NTISUB/B/135-76/006
                    NUMBER 46
                    JUNE 1976
         SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
            Washington, D.C. 20460

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category of document, and by country.  Subject areas, which reflect
EPA programs, include:

               air                pesticides
               water              toxic substances
               noise              radiation
               solid wastes       land use

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               1.  general
               2.  legal/legislative/regulatory (LR)
               3.  planning/management/organization (PM)
               4.  scientific/technical  (ST)
               5.  socio/economic (SE)

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primary subject heading marked by an asterisk.   For example a British
report on "Disposal of Awkward Household Wastes"  is indexed under
pesticides, solid wastes, water, and toxic substances.   The summary
appears only once, under solid wastes, but the  report title is listed
with the EPA ID number under each of the other headings.

     Explanation of the codes and abbreviations used with each summary
is on page 11.

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    ("FEBRUARY 4,*1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH CODE."
    (AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V. 20.            "            j"
     FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COMP.          *      EPA
     ENGLISH^*                       12/00171  PCS   58-60^    ID//
     AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION,/

     THIS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH DECREE ASSIGNS TO THE EXECUTIVE, ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE POLITICAL,  SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC SPHERES AS REGARDS PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE
TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERE AND IN THE FORMULATION OF DIRECTIVES AND IN ENFORCEMENT AND
EVALUATION.
                                      LRA  -  LEGAL TEXT

                                      LRB  -  LEGAL COMMENTARY
                                      Each original  law has  the letter A following the EPA
                                      identification number.   Additional  directly related
                                      legislation will  have  the same identification number
                                      and a subsequent  alphabetical  letter.

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                                   TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                          AIR
       February 12, 1974 Ministerial Order on the Heating
          Installations of Buildings Located in Special
          Protection Zones Against Air Pollution  ...........        1
COMECON
       Environmental Protection Conference in Potsdam Concluded ....        1
France
       Automobile Pollution:  Controls Increased  ...........        1
       EDF — 1974 Annual Report — Prevention of Operational
          Nuisances ..........................        2
       See WATER (France) — Control No.  03573A ............       21
Ga^many, fad Rep
       Jan.  16, 1976 Ordinance on the Marking of the Qualities of
          Otto Fuels and the Announcement of the Requirements for
          Otto Fuels
Gn&at
       Control of Pollution Act 1974 Commencement Order No.  4,
          Part IV.  Pollution of the Atmosphere	       3

       Pollution and Urban Land Use in the Oslo Area	       3

       Effects of Acid Rain	       3

                                        GENERAL

Canada
       Heavy Metals in Agricultural Lands Receiving Chemical
          Sewage Sludges  	       4
       July 16, 1975 Order No. 372 on Rules of Procedure for the
          Environmental Appeal Board  	       4
       Act No. 317 of June 26, 1975 on Temporary Environmental
          Investment Subsidies  	       4

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France
       Organization of Departmental Offices for the Environment  ....       5
Ge.Jtm
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       Commission Directive of 7 Nov. 1973. . . (on) the Permissible
          Sound Level and the Exhaust System of Motor Vehicles  ....       9
F/umce
       November 4, 1974 Decree on the Limitation of Airborne
          Sounds Emitted by Pick- Hammers and Paving-Breakers  .....      10
       See WATER (France) — Control No. 03573A ............      21
GeAmany, ?e.d Rep o&
       Jan. 9, 1974 Law Implementing the Treaty. . .Between the
          Federal Republic of Germany and Austria on the Effects...
          of the Salzburg Airport ...................      10
G/teot Britain
       February 13, 1976 Control of Noise (Measurement and Registers)
          Regulations .........................      11
       Control of Pollution Act.  Implementation of Part III - Noise   .      11
Mexico
       Noisy Vehicles Will Be Withdrawn ................      12

                                      PESTICIDES

South.
       A Guide to the Use of Pesticides and Fungicides in
          South Africa, 1975  .....................      12

                                       RADIATION

Stoeden
       See SOLID WASTE (Sweden) — Control No. 03600A .........      16
       Radiation Legislation Considered ................       13

                                      SOLID WASTE
       Yearly Mountain of Waste Outshines Cheops Pyramid   .......       13
fanland
       Problem Waste Is Not the Government's Problem   .........       14

       See WATER (France) — Control No. 03573A  ............       21
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Germany. Fed Rep oj{
        Special Wastes ' — the Most Poisonous Chapter of
          Environmental Protection  ..................       14
       Control of Pollution Act 1974 - Part I (Waste on Land)
          Commencement Order No. 4   ..................       15
Uelond
       Report of the Working Party on Solid Waste Disposal :  Part I  .  .       15
South
       A Survey of Litter in South Africa ...............      15
       A Survey of Litter in South Africa:  Supplementary Report   ...      16
Sweden
       Nuclear Power Plants - We Have To Build Nuclear Waste
          Installation  ........................      16
       See WATER (Switzerland) — Control No. 03607A  .........      33

                                      TOXIC SUBS
       Toxic Wastes:  Taxpayer Penalized Instead of Polluter, Says
          Mr. Glinne  .........................      17
Penmo/tfe
       See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 01449B  ...........      19
.Sweden
       See WATER (Sweden) — Control No. 03616A ............      31
       See AIR (Sweden) — Control No. 03592A .............       3

                                         WATER

Canada.
       Water Pollution Control Directorate Publications ........      18
       Selected Bibliography on Ozone Disinfection.   Research
          Report No. 29 ........................      18
CQMECM
       See AIR (COMECON) — Control No. 03564A  ............       1
                                           IV

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       Act No.  312 of June 26,  1975 Amending Act No.  290 of June 7,
          1972  on Measures Against Pollution of the Sea by Substances
          Other Than Oil	       19
       June 27, 1975 Order No.  347 on the Degradability of Detergents .       19
       We Are Supposed To Take  Care of Norwegian Oil Waste	       19
EuAope.an. Communities
       The EC Wants Common Legislation Against Pollution of the Sea . .       20
Einlond
       See SOLID WASTE (Finland)  — Control No. 03585A	       14
France
       September 12, 1973 Amendment of the Rules Governing the
          Installation and Operation of Plants for the Treatment
          of Unrefined Oil and  Its Derivatives	       20
       September 12, 1973 Circular on Measures To Be Taken in
          Existing Oil Refineries To Reduce Water Pollution 	       20
       Considering the Legislative and Regulatory Activity of the
          Ministry for the Quality of Life	       21
       October 1, 1975 Circular on Littoral Purification Facilities
          and Effluent Discharge at Sea	       21
       Increases in Subsidies for Industry  	       21
German Pem Rep
       Equipped With Effective  Measures for Oil Damages 	       22
Germany, Fed Rep o<{
       The Sewage Fee Law Will  Have To Wait a Little Longer	       22
       March 19, 1975 Law Implementing the International Convention
          on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and on an
          International Fund	       22
       June 10, 1975 Oil Liability Certificate Ordinance	       23
       Jan. 27, 1975 Law Implementing the Nov. 29, 1969 International
          Convention on Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of
          Oil Pollution Casualties  	       23
       'Concerted Action' Between Air and Water	       23
       In Spite of the Recession, No Standstill in Water Protection  . .       24
Gnat Britain
       Water Supply, Sewage Disposal and the New Administrative
          Organization.  A List of Official Publications
          (Bibliography No. 178)   	      24
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       November 29 , 1969 International Convention Relating to
          Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution
          Casualties  .........................       25
       November 29, 1969 International Convention on Civil Liability
          for Oil Pollution Damage  ..................       25
       December 18, 1971 International Convention on the
          Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation
          for Oil Pollution Damage  ..................       26
       Convention Against Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea   .....       26
       Pollution Prevention Code (Oil Tankers)  ............       26
       Mediterranean:  First Offensive Against Pollution  .......       27
       The National Survey of Irish Rivers — a Second Report on
          Water Quality . . ' ......................      27
       A Preliminary Survey of Irish Lakes  ..............      27
Italy
       Will Fish Without Payment of License Taxes Unless Waters
          Are Purified  ........................      28
Meu> Zealand
       Regional Water Boards and Effluent Standards ..........      28
       Future Water Classifications in Selected Areas Only  ......      28
       Lake Rotorua First Recipient of New Subsidy  ..........      29
       Upper Kaituna Catchment Control Scheme. . .Bold Recommendations
          That Offer a New Approach ..................      29
Noway
       Oil Mess Overtakes Refinery  ..................      30
       Oil Pollution Will Soon Be Mapped Out  .............      30
Sweden
       Norwegian Ships Can Dump Oil - Swedish Ships Cannot  ......      30
       Pyrolysis of Household Waste ..................      31
       Some Aspects of the Mercury Problem  ..............      31
       Ecological Aspects of Oil Pollution  ..............      31
       Runoff From Waste Disposal Areas . ...............      32
       Combined Adsorption and Chemical Flocculation Treatment of
          Industrial Wastewater ....................      32
       A Way to Commercially Compatible Water Protection  .......      32
       649 Central Sewage Purification Facilities.  A Stocktaking
          of Water Protection and Waste Removal ............      33

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AIR

BELGIUM
     LR(A)
COMECON
      PM(B)
    "FEBRUARY 12.  1974 MINISTERIAL ORDER  ON THE HEATING INSTALLATIONS OF
    BUILDINGS LOCATED IN SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES  AGAINST AIR  POLLUTION."
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                   03/19/74  PGS  3948-50         ID*   00436N
                                                                                                         MONITEUR BELGE
    THIS  ORDER HAS  BEEN ISSUED  BY THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  THE ENVIRONMENT  AND THE FAMILY
IN PURSUANCE OF.  INTER ALIA, THE CROWN ORDER OF JULY 26. 1971.  AS AMENDED  BY THE  CROWN ORDER  OF
JULY 3.  1972 AND  THE CROWN ORDER OF JANUARY 29. 1974.  IT LAYS  DOWN VARIOUS CONDITIONS. WITH
RESPECT TO MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND APPROVAL VERIFICATIONS.  THAT ARE  APPLICABLE TO FUEL-BURNING
HEATING  INSTALLATIONS LOCATED  IN SPECIAL  PROTECTION ZONES AGAINST AIR POLLUTION.


