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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.
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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
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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.
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Washington, D. C. 20460
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AIR
Air Pollution Control Program
Me.JU.co
65 Percent of Highly Polluting Industry Controlled, Vizcaino
Pollution From Fumes and Dust Has Dropped 46 Percent
Since 1972, Affirms Vizcaino Murray
Giftmany, Fed Rep o&
Leaded Gasoline Law Reduced in Stringency ........... 1
Air Quality Concentration Measurements - February 1975 ..... 1
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02983A ..... 10
The Alkali Inspectorate. The Control of Industrial
Air Pollution ........................ 2
Towards Cleaner Air. A Review of Britain's Achievements .... 2
Clean Air Today ........................ 3
National Survey of Air Pollution 1961-1971, Volume 1 ...... 3
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02968A ........ 29
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02984A ........ 30
OECD
Photochemical Smog ....................... 5
Better Towns With Less Traffic ................. 6
Souuth
An Act (No. 17 of 1973) to Amend the Atmospheric
Pollution Prevention Act, 1965 ................. 6
Measures Against Air Pollution ................. 6
USSR
See TOXIC SUBS (USSR) — Control No. 02986A .......... 25
See TOXIC SUBS (USSR) — Control No. 03020A .......... 26
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GENERAL
Only Those Who Refrain From Polluting Will Receive Financial
Aid; Manufacture of Pollutants Will Be Prohibited ...... 7
The Antipollution Bill ..................... 8
Agreement Between the Special- Secretariat of the Environment
(SEMA) and the North East Development Superintendent (SUDENE)
Will Prevent Pollution ................... 8
Environmental Protection Involves a Political Decision ..... 8
France
The Mayor and the Environment ................. 9
Government to Penalize Noisy and Polluting Vehicles ...... 9
Ge.sunan. Pern Rep
Harmful Materials Can Be Useful ................ 9
Fed
_
Report of February 2, 1975, No, 6978/100-2 of the State
Institute for Industrial Safety and Industrial Medicine,
Air, Noise and Radiation Protection, Karlsruhe ....... 10
Working Program 1975 of the State Office for Environmental
Protection of Baden-Wuerttemberg .............. 10
G/ieot
The Law and Administration Relating to Protection of the
Environment ......................... 11
Controlling Pollution ..................... 11
The Geography of Pollution. A Study of Greater Manchester ... 11
Index of Current Government and Government-Supported Research
in Environmental Pollution in Great Britain 1973 ...... 12
Sources of Information in Environmental Pollution ....... 12
List of Laws for Protection of the Environment ......... 12
Summary of Annual Report .................... 13
Activity Report as of January 1, 1975 ............. 13
Japan
Quality of the Environment in Japan .............. 13
OECD
How to Estimate the Real Cost of Environmental Damage ..... 14
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Sweeten
Svante Lundkvist Questioned About Sweden's Environmental Policy. 14
Environmental Research in Switzerland ............. 14
Governor Arria Creates Commission to Preserve the Environment . 15
LAND USE
Pern R&p
See GENERAL (German Dem Rep) — Control No. 03011A ....... 9
Ge./unany, Fed Rep ofi
May 2, 1975 Law Regarding Preservation of Forest Resources
and Promotion of Forestry (Federal Forest Law) ....... 15
Gtviat Britain
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02991A ........ 30
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02984A ........ 30
NOISE
Ge.suna.ny, Fed Rep o£
Norm for Noise Protection Drastically Reduced ......... 16
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02983A ..... 10
Britain
Noise Units .......................... 17
Noise Pollution in Israel: Report of the Committee on
Research in Noise Pollution (June, 1974) .......... 17
OECV
See AIR (OECD) — Control No. 02995A .............. 6
PESTICIDES
Control of the Use of Chlorinated Pesticides .......... 18
Pesticide Use Requires Control ................. 18
See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) — Control No. 02994A ..... 23
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RADIATION
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02959A ........... 8
Pern Rep
January 27, 1975 Order on Further Education in the Area of
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection ........... 19
Gzwany, Fed! Rep oj
Bonn for an Objectification of the Nuclear Discussion ..... 20
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02981A ..... 10
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02983A ..... 10
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02968A ........ 29
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02984A ........ 30
Poland
April 12, 1973 Law on the Establishment of an Atomic Energy
Agency ........................... 20
May 31, 1973 Ordinance of the Council of Ministers on the
Specific Sphere of Activities of the Atomic Energy Agency . . 21
SOLID WASTE
Solid Waste Inventory 1973 ................... 21
Battle Against Dumps ...................... 21
Pern Rep
Electrical Energy and Heat From Residential Waste ....... 22
See GENERAL (German Dem Rep) — Control No. 03011A ....... '9
, Fecf Rep o_£
One Hundred Collection Sites for Automobile Wrecks Planned ... 22
Gs&cut
Disposal of Awkward Household Wastes .............. 23
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02969A ........ 27
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02968A ........ 29
Papers on European Waste Exchange Systems ........... 23
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Sweden
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 03016A ........... 14
Swltzttnland
Prevention, Collection and Utilization of Solid Wastes ..... 24
' TOXIC SUBS
B/t/ctaoi
See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 02969A ........ 27
See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) -- Control No. 02994A ..... 23
Panel of Ministerial Representatives on Environmental Quality . 25
USSR
The Basis for a Permissible Level of Discharge of Phthalic
Compounds From Polymeric Building Materials ......... 25
Hygienic Standardization of Tin Dibutyl Diisooctylthioglycolate
in Water Bodies ....................... 25
The Threshold of Odor and Reflex Activity on an Organism of
Small Concentrations of Selenium and Tellurium
Dioxides in the Air ..................... 26
WATER
Natural Approaches to Hydraulic Engineering .......... 26
Do Not Await Effective Laws Before Purifying Industrial
Pollutants ......................... 26
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 02959 A ........... 8
G&sunany, fe.d Rep ofi
Bruenner: Water Quality Has Already Improved ......... 27
See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 02983A ..... 10
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Gn&at Britain
Industrial Wastes. A Working Party Document Embodying a
Provisional Code of Practice for Disposal of Wastes ..... 27
Second Report of the Steering Committee on Water Quality .... 28
River Pollution Survey of England and Wales, Updated 1972 ... 28
The Monitoring of the Environment in the United Kingdom .... 29
Pollution in Four Industrialized Estuaries ........... 29
The New Water Industry Management and Structure ........ 30
North Sea Oil and the Environment. A Report to
the Oil Development Council for Scotland .......... 30
Energy and the Environment ................... 30
See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) — Control No. 0299AA ..... 23
India
An Act (No. 6 of 1974) to Provide for the Prevention and
Control of Water Pollution ................... 31
Cooperation in the Area of Water Management .......... 31
Lake Constance Has Become Somewhat Cleaner ........... 31
See TOXIC SUBS (Israel) — Control No. 03002A ......... 25
Luxemburg
For Pure Water ......................... 32
Me.3O.co
Nutrients in Water ....................... 32
Noway
July 14, 1972 Regulations Concerning the Dumping of Substances
Liable To Have Harmful Effects on Marine Life and
Human Health ........................ 33
Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 47 ...... 33
Acidification's Effects on West Coast Lakes .......... 33
Unuted Nation*
U.N. Environmental Protection Program for the Mediterranean . . 34
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USSR
A New State Standard for Drinking Water ............ 34
Issuance of New Regulations for Protection of Surface Waters
From Pollution By Sewage (1974) ............... 34
Basis for Maximal Permissible Concentrations of
Triethanolamine, Ammonium and Calcium Salts of
Alkylbenzolsulfates in Water Bodies ............. 35
See TOXIC SUBS (USSR) — Control No. 02992A .......... 25
Dec. 28, 1973 Decree Promulgating the Law on Interrepublic and
International Waters .................... 35
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AIR
GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(B)
"LEADED GASOLINE LAW REDUCED IN STRINGENCY."
WELDER, HANS-JOACHIM
GERMAN 05/27/75 PGS 3
DIE WELT
EPA
01312C
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT ALTHOUGH THE LEADED GASOLINE LAW OF THE FEDERAL RFPU3LIC OF GFPMANY
SETS THE LEAD CONTENT OF GASOLINE AT 0.15 GRAMS PER LITER FROM JANUARY 1, 1976, GREATFP AMOUNTS
MAY BE PERMITTED IN SOME CASES. AN AMENDMENT OF THE LAW, PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE
INTERIOR, PROVIDES THAT DURING A TRANSITION PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS, GASOLINE WITH A LEAD
CONTENT OF 0.15 TO 0.25 GRAMS PER LITER MAY BE MARKETED IN RETURN FOR A FEE OF ONE GERMAN PENNY
PER LITER. THOSE WHO SELL GASOLINE WITH AN EVEN HIGHER LEAD CONTENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A
FEE OF TWO PENNIES PER LITER. THI-S PROVISION, MADE AFTER GOVERNMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH PETROLEUM
AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, IS INTENDED TO MAINTAIN THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF
SMALLER PETROLEUM SUPPLIERS AND DEALERS AND TO ENSURE THE SUPPLY OF GASOLINE.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
ARBEITSPROGRAMM 1975 DER LANDESANSTALT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
(WORKING PROGRAM 1975 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)
BADEN WUERTTEMBERG. OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 03/07/75 PGS 1-6 ID# 02983A
*GENERAL NOISE RADIATION WATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
IMMISSIONS-KONZENTRATIONSMESSUNGEN - FEBRUAR 1975 (AIR QUALITY CONCENTRATION
MEASUREMENTS - FEBRUARY 1975)
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 02/00/75 PGS 1-7 ID# 03009A
ALSO ST
THIS PUBLICATION, ONE OF A MONTHLY SERIES, PRESENTS THE FINDINGS OF AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS
IN THE FEDERAL STATE OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1975. SULFUR DIOXIDE AND
NITROGEN DIOXIDE ARE USED AS INDICATORS FOR OTHER POLLUTANTS, ALTHOUGH THE FIRST PART OF A
STATE-WIDE AUTOMATED SYSTEM IN OPERATION IN MANNHEIM ALSO MEASURES OTHER SUBSTANCES. THE
EVALUATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE DATA ARE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESCRIPTIONS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SEPTEMBER 4, 1974 TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY.
APPENDED TABLES SHOW ONE-HALF HOUR MEAN VALUES FOR THE POLLUTANTS MEASURED, THE DISTRIBUTION OF
THE INTEGRATED FREQUENCY OF THE MEANS, AND THE HIGHEST MEAN VALUES FOR THREE, TWELVE, AND
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIODS. A FINAL TABLE EVALUATES DATA ON THE BASIS OF THE MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAFEN
AIR QUALITY WARNING PLAN. (ATTACHED ARE SIMILAR REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 1974 AMD JANUARY 1975.)
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AIR
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
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"THE ALKALI INSPECTORATE.
AUDIT. A SPECIAL REPORT
FRANKEL, MAURICE
THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION." SOCIAL
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
00/00/74 PGS 1-48
EPA
02978A
THIS PUBLICATION DISCUSSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE ALKALI ACTS AND THE ROLE OF THE BRITISH
ALKALI INSPECTORATE IN CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION IN ENGLAND. THE FIRST CHAPTER
DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF THE ALKALI ACT, WHILE SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS DISCUSS OFFICIAL POLICIES
CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION, ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES, THE CEMENT INDUSTRY, INDUSTRIAL AND
PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH THE INSPECTORATE, AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL
AIR POLLUTION. POINTING OUT A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE THEORY AND ACTUAL PRACTICE IN THE
INSPECTORATE'S CONTROL OF POLLUTION, THE PUBLICATION CONCLUDES THAT THE CLOSE INTERRELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE INSPECTORATE AND THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY TENDS TO SERVE INDUSTRIAL RATHER THAN
ENVIRONMENTAL OR PUBLIC INTERESTS.
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
TOWARDS CLEANER AIR. A REVIEW OF BRITAIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS
GREAT BRITAIN. CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-34 ID# 02987A
ALSO PMB, PMA AND SE
THIS PUBLICATION, PREPARED BY THE BRITISH CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD, PRESENTS A REVIEW OF BRITAIN'S PAST AND
PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION. THE ALKALI AND CLEAN AIR ACTS AS WELL AS
OTHER LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO CONTROLLING THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION APE DISCUSSED,
AND THE GRADUAL BUT STEADY IMPROVEMENT OF BRITISH AIR QUALITY OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES IS NOTEP.
CAUSES OF AIR POLLUTION AND THE AGENCIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO COMBAT AIR POLLUTION ARE ALSO
DISCUSSED. OTHER CHAPTERS DESCRIBE PLANNING DESIGN POLICIES FOR PREVENTING AIR POLLUTION FROM
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS, EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PLANTS AND
MATERIALS, AND POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT. APPENDIXES TO THE PUBLICATION CONTAIN STATISTICS ON
THE COSTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND LISTS OF ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN CONTROLLING AIP POLLUTION.
GREAT BRITAIN
PMB)
THE MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-66 ID#
*WATER SOLID WASTE RADIATION
EPA
02968A
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CLEAN AIR TODAY
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-37
ALSO PMA AND LRB
EPA
03000A
THIS PUBLICATION OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS INTENDED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC
OF BRITISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ABATING AIR POLLUTION SINCE WORLD WAR II. THE MOST IMPORTANT <=ACTOR
CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESSFUL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IS THE COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT AND BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND THE CLEAN AIR AND ALKALI INSPECTORATE. A HISTORICAL LOOK AT
AIR POLLUTION IN ENGLAND IS GIVENt AND SUBSEQUENT LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO
THE CREATION OF THE ALKALI INSPECTORATE, THE CONTROL OF NON-REGISTERED INDUSTRYt DOMESTIC SMOKF
CONTROL, AND THE CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUSTS AND SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ARE DISCUSSED.
