGH A PROVISION EXISTS HHICH FORESEES THE CREATION
OF AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISORY ORGANIZATION ON THE MATTER, THE CONVENTION CHARGES THE SIGNATORY
STATES HITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTROLLING DISPOSAL OF HASTES BY ACTIVITIES UNDER THEIR
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. THE CONVENTION ALSO CONTAINS LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR ITS OHN AMENDMENT.
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B)
"REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE POLLUTION OF FRESH AND MARITIME HATERS IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES." LF, DROIT MARITIME FRANCAIS, V. 24 6 25, NOS. 279 6 280
DE PONTAVICE, EMMANUEL EPA
FRENCH 03/00/72 PGS 131-145* ID* 02412A
*ALSO 04/00/72; 195-209
THIS COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LEGISLATIVE MEANS OF CONTROLLING AND PREVENTING HATER POLLUTION
COVERS THE LEGISLATION IN FORCE IN COUNTRIES BORDERING THE MEDITERRANEAN: SPAIN, FRANCE,
MONACO, ITALY, YUGOSLAVIA, ALBANIA, GREECE, ROMANIA, BULGARIA, USSR, TURKEY, SYRIA, LEBANON,
ISRAEL, CYPRUS, EGYPT, LIBYA, MALTA, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, AND MOROCCO. THE LAHS OF EACH COUNTRY ARE
TREATED SEPARATELY AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE POLLUTION OF FRESH HATER (TRADITIONAL CONTROL MEASURES
AND RECENT REGULATIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN PRODUCTS); TO THE POLLUTION OF SEA HATERS (GENERAL
MEASURES, POLLUTION FROM SHIPS' CARGOES AND OIL PIPELINES, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION, POLLUTION
FROM THE EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, FISHING, DETERGENTS, TOURISM, AND
HARBOR ACTIVITIES) ; AND AS THEY PERTAIN TO. THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT AND TO THE
CONTROL OF DISCHARGES BEYOND NATIONAL TERRITORIAL LIMITS. THIS STUDY BEGINS IN ONE ISSUE OF THE
SOURCE PUBLICATION AND IS CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED IN THE ENSUING ISSUE.
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INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
PAGE
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HATER
MEXICO
LR(B)
PAGE
42
"PEMEX (MEXICAN PETROLEUM) AND CFE (FEDERAL ELECTRICITY COMMISSION) HILL BE
FINED IF ANTI-POLLDTION REGULATIONS ARE NOT OBEYED." EXCELSIOR
CARBALLO, M. A. EPA
SPANISH 10/09/74 PGS 16A • ID* 016456
*AIR
OJSCD
LR (3)
"OECD URGES ENVIRONMENT POLICIES." NATURE, VOL. 252
LAURENCE, ELEANOR
iSNGLISH 11/22/74 PGS 263
GENERAL AIR
ID#
EPA
02407A
PORTUGAL
LR(A)
"WORLDWIDE STUDY OF MARINE AND SHORELINE RECREATION." DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AIRGRAM, AHEMBASSY LISBON, A-126
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
PORTUGUESE 11/14/74 PGS 1-92 ID# 02408A
THE ENCLOSURE OF THIS AIRGRAM, COMPILED BY UNITED STATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL IN LISBON,
CONSISTS OF REPRODUCTIONS OF VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF PORTUGAL (DIARIO DO
30VERNO) IN WHICH LEGISLATION CONCERNING PORTS, BEACHES AND POLLUTION OF BEACHES IS PUBLISHED.
THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS COMPILATION IS FROM 1940 TO 1973. THE MOST PERTINENT POLLUTION-CONTROL
LAWS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE ARE THE FOLLOWING: DECREE-LAW 90/71 (1971) AND DECREE 495/73
(1973) WHICH SET FORTH POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES FOR THE COASTS AND BEACHES AND FOR THE MARITIME
WATERS OF PORTUGAL; AND DECREE-LAH 46 619 (1965) WHICH SETS FORTH PROVISIONS REGARDING DISCHARGES
OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN PORTUGUESE WATERS.