    "ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION CONFERENCE  IN POTSDAM CONCLUDED."  NEUES
    DEUTSCHLAND
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    10/17/75  PGS  2               ID*   03564A
     WATER

    ACCORDING TO  THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.  THE COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION OF THE
COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION  IN THE COUNCIL  FOR ECONOMIC MUTUAL ASSISTANCE  (CEMA)
WILL COORDINATE COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF  AIR AND WATER PURITY IN THE
SOCIALIST NATIONS IN THE COMING YEARS.   MEASURES WILL INCLUDE  THE DEVELOPMENT OF  IMPROVED
PURIFICATION FACILITIES AND  RESEARCH INTO UNIFORM CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR AIR  AND WATER  PURITY.
THESE  DECISIONS WERE ANNOUNCED  AFTER THE  SEVENTH MEETING OF  THE COUNCIL IN POTSDAM RECENTLY.
FRANCE

     LR(B>
    "AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION:
    SCHWEITZER. GENEVIEVE
    FRENCH
                                                      CONTROLS  INCREASED."   LE FIGARO
                               05/18/76  PGS
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
03569A
                           DISREGARD FOR  EC REGULATIONS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN FRANCE, WHICH  STIPULATE  THAT VEHICLES, AT
                       IDLING,  MUST NOT EMIT MORE  THAN 4.5 PERCENT CARBON MONOXIDE  PER VOLUME.  HAS PROMPTED THE  FRENCH
                       MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO LAUNCH A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.  AS  PART OF THIS
                       CAMPAIGN. DRIVERS  WILL BE ENTITLED TO  FREE POLLUTION-INSPECTIONS OF  THEIR VEHICLES IN PARTICIPATING
                       AUTHORIZED CONTROL  CENTERS  FROM FEBRUARY  23 TO MARCH 3.   AFTER THAT  DATE INSPECTIONS. COSTING
                       AS MUCH  AS 36 FRANCS. WILL  BE REQUIRED.   A "WHITE  CARD" FOR  PRESENTATION BY THE  DRIVER  UPON
                       REQUEST  BY THE POLICE WILL  RECORD DATES  OF ALL SUCH INSPECTIONS.  AS  OF JANUARY  1. 1977,
                       DRIVERS  FOUND TO BE VIOLATING THIS REGULATION WILL BE FINED  FROM 80  TO 160 FRANCS*   IMPRISONMENT
                       OF UP  TO 8 DAYS IS  PROVIDED FOR REPEATED  OFFENSES.

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AIR

FRANCE
      LR(B)
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     "CONSIDERING THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF THE  MINISTRY  FOR THE
     QUALITY OF  LIFE."  NUISANCES ET  ENVIRONNEMENT. NO.  47
     CATHALA. Ft.. AND OTHERS                                          EPA
     FRENCH                    01/00/76  PCS  51-54           ID*  03573A
     4WATER          NOISE          SOLID WASTE
FRANCE
      PM(B)
    "EOF — 1974  ANNUAL  REPORT 	 PREVENTION  OF OPERATIONAL NUISANCES."
    POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE.  NO. 69
    CANH, D.Q.                                                        EPA
    FRENCH                    01/00/76   PGS  25-32           ID*  03590A

    IN  ITS REVIEW OF THE  1974 EOF (ELECTRICITE  DE FRANCEI  ANNUAL REPORT, THIS  ARTICLE  FOCUSES ON
THE EFFORTS EXERTED IN THE  STRUGGLE AGAINST AIR POLLUTION  GENERATED  BY THERMAL POWER PLANTS.
BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED ARE EOF  ACTIVITIES  IN THE  FOLLOWING  AREAS:  IMPROVEMENT TO  EQUIPMENT (STACKS.
DEDUSTERS) AND  ITS OPERATION; CONTROL  OF POLLUTION LEVEL ON PLANT  SITES; RESEARCH INTO THE
IMPROVEMENT OF  MEASUREMENT  AND PREVENTION EQUIPMENT; AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WARNING SYSTEM
IN THE  PARIS AREA.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    •JAN. 16. 1976  ORDINANCE  ON THE  MARKING OF  THE QUALITIES OF OTTO  FUELS AND THE
    ANNOUNCEMENT  OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OTTO FUELS."  BUNDESGESETZSLATT. I
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                   01/20/76   PGS  135-139         ID*  01312E

    THIS  ORDINANCE. ISSUED PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  2A, PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE 1971 LEADED GASOLINE LAW.
AS LAST  AMENDED NOVEMBER 25.  1975. REQUIRES THOSE  COMMERCIALLY OFFERING OTTO FUELS TO THE  CONSUMER
TO DISPLAY THE MINIMUM GUARANTEED QUALITIES (SUPER OR REGULAR) ON THE DISPENSING PUMP OR  ELSEWHERE
IN THE FILLING STATION.  IN THIS REGARD.  IT IS  FORBIDDEN TO  MARK A FUEL WITH A LEAD CONTENT
HIGHER THAN THAT  PERMITTED BY ARTICLE  2 OF THE  LEADED GASOLINE LAW.   THE GERMAN STANDARDS
(DEUTSCHE NORMENI FOR FLUID OTTO FUELS  ARE APPENDED TO THE ORDINANCE.  THEY INCLUDE A MAXIMUM
LEAD CONTENT OF 0.15 GRAMS PER LITER FOR  SUPER  AND REGULAR FUELS BEGINNING JANUARY 1. 1976. IN
CONFORMANCE WITH  REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEADED GASOLINE LAW.

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AIR

GREAT BRITAIN



     LR
    "EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN."  CURRENT SWEDEN - ENVIRONMENT  PLANNING  AND CONSERVATION
    NO. 62
    EMMELIN, LARS                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 03/00/76  PGS   1-6             ID*   03592A
     TOXIC SUBS


    PRECIPITATION OVER SCANDINAVIA HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY ACID,  A  FACT WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO
EMISSION OF SULFUR TO THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE COMPLEX  ECOLOGICAL  PROBLEMS THAT RESULT AND THE
SUBSEQUENT CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION  THAT  THE POLLUTANTS UNDERGO IN THE AIR ARE
DISCUSSED IN THIS PAMPHLET.  THE EFFECTS OF THIS PROBLEM ARE STILL  LARGELY UNKNOWN, BUT BASED ON
PAST EXPERIENCE. THE FOLLOWING CAN BE EXPECTED:  INCREASE  IN CORROSION OF METALS AND DAMAGE TO
MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE AND CONCRETE; CERTAIN HEALTH PROBLEMS;  EFFECTS ON SOIL NUTRIENT STATUS
WITH CONSEQUENCES MAINLY FOR FOREST PRODUCTION;  AND ACIDIFICATION OF  LAKES AND RIVERS RESULTING
IN DECREASED FISH POPULATION OF SUCH VALUABLE SPECIES AS TROUT AND  SALMON.  ALTHOUGH IT IS
ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 25 PERCENT OF THE SULFUR ORIGINATES IN SWEDEN,  LONG-TERM PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED TO REDUCE SULFUR IN FUEL OILS.  PRESENTLY.  OILS WITH MORE  THAN 2.5 PERCENT OF SULFUR

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GENERAL

CANADA
     ST(  )
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    HEAVY METALS  IN  AGRICULTURAL  LANDS RECEIVING CHEMICAL S Eli AGE SLUDGES.   VOLUME
    III.  RESEARCH REPORT NO.  30.
    VAN LOON. J.C.                                                EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-37           ID*  03563A

    THIS ENVIRONMENT CANADA  REPORT DESCRIBES EXISTING AND NEWLY DEVELOPED  METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS
OF METALS IN SEWAGE  SLUDGES.   ATOMIC ABSORPTION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES  ARE EMPHASIZED.
PROCEDURES DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR ARSENIC. SELENIUM. MERCURY.  TIN.  AND MOLYBDENUM ANALYSES ARE
INCLUDED.  THE QUARTZ  "T« TUBE FURNACE FOR FLAMELESS ATOMIC ABSORPTION  STUDIES  OF THERMAL
VOLATILITY AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY OF METAL COMPOUNDS IN SLUDGE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND IS
DESCRIBED.  A NUMBER OF  CHEMICAL  SEWAGE SLUDGES WERE ANALYZED FOR  METALS AND  THE RESULTS ARE
TABULATED.


    BEKENDTGORELSE AF  FORRETNINGSORDEN FOR »ILJOANKENAEVNET (JULY  16. 1975 ORDER
    NO. 372 ON RULES OF  PROCEDURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL BOARD)
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                   07/16/75  PGS  1-2            ID*  01742P

    THIS ORDER. ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF JUNE  13.  1973. *77.
STIPULATES THAT THE  ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL  BOARD IS TO CONSIST OF A CHAIRMAN. ONE  OR SEVERAL
DEPUTIES AND A NUMBER  OF  APPOINTED EXPERT MEMBERS.  INDIVIDUAL CASES ARE DECIDED BY  MAJORITY VOTE
BY THE CHAIRMAN OR A DEPUTY  AND TWO OR FOUR MEMBERS. APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRMAN.   A MEMBER CANNOT
BE ASSIGNED TO A CASE  IF  HIS PARTIALITY IS QUESTIONED OR IF HE HAS BEEN  INVOLVED WITH THE CASE
IN A LOWER COURT.  A COMPLAINT. WHICH CAN BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE  A VERDICT  IS REACHED,
HAS TO BE SUBMITTED  IN WRITING. AND PEOPLE AND INSTALLATIONS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN  THE CASE MUST
BE NOTIFIED AND INVITED  IF A HEARING IS SCHEDULED.  PERTINENT MATERIAL  SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN
WRITING UP TO TEN WORKING DAYS  BEFORE THIS TIME.   THE DECISION OF THE BOARD IS ALWAYS ISSUED IN
WRITTEN FORM.
DENMARK

     LRC A)
    ACT NO. 317 OF JUNE 26.  1975 ON  TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT SUBSIDIES
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                   06/26/75 PGS   1               ID*  03596A
    100 MILLION NORWEGIAN KRONER HAVE BEEN  BUDGETED IN 1975-76 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS
UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.   SUBSIDIES CAN ONLY BE GRANTED FOR INVESTMENTS
OVER 50.000 KRONER AND FOR PROJECTS  STARTED BETWEEN JULY 15. 1975 AND APRIL 1. 1976 AND COMPLETED
BEFORE APRIL 1. 1977.  THE AMOUNT OBTAINED  BY ANY  SINGLE ESTABLISHMENT CANNOT EXCEED 10 MILLION
KRONER.  THE SUBSIDY, WHICH  CAN BE UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL INVESTMENT. MUST RESULT  IN A
CONSIDERABLE DECREASE OF POLLUTION AND SHOULD BE GRANTED ON AN EMPLOYMENT ORIENTED BASIS.
APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO  THE APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL OR TOWN COUNCIL FOR EVALUATION.
THEY ARE THEN SENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,  WHICH IN TURN SUBMITS THEM WITH ITS
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTER FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT.  WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.  THIS  LAW WENT
INTO EFFECT ON JULY 15, 1975 AND IS  NOT VALID FOR  GREENLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS.