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLEANER AIR AND IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH
ARE OTHER TOPICS CONSIDERED. IN CONCLUSION, THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN
REGARD TO OVERALL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENDEAVORS IS CITED AS WELL AS FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
NATIONAL SURVEY OF AIR POLLUTION 1961-1971, VOLUME 1
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-195
ALSO SE
EPA
03007A
VOLUME ONE OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF AIR POLLUTION WAS PUBLISHED BY THE HAPPEN SPRING
LABORATORY OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY. IT ASSEMBLES THOSE PFSULTS 6NP
CONCLUSICNS OF THE NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION SURVEY PERTAINING TO THE GENERAL AIR POLLUTION SITUATION
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND TO THE SPECIFIC SITUATION IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AND IN THE SOUTH EAST
REGION OF THE COUNTRY, DURING THE PERIOD 1961-1971. THE OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES OF THP
NATIONAL SURVEY ARE SET FORTH IN THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME. FOLLOWING THE
INTRODUCTION, A GENERAL SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF SMOKE AND SULFUR DIOXIDES IN THF ATMOSPHERE
OVER GREAT BRITAIN ARE GIVEN, AND SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS OF THE VOLUME PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC
ANALYSES OF SURVEY INFORMATION OBTAINED IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA AND IN SEVERAL PAPTS OF SOUTH
EAST ENGLAND. REFERENCES, A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TABULATED STATISTICS ON AIR POLLUTION READINGS
AND TRENDS ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME.
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GREAT BRITAIN
SE< )
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ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GREAT BRITAIN. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
ENGLISH 07/00/74 PGS 1-45
ALSO PMB AND LRB
*WATER RADIATION LAND USE
EPA
ID# 02984A
ISRAEL
PM(B)
"AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PGS 6 ID# 03003A
ALSO PMA
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM IN ISRAEL.
AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT STUDIES CONDUCTED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN FIVE CITIES (HAIFA,
JERUSALEM, TEL AVIV, ASHDOD, AND BEER-SHEVA) WILL RESULT IN A DATA BASE FCR DEVELOPING URBAN AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR AIR POLLUTION MANAGEMENT. UNDER
THE NATIONAL PLAN, THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS. THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONTROL AND
ADVISORY SUPPORT OF MUNICIPAL PROGRAMS AND THE EXERCISING OF CONTROL MEASURES ON POLLUTION SOURCES
COMMON TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
MEXICO
LR(B)
"65 PERCENT OF HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRY CONTROLLED, VIZCAINO." EXCELSIOR
EPA
SPANISH 06/25/75 PGS 4A ID# 01645H
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON STATEMENTS MADE BY THE SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT OF
THE MEXICAN SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE CONCERNING GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION.
OFFICIAL ACTIONS IN COMBATING AIR POLLUTION HAVE NOW RESULTED IN THE CONTROL OF 65 PERCENT OR
46,800 OF THE 72,000 HIGHLY POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE REMAINDER OF
HIGHLY POLLUTING PLANTS WILL BE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY 1976 ALONG WITH ANOTHER 28,000 LESSER
POLLUTING ESTABLISHMENTS IN MEXICO. OTHER STATISTICS CITED IN THE ARTICLE ARE: ONLY 60
SMOKE-EMITTING CHIMNEYS ARE STILL UNCONTROLLED IN MEXICO CITY OUT OF THE 22,000 POLLUTIN3 CHIMNEYS
IN EXISTENCE WHEN ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WERE BEGUN; TEN PERCENT OF MEXICAN INDUSTRIALISTS HAVE BEEN
REMISS IN OBEYING AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS, RESULTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF FINES TOTALING FIVE
MILLION PESOS. THE ARTICLE ALSO REPORTS THAT OFFICIAL CAMPAIGNS WILL SOON BE STARTED IN MEXICO
CITY IN COOPERATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CONTROL EXCESSIVELY POLLUTING AUTOMOBILES.
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AIR
MEXICO
LR(B)
"POLLUTION FROM FUMES AND DUST HAS DROPPED 46 PERCENT SINCE 1972, AFFIRMS
VIZCAINO MURRAY." EXCELSIOR
ARTEAGA, RENE EPA
SPANISH 07/04/75 PGS 4A, 5A ID# 01645J
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS CN STATEMENTS MADE BY THE MEXICAN SUBSECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPROVEMENT CONCERNING CONTINUING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION. SINCE 1972 THERE
HAS BEEN A 46 PERCENT DROP IN AIR POLLUTION IN MEXICO CITY. OF THE 22,000 ACTIVE CHIMNEYS IN THE
CITY, ONLY 60 REMAIN UNCONTROLLED. 58,000 LARGE INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE INITIALED
SIGNIFICANT ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND THIS NUMBER WILL HAVE INCREASED TO 72,000 BY NOVEMBER 1975
AND 100,000 BY THE END OF 1976. TO DATE, 1,100 POLLUTION FINES HAVE BEEM LEVIED ACCOUNTING FOR
6.5 MILLION PESOS. RADIO-EQUIPPED TEAMS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE POLLUTION, EACH CONSISTING OF A
POLICEMAN AND A TECHNICIAN, WILL BEGIN PATROLLING THE STREETS OF MEXICO CITY AND WILL BE EMPOWERED
TO SERVE NOTICES OR LEVY FINES AGAINST OWNERS OF EXCESSIVELY POLLUTING VEHICLES. OTHER TOPICS
MENTIONED INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR POLLUTION MONITORING NETWORK AND RESEARCH BY
PETROLEOS MEXICANOS IN DESULFURIZING DIESEL FUEL.
OECD
PM(B)
"PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG." THE OECD OBSERVER
ENGLISH 05/00/75 PGS 34-37
ALSO SE
ID#
EPA
02993A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG IN AUSTRALIA, JAPAN ANP THE UNITED STATES AND IS
BASED ON A COMPARATIVE REPORT ENTITLED "AIR POLLUTION BY PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS" PREPARED BY THE
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG CONSISTS OF TDXIC
COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING OZONE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, PEROXYACETYL NITRATE AND SMALL PARTICLES, OXIDIZED
IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT AS A RESULT OF REACTIONS BETWEEN SUCH ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS
HYDROCARBONS AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE COUNTRIES CONSIDERED TQ MORE
ACCURATELY PREDICT THE WORSENING OF A SMOG SITUATION OR THE OCCURRENCE 0»= SMOG WHERE IT DOES NOT
ALREADY EXIST. PREVENTION CENTERS ON REDUCTION OF THE PRIMARY POLLUTANTS (SMOG PRECURSORS) IN
AMBIENT AIR THROUGH EMISSIONS CONTROL. ABATEMENT PROCEDURES DESCRIBED ARE FOR CONTROL OF NITROGEM
OXIDES AND HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND FROM STATIONARY SOURCES. ESTIMATES
OF THE COSTS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG CONTROL IN THE COUNTRIES ARE GIVEN.
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AIR
OECD
PM(B)
SOUTH AFRICA
LR(A)
"BETTER TOWNS WITH LESS TRAFFIC." THE OECD OBSERVER
ENGLISH
ALSO SE
NOISE
05/00/75 PGS 31-34
ID#
EPA
02995A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES CASE STUDIES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SEVEN CITIES OF OVER
100,000 PERSONS (BESANCON, BOLOGNA, MUNICH, NAGOYA, NOTTINGHAM, SINGAPORE, AND UPPSALA) CONSIDERED
AT A CONFERENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON "BETTER TOWNS
WITH LESS TRAFFIC." EFFORTS HAVE CENTERED ON REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CARS ENTERING THE CENTRAL
CITY AND IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. NOTTINGHAM IMPOSES A TIME PENALTY ON VEHICLES COMING
INTO THE CITY THROUGH THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. SINGAPORE IMPOSES A COST PENALTY BY
REQUIRING A SPECIAL LICENSE AT EXTRA COST FOR VEHICLES ENTERING THE CITY AND RAISING PARKING COSTS.
NAGOYA HAS 62 KILOMETERS OF BUS LANES AND 100 SQUARE KILOMETERS FREE OF THROUGH TRAFFIC IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS. NEW CONCEPTS, SUCH AS PARA-TRANSIT, THE MULTIPLE USE OF TAXIS IN RUSH HOURS,
ARE BEING TRIED. NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN AMONG RESULTS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL.
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IN THE ARTICLE.
"AN ACT (NO. 17 OF 1973) TO AMEND THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT,
1965 ..." GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EPA
ENGLISH 04/04/73 PGS 1-18 ID# 01788F
THIS ACT INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE 1965 ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT
TO FURTHER DEFINE CERTAIN 0= THE PROVISIONS DEALING WITH FUEL BURNING APPLIANCES, THE USE OR SALE
OF SOLID FUEL, AND THE REGULATION OF VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS. MINOR AMENDMENTS APE LIKEWISE
MADE TO SECTIONS DEALING WITH THE AIR POLLUTION APPEAL BOARD, RESTRICTIONS IN CONTROL ARFAS, AND
THE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
"MEASURES AGAINST AIR PDLLUTION." NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 02/04/75 PGS 43 ID# 02963A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES PLANS OF THE ZURICH CANTONAL BUILDING DIRECTORATE TO PROMOTE CLEAN
AIR. THE CANTON HAS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SULFUR
CONTENT OF FUEL OIL: FROM JANUARY 1, 1974, HEATING OIL CLASSIFIED AS EXTRA LIGHT MAY NOT EXCEED
0.3 PERCENT SULFUR BY WEIGHT, AND FUEL QUALITIES MEDIUM AND HEAVY MAY NOT EXCEED 1.5 PERCENT
SULFUR BY WEIGHT. IN ADDITION, IN THE FUTURE INSTALLATIONS USING MORE THAN 1000 KG LIQUID OP
SOLID FUEL OR MORE THAN 100') NORMAL CUBIC METERS NATURAL GAS PER HOUR MUST PREPARE AN IMMISSIONS
PROGNOSIS AS PART OF THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION. THE BUILDING DIRECTORATE ALSO WILL PREPARE
FOR THE CANTON AN EMISSIONS MAP AND A HEATING REQUIREMENT MAP. THE LATTER WILL HELP IN PLANNING
THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND LEAST POLLUTING TYPE OF HEATING IN A CONSISTENT MANNER FOP VARIOUS
DISTRICTS. LARGE CENTRAL HEATING PLANTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THE COST OF CLEAN
AIR IS ESTIMATED AT SEVEN SWISS FRANCS PEP PERSON PER YEAR FOR THE PERIOD 1971-1980.
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USSR
LR(B)
PAGE
"THE BASIS FOR A PERMISSIBLE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE OF PHTHALIC COMPOUNDS FROM
POLYMERIC BUILDING MATERIALS." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 1
ANTONYUKt 0. K. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PCS 108-109 ID# 02986A
ALSO ST
*TOXIC SUBS
USSR
LR(B)
"THE THRESHOLD OF ODOR AND REFLEX ACTIVITY ON AN ORGANISM OF SMALL
CONCENTRATIONS OF SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM DIOXIDES IN THE AIR." GIGIENA I SANTTARIYA, NO. 2
YAKHIMOVICHt
RUSSIAN
ALSO ST
*TOXIC SUBS
N. P.
00/00/75 PGS 101-102
EPA
03020A
GENERAL
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"ONLY THOSE WHO REFRAIN FROM POLLUTING WILL RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID; MANUFACTURE
OF POLLUTANTS hILL'BE PROHIBITED." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 06/27/75 PGS 1, 42 I0# 02037P
ALSO PMAi PMB AND SE
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE FORTHCOMING BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, WHICH
WILL ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS, PROSCRIBE THE MANUFACTURE, SALE OR USE OF
PRODUCTS OR DEVICES HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND REQUIRE THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIES
AND LOANS TO FINANCE SUCH ACTIVITIES BE APPROVED BY THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
PROVISIONS ARE ALSO MADE FOR SANCTIONS OF VARYING SEVERITY AGAINST POLLUTERS, DEPENDING ON THE
GRAVITY OF THE OFFENSE. IN ADDITION, THE LAW WILL ESTABLISH THE TARIFF FOR REGISTERING,
RESEARCHING AND CONTROLLING POLLUTION (CONPOL) WHICH WILL BE COLLECTED ON A MONTHLY BASIS FROM
PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHOSE ACTIVITIES MAY CAUSE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE. AS PROVIDED BY THE LAW,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS TO BE PRIMARILY A STATE GOVERNMENT FUNCTION, WHILE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTf THROUGH THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IS TO ACT IN A COORDINATING AND
SUPERVISORY CAPACITY.
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GENERAL
fiR/IZIL
LP(B)
BRAZIL
LR(B)
"THE ANTIPOLLUTION BILL." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE 06/11/75 PGS
ALSO PMA AND PMB
WATER RADIATION
16
EPA
ID# 02959A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL POLLUTION BILL DRAFTED BY
THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) AND ALSO CONSIDERS CERTAIN OTHER PRONOUNCEMENTS
OF SEMA CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. THE FORTHCOMING LAW, CONTAINING 25
ARTICLES, WILL REPRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BRAZIL.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN A COORDINATING CAPACITY IS EMPHASIZED, WHILE EXECUTIVE POWERS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION ARE ASSIGNED TO STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE NEW LAW ALSO EMPHASIZES
PLANNING AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IN CONTROLLING POLLUTION IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY HINDRANCES TO THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION.
"AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) AND THE
NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT SUPERINTENDENT (SUDENE) WILL PREVENT POLLUTION." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAUL3
EPA
PORTUGUESE 06/10/75 PGS 27 ID# 03019A
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT (SEMA) AND THE OFFICE OF THE NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT SUPERINTENDENT (SUDENE) WHICH
WILL RECUIRE THAT INDUSTRIAL REQUESTS DIRECTED TO SUDENE FOR FINANCIAL AJD BF APPROVED BY THE
SPECIAL SECRETARIAT. THE ARRANGEMENT WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO THE OTHER REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS
AND TO OTHER"FEDERAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS. THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JO!NT
SEMA-SUDENE COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS AND TO DELINEATE AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH ENTITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECOND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE
AGREEMENT FURTHER PROVIDES THAT THE EXECUTION OF ALL POLLUTION CONTROL ACTIVITIES IN TH? NORTH
EAST REGION WILL BE DELEGATED TO SUDENE. ALSO CITED IN THE ARTICLE IS A PARLIAMENTARY PROPOSAL
FOR THE CREATION OF A PERMANENT ECOLOGICAL COMMISSION, WHICH WOULD KEEP THE BRAZILIAN PARLIAMENT
ABREAST OF CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
BRAZIL
PM(A)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INVOLVES A POLITICAL DECISION." 0 ESTADO DE
SAO PAULO
CAMARGO, ROBERTO EPA
PORTUGUESE 06/08/75 PGS 47 ID# 02037N
ALSO LRB
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND UNRESOLVED DIFFERENCES OF OPINION
AMONG BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REGARDING THE BEST WAY OF ACHIEVING ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. CONCLUSICNS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOGNIZE
THE NEED FOR MONEY, ADEQUATE POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE AND EXECUTIVE POWER IN FNVTRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, ATTRIBUTES PRESENTLY LACKING IN THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SFMA). IN
DEVELOPING A FULL-SCALE COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SEVERAL LEGISLATORS FAVOR THC
CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY OR AN EXECUTIVE AGENCY, WHILE THE MINISTER OF INTERIOP AND
THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT FAVOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE PROVIDED FOR IN THE PRESENT
ENVIRONMENTAL BILL, WHICH ASSIGNS TO STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES THE CENTRAL ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, WHILE ALLOWING SEMA TO CONTINUE ITS TRADITIONAL COORDINATING, ADVISORY AND CONTRACTUAL
ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
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GENERAL
PRANCE
LR(B)
"THE MAYOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT."
CATHALA, R., AND OTHERS
FRENCH 07/00/75
NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 42
EPA
PGS 17-32 ID# 02965A
THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES THE ROLE OF THE FRENCH MAYORS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IN THE PROTECTION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT. THE AUTHOR FIRST EXAMINES THE LEGAL BASES FOR THE MAYORS' LONG STANDING POWERS OF
INTERVENTION, ARISING FROM THEIR ROLE AS HEADS OF THE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL POLICE FORCES WITH
RESPONSIBILITY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE. THE
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION CONCERNS THE MAYORS' SPECIFIC SPHERES OF ACTION WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
FIELD. CONSIDERED IN THIS SECTION IS THE AUTHORITY EXERCISED BY THE MAYORS IN THE FOLLOWING APFAS:
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WASTEWATER PURIFICATION, SOLID WASTES, WATER POLLUTION, NOISE, AND AIP
POLLUTION. THE ROLE OF THE MAYORS, WHICH IS STILL SIGNIFICANT, !S SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY
OVE'RSHADOWED BY PREFECTURAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AS PART OF A GENERAL TREND TOWARD GREATER
CENTRALIZATION.
<=RANCE
SE(
"GOVERNMENT TO PENALIZE NOISY AND POLLUTING VEHICLES." LE MONDE
AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC EPA
FRENCH 08/01/75 PGS 18 ID# 02971A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE INTERMINI STERI AL ACTION COMMITTEE ON NATURE
AND THE ENVIRONMENT DURING ITS FIRST OF TWO YEARLY SESSIONS CONVENED TO ALLOCATE THE 135 MILLION
FRANCS AVAILABLE IN INTERMINISTERIAL FUNDING. THE 69 MILLION FRANCS APPROPRIATED DURING THIS
SESSION WERE DISTRIBUTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF OPERATIONS, AS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO STIMULATE LOCAL
SPENDING, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH 357 MILLION. THE AUTHOR CLASSIFIES THE COMMITTEE'S
APPROPRIATIONS AND POLICY DECISIONS INTO FIVE CATEGORIES: ACTIVITY IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,
TREATMENT OF NUISANCES, ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND
DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION. EMPHASIZED IN THE ARTICLE IS THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION REGARDING A
REFORM OF THE AUTOMOBILE TAXATION SYSTEM, HENCEFORTH TO BE BASED ON THE VEHICLE'S NUISANCE
PRODUCING POTENTIAL.
GERMAN DEM REP
PM(B)
"HARMFUL MATERIALS CAN BE USEFUL." NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
SPICKERMANN, WOLFGANG
GERMAN 05/26/75 PGS 2
SOLID WASTE LAND USE
ID#
EPA
03011A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF PAW MATERIALS IN
THE MINING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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10
GENERAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
(REPORT OF FEBRUARY 2, 1975, NO. 6978/100-2 OF THE STATE INSTITUTE FOR
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, AIR, NOISE AND RADIATION PROTECTION, KARLSPUHE)
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY... EPA
GERMAN 02/03/75 PGS 1-48 ID# 02981A
ALSO PMB
RADIATION
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, AIR, NOISE AND RADIATION PROTECTION, KARLSRUHE, A DIVISION OF THE STATF
OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. THE INSTITUTE HAS SIX SUBGROUPS
DEALING WITH: MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; NOISE,
VIBRATIONS, AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO
RADIATION (IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT); AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. AMONG OTHER DUTIES,
THE INSTITUTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION, NOISE, AND VIBRATIONS AS WELL
AS CONCENTRATIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY IN SEWAGE AND WATER BODIES. IT ALSO SUPERVISES THE COLLECTION
OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN THE STATE. THE REPORT INCLUDES AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND PERSONNEL
LIST, LISTS OF PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES ORIGINATING WITH THE INSTITUTE OR ITS STAFF, AND A LIST
OF CURRENT STATE AND NATIONAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND RECOGNIZED ENGINEERS' GUIDELINES AND NORMS.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
ARBEITSPROGRAMM 1975 DER LANDESANSTALT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ BADEN-HUERTTEMBERG
(WORKING PROGRAM 1975 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)
BADEN WUERTTEMBEP.G. OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 03/07/75 PGS 1-6 ID# 02983A
AIR NOISE RADIATION WATER
THIS OUTLINE PRESENTS THE POINTS OF EMPHASIS IN THE 1975 WORKING PROGRAM OF THE OFFICE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.
AFTER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE'S MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS,
SPECIAL PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED, CONTINUED OR INITIATED IN EACH SUBSECTION ARE LISTED. SECTION
2, THE INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY AND NATURE PROTECTION, WILL CONTINUE PROGRAMS RELATIVE TO PARKS,
PROTECTED NATURE AREAS, AND ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES. SECTION 3, THE INSTITUTE FOR AIR, NOISE,
INDUSTRIAL AND RADIATION PROTECTION, CARRIES OUT NUMEROUS MONITORING AND ANALYSIS PROGRAMS, AND
FURNISHES INFORMATICN AND ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REQUIRING IT. SECTION 4, THE INSTITUTE
FOR WATER AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND SAMPLING OF
BADEN-WUERRTTEMBERG'S WATER BODIES AND PROVIDES INFORMATION NEEDED IN PLANNING PROGRAMS. SECTION
5, THE LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, CARRIES OUT INVESTIGATIONS IN REGARD TO LAKE CONSTANCE.
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11
-GENERAL
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
THE LAW AND ADMINISTRATICN RELATING TO PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BIGHAM, D. ALSTAIR EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-359 ID# 02962A
ALSO PMB
DESIGNED AS A GUIDE TO THE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND AGENCIES IN GREAT BRITAIN, THIS BOOK
DISCUSSES THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND CLARIFIES THE
VARIOUS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECOURSES AVAILABLE TO LAWYERS, PROFESSIONAL MEN AND THE GENERAL
PUBLIC IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. CHAPTER ONE OF THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE
SYSTEM OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT, THE OVERALL NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT POLICY AND THE PRACTICAL AND
STRATEGIC PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS SURVEY THE VARIOUS ARFAS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN SUCH AS INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION, POLLUTION, URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AND CONSERVATION, SETTING FOPTH THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS APPLICABLE IN EACH AREA.
TABLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES, RULES AND ORDERS ARE GIVEN AS WELL AS A TABLE LISTING PFPTINFNT
ENVIRONMENTAL COURT CASES. IN ADDITION, APPENDIXES REPRINT POLICY STATEMENTS RELATING TO URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
CONTROLLING POLLUTION
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-31
ALSO LRB AND SE
EPA
02964A
THIS PAPER, -PREPARED BY THE CENTRAL UNIT ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT
OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDES A REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT ACTION TAKEN, THUS FAR, IN RESPONSE TO
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
CHAPTER I OF THE PAPER SUMMARIZES THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENT ACTION.
CHAPTER II REPRODUCES A MARCH 13, 1975 LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH
INDICATES THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE LATEST (1974)
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. CHAPTER III CONTAINS A TABULATED PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS
MADE IN THE COMMISSION'S FIRST THREE REPORTS <1971-72) WITH A SUMMARY OF STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING THEM. AREAS OF POLLUTION CONTROL RECEIVING ADEQUATE ATTENTION ARE
SHOWN AS WELL AS THOSE AREAS NEEDING MORE ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
THE GEOGRAPHY OF POLLUTION. A STUDY OF GREATER MANCHESTER
WOOD, C. M. AND OTHERS
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-150 ID#
ALSO SE
EPA
02979A
THIS STUDY WAS PREPARED BY THE POLLUTION RESEARCH UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER,
ENGLAND, AS PART OF THE POLLUTION RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
COUNCILS. THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS STUDY IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES THAT THF CAUSES OF VARIOUS
TYPES OF POLLUTION ARE INTERRELATED AND THAT POLLUTION CAN BEST BE STUDIED IN RELATION TO
PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. THE STUDY BEGINS BY ANALYSING THE SPATIAL NATURE OF THE POLLUTION
PROBLEM AND THEN DESCRIBES THE BASIC PHYSICAL, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE GREATER MANCHESTER REGION. SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS REVIEW THE VARIOUS KINDS OF AIR, LANP, WATER
AND NOISE POLLUTION IN GREATER MANCHESTER, THE SOURCES OF THIS POLLUTION, AND ITS EFFECTS ON THF
ENVIRONMENT. IN LIGHT OF THE CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE FOREGOING, THE LAST CHAPTER DISCUSSES THF
SIGNIFICANCE OF POLLUTION RELATED FACTORS ON OVERALL URBAN PLANNING POLICIES, ESPECIALLY IN
REGARD TO DISADVANTAGED URBAN AREAS.
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12
GENERAL
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
INDEX OF CURRENT GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN 1973
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/74 PGS 1-206 ID# 03005A
THIS INDEXf COMPILED BY THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF
GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED RESEARCH PROJECTS RELATED TO POLLUTION WHICH WEPF STARTED OR
IN PROGRESS BETWEEN JULY 1972 AND DECEMBER 1973 IN GREAT BRITAIN. RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE LISTED
UNDER THE CATEGORIES OF AIR POLLUTION, FRESHWATER POLLUTION, MARINE POLLUTION, POLLUTION OF THE
LAND, NOISE, RADIOACTIVITY AND METALLIC ELEMENTS. UNDER THESE CATEGORIES THE PROJECTS A'F
SUBGROUPED ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE RESEARCH BEING REALIZED INVOLVES SURVEILLANCE OF POLLUTION,
EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON MAN, EFFECTS OF POLLUTION OTHER THAN ON MAN, CONTROL OF POLLUTION, OR
METHODS OF MEASURING POLLUTION. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE INDEX ARE LISTS Oc GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
AND GOVERNMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS, WITH ADDRESSES.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(A)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
CONNOLLY, KATHLEEN, COMP.
ENGLISH 05/00/75 PGS 1-39
ALSO PMB
EPA
ID# 03006A
THIS PUBLICATION, COMPILED BY THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT,
PROVIDES AN ANNOTATED LISTING OF BRITISH AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING AN INTEREST !N
ONE OR MORE ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS, RESEARCH COUNCILS, OFFICIAL COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS,
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES ARE AMONG THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS LISTED. ADDRESSES AMD TELEPHONE
NUMBERS ARE NOTED AS WELL AS ANY REGULAR PUBLICATIONS OR SERIES ISSUED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE PUBLICATION ALSO PROVIDES AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE LISTED ORGANIZATIONS AND A LIST OF
ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS.
ISRAEL
LR(B)
"LIST OF LAWS FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT."
ENVIRONMENT IN ISRAEL, NO. 3
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-3
THIS PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF A LISTING OF 61 LAWS RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION IN ISRAEL. THE NUMBER AND YEAR OF ISSUANCE OF EACH LAW ARE GIVEN.
