PB-231 665-33 Number 33 May 1975 SUMMARIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Washington D C 20460 ------- Subscription Service Now Available "Summaries of Foreign Government Environmental Reports" a monthly publication of EPA, is now available as a subscription item from the National Technical Information Service. For further infor- mation about starting a subscription, write to Dr. Melvin J. Josephs, Managing Editor National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Or call Dr. Josephs at (703) 451-4468 Annual subscriptions (12 issues) cost $30 (U. S.) or $38 for addresses outside the U. S. ------- FOREWORD Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environ- mental reports issued by foreign governments and international organi- zations. This is a monthly announcement listing of foreign documents received through the exchange agreements. The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems Branch (see back page for order form). More detailed English abstracts can be provided when required. Full text translations, which are expen- sive, should be requested only when essential for operation of EPA programs. Translation Services Requisition form #1350-1 is used to re- quest translations. A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future retrieval of these summaries by: c. type of document legal/legislative/regulatory management/planning socio-economic a. country b. subject area air water noise pesticides radiation solid waste management This series, devoted to summaries of government reports and other pertinent literature and focusing on the legislative, organizational, economic, and social aspects of environmental protection, supplements foreign scientific and technical literature abstracted by other EPA information services. APTIC SWIRS PIC NOISE Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign govern- ment environments documents and to develop several approaches to the dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of documents received is the first step. Office of Planning and Management Office of International Activities U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C. 20460 ------- TABLE OF CONTENTS AIR See GENERAL (Bulgaria) Control No. 02708A .......... 8 , Republ/cc See WATER (Republic of China) Control No. 02749A ...... 21 Limitation of Air Pollution from Enterprises .......... 1 F/ionce See GENERAL (France) Control No. 02754A ........... 9 Fect Rep o& March 15, 1974 Law for the Prevention of Harmful Effects on the Environment Caused by Air Pollution, Noise, Vibration and Similar Phenomena (Federal Immission Control Law) ............................. 2 First General Administrative Regulation. . .Federal Immissions Control Law of Aug. 28, 1974 (Technical Instructions for Maintaining Air Purity) ................... 2 See GENERAL (Great Britain) Control No. 02482C ....... 10 Government Action on the Environment .............. 3 Japan Annual Report of the Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection, 1975 ............. 3 See GENERAL (Netherlands) Control No. 02731A ........ 11 June 17, 1974 Royal Regulation Extending Validity of Regulation (1969:356) on State Subsidy to Anti-Pollution Measures in Industry and Amendment ............. 4 Sulphur Content in Fuel Oil. Ordinance and Instruction for Application ....................... 4 ------- .Sweden Guidelines for Air Protection 5 Energy - Shortage and Environmental Concern 5 State Subsidy for Water and Air Protective Measures in Industry. 6 USSR Man and the Atmosphere 6 GENERAL National Report of the Republic to the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment ...................... 7 Federal Ministry for Health and Environmental Protection .... 7 Bolivian National Report on the Human Environment ....... 7 Problems of Environmental Protection .............. 8 Canada New Pollution Control Funding Program Launched by Environment Canada ........................... 8 Environmental Considerations in Planning ............ 8 Write-Offs for Environmental Investments ............ 9 Industries Propose Government Subsidies for Combating Pollution. 9 F/iance Draft Law Strengthens Regulation of "Polluting" Industries ... 9 Research Council to Coordinate Studies on the Protection of Nature .......................... 10 See WATER (France) -- Control No. 02738A ............ 22 Gh.ii.oJL Pollution Prevention Panel Newsletter, Autumn 1974 ....... 10 Knesset Committee on Interior and Environmental Quality .... 11 Ecological Activities in the Italian Regions .......... 11 ii ------- The Environment in Rijnmond .................. 11 Central Environmental Management Service Rijnmond. Annual Report 1973 ......................... 12 Noway Norwegians Consider Environmental Law Modeled after U.S ..... 12 Romania. March 2, 1974 Decree Establishing the Structure and Functions of the National Council for Environmental Protection ...... 12 Sweeten World's First Environmental Data Bank Proposed in Sweden .... 13 See AIR (Sweden) Control No. 02726A ............. 5 LAND USE Venmastk June 13, 1973 Law on National and Regional Planning ...... 13 F/tonce The Protection of Nature: Creation of a Shoreline Conservancy . 14 National Planning - Policy and Reality ............. 14 October 4, 1974 Federal Law on Land Use ............ 14 USSR A Single Act for Regulation of Land Usage ........... 15 NOISE Nocturnal Quiet ........................ 15 ,fe.d Rep o& July 16, 1968 Technical Guidelines for Protection Against Noise. 16 Are the Regulations a Failure? ................. 16 See AIR (Fed Rep of Germany) Control No. 02033H ....... 2 See GENERAL (Great Britain) Control No. 02482C ....... 10 iii ------- Japan Jet Passengers Will Pay Noise Pollution Fee .......... 17 See AIR (Japan) Control No. 02740A ............. 3 See GENERAL (Netherlands) Control No. 02731A ........ 11 .Sweeten What Is Noise? ......................... 17 PESTICIDES Regulations on Marketing and Use of Mercury- Containing Pesticides for Staining Grain and Seed ........... 18 RADIATION F/mnce Rapid Development of Nuclear Energy Necessitates Strengthening of Security .................. 18 For a Centralization of Control ................ 18 SOLID WASTE See GENERAL (Great Britain) Control No. 02482C ....... 10 TOXIC SUBS Vwrnank PCB and the Environment: Statement to the Environment Committee of the Parliament ................. 19 Preparedness for Accidents Involving Dangerous Substances on Land ........................... 19 Swiss Legislation on Toxic Substances ............. 20 USSR See WATER (USSR) Control No. 02716A ............. 26 iv ------- WATER Regulations on Sanitary Protection Zones Near Water Sources and Water Supply Installations ........... 20 See GENERAL (Bulgaria) Control No. 02708A .......... 8 China,Re.pubtic. ofi Water and Air Pollution in Taiwan ............... 21 Wastewater Purification 1972/1982 ............... 21 fiance. Ten Years for Cleaner Water .................. 22 Distillers Make a Commitment to Reduce Their Nuisances ..... 22 Marseilles Native to the Aid of Lorraine ............ 22 , GnsiaJL See GENERAL (Great Britain) Control No. 02482C ....... 10 See AIR (Israel) Control No. 02721A ............. 3 Japan See AIR (Japan) Control No. 02740A ............. 3 Poland What is the Cost of Water? ................... 23 Is the Black Sea Changing Color? ................ 24 Guidelines for Investigations of Receiving Waters ....... 24 Report on Water Quality Criteria for Swedish Surface Waters. Summary ...................... 25 State Subsidy for Wastewater Purification Works ........ 25 See AIR (Sweden) Control No. 02739B ............. 4 See AIR (Sweden) Control No. 02726A ............. 5 See AIR (Sweden) ~ Control No. 02739A ............. 6 USSR Hygienic Assessment of Certain Surface-Active Substances - The Components of Effluents from Textile Industry Enterprises . . 26 That The Volga May Be Clean .................. 26 ------- AIR BULGARIA PH(B) PAGE "PHOBLEHS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." TEKHNICHESKO DELO STAMENOV, STAMEN BULGARIAN 05/07/75 PGS 1,5 IDf ALSO PHA *GENERAL WATER EPA 02708A CHINA,REPUBLIC OF PM(B) "HATEB AND AIR POLLUTION IN TAIWAN." JOURNAL OF DEVELOPING AREAS, VOL. SELYA, ROGER HARK EPA ENGLISH 01/00/75 PGS 177-202 IDf 02749A ALSO SE *WATER DENMARK PH(B) "LIMITATION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM ENTERPRISES." NO. 7/1974 DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DANISH 08/00/74 PGS 1-56 ALSO LRB VEJLEDNING FHA BILJOSTYRELSEN, ID# EPA 027 29 A THESE INSTRUCTIONS, ISSUED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST MUNICIPAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES IN SETTING THE BINDING AIR STANDARDS TO BE CONTAINED IN PERMITS ISSUED TO THOSE ENTERPRISES LISTED IN THE APPENDIX TO THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW. THEY ARE ALSO TO BE USED BY ENTERPRISES PLANNING TO ESTABLISH NEH INSTALLATIONS OP TO ALTER OR EXTEND EXISTING ONES. MAJOR SECTIONS DISCUSS THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES BEHIND AND PURPOSES OF THE INSTRUCTIONS, CONTAIN GUIDELINES FOR EMISSIONS FROM SPECIFIC TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS (IRON AND STEEL WORKS, FOUNDRIES, CEMENT PLANTS, CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS, ETC.), PRESENT PULES FOE THE ESTIMATION OF CHIMNEY HEIGHTS, AND DESCRIBE METHODS FOR MEASURING EMISSIONS FROM AIR POLLUTING INSTALLATIONS AS HELL AS FOR EVALUIING THE RESULTS OF SUCH MEASUREMENTS. FRANCE LP(B) "DRAFT LAW STRENGTHENS REGULATION OF 'POLLUTING1 INDUSTRIES." LE MONDE EPA FRENCH 05/09/75 PGS 8 ID# 02754A *GENERAL ------- PAGE AIE GERMANY,FED EEP OF LE(A) GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) MARCH 15, 197U LAW FOE THE PREVENTION OF HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT CAUSED BY AIE POLLUTION, NOISE, VIBRATION AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA (FEDERAL IMMISSION CONTROL LAW), GERMANY,FED REP OF. MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA ENGLISH PGS 1-74 ID# 02033H NOISE THIS TRANSLATION PROVIDES AN ENGLISH TEXT OF THE FEDERAL IMMISSION CONTROL LAW, WHICH SEEKS TO LIMIT DISTURBANCES FROM AIR POLLUTION, NOISE, VIBRATION, LIGHT, HEAT, RADIATION, AND SIMILAR ADVERSE INFLUENCES ON THE ENVIRONMENT. PROVISIONS