PB-231 665-32
Number 32
April 1975
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTS
U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington D C 20460
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FOREWORD
Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental
agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ-
mental reports issued by foreign governments and international organi-
zations. This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents
received through the exchange agreements.
The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems
Branch (see back page for order form)„ More detailed English abstracts
can be provided when required. Full text translations, which are expen-
sive, should be requested only when essential for operation of EPA
programs. Translation Services Requisition form #1350-1 is used to re-
quest translations.
A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future
retrieval of these summaries by:
c. type of document
legal/legislative/regulatory
management /piarm ing
socio-economic
a. country
b. subject area
air
water
noise.
pesticides
radiation
solid waste management
This series, devoted to summaries of government reports and other pertinent
literature and focusing on the legislative, organizational, economic, and
social aspects of environmental protection, supplements foreign scientific
and technical literature abstracted by other EPA information services.
APTIC
SWIRS
•PIC
NOISE
Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign govern-
ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the
dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of
documents received is the first step.
Office of Planning and Management
Office of International Activities
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D. C. 20460
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AIR
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02661A ......... 8
See GENERAL (Australia) ~ Control No. 02662A ......... 9
Belg/ctun
Ten Francs a Day, the Price of Cleaner Air? .......... 1
Institute Will Control Pollution ................ 1
See WATER (Bulgaria) — Control No. 02687A ........... 24
Canada.
Ambient Air Quality Objectives, No. 2 ............. 2
Co* to.
Cement Factory: Pollution Will Soon Be Abated ......... 2
Poin6u.con Republic
Expert Will Be Asked to Determine Origin of Agriculture
Damage in Bonao ....................... 3
Approval of Vehicles According to the Provisions of
Ordinance No. 24 ...................... 3
The Market and the Fight Against Pollution ........... 3
Ge./tjnam/,Fed Rep ofi
One Fourth Less Sulfur Dioxide ................. 4
How Can Our Air Become Cleaner? ................ 4
Japan
Stricter Curb on Factories' Sulfur Oxide Emissions Set ..... 4
Stiff Fiscal '75 Car Emission Standards in Effect Tuesday ... 5
Acid Precipitation and Its Effects in Norway
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Romania
We Believe, Nevertheless, in Promises ............. 6
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 01371D .......... 14
See WATER (Romania) — Control No. 02689 A ........... 27
Spain
Pollution in Madrid, Extremely Grave Levels. The Government
Has Required the Municipality to Conduct a Study To Formulate
Emergency Anti-Pollution Measures .............. 6
Control of Pollution Would Reduce Consumer Buying Power .... 7
Sweden
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 02691A ........... 16
USSR
Problems of the Century — Ecology: An Inevitable Crisis? .... 7
Concern for Environmental Protection .............. 8
GENERAL
Summaries of Australian Environmental Legislation ....... 8
Information on the Functions and Organization of the
Australian Commonwealth Department of the Environment
and Conservation ...................... 8
Information on (Australian) Environmental Activities ...... 9
Nanny Down Under ........................ 9
Public Opinion Survey: Perception of the Environment ..... 9
See AIR (Brazil) — Control No. 02695 A ............. 1
Canada
A Canadian View of Monitoring Activities ............ 10
The Organization of the Environmental Protection Agency .... 10
PonK.KU.can Republic
See AIR (Dominican Republic) — Control No. 02684A ....... 3
See RADIATION (France) -- Control No. 026 80 A .......... 21
See RADIATION (France) -- Control No. 02666A .......... 21
See AIR (France) — Control No. 02705A ............. 3
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Gomez Morales Points Out the Nexus Between
Development Policy and Environment ............. 11
U.S. -Japanese Cooperation in Environmental Protection ..... 12
Selected Papers on the Environment in Israel, No. 2 ...... 12
Hol
Italian Legislation Compared with That of Other Countries ... 12
Environment Quality Act, 1974 ................. 13
Legal Aspects of Environmental Control in Mexico : An
Analysis of Mexico's New Environmental Law ......... 13
Secretariat of Health and Welfare ............... 13
Noway
See AIR (Norway) — Control No. 02656A ............. 5
Romcm/io.
For Protection of the Environment ............... 14
Protection of the Environment in Our Country .......... 14
Romanian Communist Party Program ................ 15
See WATER (Romania) — Control No. 02689A ........... 27
Spain
Industrial and Technological Development and Its
Effect on the Environment .................. 15
Sweden
Environment Protection in Sweden ................ 16
Report on the Work of the Commission and on the Federal
Preliminary Draft Law for the Protection of the Environment . 16
The Association of Swiss Municipalities Criticizes the
Draft Law on Environmental Protection ............ 16
Who Should Pay for Pollution? ................. 17
Environmental Protection in Switzerland ............ 17
Federal Organizations in Charge of Environmental Protection . . 17
USSR
Industry and Nature ...................... 18
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NOISE
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02661A ......... 8
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02662A ......... 9
External Noise from Establishments ............... 18
Will Pollution Law Permit More Noise? ............. 19
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 01371D .......... 14
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 02691A ........... 16
PESTICIDES
See TOXIC SUBS (Colombia) — Control No. 02665A ........ 23
Guatejnata.
Guatemalan Social Security Institute Confronts
Pesticide Problem ...................... 20
See WATER (International) — Control No. 0269 4A ........ 27
See TOXIC SUBS (Sweden) — Control No. 02699 A ......... 24
RADIATION
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02661A ......... 8
France
The Atom and the Law ...................... 21
For a Big Nuclear Debate - Preliminary Studies
for Nuclear Power Stations ................. 21
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SOLID WASTE
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02661A ......... 8
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02662A ......... 9
Co&ta. Rica
See WATER (Costa Rica) — Control No. 02676A .......... 25
Penmo/tfe
Instruction on Controlled Dumps: Location, Establishment,
Operation .......................... 22
Sweden
Problems of Household Wastes .................. 23
TOXIC SUBS
Cotomb-ia
Strict Control of Drugs, Cosmetics and Pesticides ....... 23
The Act on Products Hazardous to Health and to the Environment . 24
WATER
See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No. 02661A ......... 8
See GENERAL (Australia) ~ Control No. 02662A ......... 9
For a Clean and Beautiful Environment ............. 24
Canada.
Federal Assistance Programs for Water Pollution
Control Technology Development ............... 25
Rica
Rural Welfare Guard Will Prevent Dumping of Garbage into Rivers. 25
Council. o& Europe.
Toward the Creation of a European Water Agency To
Combat River Pollution ................... 25
Wastewater: Instructions on the Discharge of Wastewater .... 26
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Dominican Republ/cc
See AIR (Dominican Republic) — Control No. 02684A ....... 3
F/mnce.
See AIR (France) — Control No. 02705A ............. 3
lnte.nnouU.onai
Control of Pollution of the Sea ................ 26
Mercury and the Environment .................. 27
Pollution of Surface Water Act and the Executive Decree
on Pollution of State Waters ................ 27
Romania.
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 01371D .......... 14
See AIR (Romania) — Control No. 02689A ............ 6
See GENERAL (Romania) — Control No. 02654A .......... 15
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 02691A ........... 16
Provisional Recommendations for the Regular Analysis of
Surface Waters in Switzerland ................ 28
USSR
Drinking Water Standard (No. 2874-73) — A New Stage
in the Development of Water Hygiene ............. 28
In Order to Have Clean Water .................. 29
See GENERAL (USSR) — Control No. 02669A ............ 18
See AIR (USSR) — Control No. 02671A .............. 7
See AIR (USSR) — Control No. 02675A .............. 8
VI
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AIR
AUSTRALIA
SUHBAR1ES OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-89 IDS 02661A
*GEHERAL HATER NOISE PESTICIDES RADIATION
PAGE
SOLID WASTE
AUSTRALIA
Pa (A)
INFORMATION OH (AUSTRALIAN) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-33 ID# 02662A
*GENERAL HATES NOISE SOLID HASTE
BELGIUH
SE(
"TEN FRANCS A DAY, THE PRICE OF CLEANER AIR?" LE SOIR
FRENCH
12/28/75 PGS 2
EPA
ID# 02696A
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FINDINGS OF PROFESSOR H. VAHDER EYCKEN'S AND HR. J. J. BOURDON'S
PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY CONCERNING AIR POLLUTION IH BELGIUH. ALTROUGH A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS
REGISTERED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE "POLLUTER PATS PRINCIPLE" BY ADVOCATING THE ALLOCATION OF THE
FINANCIAL BURDEN OF ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES TO INDUSTRY, A COMPARABLE NOHBER STATED THAT THEY
FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THEY, AS CONSUBERS AND TAXPAYERS, HOULD BEAR TBE BULK OF SUCH COSTS. SINCE
STATISTICS INDICATE THAT ONLY ONE FOURTH OF THE POPULATION IS NOW PREPARED TO BAKE THE NECESSARY
SACRIFICES FOR A CLEAIEH KHVIRONHENT, THE POLLSTERS CONCLUDED THAT THE "POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE"
HOULD HAVE TO BE APPLIED HITH BODBRATION UNTIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAKES THE PUBLIC BORE
RECEPTIVE TO THE CONCEPT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
BRAZIL
Pft(A)
"INSTITUTE HILL CONTROL POLLUTION." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO PHB
GENERAL
02/06/75 PGS 21
ID*
EPA
02695A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT TPE BRAZILIAN B1NISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE HILL BAKE
TUB CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION ONE OF THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF ONE OF ITS SUBORDINATE
ENTITIES, THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE WILL CONCENTRATE ON FINDING
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO COHBAT POLLUTION CAUSED BY INDUSTRIES BOTH ON A PREVENTIVE BASIS AND IN
INSTANCES IN WHICH STATE OR BDNIC1PAL AUTHORITIES HAVE THREATENED TO CLOSE DOWN EXCESSIVELY
POLLUTING INDUSTRIES. THE MINISTRY HILL ALSO CONCENTRATE ON RECYCLING OF INDUSTRIAL HASTES AND
HILL ATTEBPT TO CONSIDER ENVIRONBENTAL FACTORS IN ALL NEW PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER ITS
JURISDICTION. CITING AUTOMOBILES AS THE HAJOR CAUSE OF POLLUTION, THE B1NISTRY HAS CONSULTED WITH
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY RECOHBENDING VEHICLE SAFETY AND POLLUTION CONTROL AS PRIORITY RESEARCH
AREAS.
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AIR
BULGARIA
PB(fc)
"FOR A CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT." RABOTNICHESKO DELO
EPA
BULGARIAN QH/lb/75 PGS 2 ID* 02687A
ALSO PMA
*WATER
CANADA
LR(i)
"ABBIENT AIB QUALITY OBJECTIVES, WO. 2." DEPARTMENTAL HAHUAL OP ACTS AND
REGULATIONS—AMENDBFNT LIST
CANADA. ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH* 03/17/75 PCS 85.1-85.U ID* 00356D
•ALSO FRENCH
THIS ABI.NDBEHT TO THE CANADIAN CLEAH AIR ACT CONCERNS ABBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR
NITROGEN DIOXIDE. SCHEDULE I OF TRE ABENDBBNT DEFINES "DESIRABLE" AIR QUALITY AS CONTAINING 0-60
B1CROSRASS OF N1TROGE* DIOXIDE PER CUBIC BETER ANNUAL ARITHMETIC MEAN. "ACCEPTABLE" AIR QUALITY
RELATIVE TO NITROGEN DIOXIDE CONSTITUTES 0-100 B1CROGRABS PER CUBIC BITER ANNUAL ARITHMETIC MEAN,
C-200 MICROGRABS PER CUBIC BETBR AVERAGE CONCENTRATION OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD, OR 0-UCO BICROGRABS
PER CUBIC BETER AVERAGE CONCENTRATION OVER A ONE-HOUR PERIOD. THE ABENDBENT ALSO PRESCRIBFS THE
ACCEPTABLE BETHODS OF BEASUREHENT OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS.