PORTUGAL
LR(A)
"DECREE NO. 495/73 OF OCTOBER 6, 1973." DIARIO DO GOVERNO (I SERIE - N. 234)
EPA
PORTUGUESE 10/06/73 PGS 1753-1754 ID# 02417A
THIS DECREE, PROMULGATED BY THE PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIES, MAKES IT ILLEGAL
EXCEPT BY SPECIAL PERMIT TO POLLUTE HATERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MARITIME AUTHORITIES IN
THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES OF PORTUGAL. THE TERRITORIAL MARITIME AUTHORITIES, WITH THE ASSISTANCE
OF THE SANITATION AUTHORITIES, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS DECREE.
VIOLATORS HILL BE PENALIZED ACCORDING TO THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY BEING ONE
MILLION ESCUDOS. ALL ACTIONS IN PURSUANCE OF THE DECREE WILL BE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION AGAINST MARITIME POLLUTION (CNCPM), WHICH WILL ALSO LEVY ALL PENALTIES EXCEEDING
100,000 ESCUDOS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEREBY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONCERNED MARITIME
AUTHORITIES. ALL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE CNCPM AND THE TERRITORIAL MARITIME AUTHORITIES HILL BE
COORDINATED BY THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIES.
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ROMANIA
Ltt(b)
PAGE
43
"JURIDICAL VIEWS ON THE LEGISLATION INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITHIN
FRAMEWORK OF LAW IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA." REVUE ROUMAINE DBS SCIENCES SOCIALES
BRADEANU, SALVATOR EPA
FRENCH 00/00/73 PGS 219-234 ID* 02411A
*GENERAL AIR
SPAIN
LR(B)
SPAIN
LR(B)
"SPAIN ADHERES TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST POLLUTION BY SHIPS." ABC, MADRID
EPA
SPANISH 09/21/74 PGS 36 ID* 02418A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT SPAIN HAS A3REED TO ADHERE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST POLLUTION BY SHIPS AS FORMULATED IN NOVEMBER 1973 BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF 79 COUNTRIES IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION
(IMCO) OF THE UNIT£D NATIONS. THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE SPECIAL NATURE OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN, BALTIC AND BLACK SEAS REGARDING POLLUTION BY DISCHARGES FROM SHIPS, WAS SIGNED
IN LONDON BY THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1974.
"FINE FOR DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER INTO RIVERS." ABC, MADRID
EPA
ID* 02453A
SPANISH
08/17/74 PGS 34
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT WATER-POLLUTION FINES LEVIED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN,
NUMBERED 217 DURING THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE OF 1974, AN INCREASE OF 112 PERCENT OVER THE
CORRESPONDING NUMBER FOR 1973. MONEY COLLECTED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE FINES ACCOUNTED FOR
1,063,500 PESETAS IN MAY AND JUNE OF 1974, AN INCREASE OF 231 PERCENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING
FIGURE FOR 1973 (320,500 PESETAS).