APPLY TO ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF INSTALLATIONS; PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND IMPORTATION OF INSTALLATIONS, FUELS AND SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRODUCTS; THE NATURE, EQUIPMENT, OPERATION AND INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AIRCRAFT AND HATERCRAFT; AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADS, RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS. THE LAW PROVIDES FOR LICENSING OF CERTAIN POLLUTING ESTABLISHMENTS AND OUTLINES THE LICENSING PROCEDURE. PERTINENT AUTHORITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO ISSUE REGULATIONS REGARDING INSTALLATIONS, FUELS, SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCTS, VEHICLES, ROADS AND RAILTRACKS. STIPULATIONS GOVERN AIR POLLUTION MONITORING IN FEDERAL TERRITORY AND CLEAN AIR PLANS. (FOR THE GERMAN TEXT OF THE LAW SEE IDf02033A.) FIRST GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION...FEDERAL IMMISSIONS CONTROL LAW OF AUG. 28, 1971* (TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAINTAINING AIR PURITY) GERMANY,FED REP OF. MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA ENGLISH* 08/28/74 PGS 1-75 IDt 02033J *ALSO GERMAN THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS COMPLETE PARALLEL ENGLISH AND GERMAN TEXtS OF THE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES WHICH APPLY TO FACILITIES REQUIRING APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL IMMISSIONS CONTROL LAW. THE GUIDELINES REPRESENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICIALS EXAMINING APPLICATIONS FROM NEW FACILITIES AND FROM EXISTING FACILITIES APPRECIABLY ALTERED AS TO LOCATION, NATURE OP OPERATION. GENERAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS ARE SET AS WELL AS STANDARDS FOR DARK SMOKE AND DUST EMISSIONS. FOR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY COMMISSIONS) THERE ARE GENERAL STANDARDS AS WELL AS STANDARDS FOR DUSTS AND FOR GASES. THERE ARE ALSO GUIDES FOR DETERMINATION OF STACK HEIGHT. THE FINAL SECTION DETAILS REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF FACILITIES. (THE GERMAN VERSION OF THE GUIDELINES APPEARS AS ID#02033G.) GREAT BRITAIN LR(B) POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1974 ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-15 ID* ALSO PMB *GENERAL WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE EPA 02482C ------- PAGE AIR ISRAEL PM(B) JAPAN PH(B) "GOVERNMENT ACTION ON THE ENVIBONHENT." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 1, NO. 2 ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA ENGLISH 06/00/1H PCS 2 IDi 02721A WATER THIS ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ECOLOGICAL UNIT OF THE ISRAEL NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. THE ECOLOGICAL UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1972 TO INVESTIGATE INDUSTRIAL AIR AND HATER POLLUTION AND WASTE POLLUTION. IT EFFECTS MEASUREMENTS OF AIR AND HATER POLLUTION IN HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED AREAS AND CARRIES OUT SURVEYS ON PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION AND AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EMISSIONS. IN ADDITION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE UNIT BY INDUSTRIES SEEKING GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AID. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 1975 EPA ENGLISH 03/00/75 PGS 1-88 ID# 02740A ALSO SB AND ST WATER NOISE THIS REPORT PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF RESEARCH PAPERS WHICH ARE INDICATIVE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT IN FIGHTING POLLUTION IN TOKYO. THE TOKYO GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR MORE STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS THAN THOSE PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND MUCH OF THE ENERGY OF THE METROPOLITAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS DEVOTED TO SEEKING AND ESTABLISHING NEW ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. THE REPORT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING PAPERS: "MORNING GLORY AS OXIDANT INDICATOR," "RELATIONSHIP OF NITROGEN OXIDES AND HYDROCARBONS TO PEROXYACETL NITRATE," "HATER QUALITY IN TOKYO BAY," "ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IN TOKYO'S HARDS," "LATENT EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON THE HUMAN BODY...," AND "ESTIMATES OF ECONOMIC LOSSES CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION." NETHERLANDS PBCBJ MILIEU IN RIJNMOND (THE ENVIRONMENT IN RIJNMOND) HAZELHINKEL, F. DUTCH 01/00/75 PGS 1-32 *GENERAL NOISE EPA IDf 02731A ------- PAGE AIR SWEDEN IK (A) "JUNE 17, 197H ROYAL REGULATION EXTENDING VALIDITY OF REGULATION (1969:356) OH STATE SUBSIDY TO ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES IN INDUSTRY AND AHENDMENI." SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING EPA SWEDISH 06/17/74 PGS 1-2 IDf 02739B ALSO SE WATER THIS REGULATION EXTENDS THE VALIDITY OF REGULATION 356 OF 1969 GRANTING STATE SUBSIDIES TO INDUSTRY FOR ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES THROUGH THE END OF JUNE 1975. THE ORIGINAL REGULATION APPLIED TO A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM 1969 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1974. THE CURRENT REGULATION STIPULATES THAT A STATE GRANT BAY EQUAL UP TO 25 PERCENT OF COSTS FOR AIR AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES AND HAY BE AWARDED TO INDUSTRIES IN WHICH NO SIGNIFICANT MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION HAVE BEEN TAKEN PREVIOUSLY; UP TO 50 PERCENT OF COSTS FOR EXPERIMENTAL MEASURES HAY BE GRANTED IF THEIR DEVELOPMENT HAS GENERAL RELEVANCE. ALTHOUGH THE STATE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD ADMINISTERS THE GRANTS, THE CABINET MUST HAKE DECISIONS ABOUT PROJECTS INVOLVING MORE THAN 2,500,000 SWEDISH KRONOR AND ABOUT EXPERIMENTAL MEASURES INVOLVING MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF COSTS. SWEDEN LR(A) "SULFUR CONTENT IN FUEL OIL. ORDINANCE AND INSTRUCTION FOR APPLICATION." STATENS NATUP.VARDSVERK PUBLIKATION 1969:5 SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA SWEDISH 00/00/69 PGS 1-6 ID* 02743A ALSO PMB THIS PUBLICATION REPRINTS THE NOVEMBER 20, 1968 ORDINANCE ON REDUCTION OF SULFUR CONTENT IN FUEL OIL TOGETHER WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD (NEPB). THE ORDINANCE FORBIDS BURNING OF FUEL OIL CONTAINING OVER 2.5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF SULFUR. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES MAY GRANT EXEMPTION FROM THE RULE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. SELLERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SULFUR CONTENT OF THEIR PRODUCT. THE INSTRUCTION ALLOWS USE OF FUEL OIL WITH A HIGHER SULFUR CONTENT 1) BY INSTALLATIONS WITH FLUE GAS CLEANING DEVICES TO KEEP SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THEY ARE WITH THE LOWER SULFUR-CONTENT FUEL, 2) FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FROM WHICH SULFUR DIOXIDE DOES NOT EXCEED THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, 3) TO PROPEL A VEHICLE, U) IN INDIVIDUAL CASES DECIDED BY NEPB. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS MAKE DECISIONS IN REGARD TO EXEMPTION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT. ------- PAGE AIR SWEDEN PM(B) "GUIDELINES FOE AIR PROTECTION." STATENS NAT0RVARDSVERK POBLIKATION SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA SWEDISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-«7 ID* 02742A 1973:8 THESE EMISSION GUIDELINES REVISE AND EXPAND EARLIER ONES DEVELOPED IN 1969 BY BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD. THEY ARE BASED ON WHAT IS TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE AND ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE. THE GUIDELINES GIVE GENERAL DIRECTIVES PLUS INSTRUCTIONS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF INDUSTRY. THEY ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING AS SUCH, BOP ARE TO: 1) FACILITATE EXAMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL NEW INSTALLATIONS, 2) AID EXISTING INSTALLATIONS IN PLANNING, AND 3) STIMULATE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE CONSIDERED IN GRANTING OPERATING PERMISSION TO A GIVEN ENDEAVOR. EMISSION CONTROL EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET STANDARDS FOR THE LIFE OF A FACILITY IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. TWO APPENDIXES CONTAIN 1) INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHIMNEY HEIGHT CALCULATION TO LIMIT SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND 2) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEASURING AND EVALUATING EMISSIONS. GUIDELINES ARE INCLUDED FOR IRON, STEEL AND OTHER METALWORKING PLANTS, VARIOUS STONE HORKS, PETROLEUM REFINERIES, CHEMICAL FACTORIES, POWER PLANPS AND INCINERATORS. SWEDEN SE( "ENERGY - SHORTAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN." PLANNING IN SWEDEN, NO. l»7 EMMELIN, LARS ENGLISH 01/00/74 PGS 1-7 ALSO PMB AND LRB WATER GENERAL CURRENT SWEDEN: ENVIRONMENTAL IDt EPA 02726A THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT SWEDEN IS BASED ON A ROYAL COMMISSION POSITION PAPER ON THE SWEDISH ENERGY SITUATION. IT DISCUSSES PATTERNS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION AND LIMITS TO THE GROWTH OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION. ONE SUCH LIMIT MIGHT BE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. FOSSIL FUELS PRODUCE A SULFUR PROBLEM. TO COUNTERACT THE PROBLEM, LARGE CENTRALIZED HEATING SYSTEMS AND ELECTRIC HEATING ARE FREQUENTLY USED. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY PARAMETERS EXIST FOR LOCAL SYSTEMS AND ARE PRESENTED IN A TABLE. NO REGIONAL STANDARDS FOR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY EXIST, BUT IN SWEDEN FUEL OIL MAY NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN 2.5 PERCENT SULFUR BY WEIGHT. IN STOCKHOLM, GOTHENBORG AND MALMO, THE LIMIT IS ONE PERCENT SULFUR. THE ONE PERCENT LIMIT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO OTHER AREAS AS PLANNED BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF LOW SULFUR OILS AND THE ENERGY CRISIS. TWO APPENDED FIGURES DIAGRAM (A) THE PATTERN OF ENERGY FLOW IN SWEDEN, AND (B) THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION. ------- PAGE AIR SWEDBN SE( ) "STATE SUBSIDY FOE WATEB AND AIR PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN INDUSTRY." STATENS NATORVARDSVERK PUBLIRATION 1969:11 SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONHENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA SWEDISH 00/00/69 PCS 1-12 ID* 02739A ALSO PHB AND LRA WATER IN THIS PUBLICATION THE ENVIRONHENT PROTECTION BOARD ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS RELEVANT TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUNE 13, 1969 ORDINANCE ON STATE SUBSIDIES FOR WATER AND AIR PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN INDUSTRY. GRANTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EXTENDING FROM JULY 1, 1969 TO JUNE 30, 1974. INDUSTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS INCLUDE PLANTS WHERE PROTECTION MEASURES ARE OF GENERAL VALUE. PREFERENCE IS TO BE GIVEN THOSE PLANTS SPECIFIED IN THE MAY 29, 1969 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ORDINANCE. THE GRANTS ARE PRIMARILY FOR PLANTS IN OPERATION PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 1969, BUT EXCEPTION MAY BE MADE IF EVALUATING A MEASURE IS OF GREAT GENERAL INTEREST. THE GRANT MAY CONSTITUTE UP TO 25 PERCENT OF INVESTMENT COSTS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES. SPECIFIC PREREQUISITES FOR GRANTS AND CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF GRANT-RELATED ACTIVITY ARE DISCUSSED. APPENDED ARE THB TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE, A LIST OF INDUSTRIES SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION UNDER THE 1969 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ORDINANCE, AND A LIST OF PERTINENT LAWS, DIRECPIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONS. USSR PM(B) CHELOVEK I ATMOSFERA (MAN AND THE ATMOSPHERE) HURAV'EVA, K. A. RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 1-47 ALSO LRB EPA IDI 02715A THIS BOOKLET DISCUSSES SEVERAL PHASES OF AIR POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL IN THE USSR. THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "AIR PROTECTION MEASURES" SUGGESTS STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT AIR POLLUTION, SUCH AS PURIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS, AN ACCOUNTING OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE PLACEMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIES, AND STRICT POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS WITH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. AN OUTLINE OF SOVIET AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION IS PROVIDED IN THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "FIGHT AGAINST AIR POLLUTION IN THE USSR." THIS CHAPTER ALSO DISCUSSES AIR POLLUTION MONITORING PROGRAMS IN LARGE CITIES AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND NOTES OTHER CURRENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES. OTHER CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON HUMAN HEALTH, THE EXTENT OF AIR POLLUTION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. ------- PAGE GENERAL ARGENTINA PH(B) AUSTRIA PM(A) NATIONAL REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC TO THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE HUHAN ENVIRONMENT SPANISH ALSO SE 00/00/72 PGS 1-26 IDt EPA 02711A THIS DOCDBENT IS THE REPORT OF THE ARGENTINE DELEGATION TO THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT HELD IN STOCKHOLM IN 1972. ALTHOUGH NO SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE INDICATED, THE REPORT PRESENTS BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND PROVIDES A SURVEY OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND STUDIES CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT IN ARGENTINA. SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE REPORT DISCUSS AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN BUENOS AIRES, HATER POLLUTION, SOIL POLLUTION AND RADIATION. IN THE SECOND PART OF THE REPORT, NATIONAL PROBLEMS REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF BILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION OF FOREST RESOURCES ARE DISCUSSED. "FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." AMTSKALENDES 1972 GERMAN 00/00/72 PGS 132-137 ID# 0 ESTERREICHISCHER EPA 02751A THIS PUBLICATION DETAILS THE STRUCTURE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GIVES A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FUNCTIONS OF EACH SECTION OR DIVISION. MAJOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS ARE LISTED FOR EACH SECTION AND SUBDIVISION GIVEN. SECTION 3 HAS SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS HELL AS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MATTERS RELATING TO FOODSTUFFS AND VETERINARY ACTIVITIES. DIVISION 3/0/1 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERAL COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, DIVISION 3/0/3 FOR AIR, WATER AND SOIL HYGIENE, AND DIVISION 3/0/4 FOR RADIATION PROTECTION. BOLIVIA PM(B) INFORMS NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA SOBRE EL MEDIO HUHANO (BOLIVIAN NATIONAL REPORT ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT) EPA SPANISH 05/00/71 PGS 1-24 ID# 027C9A ALSO SE THIS REPORT HAS PREPARED BY THE BOLIVIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERIOR RELATIONS AND CULTURE FOR PRESENTATION AT THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON THE HUHAN ENVIRONMENT HELD IN STOCKHOLM IN 1972. SECTION I OF THE REPORT OUTLINES BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC TENDENCIES, DISCUSSES THE RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN BOLIVIA, AND POINTS OUT ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFICIENCIES IMPEDING ADEQUATE LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION. SECTION II DEALS WITH THE PRESENT AND PROPOSED MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT, OFTEN IN COOPERATION HITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. THE REPORT CONTAINS FOUR TABLES SHOHING DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, HOUSING STATISTICS, HATER AND SEHAGE STATISTICS, AND THE AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF FOOD PER INDIVIDUAL. ------- PAGE GENERAL BULGARIA PM(B) CANADA SE( ) "PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." TEKHNICHESKO DELO STAHENOV, STAMEN BULGARIAN 05/07/75 PCS 1,5 IDI ALSO PHA HATER AIR EPA 02708A THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN BULGARIA. WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WATER PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BHICH PROCESS 11 CUBIC METERS PER SECOND OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. ALSO, A NUMBER OF DUST-PURIFYING INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WHICH CAPTURE ABOUT 500 TONS OF DUST YEARLY. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN 197U ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, AND EXAMPLES OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION REDUCTION IN SEVERAL CITIES ARE PROVIDED. IT IS FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MINISTRY OF FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WILL NOT APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS UNLESS THE NECESSARY ANTIPOLLUTION INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PLANS. "NEW POLLUTION CONTROL FUNDING PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA." ENVIRONMENT CANADA NEWS RELEASE CANADA. ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA ENGLISH OU/21/75 PCS 1-2 ID* 02735A THIS ENVIRONMENT CANADA NEWS RELEASE REPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF POLLUTION ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGY (DPAT) PROGRAM, UNDER WHICH COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW POLLUTION ABATEMENT METHODS WILL BE SHARED BY THE CANADIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SHARE EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS $30 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. TOP PRIORITIES ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE MOST SEVERE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS. MAJOR FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN GRANTING CONTRACTS UNDER THE PROGRAM ARE THE SEVERITY OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEM INVOLVED AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE DEVELOPED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY COULD BE APPLIED TO CANADA. ANY PROCESSES OR CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED WITH DPAT ASSISTANCE ARE TO BE MADE FREELY AVAILABLE IN CANADA. DENMARK PM(A) "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING." NO. 2/1974 DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DANISH 05/00/75 PCS 1-U8 VEJLEDNING FRA MILJOSIYRELSEN, ID# EPA 02728A THESE INSTRUCTIONS, ISSUED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, CONTAIN GUIDELINES DESIGNED TO ASSIST MUNICIPAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES IN CARRYING OUT THE PLANNING TASKS ASSIGNED TO THEM UNDER THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION. THE GUIDELINES CONSIDER HOW ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED PLANNING CAN BE UTILIZED WITH REGARD TO NEW ENTERPRISES OR INSTALLATIONS IN ORDER TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING: WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AND PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION OF THE AIR; AND NOISE FROM INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS, ROADS AND AIRPORTS. THE GUIDELINES DO NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF MATTERS SUCH AS THE LOCATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY PLANTS, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ASPECT OF NATIONAL LEVEL PLANNING, NOR DO THEY DIRECTLY APPLY TO EXISTING ENTERPRISES OR ACTIVITIES WHICH HAY BE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT. ------- PAGE GENERAL DENMARK SE( DENMARK SE( } AFSKRIVNING AF MILJOINVESTERINGER (WRITE-OFFS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS) DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA DANISH 03/00/7U PCS 1-72 ID# 02730A THIS PUBLICATION REPORTS THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF A COMMITTEE SET OP BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY IN NOVEMBER 1973 TO STUDY THE AREA OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES. THE REPORT EVALUATES PRESENT DANISH TAX RELIEF REGULATIONS, PRESENTS A LIST OF TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS AVAILABLE FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN VARIOUS TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, CONSIDERS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES EMPLOYED ABROAD, AND PRESENTS RESULTS OF A 1973 SURVEY ON THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT IN DANISH INDUSTRY. HITH REGARD TO TAX RELIEF, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THO SYSTEMS: A CHANGE IN THE PRESENT GENERAL TAX WEITE-OFF LAW TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF WRITE-OFF ALLOWED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS, AND THE PREPARATION OF A NEW LAW WHICH WOULD ALLOW TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR SUCH INVESTMENTS AS WELL AS THE PRESENT TAX WRITE-OFF. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE LATTER COURSE BECAUSE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT FEELS THAT A LAW DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. "INDUSTRIES PROPOSE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR COMBATING POLLUTION." BERLINGSKE TIDENDE TORNQVIST, PALLE EPA DANISH 12/23/7U PCS 5 IDf 02752A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE FEDERATION OF DANISH INDUSTRIES INTENDS TO PROPOSE A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR DANISH INDUSTRIAL PLANTS INSTALLING POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW. ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FEDERATION THE SUBSIDY SYSTEM HOULD RESEMBLE THAT WHICH HAS OPERATED IN SWEDEN AND WOULD SUPPLY FROM 25 TO 75 PERCENT OF THE COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS. UNTIL NOW ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS ON THE PART OF INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED THROUGH TAX WRITE-OFFS AND LOW INTEREST LOANS. THE SPOKESMAN STATED THAT THE TWO MAJOR PURPOSES OF THE SUBSIDIES WOULD BE TO REMEDY THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN DENMARK AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BOTH NEW AND EXISTING PLANTS TO OBSERVE THE CONDITIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION HAS WORSENED SINCE THE LAW WAS DRAWN UP AND FURTHER MENTIONED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MUST CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF ANTIPOLLUTION COSTS ON THE COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF AN INDUSTRY. FRANCE LR(B) "DRAFT LAW STRENGTHENS REGULATION OF 'POLLUTING' INDUSTRIES." LE MONDE EPA FRENCH 05/09/75 PCS 8 ID* 0275HA AIR THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THE APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF A DRAFT LAW ON DANGEROUS, UNHEALTHY OR NUISANCE-PRODUCING INSTALLATIONS. IF ENACTED, THIS LAW WOULD SUPERSEDE THE DECEMBEE 19, 1917 LAW AND EXTEND ITS SCOPE OF APPLICATION TO ALL INSTALLATIONS WHOSE OPERATION COULD BE JUDGED TO CONSTITUTE A DANGER OR A NUISANCE. THE DRAFT LAW ALSO BROADENS THE AREAS OF INTEREST TO WHICH PROTECTION IS EXTENDED, ADDING TO THE PROTECTION OF SECURITY, SALUBRITY AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, THE PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION, EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS ARE GENERALLY STRENGTHENED BY STIFFENING THOSE PROVISIONS DEALING WITH PENAL SANCTIONS. ------- GENERAL FRANCE PN(A) PAGE 10 "RESEARCH COUNCIL TO COORDINATE STUDIES ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE." LE MONDE DOEST, JEAN EPA FRENCH 04/2V75 PGS 34 ID# 02712A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THE CREATION OF A COUNCIL OF TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WITHIN THE MINISTRY FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE COUNCIL WILL COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SEVEN COMMITTEES IN THE MINISTRY DEALING WITH: AIR POLLUTION; HATER; SOLID BASTES; THE CONTAMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; LIVING SPACES; AND THE FLORA AND FAUNA. HR. JEAN DORST, WHO WILL HEAD THE COUNCIL, DEFINES HIS OBJECTIVES FOR THE COUNCIL IN THIS ARTICLE. ITS ROLE WILL INCLUDE INITIATING AND GUIDING RESEARCH, FUNCTIONING AS AN ADVISORY BODY, AND, BY ASSEMBLING EXPERTS FROM A WIDE PANGE OF FIELDS, ALLOWING THB SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD BY THE GOVERNMENT. FRANCE PM(A) "DISTILLERS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO REDUCE THEIR NUISANCES." LE FIGARO BIETRY, MICHELE EPA FRENCH 03/06/75 PGS 10 ID# 02738A *WATER GREAT BRITAIN IR(B) POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1974 00/00/7U PGS 1-15 SOLID WASTE AIR ENGLISH ALSO PMB WATER ID* EPA 02U82C NOISE THIS EDITION OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF COVENTRY, CONSIDERS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BRITISH CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974 AS WELL AS TWO PUBLICATIONS OF THE CENTRAL UNIT ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST SECTION ENUMERATES THE AUTHORITIES, WHICH, UNDER THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT, ARE ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITY FOR WASTE DISPOSAL ON LAND, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, NOISE ABATEMENT, AND CONTROL OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. THE SECOND SECTION CONSIDERS WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AS REVEALED IN THE REPORT "MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM," WHILE THE THIRD SECTION SUMMARIZES THE FINDINGS ABOUT LEAD AS CONTAINED IN THE PUBLICATION "LEAD IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO MAN." ------- PAGE 11 GENERAL ISRAEL PH(A) ITALY PM(B) "KNESSET COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 1, NO. 2 ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA ENGLISH 06/00/74 PGS 2 ID* 02720A THIS ARTICLE NOTES THE ESTABLISHMENT IN JANUARY 1974 OF A COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND ECOLOGY IN THE ISRAELI KNESSET (PARLIAMENT). COMPOSED OF 17 MEMBERS, THE COMMITTEE'S FUNCTIONS ARE THE INVESTIGATION OF MATTERS PASSED ON TO IT BY THE KNESSET AND THE FORMULATION AND APPROVAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION. THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPED FROM THE NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 1970 BY KNESSET MEMBERS TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. "ECOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ITALIAN REGIONS." QUADRANTS ZAGARESE, EZIO EPA ITALIAN 03/15/75 PGS tt5-<*6 IDt 027U6A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ITALY HAS GENERALLY BEEN A REGIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN IN THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION, WHERE A WIDE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AS A RESULT OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF POLLUTION IN THE AREA. THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY ENCOMPASSED AIR, HATER AND LAND POLLUTION, CONCENTRATING ON THE EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE, THE CONTAMINATION OF MARINE, SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS, AS WELL AS THE GENERATION OF SOLID WASTES WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES. THIS RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO A MODIFICATION OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL METHODS THROUGH A NEW PROGRAM OF RESTORATION WHICH IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN A SERIES OF STEPS. AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM FOR THE RECLAMATION AND PROTECTION OF GREEN SPACES, BEGUN BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN 1973 WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRST NATURAL PARK, HAS ALREADY REACHED COMPLETION. NETHERLANDS PM(B) MILIEU IN RIJNMOND (THE ENVIRONMENT IN RIJNMOND) HAZELHINKEL, F. DUTCH 01/00/75 PGS 1-32 AIR NOISE ID* EPA 02731A THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS A GENERAL SURVEY OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND CONSIDERS MEASURES TAKEN TO COMBAT THEM WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPRAMUNICIPAL RIJNMOND PUBLIC AUTHORITY, WHICH INCLUDES ROTTERDAM, THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE NETHERLANDS. INCLUDED ARE A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF RIJNMOND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES, AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHIEF AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN THE RIJNBOND AREA, AND A SURVEY OF THE ANTIPOLLUTION ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE RIJNMOND. IN THIS LAST SECTION, SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEM AND TO THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR POLLUTION EMERGENCY. MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH NOISE PROBLEMS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. ------- PAGE 12 GENERAL NETHERLANDS PH(B) NORWAY LR (B) CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE RIJNMOND. RIJNMOND PUBLIC AUTHORITY DUTCH PGS 1-58 ANNUAL REPORT 1973 EPA ID# 02755A THIS REPORT OF THE CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (CEMSR) OF THE SUPRAMUNICI PAL RIJNMOND PUBLIC AUTHORITY NOT ONLY COVERS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 1973 BUT ALSO INCLUDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE CEMSR AND INFORMATION DEALING KITH ACTIVITIES IN YEARS PRIOR TO 1973. VARIOUS SECTIONS DEAL WITH: THE HISTORY AND OVERALL ORGANIZATION OF THE CEMSR; THE WORK OF THE CEMSR LABORATORY AND THE AIR AND NOISE MONITORING FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION; THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CEMSR DIVISIONS CONCERNED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1970 AIR POLLUTION LAW AND THE LAW ON NUISANCES; AND THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. GRAPHS, TABLES, CHARTS AND MAPS ACCOMPANY THE TEXT. AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IS ALSO INCLUDED. "NORWEGIANS CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MODELED AFTER U.S." DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM, AMEMBASSY OSLO, NO. A-057 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EPA ENGLISH 03/18/75 PGS 1 ID# 02736A THIS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AIRGRAM REPORTS THAT THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT IS PRESENTLY CONSIDERING NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE FEAPURES OF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. IN CONTRAST TO PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, THE NEW LEGISLATION, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WOULD PROVIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS AND THE EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. THE MINISTRY IS ALSO CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A SPECIAL BOARD FOR CITIZEN ACTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS RATHER THAN USING THE REGULAR COURT SYSTEM. THE LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD AFFECT MAJOR PROJECTS SUCH AS POWER DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AIRPORTS AND MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED IN LATE 1975 OR EARLY 1976. ROMANIA LR(A) "MARCH 2, 1974 DECREE ESTABLISHING THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." BULETINUL OFICIAL AL REPUBLICII SOCIALISTS ROMANIA, NO. 31 EPA ROMANIAN 03/09/71* PGS 2-4 IDt 02756A ALSO PHA THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE COUNCIL OF STATE OF ROMANIA, ESTABLISHES THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE COUNCIL IS HEADED BY AN EXECUTIVE BUREAU AND CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: 1) COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF AIR AND PROTECTION AGAINST NOISE; 2) COMMITTEE FOR WATER PROTECTION; 3) COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF SOIL AND SUBSOIL; 4} COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF FLORA, FAUNA AND NATURE RESERVES; AND 5) COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN HABITATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE COUNCIL IS TO RESOLVE GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MATTERS, AND IT MAY CALL UPON THE SERVICES OF SPECIALISTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH. AN APPENDIX TO THE DECREE CONTAINS THE NAMES AND TITLES OF THE EIGHTY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE OFFICERS OF WHICH ARE A PRESIDENT, VICE-PRBSIDENT AND SECRETARY. ------- GENERAL SWEDEN PM(B) PAGE 13 "WORLD'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL DATA BANK PROPOSED IN SWEDEN." NO. 10 ENGLISH 09/00/73 PGS 1-8 ID* CURRENT SWEDEN EPA 02725A THIS LEAFLET DISCUSSES STUDIES AND PROPOSALS FOR SWEDEN'S PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM OR DATA BANK, ABBREVIATED MI FOR ITS SWEDISH INITIALS. THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO EXISTING PLANS, WOULD STORE AIP, HATER AND OTHER TYPES OF POLLUTION DATA REQUIPED UNDER THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT, PHARMACEUTICALS, HARMFUL PRODUCTS IN FOODSTUFFS, POISONS, DRINKING WATER SAMPLINGS, AND POSSIBLY RADIATION. FOR SOME DATA ONLY REFERENCES AS TO WHERE THE MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE WOULD BE STORED. THE FINDINGS OF WATER RIGHTS COURTS OR OF RESEARCH PROJECTS MIGHT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. IF APPROVED, THE PROJECT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN STAGES THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S. THE FIRST STAGE WOULD COLLECT DATA FROM INDUSTRY ON AIP AND WATER POLLUTION, THE SECOND, INFORMATION ABOUT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND STUDIES. THE PROJECT COULD BEGIN TO BE DEVELOPED IN JULY 197U IF ACCEPTED. EASE OF USE WOULD BE A PRIMARY GOAL. SWEDEN SE( ) "ENERGY - SHOFTAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN." PLANNING IN SWEDEN, NO. 47 EMMELIN, LARS ENGLISH 01/00/7U PGS 1-7 ALSO PflB AND LPB *AIH WATEP CURRENT SWEDEN: ENVIRONMENTAL EPA ID# 02726A LAND USE DENMARK LR(A) LOV OM LANDS- 06 REGIONPLANLAEGNING (JUNE 13, 1973 LAW ON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING) EPA DANISH 06/13/73 PGS 1-3 ID* 02737A THIS LAW IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PHYSICAL PLANNING NECESSARY TO ENSURE 1) THAT NATIONAL LAND AND OTHER RESOURCES ARE EXPLOITED IN A MANNER WHICH TAKES THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE SOCIETY INTO CONSIDERATION; 2) THAT LAND IS USED IN SDCH A WAY AS TO PREVENT AIR, WATER OR LAND POLLUTION AS WELL AS NOISE NUISANCES AND THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OUT IN AREAS SEPARATED FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS; 3) THAT INDIVIDUAL MEASURES ARE COORDINATED IN A FRAMEWORK OF ECONOMIC SOCIAL PLANNING. NATIONAL PLANNING IS ASSIGNED TO THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT (FORMERLY THE BUILDING SINISTER), WHO IS AUTHOPIZED TO UNDERTAKE THE RESEARCH NECESSARY FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND MAY ENJOIN PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES TO PRODUCE INFORMATION FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE LAW REQUIRES PROVINCIAL COUNCILS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, TO PRODUCE REGIONAL PLANS AND SPECIFIES THE CONTENTS OF SUCH PLANS. ------- PAGE 1ft LAND USE FRANCE IR(B) ISRAEL PH(B) "THE PROTECTION OP NATURE: CREATION OP A SHORELINE CONSERVANCY." LE MONDE EPA FRENCH 04/27/75 PCS 7 ID* 02745A THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S ADOPTION OF A DRAFT LAH DEALING HITH THE CREATION OF AN AGENCY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SHORELINE AREAS HHICH HOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF SHORELINE PROTECTION HITH REGARD TO NATURAL AREAS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ECOLOGICAL BALANCE. COMMENTARY ON THE BILL BY THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES IS PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE ALONG HITH THE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY. THE FINAL DRAFT APPROVED BY THE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTED A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE BILL PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE SENATE. "NATIONAL PLANNING - POLICY AND REALITY." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT B.ULLETIN, VOL. 1, NO. 3 ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA ENGLISH 09/00/74 >GS 3 ID* 02722A ALSO LRB THIS ARTICLE NOTES NATIONAL LAND-USE PLANS BEING PREPARED IN ISRAEL IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1965 PLANNING AND BUILDING LAH. THESE PLANS INCLUDE: 1) SITING OF NOXIOUS INDUSTRIES; 2) DEVELOPMENT OF THE COASTAL STRIP; 3) MASTER PLAN FOR LAKE KINNEEET DRAINAGE BASIN; 4) LOCATION OF GARBAGE DISPOSAL SITES AND CLASSIFICATION OF GARBAGE; AND 5) PLAN FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE RESERVES. SWITZERLAND LR(A) LOI FEDERALE SUP L'AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE DU ft OCTOBRE 197ft (OCTOBER ft, 1974 FEDERAL LAW ON LAND USE) EPA FRENCH 10/14/74 PGS 1-21 ID* 02713A PROVIDED FOR IN THE 71 ARTICLES OF THE OCTOBER 4, 1974 FEDERAL LAH ON LAND USE IS THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL ZONING OF LAND, AS HELL AS THE COORDINATION OF EFFORTS BY THE CANTONS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AMONG THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CANTONS AF.E THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL PLANS TO GOVERN THE UTILIZATION OF TERRITORY. ZONES PROVIDED FOE IN THE LAH INCLUDE AREAS DESIGNATED FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY AREAS, RECREATIONAL AND PROTECTED AREAS, AS HELL AS AREAS HITHOUT SPECIAL PURPOSE. LOCAL PLANNING IN THE AREAS OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES IS ALSO COVERED. THROUGH THE CREATION OF A LAND-USE OFFICE, THE CONFEDERATION IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION. (THE PROMULGATION OF THIS LAH HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY THE ACTION OF THE SHISS FEDERAL COUNCIL.) ------- PAGE 15 LAND USE DSSE LR(B) NOISE BRAZIL LR(B) "A SINGLE ACT FOR REGULATION OF LAND USAGE." IZVESTIYA EPA ID* 02723A RUSSIAN 04/09/75 PGS 3 THIS ARTICLE NOTES PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR "ON THE ISSUANCE TO LAND UTILIZERS OF STATE ACTS REGARDING REGULATION OF LAND USE." THESE NEW ACTS WILL INCORPORATE LAND-USE REGULATIONS INTO ONE FRAMEWORK TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE REGIONAL (CITY) COUNCILS WILL PROMULGATE THE STATE ACTS, AND THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE USSR WILL SUPERVISE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTS, ALONG WITH THE COUNCILS OF MINISTERS OF THE FEDERATED REPUBLICS. "NOCTURNAL QUIET." VEJA PORTUGUESE ALSO PMB 02/26/75 PGS 55 EPA ID* 0271UA THIS MAGAZINE ARTICLE REPORTS ON SOME OF THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF AIRCRAFT NOISE ON RESIDENTS NEAR CONGONHAS AIRPORT IN SAO PAULO AND STATES THAT THE BRAZILIAN AIR MINISTRY WILL PROHIBIT, BEGINNING IN MARCH 1975, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS OVER THE AIRPORT BETWEEN 10 P.B. AND 6 A.M. THE FLIGHTS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT CAN BE EASILY RESCHEDULED DURING THE DAY. THE MEASURE IS SEEN TO REPRESENT A .POSITIVE REACTION TO THE GROWING CONCERN OVER HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY NOISE IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS PLANNED TO DIMINISH THE DAYTIME NOISE GENERATED AT CONGONHAS BY REROUTING DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TO THE PROPOSED CUMBICA AIRPORT IN 1980. HOWEVER, THE BRAZILIAN SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT BELIEVES THAT THE CUMBICA SITE IS ALREADY TOC DENSELY POPULATED TO ADEQUATELY CONTEND WITH THE NOISE OF AIRPORT ACTIVITIES AND HAS RECCMMENDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AIRPORT AT COTIA, 30 KILOMETERS FROM SAO PAULO. GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(A) MARCH 