SELECTED PAPERS ON THE
EPA
03004A
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13
GENERAL
ISRAEL
PM(B)
ISRAEL
PM(A)
"SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT." ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PCS 2-5 ID# 02999A
THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "RECOMMENDATIONS" OF THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ISRAEL, COMPILED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE. SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN ISRAEL HER? MADE WITH REGARD TO
EVERY AREA COVERED BY THE REPORT, INCLUDING: 1) GOVERNMENT ORGANIZAMON (ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL
LEVELS WITH REGARD TO ESTABLISHING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PRIORITIES); 2) AIR QUALITY; 3) WATER,
QUALITY; 4) PRESERVATION OF THE SEAS (REGARDING SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND RED
SEAS); 5) PESTICIDES; 6) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; 7) PHYSICAL PLANNING; 8) NOISE POLLUTION;
9) RADIATION HAZARDS; 10) EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION; 11) PRESERVATION OF NATURE AMD
LANDSCAPE; 12) TRANSPORT; AND 13) RECREATION AND TOURISM.
"ACTIVITY REPORT AS OF JANUARY 1, 1975." SELECTED PAPERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN
ISRAEL, NO. 3
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-6 ID# 03001A
THIS PAPER PROVIDES A GENERAL REPORT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ISRAEL'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SERVICE (EPS) AS OF JANUARY 1, 1975. THE NAMES AND TITLES OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF THF FPS
ARE LISTED, AS WELL AS THE SUB-GROUPS INTO WHICH THE STAFF IS DIVIDED (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS, URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES, WATER QUALITY AND SOLID WASTES, ETC.)
EPS ACTIVITIES SUMMARIZED IN THE REPORT INCLUDE: 1) THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT ON
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRCNMENT IN ISRAEL IN 1973; 2) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS; 3) AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES; 4) SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL MEASURES;
5) PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAWS, ALONG WITH PLANS FOR THEIR ENFORCEMENT; 6) NOISE
CONTROL MEASURES; AND 7) GATHERING OF DATA ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY.
JAPAN
PM(B)
QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN
JAPAN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS
ALSO LRB, PMA AND SE
1-269
EPA
ID# 02974A
THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF JAPAN'S ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF ALL PHASES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITY IN JAPAN. AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE THE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION IN JAPAN; PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 5 THE NATIONAL BUDGET AND OTHER
INVESTMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS;
COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION-RELATED HEALTH DAMAGE; AND POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES PLANNED FOR FISCAL
YEAR 1974. APPENDIXES PROVIDE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, EMISSION STANDARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, EFFLUENT STANDARDS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT
NOISE.
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GENERAL
OECD
set >
SWEDEN
PM(B)
"HOW TO ESTIMATE THE REAL COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE." OECD OBSERVER
EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/75 PGS 29-30 ID# 02998A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SIGNIFICANT CONCLUSIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE OF THE
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON ASSESSING THE MONETARY VALUE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES. QUANTIFYING THE COSTS OF POLLUTION TO THE COMMUNITY CAN PROVE USEFUL IN
DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. SUCH QUANTIFICATION SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS SEVERAL PROJECTS TO BE COMPARED
SO THAT THE LEAST POLLUTING ONE MAY BE CHOSEN; HELPS ONE TO DETERMINE HOW THOROUGH TO BE IN A
PARTICULAR INSTANCE OF POLLUTION CONTROL; ASSISTS IN SETTING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; ASSISTS IN
FIXING FEFS ON POLLUTING ACTIVITIES TO ATTAIN THE GOALS OF STANDARDS; AND IS USEFUL IN SYSTEMS THAT
PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO POLLUTION SUFFERERS. COSTS OF POLLUTION APE ON ONE HAND FINANCIAL,
INCLUDING DIRECT DAMAGE TO MATERIALS, CROPS AND OTHER PLANTS AND THE INDIRECT LOSS OP MANPOWER DUC
TO HEALTH DAMAGE. HOWEVER IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO CALCULATE NON-FINANCIAL COSTS, SUCH AS PAIN,
ESTHETIC OFFENCES, DISTURBANCE DUE TO NOISE, AND LOSS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
"SVANTE LUNDKVIST QUESTIONED ABOUT SWEDEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY."
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZF. ITUNG
KLOECKER, JOHANN EPA
GERMAN 06/04/75 PGS 29, 31 ID# 03016A
SOLID WASTE
THIS INTERVIEW WITH THE SWEDISH MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, MARKS THE OPENING OF A DISPLAY ENTITLED "TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT - A SWCDISH
MODEL" AT THE GERMAN MUSEUM IN MUNICH. THE DISPLAY, IN THE INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION,
•EMPHASIZES SOLID WASTE AND SEWAGE MANAGEMENT. THE MINISTER STATES THAT SWEDEN MAY CONTRIBUTE
INSIGHTS PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE DISPOSAL OF AUTOMOBILE WRECKS AND IN REGARD TO A NEW LAW
ON WASTE SEPARATION. ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN SWEDEN ARE FURTHERED THROUGH LEGISLATION, RESEARCH,
PLANNING, STATE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, MONITORING, SUPPORT QF WASTE
RECYCLING AND RECLAMATION EFFORTS, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AND PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.
SCHOOLS IN SWEDEN PLAY IMPORTANT iUDLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, USING AN ECOLOGICALLY ORIFNTEP
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY COURSES.
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
RECHERCHE SUR L•ENVIRONNEMENT EN SUISSE (ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH IN
SWITZERLAND)
SWITZERLAND. FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE EPA
FRENCH* 02/00/75 PGS 1-160 ID# 02759B
*ALSO GERMAN
THIS BILINGUAL CATALOG OF THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONSTITUTES THE
THIRD AND FINAL VOLUME IN A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH IM
SWITZERLAND. THE FIRST TWO VOLUMES, WHICH CONTAIN AN INTRODUCTION AND INVENTORY OF SWISS
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS, ARE SUPPLEMENTED IN THIS VOLUME BY A CATALOG OF ENVIRONMENTALLY
RELATED PROBLEMS. THE THEMATIC APPROACH USED IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTORY EMPLOYS THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROBLEMS, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND RESOURCE PROBLEMS, AS
WELL AS PROBLEMS OF EMISSICN AND IMMISSION. THE PURPOSE OF THE INVENTORY, AS DEFINED IN THE
PREFACE TO THIS VOLUME, IS TO PROVIDE THE MEANS OF DISCERNING RESEARCH DATA DEFICIENCIES AND TO
PERMIT A COORDINATION OF ALL ONGOING SWISS RESEARCH.
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15
GENERAL
VENEZUELA
PM(A)
LANC USE
GERMAN DEM REP
PM(B)
"GOVERNOR ARRIA CREATES COMMISSION TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT." EL UNIVERSAL
EPA
SPANISH 05/05/75 PGS 2/15 ID# 02957A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OF
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT BY A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNOR OF CARACAS, DP. DIEGO APRIA. THE 24-MAN
COMMISSION WILL PROPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TO THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT AND HILL DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AIMED AT STEMMING ECOLOGICAL DETERIORATION DUE TQ DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH,
URBANIZATION, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASING USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. BESIDES INDICATING
THE EXTENT OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DANGERS IN THE VENEZUELAN
CAPITAL, THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION ALSO REFLECTS THE GROWING AWARENESS OF THE NECESSITY TO
INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
"HARMFUL MATERIALS CAN BE USEFUL." NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
SPICKERMANN, WOLFGANG
GERMAN 05/26/75 PGS 2
*GENERAL SOLID WASTE
EPA
03011A
.GERMANY,FED REP OF
LR(A)
"MAY 2, 1975 LAW REGARDING PRESERVATION OF FOREST RESOURCES AND PROMOTION OF
FORESTRY (FEDERAL FOREST LAW)." BUNDESGESETZBLATT, PART I
FPA
GERMAN 05/07/75 PGS 1037-1045 ID# 02988A
THIS LAW HAS BEEN PASSED TO: 1) PRESERVE, AND, IF NECESSARY, INCREASE <=OREST RESOURCES IN
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND TO INSURE THE ORDERLY MANAGEMENT OF FOREST AREAS IN VIFW OF
THEIR ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, 2) PROMOTE FORESTRY, AND 3) PECONC!LF
THE INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND FOREST OWNERS. THE LAW PROVIDES FRAMEWORK PROVISIONS TO
BE FOLLOWED BY THE FEDERAL STATES IN DRAFTING OR REVISING THEIR OWN FOREST LAWS, WHICH THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO DO WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE PRCMULGATION OF THE CURRENT FEDERAL LAW. THE LAW PROVIDES
FOR THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREST LAND AND FOR THE LICENSING BY STATE AUTHORITIES OF
CHANGES IN THE USE OF FOREST AREAS. THERE ARE ALSO PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CLASSIFICATION OF
FOREST AS PROTECTED OR RECREATIONAL AREA AND THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT OF ACCESS TO FORFST LAND. FURTHF«
SECTIONS OF THE LAW CONTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF FORESTRY FEDERATIONS AND
PROVIDE FOR GOVERNMENT PRCMOTION OF FORESTRY, INCLUDING SOME FINANCIAL AID.
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GREAT BRITAIN
PM(8)
PAGF
16
NORTH SEA OIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT. A REPORT TO THE OIL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
FOR SCOTLAND
GREAT BRITAIN. SCOTTISH ECONOMIC PLANNING DEPARTMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/7* PCS 1-22 ID# 02991A
ALSO SE
*WATER
GREAT BRITAIN
SE( )
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GREAT BRITAIN. POYAL SOCIETY OP ARTS
ENGLISH 07/00/74 PGS 1-45
ALSO PMB AND LRB
*WATER AIR RADIATION
EPA
ID# 02984A
NOISE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
ARBEITSPROGRAMM 1975 DER LANDESANSTALT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
(WORKING PROGRAM 1975 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)
BADEN WUERTTEMBERG. OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 03/07/75 PGS 1-6 ID# 02983A
^GENERAL AIR RADIATION WATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"NORM FOR NOISE PROTECTION DRASTICALLY REDUCED." SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 07/16/75 PGS 6 ID# 03021A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Ifo
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HAS PROPOSED REDUCING THE STRINGENCY OF THE NOISE STANDARD USED TN
URBAN CCNSTRUCTION PLANNING FOR PURELY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE NEW NORM WOULD PERMIT A MAXIMUM
NOISE LEVEL AT NIGHT OF 45 DECIBELS (A) MEASURED AT THE OUTER WALL OF A RESIDENCE IN CONTRAST TO
THE EXISTING MAXIMUM LEVEL OF 35 DECIBELS (A) STIPULATED IN A PRELIMINARY NORM. BECAUSE OF
PROTESTS AGAINST THE ACTION, PARTICULARLY BY THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE FEDERAL STATES OF BAVARIA, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA AND HESSE, THE
NEW STANDARD WILL BE ISSUED FIRST IN DRAFT FORM IN THE FALL, AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE CONSIDERED
DURING THE FOLLOWING FOUR MONTHS. TWO OTHER ATTACHED ARTICLES CONTAIN CERTAIN ARGUMENTS OF THOSE
SUPPORTING AND OPPOSING THE NEW STANDARD. SOME PERSONS FEAR THAT THIS REDUCTION COULD WEAKEN
NOISE PROTECTION STANDARDS IN OTHER AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
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NOISE
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
ISRAEL
PM(B)
NOISE UNITS
GREAT BRITAIN.
ENGLISH
ALSC LRB
NOISE ADVISORY COUNCIL
00/00/75 PGS 1-17
EPA
ID# 02972A
THIS REPORT OF THE RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH NOISE ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS PREPARED
TO REVIEW CURRENT METHODS OF NOISE MEASUREMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN, TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBIL1TY
OF APPLYING A UNIFIED NOISE INDEX, AND TO COMMENT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SUCH A UNIFIED
INDEX. NOISE INDICES CURRENTLY USED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND INTERNATIONALLY
ARE DISCUSSED. THE NEED FOR A UNIFIED NOISE SCALE IS EXPLAINED, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS RFQUIRED
OF SUCH A SCALE ARE SET FORTH. AFTER A DISCUSSION OF THE AVAILABLE UNIFIED NOISE SCALES,
CONCLUSICNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN. A SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE TO THE REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCES THE SCALE OF EQUIVALENT CONTINUOUS SOUND LEVEL IN USE <=OR THE
MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE.
"NOISE POLLUTION IN ISRAEL: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH IN NOISE
POLLUTION (JUNE, 1974)." SELECTED PAPERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN ISRAFL, NO. 3
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-18 ID# 03017A
ALSO LRB
THIS PUBLICATION PROVIDES AN ENGLISH SUMMARY OF THE HEBREW REPORT "NOISE POLLUTION IN ISRAEL,"
PREPARED BY THE COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH IN NOISE POLLUTION. DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT APE THE IMPACT
OF NOISE ON MAN, SOURCES OF NOISE AND THE DEFICIENCIES IN NOISE LEGISLATION. ISPAFL HAS NO
EXISTING LAWS SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING NOISE POLLUTION, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOP NOISE CONTROL IS
FRAGMENTED AMONG SEVERAL AUTHORITIES. ALTHOUGH THERE IS PRESENTLY SOME NOISE-RELATED LEGISLATION,
ITS ENFORCEMENT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPECIFIC REGULATIONS. THE REPORT INCLUDES
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOISE CONTROL PROJECTS, SUCH AS DETERMINING NOISE LEVEL STANDARDS FOP,
INDUSTRIES, ENFORCING NOISE LEVEL STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, AND ESTABLISHING NOISE CONTROL
MEASURES FOR AIRPORTS. RECOMMENDED NOISE LEGISLATION IS ALSO PRESENTED.
