PB-231 665-30
Number 30
February 1975
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
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
PIC
NOISE
Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign govern-
ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the
dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of
documents received is the first step.
Office of Planning and Management
Office of International Activities
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C. 20460
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AIR
Bayer (Bruges) Workers Demand More Precise Data on
Their Factory's Pollution
Coogee Air Pollution Study. May 1974 ............. 1
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02580A ......... 10
SEMA Advises of Pollution Dangers ............... 2
To Reduce Pollution, Stopping of Industries .......... 2
Canada.
Ontario Lowers Air Quality Standards .............. 2
Canadian Taxi Survey ...................... 3
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02578A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02582A .......... 14
F-tonefc
A Marriage of Convenience Between Polluters and Their Victims. . 4
Germany, fe.d Rep o&
Less Sulfur in Oil ....................... 4
More Heavy Metals in the Air .................. 5
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02519A ..... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02485A ..... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02527A ..... 17
See NOISE (Fed Rep of Germany) ~ Control No. 02516A ...... 28
Air Pollution Legislation in Great Britain ........... 6
See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 02482A ....... 19
Damages From Lead Work Emissions Feared
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Italy
City's Smog Cut in Half .................... 6
Outline of Air Pollution Monitoring and Research in Italy ... 7
See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 02514A ........... 21
Japan
Air Pollution Control in Japan ................. 7
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 02492A ........... 21
The Acid From the Sky ..................... 8
OECO
Who Exports, Who Imports? ................... 8
StuctzeAlancf
Reduction of Permissible Lead Content in Gasoline ....... 8
Pollution of City Air - City Measures for Improvement ..... 9
USSR
Comparison of Permissible Limits of Chemical Substances in
the Air in Working Zones in the USSR and the U.S ...... 9
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02521A ............ 26
GENERAL
(Western Australia) Environmental Protection Council
Annual Report, 1973 ..................... 10
Environmental Protection Authority Annual Report 1972-1973 ... 10
Australian National Report on Problems of the Human Environment. 10
Economic Growth: Is It Worth Having? ............. 11
The Destruction of Five Tons of Cyanide Discovered in
Lessines Will Cost (Whom?) 1.2 Million Francs ........ 11
A Commission of the Environment and Quality of Life ...... 11
Pollution Will Have Official Campaign 12
See AIR (Brazil) — Control No. 02037G 2
COMECON
Protection of Nature - The Concern of the Socialist Countries . 12
CMEA Countries' Cooperation in Environmental Protection
and Improvement 13
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Who Does What ......................... 13
Environmental Reform and the Municipal Authorities ...... . 13
Environmental Reform and Industry ............... 14
See WATER (Denmark) ~ Control No. 02581A ........... 39
F/uince
A Code So Often Requested . . ................. 14
If a Dialogue Is Turned Down by the Administration It
Will Mean Confrontation ................... 15
See SOLID WASTE (France) -- Control No. 02470A ......... 31
Germany, fe.d Rep oj
More Protection From Mercury in Fish .............. 15
Environmental Prosecutors With Success ............. 16
Can Traffic Become More- Environmentally Compatible? ...... 16
A Healthy Environment Through Research and Technology ..... 17
Environmental Protection in Agglomeration
Areas - Example: Ruhr Area ................. 17
Environmental Awareness 1972 .................. 18
Environmental Protection Is Not To Be Sacrificed ........ 18
The Public Sector Still in Arrears ............... 18
The Control of Pollution Act 1974 ............... 19
D.O.E. (Department of the Environment) and Its Work ...... 19
Pollution Control in England .................. 19
Intesinationat
On the Difficulties Involved in the Polluter Pays Principle . . 20
See RADIATION (International) — Control No. 02564A ...... 30
See WATER (International) — Control No. 02469A ........ 44
Economic Crisis Comes to the Aid of Ecology .......... 20
"Environment Year Zero" in Italy Because of the War
Between the Ministries ................... 21
Japan
Government to Appoint 30 Pollution "Ombudsmen" ......... 21
Environmental Pollution and Japanese Industry .......... 21
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OECV
10 Recommendations of OECD'S Environment Ministers ....... 22
The Export of Poisons Is To Become More Expensive ....... 22
Report on Environmental Problems in the Socialist
Republic of Romania ..................... 22
Switzerland
Environmental Problems in Switzerland ............. 23
Pollution: Who Will Pay the Bill? ............... 23
Tunisia.
Creation of a Tunisian National Office of
Environmental Control .................... 23
ilnittd NcutLont>
Dreams of Abundance Replaced by Survival Planning ....... 24
USSR
Problems of Protection and Sanitation of the Environment
at Different Stages of the Building of Socialism ...... 24
Causes of Environmental Pollution and Environmental
Protection Measures in the USSR ............... 24
Basic Successes in the Realm of Environmental Protection
in the Uzbek SSR ...................... 25
The Protection and Preservation of Nature in the
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic .............. 25
The State Plan of Development of the National Economy of the
USSR for 1975 ........................ 25
1975 State Plan for the National Economy of the USSR ...... 26
yu.go.6lau/ca
National Report on the Environment ............... 26
NOISE
New Anti-Noise Measures at Zaventem Airport .......... 26
&ULZJUL
See AIR (Brazil) -- Control No. 02037G ............. 2
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Pewnoftfe
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02582A .......... 14
Ge/unojur, fed Rep orf
Environmental Costs of Road Traffic .............. 28
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02519A ..... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02485A ..... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02527A ..... 17
The Control of Noise in Great Britain ............. 28
See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 02482A ....... 19
Smctze/HancT
Guidelines for Noise Control .................. 29
PESTICIDES
Government Restricts Pesticides ................ 29
RADIATION
Germany, Fed Rep o&
Critical Places ........................ 29
WEU Advocates Consultation in Planning of
Nuclear Power Plants .................... 30
SOLID WASTE
Prefecture Will Invest 68 Million (Cruzeiros) in Refuse
During the Next Five Years ................. 30
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02578A .......... 13
See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 02581A ........... 39
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02582A .......... 14
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F/umce.
Mr. Jarrot's Recoveries
France Will Profit From Industrial Wastes
Germany, Fe.d Rep o&
A Waste Plan for the Munich Region
Chemical Purification for Industry Wastes
Contradiction - And No End
Regional Organization as Coordinator in Matters
of Solid Waste
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02519A
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) -- Control No. 02527A
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02510A
&I/C&U.K.
See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 02482A . .
Wastes - An Alternate Source of Energy?
Contract Between West Berlin and GDR for Waste Removal
OECP
Towards the Effective Management of Waste
USSR
Guarantees of Safety
Protection Against Pollution
WATER
Water Pollution Legislation (State)
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02580A ....
Classification of Beaches Established. Regulations
Establish Criteria
Waste Treatment Increases Industrial Gains
Pollution of the Seas
Canada
The Canada Water Act Annual Report
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32
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33
33
34
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17
18
19
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35
35
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36
36
10
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Penmo/tfe
Environmental Reforms and Agriculture ............. 39
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 01742A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 02578A .......... 13
See GENERAL (Denmark) ~ Control No. 02582A .......... 14
fJtanc.e.
Searching for Oil With Infrared Cameras ............ 40
A Counter-Project, for the Purification of Lake Bourget ..... 40
Specialized Gendarmes to Pursue Polluters ........... 40
Chemical Pollution and the Balance of a Marine Environment ... 41
Recycling of Wastewater on the Island of Porquerolles ..... 41
GeAffion Pern R&p
Care of Water ......................... 41
G&unany, Fed Rep ofi
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02519A ..... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02527A ..... 17
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02510A ..... 18
Prevention of Water Pollution in England and Wales ....... 42
See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 02482A ....... 19
London Conference of IMCO in 1973 on Problems
of Sea Pollution ...................... 43
Organization of Water Protection on the European Level ..... 43
Keeping the Water Clean .................... 44
European Pollution ....................... 44
Iceland
Report on Water Pollution ................... 44
Italy
The River Is Doomed by the Law ................. 45
Venice: Notices of Violation for Marghera Sludge ....... 45
Pollution in Livorno: 72 Persons Under Investigation ..... 45
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Japan
Water Pollution Control in Japan ................ 46
See GENERAL (Japan) -- Control No. 02492A ........... 21
OECD
See AIR (OECD) — Control No. 02515A .............. 8
November 6, 1974. General Water Protection
Decree. Amendment ..................... 46
Especially Stringent Water Protection Measures
Apply to Large Tank Installations .............. 47
Water Protection Is Essentially Financially Assured ...... 47
USSR
The Volga Will Be Clean .................... 48
Rivers Will Be Pollution-Free ................. 48
Protecting the Nerl' River ................... 48
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02529A ............ 24
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02521A ............ 26
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AIH
AUSTRALIA
PH(B)
COOGBE AIR POLLUTION STUDY. HAT 1974
HESTBHN AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL
ENGLISH 05/00/74 PGS 1-137
ID I
EPA
02486A
THIS STUDY HAS PREPARED BY THE COOGBB AIR POLLUTION STUDY GROUP FOR THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL TO EVALUATE PRESENT, AND PREDICT FUTURE, AIR POLLUTION LEVELS OVER 610
HECTARES OF LAND BEING CONSIDBRBD FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. IN ADDITION TO FULFILLING IMMEDIATE
GOALS, THB RESULTS OF THE PROJECT, CONDUCTED FROM JANUARY 1, 1973 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1974, ARE
APPLICABLE TO FUTURE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND HELP PINPOINT AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. AIR
POLLUTION HAS ASSESSED THROUGH CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH STANDARDS, HETEROLOGICAL DATA, AND MEASURED
AND PROJECTED LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS, ESPECIALLY SULFUR DIOXIDE, DUST AND SMOKE. ALSO INVESTIGATED
HERE ODORS, NOISE, ACCIDENTAL EMISSIONS AND AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS. THE INITIAL SECTION OF THE
STUDY SUMMARIZES RESULTS, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANT AREAS, AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
THB SECOND SECTION DISCUSSES THB DATA AND ITS EVALUATION IN MORE DETAIL. MORE THAN 70 PAGES OF
TABLES AND FIGURES, A LIST OF REFERENCES AND A ROSTER OF THE STUDY GROUP COMPLETE THB PRESENTATION.
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT 1972-1973
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-43 ID* 02580A
^GENERAL HATER
BELGIUM
SE(
"BAYER (BRUGES) HORKERS DEMAND MORE PRECISE DATA ON THEIR FACTORY'S POLLUTION."
LE SOIR
EPA
FRENCH 12/17/74 PGS 4 ID# 02517A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE REACTION OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BELGIAN BAYER-RICHMAN PLANT TO THE
SHUT-DOHN OF THEIR FACTORY BY THE LOCAL BORGERBEISTER. THE DECISION, HHICH SOUGHT TO HALT THE
FACTORY'S FLUORINE EMISSIONS, PROMPTED 130 OF THE HORKERS TO APPROVE A PETITION CALLING FOR A
ROYAL DECREE ESTABLISHING FLUORINE EMISSION STANDARDS. ALSO DEMANDED BY THE HORKERS IS IRREFUTABLE
PROOF OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE BY THEIR FIRM'S EMISSIONS.
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AIR
BRAZIL
PH(B)
BRAZIL
PM(B)
'SENA ADVISES OF POLLUTION DANGERS." 0 6LOBO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO SE
GENERAL
12/06/74 PGS 6
EPA
IDf 02037G
NOISE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THO PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS OP THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT
OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF BRAZIL, ONE OF WHICH INVOLVES THE DISTRIBUTION OF PAMPHLETS TO BRAZILIAN
MOTORISTS INFORMING THEM OF HEALTH DANGERS OF AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION. THESE PAMPHLETS HILL BE
DISTRIBUTED FROM GASOLINE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER CAMPAIGN INVOLVES THE
PUBLICATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOLAR MATERIALS FOUNDATION, OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTEBOOK FOR CHILDREN IN ORDER TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG 30 MILLION SCHOOL
CHILDREN EACH YEAR. SIMILAR INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED.
"TO REDUCE POLLUTION, STOPPING OF INDUSTRIES." ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/31/74 PGS 20 IDf 02565A
ALSO LRB
IN VIEW OF INCREASING LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, THIS NEHSPAPER ARTICLE
REPORTS ON THE PLANS OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION (SUSAM) TO CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION IN THE CITY AND STATE OF SAO PAULO DURING 1975. ONE OF THESE PLANS, THE GUIDE FOR
DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF CRITICAL POLLUTION EPISODE ALERTS, PROVIDES FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSING OF
INDUSTRIES DURING PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. OTHER PLANS INCLUDE TAKING
INVENTORIES OF AIR POLLUTION SOURCES, MORE DIRECT CONTROL OVER AIR POLLUTION SOURCES, ELABORATION
OF SPECIFIC LEGISLATION ON THE SUBJECT, AND THE CREATION OF A NEH NETHORK OF MONITORING STATIONS.
THE ARTICLE ALSO GIVES STATISTICS ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE STATE
AND THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES UNDER CONTROL OF SUSAM AS OF 1973. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LEGAL ACTIONS
AND RESEARCH PROJECTS AS CONTAINED IN SUSAN'S REPORT FOR 1971-1974 ARE ALSO CITED IN THIS ARTICLE.
CANADA
LR(B)
"ONTARIO LOWERS AIR QUALITY STANDARDS." DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAM. AMEHBASSY
OTTAWA. A-645
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/13/74 PGS 1-6 ID* 02487A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HAS MODIFIED SOME OF ITS CLEAN
AIR REGULATIONS. LOCAL PRESS ARTICLES REPORT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: 1. THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE
24-HOUR AVERAGE OF PARTICLES PER CUBIC METER OF CITY AIR HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 90 TO 120
MICROGRAHS, SINCE THE PREVIOUS LEVEL PROVED UNREALISTIC. 2. THE LEGAL LIMIT FROM A FIXED
SOURCE REMAINS UNCHANGED AT A ONE-HALF-HOUR AVERAGE OF 100 MICROGRAMS. 3. CADMIUM EMISSION
STANDARDS HAVE BEEN HALVED TO A HALF-HOUR AVERAGE OF FIVE MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER OF AIR. THE
NEH AMBIENT AIR QUALITY LEVEL IS A 24-HOUR AVERAGE OF TWO MICROGRAMS. 4. HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND
NITRIC ACID EMISSION LEVELS WERE REDUCED SINCE THE OLD STANDARDS WERE FOUND TO BE TOO STRINGENT.
5. GUIDELINES, RATHER THAN REGULATIONS, HERE ISSUED FOR VINYL CHLORIDE AIR LEVELS, BUT
U.S.-CANADIAN RESEARCH HAY LEAD TO LEGAL LIMITS FOR THIS SUBSTANCE. 6. BERYLLIUM EMISSION LEVELS
HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM .01 TO .03 MICROGRAMS. THE NEH STANDARDS HERE ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 26.
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CANADA
PM(B)
CANADIAN TAXI SURVEY. ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL REVIEW REPORT EPS 3-AP-74-4
CANADA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/74 PGS 1-100 ID* 02532A
THIS "ECONOHIC AND TECHNICAL REVIEW," ONE OF A SERIES OF REPORTS PREPARED BY OR FOR CANADA'S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE, INVESTIGATES TAXI OPERATIONS IN NINE CANADIAN CITIES TO ASSESS
THEIR IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY. THIS IS PART OF A TOTAL PROGRAM TO EVALUATE MOTOR VEHICLE IMPACT ON
AIR QUALITY IN CENTRAL AREAS OF CANADIAN CITIES, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO POLLUTION ABATEMENT
STRATEGIES. MOST OF THE DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH A MAIL SURVEY OF TAXI COMPANIES, SUPPLEMENTED
BY OTHER DATA WHEN AVAILABLE. THE STUDY IDENTIFIES TYPES OF TAXI OPERATIONS AND DISCUSSES THE
REGULATION OF THE TAXI INDUSTRY. A STATISTICAL PROFILE OF TAXI OPERATIONS INCLUDES INFORMATION
ABOUT TAXICAB FLEETS, ANNUAL AND DAILY DRIVING PATTERNS AND ENGINE MAINTENANCE. A FINANCIAL REVIEW
OF THE INDUSTRY ENCOMPASSES DATA AS TO OWNERSHIP, FLEET SIZE, OPERATING COSTS, AND REVENUES AND
EARNINGS. TWO APPENDIXES CONTAIN A) A REPRODUCTION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH,
AND B) DETAILED RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. TABLES AND HAPS COMPLEMENT THE TEXT.
DENMARK
LR(B)
HVEH GOR HVAD (WHO DOES WHAT)
NIELSEN, SV. EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-40 ID* 01742A
*3ENBRAL WATER SOLID WASTE NOISE
DENMARK
r f
PM(B)
HILJO-REFORHEN OG DE KOMHUNALE MYNDIGHEDER (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND THE
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 IDI 02578A
ALSO LRB
'GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE
DENMARK
PM(B)
MILJO-REFORMEN OG INDUSTRIEN (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND INDUSTRY)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02582A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE NOISE
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PA3E
AIR
PRANCE
PM(B)
"A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE BETWEEN POLLOTERS AND THEIR VICTIMS." LE FIGABO
EPA
FRENCH 09/24/74 PCS 8 IDt 02481A
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES FRANCE'S FIRST ATMOSPHERIC ALERT NETWORK WHICH NOW MONITORS THE SOLFOB
DIOXIDE CONTENT OF THE AIR OVER ROUEN. ACTIVATION OF THE ALERT, WHEN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS HAKE
THE CONTINUED DISCHARGE OF FUMES HAZARDOUS, RESULTS IN PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES RANGING FROM A
SLOBDOBN TO A COMPLETE HALT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, AT TIMES INCLUDING THE USE OF A LOW SULFUR
CONTENT FUEL. SIMILAR NETWORKS ARE BEING INSTITUTED IN ALL THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTERS; HOWEVER,
THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES HIS MISGIVINGS ABOUT A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO "CONTROL" POLLUTION RATHER THAN
ERADICATE IT.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"LESS SULFOR IN OIL." SUEDDBUTSCHE ZEITUNG
GERMAN 11/09/74 PGS 2
KPA
ID* 02506A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT BEGINNING MAY 1, 1975, THE SULFUR CONTENT OF FUEL OIL
AMD OF DIESEL FUEL WILL BE PROGRESSIVELY REDUCED IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. AS OF
THIS DATE, SULFUR CONTENT IS TO CONSTITUTE ONLY 0.55 PERCENT OF TOTAL FUEL WEIGHT. ON MAY 1, 1976,
SULFUR CONTENT IS TO BE REDUCED TO 0.50 PERCENT OF WEIGHT, AND ON JANUARY 1, 1979, TO ONLY 0.30
PERCENT. THESE PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S THIRD REGULATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE FEDERAL IMHISSIONS LAW, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL DIET.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTORS WITH SUCCESS." UHWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUN5,
SCHUTZ, NO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 PGS 10 ID* 02519A
'GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE NOISE
3BRNANY,FED REP OF
PH(A)
KANN DEB VERKEHR UMWELTFREUNDLICHER WBRDEN? (CAN TRAFFIC BECOME MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE?)