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GENERAL

FRANCE
     PM( A)
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LRI A)
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•ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT."
POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE.  NO.  69
                         FRENCH
                                                  01/00/76  PGS   87
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                      03601 A
                          A  RECENT INQUIRY BY THE FRENCH MINISTER  FOR  THE QUALITY OF LIFE POINTED OUT  THE  ABSENCE OF
                      ENVIRONMENTAL  OFFICES WITHIN A LARGE NUMBER  OF PREFECTURES. DESPITE A FEBRUARY 1972  CIRCULAR
                      MAKING PREFECTURAL SERVICES RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION, ON THE DEPARTMENTAL  LEVEL, OF
                      ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY.  A DECEMBER 2. 1975 CIRCULAR. NOT PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OFFICIEL.
                      ACCORDINGLY  STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING SUCH OFFICES AND ENUMERATES  THE  FUNCTIONS OF
                      THE  OFFICE CHIEF. WHICH INCLUDE LIAISON  AND  PROMOTION,  AS WELL AS POLLUTION CONTROL.
•FEBRUARY 21.  1975  LAW TO AMEND THE
ALLOWANCE LAW."   BUNDESGESETZBLATT.
INCOME
I
                                                                      TAX LAW AND THE INVESTMENT
                          GERMAN
                          ALSO SE
                                                  02/25/75  PGS   525-527
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                      03594A
                          INCREASED  TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR DEPRECIABLE  ECONOMIC GOODS USED PRIMARILY FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL
                      PROTECTION ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC  OF GERMANY (FRG).  GOODS ACQUIRED  OR PRODUCED
                      AFTER  DECEMBER 31. 1974 AND BEFORE JANUARY  1.  1981  CAN BE WRITTEN OFF UP TO  60  PERCENT IN THE
                      YEAR THEY ARE  ACQUIRED. AND 10 PERCENT EACH YEAR THEREAFTER UNTIL FULL DEPRECIATION.   GOODS ARE
                      CONSIDERED USED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES  IF  THEY  HINDER. REMOVE OR REDUCE  THE OCCURRENCE OF
                      SEWAGE. DAMAGE FROM SEWAGE. WATER POLLUTION THROUGH SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN SEWAGE.  AIR POLLUTION.
                      NOISE  OR VIBRATION OR ARE USED TO REMOVE WASTE UNDER THE LAW ON THE DISPOSAL  OF WASTE.  INCREASED
                      WRITE-OFFS MAY NOT BE TAKEN FOR GOODS USED  IN  FACILITIES ESTABLISHED AFTER DECEMBER  31. 1974.
                      THE CHANGES IN THE INVESTMENT ALLOWANCE LAW CONCERN FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION  OF  ENERGY.
GREAT BRITAIN

     SEC 1
ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION:   THE COST-BENEFIT APPROACH.
R. TRAVERS MORGAN  AND PARTNERS
ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-64
 LAND USE
                   TECHNICAL  PAPER NO.
                          EPA
                   ID*   03560A
                         THE  COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. DEVELOPED  BY  THE  CONSULTING FIRM OF R. TRAVERS  MORGAN AND PARTNERS
                     FOR THE  URBAN MOTORWAYS TEAM. IS ONE  METHOD  OF  APPRAISING MAJOR URBAN ROAD  PLANS.   IT INVOLVES
                     EXPRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS IN MONETARY  TERMS.   THIS PAPER APPLIES THE  TECHNIQUE TO EVALUATING
                     THE COST TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT MUST MOVE BECAUSE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION.  CHAPTER  1 EXPLAINS HOW THE
                     VALUES FOR THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL  EFFECTS WERE  DETERMINED AND DISTRIBUTED  AMONG VARIOUS GROUPS
                     IN THE COMMUNITY.  CHAPTER 2 DESCRIBES HOW  INFORMATION FOR COST ESTIMATES  WAS  DERIVED AND
                     ASCRIBED TO SEVERAL GROUPS.  CHAPTER  3 SUMMARIZES  RESULTS IN MATRIX FORM.  AND  CHAPTER 4 GIVES AN
                     EXAMPLE  OF A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SEVERAL  SCHEMES FOR ONE AREA.  CHAPTER  5 DISCUSSES POINTS
                     THAT  MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IN FUTURE COST-BENEFIT  WORK.  NOT ALL OF THE IDEAS EXPRESSED IN THE
                     REPORT ARE FULLY APPLICABLE ON A PRACTICAL  BASIS AT PRESENT.  THIS PAPER DISCUSSES IN MORE DETAIL
                     IDEAS FIRST PRESENTED IN THE URBAN MOTORWAYS PROJECT TEAM'S REPORT FOR  EVALUATING  ROAD PLANS.

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GENERAL

GREAT  BRITAIN


     ST<  >
    DEPARTMENT OF  THE ENVIRONMENT REGISTER OF RESEARCH 197S.   PART IV:
    ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT  OF THE ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-2S8            ID*   OJ005B

    PART  IV OF THE  ENVIRONMENT  REGISTER  OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT GIVES
INFORMATION ON POLLUTION RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERWAY  IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS OF 1975.  PROJECTS
ARE ARRANGED UNDER  THE CATEGORIES OF AIR  POLLUTION*  NOISE. MARINE POLLUTION. FRESHWATER POLLUTION.
LAND POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVITY.  AND METALLIC ELEMENTS.   UNDER EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES PROJECTS
ARE SUBGROUPED ACCORDING TO  WHETHER THE  RESEARCH BEING REALIZED INVOLVES  SURVEILLANCE* EFFECTS.
CONTROL.  MODEL STUDIES OR METHODS OF MEASUREMENT.  GENERAL INFORMATION ON EACH PROJECT INCLUDES
TITLE OF  PROJECT.  DESCRIPTION.  CONDUCTING AND SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS. SCOPE* RESEARCH WORKERS.
DATES OF  PROJECT,  AND REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS.  FOUR  INDEXES  ENABLE THE  USER OF THE REGISTER  TO
FIND THE  WORK CARRIED ON IN  ANY GIVEN SUBJECT. THE WORK OF ANY  GIVEN ORGANIZATION,  THE WORK
SPONSORED BY ANY GIVEN ORGANIZATION, AND  THE WORK OF ANY GIVEN  INDIVIDUAL.  A LIST  OF
CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS IS ALSO GIVEN.
HONG KONG

     SEC  I
    HONG  KONG ENVIRONMENT,..AN  ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
    CARR. NEIL
    ENGLISH                  00/00/00  PGS   1-34
        EPA
ID*  03571A
                           THIS PUBLICATION  DISCUSSES  ECONOMIC THEORY AS IT PERTAINS TO  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN
                       GENERAL. WITH SOME PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO  HONG KONG.   IT  STRESSES  THAT THE  PRESENT STATE OF
                       ECONOMICS  CAN.  TO SOME EXTENT.  REALISTICALLY  DEFINE  IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL  COSTS, BUT  IN THE
                       LONG RUN THE  TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC  METHODS ,OF  PRICING-ALLOCATION AND EQUILIBRIUM APPROACHES CAN
                       NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE COMPLEX FACTORS INVOLVED  CONCERNING SOCIAL NEEDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY.
                       NEVERTHELESS, THE URGENCY OF THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION REQUIRES US TO PROCEED WITH THE
                       TOOLS AT HAND IN IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.   SUGGESTIONS ARE SET FORTH FAVORING  THE
                       REORIENTATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES CONCERNING  THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THE
                       PROMULGATION  OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE CREATION  OF GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL
                       ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE POWER TO ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
JAPAN
     PM(A)
    QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT  IN JAPAN.  197S
    JAPAN.   ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
    ENGLISH                  02/00/76  PGS   1-201
    ALSO PM8.  LRB AND  SE
       EPA
ID*  029748
                           THIS ANNUAL PUBLICATION IS A  CONDENSED VERSION OF THE  WHITE PAPER ON THE  ENVIRONMENT  SUBMITTED
                       BY THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  TO THE 73RD  SESSION OF  THE JAPANESE DIET IN  PURSUANCE  OF THE
                       1967 BASIC LAW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION CONTROL.  PART  ONE OF THE  PUBLICATION IS A GENERAL
                       INTRODUCTION  DISCUSSING  THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL  ADMINISTRATION. IN DEVELOPMENT
                       OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.  AND IN ENVIRONMENTAL COST ALLOCATIONS.   PART TWO DETAILS
                       MORE SPECIFIC SECTORS  OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION INCLUDING CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL
                       ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESENT STATE OF THE TYPES  OF POLLUTION AND CONTROLLING MEASURES. HEALTH
                       DAMAGE CAUSED BY POLLUTION. NATURE  PRESERVATION. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. AND  INTERNATIONAL
                       ARRANGEMENTS.   PART THREE OUTLINES  ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES  ENVISAGED FOR FISCAL  YEAR 1975.
                       APPENDIXES TO THE PUBLICATION REPRINT JAPAN'S BASIC POLICY ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION  AND
                       LIST ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ON AIR AND WATER QUALITY. EMISSIONS AND  EFFLUENTS.  AND NOISE.