QECD
PM(B)
"BETTER TOWNS WITH LESS TRAFFIC." THE OECD OBSERVER
EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/75 PGS 31-34 ID# 02995A
ALSO SE
*AIR
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18
PESTICIDES
ARGENTINA
LR(B)
BRAZIL
PM(B)
"CONTROL OF THE USE OF CHLORINATED PESTICIDES." LA NACION
EPA
SPANISH 02/16/75 PGS 13 ID# 02990A
THIS BRIEF ARTICLE STATES THAT THE ARGENTINE SECRETARIAT OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK HILL
TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AMD USE OF
CHLORINATED PESTICIDES. CITING SOME OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF IMPROPER USE OF SUCH PESTICIDES, THE
ARTICLE FURTHER STATES THAT THE CONTROL OF CHLORINATED PESTICIDES WILL INVOLVE THE APPLICATION OF
EXISTING LEGAL MEASURES WHICH PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE PENALTIES AGAINST CONTPAVENOPS.
"PESTICIDE USE REQUIRES CONTROL." 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
EPA
PORTUGUESE 06/03/75 PGS 22 ID# 03018A
ALSO SE
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF BRAZIL
UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION INDUSTPY.
REFLECTING .CONCERN OVER ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND COMMERCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF INCORRECT PESTICIDE
USE, THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF SEVERAL LEGAL, EDUCATIONAL AND
ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ADEQUATE CONTROL OF PESTICIDES ANO FERTILIZERS IN BRAZIL. SPECIFIC
TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED THE CREATION OF A RESIDUE LABORATORY TO TEST
RESIDUE LEVELS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, TECHNICAL TRAINING AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR
CORRECT PESTICIDE USE, CONTROL OF MERCURY-CONTAINING PESTICIDES, FALSIFICATION AND OTHER
IRREGULARITIES IN THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF PESTICIDES, GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION IN
CONTROLLING PESTICIDES, AND THE PRESSURES OF FOREIGN MARKET STANDARDS CONCERNING PESTICIDE RESIDUE
CONTENT IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-42
ALSO PMB
*SOLID WASTE WATER TOXIC SUBS
EPA
ID# 02994A
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BRAZIL
LP(B)
PAGE
19
"THE ANTIPOLLUTION BILL." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO PMA AND PMB
*GENERAL WATER
06/11/75 PGS 16
EPA
ID# 02959A
GERMAN DEM REP
LP(A)
"JANUARY 27, 1975 ORDER ON FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF NUCLEAR SAFETY
AND RADIATION PROTECTION." GESETZBLATT
EPA
GERMAN 02/27/75 PGS 194-196 ID# 01099H
THIS ORDERf ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE NOVEMBER 26, 1969 RADIATION PROTECTION ORPEP, IS DESIGNED T0
PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PERSONS OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED TO RADIATION BY REQUIRING PERSONS
EMPLOYEE WITH SOURCES OF RADIATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SYSTEMATIC FURTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THF.
AREA OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION. THIS EDUCATION IS TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
POTENTIAL RADIATION HAZARDS, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PRACTICAL MEASURES FOR PREVENTION OF RADIATION
THREATS TO HEALTH, MONITORING OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE CASE
OF UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES. PERIODIC FOLLOW-UP TRAINING IS ALSO REQUIRED. THE ORDER LISTS THE SEVERAL
CATEGORIES OF PERSONS REQUIRED TO TAKE FURTHER EDUCATION. DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT,
THE EDUCATION IS TO TAKE THE FORM OF POST-GRADUATE STUDY, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COURSES OF
STUDY, COLLOQUIA, AND IN-HOUSE FACTORY OR INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS. THE ORDER ENTERS INTO
EFFECT MAY 1, 1975.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
(REPORT OF FEBRUARY 2, 1975, NO. 6978/100-2 OF THE STATE INSTITUTE FOR
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, AIR, NOISE AND RADIATION PROTECTION, KARLSRUHE)
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY... EPA
GERMAN 02/03/75 PGS 1-48 ID# 02981A
ALSO PMB
*GENERAL
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
ARBEITSPROGRAMM 1975 DER LANDESANSTALT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
(WORKING PROGRAM 1975 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)
BADEN WUERTTEMBERG. OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN 03/07/75 PGS 1-6 10# 02983A
*GENERAL AIR NOISE WATER
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20
RADIATION
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"BONN FOR AN OBJECT IFICATION OF THE NUCLEAR DISCUSSION." NEUE ZUERCHER
ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 07/19/75 PCS 2 ID# 02997A
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS A 109-PAGE CABINET-LEVEL STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION ON THE
PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, OCCASIONED PARTICULARLY BY
WIDESPREAD OBJECTIONS TO THE BUILDING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. THE PAPER MAINTAINS THAT TECHNICAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE BASES FOR THE SAFE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY EXIST. IT EMPHASIZES THF PRIMACY OF
PUBLIC SAFETY, HOWEVER, AND STATES THAT IN THE CASE OF ALTERNATELY POSSIBLE PROTECTIVE MEASURES,
THE MORE STRINGENT WOULD BE ADOPTED. IT ESTABLISHES A TRIPLE PLAN OF PROTECTION IN THE USF OF A
NUCLEAR POWER INSTALLATION, INCLUDING: COMPREHENSIVE STEPS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF
OPERATION; AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM TO STOP OPERATION IN THE EVENT OF IRREGULARITIES; AND EMERGENCY
COOLING AND ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS AND A PRESSURE-FAST AND AIRTIGHT SAFETY CONTAINER PROTECTING THF
REACTOR FACILITY IN CASE THE FIRST TWO STEPS SHOULD FAIL. THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR HAS ALSO
PROPOSED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR POWER POLICY DECISIONS.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
THE MONITORING OF THF ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PCS 1-66 ID#
*WATER AIR SOLID WASTE
EPA
02968A
GREAT BRITAIN
SE( )
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GREAT BRITAIN. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
ENGLISH 07/00/74 PCS 1-45
ALSO PMB AND LRB
*WATER AIR LAND USE
EPA
ID# 02984A
POLAND
LR(A)
"APRIL 12, 1973 LAW ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY."
DZIENNIK USTAW POLSKIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ, NO. 12
EPA
POLISH 06/08/73 PCS 129-130 ID# 02977A
THIS LAW PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY TO FUNCTION AS THE CENTRAL
STATE AUTHORITY FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE UTILIZATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY. THE AGENCY IS
SUBORDINATE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AGENCY
INCLUDE: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND MATERIALS INTENDED FOR
USE IN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY OR FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTION AGAINST IONIZING RADIATIONS; AND THE
RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE UTILIZATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND PROTECTION AGAINST
IONIZING RADIATIONS.
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21
RADIATION
PCLAND
LR(A)
SOLID WASTE
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
"MAY 31t 1973 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON THE SPECIFIC SPHERE OF
ACTIVITIES OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY." DZIENNIK USTAW POLSKIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ LUDOWEJ, NO. 22
EPA
POLISH 06/08/73 PGS 253-254 ID# 02977B
ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE APRIL 12t 1973 LAW ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ATOMIC ENERGY AGFNCY,
THIS ORDINANCE ENUMERATES THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY. INCLUDED AMONG ITS
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE: THE SUPERVISION OF THE CORRECT UTILIZATION, STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES 5 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DISPOSAL AND SAFE MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES;
AND THE FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPERVISION AS REGARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
REQUISITE SAFETY MEASURES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS.
MUELLERHEBUNG 1973 (SOLID WASTE INVENTORY 1973)
AUSTRIA. FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
GERMAN 07/00/75 PGS 1-44
EPA
ID# 02960A
THIS PUBLICATION DESCRIBES AN INVENTORY OF THE SOLID WASTE PROBLEM IN AUSTRIA IN 1973
CONDUCTED BY THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN COOPERATION WITH THE AUSTRIAN
FEDERATION OF CITIES AND THE AUSTRIAN FEDERATION OF COMMUNITIES, AND COMMISSIONED BY THE FEPEP.AL
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE EMPHASIS OF THE SURVFY, PERFORMED BY ANALYSIS
AND COMPUTERIZATION OF QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED BY 2,041 COMMUNITIES, WAS ON RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMUNITY WASTES. THE STUDY PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN 1973, IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS IN
VARIOUS AREAS OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND REMOVAL, AND IS TO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING ANO
REORGANIZATION. THE SURVEY REVEALS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTE PER PERSON EACH
YEAR IN AUSTRIA AVERAGES 179.3 KG, BUT VARIES ACCORDING TO COMMUNITY SIZE. OF ALL SOLTD WASTE IN
AUSTRIA, 73.9 PERCENT IS DUMPED, 23.7 PERCENT INCINERATED AND 2.4 PERCENT COMPOSTED. RESULTS OF
THE SURVEY ARE QUANTIFIED IN 21 PAGES OF TABLES AND DIAGRAMS.
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
"BATTLE AGAINST DUMPS." SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN
GERMAN 04/10/75 PGS 5
EPA
ID# 03013A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION SECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE AUSTRIAN
PROVINCE OF SALZBURG HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE THE
CURRENT 80 UNCONTROLLED DUMPS WITH FOUR CENTRAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITES IN THE TOWNS OF BERGHEIN, ST.
VEIT, ZELL AM SEE, AND TAMSWEG. INITIAL COSTS OF THE REORGANIZATION ARE ESTIMATED AT 160 MILLION
AUSTRIAN SCHILLINGS AND YEARLY OPERATING COSTS AT 36 MILLION SCHILLINGS. THE COST OF COLLECTION
SERVICES TO HOUSEHOLDERS WILL BE BASED ON THE DISTANCE FROM THE DUMPING SITE, BUT WILL NOT BE
APPRECIABLY INCREASED. SOLID WASTES AND CLARIFICATION SLUDGE WILL BE COMPOSTED IN INSTALLATIONS
AT THE FOUR PLANNED DUMPS. TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS WILL BE RELIED ON FOP THE DISPOSAL OF
SPECIAL WASTES SUCH AS AUTOMOBILE WRECKS, WASTE OIL, TIRES, PAPER AND GLASS.
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GERMAN OEM REP
PM(B)
22
"HARMFUL MATERIALS CAN BE USEFUL." NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
SPICKERMANN, WOLFGANG
GERMAN 05/26/75 PCS 2
*GENERAL LAND USE
ID#
EPA
03011A
GERMAN DEM REP
PM(B)
"ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND HEAT FROM RESIDENTIAL WASTE." NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
DOIL, ALFRED EPA
GERMAN 05/24/75 PGS 8 ID# 03012A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AFTER A SIX-MONTHS' TRIAL PERIOD, THE FIRST INCINERATOR FOR SOLID
WASTF IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC HAS BEGUN FULL ACTIVITY, THUS FULFILLING AN OBJECTIVE OF
THE NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN 1971-1975. THE FACILITY WILL CONVERT WASTES INTO DISTANT HEATING AND
INTO ELECTRO-ENERGY AND WILL PRODUCE SLAG V
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GREAT BRITAIN
LIMB)
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23
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. A WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT EMBODYING A PROVISIONAL CODE OF
PRACTICE FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 1-18 ID# 02969A
*WATER TOXIC SUBS
GREAT BRITAIN
LMB)
DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-42
ALSO PMB
WATER PESTICIDES TOXIC SUBS
EPA
ID# 02994A
AS A RESULT OF PARLIAMENTARY CONCERN OVER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ARISING FROM HOUSEHOLD
WASTE DISPOSAL, THIS REPORT OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S WORKING GROUP ON THE
DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES SETS FORTH GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THE ADEQUATE DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THIS REPORT IS IN SECTION
18 OF THE CIVIL AMENITIES ACT 1967, WHICH REQUIRES LOCAL AUTHORITIES "TO PROVIDE SITES FOR THE
DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, OTHER THAN BUSINESS REFUSE, BY RESIDENTS AND OTHERS." HOUSEHOLH DISPOSAL OF
MEDICINES AND POISONS, MEDICAL AND NURSING WASTES, PESTICIDES, SUMP OIL, MISCELLANEOUS WASTES AND
BULKY DISCARDS IS DISCUSSED. IN ADDITION, THE CHAPTER ON PUBLICITY DISCUSSES THE DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMATION CONCERNING DISPOSAL REGULATIONS AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES TO THF PUBLIC. APPENDIXES
CONTAIN SUPPORTING INFORMATION INCLUDING GARDEN PESTICIDE USE, A DIAGRAM OF A CIVTC AMENITY SITE,
AND A SPECIMEN LEAFLET CONTAINING INFORMATION ON PROPER PREPARATION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTES.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
THE MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-66 ID#
*WATER AIR RADIATION
EPA
02968A
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
PAPERS ON EUROPEAN WASTE EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
ENGLISH* 06/00/75 PGS 1-37
*ALSO DUTCH, FRENCH AND GERMAN
EPA
ID# 02989A
THIS COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON EUROPEAN WASTE EXCHANGE SYSTEMS, COMPILED BY THE BELGIAN
FEDERATION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, CONTAINS ARTICLES BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SYSTEMS IN BELGIUM,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, THE NORDIC COUNTRIES, SWITZERLAND, AND THF
UNITED KINGDOM. THE SYSTEMS, USUALLY ESTABLISHED AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE FEDERATION OF CHEMICAL
ENGINEERS IN EACH NATION, FUNCTION AS INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN FIRMS WHICH PRODUCE WASTES THAT
THEY CANNOT FURTHER UTILIZE AND FIRMS WHICH COULD USE THESE WASTES, BUT ARE NOT AWARE OF THF
SOURCE. TYPICALLY THE EXCHANGES DO NOT DEAL WITH MATERIALS FOR WHICH A FUNCTIONING MARKET ALRFAOY
EXISTS, AND MOST CONCENTRATE ON THE EXPEDITION OF CHEMICAL WASTES. THE ORGANIZATIONS, MOST OF
WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1972 AND 1973, PROMOTE RECYCLING IN THE INTERESTS OF MAXIMAL USE OF
RAW MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. A EUROPEAN EXCHANGE IS UNDER DISCUSSION. THE BELGIAN
PAPER PROVIDES A TABULAR SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL NATIONAL EXCHANGES.