GBUNEWALD, ALBERT LOC
GERMAN 00/00/73 PGS 1-57 ID* 02485A
ALSO SB
*GBRBRAL NOISE
RC290 .5 .E5 678
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GERMANY,FED HEP OF
PM(B)
PAGE
GESUNDE UMWELT DURCH FORSCHOHG OND TECHNIK (A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY)
LOG
GERMAN 00/00/72 P3S 1-390 IDI 02527A
*GENERAL HATBR NOISE SOLID WASTE
HC 290 .5 .E5B45 1972
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"MORE HEAVY METALS IN THE AIR." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 12/18/74 PGS 8 IDt 02551A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE ORGANIZATION OF GERMAN ENGINEERS (VDI) HAS ISSUED NED GUIDELINES
FOR MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS OF 19 AIR POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING SUBSTANCES WITH A HARMFUL OR TOXIC
EFFECT ON MAN. A 24-HOUR AMBIENT STANDARD FOR LEAD OF 0.003 PER CUBIC METER AIR IS RECOMMENDED,
REPRESENTING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN EXPERTS WHO ADVOCATED ONE-THIRD THAT AMOUNT AND THOSE WHO
NOTED THAT AIR LEAD CONTENT MAY BE SIX TIMES THAT LEVEL ABOVE HEAVILY TRAVELED STREETS. THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RECENTLY ISSUED "TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY," A
REGULATION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL INMISSIONS LAW, COVERS SIX OF THE SUBSTANCES TREATED IN THE VDI
STANDARDS. OTHERS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNMENT REGULATION BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE PREVENTED
ITS PASSAGE. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OFFICE FOR IMMISSIONS AND GROUND PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF
NORTH-RHINE WESTPHALIA STATED THAT CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS IN THE AIR OVER THE RUHR AREA ARE
INCREASING, WHILE POLLUTION FROM SULFUR DIOXIDE AND DUST ARE DECREASING.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SE( )
"ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF ROAD TRAFFIC." UHWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
SCHUTZ, NO. 4
EICKEL, KARL HEINZ AND SIEGFRIED JUD EPA
GERMAN 08/00/74 PGS 17-18,20 IDt 02516A
*NOISE
3REAT BRITAIN
LH(A)
"THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974.'
CURRENT STATUTES SERVICE, ISSUE NO.
39
CHAPTER 40, HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND.
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1039-1152
^GENERAL SOLID WASTE WATER NOISE
IDt
EPA
02482A
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AIR
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
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AIR POLLUTION LBGISLATION IH GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLISH
ALSO PHA
00/00/73 PGS 1-7
EPA
IDI 02525A
THIS PAPER, COMPILED BT THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, LISTS AND DISCUSSES IN A
QBNBRAL FASHION THE PRINCIPAL BRITISH AIR POLLUTION LARS AND THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENFORCING THESE LARS. THE PRIMARY LAW FOR CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS IS THE ALKALI ETC WORKS
REGULATION ACT 1906 AS MODIFIED BY THE CLEAN AIR ACTS. HER MAJESTY'S ALKALI AND CLEAN AIR
INSPECTORATE ENFORCES THIS LAB IN COOPERATION KITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE.
AIR POLLUTING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE ALKALI ACT, SUCH AS COMBUSTION ON DOMESTIC
PREMISES, ARE SUBJECT TO CONTROL BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLEAN AIR
ACTS. EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES ARB DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER AS TREY PERTAIN TO THE MOTOR
VEHICLES (CONSTRUCTION AND USE) REGULATIONS 1973. IN ALL CASES THERE IS A CLOSE AND FLEXIBLE
COOPERATION AMONG THB INSPECTORATES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND INDUSTRIALISTS IN CONTROLLING AND
MONITORING AIR POLLUTION.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"DAMAGES FROM LEAD HORK EMISSIONS FEARED." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/06/74 PGS 23 IDI 02464A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF FREIBURG IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY INTENDS TO RAISE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS TO THB LOCATION OF A MUNICH LEAD WORKS
ACROSS THE RHINE BOUNDARY IN THE FRENCH ALSATIAN CITY OF MABCKOLSHEIM. GERMAN OFFICIALS ROPE
THAT CONDITIONS FOR THE FACTORY'S PERMIT MAY BE DISCUSSED BY OFFICIALS OF THE GERMAN AND FRENCH
REGIONS IN ANY CASE. ACCORDING TO CALCULATIONS OF THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES, LEAD EMISSIONS FROM THE
PLANT WOULD NOT EXCEED 1.64 TONS PER YEAR, WHICH EQUALS LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE EMISSIONS OF 10
MILLIGRAMS PER CUBIC METER OR GROUND AIR QUALITY OF 0.005 PER CUBIC METER. GERMAN EXPERTS BELIEVE,
HOWBVBR, THAT LEAD OUST CONCENTRATIONS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE RHINE COULD REACH A DENSITY EXCEEDING
PERMISSIBLE LEVELS. LOCAL OFFICIALS ALSO HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
POSSIBILITY OF LEAD PARTICLBS FINDING THEIR WAY INTO GROUNDHATER. NO MAJOR HEALTH HAZARDS ARE
FORESEEN FROM THE LEAD EMISSIONS, HOWEVER.
ITALY
Lfi(B)
"CITY'S SMOG CUT IN
BAGLIVO, ADRIANO
ITALIAN
HALF." CORRIERE DELLA SERA
11/21/74 PGS 8
EPA
IDI 02569A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN SMOG LEVELS OVER MILAN AND ATTRIBUTES THIS TO
THE RIGOROUS APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL 1966 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAW, WHICH PROVIDES FOR
THE CONVERSION OF HEATING INSTALLATIONS. WITH A MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S HEATING BOILERS NOW
CONVERTED, EMPHASIS IS BEING SHIFTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIR MONITORING SYSTEM RELYIN3 ON
THE USE OF A MOBILE LABORATORY TO CONTROL EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS ZONES.
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ITALY
PH(B)
PAGE
OUTLINE OF AIR POLLUTION MONITORING AND RESEARCH IN ITALT
EPA
ID* 02500A
ENGLISH
09/12/71 PCS 1-5
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN
STOCKHOLM DESCRIBES ITALY'S AIR POLLUTION MONITORING SYSTEM AND OUTLINES THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL
PROGRAMS OF AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH. APPENDED TO THE REPORT ARE THE FOLLOWING FOUR ANNEXES:
1) A NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, 2) A GEOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE
PARTICULATE HATTER MONITORING SITES, 3) A GEOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE S02 MONITORING SITES, AND
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AIR
NORWAY
PM(B)
OECD
PH(B)
"THE ACID FROM THE SKY."
ARVONNY, MAURICE
FRENCH
LE HONDE
01/29/75 P6S 19
EPA
IDf 02570A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES SEVERAL OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH NORWAY NOW FACES AS A RESULT OF THE LONG
DISTANCE MOVEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS. SULFUR DIOXIDE, TRACED TO SMOKESTACKS IN BRITAIN,
HOLLAND, GERMANY AND POLAND, HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED THE ACIDITY OF RAINWATER AND, BECAUSE OF
PARTICULAR SOIL CONDITIONS, NOW THREATENS NORWAY'S FORESTS AND FISH POPULATION. A CONFERENCE OF
EXPERTS IN OSLO RECENTLY ADVOCATED THE ESTABLISHED OF AN INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ON ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTION CONTROL. THIS PROJECT WOULD SUPERSEDE AND EXPAND THE ALREADY EXISTING OECD PROGRAM,
WHICH HAS LIMITED ITS SCOPE TO THE STUDY OF THE MOVEMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS. THE FIRST
PHASE OF THIS NEW PROJECT WOULD CONSIDER SULFUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION.
"WHO EXPORTS, WHO IMPORTS?" UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNS, SCHDTZ, NO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 PGS 46-47 IDf 02515A
WATER
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A STUDY INITIATED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR
ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) INDICATE THAT PRIMARY AIR POLLUTION SOURCES IN EUROPE
ARE INDUSTRIAL AREAS OP GREAT BRITAIN, THE RUHR REGION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, AND
NEIGHBORING PARTS OF BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS AMONG OECD NATIONS, AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL AREAS
OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AND POLAND. THIS CONCLUSION HAS BASED ON DATA
COLLECTED SINCE EARLY IN 1972 AT 68 MEASURING STATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE, USING SULFUR DIOXIDE AS
AN INDICATOR. A MATHEMATICAL MODEL CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED HAY EVENTUALLY FORM THE BASIS FOR
A POLLUTION "EARLY WARNING SYSTEM." THE MEASURING PROGRAM CONSTITUTES ONLY A PART OF TOTAL OECD
CONCERN WITH THE "EXPORT AND IMPORT" OF POLLUTION. A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE OECD ENVIRONMENT
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING ECONOMIC QUESTIONS OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION FOR TWO YEARS, AND
ANOTHER GROUP HAS BEGUN STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS.
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"REDUCTION OF PERMISSIBLE LEAD CONTENT IN GASOLINE." NEUE ZUERCHBR ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/26/74 PGS 34 IDt 02478A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1975, THE PERMISSIBLE LEVEL OF LEAD IN
GASOLINE WILL BE FURTHER REDUCED IN SWITZERLAND. LEAD IN AIRCRAFT GASOLINE IS NOT TO EXCEED
0.57 GRAMS PER LITER (FROM 1.29 GRAMS PER LITER), AND LEAD IN GASOLINE FOR OTHER TYPES OF ENGINES
IS TO BE REDUCED TO 0.40 GRAMS PER LITER (PREVIOUSLY 0.54 GRAMS PER LITER FOR REGULAR GASOLINE
AND 0.57 FOR SUPER) . THE PLANNED REDUCTION OF GASOLINE LEAD-CONTENT TO THESE LEVELS WAS POSTPONED
IN DECEMBER 1973 WHEN PETROLEUM WAS IN CRITICALLY SHORT SUPPLY. GASOLINES WITH HIGHER LEAD CONTENT
IN BONDED WAREHOUSES AS OF JANUARY 1 MAY BE IMPORTED UNTIL JUNE 30, 1975, SO THAT IMPORTERS WITH
THEIR RESERVES IN WAREHOUSES OUTSIDE THE NATION'S CUSTOMS BOUNDARY WILL OCCUPY THE SAME
COMPETITIVE POSITION AS THOSE WHO MOVED THEIR STOCKS INSIDE THE COUNTRY PRIOR TO THIS DATE AS A
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
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AIR
SWITZERLAND
PH(B)
USSR
LR(B)
"POLLUTION OF CUT AIR - CITY MEASURES FOR IHPBOVEBENT." NBUB ZOERCHER ZBITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/14/74 PGS 38 ID» 02475A
THIS ARTICLE SOBHARIZBS MEASURES ANTICIPATED BT ZURICH'S CITY COUNCIL TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION.
SUCH ACTIONS INCLUDE: 1) REGULAR USE OF A MONITORING TEAM TO INSPECT PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES IN
USE, 2) GREATER ENFORCEMENT BY TRAFFIC POLICE OF A FEDERAL REGULATION ON CONSTRUCTION AND
EQUIPMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, 3) EXPANSION OF THE CITY HEALTH INSPECTORATE'S MONITORING OF OIL
HEATING, 4) INVESTIGATION OF AIR POLLUTION SOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A POLLUTION MAP, 5)
APPLICATION OF CANTONAL REGULATIONS TO LIMIT OR FORBID USE OF SULFUR-RICH HEATING FUELS, 6)
CLEAN-UP PROGRAMS FOR EXISTING SOURCES OF HEAVY POLLUTION, 7) PASSAGE OF AN AIR HYGIENE ORDINANCE,
8) CREATION OF PROTECTED RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND PROMOTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, 9) DEVELOPMENT
OF A LONG-DISTANCE HEATING NETWORK, AND 10) EXPERIMENTATION WITH A TRAFFIC LIGHT "YELLOW PHASE"
BEFORE GREEN, SO THAT MOTORS MIGHT BE TURNED OFF WHILE WAITING. FEDERAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC
CAUSED AIR POLLUTION INCLUDE REDUCTION OF THE LEAD-CONTENT OF GASOLINE.
"COMPARISON OF PERMISSIBLE LIMITS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR IN WORKING
ZONES IN THE USSR AND THE UNITED STATES." GIGIBNA TRUDA I PROFESSIONAL'NYE ZABOLEVANIYA
TIMOFIEVSKAYA, L. A. EPA
RUSSIAN 01/00/75 PGS 24-28 ID* 02534A
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES CHARTS OF COMPARATIVE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF VARIOUS TOXIC
CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR TO WHICH WORKERS ARE EXPOSED IN THE USSR AND THE
UNITED STATES. PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 679 SUBSTANCES IN THE
USSR AND FOR ABOUT 550 SUBSTANCES IN THE UNITED STATES.
USSR
SE( )
"1975 STATE PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF THE USSR."
PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PMB
^GENERAL
12/19/74 PGS 3
ID I
EPA
02521A
WATER
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10
GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
PH(B)
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
(WESTERN AUSTRALIA) BNVIBOHNENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT, 1973
WBSTBHN AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTECTIOH COUNCIL EPA
ENGLISH 06/30/73 PGS 1-10 IDI 02579A
THIS REPOBT COVERS THE ACTIVITIES TO THE END OF JUNE 1973 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTECTIOH
COUNCIL SET UP BY THE WESTERN ADSTBALIAN ENVIBONHENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1971 TO ADVISE THE STATE
MINISTER FOB ENVIRONHENTAL PBOTECTIOH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY ON HATTERS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. THE REPORT LISTS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PRESENTS THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS WITH
REGARD TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SUCH AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STEEL WORKS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND
PROPOSALS FOR MINING IN THE FITZGERALD RIVER RESERVE, AS HELL AS WITH REGARD TO MORE GENERAL
QUESTIONS SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
ON OTHER THAN CONSTRUCTED ROADS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE COOGBB AIR POLLUTION STUDY, SET UP BY
THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER AIR POLLUTION LEVELS WOULD PERMIT ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL
ZONE ADJACENT TO A HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED AREA SOUTH OF PERTH, AND THE COUNCIL'S PARTICIPATION IN
CITIZEN EDUCATION EFFORTS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT 1972-1973
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-43 IDI 025BOA
AIR WATER
THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AUTHORITY, COVERING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1973. INITIAL SECTIONS DISCUSS THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE VARIOUS WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONHENTAL ADVISORY BODIES, CONSIDER PROGRESS IN PROMOTING
CITIZEN AWARENESS OF ENVIRONHENTAL PROBLEMS, AND EXAMINE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN STATE
ENVIRONHENTAL MANAGEMENT BODIES AND THOSE OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN CANBERRA. SUBSEQUENT
SECTIONS DEAL WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO:
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA NORTH OF PERTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE AND ESTUARINB ENVIRONMENTS;
LAND UTILIZATION; AND MINING. AN APPENDIX LISTS THE VARIOUS WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP AS OF JUNE 1973.
AUSTRALIA
PH(A)
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL REPORT ON PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-21 IDt 02583A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON
THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT, SURVEYS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
IN AUSTRALIA. SECTION ONE PRESENTS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS WATER RESOURCES,
SOILS, LAND USE, ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND POPULATION. SECTION TWO CONSIDERS SUCH
SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AS URBANIZATION, DROUGHTS AND FLOODS, BUSHFIRE AND
GRASSFIRE ABATEMENT AND CONTROL, LAND MANAGEMENT, MINERAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CONTROL OF HARMFUL
SPECIES. SECTION THREE DISCUSSES THE DISTRIBUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN
STATE AND COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS AND CONSIDERS THE ACTIONS TAKEN OR PROPOSED BY BOTH LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT. SECTION FOUR CONTAINS SUGGESTIONS FOR ACTIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. APPENDED
ARE HAPS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PROBLEM AREAS DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT AS WELL AS A SEVEN-PAGE
REPORT ON ENVIRONHENTAL EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
SE( )
BELGIOH
LR(B)
ECONOMIC 3BOWTH: IS IT WORTH HAVING? TREASURY ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 2
AUSTRALIA. DEPARTHENT OF THE TREASURY LOC
ENGLISH 06/00/73 PCS 1-47 ID* 02488A
HC 605 A626 1973
THIS BOOK (TREASURY ECONOMIC PAPER NUMBER 2) DEALS HITH ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TIER OF RECENT
CHALLENGES TO ITS DESIRABILITY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SCARCITY OF
MINERAL RESOURCES. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS DEFINED AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING A COMMUNITY'S WELFARE AND
MEETING MANY TYPES OF NEEDS WITHOUT WASTING RESOURCES. CHAPTER TWO, DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH
3ROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CONCLUDES THAT POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES CAN IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY MORE EFFECTIVELY AND MORE RAPIDLY THAN ATTEMPTS TO HALT OR REDUCE THE RATE OF ECONOMIC
SHOWTH. IT IS STATED THAT THE HIDDEN COSTS OF POLLUTION (USE OF AIR AND WATER, FOR EXAMPLE), IF
CHARGED, COULD LEAD TO A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION OF
300DS AND SERVICES. THE DEGREE OF CHANGE WOULD DEPEND ON THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO A CLEANER
ENVIRONMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF
USING RESOURCES, EMPLOYING NOISE CONTROL AS AN EXAMPLE, ARE DISCUSSED.