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GENERAL

SWITZERLAND


      PMCB)
    "NUCLEAR POKER STATIONS:
    JOURNAL DE  GENEVE

    FRENCH
                                 CLIMATIC PROBLEMS HAVE TOP PRIORITY."
11/05/75   PGS
                                 ID*
                                         EPA
                                       03576A
                            THE PROBLEMS OF  METEOROLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS  DUE TO  THE OPERATION OF  NUCLEAR  POWER PLANTS IS
                        BEING STUDIED  IN SWITZERLAND  BY AN AD  HOC WORKING GROUP  UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF  A  SWISS
                        METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OFFICER.  OF  PARTICULAR  CONCERN AT THIS  TIME ARE TWO PROPOSED NUCLEAR
                        PLANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THE  RHINE ABOVE AND  BELOW THE CITY OF  BASEL.   THE WORKING GROUP IS
                        EXPECTED TO  MAINTAIN RECORDS  OF PRESENT METEOROLOGICAL AND CLIMATIC DATA. TAKING  INTO ACCOUNT HEAT
                        AND POLLUTING  EMISSIONS FROM  THERMAL INSTALLATIONS. INDUSTRY AND  TRAFFIC.  A METHOD OF CALCULATING
                        CLIMATIC MODIFICATIONS OCCURRING AS A  RESULT OF NUCLEAR  COOLING TOMER HEAT EMISSIONS IS ALSO
                        EXPECTED TO  BE FORMULATED BY  THE WORKING GROUP.  FINALLY,  THE GROUP'S EFFORTS ARE TO INCLUDE A
                        STUDY OF THE IMPACT  OF REMOTE NUCLEAR  ENERGY PRODUCTION. FOR INDUSTRIAL  AND HEATING PURPOSES. ON
                        AIR QUALITY  IN THE CITY OF BASEL.
UNITED NATIONS

      PM(A)
LAND  USE

FRANCE


      LR( A)
    "U. N. ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION MEETING IN NAIROBI."   NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
                                                                        EPA
    GERMAN                    04/21/76  PGS  4                ID*  03602A

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES CERTAIN PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE  UNITED  NATIONS  ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME (UNEP) ON THE  OCCASION  OF UNEP'S FOURTH  COUNCIL  MEETING  IN  NAIROBI  DURING EASTER  WEEK.
UNEP  HAS SUFFERED BUDGET  PROBLEMS BECAUSE CERTAIN  COUNTRIES. AMONG THEM THE U.S. AND THE U.S.S.R..
HAVE  FAILED TO  CONTRIBUTE THE TOTAL PLEDGED FUNDS.   THIS  STEMS IN  PART FROM DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT
SOME  OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS.  THE UNEP "EARTHWATCH" PROGRAM  HAS ALSO BEEN DISAPPOINTING
IN SOME RESPECTS THUS  FAR. PRIMARILY BECAUSE MANY  NATIONS  (WITH THE  EXCEPTION OF THE U.S. AND THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY) HAVE NOT SENT INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR  THE "EARTHWATCH" COMPUTER.
ON THE OTHER HAND. SOME  PROGRESS  HAS BEEN MADE IN  STUDYING THE PROBLEMS OF  INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.
A UNEP OFFICE  IN PARIS SPECIALIZES IN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION RESEARCH.   ALSO  ON THE POSITIVE  SIDE.
UNEP«S COUNCIL  HAS DECIDED TO PUBLISH A  REGISTER OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR AND FOODSTUFFS.
    "DECREE NO.  75-1136  OF DECEMBER 11.  1975 FOR  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW  NO.
    75-602 ON  THE CREATION OF THE CONSERVANCY OF  LITTORAL  AREAS."   JOURNAL  OFFICIEL
                                                                        EPA
    FRENCH                    12/12/75  PGS  12661-64        ID*  03589A

    THIS DECREE  PLACES THE CONSERVANCY OF LITTORAL  AREAS  AND LAKESHORES.  WHICH WAS
ESTABLISHED 3* THE JULY  10. 1975  LAW. WITHIN THE  JURISDICTION OF THE MINISTER OF LAND PLANNING.
IT SETS FORTH  ADMINISTRATIVE AND  ORGANIZATIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE FORMULATION OF
MULTI-ANNUAL ACTION PROGRAMS, THE ACQUISITION OF  NECESSARY LANDS,  THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
MEMBERSHIP AND ITS MEMBERS* RESPONSIBILITIES AND  TERM OF  OFFICE.   SHORE  COUNCILS ARE DESIGNATED
FOR:   THE MEDITERRANEAN.  THE CORSICAN, THE ATLANTIC. AND  THE CHANNEL AND  NORTH SEA  LITTORALS, AS
WELL AS FOR LAKESHORES.   THESE  COUNCILS  ARE TO BE CONSULTED PRIOR  TO ALL  POLICY DECISIONS  AND
AC GUIS IT IONS.

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LAND  USE

GREAT BRITAIN

      PM(B»
                                                                                                                                       PAGE
ROADS AND THE  ENVIRONMENT
OE  HAMEL. BRUNO
                           ENGLISH
                                                      00/00/76   PGS   1-10
        EPA
ID*  03559A
                           ROADS AND THE  ENVIRONMENT DESCRIBES THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  ISSUES  INVOLVED  IN  IMPLEMENTING THE
                       GOVERNMENT'S ROAD  PROGRAM.   IT DISCUSSES PRINCIPLES OF ROUTE SELECTION, THE DESIGN OF  ROADS AND
                       BRIDGES. STEPS  TAKEN TO  FIT THEM  INTO THE LANDSCAPE AND  MEASURES  TO MINIMIZE  ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS
                       ON AMENITY IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.   PLANTING AND  MAINTENANCE  ALONG THE ROADS  AND SERVICES TO ROAD
                       USERS  ARE ALSO  CONSIDERED.   AN APPENDIX LISTS  BOOKLETS AND LEAFLETS ON THE SUBJECT AVAILABLE TO
                       THE PUBLIC.  THE AUTHOR  OF  THIS BOOKLET, PUBLISHED BY THE  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IS A
                       MEMBER OF THE SECRETARY  OF  STATE'S ADVISORY  COMMITTEE ON THE LANDSCAPE TREATMENT OF TRUNK ROADS.
                       NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE  TEXT.
GREAT  BRITAIN

     SE« )
ENVIRONMENTAL  EVALUATION:   THE COST-BENEFIT  APPROACH.
R. TRAVERS MORGAN AND PARTNERS
ENGLISH                   00/00/74   PGS  1-64
^GENERAL
 TECHNICAL  PAPER NO.
       EPA
IO«  03S60A
NEW  ZEALAND
      PM(B)
"UPPER KAITUNA  CATCHMENT  CONTROL SCHEME...  BOLD RECOMMENDATIONS  THAT OFFER
A  NEW APPROACH."  SOIL AND  WATER. VOL.  12. NO.  2
LISTER. RON G.                                                    EPA
ENGLISH                   10/00/75  PGS  4-5              ID*   03612A
ALSO  SE
*WATER
NORWAY
     PM
POLLUTION AND URBAN LAND USE IN THE  OSLO AREA  (BY-OG REGIONFORSKNINGEN.
RAPPORT  15)
SKAGE. OLAV R.                                                    EPA
NORWEGIAN                00/00/70  PGS   1-47            ID*   03593A
*AIR

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LAND  USE

SWITZERLAND

      LR(B)
    "LAW ON LAND USE IS BEING  CHALLENGED."   JOURNAL  DE GENEVE
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    02/10/76  PGS  12              ID*   03570A

    OPPOSITION TO  THE SWISS  FEDERAL LAW  ON  LAND USE  HAS MADE IT NECESSARY  FOR THE LAW TO BE
SUBJECTED TO A POPULAR VOTE  OF APPROVAL  WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR  JUNE 13,  1976.  THE PRINCIPLE OF
LAND MANAGEMENT. PREVIOUSLY  INCORPORATED  INTO ARTICLE 22 QUATER OF THE CONSTITUTION,  HOLDS THE
CONFEDERATION RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE FORMULATION OF IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.  AS WELL AS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE NATION-WIDE  LAND USE PLANS.  THE LAW. ALREADY  ADOPTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE. GRANTS TO THE CONFEDERATION  THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT. AND TO COORDINATE.
ALL CANTONAL GENERAL MASTER  PLANS.  MOREOVER. THE LAW SETS UP THE LEGAL  APPARATUS NECESSARY TO
SUCH LAND PLANNING.  OPPONENTS OF THE LAW ARE OBJECTING TO WHAT THEY VIEW  AS OVERCENTRALIZATION
OF POWER AND A DISREGARD FOR CANTONAL PREROGATIVES.
NOISE

BELGIUM
     LRCA)
    "MARCH 27. 1974 CROWN DECREE REGULATING THE ORGANIZATION OF AUTOMOBILE
    VEHICLE RACES.  TRAINING  AND TESTS."   MONITEUR  BELGE
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    04/06/74  PGS  4885-87         ID*   01472C

    THIS ORDER. PURSUANT TO  THE JULY  IS.  1973 LAW  ON NOISE CONTROL. IS  APPLICABLE  TO:   1) ALL
AUTOMOBILE VEHICLES AS DEFINED  BY THE GENERAL REGULATIONS ON ROAD TRAFFIC  CONTROL.  INCLUDING
PROTOTYPES AND VEHICLES USED EXCLUSIVELY  FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES; 2)  SPEED AND/OR OBSTACLE
RACES.  TRIALS. AND  TRAINING  AS  WELL AS RECREATIONAL  USES OF SUCH VEHICLES  ON SITES  OR  CIRCUITS
NOT LOCATED ON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.  IN  ADDITION  TO CERTAIN AUTHORIZATION FORMALITIES. THE ORDER
PRESCRIBES. INTER ALIA. THAT IT IS PROHIBITED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN  1000 M OF THE
LIMITS  OF:  1) ANY  BUILT-UP  AREA AS DEFINED BY THE GENERAL REGULATIONS  ON  ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;
2) PLACES. SUCH AS  CARE ESTABLISHMENTS AND REST HOMES, WHERE QUIET IS NECESSARY; 3) AREAS
CLASSIFIED AS NATURE RESERVES.  NATURAL PARKS OR FOREST RESERVES; 4) CAMPING SITES.  PUBLIC PARKS.
AND BEACHES; AND s> ZONES RESERVED FOR RECREATION.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     LR(A)
    "COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF  7  NOV. 1973...(ON) THE  PERMISSIBLE SOUND LEVEL AND  THE
    EXHAUST SYSTEM  OF MOTOR VEHICLES."   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   11/22/73  PGS   321/33-36       ID*   03574A

    THIS  "COMMISSION DIRECTIVE  OF 7 NOVEMBER 1973 ADAPTING  TO  TECHNICAL  PROGRESS THE COUNCIL
DIRECTIVE OF 6 FEBRUARY 1970  ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS  OF THE MEMBER STATES  RELATING TO
THE PERMISSIBLE SOUND LEVEL AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OF MOTOR VEHICLES (NO.  73/350/EEO" AMENDS
HEADING  II. ENTITLED "EXHAUST SYSTEM  (SILENCERS)."   IT PROVIDES THAT IN  ORDER TO RECEIVE  NATIONAL
TYPE APPROVAL, A  VEHICLE IS TO  BE FITTED WITH DEVICES DESIGNED TO REDUCE EXHAUST NOISE (SILENCERS)
AND SPECIFIES THE PROCEDURE FOR TESTING  THE EFFECTIVENESS  OF SUCH SILENCERS.