15, 1974 LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT CAUSED BY AIP POLLUTION, NOISE, VIBRATION AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA (FEDERAL IMMISSION CONTROL LAW) GERMANY,FED REP OF. MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA ENGLISH PGS 1-7ft ID* 02033H *AIR ------- PAGE 16 NOISE GERMANY,FED REP OF LB(A) GERMANY,FED REP OF LR(B) "JULY 16, 1968 TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOE PROTECTION AGAINST NOISE." SUPPLEMENT TO BUNDESANZEIGER NO. 137 OF JULY 26, 1968 EPA GERMAN 07/26/68 PGS 1-16 ID* 02727A THESE GUIDELINES, WHICH APPLY TO INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS REQUIRING PERMITS UNDER THE 1960 FACTORY ORDINANCE, CONTAIN REGULATIONS TO BE UTILIZED BY NOISE PROTECTION AUTHORITIES IN 1) APPROVING APPLICATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OR ALTERATION OF AN INSTALLATION OR 2) IMPOSING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS INVOLVING PLANT EQUIPMENT OR OPERATIONS. MAJOR SECTIONS DEAL HITH PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS; PRESENT UPPER LIMIT STANDARDS FOR BOTH DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME NOISE LEVELS FOR SEVEN TYPES OF AREAS, RANGING FROM EXCLUSIVELY INDUSTRIAL (70 DB(A) AT ALL TIMES) TO HOSPITAL ZONES (DAYS 45 DB(A) , NIGHTS 35 DB(A)); AND PRESCRIBE METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOP DETERMINING NOISE LEVEL. IN CONSIDERING POSSIBILITIES FOR NOISE LEVEL REDUCTION, IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES ARE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE PRESENT STATE OF NOISE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL POSSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTROL MEASURES IN INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. "ARE THE REGULATIONS A FAILURE?" UMWELT: FORSCHUNG, GESTALTUNG, SCHUTZ, NO. 2 HAEBERLE, MANFRED EPA GERMAN 04/00/75 PGS 26-30 ID* 02727B THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES WEAKNESSES OF IHE NOISE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE "JULY 26, 1968 TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTION AGAINST NOISE." THE AUTHOR, AN EMISSIONS MONITORING OFFICIAL FOR A WEST GERMAN CHEMICAL FIRM, POINTS OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE GUIDELINES CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF NOISE ON PERSONS, THEY FAIL TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE FACTOR OF NOISE PROPAGATION AND ONLY INDIRECTLY DEAL WITH NOISE SOURCES. HE ALSO ARGUES THAT THE NIGHT NOISE LEVEL OF 35 DB (A) FOR STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS UNREALISTIC, FAILING, FOE EXAMPLE, TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF AUTOMOBILE NOISE. A PROPOSED REVISION OF THE GUIDELINES INCORPORATING THESE FEATURES IS PRESENTED. THE ARTICLE ALSO CONTAINS A TABLE COMPARING NOISE REGULATIONS IN WEST GERMANY HITH THOSE OF OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, AS HELL AS A SET OF "RULES FOE GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS," WHICH APE DESIGNED TO HELP PLANT OPERATORS RESTRICT NOISE PROCEEDING FROM INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. GREAT BRITAIN LR(B) POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1974 ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-15 ALSO PHB *GENERAL HATER SOLID WASTE AIR EPA ID* 02482C ------- NOISE JA PA N PH(B) PAGE 17 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 1975 EPA ENGLISH 03/00/75 PGS 1-88 ID* 02740A ALSO SE AND ST *AIE HATER JAPAN SE( ) "JET PASSENGERS HILL PAY NOISE POLLUTION FEE." JAPAN TIHES EPA ENGLISH 05/08/75 PGS 3 ID* 02710 A THIS SHORT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REPORTS THAT IN ORDER TO COLLECT FUNDS TO FINANCE COUNTERMEASUBES TO JET NOISE, THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT MINISTRY INTENDS, BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 1975, TO LEVY A SPECIAL CHARGE OF 600 YEN ON PASSENGERS OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS HHICH USE CERTAIN JAPANESE AIRPORTS. THESE AIRPORTS ARE KUSHIRO, CHITOSE, HAKODATE, MISAHA, SENDAI, NIIGATA, TOKYO, NAGOYA, KOMATSU, OSAKA, MATSOYAMA, FUKOOKA, MIYAZAKI, KUMAHOTO, OITA, KAGOSHIMA, NAGASAKI AND NAHA. SINCE INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS HIIL BE AFFECTED, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS MEASURE HILL RAISE SOME CONTROVERSY IN INTERNATIONAL AVIATION CIRCLES. NETHERLANDS PM(B) MILIEU IN RIJNMOND (THE ENVIRONMENT IN RIJNMOND) HAZELHINKEL, F. DUTCH 01/00/75 PGS 1-32 "GENERAL AIR EPA ID* 02731A SWEDEN PM(B) VAD AR BULLEP? (WHAT IS NOISE?) SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD SWEDISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-16 EPA ID* 027U7A THIS BOOKLET BRIEFLY DEFINES NOISE AND ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OTHER EFFECTS. SOURCES OF NOISE INCLUDE TRAFFIC, AIRCRAFT, INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION. NOISE MAY BE COUNTERACTED TECHNOLOGICALLY AT THE SOURCE, BY PLANNING TO LIMIT ITS NUISANCE VALUE, AND BY INSULATING PERSONS AGAINST ITS EFFECTS. LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN SWEDEN TO CONTROL NOISE INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT, PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES, AND BUILDING, TRAFFIC AND NATURE CONSERVANCY LEGISLATION. A DIAGRAM IDENTIFIES AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR NOISE CONTROL AT ALL LEVELS. AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, INDIVIDUALS MAY TURN TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEES, POLICE, AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEES. AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BOARDS AND REAL ESTATE COURTS OFFER AID. A FINAL CHART LISTS GUIDELINES FOR RECOMMENDED NOISE LEVELS IN INDUSTRY AND FROM TRAFFIC, EXPRESSED IN DECIBEL A UNITS. GUIDELINES FOR TRAFFIC NOISE IN VARIOUS TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS STEH FROM SUGGESTIONS OF THE NATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD. ------- PAGE 18 PESTICIDES DENMARK LB(A) RADIATION FBANCE LE(B) BEKENDT60P.ELSE OM OMSAETNING OG ANVENDELSE OF KVIKSOLV HOLDIGE BEKAEMPELSEMIDLER (REGULATION ON MARKETING AND USE OF MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES FOR STAINING GRAIN AND SEED) EPA DANISH 11/28/73 PGS 1-2 ID# Q1HUHC THIS REGULATION, MADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE BAY 3, 1961 LAW ON POISONS AND SUBSTANCES HARMFUL TO HEALTH, DEALS WITH MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES USED TO STAIN GRAIN AND SEED AS A PROTECTIVE MEASURE AGAINST FUNGUS. IT RESTRICTS THE USE OF SUCH SUBSTANCES TO THE TREATMENT OF SEEDS AND PLANTS DESIGNATED FOR SEED PRODUCTION, REQUIRES A PERMIT FOB THEIR PURCHASE OR USE, REQUIRES THAT BOOKS BE KEPT BY BOTH USERS AND PRODUCERS, SPECIFIES THE MANNER IN WHICH PLANTS AND SEEDS TREATED WITH MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES ARE TO BE STORED AND PACKAGED, FORBIDS THE USE OF SUCH SEEDS OR PLANTS FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION, AND PROVIDES FOR PENALTIES FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE REGULATION. THE CHEMICAL CONTROL BOARD IS GIVEN AUTHORITY TO ENTER AND INSPECT PREMISES WHERE SUCH PESTICIDES ARE IN USE AND TO REMOVE SAMPLES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. "RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY NECESSITATES STRENGTHENING OF SECURITY." LE MONDE LAVALLAF.D, JEAN-LOUIS EPA FRENCH 05/U/75 PGS 17 ID# 02748A ALSO PHB THIS ARTICLE ANLYSES THE METHODS WHICH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS PRESENTLY EMPLOYING TO INSURE COHPLIANCE WITH NUCLEAR SECURITY REGULATIONS. A COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH SYSTEMS OF CONTROL IS USED BY THE AUTHOR TO POINT OUT THE RELATIVE LAXITY OF THE FRENCH SYSTEM, WHICH EXERCISES ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS OVER NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS AND LACKS THE MEANS OF IMPOSING LEGAL SANCTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM HAS THUS FAR PROVED EFFECTIVE, ITS CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS IS QUESTIONED BY THE AUTHOR IN VIEW OF THE ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. FRANCE "FOE A CENTRALIZATION OF CONTROL." LE MONDE FRENCH 05/14/75 PGS 17 EPA IDf 02750A THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS FRENCH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULATION AND CCNTROL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. THE SEVEN AGENCIES CITED BY THE AUTHOR EXERCISE CONTROLS WHICH ARE STATED TO BE ESSENTIALLY ADMINISTRATIVE. THE METHODS OF CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE ARE DESCRIBED AS SIMILAR TO THOSE EMPLOYED FOR OTHEB FORMS OF POLLUTION IN THAT THE BURDEN OF THE ANTI-POLLUTION FIGHT RESTS WITH THE OWNER OF THE INSTALLATION AND GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE IS SELDOM EXTENDED TO THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS OF THE INSTALLATIONS. THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE VARIOUS AGENCIES AND THE ABSENCE OF STRICT CONTROL MEASURES ARE REPORTED TO BE GENERATING ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CREATION OF A SINGLE CENTRAL AGENCY VESTED WITH REAL POWERS AND CAPABLE OF IMPOSING CONSTRAINTS. ------- SOLID HASTE GEEAT BFITAIN LR(B) PAGE 19 POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1974 ENGLISH 00/00/7U PGS 1-15 ALSO PMB *GENEEAL WATER NOISE AIR EPA IDf 02482C TOXIC SOBS DENMARK PM(B) "PCB AND THE ENVIRONMENT: STATEMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE PARLIAMENT." NYT FRA MILJOSTYRELSEN, NO. 12-197U DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA DANISH 09/09/74 PGS 1-12 ID* 02733A ALSO LRB THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE DANISH PARLIAMENT, CONSIDERS BOTH LEGAL AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN REGULATIN3 THE MARKETING AND USE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS). VARIOUS SECTIONS CONSIDER: THE NATURE, HISTORY AND TOXICITY OF PCBS; PCBS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; THE REGULATION OF