"THE DESTRUCTION OF FIVE TONS OF CYANIDE DISCOVERED IN LESSINES WILL COST
(WHOM?) 1.2 MILLION FRANCS." LB SOIR
PONCIN, JACQUES EPA
FRENCH 12/07/74 PGS 7 IDt 02518A
ALSO SE
THIS ARTICLE, REPORTING ON THE HOST RECENT BELGIAN CYANIDB "DISCOVERY," EXAMINES THE ISSUE
OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE DISPOSAL OF THIS TOXIC LIQUID. ALTHOUGH LEGISLATION
GOVERNING THE ELIMINATION OF SUCH TOXIC WASTES HAS BEEN ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT, IT HAS THUS
FAR BEEN PREVENTED FROM TAKING EFFECT BY THE ABSENCE OF ACCOMPANYING IMPLEMENTATION ORDERS.
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THESE ORDERS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE FORTHCOMING. ALSO DUE FOR
PARLIAMENTARY CONSIDERATION IS LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING A MANDATORY INSURANCE PLAN FOR THE
DESTRUCTION OF SIMILAR NUISANCES.
BELGIUM
PM(A)
"A COMMISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE." LA LIBRE BELGIQUE
EPA
FRENCH 07/01/74 PGS 5 ID* 02472A
THIS ARTICLE INTERPRETS THE CREATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AS AN INDICATION OF
A GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN BELGIUM, AND NOTES THAT A COMPARABLE INTEREST IS NOW BEING
EVIDENCED ON THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL, WITH THE CREATION IN LIEGE OF A COMMISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE STUDY OF SOLUTIONS TO
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND WILL BE DEALING WITH: AIR, WATER, AND NOISE POLLUTION, URBAN PROBLEMS,
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
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PH(B)
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12
"SBMA ADVISES OF POLLUTION DANGERS." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO SE
*AIR
12/06/71* PCS 6
EPA
IDf 02037G
NOISE
BRAZIL
PM(B)
"POLLUTION HILL HAVB OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN." ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
EPA
IDI 0257UA
PORTUGUESE
12/19/7<» PCS 39
TBIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE PREFECTURE OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, WILL INITIATE A
PROJECT TO CELEBRATE ANNUALLY THE "ANTI-POLLUTION EDUCATION WEEK." MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES WILL
DESIGNATE MEMBERS TO A SPECIAL COMMISSION WHO, IN TURN, WILL ELICIT COLLABORATION FROM INTERESTED
PARTIES IN THE CREATION OF COURSES, CONFERENCES AND PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS ON THE PREVENTION AND
CONTROL OF POLLUTION.
COMECON
LR (B)
"PROTECTION OF NATURE—THE CONCERN OF THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES." TEKHNICHESKO
DELO
HARINOV, Z. EPA
BULGARIAN 06/15/74 PGS 1 ID* 02540A
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES TAKEN BY THE
COMECON COUNTRIES AS A 3ROUP AS HELL AS INDIVIDUALLY. WITH REGARD TO THE USSR, ALL THE SOVIET
REPUBLICS HAD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RULES AND STANDARDS BY 1963. THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
HAS A LAW FOB PROTECTION OF NATURE WHICH REGULATES A HIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES RELATIVE TO LAND
USAGE AND PRESERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA. IN BULGARIA, THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES PROTECTION OF
NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, HATER, AIR AND SOIL. A 1967 LAW ON NATURE PROTECTION DESIGNATES THE
BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATE ORGANS AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
LIKEWISE, THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY SPECIFY GOVERNMENT DUTIES FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. FINALLY, THE ARTICLE NOTES JOINT PROGRAMS UNDER FORMULATION BY THE COMECON
COUNTRIES IN ALL PHASES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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GENERAL
COMECON
PH(B)
"CHEA COUNTRIES' COOPERATION IH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT."
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
PROKODIN, V. EPA
ENGLISH 12/00/74 PSS 131-133 ID* 02575A
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A GENERAL OUTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES OF THE COMECON
COUNTRIES. INDIVIDUALLY, EACH OF THE MEMBER-COUNTRIES HAS INSTITUTED STATE CONTROL OVER POLLUTION
CAUSED BY REFUSE AND INDUSTRIAL HASTE AND IS WORKING TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE POLLUTION. IN OCTOBER
1974 COMECON'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVED A PROGRAM OF COOPERATION RELATIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ABOUT 360 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMECON COUNTRIES
AND YUGOSLAVIA HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PLANNING PROGRAMS IN AREAS SUCH AS FUEL
UTILIZATION, PURIFICATION OF HASTE GASES, DUST COLLECTION, AND PURIFICATION OF HATER AT THERMAL
ELECTRIC STATIONS. METHODS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVISED FOR THE SAFE BURIAL OF RADIOACTIVE AND HI3HLY
TOXIC HASTES. THE EFFORTS OF THE MEMBER-COUNTRIES ARE COORDINATED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND ITS COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT.
DENMARK
LR(B)
BVEH GOR HVAD (HHO DOES HHAT)
NIELSEN, SV.
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-40
AIR HATER SOLID HASTE NOISE
EPA
ID* 01742A
THIS PUBLICATION REPRINTS THE JUNE 13, 1973 LAH NO. 372 ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
PRESENTS AN ARTICLE BY ARTICLE TABULAR BREAKDOHN OF THE AUTHORITIES (MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, COUNTY
COUNCILS, MEDICAL OFFICERS, FISHING AUTHORITIES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, THE
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY, OR THE LAND TRIBUNALS) RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING ITS PROVISIONS. THE
AUTHORITIES TO HHICH APPEALS OR COMPLAINTS AGAINST DECISIONS HADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE LAH CAN
BE DIRECTED ARE ALSO CONSIDERED.
DENMARK
PM(B)
MILJO-REFORMEN OG DE KOMHUNALE HYNDIGHBDER (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND THE
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PSS 1-23 IDI 02578A
ALSO LRB
HATER AIR SOLID HASTE
THIS BOOKLET IS DESIGNED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CENTRAL ROLE ASSIGNED TO MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITIES IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT AND OTHER
DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS DUE TO COME INTO FORCE ON OCTOBER 1, 1974. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS
SURVEY THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, DISCUSS THE ROLE OF THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CONSIDER THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE NEH DISTRIBUTION OF
RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPHERE, AND EXAMINE THE FUNCTIONS TO BE PERFORMED BY
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN THE AREAS OF: HATER SUPPLY AND PROTECTION OF GROUNDHATER; HASTEHATER
MANAGEMENT; THE APPROVAL OF HEAVILY POLLUTING ENTERPRISES; THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATIONS; SUPERVISION AND MONITORING; AND PLANNING HITH REGARD TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. A LIST
OF REGULATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE NEH ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SCHEME CONCLUDES THE
PUBLICATION.
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DENMARK
PM(B)
PA3B
HILJO-REFORMBN 06 LANDBHUGBT (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS AND AGRICULTURE)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PSS 1-23 ID* 02581A
*WATBH SOLID HASTE
DENMARK
PH(B)
HILJO-HEFOHMEN 06 INDUSTBIBH (ENVIRONMENTAL REFOBH AND INDUSTRY)
DBNHARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02582A
ALSO LRB
AIR WATER SOLID WASTE NOISE
THIS BOOKLET, PREPARED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, CONSIDERS THE
CONSEQUENCES FOB DANISH INDUSTRY OF THE PACKAGE OF NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS DOE TO
COMB INTO FOBCE ON OCTOBER 1, 1974. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL WITH: MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE 1973
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT; THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM ON INDUSTRY; THE SYSTEM OF
PERMITS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTBWATER; APPROVAL FOR POLLUTING ACTIVITIES; THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES FOB DEVELOPING THEIR OWN GUIDELINES FOR POLLUTION CONTROL; AND
REGULATIONS SPECIFYING THE ROLE OF INDUSTRY IN PLANNING AND CONSERVATION, THE HYGIENE OF THE
WORKING ENVIRONMENT, AND THE DISPOSAL OF OIL AND CHEMICAL WASTES. A LIST OF THOSE ENTERPRISES
FOR WHICH PERMITS ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT IS ALSO INCLUDED.
FRANCE
LR(B)
"A CODE SO OFTEN REQUESTED." LE MONDE
FRENCH 01/04/75 PGS 3
EPA
ID* 02462A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CONTENTS OF THE "ENVIRONMENTAL CODE" WHICH FRANCE'S PRESIDENT PLANS
TO SUBMIT FOB MINISTERIAL APPROVAL. THE "CODE," IN FACT A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, CONSISTS OF
DRAFT LAWS COVERING THE FOLLOWING AREAS: PROTECTION OF NATURE, HUNTING LICENSE REFORM, CREATION
OF A NATIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL AGENCY, AND REFORM OF THE CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS LAW. FURTHER
ADDITIONS COULD INCLUDE THE DUMPING AT SEA BILL AND THE BILL FOR THE UNIFICATION OF LAWS AND LEGAL
INSTBUMENTS FOB THE PROTECTION OF THE SEA. THE WRITER CLAIMS THAT THE TERN "CODE" WILL BE
APPLICABLE ONLY WHEN THESE LAWS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTING DECREES HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED INTO A SINGLE
DOCUMENT.
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PM(B)
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15
"MB. JABBOl'S RECOVERIES." L'EXPRESS
FRENCH
ALSO SB
*SOLID HASTE
11/04/74 PGS 49
EPA
ID* 02470A
FRANCE
PH(A)
"IF A DIALOGUE IS TURNED DOWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION IT HILL MEAN CONFRONTATION."
LE HONDB
AHBHOISE-RENDO, HARC EPA
FRENCH 12/19/74 PGS 34 ID* 02496A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATURE CHARTER COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKING
AFTEB THO YEARS OF OPERATION. TWO DRAFT LAWS N00 BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ORIGINATED
IN THE COMMITTEE. THE FIRST OF THESE ADVOCATES STRICTER MEASURES FOR COASTAL PRESERVATION THROUGH
THE EXTENSION OF THE INALIENABLE PUBLIC MARITIME DOMAIN, THE PROSCRIPTION OF DIKE CONCESSIONS,
LATERAL SEASIDE BOAD CONSTRUCTION, AND THE RESTRICTION OF PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION TO CERTAIN
DESIGNATED ZONES. THE SECOND MOULD HAKE MANDATORY THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF BUILDING PERMIT
REQUESTS. DISSATISFIED WITH CERTAIN OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES, THE COMMITTEE HAS STATED
THAT IT INTENDS TO SEEK GREATER PARTICIPATION IN ALL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LH(B)
"HOBB PROTECTION FROM HBRCURY IN FISH." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 11/15/74 PGS 19 ID* 02476A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HILL FORBID THE SALE OF FISH OR FISH
PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURY ABOVE A STATED LEVEL IN THE FUTURE. THE FEDERAL HEALTH MINISTRY HAS
SUBMITTED A REGULATION FOB THIS PURPOSE TO THE FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. ACCORDING TO
THE MINISTRY, ONLY ONB MILLIGRAM OF MERCURY PER KILOGRAM FRESH HEIGHT OF TUNA FISH, SRORDFISH,
SHARK, HHITE HALIBUT, MACKEREL, PIKE, EEL, SALMON, STURGEON, AND PIKEPERCH RILL BE PERMITTED.
FOR OTHER FISH, CRUSTACEANS, SHELLFISH, AND HOLL0SKS, 0.7 MILLIGRAM MERCURY PER KILOGRAM FRESH
HEI3HT HILL BE ALLOWED. THE MINISTRY BELIEVES THIS MEASURE IS PARTICULARLY NECESSARY SINCE
SIMILAR LIMITATIONS EXIST IN OTHER COUNTBIBS, AND FISH PRODUCTS HRICH COULD NOT MEET STANDARDS IN
ONE OF THESE STATES MIGHT BE BXPOBTBD TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC.
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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED BEP OF
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTORS WITH SUCCESS." UNBELT: FORSCHORG, GESTALTUNG,
SCHUTZ, HO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 PGS 10 IDt 02519A
HATER SOLID BASTE AIR NOISE
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT ACCORDING TO THE JUSTICE MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL STATE OF NORTH
RHINE-WESTPHALIA, THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL OFFICERS TO THE STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS' OFFICES
THREE TEARS AGO HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL. STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1974 SHOWED THAT
OF 928 CASES AWAITING ACTION, 602 HERB PROCESSED, HHILE PROCEEDINGS WERE DROPPED IN ONLY 46
INSTANCES. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PROCEEDINGS HERE AGAINST VIOLATIONS OF WATEB PROTECTION
REGULATIONS. OTHEB PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER OF FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE INCLUDED THOSE AGAINST
VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDE, BASTE REMOVAL AND
PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AND MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY AND NOISE CONTROL. THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF PROCEEDINGS (139) BBRE HANDLED IN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN HAGEN, 107 HERE PROCESSED
IN MUENSTBR, AND 104 IN COLOGNE. OFFENDERS FILED PROTESTS AGAINST FINES IMPOSED BY OFFICIALS
IN 219 CASES, BUT PROTESTS BBRB UNSUCCESSFUL IN 60 PERCENT OF ALL CASES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
KANN DBR VERKBHR UMBBLTFRBUNDLICHER NERDEN?
ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE?)
GRUNEBALD, ALBERT
GERMAN 00/00/73 PCS 1-57
ALSO SB
AIR NOISE
(CAN TRAFFIC BECOME MORE
ID*
LOC
02485A
HC290 .5 .E5 G78
THIS BOOK, PART OF A SERIES OF "REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING," SUMMARIZES DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THE RELATIVE MERITS OF RAIL AND ROAD, INDIVIDUAL AND MASS TRANSPORTATION; LINKS THESE
DISCUSSIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS; CONSIDERS THE INTEREST OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION USERS
AND ENTREPRENEURS; AND REGARDS TAX POLICIES RELATIVE TO TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC. FROM THESE
BASES, THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO DEVELOP POSSIBILITIES OF TRAFFIC PLANNING FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
3ERMANY AND FINALLY DEVOTES A SECTION TO CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE, ORGANIZATIONAL AND
TECHNICAL MEASURES FOR A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE TRAFFIC STRUCTURE. THE CURRENT STATUS
OF TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES FOR LESSENING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FROM TRAFFIC
ARE ALSO REVIEWED. ELEMENTS CONSIDERED IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE: 1) THE USE
OF ENERGY AND GENERATION OF BASTE PRODUCTS, 2) AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION, 3) ACCIDENTS AND THEIR
CONSEQUENCES, AND 4) SPACE REQUIREMENTS. CHARTS AND TABLES ACCOMPANY THE TEXT.
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GERMANY,FED BEP OF
PH(B)
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17
GESUNDB OB WELT DUBCH POBSCHUNG UNO TECHNIK
BESBABCH AND TECHNOLOGY)
(A HEALTHY ENVIBONHENT THBOOGH
GBBMAN
AIB
WATER
00/00/72 PGS
NOISE
1-390 ID*
SOLID HASTE
LOG
02S27A
HC 290 .5 .E5BU5 1972
THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF BEPOBTS OBIGINALLY PBESENTED AT THE GERMAN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 1972
IN BERLIN, HHICH TOOK AS ITS THEME, "A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY,"
AND INCLUDED CONSIDERATION OF CITY PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT. GROUPS OF REPORTS CENTER AROUND
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONHENT, CITY PLANNING, CITY TRAFFIC PBOBLEHS AND
PLANNING, PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY AND DISTANCE HEATING, NUCLEAB POWER PLANTS NEAR THE CITY,
PBOVISION OF DRINKING WATER IN AGGLOMERATION AREAS, NOISE REDUCTION, HASTE REMOVAL PROBLEMS,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AMD ECONOMIC 3BONTR, EFFECTS OF ENVIBONMENTAL PROTECTION ON INDUSTRY,
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING AND STEERING SYSTEMS,
AND THE BOLE OF THE CONSUMER IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 17 SHORT INFORMATIONAL
PAPERS, PREPARED PRIMARILY BY OFFICIAL BODIES OR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, WHICH TREAT
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TOPICS FROM A MOBE TECHNICAL AND SPECIFIC POINT OF VIEW.
3EBHANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN AGGLOMERATION AREAS - EXAMPLE: RUHR AREA."1
GESUNDE UNWELT DURCH FOBSCHONG UND TECHNIK
SCHMITZ, GOTTFBIED EPA
GERMAN 00/00/72 PCS 101-121 ID* 025284
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE POSSIBILITIES OF TOTAL PLANNING FOR RENEWAL IN OLDER INDUSTRIAL
AREAS, USING THE RUHR AREA AS AN EXAMPLE. THE INITIAL SECTION OF THE ARTICLE CHARACTERIZES THE
RUHR REGION IN TERMS OF ABBA, POPULATION, INDUSTRY, PRODUCTIVITY AND GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION.
SECTION II LISTS THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND CUSTOMARY COUNTERMEASDRES IN THE AREA,
INCLUDING PROBLEMS OF AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION, WATER SUPPLY AND HASTEHATER REMOVAL, AND NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF MINING ON THE LANDSCAPE. THE FINAL SECTION DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
REGIONAL PLANNING, NOTING THE NEED TO BASE EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES ON A TOTAL
PLAN CONCEPT. INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INVOLVES AN ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CAPABILITY OF
THE COUNTRYSIDE AND HARMONIZING OF THE VARIOUS PLAN AREAS, SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, RESIDENTIAL
AREAS, LOCATION OF INDUSTRY, ETC. CURRENT PLANS FOB THE BUHB ABBA, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON
INDUSTRY LOCATION POLICY AND SOLID WASTE BBMOVAL, ABE OUTLINED.