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                                                                                                                                                10
NOISE

FRANCE
      LR( A)
     "NOVEMBER  4,  1975 DECREE ON THE  LIMITATION OF AIRBORNE SOUNDS EMITTED  BY
     PICK-HAMMERS  AND PAVING-BREAKERS."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                        EPA
     FRENCH                    12/11/75  PGS   12614-15        ID*   00894E

     THIS DECREE.  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO  DECREE  69-380 ON  THE  SOUND  INSULATION  OF MACHINERY USED  AT
OUTDOOR WORK SITES. IS APPLICABLE TO PICK-HAMMERS AND PAVING-BREAKERS.   IT SETS FORTH THE
MAXIMUM LIMITS. RANGING  FROM 112 DB  TO 118  DB. FOR THE AIRBORNE  SOUND EMITTED BY PICK-HAMMERS
MANUFACTURED OR  IMPORTED AS OF JANUARY 1. 1976.  EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED  OR IMPORTED  PRIOR TO THAT
DATE IS EXPECTED  TO CONFORM TO THESE NOISE  STANDARDS  AS OF JANUARY 1. 1980.   THE DECREE ALSO
PRESCRIBES TYPE APPROVAL PROCEDURES  AND INCLUDES. AS  AN ANNEX.  THE FORM  WHICH IS TO  BE USED  AS
A MANDATORY CERTIFICATE  OF  MODEL TYPE APPROVAL.
FRANCE
     LR(B)
    "CONSIDERING  THE LEGISLATIVE AND  REGULATORY  ACTIVITY  OF THE MINISTRY FOR  THE
    QUALITY OF LIFE."  NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO.  47
    CATHALA. R..  AND OTHERS                                          EPA
    FRENCH                    01/00/76   PGS  51-54           ID*  03573A
    tWATER          AIR            SOLID WASTE
GERMANY.FED REP  OF
     LR(A)
    "JAN. 9. 1974  LAW IMPLEMENTING THE  TREATY...BETWEEN  THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC  OF
    GERMANY AND  AUSTRIA ON  THE EFFECTS...OF THE  SALZBURG AIRPORT."   BUNDESGESETZBLATT
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    01/15/74  PGS  13-16           ID*  03577A

    THE  "JAN. 9.  1974 LAW  IMPLEMENTING  THE TREATY OF DEC.  19, 1967 BETWEEN THE  FEDERAL  REPUBLIC  OF
GERMANY  AND THE  REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA ON  THE EFFECTS OF THE  LOCATION AND THE OPERATION OF THE
SALZBURG AIRPORT  ON THE SOVEREIGN TERRITORY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC  OF GERMANY" ADOPTS  THE TREATY
FOR THE  FEDERAL  REPUBLIC.   THE TREATY.  APPENDED  TO THE LAW. PROVIDES FOR COOPERATION AND
CONSULTATION BETWEEN FEDERAL GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN  AUTHORITIES IN CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE
OPERATION OF THE  AIRPORT.   AMONG OTHER  THINGS. GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARE TO BE CONSULTED BEFORE THE
AIRPORT'S VARIOUS  PERMITS TO OPERATE  ARE ALTERED  OR EXPANDED.  IN THIS REGARD.  AUSTRIA  AGREES TO
TAKE  INTO CONSIDERATION GERMAN REQUIREMENTS IN THE AREAS OF LAND PLANNING. LAND USE. MUNICIPAL
DEVELOPMENT AND  NOISE PROTECTION.  GERMAN NOISE  PROTECTION INTERESTS WILL ALSO  BE CONSIDERED
BEFORE THE AIRPORT IS PERMITTED TO OPERATE BETWEEN 11 P.M.  AND 6 A.M.

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NOISE

GREAT  BRITAIN


     LR(A)
    •FEBRUARY 13.  1976 CONTROL OF NOISE  (MEASUREMENT AND REGISTERS)
    REGULATIONS."   STATUTORY  INSTRUMENTS. NO. 37.  1976
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-15             ID*  02482F

    THESE REGULATIONS MAKE PROVISIONS.  IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 64(8) OF THE BRITISH CONTROL OF
POLLUTION ACT 1974. WITH RESPECT TO THE  METHODS  TO BE USED  BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND AND
MALES  HHEN MEASURING. AND. WHERE NECESSARY. CALCULATING. LEVELS OF NOISE FROM  PREMISES  OF ANY
SPECIFIED CLASS  IN  A NOISE ABATEMENT ZONE.  METHODS FOR GENERAL USE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE  SCHEDULE
TO THE  REGULATIONS.  THE SECRETARY OF  STATE FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT IS AUTHORIZED  IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES TO DETERMINE SPECIAL METHODS FOR USE BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY.  IN PURSUANCE  OF SECTION
64(8)(B)  REGULATION FIVE PROVIDES THAT CALCULATED  NOISE LEVELS MAY BE  TREATED  AS MEASURED FOR THE
PURPOSES  OF PROVISIONS OF SECTION 64 WHICH RELATE  TO THE MEASURING OF  NOISE LEVELS AND  THE
RECORDING OF MEASUREMENTS IN  A REGISTER.   THE REGULATIONS  ALSO MAKE PROVISIONS. IN PURSUANCE OF
SECTION 64(2) OF THE ACT. WITH RESPECT TO THE KEEPING BY A  LOCAL AUTHORITY OF  THE NOISE LEVEL
REGISTER  IN WHICH  MEASUREMENTS OF NOISE  LEVELS AND OTHER PARTICULARS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED.
GREAT  BRITAIN
     LRCB)
    •CONTROL OF POLLUTION  ACT.   IMPLEMENTATION OF PART  III  - NOISE."   DEPARTMENT
    OF  THE ENVIRONMENT CIRCULAR 2/76
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT  OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                   02/27/76   PGS  1-45             ID*  02482G
    ALSO PMB AND  SE

    THIS CIRCULAR.  ISSUED  JOINTLY BY THE BRITISH SECRETARY  OF STATE FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT AND THE
SECRETARY OF STATE  FOR WALES. SERVES AS AN INFORMATIVE  AND  EXPLANATORY GUIDE  TO ASSIST  LOCAL
AUTHORITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN  IMPLEMENTING PART  III  OF THE CONTROL OF  POLLUTION ACT AND
ITS EXISTING REGULATIONS.  I.E.  THE CONTROL OF NOISE (APPEALS) REGULATIONS  1975. THE CONTROL OF
NOISE  (MEASUREMENT  AND REGISTERS) REGULATIONS 1976 AND  THE  BRITISH STANDARDS  INSTITUTION'S CODE
OF PRACTICE FOR NOISE CONTROL ON CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SITES.   CITING  A PREFERENCE FOR
PREVENTION RATHER THAN CURE OF  NOISE POLLUTION.  THE GUIDE  EXPLAINS ECONOMIC  RESOURCES.  LIAISON
ARRANGEMENTS. APPEALS. CODES OF PRACTICE. STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS. AND  OTHER MEASURES TO  BE
EMPLOYED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CONTROL AMBIENT NOISE  LEVELS AND. IN PARTICULAR. NOISE FROM
FIXED  PREMISES.   APPENDIX  ONE TO THE GUIDE IS A  SUMMARY OF  PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO PART  III OF THE
ACT.   APPENDIX TWO  GIVES DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING  NOISE ABATEMENT  ZONES.

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NOISE

MEXICO

     PM(B>
PESTICIDES

SOUTH  AFRICA

     ST<  )
     "NOISY VEHICLES WILL  BE WITHDRAWN."  EXCELSIOR

     SPANISH                   12/09/75  PGS   1.  13
     ALSO LR8
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
03597A
                           AS  A RESULT OF  A SURVEY  SHOWING  51  PERCENT  OF ALL MOTOR VEHICLES  TESTED  IN MEXICO  CITY TO  BE
                       OPERATING AT LEVELS IN EXCESS OF THE  MAXIMUM TOLERANCE OF  90 DECIBELS,  THIS  ARTICLE REPORTS
                       THAT THE FEDERAL  DISTRICT DEPARTMENT  HAS ORDERED THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF  POLICE AND TRANSPORT
                       TO UNDERTAKE A CAMPAIGN  IN THE CITY  TO  REMOVE FROM CIRULATION ALL  MOTOR VEHICLES PRODUCING
                       EXCESSIVE NOISE.   DERIVING ITS AUTHORITY FROM THE ORGANIZATIONAL LAW  OF THE  FEDERAL
                       DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. THE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND THE NOISE REGULATIONS. THE  DIRECTORATE WILL
                       MAKE NOISE LEVEL  MEASUREMENTS AT APPROPRIATE POINTS IN THE CITY. AND  IF AUTOMOBILES OR
                       MOTORCYCLES EMIT  MORE THAN 85 DECIBELS  AND OTHER TYPES OF  VEHICLES EMIT MORE  THAN 90 DECIBELS.
                       ONE OF  THE LICENSE  PLATES OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE WILL BE REMOVED AND  THE OWNER GIVEN 30 DAYS
                       TO MAKE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS.  IF REPAIRS ARE NOT EFFECTED  WITHIN THIS PERIOD.  THE OWNER IS
                       SUBJECT TO A FINE  OF 100 PESOS. AND  HIS VEHICLE WILL BE REMOVED FROM  CIRCULATION UNTIL REPAIRED.
    A  GUIDE TO  THE USE OF  PESTICIDES  AND FUNGICIDES IN SOUTH AFRICA.  1975
    BOT.  J.. AND  OTHERS                                              EPA
    ENGLISH                   08/00/75   PGS   1-231            ID*  03556A
    ALSO  PMB

    THIS  GUIDE. PREPARED BY  THE SOUTH AFRICAN PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IS PUBLISHED
TWICE  ANNUALLY  (ONCE IN ENGLISH AND ONCE IN AFRIKAANS) AND  PROVIDES THE GOVERNMENT AND  THE
PESTICIDE INDUSTRY WITH THE  UP-TO-DATE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE  APPROVED USE AND  APPLICATION OF
PESTICIDES.  THE  INTRODUCTION TO THE  GUIDE SUMMARIZES PESTICIDE REGISTRATION AND LABELLING
REQUIREMENTS. LISTS REGIONAL PESTICIDE CONTROL OFFICES. AND CONTAINS  GENERAL  INFORMATION ON THE
FORMULATIONS. TOXICITY. SAFEGUARDS. TRANSPORT. STORAGE. APPLICATION AND DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDES.
PART ONE  OF TrtE GUIDE GIVES  TABULATED INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE CORRECT FORMULATIONS.  DOSAGES,
PERIODS AND METHODS OF APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES  TO SPECIFIED PESTS  AND CROPS.   PART TWO GIVES
INSTRUCTIONS FOR  PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN THE HOME AND ON PREMISES.   APPENDIXES  TO THE  GUIDE
CONTAIN AN INDEX  TO THE COMMON NAMES  OF PESTICIDES. A LIST  OF THE COMMON NAMES OF PESTS AND THE
PLANTS THEY ATTACK. KEYS TO  ACTIVE PESTICIDE INGREDIENTS, AND INFORMATION ON  PESTICIDE  MANUFACTURE,

