PB-231 665-31
Number 31
March 1975
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington D C 20460
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FOREWORD
Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental
agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ-
mental reports issued by foreign governments and international organi-
zations. This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents
received through the exchange agreements.
The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems
Branch (see back page for order form). More detailed English abstracts
can be provided when required. Full text translations, which are expen-
sive, should be requested only when essential for operation of EPA
programs. Translation Services Requisition form #1350-1 is used to re-
quest translations.
A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
retrieval of these summaries by:
c. type of document
legal/legislative/regulatory
management/planning
socio-economic
a. country
b. subject area
air
water
noise
pesticides
radiation
solid waste management
This series, devoted to summaries of government reports and other pertinent
literature and focusing on the legislative, organizational, economic, and
social aspects of environmental protection, supplements foreign scientific
and technical literature abstracted by other EPA information services.
APT 1C
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
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AIR
Atmospheric Pollution - Worrisome But Not Well Understood
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02037 J ........... 11
See WATER (Brazil) — Control No. 02557A ............ 27
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02037K ........... 12
See WATER (Brazil) — Control No. 02609 A ............ 28
Bol.ga'u.a.
Railroad Transport and the Protection of the Environment .... 2
See GENERAL (Bulgaria) ~ Control No. 02630A .......... 12
Canada.
July 30, 1974 Leaded Gasoline Regulations ........... 2
Cement Industry National Emission Guidelines .......... 3
, Republic o&
See WATER (Republic of China) — Control No. 02595A ...... 28
After Government Adoption of Six Draft Laws, a Quality
of Life Code for 1977 .................... 3
Germany ,F &d Rep Qf$
August 28, 1974 Technical Guideline for Maintenance of
Air Purity ......................... 4
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02635A ..... 15
The OECD Program "Long Range Transport of Atmospheric Pollution" 4
We Must Understand the Costs of Pollution ........... 5
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02622 A ....... 17
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02641A ....... 18
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lion
Pollution To Be Eliminated in Five Years, Says Firouz ..... 5
Tel-Aviv Bus Station ...................... 6
Japan
Toyoda Says Auto Makers Can't Meet NOx Limit by 1978 ...... 6
Car Emission Control Tolerance Levels Set ........... 6
Environment Agency Tightens Vehicle Noise Level Controls .... 7
Police Agency Will Crack Down on Car Exhaust .......... 7
Japan's Actions to Preserve the Environment: The Fight
for Clean Air as an Example ................. 8
Government to Promote Sale of Midget Automobiles ........ 8
See WATER (Japan) — Control No. 02614A ............ 32
Kuwatt
Air Quality Standards ..................... 8
Romania.
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02619A .......... 20
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02644A .......... 21
Noise and Exhaust Emissions: Two Nuisances To Be Given
Priority .......................... 9
USSR
Hygienic Standardization of Cyclohexanonoxime in the Atmosphere 9
Fight for a Cleaner Sky .................... 10
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02594A ............ 22
GENERAL
National Environment Committee Established ........... 10
The State Pollution Control Commission and the Environmental
Legislation of New South Wales ............... 11
Principles and Procedures for Environmental Impact
Assessment in New South Wales ................ 11
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Contain Industrial Pollution, SEMA's Goal in 1975 ....... 11
SEMA's Plans .......................... 12
Future Governor of Goias Will Create Environmental
Protection Agency ...................... 12
Problems of Environmental Protection in the General Scheme
for Arrangement of Production Forces in Bulgaria in 1976-1990 12
Canada
Pollution Control Costs for Canada in 1980 ........... 13
Colomb/ca
New Natural Resources Code ................... 13
COMECON
COMECON and Environmental Protection .............. 14
See WATER (COMECON) — Control No. 02555A ........... 29
Ecuadofi
Report on the Problems of the Human Environment in Ecuador ... 14
F/tonce
Government Renounces Protection of the Sea ........... 15
See AIR (France) — Control No. 02645 A ............. 3
,Ffcd R&p o£
On the Rhine and the Ruhr It Is No Longer a Matter of
Museums and Aesthetic Matters ................ 15
Revised German Energy Policy .................. 15
See WATER (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02639 A ...... 30
Greece
A Preliminary Report on Physical Environmental Problems
in Greece .......................... 16
HungaAy
National Environmental Protection Council Established ..... 16
Closing Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on the
Mediterranean Environment .................. 17
Economy Drive Could Put Quality of Life in Danger ....... 17
Financial, Fiscal and Other Economic Measures. . .in the
Socialist Countries of Europe for Protection of Environment . 18
See AIR (International) — Control No. 02631A ......... 5
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Ifian
Polluters To Be Moved Beyond the City Limits .......... 18
See AIR (Iran) — Control No. 02648A .............. 5
Advisory Panel on Industry ................... 19
Japan
See WATER (Japan) — Control No. 02614A ............ 32
OECV
Environment: Where Will We Be in Ten Years? .......... 19
Romania.
The Environment As An Asset of Present and Future Generations . 19
National Council for Environmental Protection Begins Operation . 20
Concrete Actions for Environmental Protection ......... 20
Report on the Third National Congress on Hygiene and Public
Health ............................ 20
New Solutions for Combating Environmental Pollution ...... 21
Spain
CODENA: Campaign for the Protection of Nature and the
Environment ......................... 21
Sweeten
Nuclear Energy: The Swedish Solution ............. 21
Trends in Environmental Protection Theory ........... 22
USSR
Health of the Planet ...................... 22
(/enezitela
Fines up to One Million Bolivares and Prison Sentences up to
Ten Years for Those Who Violate Organizational
Environment Law ....................... 22
NOISE
See AIR (Bulgaria) — Control No. 0259 7 A ............ 2
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02641A ....... 18
See AIR (Israel) — Control No. 02589A ............. 6
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Japan
Environment Council to Recommend JNR (Japan National Railways)
Lower Noise Levels ..................... 23
USSR
Attack on Noise ........................ 24
PESTICIDES
See GENERAL (Bulgaria) — Control No. 02630A .......... 12
Mg.3O.CQ
Regulations for the Control and Use of Herbicides ....... 24
Romania
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02619A .......... 20
RADIATION
We Call on the Population to Refuse Nuclear Power Stations ... 25
See AIR (International) — Control No. 02631A ......... 5
Romania
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02619A .......... 20
Sweden
Controversial Nuclear Energy Policy in Sweden ......... 26
SOLID WASTE
France
See AIR (France) — Control No. 02645A ............. 3
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02641A ....... 18
Spain
See GENERAL (Spain) — Control No. 02576A ........... 21
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WATER
Legal Repression of Pollution ................. 27
Commission for Resources of the Sea .............. 27
Unification Group Wants to Unite Secretariats and Create
New Foundation ....................... 28
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02037 J ........... 11
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02037K ........... 12
See GENERAL (Bulgaria) -- Control No. 02630A .......... 12
Cfi/cna, Rvpubtic. ofi
Taiwan - Environment ...................... 28
COMECON
Keeping the Black Sea Unpolluted ................ 29
European
Uniform Prescriptions in Environmental Questions ........ 29
May 7, 1974 Order on the Cleanliness of Beaches and Coastal
Areas Frequented by the Public ............... 29
May 14, 1974 Circular Letter on the Cleanliness of Beaches and
Coastal Areas Frequented by the Public ........... 30
See AIR (France) — Control No. 02645A ............. 3
G&imany, Fecf Re.p o&
Construction Stop for State Area To Be Relaxed ......... 30
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02635A ..... 15
Int&watlonat
No Water From Lake Constance for Improvement of the Neckar ... 31
Sixteen Countries Guard Mediterranean ............. 31
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02642A ....... 17
See GENERAL (International) — Control No. 02641A ....... 18
See AIR (Iran) — Control No. 02648A
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Japan.
New Hope in Japan ....................... 32
Kuwait
Water Quality Standards .................... 32
Poland
Responsibility for Water Pollution by Arbitration ....... 33
Romania
How Water Legislation is Applied .......... . ..... 33
The Water Problem ....................... 34
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02615A .......... 19
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02619A .......... 20
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02644A .......... 21
Spool
See GENERAL (Spain) — Control No. 02576A ........... 21
Action Against Water Pollution ................. 35
USSR
A Word About Clean Water .................... 35
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02594A ............ 22
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AIR
BELGIUM
PB(B)
"ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - WORRISOME BUT NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD." LE SOIB
EPA
FRENCH 12/27/74 PCS 2 ID* 02596A
THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A RECENT PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY SOON TO BE PUBLISHED Bl
THE BELGIAN NATIONAL STUDY CENTER OF AIR POLLUTION BY COMBUSTION. ALTHOUGH ONAHIHO0S CONCERN
ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION WAS EVIDENCED (THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT BELGIAHS CONSIDER IT ONE OF
FOUR PRINCIPAL CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS), A COMPARABLE NUMBER OP RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT
INADEQUATE INFORMATION OS THE SUBJECT WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THE TWO POLLSTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND INDUSTRY SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH
PRECISENESS AND OBJECTIVITY RATHER THAN WITH QUANTITY OF INFORMATION IN THEIR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF AIR POLLUTION.
BRAZIL
LR (B)
"CONTAIN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, SENA'S GOAL IN 1975." ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/14/74 ?GS 1,66 ID* 02037J
'GENERAL WATER
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"LEGAL REPRESSION OF POLLUTION."
LEME MACHADO, PAULO AFFONSO
PORTUGUESE 12/00/73
*WATBR
SANBAHENTO, NO. 47, 1973
PGS 14-21
ID*
EPA
02557A
BRAZIL
PH(A)
"SEHA'S PLANS." TEJA
PORTUGUESE
*GBNBRAL
WATER
10/09/74 PGS 77-78
EPA
ID* 02037K
BRAZIL
PH(A)
"UNIFICATION GROUP WANTS TO DHITE SECRETARIATS AND CREATE 1EW POUWDATIOB."
0 GLOBO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/31/74 PGS 11 ID* 02609A
*WATER
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AIR
BULGARIA
PH(B)
"RAILROAD TRANSPORT AND THE PROTECTION OP THE ENVIRONMENT." ZHBLEZOP'EN
TRANSPORT
EPA
BULGARIAN 10/00/711 PGS 1 1 IDi 02597A
NOISE
THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION AND AIR AND NOISE
POLLUTION IN BULGARIA. TO DATE, THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANS RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMULATING
HEASURES RELATIVE TO PREVENTION OF AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION FROH RAILROADS, NOR HAS AN* TECHNICAL
WORK BEEN DONE IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER, A RECENT RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY OH STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INCLUDED
CONSIDERATION OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF NOISE FROH MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON HUMAN HEALTH. THE
NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DURING THE PERIOD 1975-1990 WILL INCLUDE
MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. FINALLY, THE ARTICLE CITES TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING OUT
SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY RAILROAD TRANSPORT.
BULGARIA
PM(B)
"PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE GENERAL SCHEME FOR ARRANGEMENT OF
PRODUCTION FORCES IN BULGARIA IN 1976-1990." PRIRODA, NO. 6
STOILOV, D. EPA
BULGARIAN 00/00/74 PGS 71-73 ID# 02630A
*GENERAL HATER PESTICIDES
CANADA
LR(A)
"JULY 30, 1974 LEADED GASOLINE REGULATIONS."
CLEAN AIR ACT, NO. 11
ENVIRONMENT CANADA, COMP.
ENGLISH* 08/14/74 PGS 19-21
*ALSO FRENCH
CANADA GAZETTE ANNOUNCEMENTS—
ID*
EPA
00356B
THESE REGULATIONS, REPRINTED FROM THE CANADA GAZETTE (PART II, VOL. 108, NO. 15) , PRESCRIBE
THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION OF LEAD IN GASOLINE TO WHICH LEAD HAS BEEN ADDED DURING THE
PRODUCTION PROCESS. AS OF JANUARY 1, 1976, LEAD CONCENTRATION SHALL NOT EXCEED 3.5 GRAMS PER
IMPERIAL GALLON. ALSO, THE REGULATIONS STATE THAT ANY PERSON WHO, AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1974, HAS
PRODUCED GASOLINE IN CANADA FOR USE OR SALE IN CANADA OR HAS IMPORTED GASOLINE INTO CANADA. MUST
SUBMIT TO THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT QUARTERLY REPORTS OF PRODUCTION AND LEAD CONCENTRATION IN
THAT GASOLINE. A SAMPLE OF THE REPORTING FORM IS INCLUDED IN THE REGULATIONS.
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CANADA
LR(A)
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"CEMENT INDUSTRY NATIONAL EHISSION GUIDELINES."
CLEAN AIR ACT, NO. 12
ENVIRONMENT CANADA, COMP.
ENGLISH* 10/12/74 PGS 22-27
*ALSO FRENCH
CANADA GAZETTE ANNOUNCEMENTS—
IDf
EPA
00356C
THIS REPRINT FROM THE CANADA GAZETTE SETS FORTH NATIONAL EHISSION GUIDELINES FOR CEMENT
PRODUCING PLANTS, ISSUED BY THE DEPAHTHENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ADVICB OF THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENTS AND THE PORTLAND CEHENT ASSOCIATION. AS OF OCTOBER 1, 197U, THE AMOUNT OF PARTICULATB
BATTER EBITTED FROM ANY NEW PLANT, MEASURED IN POUNDS PER TON OF PRODUCED OR CONSUMED CLINKER
{INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT PRODUCED BY HEATING RAW MATERIALS IN A KILN) IS NOT TO EXCEED 0.1 - 0.9,
DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULAR SOURCE. AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1979 EXISTING PLANTS ARE NOT TO EMIT MORE
THAN 0.1-1.6 POUNDS OF PARTICULATES PER TON OF CLINKER. PROVINCIAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCIES
MAY USE THESE GUIDELINES AS HIN1BUH STANDARDS FOR PLANTS UNDER THEIR JURISDICTIONS. IN ADDITION,
EHISSION TESTING IS TO BE CONDUCTED BY CEHENT PLANTS, WITH RESULTS SUBMITTED TO AN INSPECTOR
DESIGNATED BY THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AGENCY. A SAHPLB FORM OF DATA TO BE RECORDED BY THE
PLANTS IS PROVIDED.