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SWEDEN
PM(B)
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"SVANTE LUNDKVIST QUESTIONED ABOUT SWEDEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY."
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
KLOECKER, JOHANN EPA
GERMAN 06/04/75 PGS 29, 31 ID# 03016A
*GENERAL
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
TOXIC SUBS
GREAT BRITAIN
LMB)
"PREVENTION, COLLECTION AND UTILIZATION OF SOLID WASTES." NEUE ZUERCHER
ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 02/18/75 PGS 30 ID# 02973A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES MAJOR ASPECTS OF THE FIRST PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SWISS FEDERAL
COMMISSION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. THE COMMISSION, ESTABLISHED IN FALL 1973 BY THE FSDEPAL
COUNCIL, CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CANTONS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS
WELL AS THOSE OF CONSUMER GROUPS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND INTERESTED ECONOMIC CIRCLES. THE 26
COMMISSICN MEMBERS AND FIVE WORK GROUPS CONCENTRATED ON THE FOLLOWING FIVE PRIORITY APFAS IN 1974:
1) EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PACKAGING CONSUMER GOODS, 2) AVOIDANCE OF OVERPACKAGING AND
PROMOTION OF REUSABLE PACKAGING, 3) STUDY OF QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE SEPARATE COLLECTION AND
RECLAMATION OF PAPER, GLASS, SYNTHETIC MATERIALS AND METALS, 4) DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC PLANS FOP
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTION SERVICES, DUMPS, INCINERATORS AND COMPOSING PLANTS,
AND 5) EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN REGARD TO PROBLEM WASTES FROM INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
AND THE CREATION OF THE NECESSARY ORGANIZATIONS AND FACILITIES TO DEAL WITH THEM.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. A WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT EMBODYING A PROVISIONAL CODE OF
PRACTICE FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 1-18 ID# 02969A
*WATER SOLID WASTE
GREAT BRITAIN
LR(B)
DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-42
ALSO PMB
*SOLID WASTE WATER PESTICIDES
ID#
EPA
02994A
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TOXIC SUBS
ISRAEL
PM(A)
USSR
LR(B)
"PANEL OF MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY." ISRAEL
ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PGS 6 ID# 03002A
WATER
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS ISRAEL'S PANEL OF MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,
AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE GOVERNMENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PANEL ARE:
1) TO GUIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE, ASSIGNING PRIORITIES AND RECEIVING REPORTS ON ITS
ACTIVITIES; 2) TO COORDINATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES;
3) TO INITIATE ACTIVITIES NOT INCLUDED IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MINISTRIES; AND 4) TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON MATTERS UNDER INTERMINISTERIAL MANAGEMENT. THE ARTICLE NOTES THAT THE PANEL DECIDED
TO ESTABLISH AN INTEPMINISTERIAL PANEL TO STUDY THE TRANSPORTING, PACKAGING, LOADING AND UNLOADING
OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS. AMONG THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL PANEL WILL BE:
1) IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS; 2) LAYING DOWN SECURITY AND FIRST AID RULES FOR
TRANSPORTING CHEMICALS; AND 3) MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON LOADING, UNLOADING AND TRANSPORTING
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN ISRAEL'S TERRITORIAL WATERS AND ON LAND.
"THE BASIS FOR A PERMISSIBLE LEVEL OF DISCHARGE OF PHTHALIC COMPOUNDS FP.OM
POLYMERIC BUILDING MATERIALS." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 1
ANTONYUK, 0. K. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 108-109 ID# 02986A
ALSO ST
AIR
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE DETERMINATION IN THE USSR OF A PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMIT IN THE
AIR OF DIBUTYL PHTHALATE. THIS COMPOUND, USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MATERIALS
FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES, IS POTENTIALLY HARMFUL TO THE HEALTH OF WORKERS EXPOSED TO IT. THE
ARTICLE DESCRIBES EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED TO ESTABLISH THE RECOMMENDED PERMISSIBLE LIMIT OF DISCHARGE
OF DIBUTYL PHTHALATE FROM POLYVINYL CHLORIDES, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE 0.05 MG/M3. THIS
CONCENTRATION LIMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
USSR
LF(B)
"HYGIENIC STANDARDIZATION OF TIN DIBUTYL DIISOOCTYLTHIOGLYCOLATE IN WATER
BODIES." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 2
IGUMNOV, A. S. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 13-17 ID# 02992A
ALSO ST
WATER
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE USSR OF A PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION.LI MIT FOR
TIN DIBUTYL DIISOOCTYLTHIOGLYCOLATE (TDDIOG) IN WATER BODIES. TDDIOG IS A TOXIC SUBSTANCE USED AS
A STABILIZING AGENT IN POLYVINYL CHLORIDE. THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED TO
DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF HARMLESSNESS OF-TDDIOG IN WATERCOURSES, WITH REGARD TO ITS EFFECT ON
WATER PROPERTIES SUCH AS SMELL, AFTER-TASTE AND BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. THE RECOMMENDED
PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMIT WAS DETERMINED TO BE 0.01 MG/L.
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26
TCXIC SUBS
USSR
LP(B)
ViATER
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
"THE THRESHOLD OF ODOR AND REFLEX ACTIVITY ON AN ORGANISM OF SMALL
CONCENTRATIONS OF SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM DIOXIDES IN THF AIR." GIGIENA I SANITAPIYAt NO. 2
YAKHIMOVICH, N. P. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 101-102 ID# 03020A
ALSO ST
AIR
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE USSR OF PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS IN
AIR IN POPULATED AREAS FOR SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM DIOXIDES. SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM ARE FOUND IN
ORES PROCESSED AT CCPPER-SMELTING PLANTS TO PRODUCE ROUGH COPPER AND ARE FORMED IN THE REFINING
PROCESS CF ROUGH COPPER. THEY ARE ALSO WIDELY APPLIED IN SEVERAL OTHER BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. A
DETAILED DISCUSSION OF EXPERIMENTATION CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE HYGIENIC STANDARDS FOR SELENIUM AND
TELLURIUM DIOXIDES IS PROVIDED. THE RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION LIMIT IN THE AIR FOR
SELENIUM DIOXIDE, DETERMINED RELATIVE TO ITS ODOR AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE
CORTEX OF THE BRAIN, IS 0.1 MICROGRAM PER CUBIC METER. THE RECOMMENDED CONCENTRATION LIMIT FOR
TELLURIUM DIOXIDE, DETERMINED RELATIVE TO ITS ODOR WHEN BREATHED OUT, IS 1.0 MICROGRAM PEP CUBIC
METER.
NATURNAHER WASSEPBAU (NATURAL APPROACHES TO HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING)
UPPER AUSTRIA. PROVINCIAL BUILDING DIRECTORATE EPA
GERMAN PGS 1-72 ID# 02961A
ABOUT 1970
THIS BOOKLET, PUBLISHED BY AN OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF UPPER AUSTRIA, DISCUSSES
WAYS IN WHICH CONSTRUCTION IN WATER MAY EMULATE NATURAL CONDITIONS. PART I, THE INTRODUCTION,
CONTAINS INDIVIDUALLY AUTHORED ARTICLES ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: 1) CONSTRUCTION IN RIVERS AND
PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, 2) THOUGHTS ON NATURAL APPROACHES TO HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING,
3) BODIES OF WATER AS LIVING ORGANISMS, AND 4) PROTECTIVE HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND FISHING.
PART II DISCUSSES 1) NATURAL APPROACHES TO HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING IN UPPER AUSTRIA AND 2) FLOOD
RESERVOIRS AND RETAINING BASINS. PART III CONSISTS OF SUGGESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR NATURAL
APPROACHES TO HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING. NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATE THF TEXT.
BELGIUM
FM(B)
"DO NOT AWAIT EFFECTIVE LAWS BEFORE PURIFYING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS."
PONCIN, JACQUES EPA
FRENCH 05/28/75 PGS 8 ID# 02982A
LE SOIR
THIS ARTICLE NOTES THAT, ALTHOUGH PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL HAS BFEN
GENERALLY SLOW IN BELGIUM, SEVERAL RECENT WATER PROTECTION MEASURES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN. A
WATER BASIN AGENCY WILL SOON BE FUNCTIONING IN THE COASTAL REGION AS THE ORGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR
WASTE PURIFICATION. ALSO, A NEW GENERAL REGULATION ON THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER INTO
WATERCOURSES WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN TWO OR THREE MONTHS, AND PARTICULAR STANDARDS APPLICABLE TQ
CERTAIN AREAS WILL EE DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE END OF THE CURRENT YEAR. FURTHERMORE,
THE KING RECENTLY SIGNED A DECREE CONCERNING STATE AID TO ENTERPRISES IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY
OBTAIN WASTE PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT; SUCH SUBSIDIES ARE TO BE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 1973.
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BRAZIL
LR(8)
PAGE
27
"THE ANTIPOLLUTION BILL." 0 GLOBO
PORTUGUESE
ALSO PMA AND PMB
^GENERAL RADIATION
06/11/75 PGS 16
EPA
ID# 02959A
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(A)
ARBEITSPROGRAMM 1975 DER LANDESANSTALT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ BAOEN-WUERTTEMBERG
(WORKING PROGRAM 1975 OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)
BADEN WUERTTEMBERG. OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
GERMAN " 03/07/75 PGS 1-6 ID* 02983A
*GENERAL AIR NOISE RADIATION
GERMANY,FED REP OF
PM(B)
"BRUENNER: WATER QUALITY HAS ALREADY IMPROVED." STUTTGARTEP ZFITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 04/24/75 PGS 5 ID# 03014A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES DISCUSSIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE FEDERAL STATE OF
BADEN-WUEPTTEMBERG IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY REGARDING DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL WASTES AND
WATER PURIFICATION. THE STATE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY WILL SOOM SUBMIT TO THE ASSEMBLY A PLAN WHICH
WOULD SPECIFY LOCATIONS FOR TOXIC WASTE DUMPING SITES AS WELL AS FOR COLLECTION AND PPETREATMENT
STATIONS. A COMPANY FOR REMOVAL OF SUCH WASTES, SUPPORTED MUTUALLY BY THE <=EDEPAL STATE,
COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY, IS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN EXISTING SPECIAL WASTE DEPOSITORY.
THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ALSO NOTED THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO WATER QUALITY IN
THE NECKAR RIVER, AND THAT A PLANNED INCREASE OF THE STATE PENALTY FOR BREECHES OF THE SEWAGE
REGULATIONS HAD ALREADY PRODUCED RESULTS. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 500 MILLION GF.RMAN MARKS HAVE
BEEN SPENT ON WASTEWATER REMOVAL EFFORTS. ONE DEPUTY DECLARED THAT SEWAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS
CANNOT CARRY THE ENTIRE LOAD OF POLLUTION PREVENTION AND THAT OTHER MEASURES ARE ALSO NEEDED.
GREAT BRITAIN
LP(B)
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. A WORKING PARTY DOCUMENT EMBODYING A PROVISIONAL CODE OF
PRACTICE FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/71 PGS 1-18 ID# 02969A
SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
THIS PUBLICATION, PREPARED BY THE BRITISH INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS AT THE SUGGESTION
OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, PRESENTS A PROVISIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF WASTES IN GRFAT BRITAIN. AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF WASTE DISPOSAL IN
GREAT BRITAIN IS GIVEN, INCLUDING COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT, DEPOSIT, PROCESSING AND ADMINISTRATION
OF WASTES. BASED ON CURRENT PRACTICES AND EXISTING LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO WASTE DISPOSAL, THE
PUBLICATION DEFINES AND CLASSIFIES WASTES AND FORMULATES A PROVISIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOP
PRODUCERS, CARRIERS, PROCESSORS AND DEPOSITORS OF WASTES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN WASTE DISPOSAL METHODS AND MORE ADEQUATE WASTE DISPOSAL LAWS WILL RESULT TN FUTURE AMENDMENTS
TO THIS CODE, ENDING ITS PRESENT PROVISIONAL NATURE. APPENDIX I TO THE PUBLICATION CONTAINS
NOTES ON CLASSIFICATION OF WASTES TAKEN FROM VARIOUS OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE HANDLING OF
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. APPENDIX II CONTAINS SAMPLES OF CERTIFICATES ON WASTE QUALITY AND CONTENT.