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RADIATION

SWEDEN


      PMCB)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               1 3
    "NUCLEAR POWER  PLANTS -  WE HAVE TO  BUILD NUCLEAR WASTE  INSTALLATION."  SVENSKA
    DAGBLADET
                                                                       EPA
    SWEDISH                   02/15/76  PCS  20               ID*  03600A
    *SOLID WASTE
SWITZERLAND

      LR(B)
                           "RADIATION LEGISLATION  CONSIDERED."  JOURNAL  DE GENEVE
SOLID  WASTE

AUSTRIA

     PM(B)
    FRENCH
                               02/13/76   PGS  13
                                                                       EPA
                                                                ID*  03SB1A
                           ONE  NATIONAL  INITIATIVE*  THREE CANTONAL  INITIATIVES.  AN AD HOC FEDERAL COMMISSION  AND A
                       COMMISSION FOR THE  FORMULATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE  ENERGY  POLICY. ALL  SUGGEST AN UPCOMING
                       MODIFICATION OF SWISS LEGISLATION ON  RADIATION PROTECTION.   CHRISTOPHE  BABAIANTZ. PRESIDENT OF
                       THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN SWITZERLAND  ENERGY  CO.. RECENTLY  EXAMINED CURRENT  RADIATION
                       LEGISLATION TO DEMONSTRATE  ITS EFFECTIVENESS.  CONSIDERED WERE THE  1957 ARTICLE 24 QUINQUIES OF
                       THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION EXTENDING THE CONFEDERATION'S JURISDICTION TO  THE PEACEFUL USES OF
                       ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION.  AND THE  1959 LAW  IN PURSUANCE OF THIS  AMENDMENT.
                       CONTAINING SECURITY PROVISIONS WHICH  THE CONFEDERATION OVERSEES AND WHICH ARE  DESCRIBED  AS
                       STRINGENT BY MR.  BABAIANTZ.  THE AUTHOR. HOWEVER.  QUESTIONS THE ADEQUACY OF THE AUTHORIZATION
                       PROCEDURE WHICH.  HE MAINTAINS. DEPRIVES THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS OF POLICY ALTERNATIVES.
    "YEARLY MOUNTAIN OF WASTE OUTSHINES CHEOPS  PYRAMID."   DIE PRESSE
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    02/13/76   PGS  17               ID*  03591A

    A  STUDY OF THE  DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTES  IN AUSTRIA WAS CARRIED OUT
BY INVESTIGATORS  AT THE ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY  IN  VIENNA.  THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL  BE USED AS
A BASIS  FOR PLANNING.  RESEARCHERS WERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HOW  MUCH WASTE COULD  POTENTIALLY
BE RECYCLED.  THEY  FOUND THAT ONE-THIRD OF THE  HOUSEHOLD  WASTES SAMPLED CONSISTED OF PAPER AND
CARDBOARD. 11 PERCENT OF GLASS. AND 6  PERCENT OF SYNTHET4C MATERIALS.  ONE-HALF OF ALL DOMESTIC
WASTE  WAS MADE UP OF PACKAGING MATERIALS.  MORE WASTE PER PERSON WAS  DISCARDED EACH YEAR IN LARGE
CITIES THAN IN SMALL COMMUNITIES.  FURTHER STUDIES ARE NOW PLANNED TO LEARN  IF HOUSEWIVES WOULD  BE
WILLING  TO PRESORT  RESIDENTIAL WASTES  AND TO EVALUATE A PROGRAM OF SEPARATE  COLLECTION FOR GLASS,
PAPER  AND SYNTHETICS AT 16  LOCATIONS  IN VIENNA.

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SOLID HASTE

FINLAND

     PM(8)
    2PROBLEM WASTE  IS  NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEM."  HUFVUDSTADSBLAOET
                                                                   EPA
    SWEDISH                  01/30/76  PGS  9               ID*  03S85A
     WATER

    THE WATER BOARD HAS  REJECTED A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION FOR THE CENTRAL
PROCESSING OF PROBLEM  WASTE.  ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  THE BOARD FEELS THAT APART FROM BEING
TOO EXPENSIVE IT WOULD ALSO CREATE A TEMPTATION FOR INDUSTRY NOT  TO SOLVE ITS OWN WASTE PROBLEMS.
FOR WHICH IT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.  THE BOARD DOES,  HOWEVER.  URGE  A CONTINUOUS INVESTIGATION
INTO THE DISPOSAL AND  TREATMENT  OF PROBLEM WASTE. WHICH IS CLASSIFIED  AS HARD TO DISSOLVE OR
HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.  A SURVEY OF THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING FINNISH AND SCANDINAVIAN WASTE
TREATMENT PLANTS AS WELL AS AN ORGANISATION TO PROMOTE RAPID TREATMENT OF OIL AND OIL WASTE
WOULD BE USEFUL.  AT PRESENT. MOST OF THE PROBLEM WASTE IS DUMPED OR ENDS UP  IN WATERCOURSES.
FRANCE
     LR«B)
    "CONSIDERING THE LEGISLATIVE  AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF THE MINISTRY FOR  THE
    QUALITY OF LIFE."   NUISANCES  ET ENVIRONNEMENT. NO. 47
    CATMALA, R.. AND OTHERS                                       EPA
    FRENCH                   01/00/76  PGS  51-54          ID*  03573A
    *WATER         AIR            NOISE
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(B)
    "•SPECIAL WASTES' —  THE  MOST  POISONOUS CHAPTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  02/12/76  PGS  5              ID*  03578A

    THE FEDERAL DIET IS PREPARING  TO PASS AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1972 LAW ON THE DISPOSAL  OF WASTES
WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR REMOVAL OF  "SPECIAL WASTES."  THE AMENDMENT IS INTENDED  TO  CORRECT EXISTNG
DEFICIENCIES IN THE REMOVAL OF TOXIC OR  ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL WASTES.  IMPROVE SUPERVISION OF
WASTES. AND EXPEDITE ADMINISTRATIVE  PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL FACILITIES DISPOSING OF  DANGEROUS
WASTES.  CONCERNS IN WHICH DANGEROUS WASTES ARE PRODUCED WILL BE REQUIRED TO HIRE  A SPECIAL
EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE  WASTES.  THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT MAY ISSUE ORDINANCES  DEFINING
"SPECIAL WASTES" AND ESTABLISHING  MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR DISPOSAL.  PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THE LAW ARE  INCREASED IN STRINGENCY.   THE AMENDMENT IS TO TAKE EFFECT  IN  1977.

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                                                                                                                                      IS
SOLID WASTE

GREAT BRITAIN


     LR(B)
    •CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974 - PART I (WASTE ON  LAND) COMMENCEMENT ORDER
    NO. 4."  DEPARTMENT  OF THE ENVIRONMENT CIRCULAR  1/76
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  01/02/76  PCS  1-5             ID*  02482J

    THIS JOINT CIRCULAR  OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT AND THE  WELSH  OFFICE
DESIGNATES AND EXPLAINS  THOSE PROVISIONS OF PART I OF  THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION  ACT  APPLICABLE TO
ENGLAND AND WALES CONCERNING WASTES ON LAND. WHICH WERE BROUGHT INTO EFFECT ON  JANUARY  1. 1976 BY
THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION COMMENCEMENT ORDER NO. 4.   DESPITE HOPES TO BRING ALL  PROVISIONS OF
PART I AND THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF PART V AND VI INTO FORCE BY THE END OF  1975.  THE PRESENT
NEED FOR A STANDSTILL  IN LOCAL EXPENDITURE HAS RESULTED IN THE ENACTMENT ONLY OF  THOSE  PROVISIONS,
LISTED IN ANNEX ONE  OF THE CIRCULAR. WHICH DO NOT INVOLVE ADDITIONAL LOCAL EXPENDITURE.  AMONG
THESE PROVISIONS ARE INCLUDED SECTIONS OF THE ACT CONCERNING ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTIONS AND
POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, SPECIAL WASTES. RECLAMATION  ACTIVITY* APPEALS. PENALTIES AND OTHER
LEGAL PROCEDURES.  THE CIRCULAR ALSO COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS AND TIMETABLES  FOR
IMPLEMENTING REMAINING PROVISIONS OF PART I INVOLVING  LICENSING. SURVEYS. AND DISPOSAL  PLANNING.
IRELAND

     PM(B)
    REPORT OF THE  WORKING PARTY ON SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL:   PART I
    IRELAND.  AN FORAS  FORBARTHA                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  11/00/74  PGS   1-30            ID*  03614A
    THIS REPORT. PREPARED BY A WORKING PARTY WITHIN  THE PLANNING DIVISION OF  AN  FORAS FORBARTHA
(ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND ADVISORY BODY). PRESENTS THE  INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING AN
INVESTIGATION OF THE  QUESTION OF SOLID WASTE AND THE PROBLEMS OF ITS DISPOSAL IN IRELAND.
CONSIDERED BY THE  WORKING PARTY WERE:  THE  MAJOR COMPONENTS OF WASTE. PARTICULARLY HOUSEHOLD AND
TRADE REFUSE; OPTIONS IN THE DISPOSAL OF SUCH WASTE: AND  POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT  INVOLVEMENT AND
LEGISLATION IN THE AREA OF WASTE DISPOSAL.  A BRIEF  BIBLIOGRAPHY IS APPENDED  TO  THE REPORT.
SOUTH AFRICA

     PM(B)
    A SURVEY OF LITTER  IN SOUTH AFRICA
    HEYL. L.J.. AND  OTHERS
    ENGLISH                  01/00/75  PGS
    ALSO SE
1-50
       EPA
ID*  03580A
                          SPONSORED BY THE "KEEP SOUTH  AFRICA TIDY" GROUP AND CARRIED  OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF
                      PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT. THIS  SURVEY PROVIDES BASIC DATA FOR  USE IN THE FORMULATION OF ANTI-LITTER
                      MEASURES IN SOUTH AFRICA.  LITTER.  DEFINED AS ANY SOLID WASTE  DEPOSITED BY PEOPLE  IN PUBLIC PLACES
                      RATHER THAN IN APPROPRIATE RECEPTACLES. WAS FOUND TO CONSIST OF  55 PERCENT NON-PACKAGING  MATERIALS
                      AND 45 PERCENT PACKAGING MATERIALS.  PAPER (MOSTLY NEWSPAPERS)  BEING THE MOST COMMON LITTER MATERIAL
                      FOLLOWED BY PLASTICS. METAL  AND GLASS.  BEVERAGE CONTAINERS, CANS, PAPER CARTONS AND CONTAINER
                      TOPS COMPRISED 9 PERCENT OF  ALL LITTER.  THE TOTAL COST OF  LITTER REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL SERVICES IN
                      SOUTH AFRICA IS ESTIMATED AT  11 MILLION RAND PER ANNUM. ,WITH AN  ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF  18  PERCENT.
                      THE SURVEY CONCLUDES THAT REVISED METHODS COULD INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN LITTER CONTROL.  SEVERAL
                      TABLES AND APPENDIXES ILLUSTRATE  THE TEXT OF THE SURVEY.

