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
                                         iii

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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
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                                                                                                 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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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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                                                                                                                            PAGE
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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GENERAL

bfiAZIL
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                     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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GENERAL

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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GENERAL

NORBAY

     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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GENERAL

ROMANIA

     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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•01SE

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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PESTICIDES

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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SOLID WASTE

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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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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WATER

ROHAN1A

     PB(B)
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                    28
    "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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WATEfc

USSR
     LR(b)
                                                                                                                             PAGE
                                                                                                                                     29
"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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