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GREAT BRITAIN
LP(B)
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DISPOSAL OF AWKWARD HOUSEHOLD WASTES
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-42
ALSO PMB
*SOLID WASTE PESTICIDES TOXIC SUBS
EPA
02994A
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
SECCND REPORT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON WATER QUALITY
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-32 ID# 00335B
ALSO PMA
THIS REPORT REVIEWS THE RESULTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE FIRST REPORT OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE ON WATER QUALITY AND SETS FORTH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE SUCCESS OF THE RIVER BASIN COMMITTEES IS NOTED, AND MOPE LEGISLATIVE
POWER FOR THESE COMMITTEES IS RECOMMENDED. CONCENTRATIONS OF DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES IN WATER AND
OTHER WATER QUALITY CRITERIA ARE DISCUSSED. THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED
INTO THE EFFECTS OF LOWER LEVELS OF POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURF AND INDUSTRY.
COOPERATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL ASPECTS OF
CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO APPROPRIATE GUIDELINES FOR SETTING POTABLE
WATER STANDARDS. THE ADOPTION OF WHO STANDARDS FOR UPPER LIMITS OF LEAD CONCENTRATION IN POTABLE
WATER IS ALSO RECOMMENDED. APPENDIXES TO THE REPORT INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
NITRATES IN POTABLE WATER, WATER QUALITY CONTROL IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
RIVER POLLUTION SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, UPDATED 1972. RIVER QUALITY
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/72 PGS 1-16 ID# 00976B
THIS PUBLICATION WAS ISSUED BY THE WELSH OFFICE OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
TO UPDATE THE FIRST SURVEY OF RIVER POLLUTION IN ENGLAND AND WALES CARRIED OUT IN 1970 AND TO
PROVIDE A MEANS OF ASSESSING EFFORTS TO COMBAT RIVER POLLUTION IN ENGLAND AND WALES. THF 1972
UPDATING RECORDS THE CHEMICAL QUALITY OF SEVERAL BRITISH RIVERS AND CANALS AND SUBSEQUENTLY
DETAILS CHANGES IN QUALITY THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE 1970 SURVEY. THE COMPARISON BETWEEN
THE 1970 AND 1972 SURVEYS SHOWS SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPROVED RIVER WATER QUALITY
AND IN INCREASED LENGTHS OF UNPOLLUTED SECTIONS OF THE SURVEYED RIVERS. THE METHODS AND PROCEDURES
USED IN CONDUCTING THE UPDATED SURVEY ARE EXPLAINED, AND THE COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON RIVER
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE DIFFERENT RIVER AUTHORITY REGIONS ARE TABULATED.
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WATER
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
THE MONITORING OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-66 ID#
AIR SOLID WASTE RADIATION
EPA
02968A
THIS REPORT, PREPARED BY THE CENTRAL UNIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT
OF THE ENVIRONMENT AFTER THREE YEARS OF COLLECTING DATA, PRESENTS A SURVEY OF THF OVERALL
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING EFFORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUGGESTS HOW MONITORING SYSTFMS SHOULD
BE IMPROVED IN THE FUTURE. CITING A DISPARITY IN MONITORING PROCEDURES, THE REPORT EMPHASIZES
THAT MONITORING PROGRAMS COULD BE BETTER COORDINATED THROUGH MANAGEMENT GROUPS, MAKING DATA MORF
RELIABLE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE REPORT ALSO CITES A NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY
IN MONITORING PROGRAMS TO ACCOMMODATE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH AND IN INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION. CHAPTER I OF THE REPORT IS AN INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER II SUMMARIZES THE PRESENT
SITUATION AND FUTURE NECESSITIES, AND CHAPTERS III THROUGH VII GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF
PRESENT AND PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR MONITORING POLLUTION IN THE AIR AND WATER, ON LAND AND FROM
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES. ANNEX A LISTS THE MAJOR EXISTING MONITORING PROGRAMS.
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
POLLUTION IN FOUR INDUSTRIALIZED ESTUARIES
PORTER, ELIZABETH
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-98
ALSO SE
ID#
EPA
02970A
THIS PUBLICATION, PREPARED FOR THE BRITISH ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, CONTAINS
DETAILED CASE STUDIES RELATING TO CHANGES IN POPULATION GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THF
TEES, MERSEY, HUMBER AND CLYDE ESTUARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN. THESE CASE STUDIES DISCUSS
DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES, THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS AND SEWAGE, AND THF RESULTANT EFFECT
OF THESE ACTIVITIES ON WATER QUALITY IN THE ESTUARINE REGIONS. THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREATMENT OF
EFFLUENTS AND FOR THE APPLICATION OF LEGAL CCNTROL IN THE STUDIED REGIONS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
TYPES OF DISCHARGES IN THE ESTUARIES ARE SURVEYED, AND THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF POLLUTION
ABATEMENT ARE SUMMARIZED. THE PUBLICATION FINDS A DEFINITE CORRELATION BETWEEN INCREASED
DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASED POLLUTION. HOWEVER, TREATMENT OF SEWAGE AND EFFLUENTS HAS BEEN FOUND TO
LESSEN POLLUTION LOAD CONSIDERABLY AND IS THEREFORE SEEN AS A NECESSARY CONSIDERATION IN FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT PLANS FCR ESTUARINE AREAS.
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MATER
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(A)
GREAT BRITAIN
PM(B)
THE NEW WATER INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE
GREAT BRITAIN. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 06/00/73 PGS 1-84
EPA
ID# 02975A
THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
COMMITTEEt APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO FORMULATE A NEW
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR REGIONAL WATER ADMINISTRATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES. THE PREVIOUS
WATER ADMINISTRATION SET-UP IS DESCRIBED AND THE PROPOSALS AND PREPARATIONS FOR CREATING THE
TEN NEW REGIONAL AUTHORITIES ARE CITED. THE ADMINISTRATIVE, ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL
ATTRIBUTES OF THE NEW AUTHORITIES ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THEIR SPECIAL FUNCTIONS REGARDING LEGAL
MATTERSt ESTATES, PUBLIC AND CONSUMER RELATIONS, PERSONNEL, MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND RESEARCH.
SUPPORTIVE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE REPORT INCLUDES AN ANNOTATED SUMMARY, A TABLE OF STATISTICS
AND A MAP DENOTING REGIONS ADMINISTERED BY EACH NEW AUTHORITY.
NORTH SEA OIL AND THE ENVIRONMENT. A REPORT TO THE OIL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
FOR SCOTLAND
GREAT BRITAIN. SCOTTISH ECONOMIC PLANNING DEPARTMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/74 PGS 1-22 ID* 02991A
ALSO SE
LAND USE
THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE OIL DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL FOR SCOTLAND TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS RELATED TO THF
EXPLOITATION OF NORTH SEA OIL RESERVES, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF FUTURE ECONOMIC INDICATORS.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECCMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR PROPER STEPS TO BE TAKEN
IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF OIL DEVELOPMENT TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO GREAT
BRITAIN. THE URGENCY OF THE PRESENT ENVIRCNMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IS ALSO STRESSED.
IN FORMULATING THESE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COMMITTEE REPORT DISCUSSES THE FOLLOWING
TOPICS: THE IMPACT OF OIL DEVELOPMENT, THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF OIL DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL
INTERESTS, PLANNING PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SAFETY, AND THF
COASTAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
GREAT BRITAIN
SE( )
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GREAT BRITAIN. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
ENGLISH 07/00/74 PGS 1-45
ALSO PMB AND LRB
AIR RADIATION LAND USE
EPA
02984&
THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY A WORKING PARTY SET UP JOINTLY BY THE COMMITTEE FOP ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND THE INSTITUTE OF FUEL TO EXAMINE AND PF.PORT ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ENERGY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO GREAT
BRITAIN. IT DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL* SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REGARDING THF DEVELOPMENT
OF OIL AND COAL RESERVES, NUCLEAR AND OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY AND SETS FORTH CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS STRESSING ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OVER ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO
BEST REGULATE ENERGY DEMAND AND MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. SPECIFIC CHAPTERS HEAL WITH THE
EFFECT OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON AIR POLLUTION, MARINE AND RIVER POLLUTION, THERMAL POLLUTION
AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE LAST CHAPTER, "ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND
PUBLIC POLICY," DISCUSSES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL IN RELATION TO NATIONAL
ECONOMICS AND PRESENT PLANNING POLICIES.
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WATER
INDIA
LR(A)
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"AN ACT (NO. 6 OF 1974) TO PROVIDE !=OR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATER
POLLUTION..." INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG.f VOL. 26, NO. 1
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, COMP. " EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 127-138 ID# 02985A
THIS ACT CREATES A CENTRAL BOARD FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WATEP. POLLUTION AT THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL AS WELL AS STATE BOARDS FOR EACH OF THE INDIAN STATES AND UNION
TERRITORIES. STATE BOARD FUNCTIONS INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF STATE WIDE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PREVENTION OP WATER POLLUTION AND THE
ADOPTION OF SUCH REMEDIAL MEASURES AS ARE NECESSARY TO PREVENT, CONTROL OR ABATE WATFR POLLUT!ON.
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD INCLUDE THE COORDINATION OF STATE BOARD ACTIVITIES, THE
COMPILATION OF TECHNICAL AND STATISTICAL MATERIAL ON WATER POLLUTION, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
POLLUTION ABATEMENT STANDARDS IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATES, AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE BOARDS. FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAW CONCERN MEASURES OF POLLUTION
CONTROL SUCH AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROL AREAS AND THE REGULATION OF DISCHARGES. FINAL
CONSIDERATIONS DEAL WITH PENAL SANCTIONS AND THE POWERS OF THE LOCAL AND CENTRAL AUTHORITIES.
"COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF WATER MANAGEMENT." NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
EPA
GERMAN 07/14/75 PGS 2 ID# 03010A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND WATEP MANAGEMENT OF THE GERMAN
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE MINISTER FOR FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF BULGARIA HAVE
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT REGARDING CONTINUED COOPERATION IN THE AREAS OF WATEP MANAGEMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ADOPTING A WORK PLAN FOR THE PERIOD 1976-1980. MAJOR AREAS OF
COOPERATION WILL CONCENTRATE ON SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL EFFORTS IN UTILIZATION AND PROTECTION OF
WATER BODIES. ALSO PLANNED IS MUTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES AND FACILITIES TO ARTIFICIALLY
OXYGENATE BARRAGES AND RIVERS AS WELL AS WASTEWATER AND WATER INTENDED FOR DRINKING. FURTHER
PLANS INVOLVE COOPERATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BARRAGES AND RIVERS.
INTERNATIONAL
PM(B)
"LAKE CONSTANCE HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT CLEANER." STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 04/23/75 PGS 21 ID# 03015A
THIS ARTICLE LISTS SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WATER PROTECTION COMMISSION
FOR LAKE CONSTANCE REPORTED DURING A MEETING MARKING THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE GROUP, FORMED WHEN
AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND AND THE GERMAN FEDERAL STATES OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG AND BAVARIA SIGNED THE
"AGREEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF LAKE CONSTANCE FROM POLLUTION." FROM 1960-1972 MEMBERS INVESTED
ABOUT ONE BILLION GERMAN MARKS IN WATER PROTECTION MEASURES, AND A FURTHER INVESTMENT BY 1980 OF
ABOUT TWO BILLION MARKS IS PROJECTED. IMPROVEMENTS IN SOME SHORE AREAS ARE NOTFD, PARTICULARLY
WHERE SEWAGE IS NOW ADEQUATELY TREATED IN PURIFICATION PLANTS. IN BADEN-WUERTTEMBEPG ALL SEWAGE
PURIFICATION PLANTS AROUND THE LAKE ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1975. BAVARIAN COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE CITY OF LINDAU ARE SERVED BY A FULL BIOLOGICAL PURIFICATION FACILITY. IN PERTINENT
AUSTRIAN AREAS* SIX REGIONAL AND 36 CCMMUNAL PLANTS, INCLUDING TWO WITH TRIAL PHOSPHATE SEPARATION,
ARE NEARLY COMPLETED. THE SWISS REPORT 13 CENTRAL PLANTS IN THE AREA TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
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ISRAEL
PM(A)
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"PANEL OF MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY."
ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, VOL. 2, NO. 2
ISRAEL. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SEPVICE EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PGS 6 ID# 03002A
*TOXIC SUBS
ISPAFL
LUXEMBURG
PM(B)
"FOR PURE WATER."
KUHLMANN, ALBERT
GERMAN
DIE WFLT
05/27/75 PGS 11
EPA
ID# 03008A
THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT NORMAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS WILL CAUSE A
DOUBLING OF THE WATER DEMAND IN THE NEXT 30 YEARSt AND THAT RIVERS AND LAKES MUST BE CLEANED UP
SUFFICIENTLY IN THAT TIME TC PROVIDE DRINKING WATER AND WATER FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
MATHEMATICAL TOOLS MAY BE INVALUABLE IN ATTAINING THESE GOALS. THE. BIOLOGICAL DFGRAPABILITY OF
POLLUTANTS MAY BE ESTABLISHED, AND THE OXYGEN DEMAND OF LIFE IN A BODY OF WATFR MAY THEN BE
CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS. MATHEMATICAL EVALUATIONS PERTAINING TO THE
ADEQUACY OF PURIFICATION PLANTS SERVING A GIVEN BODY OF WATER MAY ALSO BE MADE, AND COMPREHENSIVE
COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION BANKS CAN STORE DATA ABOUT POLLUTION SOURCES AND PATTERNS. SUCH TOOLS
ARE BEING EMPLOYED IN LUXEMBURG TO REHABILITATE THE BIOLOGICALLY "DEAD" ALZETTE RIVER.