CHINA,REPUBLIC OF
S£( )
"TAIBAN - ENVIRONMENT."
HARROY, JEAN-PAUL
FRENCH
ALSO LRB
*HATER
LE SOIR
01/10/75 PGS 1
EPA
IDt 02595A
FRANCE
LR (B)
"AFTBB GOVERNMENT ADOPTION OF SIX DRAFT LAWS, A QUALITY OF LIFE CODE FOR 1977."
LE MONDE
AHBROISE-RENDU, MARC EPA
FRENCH 02/28/75 PGS 12 ID# 02645A
WATER SOLID WASTE GENERAL
THIS ARTICLE ANNOUNCES THE ADOPTION OF SIX DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS BY THE FRENCH COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS ON FEBRUARY 26, 1975. THE ADOPTION OF THESE DRAFT LAWS BY THE MINISTERS HAS CLEARED THE
WAY FOR THEIR INTRODUCTION TO THE PARLIAMENT. IF ENACTED, THESE BILLS WOULD PROVIDE FOR STR1CTBR
REGULATION BY: 1) MAKING ECOLOGICAL IMPACT STUDIES MANDATORY VRIOR TO ALL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS;
2) SETTING MORE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS ON HUNTING PERMITS; 3) EXTENDING THE 1917 LAW ON CLASSIFIED
INSTALLATIONS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR; <*) CHEATING A NATIONAL WASTE AGENCY TO CONTROL WASTE PRODUCTION
AND ELIMINATION; 5} RESTRICTING DISCHARGES INTO THE SEA FROM PLANES AND SHIPS; AND 7) LIMITING
AREAS FOR INCINERATION AT SEA. MOREOVER, AN ENVIRONMENTAL CODE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOB COMPLETION
BY 1977 FOR WHICH THESE SIX BILLS, IF ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT, WOULD FORM THE BASIS.
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AIR
GERMANY,FED BEP OF
LR(A)
"AUGUST 28, 1974 TECHNICAL GUIDELINE FOR MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY."
GBMBINSAHES HINISTERIALBLATT, HO. 24
GERMANY,FED REP OF. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA
GERMAN 09/04/74 PGS 425-452 ID* 020336
THIS TECHNICAL GUIDELINE APPLIES TO INSTALLATIONS INDICATED IN THE FEDERAL IHHISSIONS LAW OF
MARCH 15, 1974 INSOFAR AS SUCH INSTALLATIONS REQUIRE PERMITS PURSUANT TO THE INDUSTRIAL CODE OF
JULY 7, 1971. IT CONTAINS GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO PERMITS FOR NEH FACILITIES OH FACILITIES
SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED AS TO SITE, NATURE OR OPERATION AND TO ORDERS FOR DETERMINATION OF EMISSIONS
AND AMBIENT AIR QUALITY. EMISSIONS OP DARK SMOKE, PARTICULATE HATTER, GASES AND VAPORS ARE
REGULATED, AND MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS FOR CERTAIN EMITTED POLLUTANTS ARE STATED. AMBIENT AIR
QUALITY LEVELS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR DUSTS AND GASES, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEASURING AND EVALUATING
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ARE ALSO GIVEN. STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING MINIMUM CHIMNEY HEIGHT ARE
DESCRIBED, AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE OUTLINED.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PB(B)
"REVISED GERMAN ENERGY POLICY." DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAH, AHEBBASSY BONN
A-617
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/18/74 PGS 1-55 ID* 02635A
^GENERAL NATER
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"THE OECD PROGRAM "LONG RANGE TRANSPORT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION.'"
POLLUTION ATHOSPHERIQUE, NO. 62
SYROTA, JEAN, AND FRANCOIS GOURDON EPA
FRENCH 04/00/74 PGS 169-178 ID* 02643A
EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE OECD BY THE SCANDINAVIANS OF LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS
FROM CENTRAL EUROPE SPURRED THE ADOPTION OF THE STUDY PROJECT DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE. LAUNCHED
IN 1972, THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORT OF AIR POLLUTANTS (LRTAP) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED 40 MEASUREMENT
SITES THROUGHOUT NEARLY 15 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTANTS SUCH AS SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND SULPHATES. PROVISIONS FOR THE INTERMITTENT ANALYSIS OF
AIR POLLUTANTS COLLECTED FROM AIRCRAFTS AT VARYING ALTITUDES WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.
SEVERAL DISTINCT PRASES OF ACTIVITY RAVE BEEN PROJECTED TO EXTEND INTO 1975. THE AUTHORS OF
THE ARTICLE HAVE EVALUATED THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE STUDY'S FIRST THO PHASES.
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AIR
INTERNATIONAL
SK( )
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"ECONOMY DRIVE CODLD POT QUALITY OF LIFE IH DANGER." THE TIMES (LONDON)
EPA
ENGLISH 12/19/71 PGS III,IV ID* 02622A
'GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"HE MOST DNDERSTAND THE COSTS OF POLLOTION."
STEPRENSON, HUGH
ENGLISH 02/10/75 PGS 19
RADIATION GENERAL
THE TIMES (LONDON)
EPA
ID* 02631A
STARTING WITH A CONSIDERATION OF TRADE BARRIERS BETWEEN JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN ARISING FROM
DIFFERING AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS STANDARDS, THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STRESSES THE NEED FOR A
REORIENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC ATTITODES OF THE HIGHLY INDOSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES SO THAT THE TROE
SCOPE OF POLLOTION COSTS CAN BE DNDERSTOOD. THE "POLLOTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE, ADVOCATED BOT NOT FOLLY
APPLIED IN THE HIGHLY IHDOSTRIALIZED COONTRIES, IMPLIES THAT THE AOTOMOBILE INDOSTRY SHOOLD
SOSTAIN THE COSTS OF STRICTER EMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE COSTS OF POLLUTION
BDILD-OPS IN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE. THE POBLIC HOST ONDERSTAND THAT THE
EASING OF EMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS TO RESOLVE IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC PROBLEHS HILL CREATE FOTORE
POLLOTION COSTS WHICH CANNOT BE PREDICTED AT PRESENT. THE SAME IS TROE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NOCLEAR ENERGY INDOSTEY, WHERE THE STRESS ON IMMEDIATE ENERGY PHODOCTION FORESTALLS ANY FINANCIAL
CONSIDERATION FOR THE FOTORE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES.
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"FINANCIAL, FISCAL AND OTHER ECONOMIC MEASORES IN THE SOCIALIST COONTRIES OF
EOROPB FOR PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT." ECE SYMPOSIOM ON PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BRZOZA, T. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/71 PGS 203-209 ID* 026U1A
ALSO PHB AND LRB
^GENERAL WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE
IRAN
PH(B)
"POLLOTIOH TO BE ELIMINATED IN FIVE YEARS, SAYS FIHOOZ.
06/03/74 PGS 3
ENGLISH
WATER
TEHERAN JOORNAL
EPA
ID* 02648A
GENERAL
ACCORDING TO THIS SHORT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE CHIEF OF THE IRANIAN DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ESKANDER FIROOZ, HAS ANNOONCED THAT THE THREAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLOTION IN IRAN IS TO BE ELIMINATED WITHIN FIVE YEARS. CONTRIBOTING FACTORS TO POLLOTION
ABATEMENT IN IRAN IBCLODE THE FOLLOWING: NATIONWIDE ANTIPOLLOTION PROGRAMS, THE EFFORTS OF
THE CENTER FOR POLLOTION CONTROL, NEW LEGISLATION REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION, AND INTERNATIONAL POLLOTION CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH THE O.N. AND WITH THE SOVIET
ONION.
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ISRAEL
PB(B)
JAPAN
LR(B)
"TEL-AVIT BOS STATION." ISRAEL ENVIRONBBNT BULLETIN, VOL. 2 HO. 1
ISRAEL. ERVIROHHEN1AL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
EHGLISH 01/00/75 PCS 6-7 ID* 02589A
NOISE
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS AN ENVIRONMENTAL IHPACT STUDY TO BE CARRIED OUT REGARDING AIR AND NOISE
POLLUTION FROH A PLANNED CENTRAL BDS STATION IN TEL-AVIV WHICH WOULD BE ORE OF THE LARGBST
STATIONS IN THE WORLD. THE ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE IS TO COORDINATE THE STUDY, WHICH WILL
BE CONDUCTED BY THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE RELATIVE TO AIR POLLUTION AND THE NOISE LABORATORY OF
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES RELATIVE TO NOISE POLLUTION. THE AIR POLLUTION STUDY WILL DETERBINE
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE BUS STATION TO THE TOTAL ABOUNT OF EHISSIONS IB TEL-AVIV WITH REGARD TO
CARBON HOHPXIDE, SULFUR DIOXIDE, HYDROCARBONS, NITROGEN OXIDES, DIESEL SHORE, ODOR AND
PAHTICULATES. THE NOISE STUDY WILL DETERHINE THE IHPACT OF THE BUS STATION AND CHANGED VEHICLE
USE PATTERNS ON THE AREA. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL BE UTILIZED TO MODIFY THE PLANS FOR THE
DEPOT TO BAKE IT ENVIRONHENTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
"TOYODA SAYS AUTO BAKERS CAN'T BEET BOX LIHIT BY 1978." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 02/21/75 PGS 2 ID* 02241H
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, EIJI TOYODA, PRESIDENT OF THE JAPAN AUTOHOBILE
MANUFACTURERS1 ASSOCIATION, HAS ALLEGED THAT JAPANESE AUTO BAKERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEET THE
AUTOBOBILE EMISSION REQUIHBHENT OF 0.25 GRABS OF NITROGEN OXIDE PER KILOHETER RUN, EVEN THOUGH
THE ENFORCBHENT OF THIS STANDARD HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 1978. ACKNOWLEDGING THE TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES FOR AUTO BAKERS IN BESTING THIS STANDARD, TATSUO OZAWA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE
JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, DEPENDS ON THE GOODWILL OF THE AUTOBOBILE INDUSTRY IN REDUCING
AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EHISSIONS AS BUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HAS SET THE ABOVE STANDARD AS THE GOAL FOR
WHICH AUTO BAKERS SHOULD STRIVE BY 1978. THE BNVIRONHBNT AGENCY WILL ALSO RELY ON THE
ADHINISTBAXIVE JURISDICTION OF THE HINISTHY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY OVER THE
AUTOHOBILE INDUSTRY TO ENSURE THAT AUTO BAKERS DO NOT TAKE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF THE BORE LENIENT
INTERIB EHISSIONS STANDARDS IN BANUFACTURING AUTOBOBILES DURING THE YEARS PRECEDING 1978.
JAPAN
LR (B)
"CAR EBISSION CONTROL TOLERANCE LEVELS SET." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 02/23/75 PGS 1,4 ID* 02241J
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE JAPANESE ENVIRONHBNT AGENCY, AFTER HONTHS OF
DELIBERATION, HAS SET THE 1976 AUTOHOBILE BBISSION CONTROL STANDARD AT 0.84 GRAB OF NITROGEN
OXIDE (BOX) PER KILOHETER RUN FOR SHALL CARS AND 1.2 GRABS OF HOX PER KILOBETER RUN FOR CARS
WEIGHTING BORE THAN ONE TON. THESE STANDARDS ARE BUCH LESS STRINGENT THAN THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED
STANDARD OF 0.25 GRAB OF NOX PER KILOHETER RUN FOR ALL CARS AND ARE 40 PERCENT LESS STRINGENT
THAN THE INTERIB STANDARDS PROPOSED BY THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR CONTROL OF ENVIRONHENTAL POLLUTION.
ALTHOUGH ENVIRONHENTAL1STS HAVE EXPRESSED DISFAVOR OVER THE ADOPTION OF THE RELAXED EHISSION
CONTROL STANDARDS, WHICH FAVOR THE AUTOROBILE BANUFACTURERS, SOHE HAJOB AUTO COBPANIES NEVERTHELESS
CLAIH THAT IT WILL BE TECHNICALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEH TO COBPLY EVEN WITH THESE STANDARDS BY 1976.
THE ARTICLE ALSO CITES THE 1975 EHISSION CONTROL STANDARDS AND THE STtflBAHDS FOR IHPORTED
VEHICLES. TRUCKS AND DIESEL VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY EXEHPT FROH CONTEi :..S.
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AIR
JAPAN
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TIGHTENS VEHICLE NOISE LEVEL CONTROLS.• JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 02/12/75 PCS 2 IDI 02605A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT DOE TO INCREASING LEVELS OP NOISE POLLUTION, THE JAPANESE
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, WILL IHPOSB STRICTER NOISE
EBISSION CONTROLS ON BUSES, TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES MANUFACTURED AFTER APRIL 1975. AT PRESENT,
NO NEB RESTRAINTS ON AUTOMOBILE NOISE EMISSION LEVELS ARE PLANNED. SURVEYS OF AMBIENT NOISE
LEVELS REVEALED THAT ACCEPTABLE NOISE TOLERANCE LEVELS EXISTED ONLY IB ABOUT 13 PERCENT OF THE
AREAS TESTED AND ONLY IN 3.6 PERCENT OF TRE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TESTED. ALTHOUGH INCREASING NOISE
POLLUTION LEVELS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROWING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN GENERAL, THE ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY SPECIFIES THAT BUSES, TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREATER PORTION
OF VEHICULAR NOISE POLLUTION IN JAPAN. HOWEVER, EVEN IF THE NEW NOISE CONTROLS ARE ENFORCED AS
PLANNED, IT WILL STILL TAKE YEARS TO RESOLVE THE NOISE POLLUTION PROBLEM, SINCE THE NEW, QUIETER
VEHICLES CAN BE EXPECTED TO REPLACE USED VEHICLES AT AN ANNUAL RATE OP ONLY 20 PERCENT.