SPAIN
PM(B)
"MADRID: PURIFICATION OF WASTE WATER." ABC, MADRID (ABC REPORTAJE)
30NZALO, P. ANDRES EPA
SPANISH 09/04/74 PGS 1-3 ID* 02416A
ALSO SE
THIS SPANISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PLANS REGARDING
THE PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGED INTO THE JARAMA AND MANZtNARES RIVERS OF THE MADRID
REGION. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE POLLUTED WATERS OF THESE RIVERS FLOW INTO TUB TAGDS RIVER AND
PRESENT SERIOUS THREATS TO THE CITY OF TOLEDO. THE MUNICIPAL SANITATION DEPARTMENT OF MADRID
PRESENTLY OPERATES SOME WASTEWATER TREATMENT STATIONS, FORESEES THE OPENING OF TWO OR MORE IN 1975
CAPABLE OF SERVING TWO MILLION PEOPLE, AND PLANS TO CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL STATIONS IN STAGES UP TO
1981. THE CITY HAS OBTAINED LOANS FROM THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS TO FINANCE 50 PERCENT
OF THE PROJECTS, AGREEING TO REPAY THE LOANS WITHIN TWENTY YEARS. OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE
MANZANARES ALSO PLAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT STATIONS. THE ARTICLE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
DE3RSE OF SUCCESSFUL POLLUTION CONTROL DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE UNIFIED ACTION OF LOCAL
MUNICIPALITIES, BUT ALSO ON THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE FUTURE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
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SWITZERLAND
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44
UNSER WASSER IN GEFAHR (OUR HATER IN' DANGER)
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
GERMAN PGS 1-23
EPA
ID* 02369A
THIS PUBLICATION IN MAGAZINE FORMAT, DIRECTED AT AWtKENING AWARENESS IN YOUTH OF THE DANGERS
OF WATER POLLUTION, EMPHASIZES THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC IN GUARANTEEING PURE DRINKING WATER AND IN
BRINGING ABOUT THE REGENERATION OF RIVERS AND LAKES. PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION ARB
DISCHARGES OF HOME SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND LEAKAGE OF OIL INTO WATER BODIES. THE RESULT
IS OFTEN LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL BALANCE IN RIVERS AND LAKES, DESTRUCTION OF FISH AND THE "DEATH" OF
THE WATER. MICROORGANISMS NORMALLY PRESENT IN UNPOLLUTED WATER AND KINDS OF FISH INDIGENOUS TO
SWITZERLAND ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM AND THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC AND OF INDUSTRY ARE DISCUSSED. THE OPERATION OF A PURIFICATION
PLANT IS OUTLINED. INCLUDED IS A MAP SHOWING THE STATUS OF WATER CLARIFICATION THROUGHOUT
SWITZERLAND AS OF JANUARY 1, 1969. PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS COMPLEMENT THE TEXT.
SWITZERLAND
PM (3)
JAHRBUCH FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ 1973. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEHEICHE DES UMWELTSCHUTZES
(ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION YEARBOOK 1973)
VOGEL, H. £. , ED. EPA
GERMAN PGS 1-207 ID* 02389A
ALSO LRB/*AFTER AUTUMN 1973
*GENERAL AIR SOLID WASTE NOISE PESTICIDES
SWITZERLAND
?M(B)
"INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CANTONS." JAHRBUCH FUER
UMWELTSCHUTZ. FACHBUCH FUER ALLE BEREICHE DES UMWELTSCHUTZES
VOGEL, H. E., ED. EPA
GERMAN PGS 155-156 ID* 02396A
*GEN£RAL
USSR
LR (B)
"IN ORDER THAT WATER WILL BE CLEAN." IZVESTIYA
BELICHENKO, YU EPA
RUSSIAN 10/09/74 PGS 3 ID* 02380A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES WATER PROTECTION MEASURES TAKEN IN THE USSR IN EXECUTION OF THE "BASES
OF WATER LEGISLATION OF THE USSR AND FEDERATED REPUBLICS" AND THE RESOLUTION "ON INTENSIFYING THE
PROTECTION OF NATURE AND MAKING BETTER USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES." IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE
CURRENT FIVE-YEAR PLAN, MORE THAN 5,000 PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS WERE PUT INTO OPERATION,
ALTHOUGH MANY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED REQUIRED WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
THE ARTICLE ALSO DEALS WITH MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT SHIPS' DUMPING OF REFUSE INTO THE VOLGA AND
URAL RIVER BASINS, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MINISTRIES OF FISHING OF THE USSR AND OF THE RIVER
FLEET OF THE RSFSR. IN ADDITION, ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, NOTING THAT POLLUTING INDUSTRIES MAY BE PENALIZED BY FINES OR ORDERED TO
SUSPEND THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESSES.
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