• COSTA RICA
"CEBiNT FACTORY:
SPANISH
ALSO PBB
POLLUTION WILL SOON BE ABATED." LA REPUBLICA
EPA
03/01/75 PGS 1,16 ID* 02667A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPRINTS A RESPONSE OF THE NATIONAL CEBENT 1NDCSTRY OF COSTA RICA TO
JHE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBHARIZING THE BEASURES TAKEN BY THE INDUSTRY AMD BY GOVERNBENT OFFICIALS
TO ABATE THE AIR POLLUTION EMITTED BY THB NATIONAL CEBENT FACTORY IN EL GUARCO DE CARTAGO. AS A
RESULT OF LOCAL PUBLIC OPINION AHD AS DIRECTED BY THE COSTA RICAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY, INDUSTRY
ABD COBBERCE, THE INDUSTRY HAS DELINEATED POLLUTION ABATEBBNT PROGRABS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
REfHLS2»TATlVES OF THE MINISTRIES OF ECONOBY, INDUSTRY AND COBBERCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; AND PUBLIC-
WORKS AND TRANSPORT. THE SUCCESSFUL INITIATION OF POLLUTION ABATEMENT PROGRABS AND CONTINUED
COOPERATION ON THE PART OF THE CEMENT INDUSTRY ARE SEEN AS POSITIVE INDICATIONS THAT A
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM MAY BE FOUND IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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AIR
DOB1N1CAB REPUBLIC
PM(A)
FRANCE
LR(A)
"EXPERT WILL BE ASKED 10 DETERMINE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE DAMAGE IN BOBAO."
EL CARIBE
EPA
SPANISH 03/08/75 PGS 1,6 ID* 02684A
WATER GENERAL
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE NATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INVESTIGATING POLLUTION CHARGES LODGED AGAINST THE FALCONBHIDGE
B3NIHG COHPANI IN BOHAO, HAS POINTED OUT THE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND ADEQUATE POLLUTION
MONITORING SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRT. THE COMMISSION WILL SUBMIT PLANS TO PRESIDENT BALAGDEK FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS AND FOR THE CREATION OF A TECHNICAL GROUP TO STUD? POLLUTION.
TKK FIRST TASK OP THE STUDY GRODP HILL BE TO INVESTIGATE CONFLICTING REPORTS.hEGARDING THE
CULFABILITY OF THE FALCONBR1DGE COMPANY I» CAUSING LOCAL AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE BY POLLUTION.
"APPROVAL OF VEHICLES ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE SO. 2ft .."
POLLUTION ATHOSPHERIQUB NO. 62
EPA
FRENCH 04/00/74 PGS 250-251 ID* 02707A
THIS DECREE ON THE APPROVAL OF VEHICLES ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF "ORDINANCE NO. 2U,
UNIFORM REGULATIONS ON THE APPROVAL OF VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DIESEL ENGINES WITH REGARD TO THE
EJIISS10N OF POLLUTANTS FROS THE MOTOR" APPENDED TO THE MARCH 20, 1958 GENEVA AGREEMENT, WAS ISSUED
BY THE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL PLANNING, EQUIPMENT, HOUSING AND TOURISM, THE MINISTER FOR THE
PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY
ON FEBRUARY 13, 1974. IT ASSIGNS THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF MINES FOR THE PARIS REGION TBI
RESPOBS1BIL1TY FOR GRANTING APPROVAL CERTIFICATES AND DESIGNATES THE LABORATORY IN WHICH TESTING
IS TO BE CARRIED OUT. APPENDED TO THE DECREE IS A COPY OF ORDINANCE HO. 24, WHICH AIMS FOR UNIFORM
EUROPEAN REGULATION OF POLLUTION FROM DIESEL ENGINES.
FRANCE
SE(
"THE MARKET AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION." LE FIGARO
EPA
FRENCH 02/15/75 PGS 8 ID# 02705A
WATER GENERAL
INVESTMENT IN POLLUTION ABATEMENT, BOTH IN DEVELOPING AND INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, IS
ASSUMING AN EVER INCREASING SHARE OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS. THE OECD CHART REPRODUCED IN
THIS ARTICLE ESTIMATES THE PERCENTAGES OF G«P FOR THE YEARS 1971-75 DEDICATED TO POLLUTION
ABATEMENT IN THE U.S., JAPAN, A8D SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE ARTICLE ALSO SUMMARIZES FRENCH
WATER AND AIR POLLUTION PROGRAMS AND DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL AREAS REQUIRING POLLUTION
ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT AND THKIR CURRENT PROFITABILITY AND FORECASTS LARGER HARKETS AND EVEN GREATER
PROFITABILITY IN THE FUTURE.
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AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"ONE FODRTH LESS SULFUR DIOXIDE." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
GERMAN
01/24/75 PGS 11
EPA
ID* 02681A
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ANNOUNCES THAT A REGULATION WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 23, 1975,
IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERBANY PROVIDES FOR GRADUAL REDUCTION OF SOLFOR CONTENT IN FULL OIL
AND DIESEL PROPELLANT. THE REGULATION, ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL 1MMISSIONS LAW, WHICH CAKE
IMTO FORCE APRIL 1, 1971, REQUIRES REDUCTION OF SULFUR CONTENT TO 0.55 PERCENT PROH MAX 1, 1975,
TO 0.50 PERCENT PROH HAY 1, 1976 AND TO 0.3 PERCENT FROH JANUARY 1, 1979. THIS WILL BEAN AN
EFFECTIVE REDUCTION OF SULFUR IN EMISSIONS FROM HOME OIL FURNACES AND DIESEL BOTORS OF 40 PERCENT.
THE FEDERAL SINISTER OF THE INTERIOR ALSO ANNOUNCED AT THIS TIME THAT THE FEDERAL DIET HAS APPROVED
TWO OTHER REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE IHfllSSIONS LAW. ONE CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH NEED PERBITS TO OPERATE, AND THE OTHER REQUIRES SUCH INDUSTRIES TO
HIRE AN "IBM1SS1ONS OFFICIAL."
"HOW CAN OUR AIR BECOBE CLEANER?" STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
GERBAN
ALSO SB
01/28/75 PGS 9
EPA
ID* 02671A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES A STUDY ENTITLED "SYSTEM ANALYSIS: DESOLPHUR1ZATIOH PROCESSES,"
PREPARED BY A WORK GROUP OF EXPERTS FOR THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERBANY, AND RELEASED I* BONN JANUARY 27. THE RESEARCH MINISTER NOTED ON
THIS OCCASION THAT THE HMISTRY WILL EXPLORE WITH OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS
WITH INDUSTRY, TO WHAT EXTENT PUBLIC FURDS BUST BE HADE AVAILABLE IN EXCESS OF PREVIOUS LEVELS TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE ENSURING AN ADEQUATE ENERGY SUPPLT THROUGH THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS.
OF 1BPORTANCE ARE DESDLPHDBIZATION PROCESSES FOR HEAVY HEATING OILS, BITUBINOUS COAL AND FLUE
GASES. A HAJOR PORTION OP THE STUDY TREATS DESULPHURIZATION PROCESSES FOR FLUE GASES AT TEN
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS OP 6000 BEGAWATT CAPACITY EACH PLANNED TO MEET RISING ENERGY NEEDS.
ABODI 500 BILLION HARKS INITIAL INVESTBENT AND 2UO BILLION BARKS YEARLY IN OPERATING COSTS WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE SULPHUR DIOXIDE BHISSIONS AROUND 2.5 PERCENT IN THESE PLANTS.
JAPAN
LR(B)
"STRICTER CURB ON FACTORIES' SULFUR OXIDE EMISSIONS SET." JAPAN TIHES
EPA
ENGLISH 04/1V75 PGS 2 ID* 00393G
ALSO PMB
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WILL PROMULGATE, ON
APRIL 15, REVISED REGULATIONS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1968, WHICH REQUIRE FACTORIES IN 67 OUT OF
99 INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO FURTHER REDUCE SULFUR OXIDE EMISSIONS BT 25 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS
ANOTHER STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING THE EVENTUAL GOAL OF REDUCING SULFUR OXIDE EMISSIONS TO .04 PPH
BY MARCH 1978. IF THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE OBSERVED, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF SULFUR OXIDE
EBISSIONS WILL BE REDUCED BY 19.4 PERCENT FROM PRESENT LEVELS. FACTORIES MUST BODIFY THEIR
OPERATIONS TO BEET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF APRIL 15. VIOLATORS WILL BE
LIABLE TO SIX-HOBTH PRISON TERMS OR FINES OF UP TO 100,000 YEN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY OFFICIALS
PLAN TO BEET THE TARGET STANDARD OF .04 PPM OF SULFUR OXIDES BY TIGHTENING EXISTING STANDARDS
TWICE A YEAR.
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AIR
JAPAN
Lh(B)
"STIFF FISCAL '75 CAR BBISSION STANDARDS IN EFFECT TUESDAY." JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 03/31/75 PGS 2 ID# 022U1K
ALSO PHB
IBIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES TEE HOST RECEHT DEVELOPMENTS 1* JAPAS CONCERNING AUTOHOtlLfc
EMISSION CONTROLS. THE 1975 EMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS NOW REQUIRE AUTO BAKERS TO CONSIDERABLY
REDUCE BXHADST EMISSIONS OH NEW HOI»EL CARS. NEW CARS OF OLD 3ODELS BUST COMPLY WITH THE SAKE
STANDARDS BY DECEMBER 1, 1975. THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY IS ALSO WORKING TO REGULATE EMISSIONS OF
OTHtft TYPES OF VEHICLES, ABD IS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING A LIMIT ON THE TOXAL
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AIR
ROMANIA.
LK (B)
"HE BELIEVE, NEVERTHELESS, IN PROMISES." SCINTEIA
PLA1ESD, A.
ROBASIAN 09/26/7U PCS 2
ALSO PME
IDI
EPA
01371E
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES EFFORTS BY CEMENT-PRODUCING PLANTS IN KORAN1A TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION
CAUSED BY HARMFUL EMISSIONS FROM TBBIH PBODOCTIOH PROCESSES. SOCH AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES
AfcE BEING CARRIED ODT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 8 OF LAW NO. 9 OF 1973 ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, WHICH PROHIBITS THE EMISSION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN EXCESS OF PERB1SSIBLE L1RITS.
INCLUDED IN THE DIRECTIVES OF THE 11TH PAHTT CONGRESS OF ROMANIA IS A PLAN FOR THE CGHPLETE
EL1H1SAT10N OF AIR POLLUTION FROM CERTAIN LARGE CEMENT-PRODUCING ESTABL1SHHENTS BY 1977-78.
LAhGE INVESTMENTS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THIS PROJECT.
ROMANIA
LH (B)
"A HEALTHY LIFE IN A HBALTHI ENVIRONMENT."