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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED BEP OF
SE( )
GEBHANY,FBD BEP OF
SE( )
UHHELTPOLITISCHES BEHUSSTSBIN 1972 (ENVIRONMENTAL ANABENESS 1972)
BDHZ, AXEL B., COHP. LOC
QERHiH 00/00/73 PGS 1-155 IDI 02490A
HC 290 .5 . B B85
THIS STUDY SURVEYS PUBLIC OPINION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (FRG) BELATIVE TO
ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION, INCLUDING INTEREST IN, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
EMPIRICAL DATA FOR THE STUDY HERB TAKEN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, BUT PRIHARILY FROM A SURVEY OF 990
PEBSONS IN THE FRG, EXCLUDING WEST BERLIN, CONDUCTED FROM LATE APRIL TO MID-MAY 1972 BY THE
INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE OF BONN-BAD GODESBERG FOR THE GERMAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY
WORKING GROUP. COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATION CONCERN DEFINITE TRENDS AND INTERESTING CORRELATIONS.
THE 90-PA3E APPENDIX PRESENTS THE 1972 DATA IN TABULAR FOBH. TOPICS COVEBED INCLUDE DEGBEE OF
PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ITS PLACE IN PUBLIC POLITICAL PRIORITIES, AND
OPINIONS ABOUT PAST AND CURRENT PROGRAMS IN THE AREA. PEOPLE HERE ALSO QUESTIONED ABOUT THEIR
READINESS TO SACRIFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND THEIR REACTIONS TO A HYPOTHETICAL INCREASE IN
HASTEHATER FEES OR MEASURES TO REDUCE AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS.
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS HOT TO BE SACRIFICED." DIE HELT
MELDBR, HBINZ-JOACHIM EPA
GERMAN 12/05/74 PGS 5 IDI 02509A
THIS ARTICLE CITES THE STATEMENT OF A REPBESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HILL NOT BE SACRIFICED TO SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC GOALS. THIS STATEMENT
HAS HADE IN BONN AT THE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM, DESIGNED TO ALLOH DISCUSSION AMONG
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ECONOMIC COHHUNITY, EHPLOYEE'S ORGANIZATIONS, SCIENTISTS, ENVIRONHENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS, CITIZEN'S GBOUPS, AND GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CONSIDEBS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENEBGY NEEDS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND DOES NOT BELIEVE
THAT ECONOMIC GROHTH HITH ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE GENEBAL HELL-BEING. IT HAS
ALSO STATED THAT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS ARE NOT ATTBIBUTABLE TO LAWS TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT FUTUBE ENVIBONMENTAL MEASURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON THE TOTAL ECONOMY.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SE( )
"THE PUBLIC SECTOR STILL IN ARREARS." DM WELT: FORSCRUNG, SESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 3
SCHULTB, H. J. EPA
GERMAN 06/00/74 PSS 18-19 IDt 02510A
ALSO PHB
HATER SOLID HASTE
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAS FALLEN BEHIND IN MEETING INVESTMENTS ESTIMATED
NECESSARY FOR IMMEDIATE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES (1971-75) IN THE GOVERNMENT'S 1971 PROGRAM.
ESTIMATED FIGURES AT THAT TIME INDICATED THAT 55 PERCENT OF NET ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INVESTMENT
HOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT. OF THAT TOTAL, 83 PERCENT OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN WOULD
FALL TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR MEASURES SUCH AS SEHAGE AND SOLID HASTE BEHOVAL. IT BECOMES CLEAR
THAT MUNICIPALITIES NEED FINANCIAL SUPPOBT FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS. THREE TABLES SHOH
ESTIMATED INVESTMENTS AND OPEBATING COSTS FOB ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FROM 1971-1975 ACCORDING TO
A) PROGRAM AREA, B) ECONOMIC SECTOR, AND C) GOVERNMENT LEVEL BEARING MAJOR COST. REASONS FOR
DEFICITS IN ENVIBONMENTAL SPENDING ARE LISTED. TO BEHOVE DEFICIENCIES, THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S
"ENVIRONHENTAL OPINION 1974" RECOMMENDS PLANNING IN THE FOLLOHING AREAS: 1) LAND USE, 2) BUILDING,
3) HASTB REMOVAL, 4) LANDSCAPE AND NATURE, 5) HATEB MANAGEMENT, AND 6) AIB QUALITY.
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GENERAL
GREAT BRITAIN
LH(A)
"THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 197
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INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
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20
"BED ADVOCATES CONSULTATION IN PLANNING OF NUCLEAR POKER PLANTS." ST0TTGARTBR
ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 01/08/75 P3S 5 10* 02564A
^RADIATION
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"EOROPEAN POLLUTION." L«EXPRESS
FRENCH
*WATBR
11/04/74 P6S 48
EPA
IDI 02469A
INTERNATIONAL
SE(
ZUR PROBLEBATIK DBS VERORSACHEHPBIHZIPS (ON THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN THE
POLLUTER PAXS PRINCIPLE)
GERHAN
00/00/72 PGS 1-56
ID*
LOC
02484A
HC 290 5 .E5 Z87
THIS BOOK, ONE OF A SERIES OF "REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING," RECAPITULATES THE PROGRAM
OF AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF EXPERTS ON THE "POLLUTER PATS PRINCIPLE," ORGANIZED BY THE FEDERAL
INTERIOR MINISTRY AT THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER IN KARLSRUHE JUNE 2-3, 1972. THIS PRINCIPLE,
ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AS HOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, IS ALSO ENDORSED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
(OECD). THE KARLSRUHE MEETING ATTEMPTED TO ELABORATE POSSIBILITIES OF IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLE
IN CONJUNCTION HITH ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. THE BOOK SUMMARIZES REPORTS AND
BOHK GROUP DISCUSSIONS OR FEES, STANDARDS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE THROUGH
LIMITATION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES, AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS IN REALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. APPENDED ARE: 1) THE LIST OF QUESTIONS TO DELEGATES WHICH FORMED THE BASIS OF TALKS,
AND 2) THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES OF THE OECD.
ITALY
LR(B)
"ECONOMIC CRISIS COMBS TO THE AID OF ECOLOGY." CORRIERB DELLA SERA
EPA
ITALIAN 11/24/74 PGS 8 ID* 02572A
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE RECENT MEETING OF EXPERTS ON THE "PUBLIC PROTECTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENT," WHICH SURVEYED THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN ITALY AND EXAMINED POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS TO EXISTING PROBLEMS. MEMBERS ATTRIBUTED THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM TO TWO CONFLICTING
FACTORS: THE PREVENTION OF FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF "POLLUTING"
INDUSTRIES. THE MBRLI DRAFT LAI APPEARED TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION IN ITS PROPOSAL OF AN INTERIM
PERIOD FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL PURIFICATION FACILITIES. PROSECUTION OF ALL BUT THE
MOST FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS WOULD BE SUSPENDED DURING THIS TIME TO PROVIDE INDUSTRY WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLY WITH EXISTING STANDARDS. FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN POLLUTION WERE ALSO
PREDICTED TO OCCUR WITH THE ADVENT OF THE ZERO-GROWTH ECONOMY.
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JAPAN
PH(B)
PA5E
21
"•ENVIRONMENT YEAR ZERO'
COBBIBBB DBLLA SERA
AMENDOLA, GIANFHANCO
ITALIAN
ALSO LRB
AIB
IN ITALY BECAUSE OF THE HAR BETBEEH THE MINISTRIES."
10/21/74 P3S 5
ID*
EPA
02514A
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE LACK OF CENTRALIZATION OF ENVIRONHENTAL PBOTECTION ORGANS IN THE
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,
BNVIRONNBNTAL PBOTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ACTUALLY FRAGMENTED AMONG FOURTEEN MINISTRIES AND
ABOUT FORTY ORGANS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE ARTICLE ALSO DISCUSSES THE 1966 ANTISHOG LAH, THE ONLY
COMPREHENSIVE POLLUTION CONTROL LAH IN ITALY. AS A RESULT OF THE LAR3E NUMBER OF LOCAL, PROVINCIAL
AND REGIONAL OFFICIALS DESIGNATED BY THE LAD FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAH ARE
NOT EFFECTIVELY EXECUTED. INDUSTRIES FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS ARE PENALIZED ONLY
BY A FINE AND ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE MEASURES TO ELIMINATE THE POLLUTION.
"GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT 30 POLLUTION 'OMBUDSMEN"
ENGLISH 06/25/74 PGS 2
THE JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ID* 02501A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS APPROVAL BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OF A PLAN OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
TO STATION THIRTY "POLLDTION-HATCHER OMBUDSMEN" IN MAJOR JAPANESE CITIES IN ORDEB TO COLLECT DATA
ON POLLUTION. THIS PLAN HAS ADOPTED IN VIEH OF THE LACK OF BBANCH OFFICES OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY. THE THIRTY OFFICIALS ARE TO BE BORROHED FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND
THEY HILL BE DIRECTED BY FOUR ENVIRONMENT AGENCY OFFICIALS IN TOKYO. THE ARTICLE FURTHER NOTES
PLANS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO INITIATE ON JULY 1, 1974, A NEH SECTION TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF
INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
JAPAN
SE( )
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND JAPANESE INDUSTRY
JAPAN FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS (KBIDANREN)
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-17 ID*
ALSO PHB AND LRB
AIR HATER
LOG
02492A
HC 465.E5 K46
THIS BOOK, PUBLISHED BY THE JAPAN FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS (KEIDANREN), DISCUSSES
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL IN RELATION TO JAPANESE INDUSTRY. AREAS DEALT HITH IN THE
BOOK ARE THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN JAPAN, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
AND STANDARDS, POLLUTION LAHSUITS, AND THE ANTIPOLLUTION MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY INDUSTRIAL
ENTERPRISES. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ARE TABLES PROVIDING FIGURES ON INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS
IN ANTIPOLLUTION EQUIPMENT AND A LISTING OF AIR AND HATER QUALITY STANDABDS.
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GENERAL
OECD
PM(B)
"10 RECOMMENDATIONS OF OECD'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS." THE OECD OBSERVER, NO. 72
EPA
ENGLISH 10/00/74 PCS 9-11 IDf 02457B
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT AT THEIR HEETING NOVEMBER 13-14, ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS AGREED THAT ENERGY NEEDS SHOULD NOT WEAKEN ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICIES, BUT THAT SUCH POLICIES SHOULD BE BROADENED. THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBER NATIONS
IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 1) PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL CONDUCT TO REDUCE TRANSFHONTIER POLLUTION; 2)
INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICIES; 3) ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS
ON HAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT PRIOR TO MARKETING; 4) LIMITATIONS ON STATE AID TO POLLUTING INDUSTRIES
FOR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; 5) MEANS OF NOISE POLLUTION ABATEMENT, INCLUDING STANDARDS, PLANNING,
TAXES AND INDEMNIFICATION, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION; 6) LIMITING PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC PLUS
LOW-COST IMPROVEMENT OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT; 7) ADOPTION OF MEASURES TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION; 8)
REDUCTION OF WATER POLLUTION IN GENERAL; 9) CONTROL OF ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS HATER POLLUTANTS; 10)
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN ADVANCE OF SOME PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS.
OECD
SE( )
"THE EXPORT OF POISONS IS TO BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE."
SCHUETZE, CHRISTIAN
GERMAN 11/16/74 PGS 4
ALSO LRB
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZBITUNG
EPA
IDI 02504A
THIS ARTICLE COMMENTS ON ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RECENT
MINISTERS' CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD). UNIFORM
ADOPTION OF THE "POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE" BY MEMBER STATES WAS RE-ENDORSED. COMPLETE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE WOULD MEAN CESSATION OF HEAVY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TO POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES FOR CLEAN-UP PROGRAMS, SINCE THIS PROCEDURE MERELY SHIFTS THE COST OF POLLUTION
CONTROL TO THE TAXPAYER. THE OECD WOULD ALSO LIKE NATIONAL LEGISLATION TO ALLOW POLLUTION-PLAGUED
CITIZENS OF ONE NATION TO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF THE POLLUTER'S NATION IN COURTS OF
THE LATTER COUNTRY. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE INTEREST OF REDUCING TRANSNATIONAL POLLUTION
AND MAINTAINING SIMILAR COMPETITIVE POSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTS OF NATIONAL INDUSTRIES ON THE
INTERNATIONAL MARKET. OECD DATA INDICATE THAT WESTERN MEMBER STATES SPENT ABOUT ONE PERCENT OF
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BETWEEN 1970-74. JAPAN SPENT MUCH MORE.
ROMANIA
PM(B)
REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA
EPA
FRENCH 00/00/72 PGS 1-35 ID* 02494A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATION CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN
STOCKHOLM, PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF ROMANIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND POLLUTION. THE REPORT CONTINUES WITH AN EXAMINATION OF
EXISTING AND PROPOSED NATIONAL ACTIONS IN THESE AREAS AND CONCLUDES WITH A CONSIDERATION OF
EXISTING OR DESIRABLE ACTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
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GENERAL
SWITZEBLAND
LR(B)
SWITZERLAND
SB( )
LES PBOBLEBES D'BNVIRONNEMENT EN SOISSE (ENVIBONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN SWITZERLAND)
EPA
FRENCH 00/00/72 PGS 1-40 ID* 02498A
ALSO PHB
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN
STOCKHOLM, SUMMARIZES SWITZERLAND'S PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND OUTLINES THE REMEDIAL
ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO THESE PROBLEMS. PROBLEM AREAS (AIR,
WATER, LANDSCAPE) ARE REVIEWED IN SEPARATE SECTIONS WHICH DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL
THREATS, THE LEGISLATIVE RESPONSES, THE PROCESS OF LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE RESULTING
GENERAL CONDITIONS. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THESE
PROBLEMS AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED.
"POLLUTION: WHO WILL PAT THE BILL?" JOURNAL DE GENEVE
STEPCZYNSKI, MARIAN EPA
FRENCH 11/19/7<» PGS 1 ID* 02541A
THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS OF THE "POLLUTER PATS" PRINCIPLE
CURRENTLY IN FAVOR IN A MAJORITY OF COUNTRIES. A "POLLUTER" INDUSTRY, WHEN PENALIZED, INVARIABLY
OFFSETS TAXES WITH INCREASES IN THE PRICE OF ITS PRODUCTS, TRANSFERRING THE BURDEN OF
TAXATION TO THE CONSUMER. THE AUTHOR NEVERTHELESS STRESSES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRINCIPLE
WHOSE APPLICATION ULTIMATELY JEOPARDIZES THE COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF A "POLLUTER" INDUSTRY.
TUNISIA
PM(A)
"CREATION OF A TUNISIAN NATIONAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL." DEPARTMENT
OF STATE AIBGRAH. AMEHBASSY TUNIS. A-161
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
EN3LISH 11/22/74 P3S 1-2 ID* 02483A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS PROMULGATION OF TUNISIA'S LAW 74-73, CREATING THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (OFFICE NATIONALS DE L
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GENERAL
UNITED NATIONS
PH(B)
"DREAMS OF ABUNDANCE BBPLACBD BY SURVIVAL PLANNING." LE HONDE
VADBOT, C. H. EPA
FBBNCH 10/24/74 PGS 25 IDI 02461A
A NEH ONITBD NATIONS AGENCY, THE UNITED NATIONS PROGRAM FOR TBE ENVIRONMENT, HAS BEEN
OPERATING FROM KENYA SINCE MID-1973. ITS HEAD, MR. MiOHICE STRONG, IS INTERVIEWED IN THIS ARTICLE,
AND COMMENTS ON SEVERAL OF THE AGENCY'S OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAMS. HE DESCRIBES THE GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY BEING BSTABLISHBD AND THE EFFORTS DIRBCTBD TOWARD ITS IMPLEMENTATION. TWO
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED: THE AGENCY'S GLOBAL POLLUTION MONITORING NETWORK AND ITS PROJECT
TO SAVE THE MEDITERRANEAN. MB. STRONG STATES THAT HE IS CONFIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENCY PROGBAHS.
DSSB
LR(B)
"PROBLEMS OF PROTECTION AND SANITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT DIFFEBENT STAGES
OF THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM." SOVIETSKOE ZDRAVOOKHBANENIE, NO. 6
KIBILENKO, T. G. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 74-78 ID* 02529A
ALSO PHA
WATER
THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN THE USSR AND ALSO
TAKES NOTE OF SOME OF THE EARLIER GOVERNMENTAL ORGANS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IN
1918, THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT OF HEALTH PROTECTION WAS SET UP, WHICH INCLUDED COMMITTEES FOR THE
PROTECTION OF HATER, AIR AND SOIL FROM POLLUTION.' IN 1920 THE STATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF
NATIONAL HEALTH WAS ESTABLISHED: THIS WAS THE FIBST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN THE USSR TO STUDY THE
EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON HUMAN HEALTH. ONE OF THE EARLIEST LEGISLATIVE MEASURES REGARDING
POLLUTION CONTROL WAS THE 1919 DECREE ON PROTECTION OF WELL WATBR FROM POLLUTION. MORE RECENT
LEGISLATION DISCUSSED IN THE ARTICLE INCLUDES THE 1969 LAW ON BASIC HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES,
WHICH INCLUDES A SECTION ON WATER POLLUTION CONTBOL; THE 1972 RESOLUTION "ON HEASUBES FOR
PBEVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE VOLGA AND URAL RIVEB BASINS BY UNPUBIFIED SEWAGE"; AND THE 1972
RESOLUTION "ON STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND IMPROVING USAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES."