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SOLID  WASTE

SOUTH  AFRICA

     PM(B)
    A  SURVEY OF  LITTER  IN  SOUTH AFRICA:   SUPPLEMENTARY  REPORT
    V.  BROOKS. G.  R. DE
    ENGLISH                   07/00/75   PCS  1-12             ID*
  EPA
035808
                           THIS REPORT,  PUBLISHED  BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN  COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.
                       MAS ISSUED AS A SUPPLEMENT  TO THE ORIGINAL SURVEY  ON LITTER IN SOUTH  AFRICA  IN  ORDER TO  COMPARE
                       DATA ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LITTER AT A  DIFFERENT  SEASON OF  THE YEAR.   THE ORIGINAL SURVEY MAS
                       PREPARED IN AUGUST  AND SEPTEMBER OF 1974. AND THE  SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WAS PREPARED DURING FEBRUARY
                       OF 197S.  CONCLUSIONS IN THE  SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT  INDICATE  THAT SEASONAL CHANGES HAVE AN EFFECT
                       ON THE  AMOUNT AND COMPOSITION OF LITTER.  THE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE  BEING
                       A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL  DURING THE  FEBRUARY SURVEY, MHICH SERVED TO HASTEN THE DECOMPOSITION
                       OF LITTER PAPER.   IN COMPARISON MITH THE  AUGUST/SEPTEMBER  SURVEY. THE FEBRUARY  SURVEY SHOWED AN
                       INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE  OF LITTER COMPRISED OF  BEVERAGE  PACKAGING,  AND THE MOST COMMON LITTER
                       CATEGORY AT THIS  TIME OF YEAR MAS FOUND TO BE BROWN PAPER  AND CARDBOARD <19 PERCENT OF ALL LITTER)
                       FOLLOWED 8Y NEWSPAPERS AND  MAGAZINES (13  PERCENT OF ALL LITTER).
SMEDEN
     PMtB)
    "NUCLEAR POWER  PLANTS -  WE HAVE TO  BUILD NUCLEAR WASTE  INSTALLATION."  SVENSKA
    OAGBLADET
                                                                       EPA
    SWEDISH                   02/15/76  PCS  20              ID*  03600A
     RADIATION

    WASTE FROM SWEDISH NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IS CURRENTLY BEING SENT TO  ENGLAND  DUE TO LACK  OF
APPROPRIATE FACILITIES WITHIN  THE COUNTRY.  IT IS REPORTED IN  THIS ARTICLE.  IT  IS  FELT THAT THE
COUNTRY  SHOULD NOT  COUNT ON  FOREIGN AID IN  THIS RESPECT .INDEFINITELY.   A SWEDISH  INSTALLATION
WOULD  COST BETWEEN  3 1/2 AND 10 BILLION SWEDISH KRONER TO BUILD AND WOULD ENTAIL LOWERING THE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.  ENCASED  IN GLASS  AND  CONCRETE.  600 TO 700 METERS  INTO PRIMITIVE ROCKS.
(THIS  PROBLEM. AS WELL AS THE  PRESENT SWEDISH URANIUM SITUATION, ARE ALSO DISCUSSED IN THE  ARTICLE
"11.000  TONS URANIUM NEEDED  -  NO ROOM FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE." IN SVENSKA DAG8LADET,
JANUARY  10. 1976. P. 9. WHICH  IS ATTACHED.)
SWITZERLAND


     PM(B)
    "649  CENTRAL SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES.   A  STOCKTAKING OF WATER
    PROTECTION AND  WASTE REMOVAL."  NEUE  ZUERCHER  ZEITUNG
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    04/07/76  PGS  32              ID*   03607A
    *WATER

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TOXIC  SUBS

BELGIUM


     LR(B)
    •TOXIC  WASTES:  TAXPAYER PENALIZED  INSTEAD OF POLLUTER* SAYS MR.  GLINNE."
    LE SOIR
                                                                     EPA
    FRENCH                    02/22/76  PCS  2               ID*  03611A

    BELGIAN PARLIAMENT  MEMBER AND FORMER  MINISTER OF  EMPLOYMENT, ERNEST GLINNE.  HAS CALLED FOR  A
CHAMBER  INTERPELLATION  ON  THE PROBLEM OF  TOXIC WASTES.   THE CROWN DECREE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
GENERAL  REGULATION OF TOXIC WASTES IS INADEQUATE  IN HIS OPINION, FAILING TO BRING  PERMANENT
SOLUTIONS.   MR.  GLINNE  EXAMINES ALL OF  THE ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM IN  THIS ARTICLE.  REVIEWING THE
1972 SCANDAL LEADING UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BILL  ON TOXIC WASTES. THE REASONS  FOR SUBSEQUENT
DELAYS IN  ITS ACCEPTANCE BY PARLIAMENT,  AND THE MODIFICATIONS MADE  TO THE ORIGINAL BILL.  ALSO
DISCUSSED  ARE THE PUBLIC INITIATIVE CLAUSE CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION OF RESIDUES.  THE LIST OF
TOXIC SUBSTANCES, AND THE  POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.
DENMARK
     LR(A)
    ACT  NO.  312 OF JUNE  26.  1975 AMENDING ACT NO. 290  OF JUNE 7.  1972 ON MEASURES
    AGAINST  POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN OIL
                                                                      EPA
    DANISH                    06/26/75  PCS  1-2             ID*  01449B
    *WATER
SWEDEN


     PM(B)
    "SOME  ASPECTS OF THE  MERCURY PROBLEM."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND  AIR POLLUTION
    RESEARCH LABORATORY
    JERNELOV.  ARNE                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                   09/00/74  PCS  1-13            ID*  03616A
    ALSO ST
    *WATER
SWEDEN
     ST(  )
    "EFFECTS  OF ACID RAIN."  CURRENT SWEDEN - ENVIRONMENT PLANNING  AND CONSERVATION
    NO. 62
    EMMELIN.  LARS                                                    EPA
    ENGLISH                   03/00/76  PGS  1-6             ID*  03592A
    *AIR

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WATER

CANADA

     PM(B)
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL  DIRECTORATE PUBLICATIONS
CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT  CANADA
ENGLISH*                  06/00/7S   PGS  1-21
*ALSO FRENCH
                                                                                       ID*
                 EPA
               035S8A
                           THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. COMPILED BY  THE WATER  POLLUTION  CONTROL DIRECTORATE  (WPCD). LISTS:   1)
                       WPCD  TECHNICAL  REPORTS  INCLUDED  IN THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION SERVICE (EPS)  REPORT SERIES. 2)
                       COPIES OF CONFERENCE PAPERS* SPEECHES AND REPRINTS OF  PAPERS PREPARED FOR  TECHNICAL  AND SCIENTIFIC
                       JOURNALS BY WPCD  PROFESSIONAU STAFF.  AND 3)  REPORTS ISSUED JOINTLY  BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND
                       THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF  THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER  THE CANADA-ONTARIO  AGREEMENT ON GREAT  LAKES WATER
                       QUALITY.  CATEGORIES OF  EPS REPORTS INCLUDE:   1)  REGULATIONS. CODES AND PROTOCOLS. 2)  POLICY AND
                       PLANNING. 3) ECONOMIC AND  TECHNICAL REVIEWS. 4)  TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS. 5)  MONITORING REPORTS.
                       6) TRAINING MANUALS. 7)  BRIEFS AND SUBMISSIONS TO PUBLIC  INQUIRIES* AND 8) ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
                       AND ASSESSMENT.   BRIEF SUMMARIES OF EACH PUBLICATION ARE  INCLUDED.   THE. BOOKLET IS IN  BOTH ENGLISH
                       AND FRENCH.
CANADA

      STf  )
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON  OZONE DISINFECTION.
NETZER.  A.. AND H.K. MIYAMOTO
ENGLISH                   02X00/76  PGS  1-62
RESEARCH REPORT  NO. 29
                EPA
         ID*  03562A
                           A  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON OZONE  DISINFECTION.  A PROCESS WHICH HAS BEEN  IN USE SINCE THE
                       BEGINNING OF THE  CENTURY  TO DISINFECT DRINKING  WATER AND  WHICH IS RECENTLY BECOMING MORE
                       ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE OF LOWER INSTALLATION AND  OPERATING  COSTS. HAS BEEN COMPILED IN
                       THIS PAMPHLET.  REFERENCES  ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND A SUBJECT-AUTHOR INDEX  IS
                       INCLUDED FOR THE  GUIDANCE OF THE USER.   (THIS PUBLICATION  WAS PRODUCED UNDER  THE RESEARCH PROGRAM
                       FOR THE  ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF THE  CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON
                       GREAT  LAKES WATER QUALITY.)
COMECON
     PM(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  CONFERENCE  IN POTSDAM  CONCLUDED."  NEUES
DEUTSCHLAND
                                                                   EPA
GERMAN                     10/17/75  PGS  2                ID*   03564A
*AIR

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HATER

DENMARK
     LRCA)
DENMARK
     LRCA)
    ACT NO. 3»2 OF JUNE 26. 1975 AMENDING ACT NO. 290  OF JUNE 7.  1972  ON MEASURES
    AGAINST POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN  OIL
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                  06/26/75  PGS  1-2             ID*   01449B
     TOXIC SUBS

    THIS ACT AMENDS ACT NO. 290 OF JUNE 7. 1972 SO  THAT .ITS  STIPULATIONS APPLY NOT ONLY TO DENMARK
BUT ALSO TO THE FAROE ISLANDS.  IT AUTHORIZES THE MINISTER FOR  THE  ENVIRONMENT.  OR THE PERSON
HE DELEGATES. TO GRANT EXCEPTIONS TO DUMPING INSIDE THE BALTIC  AREA. PROHIBITED  IN *3 OF ACT
NO. 290. IF THE MATERIAL BEING DUMPED HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM  THE BOTTOM OF  THE SEA  AND DOES NOT
CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. INCLUDING CADMIUM, MERCURY AND THEIR
COMPONENTS* DDT AND PCB. WHICH ARE LISTED IN AN ADDITIONAL APPENDIX.   OUTSIDE THE BALTIC AREA.
THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. OR THE PERSON HE  DELEGATES. MAY AUTHORIZE DUMPING REGARDLESS
OF THE PROHIBITIONS IN *3 AND *4 OF ACT NO. 290.  THE  FAROESE AUTHORITIES HAVE TO GRANT PERMISSION
FOR DUMPING WITHIN FARGESE WATERS.