GK1GORESCO, 1OAN
ROMANIAN 04/02/75 PCS 2
*WATER GFNERAL
SCINTEIA
ID*
EPA
02689A
SFilH
IH(B)
"POLLUTION III MADRID, EXTREMELY GRAVE LEVELS. THE GOVERN3EBT HAS REQUIRED THE
MUNICIPALITY TO CONDUCT A StUDY TO FORMULATE EMERGENCY ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES." ABC
EPA
SPAHISH 01/10/7S PGS 15, 37-38 ID# 02655A
ALSO PBA
THIS HEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS TPAT BECAUSE OF THE GROWING AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM IN HAD&1D,
IKE SPANISH GOVBRNRE1IT HAS ORDERED THE CREATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION TO STUDY AND RESOLVE
XHfc POLLUTION PROBLEM IN MADRID. THE COBHISSION IS PRESIDED OVER BY THE MAYOR OF MADRID, AND
OTHER MEBBERS, AS LISTED III THE ARTICLE, INCLUDE VARIOUS OFFICIALS OF THE CENTRAL AND MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS. RECORMEH9ATIONS ALREADY SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION TO THE GOVERNHEHT INCLUDE
THE FOLLOWING GENERAL AND EMERGENCY PLANS TO COMBAT URBAN AIR POLLUTION: REDUCTION OF URBAN
TRAFFIC; LIMITATION OF COMBUSTION FOR DOMESTIC USES; IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUAL1T? OF MOTOR FUELS;
AND THE RESTRICTION OF HIGHLY POLLUTING COMBUSTIBLES.
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AIR
SPAIN
SE( )
"CONIROL OF POLLUTION WOOLD REDUCE COWSOHER BOY1HG POWER..." ABC
EPA
SPANISH 01/10/75 PGS 38 ID* 02678A
ALSO LRE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, REPORTING ON COHBENTS OF THE GENERAL SOBD1RECTOR OF STUDIES AND
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION OF THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, STATES THAT COHPREHENSIVE LEGAL
PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION ARE NOW CONTAINED I» REGULATIONS TO THE 1972 LAW ON
PROTECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SNVIRONBENT. THESE REGULATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE
1NTERBIN1STERIAL COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE STATE COUNCIL IN LATE 1974 AND NOW ONLY
LACK THE FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. EXPERTS OF WHO RECOGNIZE THESE REGULATIONS
ALONG WITH SIMILAR LEGISLATION AS ARONG THE HOST COMPREHENSIVE IN EUROPE. HOWEVER, THE
ENFORCEBBNT OF THESE LAWS STILL DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. STATISTICS INDICATE
THAT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WILL REQUIRE ANNUALLY EIGHT BILLION PESETAS WHICH REPRESENT THREE
PERCENT OF TOTAL INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS. THIS COST AS PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER WILL HEDDCI
CONSDHfR BUYING POWER BY 1.2 PERCENT.
SWEDEN
Pfl(B)
"ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN SWEDEN." FACT SHEETS ON SWEDEN
SWEDEN. SWEDISH INSTITUTE
ENGLISH 11/00/73 PGS 1-U ID*
ALSO LRB AND SE
*GEHERAL WATER NOISE
EPA
02691A
DSSR
LR(B)
"INDUSTRY AND NATURE." PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PHB
^GENERAL
04/03/75 PGS 1
EPA
ID* 02669A
WATER
USSR
PB(B)
"PROBLEMS OF THE CENTURY—ECOLOGY:
PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
WATER
AN INEVITABLE CRISIS?" KOMSOMOL"SKAYA
03/29/75 PGS 4
EPA
ID* 02671A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES GENERAL AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES BEING CARRIED OUT IN
THE USSR. WITH REGARD TO INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION, 150 STANDARDS RAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR
PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIBITS IN THE AIR OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL SUBSTANC'.S. MOREOVER, IN THE
PLANNING OF NEW INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, HYGIENISTS CAN CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF AIR POLLUTION
THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY EACH ESTABLISHMENT AND THUS CAN PRESCRIBE APPROPRIATE POLLUTION PREVENTION
MEASURES. IN ORDER TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION FROM MOBILE SOURCES, ROTOR VEHICLES MUST BE INSPECTED
EVERY SPRING TO ASSURE THAT STANDARDS OF OPERATION ARE BEING MET TO KEEP EMISSIONS AT A MINIMUM.
WITH REGARD TO WATER POLLUTION, OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA IS REDUCED BY PROVIDING TANKERS WITH
SPECIAL COHPARTHENTS WHICH HOLD OIL INSIDE THE SHIP IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT IS PRESENTLY SPENDING 1,800,000 RUBLES ON POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES, IB ADDITION TO
LARGE INVESTMENTS BY SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
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AJR
USSR
PB(b)
GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
LR(fi)
"CONCERN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." PIR1NSKO DELO
BULGARIAN
WATER
01/26/75 PGS 3
EPA
ID* 02675A
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS INDUSTRIAL AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE USSR. WITHIN THE PAST
YEAR, MORE THAN 1,000 INSTALLATIONS FOR WATER AND AIR PURIFICATION HAVE BEEN PUT INTO OPERATION BY
SOVIET INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. AT PRESENT, ABOUT 20,000 PURIFICATION FACILITIES ARE BEING
EQUIPPED OR RECONSTRUCTED. FURTHERMORE, SEVERAL POLLUTING INDUSTRIES ARE BEING TRANSFERRED PROS
LARGE CITIES TO LIGHTLY POPULATED AREAS.
SUMMARIES OP AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-69 ID* 02661A
AIR WATFR NOISE PESTICIDES RADIATION
SOLID WASTE
THIS HIHEOGRAPHED PUBLICATION GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION AS OF EARLY 1972. WITH SEPARATE SECTIONS DEDICATED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION,
THE PUBLICATION PRESENTS INFORMATION NOT ONLY ON THE LEGISLATION OF THE SIX STATES EOT ON THAI
OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT AN» OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AS WELL. HOST SECTIONS CONTAIN
AN INITIAL PART LISTING AND SUMMARIZING THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION IS ALL ENVIRONMENTAL
AREAS, FOLLOWED BY A TABULAR PRESENTATION SPECIFYING THE AGENCIES OR OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE
FOR IMPLEMENTING THE VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.
AUSTRALIA
PM(A)
INFORMATION ON THE FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
AUSTRALIA. DEPT. OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION EPA
ENGLISH 11/00/7U PGS 1-8 ID* 02660A
INCLUDED AMONG THESE PIPERS RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN
COBHONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OP THE ENVIRONMENT ARE THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE CHARTER OF THE
DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH ARE STATED THE OVERALL GOALS AND PURPOSES OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; (2) THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF THE DEPARTMENT; (3) A BRIEF STATEMENT OF
THE PURPOSES, OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT; AND (4) A LISTING OF THE TOP LEVEL
STIFF POSITIONS AS OF OCTOBER 1U, 1974.
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
PA (A)
INFORMATION OH (AUSTRALIAN) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
EPA
1-33 ID# 02662A
SOLID WASTE
EHGL1SB
WATER
PGS
AIR
NOISE
TB1S REPORT, PREPARED BY THE ADSTRALIAH GOVERNMENT FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE GOVERNING
CODHC1L OF THE OH E1VIROHMEWT PHOGRAH, GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONRENTAL
ACTIVITIES AS OF LATE 1973. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION DISCUSSES THE PROGRAMS OF THE AUSTRALIAN
DEPARTMENT OF 1HE EHVIRONI1ENT AND COHSERVATION, REVIFWS THE ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS
COEMONWBALTH-STATE BHfTRONHENTAL COUNCILS, AND CONSIDERS FUTURE POLICIES AND PLANS. MAJOR
SECTIONS THEN SURVEY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT POLICIES AS THEY RELATE TO OR EFFECT: PROBLEMS OP
POPULATION; SOCIO-ECOHOBIC FACTORS; HUNAN SETTLEMENTS TECHNOLOGY; TRANSITIONAL SETTLESINTS;
HUMAS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO VARIOUS FORMS OF POLLUTION; LAND, WATER
AND DESERTIFICATION; TRADE, ECONOBICS AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; AND CONSERVATION.
"BAHNY DOWN UNDER,
TINKER, JON
2KGLISH
NEW SCIENTIST
02/07/7U PGS 349-351
EPA
ID* 02672A
THIS ARTICLE, MAINLY CONCERNING COHTROVERSY OVER THE POWERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIOS
AUTHORITY (EPA) OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA 1H AUSTRALIA, PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE FUNCTIONS OF
THIS bODY. THE EPA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1970; PREVIOUSLY, ENVIRONMENTAL BATTERS HAD BEFN HANDLED BY
VARIOUS MINISTRIES OF VICTORIANS STATE CABIMET. ORIGINALLY PLACED UNDER THE MINISTRY OF STATE
DEVELOPMENT, THE EPA WAS PLACED UNDER THE MINISTRY FOR CONSERVATION III FEBRUARY 1972 ALONG WITH
OTBER CONSERVATION AGENCIES. HOWEVER, WHEREAS THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE STRICTLY CONTROLLED bY THE
MINISTRY, THE FPA IS VIRTUALLY INDEPENDENT, HAVING FULL POWER TO COHTROL AIR AND RIVEU POLLUTION,
NOISE, GARBAGE AND TOXIC WASTE IN THE STATE. THE EPA IS HEADED BY A THREE-MEMBER BOARD WHOSE
ACTIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY MINISTER. ALL SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGES INTO THE AIR,
WATER OR LAND REQUIRE AH EPA LICENSE STATING THE POLLUTANTS WHICH MAY BE DISCHARGED AHD THEIR
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EMISSION LIMITS.
BELGIUM
SE( )
BONDAGE PERMANENT: LA PERCEPTION DE L'ENVIRONNEHENT
(PUBLIC OPIHION SURVEY: PERCEPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT)
BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
FRENCH 11/00/71 PGS 1-64 IDt
EPA
02670A
THIS PUBLIC OPINION POLL CONCERNING BELGIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE
1NSTITUX DSIVERS1TAIRE DE SOHDAGES D»OPINION PDBLIQUE, SEPTEMBER 18-25, 1974, AT THE RE0UEST OF
TH£ BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AHD DOCUMENTATION. ORGANIZED TO REFLECT BELGIUM'S THREE
MAJOR CULTURAL AREAS, AS WELL AS AGE, SEX AND EDUCATIONAL CLASS DIFFERENCES, THE POLL COMPILED
STATISTICS WHICH DEMONSTRATE PRONOUNCED DIFFERENCES IN THE PERCEPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ABOHG THE VARIOUS GROUPS. SUBJECTS COVERED BY THE QUESTIONNAIRE INCLUDED PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS, ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS OR DETERIORATION IN LIFESTYLE.
(AN ATTACHED STAIE DEPARTBENT AIRGRAR FROM THE AHERICAN EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS SUMMARIZES THE CONTENTS
OF THE SURVEY AND COMMENTS ON THE PRESS CONFERENCE EY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
DOhlMG WHICH THE RESULTS OF THE POLL WERE DISTRIBUTED.)