USSR
PM(B)
UBSACHEN DER UMWELTBELASTUNG UND UHWELTSCHUTZMASSNAHMEN IN DEB UDSSR (CAUSES
OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN THE USSR)
HOEHMANN, HANS-HEBMANN AND GBBTBAUD SEIDENSTECHER
GEBMAN 08/00/73 PQS 1-58
ALSO SB AND LBB
ID*
LOC
02489A
HX 15 .6468 1973
TBIS STUDY DIVIDES ITS DISCUSSION OF THE ENVIBONMENTAL SITUATION IN THE USSR INTO TWO
MAJOB SECTIONS, ONE DEALING WITH CAUSES OF ENVIBONHENTAL POLLUTION, AND THE OTHEB WITH NEASUBES TO
COMBAT IT. EXISTING POLLUTION CAN BE EXPLAINED IN TEBMS OF ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION AND SCIENCE,
IDEOLOGY AND THEORY, PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, AND LEGAL STANDARDIZATION AND
JUHISPRUDENCB. OTHEB CONTBIBUTING FACTOBS ARE THE TOTAL SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC GOAL-SETTING AND
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENDS AND THE PRESENT CONSTELLATION OF COMMEBCIAL INTERESTS.
ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES THUS FAR INTRODUCED INCLUDE EFFORTS IN THE AREAS OF MORAL PERSUASION,
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE,
ECONOMIC MEANS TO INFLUENCE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, INVESTMENT FOB ENVIRONMENTAL PUBPOSBS, AND THE
BEGINNINGS OF AN ENVIBONMENTALLY OBIENTED STBUCTURAL POLICY. A BRIEF SUMMARY REVIEWS MAJOR TRENDS
FOUND IN THE STUDY.
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25
GENERAL
i USSR
PM(B)
USSR
PH(A)
"BASIC SUCCESSES IN THE REALM OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE DZBEK SSR."
MEDITSINSKII ZHUHNAL UZBEKISTANA
ZAKHIDOV, A. Z., SH. T. ATABAEV AND I. I. IL'INSKII EPA
RUSSIAN 10/00/74 PSS 12-15 IDt 02503A
ALSO LRB AND PHA
THIS ARTICLE DEALS KITH GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE UZBEK
SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC.- SUPPLEMENTING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, THE UZBEK SSR HAS
ISSUED THE LAB ON PROTECTION OF NATURE, THE LAN ON HEALTH PROTECTION, AND FUNDAMENTALS OF HATER
AND LAUD LEGISLATION. MANY MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS IN THE UZBEK SSR, SUCH AS THE MINISTRY OF
HEALTH, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THESE OFFICIAL ORGANS ALSO
SURVEY THE LEVEL OF VARIOUS TYPES OF POLLUTION AND PENALIZE VIOLATORS OF REGULATIONS. IN 1973,
ABOUT 22,000 VIOLATORS HERE SUBJECTED TO FINES. A GENERAL PLAN FOR THE USE AND PROTECTION OF
HATER RESOURCES HAS FORMULATED IN 1967 TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM 1970 TO 2000. MUCH RESEARCH IS BEING
CONDUCTED AT SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES HITH REGARD TO ALL TYPES OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION CONTROL.
"THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF NATURE IN THE TURKMEN SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC." IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK TURKMENSKOI SSR; SERIYA BIOLOGICHESKIKH NAUK, NO. 4
KiYUSHKIN, E. A. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 40-45 IDt 02512A
ALSO LRB
THIS ARTICLE DEALS RITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES AND OFFICIAL ORGANS RESPONSIBLE FOB
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE TURKMEN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (TSSR). IN ADDITION TO NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, THE TSSR HAS ISSUED LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE LAH ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE
IN THE TSSR (1963) AND THE RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IN 1932, AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF
NATURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS SET UP. IN 1955, THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF
THE TSSR ESTABLISHED A COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE TO RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS ORGANIZATION ALSO SET UP A LABORATORY FOR
NATURE PROTECTION IN 1971. IN ADDITION, THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE OF THE TSSR
EXPANDED ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN 1969.
USSR
SE( )
"THE STATE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF THE USSR FOR 1975."
KOHSOMOL'SKAYA PRAVDA
EPA
RUSSIAN 12/19/74 PGS 2 ID* 02513A
ONE SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE, SUBTITLED "PROTECTION OF NATURE AND RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCES," STATES THAT A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE 1975 BUDSET OF THE USSR HILL BE DEVOTED SOLELY
TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THIS IS A RESULT OF THE RESOLUTION ISSUED BY THE SOVERNMENT ON "THE
PROTECTION OF NATURE AND RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES." THE 1975 ECONOMIC PLAN IN THIS AREA
INCLUDES MEASURES IN THE PROTECTION OF HATER RESOURCES, THE ATMOSPHERE, FORESTS, REPRODUCTION OF
THE FISH SUPPLY, AND PROTECTION AND RATIONAL USE OF MINERAL RESOURCES. MORE THAN 1.8 BILLION
RUBLES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
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OSSR
SE( )
PA3E
26
"1975 STATE PLAN FOB THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF THE USSR."
PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PBB
WATER
12/19/74 PSS 3
ID!
EPA
02521A
AIR
ONE SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE, SUBTITLED "PROTECTION OF NATURE AND RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCES," DEALS WITH THE PORTION OF THE 1975 NATIONAL BUDGET OF THE USSR DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. MORE THAN 1.8 BILLION RUBLES HILL BE ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION
PROGRAMS SUCH AS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WATER PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS; CONSTRUCTION OF
RESERVOIRS, CANALS AND WATER CONDUITS; AND PUTTING INTO OPERATION MORE DUST-COLLECTING FACILITIES
AND APPARATUSES FOR ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL PURIFICATION OF GASES. FUNDS FOR SEVERAL AREAS OF
ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION SUCH AS PRESERVATION OF FORESTS AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES ARE
ALLOCATED IN THIS SECTION OF THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS IN OTHER RELATED SECTIONS.
YUGOSLAVIA
LR(B)
NOISE
BELGIUM
LR(B)
NATIONAL REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH
ALSO PHB
00/00/72 PGS 1-24
EPA
ID! 02499A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN
STOCKHOLM, CONSIDERS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBANIZATION IN YUGOSLAVIA, AND SURVEYS
THE PROCESSES OF DEGRADATION AND POLLUTION AS WELL AS THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ATMOSPHERE, WATERS,
WILDLIFE, AND SOIL. A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE REPORT OUTLINES THE EXISTING ENVIRONHENTAL
PROTECTION POLICY AND CITES IN DETAIL THE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN, OR PROPOSED, FOR THE ELIMINATION
OF THESE PROBLEMS.
"NEW ANTI-NOISE MEASURES AT ZAVENTEM AIRPORT." LE SOIR
EPA
ID* 02545A
FRENCH
12/18/7H PGS 7
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON BELGIAN FLIGHT SCHEDULE CHANGES WHICH ARE BEING INSTITUTED AS A
RESULT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER'S MEASURES TO RESTRICT NIGHTTIME AIRPORT NOISE POLLUTION.
ALL FLIGHTS BEING SUBJECTED TO CHANGES INVOLVE BOEING 707'S. BOEING 727'S AND 737'S AS WELL AS
DC 10*S, WHICH COMPLY WITH STATE AIRWAYS ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS, WILL REMAIN UNAFFECTED. BOEIN3
JUTS, ALSO UNAFFECTED BY THESE MEASURES, WILL UNDERGO MODIFICATIONS IN THE EARLY PART OF 1975,
WHEN ANTI-NOISE DEVICES ARE TO BE MADE MANDATORY.
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BOISE
BRAZIL
PH(B)
"SEHA ADVISES OF POLLUTION DANGERS." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO SB
*AIR
12/06/74 PGS 6
GENERAL
EPA
ID* 020376
PAGE
27
DENHAHK
LR(B)
HVEH GOB HVAD (WHO DOES HHAT)
NIELSEN, 57.
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-40 ID*
'GENERAL AIR HATER SOLID HASTE
EPA
01742A
DENHARK
PH(B)
HILJO-REFORHEN OG INDUSTHIEH (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND INDUSTRY)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02582A
ALSO LRB
'GENERAL AIR HATER SOLID HASTE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTORS HITH SUCCESS."
SCHUTZ, NO. 5
UHHELT: FORSCHUK3, GESTALTUNG,
GERMAN
'GENERAL
WATER
10/00/74 PSS 10
SOLID HASTE
ID*
EPA
02519A
AIR
3EHMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
KANN DER VEBKEHR UHHELTFREUNDLICHER HERDEN?
ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE?)
GRUNEHALD, ALBERT
GERMAN 00/00/73 PGS 1-57
ALSO SB
'GENERAL AIR
(CAN TRAFFIC BECOME MORE
ID*
LOC
02485A
HC290 .5 .E5 678
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NOISE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
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28
GESONDE UMWELT DURCH FOHSCHUNG UNO TECHNIK (A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY)
LOG
GERMAN 00/00/72 P3S 1-390 IDI 02527A
*GENERAL AIB WATER SOLID HASTE
HC 290 .5 .E5B45 1972
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SE( )
"ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF ROAD TRAFFIC."
SCHUTZ, NO. 4
EICKEL, KARL HEINZ AND SIEGFRIED JUD
GERMAN 08/00/74 PGS
AIR
OBHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
17-18,20
IDt
EPA
02516A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
OF AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION FROM CITY TRAFFIC, IT WOULD COST THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ABOUT
18.8 BILLION HARKS FOR PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS FROM NEW CARS.
EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC NOISE REDUCTION THROUGH PASSIVE MEANS, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION OF SOUND-PROOFED
WINDOWS AND NOISE WALLS, WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 3,500 MARKS PER CITIZEN IN THE CITY OF COLOGNE,
USED AS A MODEL. SUCH PASSIVE MEANS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE TECHNICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE
THAN VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION CHANGES IN REGARD TO NOISE. ALTERATIONS TO THE AUTO ITSELF WERE FOUND TO
BE MORE REALISTIC IN THE REDUCTION OF AIR POLLUTION, HOWEVER. SUCH ALTERATIONS WOULD COST AN
ESTIMATED 1,600 MARKS PER VEHICLE WITH AN AVERAGE NINE-YEAR LIFE. THE STUDY WAS PREPARED AS PART
OF A SERIES, INITIATED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, TO DERIVE A PAYMENT SYSTEM
FOR ROAD COSTS OF ALL TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION.
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(A)
"THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974." CHAPTER 40, HALSBURY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND.
CURRENT STATUTES SERVICE, ISSUE NO. 39
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1039-1152 ID# 02482A
*GENERAL SOLID WASTE WATER AIR
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
THE CONTROL OF NOISE IN GREAT BRITAIN
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-16
ALSO PMB
EPA
ID* 02523A
THIS PUBLICATION REVIEWS CURRENT ACTIVITIES, REGULATIONS AND PLANS RESULTING FROM BRITISH
LAWS TO CONTROL OR PREVENT NOISE FROM TRAFFIC AND AIRCRAFT AND IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY. IN
THIS CONTEXT, THE PUBLICATION DISCUSSES THE BUILDING REGULATIONS, THE MOTOR VEHICLE (CONSTRUCTION
AND USE) REGULATION OF 1973, THE AIR NAVIGATION (NOISE CERIFICATION) ORDER, THE CIVIL AVIATION
ACT OF 1971, THE FACTORIES ACT OF 1961, THE OFFICES, SHIPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, AND OTHER
PERTINENT LEGISLATION. THE PUBLICATION ALSO REPORTS ON THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
BRITISH NOISE ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: STRENGTHENING OF THE NOISE
ABATEMENT ACT; ADOPTING AN INDEX OF TRAFFIC-NOISE MEASUREMENT; IMPROVING THE ENFORCEMENT OF
VEHICLE NOISE REGULATIONS; AND PROPER ROUTING OF AIRCRAFT TO AVOID NOISE DISTURBANCES OVER
POPULATED AREAS.
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NOISE
SWITZERLAND
PH(B)
PESTICIDES
BRAZIL
LR(B)
RADIATION
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"GUIDELINES FOR NOISE CONTROL." NEOE ZOERCHER ZEITOHG
GERMAN
11/21/74 PGS 39
EPA
ID* 02465A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE ZURICH CANTONAL GOVERNMENT HAS DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK PROGRAM FOR
CONTROL OF STREET NOISE LEVELS TO BE OFFICIALLY PRESENTED TO VOTERS IN JANUARY AND LATER MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN BROCHURE FORM. THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE PRIVATE OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT A DISCUSSION SESSION HELD BY
THE NUELLIGEN CITY-QUARTER ORGANIZATION. THE PROGRAM HILL ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR
REDUCTION OF STREET NOISE BY MEANS OF PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. IT HILL
PROVIDE A CHECKLIST BY MEANS OF WHICH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CAN MAKE TRAFFIC DECISIONS IN
CONFORMANCE HITH ENVIRONMENTAL NEEPS. THE SPOKESMAN WARNED, HOHEVER, THAT EXPECTATIONS SHOULD
NOT BE TOO 3HEAT FOR ALREADY OVERBUILT AREAS, SINCE THE FEW MEASURES OF AMELIORATION AVAILABLE
THERE ARE VERY COSTLY.
"GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS PESTICIDES." ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 01/16/75 PGS 25 ID* 02566A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ALYSSON PAULINBLLI,
HAS PROMULGATED REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE USE OF MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES. THE SAME
REGULATIONS SPECIFY THE REMOVAL OF MOST MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES PROM THE MARKET WITHIN
90 DAYS OF JANUARY 16, 1975. THE DECISION HAS BASED ON STUDIES WHICH INDICATE A HIGH LEVEL OF
MERCURY CONTENT IN ORGANIC PRODUCTS.
"CRITICAL PLACES." UMWSLT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 6
EPA
GERMAN 12/00/74 PGS 11-14 ID* 02538A
THIS ARTICLE RECAPITULATES MAJOR POINTS OF A 200-PAGE REPORT SENT TO THE FEDERAL DIET ON
SEPTEMBER 12, 1974, BY THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY'S DIVISION FOR REACTOR SAFETY AND RADIATION
PROTECTION. ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, THE EXISTING SAFETY SYSTEM SURROUNDING HANDLING AND USE OF
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IS BASICALLY INTACT AND SUFFICIENT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME "CRITICAL PLACES"
NEEDING SPECIAL ATTENTION. THE FOLLOWING CRITICAL AREAS ARE EXAMINED: A) HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVE
HASTES, B) TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, C) SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS, D) GUARANTEE OF
QUALITY IN NUCLEAR FACILITY COMPONENTS, E) LIMITATION OF EXPOSURE OF PERSONNEL TO RADIATION,
F) RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS INTO AIR AND WATER FROM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS, AND G) OTHER HATTERS OF
BASIC SAFETY, INCLUDING "BACKFITTING" OF OLDER INSTALLATIONS. PROBLEMS IN THESE AREAS ARISE
PRIMARILY FROM A DEFICIT IN ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS OR A DEFICIENCY IN ESTABLISHMENT OF
GUIDELINES, ATTRIBUTABLE TO RECENT RAPID GROWTH IN THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.
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RADIATION
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
SOLID HASTE
BRAZIL
PH(B)
"HEU ADVOCATES CONSOLTATIOH IN PLANNING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS." STOTTGARTER
ZBITUH3
EPA
GERMAN 01/08/75 PGS 5 IDt 02564A
GENERAL
THIS NEHSPAPBR ARTICLE STATES THAT THE ASSEMBLY OF THE HBSTBRN EOROPEAN ONION (WEO) HAS
DECIDED THAT NEIGHBORING CODNTRIES SHOOLD CONSULT EACH OTHER BEFORE BOILDING NOCLBAR POWER PLANTS
IN THE AREA OF AH INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE HBO COONCIL OF MINISTERS HILL BE ASKED TO RECOMMEND
TO MEMBER NATIONS THAT THEY ADOPT THIS POLICY. THE SUGGESTION HAS INTRODUCED BY A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE FEDERAL DIET OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, HBO NOTED THAT COMMON PLANNING IN THIS
REGARD HAS ESPECIALLY NECESSARY FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEH. HE ADVOCATED CONSULTATION
BBTHBBH NATIONS BEFORE LOCATING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS OR POTENTIALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS
INDUSTRIES NEAR STATE BORDERS.
"PREFECTURE HILL INVEST 68 MILLION (CRUZEIROS) IN REFUSE DURING THE HEXT FIVE
YEARS." BSTADO DB SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 01/14/75 PGS 20 IDt 02573A
ALSO SE
THIS NEHSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES HAVE HADE 68 MILLION CRUZEIROS
AVAILABLE TO A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF
REFUSE IN THE REGIONS OF PIRITUBA-PEHUS, BUTANTA AND FREGUESIA DE 0' IN BRAZIL. A REFUSE
TREATMENT PLANT IN VILA LEOPOLDINA HILL COMBINE REFUSE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OPERATIONS
HITH A 20 PERCENT SELLING INTEREST IN THE FERTILIZER PRODUCED FROM THE TREATMENT PROCESS. THE
ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF COMBINING REFUSE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT ACTIVITIES
AND CITES SOME OF THE STATISTICS PERTINENT TO THE OPERATION. THE AUTHORS OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION
AND TREATMENT PROGRAM CONCLUDE THAT SUCH A PROGRAM SHOULD ALSO BE REGARDED AS A HORTHHHILE
INVESTMENT IN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT FROM THE SOCIAL POINT OF VIEH.
DENMARK
LR(B)
HVEM GOB HVAD (HHO DOES HHAT)
NIELSEN, SV.