JAPAN
LR(B)
"NEW HOPE IN JAPAN." ENVIRONMENT
STUNKEL, KENNETH R.
ENGLISH
*WATER GENERAL
10/00/74 PCS 18-20
EPA
ID* 02614A
JAPAN
LR(B)
"POLICE AGENCY WILL CRACK DOWN ON CAR EXHAUST." JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 01/22/75 PGS 2 IDi 02650A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN PURSUANCE OF NEW EMISSION REGULATIONS DATED JANUARY 1, 1975, THE
NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY OF JAPAN WILL BEGIN A NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN ON THE ESTIMATED 16 MILLION
MOTOR VEHICLES EMITTING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF HYDROCARBONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE CRACKDOWN
INVOLVES MOBILIZING 8,000 POLICEMEN AT 400 CHECK POINTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY; VEHICLES CAUGHT
Ifl VIOLATION OF THE EMISSION REGULATIO3S WILL BE ORDERED TO MAINTENANCE SHOPS FOR REPAIR. IN
CASES OF BLATAHT VIOLATIONS, THE DRIVER HAY BE FINED FROM 5,000 TO 6,000 YEN. UNDER THE HEW
REGULATIONS CtfcS WITH FOUR-CYCLE ENGINES HAY NOT EMIT HOB? THAN 1,200 PPM OF HYDROCARBONS. THE
T.IBIT IS 7,800 PPM POR CARS WITH TWO-CYCLE ENGINES AN!) 3,31/0 PPM FOR SPORTS CARS AND CARS POWERBD
BY ROTARY ENGINES.
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JAPAN
PH(B)
JAPAN
PH(B)
"JAPAN'S ACTIONS TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT:
EXAMPLE." OBCD OBSERVER
ENGLISH
ALSO LHB
OH/00/74
35-39
THE FIGHT FOR CLEAN AIR AS AN
EPA
ID* 02616A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES JAPAN'S INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGAINST
PROBLEMS CREATED BY RAPID INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. SINCE THE CREATION OF OBCD'S ENVIRONMENTAL
COHHITTEE IN 1970, JAPAN HAS PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN THIS WORK. AIR POLLUTION IS ONE OF THE
MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEHS AND JAPAN HAS HADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING AND
IMPLEMENTING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES. IN ORDER TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE THE JAPANESE
GOVERNMENT INVITED THE AIR MANAGEMENT SECTOR GROUP OP OECD'S ENVIRONMENTAL COHHITTEE TO HOLD A
SPECIAL SESSION IN JAPAN. SUHHARIZED IN THE ARTICLE IS THE REPORT ON THIS SESSION PRESENTING THE
JAPANESE EXPERIENCE AND GIVING THE VIEWS OF THE SECTOR GROUP. INDUSTRY'S POLLUTION ABATEMENT
EFFORTS, GOVERHHENT ACTION, SURVEILLANCE AND BONITORING, AND COHBINED ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES
ARE CONSIDERED.
"GOVERNMENT TO PROBOTE SALE OF BIDGET AUTOMOBILES." JAPAN TIBES
EPA
ENGLISH 03/05/75 PGS 5 ID* 02620A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, CITING SOHE OF THE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND SALES STATISTICS OF THE
HIDGET AUTOMOBILE, REPORTS THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HILL PROHOTE THE SALE OF THESE AUTOHOBILES
IN ORDER TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND SAVE ON NATIONAL FUEL CONSUHPTION. TO ACCOHPLISB THIS, THE
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT IH COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WILL TAKE STEPS TO UPGRADE THE
PERFORHANCB AND SAFETY STANDARDS AS HELL AS CHANGE THE LEGAL AND TAX STATUS OF HIDGET AUTOMOBILES.
THESE PLANS WILL BE PUT INTO EFFECT AS OF APRIL 1, 1975. RIDGET CARS ARE POPULAR IN JAPAN AND
ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE NATION'S AUTOHOBILES. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONSIDERED
THE ADDITIONAL PROHOTION OF HIDGET CARS TO BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO STEH THE ADVENT OF THE SLIGHTLY
LARGER AND BETTER PERFORBING SHALL PASSENGER CARS, HRICH CORRESPONDINGLY USB MORE FUEL AND CREATE
BORE POLLUTION.
KUWAIT
LR(A)
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
KUWAIT. MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ENGLISH 00/00/7U PGS
1-14
EPA
ID* 02637B
THIS DOCUMENT SETS FORTH AIR QUALITY STANDARDS SPECIFIED IN THE PROPOSED KUWAITI EHVIRONHEHTAL
PROTECTION ACT. CHAPTER A LISTS THE HAXIHUR ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATIONS FOR POLLUTANTS IN THE AHBIENT
AIR AND CHAPTER B SETS FORTH THE SOURCE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR COBBUSTION ACTIVITIES CHEATING
SULFUR OXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDE AND PARTICULATE MATTER. CHAPTER C GIVES SPECIFIC EMISSION
REQUIREMENTS FOR PORTLAND CEHENT PLANTS, STEAH ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS, SULFURIC ACID PLANTS AND
DRILLING OPERATIONS. THE DOCUMENT ALSO DESCRIBES CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR AIR POLLUTION
EMERGENCIES, AND THE ANNEX DEFINES THE TERMS EMPLOYED IN THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS.
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ROMANIA
PM(B)
PAGE
"REPORT OH THE THIRD NATIONAL CONGBESS Ol HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH." IG1BNA,
MO. 6
EPA
BOHASIAN 06/00/74 PCS 378-380 IDI 02619A
*GENERAL RADIATION WATER PESTICIDES
ROMANIA
PB(B)
"•ED SOLUTIONS FOR COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." ROHANIA LIBERA
ANTIM, C. EPA
ROBANIAH 03/14/75 PCS 1-2 1D# 02644A
*GENERAL WATER
SWITZERLAND
LB(B)
"MOISE AND EXHAUST EHISSIONS:
DE GENEVE
FRENCH
TWO NUISANCES TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY." LE JOURNAL
01/14/75 PGS 9
EPA
IDf 02627A
SWISS ANTI-POLLUTION EFFORTS, ACCOBDING TO THIS ARTICLE, ARE PRESENTLY FOCUSING ON TWO
PARTICULAR EHVIRONBESTAL NUISANCES: AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EHISSIONS AND ENGINE NOISE. HOBE
STRINGENT REGULATIONS GOVERNING BOTH EXHAUST EHISSIONS AND NOISE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT
IN OCTOBER 1975, TO BE FOLLOWED IN 1977 BY STBICTER CONTBOL HEASUBES FOR HOTOBCYCLES,
MOTORBICYCLES AND DIESEL ENGINES. THE HANDATORY USE OF A LOWEB LEAD-CONTENT GASOLINE IS ALSO UNDER
CONSIDERATION AT THIS T1HB. THE AUTHOR INDICATES THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL NORHALLY APPLY ONLY
TO VEHICLES PURCHASED AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE REGULATIONS BECOHE EFFECTIVE. HOWEVEB, THE
FEDERAL COUNCIL IS RESERVING THE OPTION OF REQUIRING ADAPTATIVE HEASDRES FOR VEHICLES PURCHASED
PRIOR TO THAT DATE.
USSR
LB(B)
"HYGIENIC STANDARDIZATION OF CYCLOHEXASONOXIHE IN THE ATMOSPHERE." GIGIENA I
SANITARIYA
TSULAYA, V. B., E. A. PEBEVERZEVA, AND S. S. ARSENIEVA EPA
BUSSIAN 02/00/75 PGS 23-25 IDI 02611A
THIS ABT1CLE CONCEBNS ESTABLISHHEHT IN THE USSB OF PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIHITS IN THE
AIB OF THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE CYCLOHEXANONOXIME, WHICH IS USED IN CERTAIN HANUFACTURING PBOCBSSES.
BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT OF CYCLOHEXANONOXIHB ON THE BIOELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF THE HUMAN CEREBRUB, ITS
HAXIMDM CONCENTRATION IN THE AIR AT ANY ONE TIME IS NOT TO EXCEED 0.1 HG/CUBIC HBTBR. IT HAS BEEN
RECOMMENDED THAT THE DAILY AVERAGE HAXIMUH CONCENTRATION NOT EXCEED 0.03 HG/CUBIC METER.
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USSR
Pfi(B)
PAGE
10
"FIGHT FOR A CLEANER SKY." SCINTEIA
ROMANIAN 07/10/74 PCS 5
EPA
IDt 02588A
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS AIR POLLUTION CONTROL HEASURES IN THE USSR WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO AIR POLLUTION IN THE 1972 RESOLUTION OF THE SUPREME SOVIET
ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE. AT PRESENT, A SYSTEM OF RAPID TRANSNITTAL OP DATA FROB CONTROL POINTS
TO A CENTRAL STATION IS BEING ORGANIZED BY WHICH COLLECTED DATA WOULD BE SYNTHESIZED, PROVIDING
PERMANENT MONITORING OF THE STATUS OP AIR POLLUTION IN LARGE CITIES. AS A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTRE,
LENINGRAD SUFFERS SERIOUS AIR POLLUTION FROM INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES AND HEAVY TRAFFIC PLOW. IN
EXECUTION OF THE 1972 RESOLUTION, A CONSIDERABLE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN INITIATED AGAINST AIR POLLUTION
IN THAT CITY, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION BY INDUSTRIES OF MORE THAN 3,000 COMPLEXES FOR
PURIFICATION OF GASES AND ABSORPTION OF DUST. WITH REGARD TO POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES, THE
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS ENDEAVORING TO DEVISE A METHOD OP COMPLETE FUEL
COMBUSTION.
USSR
PM(B)
"HEALTH OF THE PLANET."
EFREBOV, L.
RUSSIAN
ALSO LRB
'GENERAL WATER
IZVESTIYA
06/05/74 PCS 2
EPA
IDt 02594A
GENERAL
ALGERIA
LR(A)
"NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED."
QUALITY NO. 58
U. S. JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE
ENGLISH 10/10/74 PGS 1
TRANSLATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL
IDt
EPA
02626A
EXCERPTED HERE IS THE ALGERIAN MINISTRY OF STATE DECREE OF JULY 12, 1974 PROVIDING
FOR THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING THE PROBLEMS
OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE. INCLUDED AMONG THE FUNCTIONS OF THE
COMMITTEE ARE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, THE COORDINATION OF IBTERHIIISTERIAL
PROGRAMS AND MEASURES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL CODE ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMMITTEE, AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE DECREE, RILL INCLUDE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY AS WELL AS VARIOUS MINISTRIES AND
STATE SECRETARIATS. (A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL ARABIC VERSION OF THE DECREE IS ATTACHED.)
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
PB(A)
AUSTRALIA
PB(B)
THE STATE POLLUTION COBTROL COMMISSION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LEGISLATION
OF NEW SOUTH HALES
NEW SOUTH WALES. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION EPA
ENGLISH 10/01/74 PGS 1-14 IDt 02652A
ALSO LRB
THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE NEW SOUTH HALES HINISTEB FOR PLANNING A«D
ENVIRONMENT, BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION IN THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH HALES. FOLLOWING A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF
ENVIRONHENTAL CONTROL IN NEW SOUTH WALES, THE PUBLICATION NOTES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IHPACT POLICY OF
THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. THE REMAINDER OF
THE PUBLICATION IS DEVOTED TO SUMMARIES OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE CLEAN
AIR ACT, THE CLEAN WATERS ACT, THE PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION OF NAVIGABLE HATERS ACT, AND THE
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT.
PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN NEW SOUTH
HALES
NEW SOUTH WALES. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION EPA
ENGLISH 10/01/74 PGS 1-17 ID# 02653A
THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE NER SOUTH HALES MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT, DETAILS ENVIRONHENTAL IRPACT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES IN THE STATE OF NBH SOUTH HALES.
SECTION I QUOTES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POLICY AND NOTES ITS RANGE OF APPLICATION. SECTION II
DISCUSSES THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY, AND SECTION III DEALS HITH THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN ASSESSING
THE IMPACT OF AN ACTIVITY ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SECTION IV NOTES AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR
POLLUTION CONTROL, POHERS OF APPROVAL FOR ACTIVITIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND
APPEALS AGAINST DECISIONS. SECTION V CONCERNS PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING AND REVIEWING ENVIRONHENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS A8D THE PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS PLACED ON PUBLIC DISPLAY.
BRAZIL
LR(b)
"CONTAIN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, SEHA'S GOAL IN 1975.» ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/14/74 PGS 1,66 ID* 02037J
RATER AIR
ACCORDING TO THIS NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW HITH THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT,
STANDARDS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME POLLUTION WILL SOON BE PROMULGATED.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES BY POLLUTION TYPES HILL PERMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AND MORE EASILY ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY TO POLLUTERS. AS A RESULT, IT IS
PREDICTED THAT INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION HILL IN MANY CASES BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED WITHIN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SENA) HILL MONITOR BHVIRONHENTAL
POLLUTION BY HEANS OF SATELLITE PICTURES AND HILL REPORT DISCREPANCIES TO THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES. IN THIS RESPECT, SBMA EMPHASIZES THAT A MODERATE RATHER THAN RADICAL ATTITUDB
TOWARDS POLLUTERS WILL ELICIT COOPERATION AND BETTER LONG-RANGE RESULTS. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED
IN THIS ARTICLE INCLUDE THE NETWORK OF ECOLOGICAL STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE
CLASSIFICATION OF VARIOUS BEACHES ACCORDING TO SEMA'S RECENT HEALTH SAFETY REGULATIONS.