MEXICO
PM(B)
NUTRIENTES EN EL AGUA (NUTRIENTS IN WATER)
URROZ JIMENEZ, ELOY AND OTHERS
SPANISH PGS 1-12
ALSO ST
ID#
EPA
02958A
THIS PUBLICATION OF THE MEXICAN SECRETARIAT OF WATER RESOURCES DISCUSSES ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
ARISING FROM THE PRESENCE OF EXCESSIVE NUTRIENTS SUCH AS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN WATERWAYS.
VARIOUS TYPES OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGES AS WELL AS WASHING OF FERTILIZERS
FROM CULTIVATED LANDS ARE THE MAJOR SOURCES OF THESE NUTRIENTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO EXCESSIVE
GROWTH OF ALGAE AND AQUATIC PLANTS AND LEAD TO EUTROPHICATION OF STREAMS AND LAKFS. VARIOUS
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES ARE DESCRIBED, AND IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE METHODS OF
BIOLOGICAL DENITRIFICATION AND CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION ARE THE MOST ADEQUATE FOR REMOVING NITROGEN
AND PHOSPHORUS RESPECTIVELY FROM WASTEWATER. THE PUBLICATION ALSO CITES THF NECESSITY FOP
RESEARCH INTO ALTERNATIVE OR BETTER CONTROLLED METHODS OF CROP CULTIVATION TO PREVENT FEPTILIZFPS
FROM WASHING INTO STREAMS AND LAKES.
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VlATER
NORWAY
LR(A)
"JULY 14, 1972 REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE DUMPING OF SUBSTANCES LIABLE TO
HAVE HARMFUL EFFECTS ON MARINE LIFE AND HUMAN HEALTH." NORSK LOVTIDEND, -PART 1, NO. 24
EPA
NORWEGIAN 08/15/72 PCS 969-973 ID# 01460B
THESE REGULATIONS, PROMULGATED BY A CROWN RESOLUTION, HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE JUNE 26, 1970 LAW ON THE PREVENTION OF WATER POLLUTION. THEY REPEAL THE
REGULATICNS OF JUNE 11, 1971 ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DUMPING OF TOXIC WASTES INTO THE SEA, AS
AMENDED. PROHIBITED BY THE REGULATIONS IS THE UNAUTHORIZED DUMPING OF SUBSTANCES AND OBJECTS FROM
SHIPS AND AIRCRAFTS INTO (1) THE HIGH SEAS, AND (2) NORWEGIAN AND SPECIFIED FOREIGN TERRITORIAL
WATERS. DESIGNATED IN THE REGULATIONS APE THOSE SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH DUMPING PERMITS MAY BE
GRANTED. SPECIAL PERMITS ARE MADE MANDATORY FOR THE DUMPING OF A SECOND CATEGORY OF SUBSTANCES
COMPRISING SUBSTANCES WHICH, THOUGH OF A NON-TOXIC NATURE, MAY BECOME HARMFUL DUE TO THE QUANTITIES
IN WHICH THEY ARE DUMPED.
SVtEDEN
PM(B)
JOURNAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FEDERATION, VOL. 47 (ISSUE ON SWEDEN)
PIECUCH, PETER J., ED. EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PGS 663-910 ID# 02966A
THIS ISSUE OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FEDERATION'S JOURNAL DEALS EXCLUSIVELY WITH WATER
CONTROL PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY IN SWEDEN. THE PAPERS, CONTRIBUTED BY SWEDISH SCIENTISTS, TREAT
ENVIRONMENTAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND SOCIAL, AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAMS. THE
FOLLOWING TITLES ARE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 25 ARTICLES IN THE ISSUE: WATER CONSERVATION IN SWEDEN
(I. LEGISLATION, II. POLLUTICN CONTROL, III. CURRENT TRENDS); UNDERGROUND WASTEWATF.R TREATMENT-
PLANTS; FINAL DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SLUDGE IN SWEDEN; SWEDISH EXPERIENCES IN CHEMICAL TREATMENT
OF WASTEWATER; KINETICS OF ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; MINITEST METHOD FOR MONITORING EFFLUENT
QUALITY; NITROGEN REMOVAL IN A PILOT PLANT; COMPOSTING AND USE OF COMPOST IN SWEDEN; INDUSTRY
EFFORTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN KRAFT PULP MILLS; WATER POLLUTION FROM
AGRICULTURE; AND OIL SPILL PROTECTION IN THE BALTIC SEA. PAGES 875-910 CONTAIN ABSTRACTS OP MANY
OF THE ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, PORTUGUESE, AND SPANISH.
SWEDEN
ST(
"ACIDIFICATION'S EFFECTS ON WEST COAST LAKES."
PUBLIKATION 1973:7
HORNSTROM, EINAR AND OTHERS
SWEDISH 00/00/73 PGS 1-97
ALSO PMB
STATENS NATURVARDSVERK
EPA
02967A
THIS PUBLICATION STATES THAT IN LATE FALL 1970 AND SPRING 1971 OVER 300 LAKES IN THE WEST
COAST REGION OF SWEDEN WERE STUDIED. THIS BOOKLET DISCUSSES A REPRESENTATIVE 50 OF THESE LAKES.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PHYTOPLANKTON ANALYSES WERE PERFORMED IN THE SAMPLES FROM THF
LAKES, AND OVER 200 SPECIES WERE IDENTIFIED. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS
SPECIES AND THE WATER PH WAS OBSERVED. 49 SPECIES OF ZOOPLANKTON WERE FOUND, AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIP TO WATER Ph EXAMINED. NO QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES WERE MADE. CHANGES IN DIATOM IN THE
UPPER SECIMENT LAYERS OF THE LAKE STORE SKARSJON WERE NOTED, WHICH MAY BE THE RESULT OF LAKE
ACIDIFICATION. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE EXAMINED LAKES WAS INVESTIGATED, AND PH IN OVFP 30 PFRCENT
FOUND LOWER THAN 5. A GENERAL LOWERING CF PH BY 1.8 UNITS SINCE THF 1930'S WAS OBSERVED. THF
BOOKLET INCLUDES AN ENGLISH ABSTRACT AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOLLOWING EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS
ON PHYTOPLANKTON AND ZOOFLANKTON, DIATOMS, AND CHEMISTRY.
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MATER
LMTED NATIONS
PM(B)
USSR
LR(B)
"U.N. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN." NEUE ZUEPCHFR
ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 07/19/75 PGS 3 ID# 02996A
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT DURING THE THIRD COUNCIL MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMFNT
PROGRAMME IN NAIROBI, A "MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN" WAS DEVELOPED BY 16 NATIONS (ALGERIA, EGYPT,
FRANCE, GREECE, ISRAEL, ITALY, LEBANON, LIBYA, MALTA, MONACO, MOROCCO, SPAIN, SYRIA, TUNISIA,
TURKEY AND YUGOSLAVIA). A MAJOR GOAL OF THE "PLAN" IS TO HARMONIZE ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT
ACTIVITIES OF COASTAL NATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SETTLEMENTS WHICH
INCLUDE MUCH INDUSTRY OR TOURIST CENTERS AND TO THE INITIATION OF SUCH PROGRAMS AS OIL-DRILLING
NEAR THE COAST. SEVEN PROPOSED PROGRAMS INCLUDE STUDIES OF OIL POLLUTION, THE EFFECTS OF DDT, PCB
AND OTHER CHEMICALS ON THE WATER, THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER MONITORING AND ALARM SYSTEMS. A CONVENTION, WHICH WILL CONTAIN PROVISIONS
ON POLLUTION DUE TO SHIP OR AIRCRAFT DISASTERS AND THE STORAGE OP WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES, IS
TO BE PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION TO ALL MEDITERRANEAN NATIONS IN FEBRUARY 1976.
"A NEW STATE STANDARD FOR DRINKING WATER." VOENNO-MEDITSINSKII ZHURNAL
ANAN'EV, V. V. AND V. P. DUDOLADOV EPA
RUSSIAN 07/00/75 PGS 47-49 ID# 02663B
ALSO ST
THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A NEW ALL-UNION STATE STANDARD IN THE USSR FOR WATER USED FOP. DRINKING
AND ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES (STANDARD NO. 2874-73), EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1975.
THREE SETS OF STANDARDS ARE PROVIDED: 1) PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR BACTERIA; 2) PERMISSIBLE
CONCENTRATION LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES FOUND IN NATURAL WATERS, ADDED TO WATER IN TREATMENT
PROCESSES, OR RESULTING FROM INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION OF WATER SOURCES? AND
3) STANDARDS FOR ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF WATER (AFTER-TASTE, COLOR, TURBIDITY, ODOR, PH) AND
CONCENTRATION LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WHICH MIGHT WORSEN THE STATE OF ORGANOLEPTIC
PROPERTIES. THE STANDARD FURTHER SPECIFIES HOW OFTEN MEASUREMENTS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN WATER
ARE TO BE TAKEN AND PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF WATER BY SPECIAL METHODS.
USSR
LMB)
"ISSUANCE OF NEW REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF SURFACE WATERS FROM POLLUTION
BY SEWAGE (1974)." GIGIFNA I SANITARIYA, NO. 1
CHERKINSKII, S. N. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 7-13 IDdf 02976A
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES NEW REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION OF SURFACE WATERS FROM POLLUTION BY
SEWAGE, ISSUED IN THE USSR IN 1974. THESE REGULATIONS EMBODY A BROADENING AND CLARIFICATION OF A
SET OF REGULATIONS ISSUED IN 1961, AND INCLUDE: 1) PROHIBITION OF DISCHARGE INTO WATER BODIES OF
UNPURIFIED SEWAGE FROM SHIPS AND INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE WHICH COULD BE ELIMINATED DUPING THE PRODUCTION
PROCESS; 2) PROHIBITION OF DISCHARGE INTO WATER BODIES OF SEWAGE CONTAINING SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH
PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED; AND 3) PROHIBITION OF DISCHARGE OF
SEWAGE INTO WATERCOURSES WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. THE 1974 REGULATIONS
EXPAND THE 1961 LIST OF TYPES OF SEWAGE APPLICABLE TO CONTROLS AND PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR MORE THAN
400 SUBSTANCES FOUND IN INDUSTRIAL WASTES. FISH PROTECTION INSTRUCTIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPANDED IN
THE 1974 REGULATIONS.
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WATER
USSR
LR(B)
"BASIS FOR MAXIMAL PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF TRIETHANOLAMINF. , AMMONIUM AND
CALCIUM SALTS OF ALKYLBENZOLSULFATES IN WATER BODIES." GIGIENA I SANITARIYAt NO. 3
KORDONETSt V. YA. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 22-25 ID# 02980A
ALSO ST
THIS ARTICLE CCNCERNS THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE USSR OF PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS IN
WATER BODIES FOR TRIETHANOLAMINE, AMMONIUM AND CALCIUM SALTS OF ALKYLBENZOLSULFCNIC ACIDS.
TRIETHANOLAMINE AND AMMONIUM SALTS ARE FOUND IN DETERGENTSt AND CALCIUM SALTS ARE USED AS
EMULSIFIERS. THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES STUDIES CONDUCTED ON THE INFLUENCE OF THESE SUBSTANCES ON THF
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF WATERCOURSES, SUCH AS ODOR AND AFTER-TASTE. IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT
THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF HARMFUL ACTION OF THESE SUBSTANCES ON WATERCOURSES IS THE FORMATION OF
FOAM. THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LIMITS RECOMMENDED ON THE BASIS OF THESE STUDIES ARE AS
FOLLOWS: 1) TRIETHANOLAMINE SALTS - 1 MG/L; 2) AMMONIUM SALTS - 0.8 MG/L; AND 3) CALCIUM
SALTS - 0.2 MG/L.
USSR
LR(B)
"HYGIENIC STANDARDIZATION OF TIN DIBUTYL DIISOOCTYLTHIOGLYCOLATE IN WATER
BODIES." GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO. 2
IGUMNOV, A. S. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 13-17 ID# 02992A
ALSO ST
*TOXIC SUBS
YUGOSLAVIA
LR(A)
"DEC. 28, 1973 CECREE PROMULGATING THE LAW ON INTERREPUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL
WATERS." SLUZBENI LIST SOCIJALI STICKS FEDERATIVNE REPUBLIKE JUGOSLAVIJE, VOL. 30, NO. 2
EPA
SERBO-CROATIAN 01/10/74 PGS 10-13 ID# 01424C
ENGLISH SUMMARY ATTACHED
THIS DECREE ESTABLISHES THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERPEPUBLIC WATERCOURSES
AND INTERNATIONAL WATERS. PROVISIONS LIKEWISE APPLY TO THE MARITIME COASTAL WATERS OF YUGOSLAVIA
IN RESPECT TO THEIR PROTECTION AGAINST POLLUTION. A WATER USE PERMIT IS MADE MANDATORY FOR THF
USE OF WATERS AND FCR THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS AND SUBSTANCES LIABLE TO POLLUTE THEM. A
CLASSIFICATION OF INTERREPUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL WATERS IS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE BASIS OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE WATERS ARE INTENDED. THE FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNATING THE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES TO BE PROSCRIBED
FROM INTRODUCTION INTO THE WATERS. FURTHER PROVISIONS DEAL WITH THE ADOPTION OF MEASURES TO
REDUCE POLLUTION, AND WITH RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SHIPS AND FLOATING INSTALLATIONS. THE
FEDERAL HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE IS ENTRUSTED WITH SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING. THIS DECREE
REPEALS CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 1965 BASIC WATER LAW.
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