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10
"INSTITUTE HILL CONTROL POLLUTION." 0 BSTADO DE SAO PADLO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 02/06/75 PCS 21 1DI 02695A
ALSO PBB
*AIH
CANADA
PB(B)
"A CANADIAN VIEW OF MONITORING ACTIVITIES." ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 9, NO. 3
1NHABER, HERBERT EPA
ENGLISH 03/00/75 PCS 206-209 ID* C2702A
THIS ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY A POLICY ANALYST OP THE SCIENCE AND POLICY BRANCH, PLANNING AND
FINANCE SEHVICE OF THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, DISCUSSES CANADA'S POLLUTION
MONITORING PROGRAMS 1» RELATION TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S "POLLUTION MONITORING DIRECTORY"
(PHD). TBE PBD, PART OF THE UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM, IS A TABULATION OF DATA ON WORLDWIDE
MONITORING PROGRAMS, COVERING 33 PARAMETERS OF POLLUTION WHICH INCLUDE POLLUTANTS (E.G., NOX, DDT)
AND INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (E.G., BOD). WITH ACCOMPANYING DATA TABLES, COMPARISONS
ARE DRAWN BETWEEN CANADIAN MONITORING PROGRAMS AND TOTAL WORLDWIDE PROGRAMS WITH REGARD TO:
1) NUMBER Of PROGRAMS MEASURING EACH PARAMETER; 2) NUMBER OF PROGRAMS ACCORDING TO MEDIUM OF
MEASUREMENT (E.G., AIR, SOIL, MARINE OR FRESH WATER); 3) NUMBER OF MONITORING SITES FOR EACH
HEDIDB; U) FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT IN MONITORING PROGRAMS; 5) METHODS OF DATA ACQUISITION
(E.G., GROUND SITES, SHIPS); AND 6) METHODS OF DATA STORAGE.
DENMARK
PB(A)
"THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY."
NTT FRA RILJOSTYRELSEN, HO. 3-1974
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 03/00/74 PGS 1-2 ID« 02697A
THIS PUBLICATION OUTLINES THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY AS OF MARCH 1974. THE AGENCY IS Dt'IDED INTO THE FOLLOWING EIGHT OFFICES, WHOSE FUNCTIONS
ANB CHIEF OFFICIALS ARE ENUMERATED: SECRETARIAT; JURIDICAL HATTERS; DOCUMENTATION;
ECOLOGY/HYGIENE; PUBLIC WASTEWATEB PURIFICATION FACILITIES; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES; AGRICULTURAL
ENTERPRISES; AND TOXIC SOBSTABCBS AND PESTICIDES. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THE STRDCTBKE OF THE
AGENCY HILL BE ENLARGED OR ALTERED IF IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
PH(A)
PAGE
11
"EXPERT BILL BE ASKED TO DETERMINE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE DAMAGE IS BONAO."
2L CARIBE
EPA
SPANISH 03/08/75 PGS 1,6 ID* 02684A
*A1R WATER
FRANCE
LH(E)
"THE ATOn AND TBE LAW." LE HONDB
FRENCH
*BADIATION
03/18/75 PGS 37
EPA
ID* 02680A
FRANCE
PI! (A)
"FOR A BIG NUCLEAR DEBATE - PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS."
L«ODEST INDUSTRIAL, 8O. 271
HAGEGE, BICBEL EPA
FRE1CH 12/00/74 PGS 2-6 ID# 02666A
*BAD1ATION
FHAHCE
SE(
"THE BAFKET AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION." LE FIGARO
EPA
FKENCH 02/15/75 PGS 8 ID* 02705A
*A1R WATER
INTERNATIONAL
PB(B)
"GOBZZ HORALES POINTS OUT THE NEXUS BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND
ENVIRONMENT." CLARIN
EPA
SPANISH 11/30/74 PGS 11 ID* 02658A
ALSO SE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
PLANNISG AMD THE ENVIRONMENT HELD IN BOESOS AIRES, ARGENTINA ON NOVEMBER 30, 1974. THE ARGENTINE
SINISTER OF ECONOMY, DR. ALFREDO GOHEZ MORALES, WHO CHAIRED THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE,
SUB3ABIZES> TBE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR EQUAL
DISThlBUTION OF WORLD RESOURCES AND AN EQUITABLE BALANCE IN BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
ACTIVITIES OF THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE WORLD. PARTICIPANTS IN THE
CONFERENCE INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROH MEXICO, VENEZUELA, SWEDEN, ARGENTINA, THE U.N.
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM ABB THE ECONOB1C COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA. ALTHOUGH MUCH REMAINS TO BE
DONE IN ACHIEVING THE STATED GOALS, THE WORK OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS III COUN1RIES
SUCH AS ARGENTINA IS SEES TO REFLECT A GROWING AWARENESS AND CONCERN OVER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO NATIONAL DEVFLOPBENT.
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12
GENERAL
UilERNAllONAL
PB(B)
O.S.-JAPANESE COOPERATION IN ENV1ROBBEBTAL PROTECTION." DEPARTBENT OF STATE
A1RGRAB, ABBBBASSY TOKYO, A-720
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA
LBGLISH 11/21/74 PCS 1-5 ID* 02679A
TB1S AIRGRAB PROS THE AHEFICAN EMBASSY IN TOKYO CONTAINS ft COPY OF THE NOVEMBER 8, 1974
TALKING PA*BR PRESENTED TO THE EBBASSY BY THE JAPANESE MINISTRY OF FOHEIGH AFFAIRS ALONG WITH
COBMEMTARY OB THE TEXT OF THE DOCOHENT BY THE EMBASSY. PROPOSALS IN THE TALKING PAPER CONCERN
BETHODS FOR CONTINUING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE DNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN ESV1ROBBIRTAL PROTEC1ION
IN 1975, ENCOBPASSIHG SUCH AREAS AS IBDUSTRIAL HASTE LIQUID TREATBEHT, SOLID WASTE HASAGEBENT
ANI> AUTOBOBILE POLLDTIOH CONTROL. THESE PROPOSALS CONSTITUTE PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO IHE
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OB BNV1RONBENTAL POLLDT1ON IN BAY, 1974. THE ACCOBPANYING EBBASSY
COHHEHTARY POIHTS OUT BASIC DIFFERENCES IN APPROACH AND INTEREST BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
ISRAiL
PB(E)
SELECTED PAPERS ON IHE ENVIRONBENT III ISRAEL, NO.
ISRAEL. ENTIRONSENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE, COBP.
UIGL1SH 00/00/74 PGS 1-117
ALSO PHA, LBA
ID*
EPA
02657A
CONTAINED IB THIS COLLECTION ARE SEVEN PAPERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENV1RONKENTAL PROTECTION IN
ISRAEL. THE FIRST PAPER, THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENVIRONBENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE FOR IHE PKMOD
APRIL 1, 1973 TO BARCH 31, 1974, DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SERVICE BOTH IN ISRAFL AND IN
INTERSATIOBAL ENVIRONBENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE SECOHD PAPER, "PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN
ISRAEL," DESCRIBES ENVIRONBEHTAL PROBLEBS III THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS ABTltOLLUTION BEASDRES
UNDERTAKEN. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION ARE TPE "BEBORANDUB ON CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE
BED1TERRANBAN SEA," "COBP1LATION OF ISRAELI LAWS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA,"
"TOWN PLANNING AND EBVIBONBEBTAL QUALITY," "PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE
ISRAEL ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY," AND "THE ENVIRONBENT: CRITICAL FACTORS IN STRATEGY DEVELOPBENT--THE
COEPARATIVE CASE: EKV1ROHBENTAL PROBLEBS IB ISRAEL."
ITALY
LR (b)
"ITALIAN LEGISLATION COBPARED WITF THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES "
ATTI: CONVEGHO BAZ1OBALB - LIBIT1 n^Lii NORBATIVA ITAHANA SULLA TUTELA DELL 'ABBIENTE
ITALY. ECOLOGICAL COBBISSION OF THE BIBISTRY OF JUSTICE EPA
ITALIAN 06/02/74 PGS 146-159 ID* 02683A
ALSO PBA
THE COBPARISOB WHICH THIS REPORT DRAWS BETWEEN ITALY AND OTHER COUNTRIES WITH RESPECT TO
ENVIRONBENTAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES AND LEGISLATION POINTS OUT THE COMPARATIVE DEFICIENCIES AND
VOIDS IN ITALIAN LEGISLATION WITH REGARD TO BOTH STRUCTURES AND CONTENT. REGULATIONS, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THOSE DEALING WITH RADIATION PROTECTION, ARE SHOWN TO BE GENERALLY INAL-EQUATE, AND
WHERE EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION DOES EXIST, TO BE GENERALLY UBENFORCED. UNDER THESE CIKCDBSTANCES,
ThOSt EEC PROGRABS WHICH NECESSITATE ITALY'S ADHERENCE ARE VIEWED BY THt AUTHOR AS THE ONLY HOPE
FOR 1BPROVEBENT. AB OUTLINE OF EEC PROGRABS CONSEQUENTLY CONSIDERS: 1) POLLUTION ABATEBENT
ACTIVITIES, 2) ENVIROBHEHT ABELIORATION ACTIVITIES, AND 3) ACTIVITIES OF THE EEC AND BtBBER
SIATfS WITHIN THE FRABEWORK OF OTHFR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
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GiNERAL
EALAYSIA
LR(A)
HE XX CO
LB (B)
"ENVIRONHENTAL QUALITY ACT, 197U." LABS OF BAIAYSIA, ACT 127
EPA
ID* 02692A
ENGLISH
03/1IJ/7U PGS 1-3«
THIS ACT PASSED BI THE MALAYSIAN PARLIAHENT IN MARCH 197« SETS FORTH LEGAL PROVISIONS
PEKTA1NI»G TO THE PREVENTION, ABATEMENT, AMD CONTROL OF POLLUTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE
EHVIRONBENT IN MALAYSIA. PART I OF THE ACT DEFINES ENVIRONHENTAL TERMS, PART II CONTAINS
AW1IN1STRATIVE PROVISIONS CHEATING THE ADVISORY BNVIRONBENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL AND DESCRIBING
FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR GEBERAL OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS. PART III
DISCUSSES THE PROCEDURES FOR THE LICENSING OF INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER POLLUTION CAUSING ACTIVITIES,
A»3> PART IV CONTAINS LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING THE POLLUTION OF THE
ENVIKONHENT. APPEAL PROCEDURES ARE DETAILED IN PART V, AND PART VI CONTAINS PROVISIONS COVERING:
HEAHS OF SURVEILLANCE, PROSECUTION, BISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES, ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT,
AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROVISIOBS.
"LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONHENTAL CONTROL IN BEXICO: AN ANALYSIS OF MEXICO'S NEW
ESVIRONBENTAL LAW." POLLUTION AND INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. U.S.-MEXICAN ENV1RONBENTAL PROBLEBS.
JDERGENSMFYER, JULIAN, AND F.ARLE BLIZZARD EPA
SPANISH 00/00/73 PGS 101-120 ID* 02664A
ALSO LRA, PHA AND SE
THIS ARTICLE, CITING SOHE OF TEE SOCIO-ECONOBIC AND GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS OF ENVIRONHENTAL
POLLUTION IN BEXICO, DISCUSSES THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONBENTAL CONTROL IN THAT COUNTRY. A
1971 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT EXPANDED THE POWERS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL TO INCLUDE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEH OF POLLUTION LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD, HOWEVER, BE SUBJECT TO CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW. IN ADDITION, AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA, CONGRESS ENACTED THE FEDERAL LAW FOR
THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ENVIRONBENTAL CONTAMINATION, THE ENGLISH TEXT OF WHICH IS APPENDED TO
THE ARTICLE. AT PRESENT, THIS LAW (WHOSE FEATURES ARE DISCUSSED IN DEPTH IN THIS ARTICLE) IS THE
HAJOR INSTROHENT FOR BBVIRONBEIITAL PROTECTION IN BEXICO. ALTHOUGH BEXICAN ENVIRONBENTAL
LEGISLATION IS AMONG THE HOST COMPREHENSIVE IN THE WORLD, THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT ECONOMIC AND
ADBIH1STRATIVE SHORTCOB1NGS WILL PROBABLY HINDER THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
BEXICO
PB(A)
•SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE." HANUAL DE ORGANIZACION DEL GOBIERNO
FEDERAL
BEXICO. SBCRETARIA DE LA PRESIDENCIA EPA
SPANISH 00/00/73 PGS 357-366 ID* 02677A
ALSO LRB
THIS CHAPTER OF THE HEXICAN GOVERNJ1ENT ORGANIZATION BABOAL DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE AND OTHER
ATTRIBUTES OF THE BEXICAN SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE (SECRETARIA DE SALUBRIDAD Y
ASISTENCIA), INCLUDING THF SUBSECRETAR1AT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IBPROVEBENT (SUBSECRETARIA DK
MEJORAH1ENTO DEL ABBIENTB). A BMIEF HISTOHY OF THE SECRETARIAT IS GIVEN, THE DEPARTHENTAL-
DIRECTORS ARE HAHED, LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO OH ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARIAT IS LISTED,
AND THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH DEPARTBENTAL SUBUNIT ARE OUTLINED IN AN ANNOTATED
ORGANIZATIONAL BREAKDOWN OF THE SECRETARIAT. IN ADDITION, AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IS APPENDED
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PM(A)
PAGE
ACID PRECIPITATION AHD ITS EFFECTS III NORWAY
8ORWAY. MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 09/00/74 PGS 1-10
ALSO PMB
*A1R
EPA
ID* 02656A
ROMANIA
LR (E)
"FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT." SCIWTEIA
COMSTANTIN, I).