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GENERAL
BRAZIL
PH(A)
BRAZIL
PH(A)
•SEHA'S PLANS." VEJA
PORTUGUESE
HATER
AIR
10/09/74 PCS 77-78
EPA
IDf 02037K
THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE BBPRIHTS AM INTERVIEW WITH PAULO NOGUEIRA NETO, THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY
OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONCERNING THE PRESENT STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN BRAZIL AND
FUTURE PLANS FOR A COBPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION LAW. ALTHODGH A BILL ADVOCATING TBE
"POLLUTER PAYS" SYSTBH IS CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED, NO FEDERAL LEGISLATION PRESENTLY EXISTS WHICH
EVEN DEFINES THE TERR "POLLUTION." ALSO, IN THE INTERVIEW, NOGUEIRA NETO EHPHASIZES THE
ADVISORY AND COORDINATING CHARACTER OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONS OF POLLUTION CONTROL BEING ATTRIBUTES OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNHENTS. OTHER
TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE INTERVIEW INCLUDE THE CLASSIFICATION OP BRAZILIAN BEACHES ACCORDING
TO THEIR POLLUTION LEVELS, AND THE WORSENING SITUATION REGARDING AIR AND WATER POLLUTION IN
BRAZIL, ESPECIALLY IN THE SAO PAULO REGION.
"FUTURE GOVERNOR OF GOIAS WILL CREATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY."
O GLOBO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/23/74 PGS 2 ID# 02607A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF GOIAS,
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OTHER STATES, WILL ESTABLISH, IN 1975, A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY. RECEIVING FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF
THE ENVIRONMENT (SEHA) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIAS, THE NEW
AGENCY WILL UNDERTAKE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES CONCERNED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, SUCH AS THE
CONSTRUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATIONS, THE DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED AREAS, AND THE APPROVAL OF
INDUSTRY AND OTHER POLLOTION-CAUSING ACTIVITIES.
BULGARIA
PH(B)
"PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE GENERAL SCHEME FOR ARRANGEMENT OF
PRODUCTION FORCES IN BULGARIA IN 1976-1990." PRIRODA, HO. 6
STOILOV, D. EPA
BULGARIAN 00/00/74 PGS 71-73 IDf 02630A
AIR WATER PESTICIDES
THIS ARTICLE NOTES THAT PRIME CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL HATTERS IS THE
PLAN FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF PRODUCTION FORCES IN BULGARIA FOR THE PERIOD 1976-1990, ESPECIALLY
WITH REGARD TO THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT OH AIR QUALITY. THESE ENVIRONMENTAL HATTERS WILL BE
COORDINATED BY THE SCIENTIFIC CENTER IN THE MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IN ORDER TO
CURTAIL THE INCREASE OF AIR POLLUTION IN SERIOUSLY POLLUTED AREAS, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DIVIDED
INTO FOUR REGIONS, BASED ON THE DEGREE OF AIR POLLUTION ARISING FROM SULFUR DIOXIDE, LEAD DUST,
HYDROGEN SULFIDE, AND ARSENIC. THE EFFECTS OF URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON WATER AND SOIL
QUALITY WILL ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
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13
GENERAL
CANADA
SE(
COLOMBIA
LR(B)
POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS FOR CANADA III 1980
HANIATB, PETER, AND DONALD C. CARTER
ENGLISH 11/00/73 PGS 1-10
EPA
ID* 02556A
THIS PAPER, PREPARED IN THE POLICT BRANCH OP THE CANADIAN DBPARTBENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT,
REPRESENTS THE THIRD AND HOST CURRENTLY ACCURATE ATTEMPT TO ESTIMATE THE COSTS OF POLLUTION
ABATEHBNT IN CANADA FOR 1980. AFTER DEFINING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRITERIA DSED TO FORMULATE THE
COST ESTIMATES, THE PAPER ELABORATES OPON THE PUBLIC AND INDUSTRIAL COSTS OF CONTROLLING AIR,
HATER AND SOLID WASTE POLLUTION BY 1980. THE RESULTING TOTAL ESTIMATE FOR POLLUTION CONTROL IN
CANADA IS 5,885,900,000 CANADIAN DOLLARS, AS EXPRESSED IN 1972 CURRENCY VALUE. THE PAPER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PRESENT ESTIHATB CAN ONLY BE FULLY APPRECIATED WHEN COHPARBD WITH A RODBL
OF THE ECONOHIC COSTS OF UNCONTROLLED POLLUTION, WHICH HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED. HOWEVER,
IT IS FELT THAT THE PAPER REPRESENTS THE FIRST STEP IN OBTAINING AN OVERALL VIEW OF THIS BCONOHIC
RESOURCES NECESSARY TO COHBAT POLLUTION IN CANADA.
"NEW NATURAL RESOURCES CODE.
STOHAYOR, JAIME
SPANISH 12/21/74
EL ESPECTADOK
PGS 1,9A
EPA
ID* 02603A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE COLOMBIAN NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CODE AS APPROVED OH DECEMBER 18, 1974 BY ALFONSO LOPEZ HICHBLSEN, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
COLOMBIA. THIS NEW CODE, CONTAINING 389 ARTICLES, WAS EDITED BY ECOLOGICAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL
SPECIALISTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND THE INSTITUTE FOR THE
PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES (INDBRBNA). THIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENT REPRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE
NATIONAL EFFORT TO DEFINE AND REGULATE ALL SITUATIONS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN AFFECT THE
ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OF THE COUNTRY. BBSIDBS SETTING STANDARDS FOR INDUSTRIAL, URBAN AND
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW CODE ESTABLISHES CRITERIA FOR THB RATIONAL USB OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, DEFINES ALL TYPES OF POLLUTION AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF ECOLOGICAL DETERIORATION,
AND EMPOWERS THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ENFORCE THB PROVISIONS CONTAINED
THEREIN.
COMECON
PM(B)
"KEEPING THE BLACK SEA UNPOLLUTED." BULGARIA TODAY
ENGLISH
*WATER
12/00/74 PGS 6-7
ID*
BPA
02555A
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GENERAL
COHECON
PM(B)
ECUADOR
PH(B)
"COBECOB AND BNVIROHHENTAL PROTECTION." PRAVDA
RUSSIA N 03/14/75 PCS 4
EPA
ID* 02633A
THIS ARTICLE, IH THE PORH OF AH INTERVIEW WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AID HATER ECOBOHY OF THE GERMAN DEBOCRATIC REPUBLIC, COHCERHS GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRABS OF THE COBECON COUNTRIES, WITH EBPHASIS OH THE GDR. IH 1971,
THE COMECON COUNTRIES SIGNED AN AGHEEBRNT ON COOPERATION IH FORMULATING BBASORES FOR THE
PROTECTION OF NATURE. TWO TEARS AGO, A COUNCIL FOR PROBLEBS OF PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE COHBCOH COMMITTEE OH SCIEHTIFIC-TECHHICAL COOPERATION.
THE COUNCIL COORDINATES RESEARCH AND PLANNING AHOHG THE MEMBER COUHTRIES OF COHBCOH AHD
YUGOSLAVIA AND IS PRESENTLY WORKING ON AN ERVIRONNENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM COVERING 11 MAJOR
PROBLEMS. THE ARTICLE NOTES GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IH THE GDR AND CITES WASTE
PURIFICATION MEASURES TAKEN BY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN THAT COUNTRY.
REPORT ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN ECUADOR
EPA
SPANISH 00/00/71 PCS 1-40 ID* 02649A
ALSO SE
THIS REPORT, PRESENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE OH THE HUHAH ERVIROHHENT IH STOCKHOLM,
DESCRIBES THE PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN ECUADOR AND DISCUSSES THE PROPOSED
PLANS AND POLICIES FOR THE SOLUTION OF THESE PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS FELT TO BE INSUFFICIENT
DATA FOR FORMULATING DEFINITE PLANS, THE REPORT NEVERTHELESS DISCUSSES ECUADOR'S
PRINCIPAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. THE
REPORT ALSO PROVIDES A GENERAL SURTEY OF THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF
THE COUNTRY AND OUTLINES THE RECOMMENDED HATIOHAL POLICY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.
THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE REPORT LISTS AND SUMMARIZES THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS CURRENTLY IN FORCE,
INCLUDING THE HOST RECENT, THE HEALTH CODE OF 1971, WHICH CONTAINS PROVISIONS CONCERNING
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
FRANCE
LR(B)
"AFTER GOVERNMENT ADOPTION OF SIX DRAFT LAWS, A QUALITY OF LIFE CODE FOR 1977."
LE MONDE
AHBROISE-RENDU, MARC EPA
FRENCH 02/28/75 PGS 12 ID* 02645A
*AIR WATER SOLID WASTE
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FRANCE
PB(A)
GERBANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"GOVERNMENT RENOUNCES PROTECTION OF THE SEA." LB HONDB
EPA
IDt 02571A
FRENCH
01/17/75 PCS 9
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE OUTCOBE OF THE JANUARY 15 MEETING OF THE INTERBINISTERIAL ACTION
COBBITTEE FOR NATURE AND THE ENVIRONBENT (IACNE). CONVENED TO DBTERBINE COHHITTBE APPROPRIATIONS,
THE MEETING WAS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NEW POLICY DECISIONS IN THE AREA OF HARITIHE PROTECTION,
WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW ALLOCATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN THE SCOPE OP AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR
THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THESE EXPECTATIONS DID NOT HATERIALIZE. IACNE LIHITED ITS ALLOCATIONS
(TOTALING 60 BILLION FRANCS) TO ASSISTANCE FUNDING DESIGNED TO STIBULATE LOCALLY FINANCED PROJECTS
SUCH AS WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS, SOLID WASTE TREATBENT CENTERS AND ATHOSPHEHIC ALERT SYSTEMS.
THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE WAS SIBPLY ENTRUSTED WITH THE ESTABL1SHBENT OF MARITIME
STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS AND WITH THE SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH LABORATORIES.
"REVISED GERMAN ENERGY POLICY." DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAH, ABEBBASSY BONN
A-617
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
ENGLISH 12/18/71* PGS 1-55 ID* 02635A
AIR WATER
THIS ARTICLE CONSISTS OF A SUMMARY AND UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE REVISION OF THE
1973 ENERGY POLICY PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GEHBANY, ISSUED OCTOBER 23, 1974 IN VIEW OF
THE ENERGY CRISIS. PARAGRAPHS 77-80, WHICH DEAL WITH ENERGY SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
REGARD THESE AS EQUALLY IMPORTANT GOALS AND NOTE THAT POLICY IN THESE AREAS BUST BE HARBONIZED.
MAJOR LAWS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION ARE THUS BEING COORDINATED WITH ENERGY NEEDS. FOR EXABPLE, IN
CONPORHANCE WITH THE FEDERAL "TECHNICAL GUIDELINE FOR MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY," NEW HARD COAL
POWER PLANTS WILL BE LOCATED WHERE THEY WILL NOT POSE MEDICAL OR BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS. REFINERIES
AND POWER PLANTS NOW DISCHARGE FEH POLLUTANTS INTO WATER, ALTHOUGH WASTE HEAT FROB THERBAL POWER
PLANTS AND EFFLUENTS FROM COKING PLANTS AND BINING REMAIN PROBLEMS. ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA HAVE
ALSO INFLUENCED THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO RESERVE APPROPRIATE SITES FOR EXPANSION OF THE
NATION'S ENERGY SUPPLY CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PB(B)
"CONSTRUCTION STOP FOR STATE AREA TO BE RELAXED." STDTTGAHTBR ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 12/20/71* PGS 5 ID* 02639A
*WATER
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GENERAL
GREECE
PM(B)
HUNGARY
PH(A)
A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN GREECE
EPA
GREEK 03/00/71 PGS 1-19 IDI 02651A
ALSO LRB AND PMA
THIS REPORT WAS PUBLISHED BY THE GREEK BINISTRY OF COORDINATION AND THE CENTER OF PLANNING
AND ECONOMICS FOR PRESENTATION AT THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN STOCKHOLM. IT
DESCRIBES THE PRESENT AND PREDICTED FUTURE PHYSICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND SOCIO-ECONOHIC STATUS OF
GREECE. ALTHOUGH THE COUNTRY HAS NOT IET BEEN FACED WITH SERIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEMS, THE REPORT
NEVERTHELESS OUTLINES A SUGGESTED NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT. AS INDICATED IN AN APPENDIX, THE PRINCIPAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION IS
THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES (HEALTH AUTHORITIES), AND THE BASIC LEGISLATION FOR POLLUTION
CONTROL IS CONTAINED IN HEALTH REGULATIONS. THE CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATING
AGENCY IS ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER. ACTIVITIES PERTAINING TO THE FINANCIAL, INVESTIGATIVE AND
EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OP POLLUTION CONTROL ARE ALSO SUMMARIZED.
"NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL ESTABLISHED." MAGYAR KOZLONY
EPA
HUNGARIAN* 09/OU/7U PGS 736-738 ID# 02493A
^ENGLISH TRANSLATION ATTACHED
THIS ARTICLE ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OP THE HUNGARIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COUNCIL FOR
THE COORDINATION, CONTROL, AND INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED GOVERNMENT
ACTION. IT PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNCIL'S MEMBERSHIP AND LISTS A NUMBER OF ITS
PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING: FORMULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, COORDINATION OF
INDEPENDENT MINISTERIAL ACTIVITIES, AND MONITORING THE WORK OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANS.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
•CLOSING SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN
ENVIRONMENT." LA VANGUARDIA BSPANOLA
FRANCES, ENRIQUE EPA
SPANISH 02/05/75 PGS 5,21 IDt 02642A
ALSO SE
HATER
CITING SPAIN'S PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROTECTION OP THE MEDITERRANEAN, THIS NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
ENVIRONMENT HELD IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, IN FEBRUARY 1975. UNDER THE AUSPICES OP THE UNITED NATIONS
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, REPRESENTING 16 MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES, FORMULATED
VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO HARMONIZE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL NECESSITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
ECOREGION. TOWARD THIS END, ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION CENTERS WILL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED.