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-40
'GENERAL AIR HATER NOISE
ID*
EPA
01742A
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SOLID HASTE
DENMARK
PH(B)
PAGE
31
MILJO-REFOHMEN OG DE KONNUNALE MYNDIGHEDER (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND THE
MUNICIPAL ADTHOHITIES)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/7U PGS 1-23 ID* 02578A
ALSO LRB
*GBNERAL HATER AIR
DENMARK
PH(B)
MILJO-REFORMEN OG LANDBRDGET (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS AND AGRICULTURE)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/7U PGS 1-23 ID* 02581A
*HATBR GENERAL
DENMARK
PM(B)
HILJO-REFORMEN OG INDUSTRIEN (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM AND INDUSTRY)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/7U PGS 1-23 ID* 02582A
ALSO LRB
*GENBRAL AIR HATER NOISE
FRANCE
PM(B)
"MR. JARHOT'S RECOVERIES." L1EXPRESS
FRENCH
ALSO SE
GENERAL
11/04/74 PGS 49
EPA
ID* 02470A
A NEH REPORT ENTITLED "THE FIGHT AGAINST HASTEFULNESS: A NEH ECONOMIC POLICY, A NEH
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY," HHICH HAS JUST BEEN PRESENTED TO THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF
LIFE, IS BRIEFLY EXAMINED IN THIS ARTICLE. A COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN
THIS REPORT HOULD RESULT IN A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF FRENCH SOCIETAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION
PATTERNS. HOWEVER, THE ARTICLE STATES THAT THE MINISTER IS PRESENTLY ONLY CONTEMPLATING ACTION
IN THE AREA OF SOLID HASTES. A FIRST HAVE OF MEASURES HOULD INVOLVE THE UNIFICATION OF
DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS FOR THE COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF HASTES SUCH AS JUNKED AUTOMOBILES, PAPER,
AND GLASS OR PLASTIC BOTTLES. OTHER REPORT PROPOSALS HHICH THE GOVERNMENT HILL HAVE TO
CONSIDER CALL FOR ACTION IN THE AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION, CONSUMPTION, AND PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE.
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SOLID HASTE
PRANCE
PM(A)
"FRANCE HILL PROFIT FROM INDUSTRIAL HASTES." CORRIERE DELLA SERA
EPA
ITALIAN 10/16/74 PCS 19 IDf 02511A
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE FRENCH PARLIAHENT BY THE
MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL AGENCY FOR REFUSE. THIS
AQENCY HOULD BE A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF WASTES HHICH COULD NOT BE
UTILIZED, AS HELL AS THE RECYCLING OF HASTES HHICH COULD BE REUSED IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS. IN
ADDITION, IT HOULD PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY FOR THE DISPOSAL OR RECYCLING OF REFUSE AND FOR
THE DESTRUCTION OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE HASTES. THE AGENCY HOULD BE FINANCED BY TAXES COLLECTED
FROM INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN RETURN FOR THE REMOVAL OF THEIR HASTES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTORS HITH SUCCESS." UMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG,
SCHUTZ, NO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 PGS 10 IDI 02519A
^GENERAL HATER AIR NOISE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"A HASTE PLAN FOR THE MUNICH REGION."
HUSEMANN, RALF
GERMAN 11/18/74 PGS
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
18
ID*
EPA
02505A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT A HORK GROUP OF THE BAVARIAN STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION HAS DEVELOPED PROPOSALS FOR SOLID HASTE DISPOSAL IN THE CITY OF MUNICH AND THE EI3HT
NEARBY DISTRICTS (KREISE). THE SUGGESTIONS HILL NOH BE STUDIED BY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE
REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A THIRD INCINERATION
FACILITY IN THE CITY OF MUNICH AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SEVERAL LARGE DUMPS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT, THE DISTRICTS OF DACHAU, MUNICH AND EBERSBERG HOULD SEND THEIR HASTES
VIA TRANSFER STATIONS TO THE INCINERATOR IN THE CITY OF MUNICH. INCINERATION RESIDUES, INCLUDING
THOSE OF THE CITY, HOULD THEN BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE VARIOUS DISTRICT DUMPING FACILITIES,
ALTHOUGH THE EXACT QUANTITIES OF SLAG AND ASH EACH SITE HOULD BE OBLIGATED TO ACCEPT REMAIN
UNDEFINED. THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE PART OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO REDUCE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 UNORDERED
DUMPS EXISTING IN BAVARIA TO 57 REGIONAL DUMPS BY 1980 AND TO 43 BY 1990.
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SOLID WASTE
I GERMANY,FED HEP OF
PM(B)
GERMANY,PED REP OF
PM(B)
"CHEMICAL PURIFICATION FOB INDUSTRY WASTES."
KOCH, HARRY
GERMAN 12/03/74 PGS 15
SUEDDBUTSCHE ZBITUNG
EPA
IDt 02507A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE SOCIETY FOR REMOVAL OF SPECIAL WASTES IN BAVARIA (GESELLSCHAFT
ZUR BESEITIGUNG VON SONDBRHUELL IN BAYERN) HAS EXTENDED FACILITIES AT ITS COLLECTION STATION IN
GROSSLAPPEN TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASING QUANTITIES OF WASTES RECEIVED IN 1974. CONSTRUCTED
AT ITS SITE WERE NEW FACILITIES TO REMOVE WATER FROM SLUDGE, SEPARATE EMULSIONS, AND
PURIFY WASTEWATER, AS HELL AS A THERMAL INSTALLATION TO CLEANSE EXHAUST AIR OF FOUL-SMELLING
GASES AND VAPORS. IN ADDITION, MONITORING OF MATERIALS RECEIVED HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND IMPROVED,
PARTICULARLY INSPECTION OF THE CONSIGNOR'S DECLARATION AND CONTROL OF THE SORTING AND STORAGE
PROCESS. THE FACILITY HANDLES INDUSTRIAL WASTES SUCH AS OIL-CONTAMINATED SOIL, TAR RESIDUES,
WASTE OIL, SOLVENTS AND LEACHING AGENTS, WHICH CANNOT BE DISPOSED OF WITH RESIDENTIAL WASTES.
THE ADDITIONS, MADE AT A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 65 MILLION MARKS, WERE PROMPTED BY A RISE IN VOLUME
OF DELIVERED WASTES FROM 115 TONS TO 190 TONS PER MONTH BEGINNING IN MID-1975.
"CONTRADICTION - AND NO END." UMWELT:
RASCH, R., B. FUERMAIER AND P. DAVIDS
GERMAN 02/00/74 PGS
FORSCHUNG, GESTALTONG, SCHUTZ, NO.
EPA
24-27 ID! 02508A
THIS ARTICLE, CONSISTING OF REPORTS BY THREE ENGINEERS IN THE FIELD, TREATS VARIOUS ASPECTS
OF SOLID WASTE REMOVAL. THE FIRST REPORT DISCUSSES THE THREE METHODS OF WASTE DISPOSAL CURRENTLY
CONSIDERED ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE: 1) ORDERED DUMPS WITH ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION, 2)
AEROBIC DECOMPOSITION DUMPS OR THEIR VARIANT, COMPOSTING, AND 3) INCINERATION. THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EACH ARE POINTED OUT, WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT THE METHOD CHOSEN
DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED AND THAT ALL AVAILABLE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT IN EACH CASE. THE SECOND REPORT CONCLUDES THAT THE METHOD OF WASTE
REMOVAL SELECTED WILL DJBPEMD ON LOCALLY EXISTING CONDITIONS, SUCH AS THE NATURE OF THE WASTES
INVOLVED. POSSIBLE LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CASE OF COMPOSTING ARE MENTIONED.
THE FINAL ARTICLE DEFENDS THE POSSIBILITY OF TECHNICALLY NEUTRALIZING AIR POLLUTION FROM WASTE
INCINERATION, ACCORDING TO THE HOST RECENT STATE OF TECHNOLOGY.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
GESUNDE UMWELT DURCH FORSCHUNG UNO TECHNIK (A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY)
LOC
GERMAN 00/00/72 P3S 1-390 IDf 02527A
*GENEHAL AIR WATER NOISE
HC 290 .5 .E5B45 1972
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SOLID WASTE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PH(B)
"REGIONAL ORGANIZATION AS COOBDINATOR IN BATTERS OF SOLID HASTE."
STUTTGAHTEB ZEITUNG
EPA
GEBHAN 12/14/74 P5S 27 IDI 02560A
THIS ABTICLE BEPOBTS THAT THE RIDDLE HECKAB REGIONAL ORGANIZATION HILL ACT AS COOBDINATOB IN
WASTE-REMOVAL HATTERS BETWEEN STUTTGART (CAPITAL OF BADBN-HUBBTTBHBERG) AND THE FIVE NEIGHBORING
DISTRICTS (KHEISE), BOBBLINGBN, ESSLINGEN, GOBPPINGBN, BEHS-MUBR AND LDDHIGSBOBG. ALTHOUGH THE
ORGANIZATION ITSELF HAS NO JURISDICTION IN SOLID HASTE REMOVAL, IT HILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RESPONSIBLE HIHISTBY IN CONNECTION HITH THE STATE'S PROJECTED "HASTE REMOVAL PLAN," ACCORDING
TO THE GROUP'S PLANNING COMMUTES. THE COBHITTBE IS COBRENTLY STUDYING A REPORT ON THE
HASTE BEHOVAL SITUATION IN STUTTGABT AND THE FIVE DISTRICTS, BASED ON IHFOBNATIOH SUPPLIED BY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE STATE OFFICE FOB HYDROLOGY AND HATER MANAGEMENT. SUMMARIES FBOH
PORTIONS OF THE REPORT INDICATE THAT A HAJOB PROBLEM IN ALL THE DISTRICTS IS LACK OF ADEQUATE
SPACE FOR NEH FACILITIES HITHOUT CAREFUL PLANNING, AND THE NEED TO BUILD NEH DOBPS, INCINERATORS
OR COMPOSTING PLANTS.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SB( )
"THE PUBLIC SECTOR STILL IN ARREARS." UHHELT: FORSCHUHG, GBSTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 3
SCHULTB, H. J. EPA
GERMAN . 06/00/74 PGS 18-19 IDff 02510A
ALSO PHB
*GEHBRAL HATEB
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(A)
"THE CONTBOL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974." CHAPTER 40, HALSBUBY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND.
CUBBENT STATUTES SERVICE, ISSUE NO. 39
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1039-1152 ID* 02482A
*GENBRAL HATER NOISE AIB
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"HASTES - AN ALTERNATE SOUBCE OF ENERGY?"
SOCHOR, EUGENE
FRENCH 12/01/74 PGS 25
JOURNAL DE GENEVE
EPA
ID* 02546A
A UNESCO REPORT PREPARED FOR A TOKYO MEETING OF EXPERTS ON "BASIC ENERGY PROBLEMS IN THE
HOBLD" IS SUMMARIZED IN THIS NEHS ARTICLE. THE THO KEY POINTS EMPHASIZED IN THE REPORT ARE THE
AMELIORATION OF FOEL CONSUMPTION PROCESSES AND THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION. INCORPORATING BOTH
OF THESE CONCEPTS INTO ONE OBJECTIVE, THE REPORT PROPOSES THE EXPLOITATION OF SOLID HASTES AS AN
ALTERNATE SOURCE OF ENERGY. HOUSEHOLD HASTES, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES AND OTHER SOLID HASTES FROM
HHICH METALS, GLASS, HOCKS, AID CLAY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED, ARE SROHN TO CONSTITUTE A CHEAP
SOUBCB OF FUEL THAT IS ROT HIGHLY POLLUTANT. THE REPORT HADE REFERENCE TO A NUMBER OF AMERICAN
CITIES ALREADY EXPERIMENTING HITH SYSTEMS HHICH RELY ON HASTES TO GENERATE ELECTRICAL PORBR.
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SOLID HASTE
INTERNATIONAL
PH(B)
OECD
PH(B)
"CONTRACT BETBEEH WEST BERLIN AND GDR FOR HASTE REMOVAL."
ALLSEHBINE ZBITDHG
GERMAN
12/13/74 PGS H
ID*
FRANKFURTER
EPA
02552A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT A HEST BERLIN INDUSTRIAL PLANNING FIRH AND A FOREIGN TRADE COMPANY OF
THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR) HAVE SIGNED A 20-YEAR AGREEMENT, GUARANTEED BY EXCHANGE OF
LETTERS BETWEEN THE SDR GOVERNMENT AND THE HEST BERLIN SENATE, HHICH HILL ALLOH HEST BERLIN TO
DISPOSE OF FOUR-FIFTHS OF ITS SOLID HASTES AND REFUSE IN THE GDR IN RETURN FOR A 20-YEAR PAYMENT
OF AN ESTIMATED 1.399 BILLION HARKS. OF THAT SUM, 426.1 MILLION HARKS WILL BE PAID THE GDR TO
ACCEPT EXCAVATED EARTH AND 972.9 MILLION FOR DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL HASTES. A CLAUSE OF THE
CONTRACT, HHICH EXTENDS FROM JANUARY 1, 1975 TO DECEMBER 31, 1994, PROVIDES FOR A YEARLY REVIEW OF
THE PAYMENTS BASED ON THE PRICE INDEX OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. THE PAYMENTS INCLUDE
INVESTMENT COSTS IN THE GDR OF ABOUT 100 MILLION HARKS FOR STREET CONSTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF DUMPS. TRUCKS, BARGES AND 60-TON REFUSE CONTAINERS HILL BE USED TO TRANSPORT REFUSE, BUILDING
RUBBLE AND EXCAVATED EARTH ACROSS THE BORDER.
"TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF HASTE." OECD OBSERVER, NO. 72
EPA
ENGLISH 10/00/74 PGS 35-37 ID« 02491A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN A STUDY TOHARD FORMULATION OF AN EFFECTIVE HASTE MANAGEMENT
POLICY THAT HILL MEET BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC REQUIREMENTS. HASTE MANAGEMENT INVOLVES
SOLUTION OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT GOVERNMENT
MUST INTERVENE HHERE NECESSARY TO ASSURE SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL MODES OF HASTE DISPOSAL. INTERVENTION
CAN BE VIA DIRECT REGULATION OR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. TYPES OF HASTE PRESENTING SPECIAL PROBLEMS
RESULT FROM PACKAGING; INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK REARING; HASHES FROM METAL FABRICATION OPERATIONS;
SOLVENTS FROM PAINT, DRUG AND OTHER INDUSTRIES; AND OILY HASTES, INCLUDING HASTE OILS AND OILY
HASTBHATER. THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED HITH EACH TYPE OF HASTE, CURRENT MEANS OF
DISPOSAL FOR EACH, AND SUGGESTED FUTURE DISPOSAL METHODS ARE DISCUSSED FOR THESE HASTE TYPES.
USSR
PM(B)
"GUARANTEES OF SAFETY."
PBRELYGIN, V.
RUSSIAN
ALSO ST
HEDITSINSKAYA GAZBTA
01/24/75 PGS 2
EPA
ID* 02502A
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC SOLID HASTE DISPOSAL IN THE USSR, ESPECIALLY IN
RELATION TO ITS EFFECTS ON SOIL. DATA IS BEING COLLECTED ON THE QUANTITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
OF INDUSTRIAL HASTES AND ON THE MIGRATION OF THOSE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES FROM THE SOIL INTO PLANTS,
GROUNDHATBR AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECT ON HUMAN HEALTH. IN ORDER TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNTS OF SOLID INDUSTRIAL HASTE, RECYCLING EFFORTS ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN SO THAT ONE
FACTORY'S HASTE MAY BE ANOTHER'S RAH MATERIALS. FOR SOLID INDUSTRIAL HASTES HHICH BUST BE DISPOSED
OF, PLANS ARE BEING INITIATED HHEREBY ONE AREA OF LAND OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS IS DESIGNATED FOR
DISPOSAL OF HASTES FROM MANY ENTERPRISES. METHODS FOR BURIAL OF HIGHLY TOXIC HASTES ARE ALSO BEING
FORMDLATBD. HITH REGARD TO DOMESTIC HASTES, BIOTHEHMAL RUBBISH-PROCESSING FACTORIES ARE BEING
PLANNED. IN MOSCOH, AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPLEX FOR PNEUMATIC REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC HASTES BY PIPELINE
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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SOLID WASTE
USSR
HATER
AUSTRALIA
LH(B)
"PROTECTION AGAIHST POLLUTION." HBDITSINSKAYA GAZETA
GRAUBERS, V. EPA
RUSSIA! 01/15/75 PGS 2 ID* 02550A
THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH SOLID HASTE DISPOSAL IN THE ESTONIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC. THE
METHODS FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF DOMESTIC HASTE IN ESTONIA ARE DETERMINED BT MUNICIPAL AND
REGIONAL OFFICIALS IN CONJUNCTION HITH SANITATION OFFICIALS. A SYSTEM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
HHBRBBY DOMESTIC HASTE IS REMOVED ALONG CERTAIN CENTRALIZED ROUTES. AT PRESENT, SOLID HASTE IS
TAKEN TO DUMPS DESIGNATED BI SANITARY REGULATIONS. HOHBVBH, THE 1C. D. PAHFILOV ACADEMY OF
MUNICIPAL ECONOMY IS FORMULATING A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR MORE EFFICIENT PLANNING AND UTILIZATION
OF DEPOSIT AREAS FOR SOLID DOMESTIC HASTE. ALSO, THE INSTITUTE "BSTPROMPHOEKT" IN TALLINN IS
HORKING OUT THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC DETAILS FOB CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLID HASTE PROCESSING PLANT.
"HATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION (STATE)." HATER AND HASTEHATER TREATMENT.
AUSTRALIAN HATER AND HASTBHATER ASSOCIATION SUMMER SCHOOL, SECTION 21A
HENRY, L. EPA
ENGLISH 02/05/73 PGS 1-8 ID* 02530A
THIS ARTICLE, ONE OF A COLLECTION OP 36, LISTS THE MAJOR HATER POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION
IN BACH OF THE SIX AUSTRALIAN STATES AND OUTLINES THE PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS, PENALTIES, AND MEANS OF
ADMINISTRATION FOR EACH ACT OR REGULATION. SOME STATES•INCLUDE HATER PROTECTION MEASURES IN
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAHS. THE STATES ACT INDEPENDENTLY IN PREPARING LEGISLATION, BUT CRITERIA
ON HHICH STANDARDS HILL BE BASED HILL BE BASICALLY THE SAME AMONG THE STATES, HITH DIFFERENCES
ARISING FROM VARYING CONDITIONS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE AUSTRALIAN HATER RESOURCES
COUNCIL HAS RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF U.S.A. CRITERIA AS INTERIM GUIDELINES AND HAS DESIGNATED A
RESEARCH OFFICER TO PREPARE AN AUSTRALIAN VERSION. EACH STATB AND THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT
HAVE SIMILAR LEGISLATION ON OIL POLLUTION. FOUR COHMONHEALTH-STATE COUNCILS ALLOH FOR CONSULTATION
AND COORDINATION OF HORK, INCLUDING, BESIDES THE HATER RESOURCES COUNCIL, THE AUSTRALIAN
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL, AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL AND NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT 1972-1973
HESTERN AUSTRALIA. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-43 ID» 02580A
*GENBHAL AIR
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HATER
BRAZIL
LB(B)
"CLASSIFICATION OF BEACHES ESTABLISHED. REGULATIONS ESTABLISH CRITERIA."