ROBANIAN 11/08/74 PGS 5
ALSO SE
EPA
ID# 01371C
THIS ARTICLE NOTES THE ESTABLISHHENT OF AN INTENSIVE CODRSE ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOHIC
1HPL1CATIONS OF POLLDTIOW TO BE CONDUCTED AT TFE ACADEMY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROHANIA.
THE COURSE, ORGANIZED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE COHBATING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, WAS
ESTABLISHED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CALLED FOB
THE CREATION OF A CADRE OF SPECIALISTS TO WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. INSTRUCTORS WILL
INCLUDE COLLEGE PROFESSORS AMD REPRESENTATIVES FROH TfiE ECONOMICS MINISTRY AND FROH INDUSTRIAL
ENTERPRISES, WITH EMPHASIS BEING PLACED OH TOPICS SUCH AS THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RELATIVE TO INDUSTRIAL OBJECTIVES.
ROHANIA
LR(B)
"PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN OOR COUNTRY."
NICOLAU, H.
ROMANIAN 12/00/74 PGS 26-30
ALSO PHA, SE
AIR WATER NOISE
ERA SOCIALISTA, NO. 23
EPA
ID* 01371D
THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES A GENERAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS PRESENTLY BEING
CARRIED OUT IN ROMANIA, III ACCORDANCE WITH THE JUNE 20, 1973 LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES ARE COORDINATED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, A SPECIALIZED CENTRAL BODY SUBORDINATE TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ARE COORDINATED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
WHICH ARE SUBORDINATE TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE COUNTY PEOPLE'S COUNCILS AND THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE ARTICLE CITES VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF AIR AND WATER
PURIFICATION SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED BY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES AND DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES
OF INTRODUCING NOW-POLLUTING TECHNOLOGIES INTO INDUSTRY. FINALLY, THE NATIONAL PROGRAH FOR
EKVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION, ADOPTED BY THE 11TH PARTY CONGRESS, IS DESCRIBED.
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LR(E)
PAGE
"A HEALTH? LIFE m
GRIGORESCU, IOAH
ROMANIAN
*WATER AIR
A HEALTHY BNVIRONHENT." SCINTEIA
01/02/75 PGS 2
ID*
EPA
02689A
ROHAN1A
PH(E)
"ROMANIAN COBMUNIST PARTY PROGRAM." SCINTEIA
ROMANIAN
WATER
09/01/74 PGS 5
EPA
ID# 02654A
ONE SECTION OP THIS ARTICLE, ENTITLED "POLICY REGARDING KAT2P ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION," DEALS W1IH THE ROBAHIAN COBMUNIS! PARTY PROGRAM REGARDING EHVIRONnENXAL PROTECTION.
UNDER THE PROGRAM, ALL SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDHATER RESOURCES ARE TO BE MANAGED IN ORDER TO
PRESERVE THEIR NATURAL PROPERTIES AND TO PREVENT POLLUTION. ALSO, THE PARTY WILL PROMOTE
AttllfGLLDTIOH POLICIES ASD ENSURE THE STRICT APPLICATION OF ENVIRONBESTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION,
THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PROGRAH ARE: 1) RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; 2) PREVENTION OK
LIMITATION OF HARB TO NATURAL PHENOMENA; 3) ADOPTION OF NON-POLLUTIHG TECHNOLOGIES AND WASTE
PURIFICATION FACILITIES; 4) NEUTRALIZATION OF HARMFUL PROPERTIES OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES;
5) DEVfcLOPNEBT OF A NO8-POLLDT1HG BEANS OF TRANSPORTATION; 6) PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
LNVltONBENTAL PHOGRAHS; AND 7) EDUCATION OF CITIZENS REGARDING ENVIHOHBKHTAL PROTECTION.
SPAIH
Pfl(b)
"INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPHFNT AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT."
2CONOBIA INDUSTRIAL
VILLALONGA, BNSENAT DE ' EPA
SPANISH 08/00/7* PGS 57-60 ID« 02685A
ALSO SE
THIS ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED BY THE SPANISH SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL OF STUDIES AND INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION DURING THE OPENING SESSION OF THE TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON ENVIRONHENTAL POLLUTION. II
CONSIDERS THE EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES
WHICH HAVE BEEN INITIATED IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE
ECOLOGICAL-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP. WITH REGARD TO SPAIN, THE AUTHOR STRESSES THE IBPORTANCE OF
CONTINUED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION FOR ENVIRONHENTAL PRESERVATION. BOTH
ECONOBIC AND LEGAL BEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE STILL IN THE FORMATIVE STAGES.
HOWEVER, THE MINISTRIES OF INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERHINISTERIAL COMMISSION FOR THE
E»VIRONHENT ARE CURRENTLY FORBULAT1NG ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, AND A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL
POLICY OH THE ENVIRONMENT WILL PROBABLY BE PROMULGATED IN 1975. IT IS BELIEVED THAT LEGISLATIVE.
DEVELOPMENTS AND THE SUPPORT OF ANTI-POLLUTION INDUSTRIES WILL MAKE 1980 A "CLEAN" YEAR.
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16
GENERAL
SWEDEN
PB(B)
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN SHEDEH." FACT SHEETS ON SWEDES
SWEDEN. SWEDISH INSTITUTE
E8GL1SH 11/00/73 PGS 1-4 ID#
ALSO LRB AND SE
AIR WATER NOISE
EPA
02691A
THIS FACT SHEET, PRODUCED AS PART OF THE SWEDISH INFORMATION SERVICE ABROAD, CONTAINS A
SDBMART OF MAJOR SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IT ALSO DISCUSSES THE ADMINISTRATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND INCLDDES A CHART OF ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES AT THE NATIONAL,
REGIONAL AND LOCAL LETEL RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. STATE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO
MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AND TO OLDER INDUSTRY FOR POLLUTION ABATEMENT ARE OUTLINED.
RESEARCH AND MONITORING EFFORTS, AND SWEDEN'S INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION ARE ALSO MENTIONED. INITIAL PARTS OF THE BOOKLET SKETCH THE PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SWEDEN. THE INFORHAT1ON IS CURRENT THROUGH OCTOBER 1973.
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION AND ON THE FEDERAL PRELIMINARY DRAFT
LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE EPA
FRENCH 12/18/73 PGS 1-113 ID* 02659A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE SWISS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE, COHMENTS ON A
FEDERAL PRELIMINARY DRAFT LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED OH NOVEMBER 18, 1973
BY A COMMISSION OF EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY EXPERTS. THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION EXAMINES THE CURRENT
STATUS OF SWISS ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, WHICH IS SHOWN TO PROVIDE ONLY A PARTIAL APPROACH TO
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. THE ALTERNATIVE OFFERED BY THE PRELIMINARY BILL CONSISTS OF A GENERAL
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. THE FINAL SECTION OF THE REPORT
COMMENTS ON THE IMPLICATIONS, APPLICABILITT AND SCOPE OF EACH OF THE ARTICLES CONTAINED IN THE
BILL. APPENDED TO THE REPORT IS A COPY OF THE DRAFT LAW, WHICH ENCOMPASSES BOTH GENERAL AND
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES, AS WELL AS PROVISIONS FOR THE
ORGANIZATION AND EXECUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL REMEDIES.
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
"THE ASSOCIATION OF SWISS MUNICIPALITIES CRITICIZES THE DRAFT LAW ON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." JOURNAL DE GENEVE
EPA
FRENCH 02/14/75 PGS 9 ID# 02703A
ALSO SE
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES MUNICIPAL OPPOSITION TO THE NEW DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW IN
SWITZERLAND. THE DRAFT LAW WOULD GRAWT AUTHORITY TO THE CONFEDERATION TO EXERCISE RESPONSIBILITIES
WHICH PRESENTLY BELONG TO CANTONS OR MUNICIPALITIES. THE ASSOCIATION OF SWISS MUNICIPALITIES HAS
CRITICIZED THE DRAFT LAW AS CONSTITUTING AH INFRINGEMENT ON LOCAL AUTONOMY.
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17
GENERAL
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
SWITZERLAND
PH(A)
"WHO SHOULD PAY FOB POLLUTION?"
SCHALLER, FRANCOIS
FRENCH 02/13/75
ALSO SE
JOURNAL DE GENEVE
PCS 1,7
ID*
EPA
0270UA
IBIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SWISS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW FOR THE
COHPETITIVENESS OF SWISS INDUSTRIES IN WORLD MARKETS. PROVIDED FOR IN THE DRAFT LAW IS THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "POLLDTER PAYS" PRINCIPLE. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE ADOPTION OF THIS
PRINCIPLE IN SWITZERLAND WOULD PLACE EXPORT INDUSTRIES AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE SHOULD OTHER
NATIONS FAIL TO ADOPT COBPARABLE LEGISLATION. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT SWITZERLAND SHOULD NOT
ENACT LEGISLATION WHICH BIGHT PROVE DETRIBENTAL TO ITS ECONOMY.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE FOE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EKGL1SH 09/00/73 PGS 1-39 ID*
ALSO LRb
EPA
02666A
THIS REPORT BY THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SURVEYS TPE PRKSFNT STATUS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SWITZERLAND. AFTER A GENERAL INTRODUCTORY SECTION DESCRIBING THE
HOST URGENT PROBLEMS NOW FACING AUTHORITIES, THE REPORT EXAMINES THE BAIN SHORT TERH EFFORTS
UNDERTAKEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST WATER POLLUTION AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES AND IN THE PROTECTION OF
LANDSCAPE, NATURE AND SITES. IN EACH INSTANCE THE REPORT CONSIDERS THE GENERAL SITUATION, THF
LEGAL BASIS FOR ACTION, AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE BEASDRKS
UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THEM. FINALLY, CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO REGIONAL PLANNING AND THE
FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SWITZERLAND
PM(A)
ORGANISATIONS FEDEHALES BESPONSABLES DBS PROBLEBES DE L'ENVIKONNEBENT
(FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS IN CHARGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION)
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
FRENCH PGS 1-6 IDt 02690A
ALSO LRb
IBIS PUBLICATION FROM THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROVIDES A
BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN
SWITZERLAND. ALSO DESIGNATED ON THE CHART ARE THE VARIOUS OFFICIALS HEADING THESF AGENCIES AND
THEIR SUBDIVID1ONS, ALONG WITH AGENCY OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS, AND TITLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THF AGENCIES.