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CONFERENCE ARE FELT TO HAVE REFLECTED A UNIVERSAL SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND
OPTIMISM, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS HILL BE EVIDENT
BY THE NBXT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BARCELONA IN FEBRUARY 1976.
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SE( )
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17
"ECONOMY DRIVE COOLD POT QUALITY OP LIFE IN DANGER.1
ENGLISH
AIR
12/19/7U PGS III,IV
THE TIMES (LONDON)
EPA
IDt 02622A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN BNVIRONHKRTAL CONCERNS AND ECONOMIC
FACTORS. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS HAVE DEFINITELY AFFECTED THE DIRECTION AND COSTS OF INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPHENT AND ENERGY PRODUCTION. AS A CASE IN POINT, STRICT BNVIRONHBNTAL STANDARDS HAVE FORCED
JAPANESE INDUSTRY TO USE FUELS LOW IN SULFUR CONTENT AND TO BANDFACTURER LOB EBISSION AUTOHOBILES.
THIS IN TURN AFFECTS THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PRICE FOR AUTOMOBILES AHD HIGH QUALITY FUELS.
ENVIRONMENTAL DICTATES HAVE ALSO INFLUENCED THE DIRECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DBVBLOPBENT IN OTHER
COUNTRIES; HOWEVER, THE TENDENCY OF BANY COUNTRIES TO POSTPONE BNVIRONBENTAL PROGRABS TO GAIN SHORT
TERM ECONOMIC BENEFITS, WHETHER JUSTIFIED OR NOT, UNDERLINES THE NECESSITY TO FORBULATE A CONCEPT
OF THE FINANCIAL COST OF A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. THIS ENVIRONMENTAL COST COULD THEN BE WEIGHED
AGAINST THE BCONOBIC ADVANTAGES GAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION.
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"HE BUST UNDERSTAND THE COSTS OF POLLUTION."
STEPHENSON, HUGH
ENGLISH 02/10/75 PGS 19
*AIH RADIATION
THE TIMES (LONDON)
EPA
IDi 02631A
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"FINANCIAL, FISCAL AND OTHER ECONOMIC MEASURES IN THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES OF
EUROPE FOR PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT." ECE SYMPOSIUM ON PROBLEMS OF THE BNVIRONBENT
BRZOZA, T. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/71 PGS 203-209 IDi 02641A
ALSO PMB AND LRB
AIR WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE
THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE SOCIALIST
COUNTRIES OF EUROPE. SECTION I OUTLINES THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOBIC
SYSTEMS RELATIVE TO GOVERNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. SECTION II DEALS WITH
INVESTMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY RELATIVE TO AIR AND WATER PROTECTION AND
URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEBS SUCH AS NOISE AND SOLID WASTE. BASIC AIR AND WATER PROTECTION
LEGISLATION FOR THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES IS NOTED, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNTS AND SOURCES OF INVESTMENTS
IN THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AREAS. SECTION III DISCUSSES PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF
POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION AHD CONSIDERS TAX INCENTIVES INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE BUILDING OF
WASTE PURIFICATION FACILITIES. FINALLY, SECTIONS IV AND V DEAL WITH SOCIAL ACTIVITY RELATIVE TO
ENVIRONBENTAL PROTECTION AHD ECONOMIC INITIATIVES TO STIMULATE POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS.
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GENERAL
IRAN
Lfi(b)
"POLLUTERS TO BE BOVED BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS." TBHEBAH JOURNAL
EPA
ENGLISH 06/02/74 PGS 3 IDt 02646A
ALSO PHB
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON FORTHCOHIHG IRANIAN LEGISLATION WHICH RILL EHPOWER
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO BUT POLLUTING INDUSTRIES AND TRANSFER THSH TO SITES OUTSIDE
CITY L1H1TS. VACATED UBBAN AREAS WILL THEN BE CONVERTED INTO PARKING LOTS OR SOLD ON A
HON-PROFIT BASIS FOR HOUSING PURPOSES. THE ARTICLE SUMMARIZES PROCEDURES FOR FINANCING THE
PURCHASE OF POLLUTING INDUSTRIES AND DESCRIBES TAX RELATED HATTERS. IN ADDITION, THE
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR HAS STATED THAT A NEW PROVISION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES
ACT WHICH REQUIRES THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL BUS AND TRUCK TERMINALS IN ORDER TO HELP
RELIEVE UBBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND TO COMBAT ITS UNFAVORABLE EFFECTS.
IRAN
Ffl(B)
"POLLUTION TO BE ELIMINATED IH FIVE YEARS, SAYS FIROUZ." TEHERAN JOURNAL
EPA
ENGLISH 06/03/74 PGS 3 IDt 02648A
*AIR WATER
ISRAEL
PB(A)
"ADVISORY PANEL ON INDUSTRY." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 2 NO. 1
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 01/00/75 PGS 2 ID* 02577A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE DECISION OF THE PANEL OF MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON THE
QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN AUGUST 1974 TO ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY PANEL ON INDUSTRY. COMPOSED OF
MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, INTERIOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE WATER COMMISSION, AND
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE, THE PANEL IS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN THE
CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HATTERS IN PLANNING PROCESSES, BROADEN THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES, AND SERVE AS A COORDINATING BODY FOR ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT
OFFICES. THE PANEL IS ALSO TO SERVE AS AN ADVISORY UNIT FOR THE NATIONAL PLANNING AND BUILDING
COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCILS, AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL PLAN FOR HARMFUL INDUSTRY.
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JAPAN
LR(B)
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"NEW HOPE IN JAPAN."
STUNKEL, KENNETH R.
ENGLISH
*WATER AIR
ENVIRONHENT
10/00/74 PCS 18-20
EPA
ID* 0261HA
OECD
PM(B)
"ENVIRONMENT: WHERE WILL WE BE IN TEN YEARS?" JOURNAL DE GENEVE
EPA
FRENCH 12/16/74 PCS 8 ID* 02625A
THIS ARTICLE, SOHHARIZIHG THE ENVIRONMENTAL BINISTBBS OECD MEETING IN PAEIS, POUTS ODT THE
NECESSITY FOR RENEWED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN INSTANCES OF TRANSNATIONAL POLLUTION AND
LISTS THOSE ACTIONS WHICH ARE TO RECEIVE SPECIAL GOVERNMENT ATTENTION DURING THE COMING TEN
TEARS. THESE INCLUDE THE EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS, THE
ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF
ACOUSTICAL NUISANCES, THE FIGHT AGAINST AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT,
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.
ROMANIA
LR(B)
"THE ENVIRONMENT AS AN ASSET OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS." SCINTEIA
IANOVICI, V. EPA
ROMANIAN 11/16/74 PCS 1-2 ID* 02615A
ALSO PHA
WATER
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES II ROMANIA.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF LAW NO. 9 OF 1973 ON PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BT DECREE NO. 80/1974 TO COORDINATE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS. COUNTY AND BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY COUNCILS FOtR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION WERE ALSO SET UP. OVER 2800 WATER PURIFICATION STATIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT, INCLUDING
318 FOR MUNICIPAL WATERS. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN
INITIATED UNDER THE UN PROGRAM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; ROMANIA IS A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
COUNCIL OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
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GENERAL
ROMANIA
PB(A)
ROMANIA
PM(B)
"NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BEGIHS OPERATION."
PLA1ESO, A. EPA
ROMANIAN 03/17/74 PGS 1,2 ID* 02602A
SCIEHTE1A
THIS NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW WITH DR. VIRGIL IANOVICI, PRESIDENT OF THE HEWLY ESTABLISHED
ROMANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COONCIL, DISCUSSES THE REASONS LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF THE
COUNCIL AS WELL AS ITS GOALS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES. THIS COUNCIL, CREATED BY THE COONCIL OF
MINISTERS THROUGH STATE DECREE NO. 80 OF MARCH 2, 1974, WILL ACT IN ALL AREAS AND OB ALL LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING AND COORDINATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES IN ROHANIA.
INITIAL PROJECTS OF THE NEW COUNCIL WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS AND THE CARRYING OUT OF STUDIES CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIOH IN ITS
ORGANIZATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ASPECTS.
"CONCRETE ACTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
NICOLAD, B.
ROMANIAN 01/00/75 PGS 15
ALSO SE
ERA SOCIALISTA, NO. 2
EPA
ID* 02617A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ROMANIA FOR 1975.
THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, FORMULATED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, INCLUDE PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO EXPENSES FOR 1975 IN THREE AREAS: 1) INVESTMENTS FOR
ANTIPOLLUTION INSTALLATIONS AND APPARATUSES; 2) MAINTENANCE OF SUCH INSTALLATIONS; AND
3) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. EXPENSES ARE ALSO PLANNED FOR THE PERIOD 1976-1980. IN ADDITION, THE
NATIONAL PLAN OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ROHANIA FOR 1975, APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
IN DECEMBER 1974, INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS BUST CARRY OUT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES AND ENCOURAGE FURTHER RESEARCH IN THAT AREA.
ROHANIA
PM(B)
"REPORT ON THE THIRD NATIONAL CONGRESS ON HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH." IGIEHA,
NO. 6
EPA
ROMANIAN 06/00/74 PGS 378-380 ID* 02619A
AIR RADIATION WATER PESTICIDES
THIS ARTICLE NOTES VARIOUS ROMANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES REPORTED ON AT THE
THIRD NATIONAL CONGRESS ON HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH HELD IN BUCHAREST IN OCTOBER 1973. WITH
REGARD TO AIR POLLUTION, PROGRESS WAS MADE IN DETERMINING POLLUTION LEVELS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY, IN IDENTIFYING THE MAIN POLLUTA1TS AND IN STDDTING THEIR EFFECT OH HUMAN HEALTH.
UNDER THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR PBOGRAM, HEALTH AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS ARE FORMULATING INDICATORS TO
DEFINE THE RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION PROCESS AND TO ESTABLISH MEASURES FOR THE TREATMENT OF
RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGES. ALSO DISCUSSED IH THE ARTICLE ARE PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF WATER
POLLUTION AND CONTAMIHATIOH OF FOOD BY PESTICIDES.
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ROMANIA
PH(B)
"NEW SOLUTIONS FOR COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." ROHANIA L1BERA
ANTIH, C. EPA
ROMANIAN 03/14/75 PCS 1-2 IDt 02644A
AIR WATER
THIS ARTICLE, COHCBBHING E1VIROBHBNTAL PROTECTION I» ROMANIA, NOTES THAT A SPECIAL SECTION OP
THE PRESENT PARTY PROGRAM IS DEVOTED TO THE REDUCTION OF POLLUTION AND THE STRICT APPLICATION OF
ERVIRONRENTAL LEGISLATION. THE REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS POLLOTION CONTROL HEASDHES IN
THE DISTRICT OF TIHISOARA. IN THAT AREA, POLLOTION LEVELS IN ALL CATEGORIES HERE SORVETBD IN
VARIOUS TIHE PERIODS, AND THE COHCLOSIONS OF THESE SURVEYS ARE PRESENTLY BEING DRAWN DP. POLLOTION
CONTROL DEVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES IN TIBISOABA ARE DESCRIBED, INCLODING FILTER SYSTEMS FOR FOBES,
GASES AND DOST AND NOISE REDOCTION APPARATUSES. PURIFICATION OF INDOSTRIAL NASTEHATER IN THAT
REGION IS ALSO BRIEFLY DISCOSSED.
SPAIN
PH(A)
CODENA: CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. REPORT
1971-1973
DOCAVO ALBERTI, IGNACIO EPA
SPANISH 00/00/74 PCS 1-93 ID# 02576A
ALSO PMB AND SE
SOLID HASTE WATER
THIS REPORT, COVERING THE PERIOD 1971-1973, D1SCOSSES, IN DEPTH, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
VALENC1AN COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATORE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (CODENA), THE OFFICIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY IN THE SPANISH PROVINCE OF VALENCIA. THE INTRODOCTION TO THE REPORT
DISCUSSES THE CREATION IN 1971 OF CODENA, ITS STRUCTURING, GOALS, PRESENT ACTIVITIES AND FUTURE
PLANS. THE BODY OF THE REPORT PRESENTS STATISTICAL INFORMATION AND BUDGETARY DATA AND
CONSIDERS THE ACTIVITIES OF CODENA UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: EDUCATION AND CULTORAL
ACTION IN THE ENVIRONMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF FOREST FIRES; PROTECTION OF BEACHES;
COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF REFUSE; AND URBAN PARK SERVICE. THE REPORT PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZES
THE NEED FOR PUBLIC EDOCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CREATION OF SOUND ECOLOGICAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS.
SWEDEN
PM(B)
"NUCLEAR ENERGY: THE SWEDISH SOLUTION." L'EXPRBSS
FRENCH
ALSO FRANCE
12/16/74 PGS 46-48
EPA
ID* 0262BA
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE SWEDISH SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF "THERMAL WASTE" IN POWER
STATIONS. BECAUSE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION IS A VERY INEFFICIENT PROCESS, ONLY 1/3 OF THE CALORIC
HEAT GENERATED IN AN INSTALLATION IS ACTUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO ELECTRICITY. THE SUBSEQUENT
DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE REMAINING 2/3 CREATES AN ENERGY WASTE AS WELL AS A POLLUTION
HAZARD. A SWEDISH RESEARCH COMMISSION HAS PROPOSED A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WHICH WOULD REVERSE
TBE ORDER OF PRIORITIES. MIXED POWER STATIONS WITH REDOCED ELECTRICAL OUPUTS COULD EFFECTIVELY
INCREASE THE OUTPUT AND TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER THEY RELEASE, THEREBY RENDERING IT SUITABLE FOR
HEATING PURPOSES IN DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. THESE CONCLUSIONS HAVE PROHPTED THE
FRENCH SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO UNDERTAKE A FRENCH STUDY OF THE QUESTION. A FAVORABLE
FINDING FOR MIXED POWEB STATIONS BY THE SECRETARIAT COULD NECESSITATE A COMPLETE REVISION OF THE
FRENCH NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
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GENERAL
SWITZERLAND
LB(B)
USSR
PB(B)
"TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THEORY."