PCBS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONALLY; THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF PCBS IN DENMARK; AND THE LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR THE REGULATION OF PCBS IN DENMARK. THE CONCLUDING SECTION DISCUSSES THE FEATURES NECESSARY FOR AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE, USE, PACKAGING, LABELING AND DISPOSAL OF PCBS. AN ORDINANCE EMBODYING THESE FEATURES, TO BE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW, IS PRESENTLY BEING PREPARED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. DENMARK PM(B) "PREPAREDNESS FOR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ON LAND." VEJLEDNING FRA MILJOSTYRELSEN, NO. 8/74 DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA DANISH 11/00/74 PGS 1-19 ID# 02734A THESE INSTRUCTIONS, DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY THE DANISH NATIONAL FIRE INSPECTORATE, THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY, THE DANISH SALVAGE CORPS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ARE DIRECTED TO THOSE AUTHORITIES, PARTICULARLY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS INVOLVING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL .WITH: THE AUTHORITIES WHICH WOULD BE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATIONS; THE IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES; THE TYPES OF EMERGENCIES WHICH MIGHT OCCUR; THE ROLE OF THE FIRE AUTHORITIES IN DIRECTING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS; THE ALAFM SYSTEM TO BE EMPLOYED; AND THE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING AN EMERGENCY. THIS LAST SECTION PRESENTS A THPEE-STAGE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT. CONCLUDING SECTIONS DEAL WITH CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH AN EMERGENCY CAN BE DECLARED AT AN END AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPENSES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. ------- PAGE 20 TOXIC SUBS SWITZERLAND LR(B) LEGISLATION SUISSE SUE LES TOXIQOES (SWISS LEGISLATION ON TOXIC SUBSTANCES) SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA FRENCH 00/00/74 PGS 1-5 IDt 01321F THIS REPORT FROM THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DESCRIBES THE CONTENTS OF THE MARCH 21, 1969 FEDERAL LAW ON TOXIC SUBSTANCES, WHICH ENTERED INTO EFFECT ON APPIL 1, 1974. DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LAW AS WELL AS ITS LEGAL BASES IN THE CONSTITUTION AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION. ALSO DISCUSSED IN A SECTION ON PROTECTION MEASURES ARE THE CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES AND THE GRANTING OF TRADE AUTHORIZATIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMER. A FINAL SECTION CONSIDERS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS LAW ON THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL LEVELS. USSR LR(B) "HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - THE COMPONENTS OF EFFLUENTS FROM TEXTILE INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 10 KORDYSH, E. A. AND M. M. RATPAN EPA RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 16-20 ID* 02716A ALSO ST *WATEB HA TEE BULGARIA LR(A) "REGULATIONS ON SANITARY PROTECTION ZONES NEAR WATER SOURCES AND WATER SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS." D'RZHAVEN VESTNIK, NO. 24 EPA BULGARIAN 03/26/74 PGS 3-5 ID* 01386B THESE REGULATIONS, ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE APRIL 5, 1969 WATER LAW BY THE BULGARIAN MINISTRIES OF BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE, NATIONAL HEALTH, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION, AND FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ESTABLISH SANITARY PROTECTION ZONES AROUND SOURCES OF WATER USED FOR DRINKING AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND AROUND WATER-SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE WATER QUALITY. SECTION I OF THE REGULATIONS PROVIDES GENERAL DEFINITIONS FOR THE SANITARY PROTECTION ZONES, LABELED ZONES "A" AND "B," AND LISTS ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE PROHIBITED IN EACH ZONE. IN THE ENSUING SECTIONS, MORE SPECIFIC DELINEATIONS APE PROVIDED FOR ZONES "A" AND "B" WITH REGARD TO THE PROTECTION OF RIVERS, LAKES, RESERVOIRS, SPRINGS, GROUNDWATER, AND INSTALLATIONS IN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS. A DETERMINATION OF POINTS OF INSPECTION FOR SURFACE WATERS AND GROUNDWATER IS CONTAINED IN SECTION IX. ------- HATED BULGARIA PM(B) PAGE 21 "PROBLEMS OP ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." TEKHNICHESKO DELO STAMENOV, STAMEN BULGARIAN 05/07/75 PCS 1,5 IDI ALSO PHA *GENEPAL AIR EPA 02708A CHINA,REPUBLIC OF PM(B) "HATER AND AIR POLLUTION IN TAIWAN." SELTA, ROGER MARK ENGLISH 01/00/75 PGS ALSO SE AIR JOURNAL OF DEVELOPING AREAS, VOL. EPA 177-202 IDt 027U9A THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES IN DEPTH THE GROWING PROBLEMS OF AIR AND WATER POLLUTION IN TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA), THE ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS, AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE COUNTRY. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, INADEQUATE WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND FERTILIZER-USE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXCESSIVE POLLUTION OF LIMITED WATER RESOURCES. INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION AND MOTOR VEHICLES ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF AIR POLLUTION. THESE PROBLEMS ARE FURTHER AGGRAVATED BY INCREASING POPULATION, ECONOMIC ATTITUDES AND SLOW CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW BEGINNING TO CONFRONT POLLUTION PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EXISTING LAWS. THE ARTICLE IS AMPLY FOOTNOTED AND CONTAINS NINE TABLES SHOWING WATER QUALITY COMPARISONS, AIR POLLUTION DATA, AND STATISTICS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. DENMARK PB(B) SPILDEVANDS RENSNING 1972/1982 (WASTEWATER PURIFICATION 1972/1982) DENMARK. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA DANISH OU/00/7H PGS 1-63 IDf 02732A THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS THE FINDINGS OF A 1972 DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SURVEY AIMED AT ASSESSING THE PRESENT WATER PURIFICATION SITUATION IN DENMARK AND ASCERTAINING PLANS FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA UP TO 1982. INITIAL SECTIONS CONSIDER: GENERAL ASPECTS OF DANISH WASTEWATER PROBLEMS; VARIOUS PRESENT AND FUTURE WASTEWATER SOURCES; THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR WATERS INTO WHICH DISCHARGES ARE MADE; PRESENT AND PROJECTED WASTEWATER PURIFICATION LEVELS; PLANNED INVESTMENTS IN THIS AREA; THE MAXIMAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM; AND EFFLUENTS FROH FISH FARMS. THE PUBLICATION CONCLUDES WITH A PROVINCE-BY-PROVINCE SURVEY OF THE PRESENT AND PROJECTED WASTEWATER PURIFICATION SITUATION. MANY GRAPHS, CHARTS AND MAPS ACCOMPANY THE TEXT, AND A GROUP OF GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS DEALING WITH WASTEWATER PURIFICATION IS APPENDED. ------- PAGE 22 WATER FRANCE IE (B) FRANCE P«(A) "TEN YEARS FOR CLEANER WATER." LE HONDE FRENCH 05/07/75 PCS 34 EPA ID# 00441U THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PPOTECTION OF HATERS AND THE PERIODICAL "NUISANCES ET ENVIPONNEMENT," WHICH UNDERTOOK AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TEN YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE DECEMBER 16, 1964 HATER LAH IN FRANCE. MR. ANDRE JARROT, MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, POINTED OUT THAT FIVE OF THE LAW'S IMPLEMENTING DECREES, HHICH WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF "QUALITY OBJECTIVES" FOR EACH OF THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR RIVERS, HAD YET TO BE ADOPTED. THE MINISTER INDICATED THAT THE FIRST SUCH DECREE WOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ALONG WITH A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE FOUR REMAINING WATERWAYS. ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING WERE THE BASIN AGENCIES CREATED BY THE HATER LAW, WHICH HERE JUDGED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED POLLUTION. A BRIEF REVIEW OF THEIF ROLE AND FUNCTIONS IS INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE. "DISTILLERS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO REDUCE THEIR NUISANCES." LE FPGARO BIETRY, HICHELE EPA FRENCH 03/06/75 PCS 10 ID# 02738A GENERAL THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE BRANCH CONTRACT POLICY INSTITUTED BY THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE REDUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. INITIATED IN 1972 WITH THE PAPER AND PULP BRANCH OF INDUSTRY, THE POLICY GUARANTEES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO POLLUTING INDUSTRIES HHICH CONSENT TO AN 80 PERCENT REDUCTION OF THEIR POLLUTING DISCHARGES WITHIN A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. ASSISTANCE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF REDUCTIONS IN THE PAYMENT OF FEES TO THE WATER BASIN AUTHORITIES, AS HELL AS BY GRANTS GENERALLY AMOUNTING TO 10 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL INVESTMENTS NECESSITATED BY THE CONVERSIONS. AS A CONDITION OF THE CONTRACT NEW FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED TO CONFORM TO EXISTING STANDARDS. FOUR SUCH CONTRACTS HAVE THUS FAR BEEN ENDORSED. THE PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY, THE SUGAR MANUFACTURERS, AND MORE RECENTLY THE YEAST AND LEAVENING PRODUCERS ALONG HITH THE DISTILLING INDUSTRY HAVE ALL CONTRACTED TO REDUCE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. FRANCE PM(A) "MARSEILLES NATIVE TO THE AID OF LORRAINE." AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC FRENCH 05/07/75 PGS 34 LE MONDE EPA IDf 02753A IN ITS PORTRAIT OF MR. J.-C. SUZANNE, DIRECTOR OF THE RHINE-MEUSE HATER BASIN AGENCY, THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FUNCTIONS HHICH HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY THE FRENCH AGENCY SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1964. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1964 HATER LAH, THE RHINE-MEUSE AGENCY GUARANTEES THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE HATER SUPPLY FOR THE FARMERS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND MUNICIPALITIES OF EIGHT DEPARTMENTS IN THE EAST OF FRANCE. THE SOLE MEANS OF COMBATING POLLUTION ACCORDED TO THE AGENCY BY THE LAH IS THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTY FEES ON POLLUTERS. THE FUNDS THUS COLLECTED ARE IN TURN REDISTRIBUTED IN THE FORM OF LOANS OR SUBSIDIES TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL HASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. ACCORDING TO MR. SUZANNE, THE SERVICES PERFORMED BY THE AGENCY HAVE RESULTED IN A 14 PERCENT DECREASE IN POLLUTION SINCE 1968. ------- WATER GREAT BRITAIN LR(B) PAGE 23 POLLUTION PREVENTION PANEL NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1974 ENGLISH 00/00/7U PGS 1-15 ALSO PMB 'GENERAL NOISE SOLID HASTE AIR EPA ID* 02482C ISRAEL PH{B) "GOVERNMENT ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 1, NO. 2 ISRAEL. ENVIPONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA ENGLISH 06/00/74 PGS 2 ID* 02721A *AIR JAPAN PB(B) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 1975 EPA ENGLISH 03/00/75 PGS 1-88 ID* 027UOA ALSO SE AND ST *AIR NOISE POLA ND PM(B) "WHAT IS THE COST OF WATER?" TRYBUNA LUDU OLSZEWSKI, JERZY POLISH 05/05/75 PGS 5 ALSO PMA ID* EPA 027 17 A THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF INDUSTRIAL WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS IN POLAND. THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HATER PURIFICATION FACILITIES IS LARGELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUREAU CF PROJECTS OF HATER ECONOMY AND HASTE DISPOSAL ("BIPROWOD"). PLANS FOR ALL NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU, WHICH MUST THEN DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL METHOD FOR NEUTRALIZING WASTE DISCHARGES FROM THOSE PROCESSES. THEREFORE, NO NEW INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS MAY BE PUT INTO OPERATION WITHOUT A GUARANTEE OF AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF WASTE PURIFICATION. ALSO NOTED ARE THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF PURIFICATION FACILITIES BY WHICH WASTEHATER CAN BE RETURNED FOR RE-USE IN THE PRODUCTION CYCLE. IT IS PLANNED THAT BY 1990 EVERY INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT HILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A CLOSED SYSTEM OF WATER CIRCULATION MEETING REQUIRED SPECIFICATIONS. ------- PAGE WATER ROMANIA PM(B) "IS THE BLACK SEA CHANGING COLOR?" TEYBDNA LUDO GUZ, LEON POLISH 05/05/75 PGS 5 ID* EPA 027 18A THIS APTICLE CONCERNS POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES CARRIED OUT IN BLACK SEA HATERS OFF THE COAST OF ROMANIA. THE PURIFICATION PROCESSES FOR INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES INTO THE BLACK SEA IN THAT AREA ARE BRIEFLY NOTED. THE INSTITUTE OF MARITIME RESEARCH IN CONSTANTA (ROMANIA) KEEPS A DETAILED REGISTER OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF BLACK SEA POLLUTION, ALONG WITH THE METHODS OF POLLUTION PREVENTION. WITH REGARD TO POLLUTION FROM OIL SPILLS FROM SHIPS, BARRIERS ARE USED TO LOCALIZE THE SPILLS TO PREVENT THEM FROM SPREADING. ALSO, CHEMICAL PROCESSES ARE APPLIED TO LIQUIDATE THE HARMJUL EFFECTS OF SUCH ACCIDENTS. IN ROMANIAN BLACK SEA PORTS, ORDERS PROHIBIT THE POLLUTION OF PORT WATERS FROM VESSELS. VIOLATIONS OF SUCH ORDERS MAY RESULT IN FINES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SWEDEN LR(A) "JUNE 17, 197U ROYAL REGULATION EXTENDING VALIDITY OF REGULATION (1969:356) ON STATE SUBSIDY TO ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES IN INDUSTRY AND AMENDMENT." SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING EPA SWEDISH 06/17/74 PGS 1-2 ID* 02739B ALSO SB *AIR SWEDEN PB(B) "GUIDELINES FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF RECEIVING WATERS." PUBLIKATION 1972:9 SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD SWEDISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-72 STATENS NATURVARDSVERK ID* EPA 0272UA THIS BOOKLET, ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD, CONTAINS GUIDELINES ON HOW, WHEN AND WHERE TO TAKE SAMPLINGS IN RECEIVING WATERS, AND ON HOW TO REPORT AND EVALUATE RESULTS. IT IS INTENDED TO ASSIST HATER MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EXAMINATIONS. SUCH INVESTIGATIONS SERVE AS A CONTROL TO SPOT INCIPIENT POLLUTION, AID IN PREVENTING POLLUTION INCREASE, AND ALLOW DEGREE OF POLLUTION PRESENT TO BE ESTABLISHED. THE FIRST SECTION DETAILS PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ELEMENTS TO BE MEASURED AS WELL AS HYDROLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TO BE TAKEN. RECIPIENT TYPES, TYPES OF POLLUTION AND POLLUTION COMBINATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. A CHART INDICATES WHAT SORTS OF POLLUTION MAY EMANATE FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF PLANT (E.G., TOXIC SUBSTANCES FROM AN IRON OR STEEL WORKS). OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE GUIDELINES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLING IN VARIOUS TYPES OF RECIPIENT DURING THE YEAR AND FOR FIELDWORK METHODOLOGY. ------- PAGE 25 ATBB SWEDEN PB(B) "REPORT ON WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR SWEDISH SURFACE WATERS. SUMMARY." NATIONAL SWEDISH NATURE CONSERVANCY OFFICE PUBLICATION 1969: 1E SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA ENGLISH 00/00/69 PGS 1-9 ID* 027UUA THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS A SUMMARY IN ENGLISH OF A BOOKLET IN SWEDISH. IN THREE.APPENDIXES CHARTS INDICATE WATEE QUALITY CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AND WATER USED FOR SWIMMING AND FISHING. A FOURTH CHART PRESENTS A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A WATER BODY'S DEVIATION FROM THE "NATURAL" STATE, OR ITS DEGREE OF POLLUTION. WATER IS DESCRIBED AS UNPOLLUTED, SLIGHTLY POLLUTED, DISTINCTLY POLLUTED OR HEAVILY POLLUTED BASED ON A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CRITERIA. BACTERIOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CRITERIA ARE GIVEN FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AND SWIMMING WATERS. THESE CRITERIA WERE EVOLVED BY A COMMITTEE COMMISSIONED BY THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD AND ARE MEANT AS GUIDELINES IN NATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. AFTER FURTHER STUDY, THE BOARD WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUBLISH OFFICIAL STANDARDS. SWEDEN SE( "ENERGY - SHORTAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN." PLANNING IN SWEDEN, NO. U7 EMMELIN, LARS ENGLISH 01/00/7U PGS 1-7 ALSO PMB AND LPB *AIR GENERAL CURRENT SWEDEN: ENVIRONMENTAL ID* EPA 02726A SWEDEN SE( ) "STATE SUBSIDY FOR WATER AND AIR PSOTECTIVE MEASURES IN INDUSTRY." NATURVARDSVEPK PUBLIKATION 1969:11 SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA SWEDISH 00/00/69 PGS 1-12 ID* 02739A ALSO' PMB AND LRA *AIP STATENS SWEDEN SE( ) "STATE SUBSIDY FOR WASTEWATER PURIFICATION WORKS." PUBLIKATION 1968:V5 SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD SWEDISH 00/00/68 PGS 1-7 ALSO PMB STATENS NATURVARDSVERK ID* EPA 027U1A WITH THIS PUBLICATION, THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD (NEPB) OFFERS INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE APRIL 26, 1968 OEDINANCE ON STATE SUBSIDIES FOR SEWAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS. NEW INSTALLATIONS AS WELL AS ADDITIONS TO OR REMODELING OF EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS QUALIFY FOR THE GRANTS. GRANTS ARE INTENDED FOR MUNICIPAL OR OTHER PLANTS FOR WASTEWATEER PURIFICATION THAT MAY LEGALLY BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC. NEPB EXAMINES APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS AND ADMINISTERS THEM. PLANTS RECEIVING SUPPORT SHOULD SERVE AT LEAST TEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE PURIFICATION GREATER THAN SLUDGE SEPARATION. THE SUM GRANTED MAY EQUAL 30 TO 50 PERCENT OF INVESTMENT COSTS DEPENDING ON DEGREE OF PURIFICATION ATTAINED. A TABLE INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF COSTS COVERED BASED ON REDUCTION OF BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AND PHOSPHOROUS IN PROCESSED WATER. THE ORDINANCE, WHICH ENTERS INTO FORCE JULY 1, 1968, REPLACES A 1959 ORDINANCE ON THE SUBJECT. ------- PAGE 26 BATES USSR "HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF CERTAIN SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES - THE COMPONENTS OF EFFLUENTS FROM TEXTILE INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 10 KORDYSH, E. A. AND M. M. RATPAN EPA LR(B) RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 16-20 IDt 02716 A ALSO ST TOXIC SUBS THIS ARTICLE NOTES THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS IN HATER BODIES OF THE USSR FOR THE NONIONOGENIC SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES STEAROX-6 AND OC-20 COMPOUND AND FOR THE CATION-ACTIVE COMPLEXES ALKAMON OC-2 AND "A" SMOOTHING COMPOUND. THESE SUBSTANCES ARE WIDELY USED IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY AS ANTI-STATIC AGENTS, SOFTENERS AND COLOR EQUALIZERS. THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF THESE SUBSTANCES WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT OF FOAM FORMED UPON THEIR DISCHARGE INTO WATER BODIES AND ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) STEAROX-6 - 1 MG/L; 2) ALKAMON OC-2 - 0.5 MG/L; 3) "A" SMOOTHING COMPOUND - 0.3 MG/L; AND 1*) OC-20 COMPOUND -0.1 MG/L. USSR "THAT THE VOLGA MAY BE CLEAN." MEDITSINSKAYA GAZETA EPA LR(B) RUSSIAN 04/61/75 PGS 2 ID# 02719 A THIS ARTICLE NOTES IMPLEMENTATION BY THE SARATOV DISTRICT IN THE USSR OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE USSR ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION BY UNPURIFIED SEWAGE OF THE VOLGA AND URAL RIVER BASINS. IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION, 25 LARGE PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE SARATOV DISTRICT, PROCESSING MORE THAN 200,000 CUBIC METERS OF WATER DAILY. ------- To; Headquarters Library Fvom: Office; Room # Subject: Requests for Foreign Exchange Documents Please send me i:he following items abstracted in the Summaries of Foreign Government Environmental- Reports Dated : Control Noo Language ------- |