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GENERAL
USSR
Llt(b)
HOI Si,
AUSTRALIA
PAGE
18
"INDUSTRY AND NATURE." PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PUB
HATER
04/03/75 PGS 1
EPA
ID* 02669A
AIR
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN THE USSR, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARI/
TO INDUSTRIAL UP AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. NOTED IN THE ARTICLE ARE RESOLUTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE OP THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR ON MEASURES FOR
PhOIECTION OF THE CASPIAN SEA, THE VOLGA AWD URAL RIVER BASINS, PRESERVATION OF THE WEALTH OF
LAKF BAIKAL, AND ON THE GENERAL PROTECTION OF NATURE AND RATIONAL UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE 1975 PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL ECONOMY INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINERAL RESOURCES,
EODI2S OF WATER, THE ATMOSPHERE, AND FORESTS AND THE REPRODUCTION OF FISH RESOURCES. FOR THESE
PURPOSES, 1.8 BILLION BUbLBS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE NATIONAL BUDGET. SEVERAL SPECIFIC LXABi-LES
OF AIR AND WATER PURIFICATION FACILITIES IN INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CITED.
SUMMARIES OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
PGS 1-69
ENGLISH
^GENERAL
Alh
WATER
EPA
ID* 02661A
PESTICIDES RADIATION
SOLID WASTE
AUSTRALIA
PR (A)
INFORMATION ON (AUSTRALIAN) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-33 ID* 02662A
^GENERAL WATER AIR SOLID WASTE
DENMARK
PH(B)
•EXTERNAL NOISE FROM ESTABLISHMENTS." VEJLEDNING FRA HILJOSTYRELSEN, NO. 3/1974
DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 05/00/74 PGS 1-19 ID* 02701A
THESE INSTRUCTIONS, ISSUED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, APPLY TO NOISE FROM
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS BUT NOT TO NOISE FROM AUTOMOBILES, AIRPLANES OR
CONSTRUCTION SITES. INTENDED AS GUIDELINES RATHER TPAN AS BINDING STANDARDS, THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
TO bE USED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIBS IN SETTING THE BINDING CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN PERMITS
ISSUED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OH ALTERATION OF THE HEAVILY POLLUTING ENTERPRISES LISTED IN THE
APPENDIX TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL WITH: THE USE OF THE
INSTRUCTIONS IN AREA PLANNING, IN SETTING CONDITIONS ON PERMITS, AND IN DEALING WITH NOISE PROM
ALREADY EXISTING INSTALLATIONS; THE ADVISORY FUNCTIONS OF TPE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;
THE ANALYSIS OF NOISB AND THE INSTRUMENTS DSED IN NOISE MEASUREMENT; AND THE EVALUATION OF NOISE
LEVELS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SUGGESTED NOISE THRESHOLD LEVELS FOR SIX TYPES OF AREAS RANGING FROM
INDUSTRIAL TO RECREATIONAL.
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GKEA1 BRITAIN
PAGE
19
"WILL POLLUTION LAW PERBIT MORE NOISE?" NEW SCIENTIST
ENGLISH
03/20/75 P6S 719
EPA
ID* 02U82B
THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE POINTS OUT SOBE OF THE SHORTCOBINGS OF THE "BRITISH CONTROL OF POLLUTION
ACT 1974" IN THE AREA OF NOISE CONTROL. THE HAJOR DEFICIENCY CONCERNS THE INCREASED WORK LOAD
THAT THE ACT IHPOSES ON ESVIRONBENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES AT A T1HE WHEN THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF
DONE?, EXPERTISE AND STAFFING. ALSO, AFTER ANY NOISE-PRODUCING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN DECLARED A
PUBLIC NUISANCE, THE WEB ACT PERBITS THE ACTIVITY IN QUESTION TO CONTINUE DURING A 20-DAY APPEAL
PERIOD. ANOTHER PROBLEB LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE ACT DEALS ONLY WITH EXISTING NOISE DISTURBANCES
A KB NOT WITH THE PRETONTION OF NOISE. THE ARTICLE ALSO CITES EXABPLES OF NOISE PREVENTION
BEASURES WHICH HAVE EEEN TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE "NOISE INSULATION REGULATIONS, 1973" AND THE
DEPARTBBNT OF THE BNVIBONBBNT. CIRCULAR "PLANNING AND NOISE" OF 1973.
ROBAN1A
LB(B)
"PROTECTION OF THE ENVIROHBENT IS OUR COUNTRY."
BICOLAO, B.
hOBANIAN 12/00/74 PGS 26-30
ALSO PBA, SE
*GENERAL AIR WATER
ERA SOCIALISTA, NO. 23
EPA
ID* 01371D
SWEDEN
PB(B)
•ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN SWEDEN." FACT SHEETS ON SWEDEN
SWEDEN. SWEDISH INSTITUTE
E1GL1SH 11/00/73 PGS 1-4 ID*
ALSO LRB AND SE
*GENBBAL AIR WATER
EPA
02691A
PESTICIDES
AUSTRALIA
LR(B)
SUBflARIES OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONBENTAL LEGISLATION
EPA
EMGLISH PGS 1-89 ID* 02661A
^GENERAL AIR WATER NOISE RADIATION SOLID WASTE
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COLOHB1A
LR(B)
PAGE
20
"STRICT CONTROL OF DRUGS, COSMETICS AND PESTICIDES." LA REPUBLICA
EPA
SPANISH 02/23/75 PGS 1,2 ID# 02665A
*TOXIC SOBS
GUATEMALA
PH(B)
"GUATEMALAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE CONFRONTS PESTICIDE PROBLEM."
EL IBPARCIAL
EPA
SPANISH 12/31/74 PGS 9 ID* 02682A
1'HIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICIAL GDATEHALAN SOCIBL SECURITY
1NSIITUTE (IGSS) IN RELATION TO THE USE A»D CONTROL OF PESTICIDES I» GUATEMALA. SPECIFIC
RKSPO1SIEILIT1ES OF THE INSTITUTE INCLUDE CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL "PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL
PESTICIDE POISONING" PROGRAH; DISTRIBUTION OF SAFETY BROCHURES AND REPRODUCTIONS OF PESTICIDE
REGULATIONS TO PARHEHS; IBSPECT1ON AND SURVEILLANCE OF PLANTATIONS WHERE PESTICIDES ARE USED; AND
INVESTIGATION OF CASES OF PESTICIDE POISONING. THE IGSS ALSO ACTS AS A COORDINATING AGENCY AMONG
THE VARIOUS OTHER ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE AND CONTROL OF PESTICIDES, SUCH AS THE
MINISTRIES OF LABOR, AGRICULTURE, AND HEALTH AND WELFARE; THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD (IN TRAINING
PILOTS FOR AERIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS); THE NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL; AND THE COTTON GROWER'S
ASSOCIATION. IN ADDITION, THE IGSS COLLECTS DATA ON THE CONTROL AND USE OF PESTICIDES IN ORDER
TO PLAN FOR GUATEMALA'S FUTURE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS.
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B)
"HERCURY ABD THE ENVIRONMENT." VESTBIK ACADEMII MEDITSINSK1KH NAOK SSSR, NO. 3
SHTENBERG, A. I., AND A. B. TORCHINSKII EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 6U-69 1D# 02694A
*WATER
SWEDEN
LR(A)
"THE ACT ON PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT."
LEGISLATIOH WITH A COMMENTARY
SWEDEN. B1HISTHIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND OF AGRICULTURE EPA
MGUSH 00/00/73 PGS 1-42 ID» 02699ft
ALSO LRB
*TOX1C SUBS
THE MEW
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RADIATION
AUSTRALIA
Lfc (t)
PAGE
SDHBAR1ES OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
EPA
ENGLISH PCS 1-89 ID* 02661A
*GENERAL AIR WATER NOISE PESTICIDES SOLID HASTE
FRANCE
LR(B)
"TEE ATOH AMD THE LAW." LE MONDE
FRENCH
GEHERAL
03/18/75 PGS 37
EPA
ID# 02680A
INCLUDED AHOIIG SIX DRAFT LAWS ADOPTED BT THE FRENCH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IS A NEW CADRE LAW
ON THE PROTECTION OF BAT0RE WHICH THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES. IN VIEW OF THE JURIDICAL VOID WHICH 1H1S
LAW rfOULD FILL, CONSERVATIONISTS ARE VIGOROUSLY CAMPAIGNING FOR ITS RATIFICATION. AMONG THE GOALS
OF IHE RATIONAL CAMPAIGN LADNCHED BY THE FRENCH FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF
NATUKK ARE: 1) THE IMMEDIATE AND UNMODIFIED PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL OP THE DRAFT LAW; 2) THE
SUSPENSION OF ALL NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION PENDING THE ENACTMENT OF THE LAW; AND 3) A DRACONIAN
RZVABPING OF THE FRENCH ENERGY PROGRAM.
FdAHCE
PB(A)
"FOR A BIG NUCLEAR DEBATE - PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS."
L'OUBST INDDSTRIEL, NO. 271
KiGEGE, MICHEL EPA
F&ENCH 12/00/7U PGS 2-6 ID! 02666A
GENERAL
THESE TWO CONSECUTIVE ARTICLES EXAMINE THE NATIONAL DEBATE GENERATED BY THE FRENCH NUCLEAR
PROGRAM AND PRESENT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ENTITLED "PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS'
ISSUED BY THE HINISTRT OF INDUSTRY TO REGIONAL PREFECTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROJECTED NUCLEAR PLANTS. PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR THE REGIONS OF
BRIITANY, UPPER AND LOWER NORHANDY AND THE LOIRE COUNTRY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE. POSSIBLE
INSTALLATION SITES ARE PROPOSED IN THE STUDIES IN VIEW OF THEIR PHYSICAL TERRAIN, COMPATIBILITY
WITH LOCAL LAUD USE AHD THE ACCESSIBILITY OF WATER FOR COOLING OPERATIONS. THE DOCUH£NT FURTHER
STATES THAT ECOLOGICAL IMPACT STUDIES, WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY, WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL.
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AUSTRALIA
LR (B)
PAGE
22
SDBBARIBS OF AUSTRALIAN ENV1RONHENTAL LEGISLATION
ENGLISH
*GENPRAL
P6S 1-89
AIR
WATER
NOISE
EPA
ID* 02661A
PESTICIDES
RADIATION
ADSTBALIA
PB (A)
INFORMATION ON (AUSTRALIAN) BNVIRONHENTAL ACTIVITIES
ENGLISH
^GENERAL
PCS 1-33
EPA
ID* 02662A
WATER
AIR
NOISE
COSTA RICA
LR (B)
"RURAL WELFARE GUARD SILL PREVENT DDRPIIG OP GARBAGE INTO RIVERS."
LA REPUBLICA
EPA
SPANISH 03/01/75 PGS 8 IDi 02676A
*WATER
DENBAhK
PB(B)
"INSTRUCTION ON CONTROLLED DDHPS: LOCATION, ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION."