RAUSCH, HERIBERT
GEBMAN 12/12/74 PGS 33
NEUE ZDERCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
IDt 02586A
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES HAJOR TENDEHCIBS IH THE "EXPERT OPINION OH THE ENVIRONMENT 1974" OF
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERHANY AND THE RELEVANCE OF THESE TENDENCIES FOR SWITZERLAND AND ITS
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN PRELIMINARY DRAFT STAGE. THE GERMAN REPOBT AND LAWS TEND TO CALL FOB
QUANTITATIVE STANDARDS AND THRESHOLDS FOR VARIOUS POLLUTANTS. ALTHOUGH SWISS LAWS HATE NOT DONE
THIS TRADITIONALLY, A WASTEWATER REGULATION IN PREPARATION LISTS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, AND
REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW WILL PROBABLY DO THIS IN OTHER AREAS. ONE
MEANS OF POLLUTION PREVENTION CITED IN THE GERMAN REPORT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY TEST OF
PLANNED PROJECTS. THE SWISS DRAFT PROVIDES FOR SUCH A TEST, AND IT ENDORSES THE "POLLUTER PAYS
PRINCIPLE," SEEN AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE CONTRIBUTING TO SOUND ECONOMIC PLANNING. THE SWISS LAW
HILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR AS INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, REGARDED AS
ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
"HEALTH OF THE PLANET."
EFREMO7, L.
RUSSIAN
ALSO LRB
WATER AIR
IZVESTIYA
06/05/74 PGS 2
EPA
ID! 02594A
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAHS IN THE USSR.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON: LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE "FUNDAMENTALS OF LAND AND WATER LEGISLATION
OF THE USSR AND FEDERATED REPUBLICS"; THE DECISIONS OF THE PARTY AND GOVERNMENT ON MEASURES FOR
PREVENTING POLLUTION OF THE CASPIAN SEA, FOR RATIONAL USE AND PRESERVATION OP THE RESOURCES OF
LAKE BAIKAL, AND FOR PREVENTING POLLUTION OF THE VOLGA AND URAL RIVERS; AND THE DECEMBER 29, 1972
RESOLUTION "ON STRENGTHENING PROTECTION OF NATURE AND IMPROVING UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES."
IN 1973, 1,700 WATER PURIFICATION COMPLEXES WERE PUT INTO OPERATION WHICH DAILY PROCESS BORE THAN
13 MILLION CUBIC HETBRS OF WATER. ALSO, IN THE UKRAINIAN SSR IN 1971-1973, MORE THAN 700 LARGE
DUST-COLLECTING FACILITIES WERE PUT INTO OPERATION. FURTHERMORE, THE AZERBAIJAN, BELORUSSIAN,
LITHUANIAN, MOLDAVIAN AND UKRAINIAN REPUBLICS HAVE SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE.
VENEZUELA
LE(B)
"FINES UP TO ONE MILLION BOLIVARES AND PRISON SENTENCES UP TO TEN YEARS FOR
THOSE WHO VIOLATE ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT LAW." EL UNIVERSAL
GUERRERO, JULIO CESAR EPA
SPANISH 11/05/74 PGS 2-2 IDt 02640A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REVIEWS RECENT VENEZUELAN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY CONCERNING THE
FORMULATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT LAW OF SEPTEMBER 1974 WAS CONSIDERED INSUFFICIENT AND
VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. SINCE NOVEMBER 1974 A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL BILL HAS BEEN
UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE VENEZUELAN CONGRESS. THE PREAMBLE TO THIS BILL DISCUSSES THE
INCREASING DANGERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION, AND, WHILE RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR RAPID
SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH, SPECIFIES THAT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE. THE BODY OF THE BILL, DIVIDED INTO FOUR CHAPTERS, SETS FORTH ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES,
FORMULATES THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN AND CREATES THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
OFFICE AND COUNCIL UNDER THE PRESIDENT. THE BILL ALSO CONTAINS AMPLE PROVISIONS FOR SANCTIONS
AGAINST VIOLATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
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LAND USB
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LE(B)
NOISE
BULGARIA
PM(B)
"ON THE RHINE AND THE RUHR IT IS NO LONGER A HATTER OF MUSEUMS AND AESTHETIC
MATTERS." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
STURM, VILHA EPA
GERMAN 11/30/74 PGS 7,8 ID# 02563A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT LAW (LANDSCHAFTSGESETZ) BEING CONSIDERED BY
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH RHINB-WBSTPHALIA IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
(FRG) . THE DRAFT LAW IS DESCRIBED AS COMPREHENSIVE AND SPECIFIC IN GOALS AND MEASURES FOR THEIR
ATTAINMENT. SECTIONS 7, 41, AND 12 OF THE DRAFT ESTABLISH NEW INSTITUTIONS TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING 1) A PATROL TO HELP IN PROTECTION AND CARE OP THE LANDSCAPE,
2) A STATE ECOLOGY OFFICE TO WORK OUT THE SCIENTIFIC BASES FOR LAND USE PLANNING EFFORTS, AND
3) A LAND USE PLAN. OTHER SECTIONS OF THE LAW WOULD 1) HAKE THOSE CAUSING DAHAGE TO THE
LANDSCAPE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMEDY, 2) LIST MEASURES FOR LAND CARE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND 3}
OBLIGATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CERTAIN CARE AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES. HOST OTHER STATES IN THE FRG
HAVE PASSED SIMILAR LEGISLATION TO REPLACE THE OUTDATED 1935 LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE,
WHICH RELIED PRIMARILY ON ISOLATION OF SELECTED PROTECTED AREAS.
"RAILROAD TRANSPORT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT." ZHELEZOP'BN
TRANSPORT
EPA
BULGARIAN 10/00/74 PGS 1-3 IDf 02597A
*AIR
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"FINANCIAL, FISCAL AHD OTHER ECONOMIC MEASURES IN THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES OF
EDROPE FOR PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT." ECE SYMPOSIUM ON PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BRZOZA, T. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/71 PGS 203-209 ID# 02641A
ALSO PHB AND LRB
*GENERAL AIR HATER SOLID WASTE
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ISRAEL
PH(B)
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24
"TEL-AVIV BOS STATION." ISRAEL ENVIRONHENT BULLETIN, VOL. 2 HO. '
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 01/00/75 PCS 6-7 IDf 02589A
*AIR
JAPAN
P»(B)
"ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND JNR (JAPAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS) LOWER NOISE
LEVELS." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 03/16/75 PCS 2 IDf 026H7A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE JAPANESE CENTRAL CODNCIL FOR THE CONTROL OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE JAPAN NATIONAL HAILW.AYS (JNR) MODIFY THEIR
RAILWAY OPERATIONS AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE, WITHIN THREE TO TEN YEARS, NOISE TOLERANCE LEVELS
OF 70 PHONS ALONG SECTIONS OF TRACK IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND 75 PHONS ALONG SECTIONS OF TRACK
IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE JNR TAKE ADDITIONAL ANTI-NOISE MEASURES
SUCH AS PAYING FOR THE SOUND INSOLATION OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS AND FINANCIALLY ASSISTING
FAMILIES TO HOVE FROM THE VICINITY OF NOISY JNR RAIL LINES. THE JNR VICE PRESIDENT HAS VOICED
DOUBT THAT THE JNR CAN FULLY COMPLY TECHNICALLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS; HOWEVER, HE STATED
THAT THE JNR WOULD COOPERATE IN SO FAR AS POSSIBLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL
EFFECTS OF NOISE POLLUTION CREATED BY THE OPERATIONS OF THE JNR.
USSR
PH(B)
"ATTACK ON NOISE."
VASIN, H.
RUSSIAN
ALSO LRB AND SE
PRATDA
03/12/75 PGS 3
EPA
IDi 02623A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF NOISE POLLUTION IN THE USSR AND MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO
REDUCE NOISE LEVELS. IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE LEVEL OF NOISE IN LARGE CITIES HAS INCREASED BY
10-12 DECIBELS, CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDING ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. IN 1973 THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE
OSSR ISSUED A RESOLUTION "ON MEASURES FOR REDUCING NOISE IN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, CITIES, AND
OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS." MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR NOISE IN STREETS,
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, FACTORIES, AND HOSPITALS. IN ADDITION, "QUIET" MACHINES AND MACHINE TOOLS ABE
BEING DEVISED, AND NOISE FACTORS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE PLANNING OF URBAN
HOUSING. THE ARTICLE ALSO DISCUSSES THE ADVERSE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF NOISE ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF
WORKERS .
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BULGARIA
PK(B)
PAGE
25
"PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIOH IH THE GENERAL SCHEME FOR ARRANGEMENT OF
PRODUCTION FORCES IH BULGARIA IH 1976-1990." PRIRODA, HO. 6
STOILOV, D. EPA
BOLGARIAH 00/00/74 PGS 71-73 IDt 02630A
*GEHERAL AIR WATER
MEXICO
LR(A)
"REGULATIONS FOR THE COHTROL AHD USE OF HERBICIDES." SALUD POBLICA DE MEXICO,
V. 15, HO. 2
SPAHISH
04/00/74 PGS 271-281
EPA
ID# 02638A
THE MBXICAH REGDLATIOHS FOR THE CONTROL AHD USE OF HERBICIDES, ISSUED IH PURSUAHCE TO THE
AGRICULTURAL SABITATIOH LAN OF 1940 AHD SUPERSEDING PREVIOUS REGULATIONS ON THE SUBJECT, WERE
PUBLISHED IN THE MEXICAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE ON DECEMBER 17, 1973 AHD ENTERED INTO FORCE THE SAME
DAY. THEY ARE HERE REPRINTED IN POLL IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MEXICAN DEPARTMEWT OF
HEALTH. IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OF HERBICIDES AND PREVENT ANY DAMAGE HHICH WOULD OCCUR
FROM THEIR USE, THESE REGULATIONS CONTROL THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT, PACKAGING, DISTRIBUTION,
TRANSPORT, STORAGE, SALE, USE AHD APPLICATION OF HERBICIDES IH MEXICO. THE SECRETARIAT OF
AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AHD OME OF ITS SUBORDIHATE AGENCIES, THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF PLANT
SANITATION, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERPRETING AND ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO HUMAN HEALTH, WHICH ARE ADMINISTERED BY
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ASSISTANCE.
ROMANIA
PH(B)
"REPORT ON THE THIRD RATIONAL CONGRESS OH HYGIEHE AHD PUBLIC HEALTH." IGIENA,
NO. 6
EPA
ROMANIAN 06/00/74 PGS 378-380 ID# 02619A
•^GENERAL AIR RADIATION HATER
RADIATION
FRANCE
PH(B)
"WE CALL ON THE POPULATION TO REFUSE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS." LB MONDE
EPA
FRENCH 02/11/75 PGS 32 ID* 02636A
THE FRENCH SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES DISAPPROVAL OF THE RECENT CENTRAL PLANNING CODNCIL'S
ELECTRO-NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAS RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE MANIFESTO EXCERPTED IN THIS ARTICLE.
THE DECLARATION WARNS AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S "MINDLESS DECISION," CITING A NUMBER OF RISKS LIKELY
TO BE INCURRED: THOSE RELATED TO THE SECURITY OP POWER STATIONS (LEAKS); THOSE RELATED TO THERMAL
POLLUTION (CLIMATE, ECOLOGY); AND THOSE RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND POSSIBLE THEFT
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (WASTE PROBLEMS). THE SCIENTISTS' MANIFESTO URGES CITIZEH PROTEST
AGAINST ANY INSTALLATION OF NDCLEAR POWER STATIONS PRIOR TO A DEEPER RECOGNITION OF THE PROBLEMS
AT STAKE.
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INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
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26
"WE BUST UNDERSTAND THE COSTS OP POLLUTION." THE TIMES (LONDON)
STEPHENSOH, HUGH EPA
ENGLISH 02/10/75 PGS 19 ID# 02631A
*AIR GENERAL
ROMANIA
PB(B)
"REPORT ON THE THIRD NATIONAL CONGRESS ON HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH." 1GIENA,
NO. 6
EPA
ROMANIAN 06/00/7H PGS 378-380 ID# 02619A
*GENERAL AIR WATER PESTICIDES
SWEDEN
PH(B)
SOLID WASTE
FRANCE
LR (B)
"CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY IN SWEDEN." NEDE ZUERCHER ZEITONG
EPA
GERMAN 12/12/7H PGS 16 IDf 02591A
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES PUBLIC CRITICISM OF SWEDEN'S PLAN TO BUILD 24 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS BY
1990, WHICH WOULD GIVE IT THE WORLD'S LARGEST PER CAPITA NETWORK OF SUCH INSTALLATIONS. OPPONENTS
CITE THE SAFETY RISK BOTH IN PRODUCTION AND IN STORAGE OF WASTES, PLUS THE SQUANDERING OP ENERGY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, NUCLEAR ENERGY IS STILL WIDELY REGARDED AS THE HOST ENVIRONMENTALLY COHPATIBLE
SOURCE OF POWER, AND DEFENDERS NOTE THE SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE SAFETY MEASURES SURROUNDING REACTORS.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING RADIATION WOULD OCCUR ONE TO TEN TIMES IN A BILLION
YEARS. AS A RESULT OF THE CONTROVERSY, PARLIAMENT HAS DECIDED TO BUILD 11 OF THE PLANNED REACTORS
BY 1981, BUT TO POSTPONE A DECISION ON THE REST OF THE PROGRAM UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY HAS
BEEN HADE IN THE SPRING OF 1975.