0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUSDSSE 12/10/74 PGS 26 ID* 02037H
ALSO PHB
IH VIEW OF INCREASING HEALTH HAZARDS DOE TO POLLUTION ALONG PUBLIC BEACHES IN BRAZIL, THIS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPRINTS AND DISCUSSES THE REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF
THE ENVIRONMENT REGARDING THE CLASSIFICATION OF BEACHES FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THESE
REGULATIONS ARE THE FIRST TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEHA)
IN PURSUANCE OF DECREE NO. 73.030 OF OCT. 30, 1973, WHICH CREATED AND DEFINED THE FUNCTIONS OF
THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT. USING INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED METHODS FOR ANALYZING POLLUTION LEVELS,
THE REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF BRAZILIAN BEACHES ACCORDING TO THEIR SUITABILITY
FOR RECREATION AND BATHING. ALL BEACHES WILL, THEREFORE, BE PLACED INTO ONE OF SEVEN CATEGORIES
RANGING FROM INAPPROPRIATE TO EICELLENT. WHERE NECESSARY, FEDERAL OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE
EMPOWERED TO PROHIBIT BATHING IN POLLUTED AREAS. AREAS AFFECTED BY THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE MUST BE
CLEARLY INDICATED BY THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. FAILURE TO COMPLY RAY RESULT IN PENALTY.
BRAZIL
PH(B)
"WASTE TREATHENT INCREASES INDUSTRIAL GAINS." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 10/17/74 PGS 26 IDt 02533A
ALSO LRB AND SE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PLANS CONCERNING THE CONTROL
OF HATER POLLUTION IN THE STATE OF PARANA, BRAZIL. ALTHOUGH STILL COMPARATIVELY UNINDOSTHIALIZED,
THE STATE OF PARANA AND ITS CAPITAL, CURITIBA, ARE BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE THE UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS
OF EXCESSIVE POLLUTION. THE GRADUAL DEPOLLUTION OF THE IGAUCU RIVER WILL BEGIN IN 1980 WITH THE
COMPLETION OF A SEWAGE SYSTEM FOR TREATING DOMESTIC WASTES IN CURITIBA. PLANNING PROJECTS OF THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION FORESEE THE REDUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN THE STATE BY
50 PERCENT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE MAJOR PART OF THE WORK OF THE WATER RESOURCES
ADMINISTRATION DEALS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TECHNOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL
HASTE RECYCLING. THE ARTICLE ALSO CITES LAW 6.513 WHICH ESTABLISHES REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
CONCERNING POLLUTION AND WHICH SPECIFIES THAT INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE STATE MUST
IMPLEMENT WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE HATER RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
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PH(B)
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38
"POLLUTION OF THE SEAS."
BOSS 300LART, LDIZ OSCAR
PORTUGUESE
ALSO SE
REVISTA HARIXINA BRASILEIRA, H.
09/00/74 PCS 27-70
IDt
7-9, 1974
EPA
02553A
THIS ARTICLE, PUBLISHED IN THE QUARTERLY MARITIME REVIEW OF THE BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF THE
NAVY, DISCUSSES HARINB POLLUTION IN GENERAL AND ANALYZES THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCREASING LEVELS OF MARINE POLLUTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CHAPTER 1
DISCUSSES THE ORIGINS, INTENSITY AND EFFECTS OF MARINE POLLUTION. CHAPTER 2 DISCUSSES POLLUTION
OF THE SEAS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: DOMESTIC WASTES, PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS,
DETERGENTS, RADIOACTIVE AND INORGANIC SUBSTANCES, THERMAL POLLUTION, AND POLLUTION BY MILITARY
ACTIVITIES. CHAPTER 3 REVIEWS THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S OCEANS, WHILE
CHAPTER 4 CITES THE OBSTACLES TO SUCH INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS. CHAPTER 5 EXAMINES DOMESTIC AND
INTERNATIONAL CRITERIA AFFECTING OFFICIAL BRAZILIAN POLICY CONCERNING THE CONTROL OF MARINE
POLLUTION, AND CHAPTER 6 CONCLUDES THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OP MARINE
POLLUTION, MORE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND EFFORT ARE NEEDED.
CANADA
THE CANADA WATER ACT ANNUAL REPORT. 1973-1974
CANADA. ENVIRONMENT CANADA
ENGLISH* 00/00/74 PSS 1-30
ALSO LHB/*ALSO FRENCH
EPA
IDt 02531A
THIS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1974, IS THE SECOND SUCH REPORT IN
CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 36 OF THE CANADA WATER ACT (SEPTEMBER 30, 1970) REQUIRING THAT ACTIVITIES
UNDER THE ACT BE REPORTED TO PARLIAMENT AFTER EACH FISCAL YEAR. THE REPORT LISTS PROVISIONS OF
THE ACT RELATED TO FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES, COMPREHENSIVE WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND NUTRIENTS. IT OUTLINES ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ACT,
SUCH AS INSTANCES OF ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT FOR WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. A
SECTION DEVOTED TO AGREEMENTS AND COOPERATIVE STUDIES GIVES PROJECT INFORMATION SUCH AS DURATION,
POLITICAL ENTITIES AND FUNDING INVOLVED, OBJECTIVES AND STATUS. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO
REGULATION OF NUTRIENT INPUTS, ESPECIALLY PHOSPHORUS CONTROL. THE LAST SECTION, DEALING WITH
IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL WATER MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY, DESCRIBES THE CANADA CENTRE FOR INLAND WATERS,
WATER RESOURCES DATA SYSTEMS, DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDIES.
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LR(B)
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39
HVEB GOB HVAD (BHO DOES MEAT)
NIELSEH, SV.
DANISH 08/00/74 PCS 1-40
*GBNEBAL AIB SOLID HASTE NOISE
EPA
ID* 01742A
DEHHAHK
PB(B)
BILJO-REFOBHBN 06 DE KOHMUNALB HYNDIGHEDBB (ENVIBONMBNTAL REFORM AHD THE
HONICIPAL AOTHORITIES)
DENMARK. ENVIBONBENTAL PBOTECTION AGENCI EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02578A
ALSO LBB
*GENEBAL AIB SOLID WASTE
DENMARK
PH(B)
HILJO-BEFOBHEN OG LANDBRUGBT (ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS AND AGRICULTURE)
DENMARK. ENVIBONMBNTAL PBOTECTION AGENCT EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02581A
SOLID WASTE GENEBAL
THIS BOOKLET, PBEPABED BY THE DANISH ENVIBONMENTAL PBOTECTION AGENCY, IS DESIGNED TO PBOVIDE
IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES WITH AN OVEBVIEW OF THE EFFECT ON AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES Of THE NEW
BNVIBONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS DOB TO COHE INTO FOBCE ON OCTOBEB 1, 1974. VARIOUS SECTIONS
DEAL WITH: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FARMER IN ENVIRONMENTAL PBOTECTION; APPBOVAL OF HEAVILY
POLLUTING ACTIVITIES; NEW REGULATIONS FOB STALLS AND DONSHEAPS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATEB SUPPLY;
AND WASTEWATERS FBOM DOMESTIC SOURCES. IN ADDITION, THE PUBLICATION LISTS THE VARIOUS
AUTHORITIES BESPONSIBLB FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NEW BEGULATIONS AS WELL AS GUIDELINES ISSUED TO
ASSIST THESE AUTHORITIES IN PEBFOBMING THEIB FUNCTIONS.
DENMARK
PB(B)
MILJO-REFOBHEN OG IHDUSTRIEN (ENVIRONMENTAL BEFOBM AND INDUSTBY)
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PBOTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-23 ID* 02582A
ALSO LBB
'GENERAL AIB SOLID WASTE NOISE
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WATER
FRANCE
LR(B)
FRANCE
PB(B)
"SEARCHING FOB OIL KITH INFRARED CAMERAS.1* NEOES DEUTSCHLAND
EPA
GBRHAN 12/07/74 P6S 12 101 02463A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES AIRPLANE SURVEILLANCE OF THE FRENCH SHORELIDE TO DETECT TANKERS AND
OTHER SHIPS DISCHARGING OIL AND TAR RESIDUES FBOH TANKS AND BOILERS INTO THE SEA. ABOUT 12 PLANES
EQUIPPED WITH INFRARED CAMERAS SENSITIVE TO TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OIL AND SEA WATER
PATROL THE COAST ALONG THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND DOWN TO THE GIRONDE ESTUARI DAILY. PHOTOGRAPHS
ARE RECEIVED ON SCREENS AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR OCEAN RESEARCH AT BREST. A FISHING CUTTER
PROVIDED WITH A CHEMICAL LABORATORY AND STAFFED WITH CHEMISTS IS DIRECTED BY RADIO TO THE SPOT
TO TAKE AND ANALYZE WATER AND POLLUTANT SAMPLES. RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES ARE SENT TO FRENCH
AUTHORITIES. ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES EXPECT ABOUT 150 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTERS A YEAR TO BE
LOCATED AND CALLED TO ACCOUNT IN THIS MANNER.
"A COUNTER-PROJECT FOR THE PURIFICATION OF LAKE BOURGET." LE MONDE
EPA
FRENCH 01/03/75 PGS 6 IDI 02471A
ALSO SB
MUNICIPAL OPPOSITION TO A FRENCH GOVERNMENT PROJECT FOR THE PURIFICATION OF LAKE BOURGET HAS
RESULTED IN A COUNTER-PROJECT WHICH THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES. OBJECTING TO THE PLANNED DISCHARGE
OF TREATED EFFLUENTS INTO THE RHONE, TWENTY-SIX MUNICIPALITIES HAVE JOINED IN AN APPEAL TO THE
STATE COUNCIL TO REVOKE ITS APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. ALSO REQUESTED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES
IS A "STOP-WORK ORDER" TO PREVENT THE FURTHER EXPENDITURE OF EFFORTS ON THE PROJECT. THEIR
COUNTER-PROJECT PROPOSAL ESTABLISHES THE CHAUTAGNB MARSHES AS AN ALTERNATIVE DISCHARGE SITE,
THEREBY ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITY OF POLLUTION OF THE RHONE.
FRANCE
PM(B)
"SPECIALIZED GENDARMES TO PURSUE POLLUTERS." LE FIGARO
EPA
FRENCH 09/30/74 PGS 23 ID* 02480*
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS OH A SPECIALIZED FRENCH "GENDARME" BRIGADE RECENTLY CREATED TO DEAL WITH
POLLUTION ON THE RHINE. EQUIPPED WITH PATROL BOATS AMD A HELICOPTER, THIS BRIGADE SURVEILS THE
WATERWAY FOR OFFENSES, PHOTOGRAPHING VIOLATORS FROM THE AIR. ARMED WITH UNDENIABLE PROOF OF
GUILT, THEY ARE THEN ABLE TO COLLECT HEAVY FINES FROM THE POLLUTERS. IN CONCLUSION, CONSIDERING
THE ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS TO WHICH THIS INDEPENDENT FRENCH ACTION COULD GIVE RISE, THE AUTHOR
STRESSES THE NECESSITY FOR COMPARABLE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES IN OTHER NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
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41
WATER
FRANCE
PM(B)
FRANCE
PM(B)
"CHEMICAL POLLUTION AND THE BALANCE OF A MARINE ENVIRONMENT." JOURNAL DE
GENEVE
EPA
FRENCH 11/14/74 P3S 10 ID* 02542A
THE LATEST HEETINS OF THE FRENCH SOUTHEAST REGIONAL UNION FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF LIFE, NATURE,
AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SUMMARIZED IN THIS ARTICLE, BROUGHT TOGETHER SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS AND SHORE
DEVELOPERS IN A WORK SESSION DEDICATED TO THE STUDY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST CHEMICAL POLLUTION OF
HATERS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF COASTAL RESTRUCTURING ON MARINE ORGANISMS. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED
ON TWO KEY POINTS OF CONTENTION: 1) DIKE BUILDING PRACTICES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO A PROLIFERATION
OF HARMFUL BACTERIA, MAKING THE WATERS UNSAFE FOR EITHER BATHING OR FISHING, AND, 2) PURIFICATION
PLANT PROCESSES WHICH DESTROY A MULTITUDE OF ORGANIC MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO MARINE LIFE WHILE
SPARING HARMFUL BACTERIA.
"RECYCLING OF WASTEWATBR ON THE ISLAND OF PORQUBROLLES." JOURNAL DE GENEVE
EPA
FRENCH 11/14/74 PCS 10 ID* 02543A
THIS ARTICLE LOOKS AT THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED WASTEWATER RECYCLING PLANT ON THE ISLAND OF
PORQUEROLLES, FRANCE, AND DESCRIBES ITS MODE OF OPERATION. BASED ON A TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED FOR
THE TREATMENT OF RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS, THIS PROCESS WILL PRODUCE POTABLE WATER THROUGH A
SERIES OF OPERATIONS CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING SYSTEMS: FLOCCULATION AND CLARIFICATION,
NEUTRALIZATION BY CARBONIC GAS, AND STERILIZATION BY OZONE. FINAL DISCHARGE OF TREATED WATERS INTO
A NATURAL LAGOON ALLOWS FOR SUBSEQUENT WATER QUALITY STUDIES. THE RECYCLING OF THIS COMMUNITY'S
WASTEWATER IS EXPECTED TO REMEDY THE ACUTE WATER SHORTAGES EXPERIENCED IN PEAK TOURIST SEASONS.
GERMAN DEM REP
PM(B)
"CARE OF WATER." PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
08/01/74 PGS 5
EPA
ID* 02536A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND POLAND WITH
REGARD TO CONTROL OF POLLUTION OF THE WATERS FORMING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTBIES--
THE ODER AND NEISSE RIVERS AND COASTAL WATERS OF THE BALTIC SEA. SPECIALISTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES
REGULARLY SURVEY THE WATER QUALITY OF THE TWO RIVERS. SEVERAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES FOR PURIFYING WASTEWATER DISCHARGED BY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PURIFICATION FACILITIES. MOREOVER, A JOINT PROGRAM FOR RATIONAL USE OF WATER
RESOURCES IS BEING FORMULATED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF BOTH POLAND AND THE GERMAN
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
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HATBH
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LB(B)
PAGE
42
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROSBCOTOHS HUH SUCCESS." OHWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTDNG,
SCHOTZ, HO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 P3S 10 IDi 02519A
*GENBHAL SOLID BASTE AIR NOISE
3BRHANY,FED REP OF
PH(B)
GESONDE UHHBLT DORCH FOHSCHONG DNO TBCHNIK (A HEALTH! ENVIRONMENT THROOGH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY)
LOG
GERMAN 00/00/72 PGS 1-390 ID! 02527A
*GENERAL AIR NOISE SOLID HASTE
HC 290 .5 .E5B45 1972
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SE( )
"THE PUBLIC SECTOR STILL IN ARREARS." OMHELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ,
NO. 3
SCHULTB, H. J. EPA
GBRHAN 06/00/74 PGS 18-19 ID* 02510A
ALSO PMB
'GENERAL SOLID HASTE
GREAT BRITAIN
LH(A)
"THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974." CHAPTER 40, HALSBDRY'S STATUTES OF ENGLAND.
CURRENT STATUTES SERVICE, ISSUE NO. 39
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1039-1152 IDI 02482A
'GENERAL SOLID HASTE NOISE AIR
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
PREVENTION OF HATER POLLUTION IN ENGLAND AMD HALES
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-7
ALSO PHA
ID*
EPA
02526A
THIS PAPER, COMPILED AND AMENDED BY THE HATER AND SEHERAGE DIVISION OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT
OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDES A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE AGENCIES, LAHS AND ACTIVITIES CONCERNED HITH
THE PREVENTION OF HATER POLLUTION IN ENGLAND AND HALES. PART I OF THE PAPER OUTLINES THE
CURRENT STATUS OF HATER QUALITY IN ENGLAND AND HALES AND MENTIONS THE TECHNICAL METHODS CURRENTLY
IN USB TO CONTROL HATER POLLUTION. PART 2, AS AMENDED, DISCUSSES THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TEN NBHLY CREATED REGIONAL HATER AUTHORITIES IN CONTROLLING
HATER POLLUTION. PART 3 LISTS AND DISCUSSES THE EXISTING LEGISLATION ON THE PREVENTION OF
HATER POLLUTION. AS OF APRIL 1, 1974 THE HATER ACT OF 1973 PROVIDES THAT THE ENFORCEMENT AND
ADMINISTRATION OF THE EXISTING HATER POLLUTION LAHS ARE NOH RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NEH REGIONAL
HATER AUTHORITIES.
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43
WATER
INTERNATIONAL
LH(B)
"LONDON CONFERENCE OF IMCO IN 1973 ON PROBLEMS OF SBA POLLUTION." SOVIBTSKOE
GOSODAHSTVO I PBAVO
KOTLYAB, V. S. EPA
RUSSIAN 08/00/74 PGS 96-99 ID» 02S22A
THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE LONDON CONFERENCE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL HARINE CONSULTATIVE
ORGANIZATION, HELD OCTOBER 8 - N07BHBBR 2, 1973, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROH 71 COUNTRIES. THE
BERBERS OF THE CONFERENCE APPROVED THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE
SBA, WHICH REPLACED THE 1954 CONVENTION OH SEA POLLUTION, AND A PROTOCOL ON INTERVENTION IN THE
OPEN SEA IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT CAUSING POLLUTION OF THE SEA BT SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN OIL.