TEJLEDNING FRA HILJOSTYRELSEN, NO. 1/74
DENHARK. ENVIRONHENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA
DANISH 02/00/74 PGS 1-20 ID* 02698A
THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, PRESENTS INSTRUCTIONS
DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE BAINTENANCE OP ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN THE LOCATION, ESTABLISHMENT AND
OPERATION OF CONTROLLED DUHPS (WHERE THE TERR "CONTROLLED" INDICATES THAT ALL PHASES OF OPERATIONS
FROH COLLECTION TO DESTRUCTION OR RECYCLING ARE SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION). INTENDED AS GUIDELINES
RATHER THAN AS BINDING REGDLATIONS, THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN
HANDLING SOLID WASTE PBOBLEHS BUT HOT TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE DETAILED TECHNICAL PLANNING NECESSARY
FOR EFFECTIVE SOLID HASTE HANAGEHENT PROGRABS. RECOHHENDATIONS COVER THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTES AND WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEH, INCLUDING WASTES WHICH ARE NOT TO BE
HANDLED IN CONTROLLED DDBPS; PLANNING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROLLED DUHPS; THE OPERATIONS OF
SUCH DDBPS; AND SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IB THE DISPOSAL OF INCINERATOR WASTES. THE
GUIDELINES ARE EXPECTED TO BE REVISED WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
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23
SOLID HASTE
DBNBAKK
P8(B)
"BANAGBHENT OF MUNICIPAL BASTES." NTT FRA HILJOSTYRELSEN
DENflARK. ENVIRONBENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BPA
DANISH 06/10/7«i PCS 1-7 ID# 026 98B
THIS PUBLICATION REPRINTS A REPLY OF THE ENVIRONBENTAL MINISTRY TO AS INQUIRY FHOB THE
EHVIKONBENTAL COHH1TTEE OF THE DANISH PARLIABBNT REGARDING THE INSTRUCTION ON CONTROLLED DUBPS
ISSUED LY THE BHVIRONHEHTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN FEBRDARY 197«». THE REPLY CLARIFIES CERTAIN
T2KBS USED IN THE INSTRUCTION, DISCOSSES THE DEVELOPBENT OF THE SOLID WASTE PROBLEB IN DKNBARK,
A*D CONSIDERS THOSE SIT0ATIONS IN WHICH THE INCINERATION OF WASTES IS PREFERABLE TO DISPOSING OF
THEH IN CONTROLLED DOBPS.
SWEDEN
PH(B)
TOXIC SDBS
COLOHblA
LR (B)
PROBLEBS OF HOUSEHOLD WASTES (CURRENT SWEDEN:
SWEDEN, NO. 46)
BHBELIN, LARS
ENGLISH 12/00/73 PCS 1-U
ALSO LfiB
ENVIRONBEHTAL PLANNING IN
ID#
EPA
026 88 A
THIS PABPHLBT EXAMINES SOHB OF THE WORK IN PROGRESS IN SWEDEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLBBS OF WASTE
DISPOSAL AND THE RECYCLING OF DOBBSTIC WASTES. COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY
1, 1971 BAKES MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF ALL FORMS OF
DOMESTIC WASTE. IN ORDER TO ENSURE COLLECTION TO ALL AREAS OF AN URBAN ARBA, A WASTE COLLECTION
BONOPOLY WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BUNICIPALITIES. THE NEW LEGISLATION ALSO BAKES THE BUN1CIPALITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING TBE LITTER PROBLEB. AT PRESENT THE DOBINAWT BETHOD OF WASTE DISPOSAL IN
SWEDEN IS CONTROLLED DUBPING WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR TRBATBENT TO REDUCE VOLDBE OR FACILITATE SOBE
BREAKDOWN OF ORGANIC BATBR1AL. HOWEVER INCINERATION IS FREQUENT IN LARGB URBAN CENTERS. THE
PABPHLET FURTHER DISCDSSES COSTS OF WASTE DISPOSAL IN SWEDEN, RECOBBENDED SYSTEMS, REGIONAL
SOLUTIONS AND VARIOUS TYPES OF RECYCLING. A SUCCESSFUL EXPBRIBENT IN RECLAIBING MATERIALS FROB
HOUSEHOLD WASTES IN THE DISTRICT OF VIVALLA IN CENTRAL SWEDEN IS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.
"STRICT CONTROL OF DRUGS, COSBETICS AND PESTICIDES." LA REPUbLICA
EPA
SPANISH 02/23/75 PGS 1,2 ID* 02665A
PESTICIDES
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DISCOSSES THE CONTENTS OF DECREES 281 AND 282 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT
OF COLOBBIA 08 FEBRDARY 22, 1975. THESE DECREES, ADMINISTERED BY THE HINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
PROVIDE FOR THE STRICT CONTROL OF COSBETICS, BEDICINES, DETERGENTS, DOMESTIC PESTICIDES AND OTHER
PRODUCTS WHICP COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT TBE PUBLIC HEALTH. DFCREE 281 PROVIDES DEFINITIONS OF SUCH
PhOI*UCTS AND SETS FORTH FARABETERS FOR TflE BANUFACTURE, SALE, LABELING, ADVERTISING, NAMING, AND
IBPOhT A»D EXPORT OF THESE PRODUCTS. DECREE 282 SETS FORTH PROVISIONS FOR THE LICENSING OF
PHARHACISTS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO DISPENSE THESE PRODUCTS TO THE PUBLIC. PERSONS OH BUSINESSES
WHICH CONTRAVENE THE PROVISIONS OF THESE LAWS ARE LIABLE TO FINES AND CLOSURE OF BUSINESS.
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TOXIC SUBS
SWEDEN
LK(A)
"THE ACT ON PRODDCTS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT." THE HEW
LEGISLATION HUH A COMMENTARY
SWEDEN. MINISTRIES OP FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND OF AGRICULTURE EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-42 ID* 02699A
ALSO LRB
PESTICIDES
THIS BOOKLET PRINTS A» BBGL1SH TRANSLATION OP THE TEXTS OP TPE 1973 ACT ON PRODDCTS HAZARDOUS
TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT (APPENDIX 1) AND THE PURSUANT 1973 ORDINANCE (APPENDIX 2). THE
23 PAGES OF DISCUSSION CONSIDER THE BAJOR OUTLINES OF THE LAW, PURVIEW OP THE LEGISLATION,
PRECAUTIONS AND CONTROL UNDER THE LAW, CONTROL AGENCIES AND PENALTIES. THE ACT IS A FRAMEWORK
LAW COVERING PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS BY MEANS OP THEIR CHEMICAL OR SIMILAR PROPERTIES, WHILE THE
ORDINANCE CONTAINS MORE DETAILED REGULATIONS ON MANUFACTURE, SALE, HANDLING AND 1BPORTING OF SUCH
PRODUCTS. THE ORDINANCE CLASSES PRODUCTS AS: 1) POISONS AND OTHER DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, 2) PCB
AHD PCB PRODUCTS, 3) PESTICIDES AND H) OTHER PRODUCTS. ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS UNDER THIS
LEGISLATION IS THE RESPOSSIBILITY OF THE PRODUCTS CONTROL BOARD. ENFORCEHPNT RESTS WITH rHI
NATIONAL E»VIRO»BENT PROTECTION BOARD AND NATIONAL BOARD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. (THE ACT CANCELS
AKD SUPERSEDES THE 1962 POISONS ACT, THE 1962 PESTICIDES ACT, AND THE 1971 PCB ACT.)
AUSTRALIA
LR (B)
SCKMARIES OF AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
EPA
1.NGL1SH PGS 1-89 ID* 02661A
*GENERAL AIR NOISE PESTICIDES RADIATION
SOLID WASTE
AUSTRALIA
PB(A)
INFORMATION ON (AUSTRALIAN) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
EPi
ENGLISH PGS 1-33 ID* 02662A
*GENERAL AIR HOISB SOLID WASTE
BULGARIA
PB(B)
•TOR A CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL ENVIROKHENT." RABOTNICHF.SKO DELO
EPA
BULGARIAN 04/15/75 PGS 2 ID* 02687A
ALSO PMA
AIR
THIS ARTICLE NOTES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES TAKEN IN BULGARIA DURING THE PERIOD
1971-1971, MAINLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OP THE MINISTRY OF FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
OVER 150 INSTALLATIONS FOR COSPLETE OR PARTIAL PURIFICATION OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
WASXEWATER WERE PUT HTO OPERATION. ALSO, PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING POLLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA
WZRE DEVELOPED. WITH REGARD TO AIR POLLUTION, THE LEVEL OP EMISSIONS IN MANY INDUSTRIAL AREAS
WAS REDUCED OVER 1HAT TIHE PERIOD.
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WATEk
CANADA
PH(B)
COSTA RICA
LK(B)
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPSENT
EDRTDB1SE, F. G. AND A. R. TOHNSHENB EPA
ENGLISH 06/00/74 PGS 1-30 IDt 02693A
ALSO SE
THIS DOCUMENT HAS PREPARED BY THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIRECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
FOR PRESENTATION TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE POLLUTION CONTROL ASSOCIATION OF OUTARIO. IT
DESCRIBES THE PROGRAMS RELATING TO HATER POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTERED BY ENVIRONBENT
CANADA, THE CENTRAL MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND
COMMERCE, AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN TO
UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH CBMBRS, INDUSTRIES, MUNICIPALITIES, ETC. FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH
PERTAINIBG TO THESE PROGRAMS AND THE DOCUMENT EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE SCIENCE PROCUREMENT SECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SERVICES IN CONTRACTING OUT SUCH RESEARCH HORK FOR GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES. THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE CENTRAL MORTGAGE AND HOUSING
CORPORATION ARE LISTED, AND WHERE AVAILABLE, PROGRAM COSTS AND TYPICAL FUNDED PROJECTS ARE
PRESENTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE SCOPE OF THESE PROGRAMS.
"RURAL WELFARE GUARD HILL PREVENT DUBPIKG OP GARBAGE INTO RIVERS."
LA REPUBLICA
EPA
SPANISH 03/01/75 PGS 8 ID* 02676A
SOLID HASTE
THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE COSTA RICAN MINISTER OF HEALTH, DR. HERMAJ HBINSTOCK,
HAS TAKES MEASURES TO PROHIBIT THE DUMPING OF GARBAGE INTO RIVERS AND TO URGE ADEQUATE DISPOSAL
OF GARBAGE IN SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE AUTONOMOUS,
THE BINISTRY OF HEALTH CAN ONLY INTERTBBE IN THE MATTER INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE RURAL WELFARE GUARD TO ADEQUATELY PBtEVEHT THIS FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
COUNCIL OF EUKOPE
PH(B)
"TOWARD THE CREATION OF A EUROPEAN WATER AGENCY TO COHBAT RIVER POLLUTION."
JOURNAL DE GENEVE
TINKER, JOHN EPA
FRENCH 02/08/75 PGS 21 ID* 02706A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES A NEW COUNCIL OF EUROPE PROJECT TO COMBAT EUROPEAN TRANSFRONTIER RIVER
POLLUTION. A» ABSENCE OF COUPLETS AND RELIABLE DATA ON POLLUTION LEVELS IN THE WATERWAXS HAS
1BPEDED PREVIOUS MULTINATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD POLLUTION ABATEMENT. THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PROJECT
WOULD INSTITUTE A CO»TI»UOUS AND UNIFORH MEASUREMENT OF WATER QUALITY FOR THE RAJOR WATERWAYS OF
EUROPE BY ESTABLISHING MEASURING DEVICES IN THE RIVERBEDS WHICH WOULD TRANSMIT THEIR FINDINGS TO
A SPECIAL POLLUTION SATELLITE PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED OVER EUROPE AT A DISTANCE OF 150 KM. A CENTRAL
EUROPEAN WATER AGENCY WOULD IN TURI HBCBIVE THESE DATA THUS OBTAINING A KNOWLEDGE OF THE STATUS OF
HIDEAOLIC RESERVES ABT> POLLUTION FOR THE WHOLE CONTIHENT. SHOULD THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AGREE
TO FINANCE THE PROJECT, THE MEASURING SYSTEM COULD BE IN OPERATION BY 1983.