"AFTER GOVERNMENT ADOPTION OF SIX DRAFT LAWS, A QUALITY OF LIFE CODE FOR 1977."
LE MONDE
AHBROISE-RENDU, HARC EPA
FRENCH 02/28/75 PGS 12 ID* 026H5A
*AIR WATER GENERAL
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INTERNATIONAL
SB( )
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27
"FINANCIAL, FISCAL AND OTHER ECONOMIC HEASORES...IB THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES OF
EUROPE FOR PROTECTION OF EfVlRONBEBT." ECE SYMPOSIUM OH PROBLEHS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BRZOZA, T. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/71 PCS 203-209 ID* 02641A
ALSO PHB AND LRB
*GENERAL AIR HATER NOISE
SPAIN
PH(A)
CODENA: CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTIOH OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. REPORT
1971-1973
DOCAVO ALBERTI, IGNACIO EPA
SPANISH 00/00/71 PGS 1-93 ID# 02576A
ALSO PMB AND SE
*GENERAL WATER
WATER
BRAZIL
LR (B)
"CONTAIN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, SBMA'S GOAL IN 1975." ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/14/74 PGS 1,66 ID* 02037J
*GENERAL AIR
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"LEGAL REPRESSION OF POLLUTION."
LEME HACHADO, PAULO AFFONSO
PORTUGUESE 12/00/73
AIR
SANEAHENTO, NO. 47, 1973
PGS 14-21
ID*
EPA
02557A
THIS ARTICLE, PUBLISHED IN THE TECHNICAL AND INFORMATION JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN DEPARTMENT
OF SANITATION WORKS, PRESENTS AN ANNOTATED LIST AND GENERAL SURVEY OF BRAZILIAN LEGISLATION
CONCERNED WITH THE PENAL AND JUDICIAL ASPECTS OF WATER AND AIR POLLUTION. THE ARTICLE DEALS
MAINLY WITH FEDERAL LEGISLATION; HOWEVER, IT ALSO DISCUSSES POLLUTION LAWS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
IN THE STATE OF SAO PAULO, THE HOST INDUSTRIALIZED REGION OF THE COUNTRY. IN ADDITION, THE
ARTICLE PROVIDES A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF SIMILAR POLLUTION LAWS IN ITALY, JAPAN, ENGLAND AND THE
UNITED STATES.
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PH{A)
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28
"SEHA'S PLANS." VEJA
PORTUGUESE
*GENERAL AIR
10/09/74 PGS 77-78.
EPA
ID# 02037K
BRAZIL
"COHBISSION FOR RESOURCES OF THE SEA." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE 11/21/74 PGS 5
EPA
ID* 02584A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE HAKES REFERENCE TO A DECREE SIGNED HOVEHBEH 20, 1974 BT PRESIDENT
GEISEL OF BRAZIL NAHING THE MINE HEBBBRS OF THE BRAZILIAN COBMISSION OF BABINB RESOURCES. THE
CORBISSION, PRESIDED OVER BY THE HINISTER OP THE NAVY, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDY AMD
COORDINATION OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO NATIONAL HARINB POLICY OF BRAZIL. THE PRIHARY OBJECTIVES OF
THIS POLICY ARE THE PRESERVATION OF BARINE RESOURCES AND THE CONTROL OF HARINB POLLUTION. THE
ARTICLE LISTS THE BERBERS OF THE COHHISSION AS DESIGNATED BY THB DECREE.
BRAZIL
PM(A)
"UNIFICATION GROUP BAITS TO UNITE SECRETARIATS AND CREATE NEW FOUNDATION."
0 GLOBO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/31/74 PGS 11 ID* 02609A
AIR
IN VIEW OF THE FORTHCOBING POLITICAL UNIFICATION OF THE BRAZILIAN STATES OF RIO DE JANEIRO
AND GOA NABARA, THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES PLANS TO REORGANIZE THE ADHINISTRATION OF
SANITATION WORKS, POLLUTION CONTROL, HOUSING AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES WITHIN THB NEW STATE.
A GROUP IN CHARGE OF STUDYING THB ADHINISTRATIVB PROBLEMS OF UNIFICATION FAVORS THE CREATION OF
A SECRETARIAT FOR WORKS AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND RBCORHENDS THB REORGANIZATION OF BNVIRONBBHTAL
RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS STATE AND BUNICIPAL AGENCIES INTO THB FOUNDATION FOR SANITARY
ENGINEERING AND THE ENVIRONHENT. TECHNICIANS FROH THE FEDERAL SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE
ENVIRONBENT (SERA) AND FROH THE STATES OF RIO AND GUANABARA HAVE DESIGNATED WATER SUPPLY AND
THE CONTROL OF WATER AND AIR POLLUTION AS PRIHARY CONCERNS FOR THB HEW GOVBRNHENT. ALSO, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THB NATIONAL SANITATION PLAN, AREAS OF JURISDICTION FOR THE VARIOUS HUNICIPAL AND
STATE SEWAGE COBPANIES WILL BE FORBDLATED.
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BULGARIA
PB(B)
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29
"PROBLEBS OF ENVIRONBENTAL PROTECTION IN THE GENERAL SCHEHE FOR ARRANGEBENT OF
PRODUCTION FORCES IN BULGARIA IN 1976-1990." PRIRODA, NO. 6
STOILOV, D. EPA
BULGARIAN 00/00/74 PGS 71-73 ID* 02630A
*GENERAL AIR PESTICIDES
CHINA,REPUBLIC OF
SE( )
"TAIWAN - BNVIRONBBNT.1
HARROY, JEAN-PAUL
FREHCH
ALSO LSB
AIR
LE SOIR
01/10/75 PGS 1
EPA
ID* 02595A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE DUAL ORIGIN OF TAIWAN'S ENVIHONBENTAL PHOBLEBS: THE DEPLETION
OF NATURAL RESOURCES IT IS EXPERIENCING AS A DEVELOPING INTERTROPICAL SOCIETY AND THE WASTE
POLLUTION IT FACES AS AN INDUSTRIAL NATION. DEFORESTATION AND EROSION ARE TWO OF THE PRINCIPLE
PROBLEBS ASSOCIATED WITH TAIWAN'S DBYELOPBENT FROH AN INTERTROPICAL ECONOBY, WHILE AIR AHD WATER
POLLUTION ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INCREASED URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION. THE
GOVERNBENT IS SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THIS TWO-FOLD DEPLETION THROUGH RESEARCH, LEGISLATION AND
ACTION. ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF AIR POLLUTION ARE PRESENTED AS PROMISING BECAUSE OF THE
ESFORCBHENT OF STRICT EMISSION STANDARDS.
COMECON
PH(B)
"KEEPING THE BLACK SEA UNPOLLUTED." BULGARIA TODAY
ENGLISH
GENERAL
12/00/74 PGS 6-7
EPA
ID* 02555A
THIS ARTICLE BRIEFLY DISCUSSES ENVIRONBBNTAL PROTECTION BEASURES UNDERTAKEN BI THE COBECON
COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA. BULGARIA AND THE
USSR IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON POLLUTION IN THE BLACK SEA. THE
ACADEBIES OF SCIENCES OF BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE KORBHLATBD A PROGRAB OF BEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO
PROTECT THE BLACK SEA WATERS. IN BULGARIA, HANY PURIFICATION UNITS HAVE BEEN BUILT ALONG THE
BLACK SEA, AS WELL AS ALONG THE DANUBE RIVER. WITH REGARD TO GBNBRAL ENVIRONBBNTAL PROBLEMS,
COBECON HAS SET UP A SPECIAL COUNCIL FOR BNV1RONHENTAL PROTECTION. BULGARIA HAS ALLOCATED 500
BILLION LEVA IN THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FOR BNVIRONBENTAL PROGRAHS. ALSO, THE BULGARIAN
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS REQUIRES THAT PLANS OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES CONTAIN PROVISIONS FOR CONTROL
OF WATER, AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION.
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RATER
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
LR(B)
PRANCE
LR(A)
"UNIFORB PRESCRIPTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS." FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE
ZEITUNG
EPA
GERHAH 11/21/74 PCS 6 IDf 02562A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AT A HEETING OP EUROPEAN COBMUNITIBS BBVIROBHEBTAL
HINISTERS, UNIFORM PRESCRIPTIONS FOR OBTAINING DRINKING HATER HERB DBPIBED, INCLUDING UNIFORM
HATER QUALITY STANDARDS WHICH BEHBER NATIONS BUST ADOPT INTO THEIR LAWS AND ADBINISTRATIVE
REGULATIONS BY 1977. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HAS AGREED TO THESE STANDARDS, ALTHOUGH THE
1BDIVIDUAL FEDERAL STATES AND NOT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAVE COBPBTBNCE IN THE AHEA OF WATER
HANAGEBENT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNBENT BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT IT BAY ADOPT THE STANDARDS UNDER ITS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ENSURE ECONOBIC COMPETITIVENESS. THE EUROPEAN COBBUNITIES BIHISTEHS ALSO
AGREED THAT MEMBER NATIONS WOULD CONTINUE SYSTEMATIC WATER PURIFICATION EPFOHTS. IN ADDITION,
THEY EVOLVED A GUIDELINE FOR WASTE OIL REMOVAL, RECOMMENDING REPROCESSING AND USE OP ENERGY PHOB
INCINERATION OF HASTE OILS. THE BINISTBRS HBAFFIRBBD THE IBPORTANCB OF ENVIHOHBENTAL PROTECTION
IN VIEW OF RISING ENERGY NEEDS.
"MAY 7, 1974 ORDER ON THE CLEANLINESS OF BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS FREQUENTED BY
THE PUBLIC." JOURNAL OPPICIBL DB LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, V. 1974
EPA
FRENCH 05/18/74 PGS 5392-5393 ID# 00441S
THIS ORDER, BEARING ON THE APPLICATION OF THE "DECEMBER 16, 1964 LAW ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF HATER RESOURCES AND THE CABPAIGN AGAINST POLLUTION" AND ISSUED JOINTLY BY A
NUMBER OF CONCERNED MINISTERS, PROHIBITS OH ALL BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS, ALL DIRECT OR
INDIRECT DISCHARGES OR DISPOSALS OP WASTES CAPABLE OF ALTERING THE NATURE OF THESE SITES.
PRANCE
LR(A)
"BAY 14, 1974 CIRCULAR LETTER OH THE CLEANLINESS OF BEACHES AND COASTAL AREAS
FREQUENTED BY THE PUBLIC." JOURNAL OPFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIC PRANCAISE, V. 1974
EPA
FRENCH 05/18/74 PGS 5393-5394 ID* 00441T
THIS CIRCULAR LETTER WAS ISSUED JOINTLY BY A NUMBER OF CONCERNED MINISTERS TO THE REGIONAL
AND METROPOLITAN PREFECTS, IN PURSUANCE OF THE "MAY 7, 1974 ORDER ON THE CLEANLINESS OF BEACHES
AND COASTAL AREAS FREQUENTED BY THE PUBLIC." IT SETS FORTH THE TECHNICAL DISPOSITIONS NECESSARY
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SANITARY AND PURIFICATION
FACILITIES.
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FRANCE
LR(B)
PIGE
31
"AFTER GOVERNMENT ADOPTION OF SIX DRAFT LAWS, A QUALITY OF LIFE CODE FOR 1977.
LE MONDE
AHBR01SE-RBHDD, HARC EPA
FRENCH 02/28/75 PCS 12 ID* 02645A
*A1R SOLID HASTE GEBERAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PB(B)
"REVISED GERMA1I ENERGY POLICY." DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGHAM, AHBHBASSY BONN
A-617
UHITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
EHGLISH 12/18/74 PGS 1-55 ID* 02635A
*GENERAL AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"CONSTRUCTION STOP FOB STATE ABEA TO BE RELAXED.* STOTTGARTEB ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 12/20/74 PGS 5 ID* 02639A
GENERAL
TBIS ABTICLE STATES THAT THE INTERIOR BIN1STBY AND THE BINISTRT FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND
ENVIRONMENT OF BADEH-HUERTTEHBBBG HAVE RELAXED PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HASTEHATER REHOTAL
CONTAINED IN RBQUIBEBKNTS FOB CONSTRUCTION PBRUITS. THIS HAS DONE TO ALLEVIATE THE ALBOST TOTAL
CESSATION OF CONSTRUCTION IN TILLAGES AND SBALLER URBAN AREAS SINCE THE ORIGINAL DECREE HAS ISSUED
IN APRIL 1974. THE NEH GUIDELINES, APPLYING TO THE NEH CONSTRUCTION, ALLOH APPROVAL OF A BUILDING
PLAN HITHOOT CONNECTION OF NEW STBDCTURES TO A HASTEHATER PURIFICATION PLANT, PROVIDING COMMUNITY
AUTHORITIES CAN SHOH THAT THE PLANT HILL BE BUILT HITRIN TRBEE YEARS. PROVISIONS ALSO COVER
SEHAGE PLANTS IN VILLAGES OF UP TO 200 INHABITANTS AND IN THOSE OF FROB 200 TO 500 INHABITANTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY ALSO POINTED OUT THE HEED FOR A PRIORITY PLAN, ACCORDING
TO HHICH CLARIFICATION PLANTS IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, HHEHE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE LESS,
ROULD BE CONSTRUCTED FIRST.