THE CONVENTION CONTAINS PROVISIONS ON THE LICENSING OF CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS TO CBRIPY THAT THE
SHIP IS NOT HARHFUL HITH REGARD TO SEA POLLUTION. ALSO, PORT INSPECTION PBOCBDURES OF SHIPS
SUBJECT TO THE CONVENTION ABB DESCRIBED. APPENDICES TO THE CONVENTION PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR
PERMISSIBLE AMOUNTS OF DISCHARGES OF OIL, SEWAGE OR OTHER HARHFUL SUBSTANCES FROM SHIPS. THE
PROTOCOL ON INTERVENTION IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS CAUSING SEA POLLUTION PROVIDES THAT COUNTRIES MAY
TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR HATERS FROH SUCH POLLUTION.
INTERNATIONAL
PH(B)
"ORGANIZATION OF HATER PROTECTION ON THE EUROPEAN LEVEL."
ZEITUNG
VOGEL, H. E.
GERMAN 11/20/74 PSS 5 ID*
NBUE ZUERCHER
EPA
02468A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE FEDERATION FOR PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN
8ATEHS RECENTLY SPONSORED A EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON ORGANIZATION OF HATER PROTECTION ATTENDED BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF 14 COUNTRIES AND SIX INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED ON FOUR
AREAS OF EUROPEAN ENDEAVOR: 1) A COUNCIL OF EUROPE WORK GROUP ON "GROUND HATER AND THE RHINE
VALLEY" IS CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO GROUND HATER PROBLEHS AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF EUROPEAN
COOPERATION. 2) A DRAFT EUROPEAN HATER PROTECTION CONVENTION APPLICABLE MAINLY TO TRANSNATIONAL
RIVERS IS BEING PREPARED FOR SUBMISSION TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES. 3) ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SUPBAREGIONAL DATA SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF SATELLITE MONITORING OF SURFACE HATERS AND POLLUTION IS
UNDER CONSIDERATION. 4) THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PLANS A THREB-PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
TO A) STUDY A EUROPEAN TEST AREA, B) EXPAND TO CONSIDER DATA FROH ALL EUROPE, AND C) EXCHANGE
INFORMATION HITH NON-EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S.A., JAPAN, ETC.
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RATER
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
INTERNATIONAL
SB( )
"KEEPING THE HATER CLEAN." GDB REVIEW
HINKLBR, WOLFSANS
ENGLISH 11/00/74 PCS 17-21
EPA
10* 02477A
THIS ABTICLE INCLUDES AH INTERVIEW WITH THE SINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND HATER
CONSERVANCY OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR) ABODT COOPERATION BBTHEBN THE GDR AND THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN PREVENTION OF POLLUTION IN SHARED HATERS. JOINT PROJECTS TO BETTER
HATER QUALITY ARE AMONG EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN ON THE BASIS OF THE FRONTIER WATERS AGREEMENT OF MARCH
1965. SAMPLES ARE RBSULABLX TAKEN FROM RIVERS FLOHINS INTO THE BALTIC SEA, PARTICULARLY FROM THE
ODER, AND ANY POLLUTANTS FROM THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ARE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED. EVERY MONTH SAMPLES
ARE COLLECTED FROM THE LAOSITZ NEISB RIVER AT 14 PLACES AND FROM THE ODER RIVER AT 11 PLACES. THE
THO STATES PLAN ADDITIONAL COOPERATION TO IMPLEMENT THE RECENTLY SIGNED CONVENTION FOR PROTECTION
OF THE BALTIC SEA. THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE PROGRESS OF A SCIENTIFIC SHIP HITH
ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL FROM THE GDB AND POLAND AS IT STOPS AT HATER MEASURING STATIONS IN THE
ODER-HAFF RIVER UNDER A YEAR-OLD HORK PLAN INVOLVING VESSELS OF BOTH COUNTRIES.
"EUROPEAN POLLUTION." L«EXPRESS
FRENCH 11/04/74 PCS 48
GENERAL
EPA
ID* 02469A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE POLLUTION OF THE RHINE, TO RHICH SEVERAL COUNTRIES
CONTRIBUTE, IN AN EFFORT TO DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSITY FOR A UNIFIED EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
ACCUMULATING VARIOUS POLLUTANTS ON ITS PATH THROUGH SHITZERLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY, THE RHINE
ARRIVES IN THE NETHERLANDS, HHBRE IT IS THE PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF POTABLE HATER, LADEN HITH TOXIC
SUBSTANCES. CONFLICTING PRIORITIES AND DIVERSE NATIONAL REGULATIONS HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE THUS
FAR FOR THESE COUNTRIES TO REACH AN ACCORD ON A MEANS OF CLEANSING THE RIVER. THE AUTHOR LOOKS
HITH GREAT OPTIMISM TO THE NOVEMBER 7, 1974 CONFERENCE OF EEC ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS FOR A
SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS, VIEWING THE CONFERENCE AS THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
MULTI-FACETED EUROPEAN POLLUTION POLICY.
IRELAND
PM(B)
REPORT ON HATER POLLUTION
IRELAND. INTER-DEPARTMENTAL HORKING GROUP ON...POLLUTION EPA
ENGLISH 10/00/73 PCS 1-115 ID* 02539A
ALSO LRB AND SB
THIS REPORT HAS PREPARED FOR THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
HORKING SROUP ON AIR AND HATER POLLUTION, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, FINANCE, HEALTH, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, LANDS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND
TRANSPORT AND PORBR. IT CONTAINS SECTIONS TREATING THE FOLLOHING TOPICS: A) NATURE OF HATER
POLLUTION, B) INVESTIGATIONS INTO HATER POLLUTION IN IRELAND, C) MAIN CAUSES OF HATER POLLUTION IN
IRELAND, D) EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF RATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS, D) REVIEW OF EXISTING LEGISLATION,
B) EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, F) POSSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, G) PROPOSED
ARRANGEMENTS, AND H) COST OF REMEDIAL STRATEGIES. THE PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE SUMMARIZED HITH SECTION REFERENCES TO THE BODY OF THE TEXT. THE 17-PAGE APPENDIX INCLUDES
LISTS OF DOCUMENTS USED IN THE STUDY, A TECHNICAL GLOSSARY FOR THE REPORT, AND VARIOUS TABLES
AND HAPS.
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45
HATER
ITALY
LR(B)
IT At!
LH(B)
"THE BIVER IS DOOHED BT THE LAB." L'EXPRESSO
ITALIAN 11/10/74 PGS 146
EPA
ID* 02473A
THE VIRTUAL NON-EXISTENCE OF RATIONAL HATER POLLOTIOH LEGISLATION IN ITALY HAS PROMPTED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL REGULATIONS HHICH ARE EXAMINED IN THIS ARTICLE. LOMBARD! (HHOSE LAH HAS
THE FIRST TO PASS IN JOLT 1974) AND PIEDMONT (HHOSE LAH IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
APPROVED) HAVE SET THE COURSE FOR FUTURE ACTION. BUT THE EFFECTIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPEARANCE OF
THEIR LEGISLATION CONCEALS SEVERE DEFECTS. ONE EXAMPLE CITED BY THE AUTHOR IS THE LAXITY OF THEIR
"PROVISIONAL" STANDARDS OF HASTERATER ACCEPTABILITY, HHICH COULD ACTUALLY PERMIT THE SHUT-DOHN OF
PURIFICATION FACILITIES BY CERTAIN INDUSTRIES. THE EFFICACY OF THESE "PROVISIONAL" STANDARDS,
HHICH HILL IN FACT BE OPERATIVE HELL INTO THE 1980*S, IS QUESTIONED BY THE AUTHOR.
"VENICE: NOTICES OF VIOLATION FOR HARSHERA SLUDGE." CORRIERE DELLA SERA
EPA
ITALIAN 11/22/74 PGS 7 IDI 02567A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED HITH THE DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL
HASTES INTO VENICE'S LAGOON AND DESCRIBES THE RECENT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED BY THE
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AGAINST A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND COMMERCIAL SHIPPERS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION AND DISCHARGE OF RED AND HHITE SLUDGE INTO THE OPEN SEA. THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC
PROSECUTOR CHARGES THE FIRMS HITH VIOLATING THE 1965 FISHING LAH, AN OFFENSE HHICH CARRIES A
FINE OF 1,000,000 LIRE OR UP TO THO YEARS IMPRISONMENT. THE DISCHARGES IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF AN DNDBRHATBR "PLATFORM" 15 KILOMETERS SQUARE BY THO CENTIMETERS
HIGH HHICH, IF IT PERSISTS, COULD ENDANGER THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE
THE COMPOSITION AND EFFECTS OF THESE RESIDUES ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED.
ITALY
LR(B)
"POLLUTION IN LIVORNO: 72 PERSONS UNDER INVESTIGATION." CORRIBRE DELLA SERA
EPA
ITALIAN 11/25/74 PGS 17 ID* 02568A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES A JUDICIAL EXAMINATION OF POLLUTION OF THE HISTORIC HEDICEI DITCHES
BY THE COURT OF LIVOBNO, ITALY. PROCEEDINGS BEGAN IN 1973 HHEN THE COURT ORDERED HATER
SAMPLES TO BE TAKEN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE DITCHES, CANALS AND IN THE OPEN SEA.
LABORATORY ANALYSES REVEALED HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTION. NEARLY 75 SUMMONS HERE ORDERED BY THE
COURT AND INVOLVED BOTH INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HERE
ACCUSED OF HAVING FAILED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO PREVENT THE DISCHARGE OF SEHAGE INTO
LOCAL HATERS. ALL OF THE ACCUSED HERB ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT FOR QUESTIONING
ON DECEMBER 4, 1974.
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JAPAN
LB(B)
PAGE
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN JAPAN
ENGLISH
ALSO PHB
05/00/72 PCS 1-55
EPA
ID* 02548A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED FOR THE 1972 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE RDHAH ENVIRONMENT IN
STOCKHOLM, DEALS WITH HATER POLLUTION IN JAPAN. THE REPORT PRESENTS A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE
SITUATION ALONG ilTH A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPANESE HATER POLLUTION CONTROL BEASURES. ALSO
OUTLINED IN THE REPORT IS JAPAN'S PRESENT POLICY OF CONTROL AND ITS NATIONAL AND LOCAL REGULATION
PROGRAHS. A SEPARATE SECTION OF THE REPORT REVIEHS NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
JAPAN
SE( )
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND JAPANESE INDUSTRY
JAPAN FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS (KEIDANREN)
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-17 IDf
ALSO PHB AND LRB
•GENERAL AIR
LOC
02U921
HC 465.E5 K46
OECD
PH(B)
"HHO EIPORTS, HHO IMPORTS?" UHHBLT: PORSCHUHG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 5
EPA
GERMAN 10/00/74 PGS 46-47 ID* 02515A
*AIR
SHITZERLAND
LR(A)
"NOVEMBER 6, 1974. GENERAL RATER PROTECTION DECREE.
BIDGENOBSSISCHBN 8RSETZE, NO. 45
AMENDMENT." SAHHLDNG DER
GERMAN
11/18/74 PSS 1810-1812
ID*
EPA
00362J
THIS DECREE AMENDS CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE GENERAL RATER PROTECTION DECREE OF JUNE 19, 1972,
WHICH APPLY TO A) BUILDING PERMITS, B) SBRERAGE SYSTEMS, AND C) CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CERTAIN
SBRERASE AND RASTERATEH TREATMENT FACILITIES MAX QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES. AMONG
REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERMIT FOR A NEH OR REMODELED STRUCTURE IS THE PROVISION THAT THE STRUCTURE
BE CONNECTED TO A CANALIZATION SYSTEM RITHIN GIVEN TIME PERIODS. CONDITIONS UNDER RHICH STATE
FUNDS HAY BE GRANTED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SBRAGB COLLECTING PIPES, HASTEHATER TREATMENT FACILITIES,
AND RAIN CLARIFICATION INSTALLATIONS ARE LISTED. IN ORDER FOR A FACILITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL
FUNDS, THE CANTONS MUST CONTRIBUTE SPECIFIED PORTIONS OF TOTAL FUNDING.
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HATER
SWITZERLAND
LB(B)
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
"ESPECIALLY STRINGENT WATER PROTECTION MEASURES APPLY TO LARGE TANK
INSTALLATIONS." NEDE ZUEHCHER ZEITONG
EPA
GERHAN 11/07/74 PCS 26 ID* 02466A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATES THAT IN SWITZERLAND WATER PROTECTION HEASORES HAKE ESPECIALLY
STRINGENT DEMANDS ON LARGE STORAGE TANK INSTALLATIONS FOR LIQUID FUELS AND PROPELLANTS. THE
OCTOBER 1, 1974 FEDERAL LAW ON PROTECTION OF HATER FROH POLLUTION HAKES OWNERS 0? TANK FACILITIES
RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFE FUNCTIONING OF THEIR FACILITIES AND FOR CONSCIENTIOUS IHPLBHENTATION OF WATER
PROTECTION HEASURES. CANTONAL GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOB SUPERVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES.
THE FEDERAL REGULATION FOR PROTECTION OF WATER FROH WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES, EFFECTIVE AS OF
JULY 1, 1974, PROVIDES THAT OLD TANK INSTALLATIONS BUST APPROACH THE SAFETY LEVELS OF NEW
INSTALLATIONS IN THE FUTURE. ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL COUNCIL, IT WILL REQUIRE SOHE TIME FOR ALL
OF THE COUNTRY'S APPROXIMATELY 450,000 TANKS TO MEET THESE STANDARDS, AND A PRIORITY PROGRAM MUST
BE ESTABLISHED. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL COUNCIL IN ANSWER TO AN INQUIRY ABOUT
AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING OIL FROM THE TANKS OF A PETROLEUM COMPANY IN VERNIER IN THE CANTON OF GENEVA.
"WATER PROTECTION IS ESSENTIALLY FINANCIALLY ASSURED." NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERHAN 11/25/74 PGS 14 ID* 02467A
ALSO SE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT OF SWITZERLAND'S FEDERAL COUNCIL,
THE GOVBHNHBNT WILL BE ABLE FINANCIALLY TO CLEAN UP THE MAJOR SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION WITHIN
THE TEN-YEAR TIME LIMIT ESTABLISHED BY THE CURRENT WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM. LONGER DEADLINES
MAY HAVE TO BE ADOPTED FOR LESS IMPORTANT POLLUTION SOURCES, HOWEVER. A NATIONAL COUNCILLOR HAS
SUGGESTED SPECIAL FINANCING OF WATER PROTECTION BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FEE ONTO THE DELIVERED
PRICE OF DRINKING WATER AND WATER USED FOB INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PURPOSES.
USSR
LR(B)
"PROBLEMS OF PROTECTION AND SANITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT DIFFERENT STAGES
OF THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM." SOVIETSKOE ZDRAVOOKHRANENIB, NO. 6
KIRILBNKO, T. G. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 74-78 ID* 02529A
ALSO PHA
^GENERAL
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RATBB
DSSE
LH(B)
OSSH
PH(B)
DSSB
PH(B)
PAGE
48
"TUB VOLGA RILL BB CLEAN." VODNTI IBAHSPOBT
BUSSIAN 06/27/74 PGS 1
EPA
IDI 02535A
THIS ARTICLE BBPORTS OH A HEBTING OF THE PUBLIC IHTEB-BBGIONAL COHHITTBB FOB THE VOLGA BIVEB,
ATTENDED BY BEPBBSBNTATIVES OF ALL BB3IONS AND AUTOHONOOS REPUBLICS ON TRB VOLGA, AS WELL AS
MEMBERS OF MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS, AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEETING COHCEBNBD
IMPLEMENTATION BY THE BIVBB FLEET OF THE BSFSB AND MILK AND MEAT PRODUCING ENTEBPBISES OF THE
GOVBBNMBNT RESOLUTION "ON MEASURES FOB PBEVBNTING POLLUTION OF THE VOLGA AND UBAL BIVEB BASINS BY
UNPUBIFIED SBHAGE." IT HAS NOTED THAT THE WORKERS OF THE BIVER FLEET HAVE TAKEN MANY MEASURES TO
PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE VOLGA, iHICH INCLUDE EQUIPPING SHIPS WITH COLLBCTOBS FOB INDUSTRIAL AND
DOMESTIC SBHAGE AND HASTE OIL.
"RIVERS HILL BB POLLUTION-FREE." SOVIET NEWS
ENGLISH 05/28/74 PGS 193
EPA
ID* 02537A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OF THE USSB BY WHICH NONE OF THE HATERS OF THE
VOLGA AND UBAL BIVER BASINS HILL BE POLLUTED HITH INDUSTRIAL HASTES BY 1980. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES
CONSTRUCTION OF 400 HATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS FOB THE VOLGA BIVEB, WHICH HILL INCUR EXPENSES
OF NBABLY 1,000 BILLION RUBLES. OTHER MEASURES TO BE UNDERTAKEN ARE DEVELOPMENT OF HASTE-FREE
INDUSTRIAL PBOCESSBS AND MULTIPLE USES OF RASTERATER.
"PROTECTING THE NERL1 RIVER." PRAVDA
BUSSIAN 02/08/75 PGS 3
EPA
ID* 02554A
THIS ABTICLE CONCBBNS MEASURES TAKEN TO PBEVENT POLLUTION OF THE NERL' BIVEB IN THE USSR. THE
PBTBOVSKII STATE FABM, RITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SPECIALISTS FROM THE MINISTRY OF STATE FABMS OF
THE BSFSR, ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF MEASURES BANNING ANY DISCHARGES OF MANURE INTO THE NERL1 BIVEB.
TBACTOBS AND DUMP TBUCKS ABE TO BEMOVE FERTILIZER HASTES FROM THE FIELDS. THE MINISTRY OF STATE
FARMS HAS GRANTED 300,000 RUBLES TO THE TSINTBPSEL1KHOZPBOH INSTITUTE TO DESIGN METHODS OF
AGBICULTURAL HASTE DISPOSAL. SEVERAL AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES HAVE BEEN STRICTLY PENALIZED FOR
POLLUTING THE NERL' BIVBB AND KILLING FISH HITH DNPURIFIED SERAGE.
DSSB
SE(
"1975 STATE PLAN FOB THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF THE USSB."
PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PMB
^GENERAL
12/19/74 PGS 3
ID*
EPA
02521A
AIR
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