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HA1EK
DENMARK
PH(B)
"WASTBWATBR: INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER ."
H1LJOSTYRELSBN, NO. 6/197U
DENMARK. BIVIRONSKNTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DANISH 07/00/7U PCS 1-UO ID*
VEJLEDNING FRA
EPA
02700A
THESE INSTRUCTIONS, ISSUED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ARE INTENDED TO
ASSIST ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES ISSUING PERMITS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS AS WELL AS
INDUSTRIAL BSTABLISHHBNTS AND MUNICIPALITIES APPLYING FOR SUCH PERHITS. DESIGNED AS GOIDELINES
RATHKR THAN AS BINDING STANDARDS, THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO SERVE AS A STARTING POINT FOR A CONCRETE
APPRAISAL OF THE NATURE OF DISCHARGES AS HELL AS FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OP
WATERS RECEIVING SUCH DISCHARGES. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL WITH OR PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS COVERING:
THE PROTECTION OF WATERS RECEIVING DTSCHARGBS; PROTECTION OF SOIL INTO WHICH DISCHARGES ARE MADE;
PROTECTION OF WASTBHATBR PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS ; AND HETHODS TO BE USED IN ANALYZING EFFLUENTS.
INCLUDED ARE SUGGESTED THRESHOLD VALUES FOR SUBSTANCES DISCHARGED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATERS.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
PH(A)
"EXPERT WILL BE ASKED TO DETERHI HE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE DARAGE I» BONAO."
EL CARIBE
EPA
SPANISH 03/08/75 PCS 1,6 IDI 02684A
*AIR GENERAL
FRANCE
SE(
"THE HARKET AND THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION." LE FIGARO
EPA
ID* 02705A
FRENCH
*A1R
02/15/75 PGS 8
GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B)
"CONTROL OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA.
RABOTNICJESKO DELO
BULGARIAN
03/28/75 PGS 5
BPA
ID* 02673A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THE PREPARATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL AGREF.HBNT ON THE PREVENTION OF SEA
POLLUTION BY DELEGATES OF THE CURRENT GENEVA CONFERENCE ON THE LAW OF THE SEA. ACCORDING TO THIS
AGREEBENT, ALL COUNTRIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREVENTION OF SEA POLLUTION BY THEIR RESPECTIVE
SHIPS. ALSO, ALL SHIPS BUST OBSERVE THE STRICT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL STANDARDS
RELATIVE TO SEA POLLUTION CONTROL. IN THE EVENT OF VIOLATION OF RULES GOVERNING CONTROL OF SEA
POLLUTION WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIHITS OF A COASTAL STATE, THAT GOVERNMENT HAY UNDERTAKE MEASURES
OF COBPDLSION AGAINST THB VIOLATING SHIP OR HAY IMPOSE PUNITIVE SANCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
NAT10IAL LAB OR INTERNATIONAL TREATIES. COMPLIANCE WITH THB PROVISIONS OF THE 1973 LONDON
CONVENTION OH PREVBNTIO* OF SEA POLLUTION IS ENSURED UNDER THIS NEW AGREEMENT.
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HATER
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B)
BE1HERLANDS
LK(A)
"HERCHRY AND THE EN7IBONHEIIT." VESTNIK ACADEHII BEDITS1NSKIKH NADK SSSR, NO. 3
SHTENBERG, A. I., AND A. H. TORCRINSKII EPA
ROSSIAH 00/00/75 PCS 64-69 ID* 02694A
PESTICIDES
THIS ARTICLE DISCDSSES THE SOURCES AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY AND HERCURY COMPOUNDS WHICH
ENTEK THE HDHAN ORGANISM HAINLY THROUGH FISH FROB MERCURY-POLLUTED HATER BODIES OR THROUGH FOOD
PRODUCTS GROW! WITH MERCURY-CONTAINING FUNGICIDES. THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND THE
HORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HA?B ESTABLISHED A "PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE" L1HIT (PTH1) FOR
MERCURY HHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY HOST COD1TRIES. THE PTHI LIMITS HERCURY INTAKE TO 0.3 BG PE&
PERSON PER HEEK, INCLUDING NO HORE THAN 0.2 BG OF HETHYL BERCURY.
POLLUTION OF SURFACE HATER ACT AND THE EXECUTIVE DECREE ON POLLUTION OF
STATE HATERS
V1NK, H. J., ED. EPA
ENGLISH PGS 1-30 ID* 00530C
THESE EDITED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE "NOV. 13, 1969 LAH ON THE POLLUTION OF SURFACE
HATERS" AND THE "NOV. 5, 1970 DECREE OS THE POLLUTION OF SURFACE HATERS UNDER STATE JURISDICTIONS"
HERE ISSUED BY TFE NETHERLANDS SINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND HATER CONTROL. INTENDED CHIEFLY TO BE
USED AS A POINT OF REFERENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIONS, THE TRANSLATIONS OMIT SOME
PROV1SIOBS, SUCH AS THOSE DEALING H1TH METHODS OF COLLECTING LEVIES, HHICH ARE FELT TO BE OF
ONLY B1NOR INTEREST.
ROBANIA
LR{t)
"PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR CODUTRY."
RICOLAU, B.
ROMANIAN 12/00/74 PGS 26-30
ALSO FBA, SE
^GENERAL AIR NOISE
ERA SOCIALISTA, NO. 23
EPA
ID# 01371D
ROMANIA
Lh(B)
"A HEALTHY LIFE IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT." SC1NTEIA
GRIGORESCU, IOAN
ROMANIAN
AIR GENERAL
04/02/75 PGS 2
ID*
EPA
02689A
THIS ARTICLE NOTES THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ROMANIAN
CODE OF ETHICS AND JUSTICE. ARTICLE 9 OP THE CODE OBLIGATES THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY TO
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY HITH REGARD TO POLLUTION
CONTROL OF HATER, AIR AND SOIL.
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ROHAN1A
PB(B)
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"BOBAN1AN COMMUNIST PARTY PROGPAB." SCINTEIA
ROMANIAN
*GENERAL
09/01/74 PGS 5
EPA
ID# 02654A
SWEDEN
PB(B)
"ENVIRONBENT PHOTECIIOJ lU SWEDEN." FACT SHEETS ON SWEDEN
SWEDEN. SWEDISH INSTITUTE
ENGLISH 11/00/73 PGS 1-4 ID#
ALSO LRB AND SE
^GENERAL AIR NOISE
EPA
02691A
SWITZERLAND
LR(B)
PROVISIONAL RECOBMBNDAT10NS FOR THE REGULAR ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATERS IN
SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL INTERIOR DEPARTBENT EPA
FRENCH 05/29/74 PGS 1-67 ID* 02497A
THIS FEDERAL DEPABTBBNT OF THE INTERIOR PUBLICATION SETS FORTH SWITZERLAND'S PRESENT PROGRAM
OF SURFACE WATER ANALYSIS, PRESENTING PROVISIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ANALYSES TO
BE PERFORMED, THE FREQUENCY AND CONDITIONS OF SABPLINGS, AMD SABPLING STATION REQUIREBENTS. ALSO
PRESENTED IN THE PABPHLEI ARE THE FEDERAL SUBSIDIES QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES.
USSB
LR(B)
"DRINKING WATER STANDARD (»O. 2674-73)—A HEW STAGE IN THE DEVELOPBENT OF WATER
HYGIENE." VESTNIK AKADEHII BEDITSIHSKIKH NAUR SSSR, NO. 3
NOV1KOV, YU V. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 59-64 IDI 02663A
ALSO ST
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THE ESTABLISHBENT OF A SEW SET OF STANDARDS FOR DRINKING WATER IN THE
DSSR, ALL-UNION STATE STANDARD NO. 2874-73, WHICH REPLACES STANDARD NO. 2874-5*. THE NEW SET OF
STANDARDS PROVIDES NORHS FOR 1) BACTERIOLOGICAL FACTORS OF DRINKING WATER; 2} TOXIC SUBSTANCES;
AID 3) ORGANOLEPTIC FACTORS. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL STANDARDS REFER TO GENERAL POLLUTION OF DRINKING
WATER BY BACTERIA SUCH AS INTESTINAL BACILLUS. BAXIBUB PERHISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIBITS RAVE BEEN
PORBDLATED FOR THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES BERYLLIOB, BOLYBDENUB, SELENIUB, STABLE STRONTIUM, NITRATES,
POLYACRYLAB1DE FLOCCULANT, SILVER IONS, DRA1IUH, R&DIUH-226, AND STHOHTIUB-90. STANDARDS FOR
ARSENIC, LEAD AND FLUORINE WERE INCLUDED II STANDARD NO. 2874-54. ' IN ADDITION, NORBS HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED FOB ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF DRINKING WATER (ODOR, AFTER-TASTE, COLOR, TURBIDITY), AS
WELL AS FOR CHEBICAL SUBSTANCES SUCH AS BANGANESE, USED TO AMELIORATE THESE PROPERTIES.
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USSR
LR(b)
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"INDUSTRY AND NATURE." PRAVDA
RUSSIAN
ALSO PNB
*GENERAL
04/03/75 PCS 1
EPA
ID* 02669A
AIR
USSR
"IN ORDER TO HAVE CLEAN WATER." TZTESTIYA
YERENOV, A., AND L. IL»YASHENKO
HDSSIAH 04/10/75 PGS 6
EPA
ID* 02686A
THIS ARTICLE, CONCERNING THE DEFICIENCIES OF HATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION IN THE KAZAKH SSR,
ESPECIALLY H1TH REGARD TO PENAL PROVISIONS, CITES NATIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION OF
THh USSR AS WELL AS THAT OF THE KAZAKH REPUBLIC. IT IS NOTBD THAT THE "BASES OP WATER LEGISLATION
OP THE DSSR AND FEDERATED REPUBLICS" PROVIDES FOR PENAL ACTION AGAINST DANGEROUS VIOLAT10HS OF
WATER PROTECTION REGULATIONS. SIMILAR PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE WATER CODE AND PENAL CODE
OF THE KAZAKH REPUBLIC, BUT THEY ARE RARELY APPLIED ASIDE FROH THE LEVYING OF FINES. AMONG THE
REGULATIONS OF THE KAZAKH WATER CODE IS THE PROHIBITION OF THE OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS NOT
EQUIPPED WITH PURIFICATION FACILITIES. ALSO CITED ARE THE "REGULATIONS ON THE PROTECTIOW OF FISH
RESOURCES AND ON FISHING IN WATERS OF THE USSR," WHICH PROHIBIT LAND DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE BY
IRRIGATION METHODS WITHOUT TAKIRG FISH-PROTECTION MEASURES ABD BLASTING OPERATIONS WHICH WODLD
DESTROY SPAWNING AREAS OF FISH. SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE NOT PROHIBITED BT KAZAKH LEGISLATION.
DSSR
PS(b)
"PhObLEMS OF THE CENTURY—ECOLOGY: AN INEVITABLE CRISIS?" KOHSOHOL'SKAYA
PRAVDA
EPA
KOSS1AN 03/29/75 PGS 4 ID* 02671A
*AIR
DSSR
PM(B)
"CONCERN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." PIRINSKO DELO
BULGARIAN
*AIR
01/26/75 PGS 3
EPA
ID* 02675A
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