INTERNATIONAL
"NO HATER FROB LAKE CONSTANCE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE NECKAB." STUTTGARTBB
ZEITUNG
EPA
02479A
GERMAN
11/23/74 PGS 30
ID*
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES RESULTS OF THE LAKE CONSTANCE CONFERENCE OF COUNTRIES BORDERING THE
LAKE. REPRESENTATIVES ADOPTED A RESOLUTION REJECTING USE OF A PROPOSED LAKE CONSTANCE-NBCKAR
RI7BB CONDUIT FOB AIT PURPOSE OTREB THAN PROVISION OF DRINKING HATER. APPROTAL OF A CONDUIT FOR
THE LATTER PURPOSE HAS NOT RULED OUT, HOHEVBB. HHILE RECOGNIZING THE DIFFICULTY OP MEETING
DRINKING HATER NEEDS IN THE BIDDLB-NBCKAR REGION, CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS OBJECTED TO POSSIBLE
USE OF LAKE HATER TO HELP PUBIFY THE NECKAR OR AS COOLING HATER FOB FUTURE NUCLEAB POHER PLANTS.
A SHISS REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A HATER USAGE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE LAKE CONSTANCE
ABEA TO ASCERTAIN ITS NEEDS FIRST. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENVIBONMENT MINISTRY OF THE SERBAN
STATE OF BADBN-RUEBTTBBBBBG ALSO BBPORTBD ON EFFOBTS TO CONTROL POLLUTION IN LAKE CONSTANCE.
RE INDICATED THAT BY 1980 THB HASTEHATER OF 87 PERCENT OF ABBA INHABITANTS HILL BE TREATED IN
PURIFICATION PLANTS. THE PRIBARY PURPOSE OF THE BBETING HAS INFORMATION EXCHANGE.
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"SIXTEEN COUNTRIES GDARD MEDITERRANEAN."
ABBROISB-RBNDU, MAHC
FHENCB 02/26/75 PGS 26
LE MONDE
ID*
EPA
02599A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A UNITED NATIONS SPOHSORED CONFERENCE HELD II BARCELONA FROM
JANUARY 2b TO FEBRUARY 4 TO ORGANIZE A RESCUE OPERATION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN. WELL AWARE OF THE
CONTINUING DETERIORATION, PARTICIPANTS, REPRESENTING 16 COUNTRIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN LITTOHAL,
WBRF UNANIMOUS IN THEIR APPROVAL OF SEVEN RESEARCH PROGRAMS DEALING WITH POLLUTION BT OIL, MERCUBt,
DDT AND CHLORIDES. THE SITUATION HAS CONSIDERED ALARMING ENOUGH TO WARRANT MOBE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
THE SIXTEEN COUNTRIES CONSEQUENTLY APPROVED THE PRINCIPLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE
PROTECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WHICH WOULD COMBINE IN ONE DOCUMENT THE PROVISIONS PREVIOUSLY
ADOPTED FOR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. RATIFICATION OF THE DOCUMENT WOULD FOLLOW IH THE COURSE OF 1976.
ALTHOUGH DIFFERENCES AROSE ON THE SUBJECT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND TOURIST DEVELOPMENT, TBERB WAS
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE NEED TO IMPOSE CONTROLS ON THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS AND SOLID WASTES.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"CLOSIRG SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN
ENVIRONMENT." LA VANGUARDIA ESPANOLA
FRANCES, ENRIQUE EPA
SPANISH 02/05/75 PCS 5,21 ID* 02642A
ALSO SE
"GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL
SE( )
"FINANCIAL, FISCAL AND OTHER ECONOMIC MEASURES...IN THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES OF
EUROPE FOR PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT." ECE SYMPOSIUM ON PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BRZOZA, T. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/71 PGS 203-209 ID* 02641A
ALSO PMB AND LRB
*GENERAL AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE
IHAN
PB(B)
"POLLUTION TO BE ELIMINATED IN FIVE YEARS, SAYS FIROUZ." TEHERAN JOURNAL
EPA
ENGLISH 06/03/74 PGS 3 ID* 02648A
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WATER
JAPAN
LR(B)
KUWAIT
LR(A)
"HEW HOPE IN JAPAN." ENVIRONMENT
STDNKEL, KENNETH R.
ENGLISH
AIR GENERAL
10/00/74 PGS 18-20
EPA
ID* 02614A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE IHPLICATIONS OF FOUR RECENT JAPANESE POLLUTION COURT CASES IN WHICH
THE CODRTS DECIDED AGAINST INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS AND ORDERED COBPENSATION FOR THEIR POLLUTION
VICTIHS. THESE JUDGMENTS HERE BASED ON ARTICLE 70 OF THE CIVIL CODE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR
COBPENSATION IN THE EVENT OF INJURY OR INFRINGEBENT OF RIGHTS CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE. PRIOR TO
THESE CASES THE PLAINTIFF HAD HAD TO DEMONSTRATE A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS INJURY AND THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE ACCUSED ENTERPRISE. THE BURDEN OF EVIDENCE HAS NOW BEEN SHIFTED TO THE INDUSTRY
CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENCE. THE APPARENT VICTORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS CONTAINS CERTAIN
LIMITATIONS WHICH WILL REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH SUITS AGAINST POLLUTERS, ABONG THEM:
THE JAPANESE SOCIAL RELUCTANCE TO LITIGATE, THE JUDICIAL PRACTICE OF MEASURING COMPENSATION AND
TBE TIME HEEDED TO CONCLUDE LITIGATION.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
KUWAIT. MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS
1-5
EPA
1D# 02637A
THIS DOCUMENT SETS FORTH THE KUWAITI WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AS SPECIFIED BY THE PROPOSED
KUWAITI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT. SECTION I PRESENTS DEFINITIONS OF THE WATER POLLUTION AND
WATER QUALITY TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE DOCUMENT. SECTION II LISTS PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR
DISCHARGES OF COOLING WATER AND PROCESS WATER EFFLUENTS INTO THE SEA. ACCORDING TO THESE
STANDARDS THE TEMPERATURE OF COOLING WATER EFFLUENTS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXCEED THE
TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA BY MORE THAN 10 DEGREES CENTIGRADE, AND THE TOTAL AVAILABLE CHLORINE IN
COOLING WATER COULD NOT EXCEED 2 PPM. PROCESS WATER, IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE THERMAL DISCHARGE
STANDARDS, WOULD ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LISTED BIO-CHEBICAL PARAMETERS FOR EFFLUENT
DISCHARGE BASED ON A FLOW RATE OF 250 CUBIC METERS OF EFFLUENT DISCHARGE PER HOUR.
POLAND
LR(B)
"RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER POLLUTION BY ARBITRATION." PRZEGLAD USTAHODAWSTWA
GOSPODARCZEGO
LIGIEZA, HENRYK EPA
POLISH 10/00/72 PGS 329-333 1D# 02610A
ALSO PKA
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER POLLUTION IN POLAND BY
A STATE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE. AS AN INTRODUCTION, THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE CITES SEVERAL
WATER PROTECTION REGULATIONS, INCLUDING LAW 31.5.1961 ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER FROM POLLUTION.
THESE REGULATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE PROVISIONS ON ACQUISITION BY INDUSTRIES OF DISCHARGE PERMITS AND
INSTALLATION OF SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES, ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH IN MANY CASES. BECAUSE MANY
ENTERPRISES DO NOT PAY COMPENSATION FOR DABAGE TO WATER BODIES WHICH RESULTS FROM THEIR
ACTIVITIES, A STATE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO INVESTIGATE SUCH POLLU1ION CASES AND
DETERMINE THE COMPENSATORY RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLLUTING INDUSTRIES. THE REMAINDER OF THE
ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURES OP THE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE.
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WATER
ROBAN1A
LB(B)
PAGE
•HOH WATER LEGISLATION IS APPLIED." SCINTEIA
ROBANIAN
07/06/74 PCS 2
IDI 02613A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES IBPLBBENTATION OF WATER PROTECTION LEGISLATION IN ROMANIA,
PARTICOLARLY LAW 10. 8 OF 1972 OH THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIHONBBNT. THIS LAH OBLIGES UTILIZERS
OF HATER RESOURCES TO PURIFY WASTBWATER AND SUGGESTS THAT PURIFICATION PROCESSES BE INTEGRATED INTO
THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES OF INDUSTRIAL BSTABLISHHBNTS. AS A RESULT OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
LEGISLATION, BORE AMD BORE WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEHS ARE BEING BUILT IN ROBANIA. EACH TEAR, THE
GOVBRNBENT ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of PURIFICATION FACILITIES. OVER 3 BILLION LEI
RAVE BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNBBNT FOR SUCH PROJECTS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. FINALLY, THE
ARTICLE DESCRIBES HATER PURIFICATION FACILITIES OF THE PAGARAS CREBICAL ENTERPRISE RELATIVE TO
REDUCING POLLUTION OF THE OLTUL RIVER.
ROMANIA
LR(B)
"THE ENVIRONMENT AS AN ASSET OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.*
IANOVICI, V. EPA
ROBANIAN 11/16/74 PGS 1-2 ID* 02615A
ALSO PNA
^GENERAL '
SCINTBIA
ROBANIA
"REPORT ON THE THIRD NATIONAL CONGRESS ON HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
NO. 6
EPA
ROBANIAN 06/00/74 PGS 378-380 ID* 02619A
^GENERAL AIR RADIATION PESTICIDES
IGIBNA,
ROBANIA
PB(B)
"NEW SOLUTIONS FOR COBBATING ENVIRONBENTAL POLLUTION.1* ROBANIA LIBBRA
ANTIB, C. EPA
ROBANIAN 03/14/75 PGS 1-2 ID* 02644A
^GENERAL AIR
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WATER
ROBANIA
SE(
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"THE WATER PROBLEM.1
IORGOLESCO, F.
ROMANIAN
ERA SOCIALISTA, NO. 3
02/00/74 PGS 17-22
EPA
ID# 02618A
THIS ARTICLE, WHICH DISCUSSES VARIOUS PROBLEMS RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR
UTILIZATION IN ROBANIA, CONTAINS A SECTION ENTITLED "WATER QUALITY AND COMBATING POLLUTION." THIS
SECTION NOTES POLLUTED RIVERS AND LAKES AND THE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INVOLVED IN THEIR POLLUTION.
EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF WASTEWATER PURIFICATION. FOR EXAMPLE, ALTHOUGH MORE
THAN 3 BILLION LEI HAVE BEEN INVESTED IW THE PAST FIVE TEARS FOR INDUSTRIAL AHD MUNICIPAL WATER
PURIFICATION STATIONS, SUCH INVESTMENTS DECREASED FROM 1971 TO 1972.
SPAIN
PH(A)
CODENA: CAMPAIGN FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
1971-1973
DOCAVO ALBBRTI, IGNAC10 EPA
SPANISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-93 ID* 02576A
ALSO PNB AND SE
*GE»BRAL SOLID WASTE
REPORT
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"ACTION AGAINST WATER POLLUTION." NEUE ZUEHCHER ZEITONG
EPA
GERMAN 12/06/71* PGS 35 ID# 02587A
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE STATUS OF CANTONAL OIL REMOVAL BRIGADES (OELWEHR) IN THE CATCHMENT
AREA OF THE RHINE IN SWITZERLAND. THE FEDERAL LAW FOR PROTECTION OF WATER FROM POLLUTION (JULI 1,
1972) REQUIRES EACH CANTON TO ESTABLISH SUCH AN ORGANIZATION. THE CANTONS HAY ISSUE THEIR OWN
LAWS OR REGULATIONS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REQUIREMENT. OTHER FEDERAL BASES FOR SUCH
ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE THE FEDERAL TANK REGULATION (1967), THE GENERAL WATER PROTECTION REGULATION
OF 1972, AND THE REGULATION FOR PROTECTION OF WATER FROM POLLUTION (1972). OP THE 19 CANTONS AND
HALF-CANTONS SURVEYED FOR THE ARTICLE, SEVEN HAVE A SPECIAL OIL BRIGADE LAW OH REGULATION. MOST
CANTONS ASSIGNED FORMATION OF TRAINED OIL BRIGADE PERSONNEL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTORATE OB
TO THE SEA POLICE. PERSONNEL TRAINING SESSIONS LAST FROM ONE TO THREE DAYS, AMD COSTS ARE BORNE
BY CANTONS AND COMMUNITIES. THE OIL ALARM REPORTING PLAN IDENTIFIES JURISDICTIONAL AREAS TO BE
NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AND PROVIDES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
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USSR
PM(B)
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•A WORD ABOUT CLEAN HATBB." IZVESTITA
HATSKEVICH, E.
ROSSIAN 02/09/75 PCS 3
EPA
ID* 02559A
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS HATER POLLOTIOK CONTROL WITH REGARD TO THE IRTISH RITER IN THE KAZAKH
SSR. IN THE COURSE OF NINE BONTHS IN 1974, HATER SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITIES IHPOSED 117 FINES OH
ESTABLISHMENTS POLLUTING THE HATERS OF THE IRTISH. HOPE THAN 10 BILLION RUBLES HERE ALLOCATED TO
HATER PROTECTION FACILITIES FOR THAT AREA IN 1974. ONE ESTABLISBHENT, THE ZYRYANOVSKII LEAD
WORKS, IS CITED IN PARTICULAR FOR TAKING BROAD HATER POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES. THIS ENTERPRISE
ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL BUREAU FOR RESEARCH AND PLANNING OF HASTE PURIFICATION METHODS. IT HAS THE
FIRST ENTERPRISE IN THE COUNTRY TO HIDBLY UTILIZE ION-EXCHANGE PURIFICATION TO CATCH HETAL
PARTICLES IN HASTEHATER AND BIOLOGICAL PURIFICATION METHODS, BY HHICH 99.9 PERCENT OF CYANIDE,
94 PERCENT OF COPPER AND 99 PERCENT OF LEAD RESIDUES ARE BEHOVED FROH HASTEHATER.
USSR
PM(B)
"HEALTH OF THE PLANET."
EFREBOV, L.
RUSSIAN
ALSO LRB
^GENERAL AIR
IZTBSTIYA
06/05/74 PGS 2
EPA
ID* 02594A
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