    BEKENDTGORELSE OM VASKE- OG RENGORINGSMIDLERS NEDBRYDELIGHED  (JUNE 27.  1975
    ORDER NO. 347 ON THE DEGRADABILITY OF DETERGENTS)
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                  06/27/75  PGS  1-10            ID*   01742Q

    THESE REGULATIONS STATE THAT DETERGENTS WHICH CONTAIN  CERTAIN STIPULATED SUBSTANCES AND WHOSE
AVERAGE BIOLOGICAL DEGRAOABILITY IS LESS THAN 90 PERCENT MAY NOT  BE IMPORTED OR USED IN DENMARK.
PACKAGES CONTAINING DETERGENTS. OR AN ACCOMPANYING  DOCUMENT. IF THE DETERGENT IS SOLD IN BULK. MUST
STATE THE PRODUCT'S NAME AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MARKETING OF THE PRODUCT.  CONTROL WILL BE ENFORCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND
TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO EC AND OECD APPROVED  ANALYTICAL  METHODS. WHICH ARE APPENDED.
IMPORTERS. FACTORY OWNERS AND DEALERS MUST SUPPLY REQUIRED INFORMATION AND SUBMIT TO THE TESTING
OF THEIR PRODUCTS OR FACILITIES.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE  RULES  IS  PUNISHABLE BY FINES OR
IMPRISONMENT.  IF A BAN IS ISSUED AGAINST A DETERGENT  FROM AN EC  MEMBER  COUNTRY. THE EC
COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MUST BE NOTIFIED.   APPEALS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF NOTIFICATION.
DENMARK

     PM(B)
    »WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF NORWEGIAN  OIL  WASTE."   BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                  01/29/76  PGS   (I)  7           ID*  03588A
    DENMARK DOES NOT WANT TO BE HELD FORMALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPENSES AND PLANNING IN CONNECTION
WITH OIL POLLUTION FROM NORWEGIAN DRILLING  PLATFORMS  IN THE NORTH SEA.  THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY HAS THEREFORE. ACCORDING  TO THIS  ARTICLE. TURNED TO THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN
AFFAIRS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.  THE PARTITIONING OF  THE NORTH SEA IN PURSUANCE OF A 1969
AGREEMENT ON THE COMBATING OF OIL POLLUTION IN  THIS AREA DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO THE ENSUING
DIVISION OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF.  DENMARK WOULD,  AT THE PRESENT TIME. BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR OIL POLLUTION ORIGINATING FROM A NORWEGIAN  DRILLING PLATFORM SITUATED ON THE NORWEGIAN
CONTINENTAL SHELF BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO  THE OLD NORTH SEA DIVISION, THIS WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED
DANISH TERRITORY.

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HATER

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

      PM(B)
     "THE EC WANTS COMMON LEGISLATION AGAINST  POLLUTION OF THE  SEA."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                        EPA
     NORWEGIAN                 01/15/76  PGS   8                IO*   03595A

     THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS URGED THE NINE EC COUNTRIES TO  CONSIDER COMMON LEGISLATION  IN
PURSUANCE OF THE OSLO CONVENTION OF  1972 IN ORDER TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF  THE SEA BY  DUMPING.
ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  IF ONLY  DENMARK.  THE NETHERLANDS.  FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN. WHICH
HAVE RATIFIED THE CONVENTION. ENFORCE ITS REGULATIONS.  IT MAY LEAD TO ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL
IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES.  THE  COMMISSION SUGGESTS  THAT CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
BE BANNED COMPLETELY AND THAT OTHERS REQUIRE  SPECIAL PERMISSION TO BE DUMPED.  THE PROPOSAL
IS BASED ON A 1973 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMON ACTION PROGRAM  WHICH WAS  APPROVED  BY  THE NINE GOVERNMENTS.
IT HAS SO FAR RESULTED  IN A BAN ON DUMPING OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ALONG THE  COASTAL  WATERS AND
ESPECIALLY BEACHES OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES.
FINLAND

      PM(B)
     2PROBLEM WASTE IS NOT  THE GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEM."   HUFVUOSTADSBLADET
                                                                        EPA
     SWEDISH                   01/30/76  PGS  9                ID*  03S85A
     *SOLIO WASTE
FRANCE
      LR(A)
    "SEPTEMBER  12.  1973  AMENDMENT OF  THE RULES  GOVERNING  THE INSTALLATION AND
    OPERATION OF  PLANTS  FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNREFINED OIL AND ITS  DERIVATIVES."
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    09/22/73   PGS   10291-93        ID*  0355SA
                                                                                                                 JOURNAL OFF 1C I EL
                                                                                                                              12,
    THIS DECREE.  ISSUED BY  THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRIAL AND  SCIENTIFIC  DEVELOPMENT ON SEPTEMBER
1973,  SETS FORTH  THE RESTRICTIONS TO  WHICH THE  USE AND DISCHARGE OF WATER BY  NEW REFINERIES
ARE TO BE SUBJECTED AS OF OCTOBER 1.  1973.  RESTRICTIONS CONCERN THE  INCINERATION OF WASTE GASES.
THE DISCHARGE OF  EFFLUENTS.  AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES.
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    •SEPTEMBER  12.  1973 CIRCULAR ON  MEASURES TO  BE TAKEN  IN EXISTING  OIL
    REFINERIES  TO  REDUCE WATER POLLUTION."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    09/22/73   PGS  10293           ID*  0355SB

    THIS CIRCULAR.  ISSUED  BY THE MINISTER FOR THE  PROTECTION OF NATURE AND THE  ENVIRONMENT TO
DEPARTMENT PREFECTS. CHIEF ENGINEERS OF  MINES AND  MINEROLOGICAL DISTRICT CHIEFS.  SETS FORTH A
PROPOSED PROGRAM OF GRADUAL POLLUTION  REDUCTION  FOR EXISTING OIL REFINING INSTALLATIONS.
PREFECTS AND CHIEFS ARE DIRECTED TO CARRY OUT THE  INSTRUCTIONS WHICH  ARE TO BE  FORMULATED WITH
REGARD  TO EXISTING  ESTABLISHMENTS AND  TO ACT AS  INSPECTORS  AND OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN  THE SEPTEMBER  12 DECREE  PERTAINING TO NEW ESTABLISHMENTS.

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NATER

FRANCE
      LR<6)
FRANCE
      LRC A)
    •CONSIDERING  THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF THE  MINISTRY  FOR THE
    QUALITY OF LIFE."  NUISANCES ET  ENVIRONNEMENT. NO.  47
    CATHALA. R.,  AND OTHERS                                          EPA
    FRENCH                    01/00/76  PGS   51-54           ID*  03573A
     AIR            NOISE          SOLID HASTE

    THIS ARTICLE  REVIEWS  THE PAST LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITY OF  THE FRENCH MINISTRY FOR
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS  OF THE ENVIRONMENT:   WATER.  AIR. NOISE.  AND WASTES.
ALSO EXAMINED BY  THE AUTHORS ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL BILLS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DRAFTED BY THE
MINISTRY FOR PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL.  THESE INCLUDE  AN  AMENDMENT OF THE 1917 LAW  ON CLASSIFIED
ESTABLISHMENTS AND A DRAFT LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF  NATURE.  CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE AREAS
OF THE  LAWS WHICH COULD BE IMPROVED  UPON TO PROVIDE  GREATER EFFECTIVENESS.  A FINAL SECTION OF
THE ARTICLE COMMENTS ON THE DOMINANT RECURRENT THEMES AND GENERAL EVOLUTION OF  THE MINISTRY'S
POLICY.


    •OCTOBER 1.  1975 CIRCULAR ON LITTORAL PURIFICATION  FACILITIES AND EFFLUENT
    DISCHARGE AT  SEA."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                        EPA
    FRENCH                    12/06/75  PGS   12432-33        ID*  03615A

    THIS CIRCULAR. ISSUED BY THE CONCERNED  MINISTERS TO DEPARTMENT PREFECTS. DESIGNATES  THE
PRINCIPAL PROVISIONS WITH WHICH LITTORAL PURIFICATION FACILITIES MUST COMPLY AND  PROVIDES
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE  IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS  DEALING  WITH THE
AUTHORIZATION OF  DISCHARGES AT SEA.  PARTICULARLY IN  THOSE MARINE ZONES  REGARDED AS SENSITIVE.
PROVISIONAL WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS FOR BATHING AND SHELLFISH BREEDING PURPOSES  ARE PROVIDED
IN AN  APPENDIX.
FRANCE

      SE<
    •INCREASES  IN SUBSIDIES FOR  INDUSTRY."   NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT.  NO. 47
                                                                        EPA
    FRENCH                    01/00/76  PGS   13               ID*   03S72A

    ACCORDING TO  A RECENT DECISION  OF THE FRENCH ARTOIS-PICARDIE RIVER  BASIN COMMITTEE.  INDUSTRIES
ARE HENCEFORTH  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDIES  OF UP TO  65 PERCENT OF THEIR INVESTMENTS  IN  WASTE
WATER  PURIFICATION FACILITIES AND  IN NON-POLLUTING  PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION.  SUBSIDIES FOR
PURIFICATION FACILITIES,  HOWEVER. ARE TO BE  CONTINGENT ON  THE  SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONAL  MODE OF THESE
INSTALLATIONS.  SINCE MANY EARLIER SUCH FACILITIES CEASED OPERATIONS AFTER BEING INSTALLED.  TO
REMEDY THIS SITUATION. THE BASIN AGENCY  IS  CREATING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICE IN EACH
DEPARTMENT FOR  THE BENEFIT OF BOTH  MUNICIPALITIES AND INDUSTRY.  THE NEW SERVICES AND HIGHER
COST OF LIVING  EXPENSES  ARE EXPECTED TO  RESULT IN INCREASED POLLUTER FEES FOR  INDUSTRIAL AND
URBAN  DISCHARGES.

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HATER

GERMAN  DEM REP

     PM(B)
     "EQUIPPED  WITH EFFECTIVE MEASURES FOR OIL DAMAGES."   NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
     El LING. ROLF                                                      EPA
     GERMAN                    10/25/75  PCS   12              ID*  03584A

     THE ARTICLE  SUMMARIZES CERTAIN  LEGAL AND  TECHNICAL MEASURES  IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
 IGOR)  TO PREVENT OR REDUCE OIL DAMAGE TO WATER AFTER  AN  ACCIDENT.   IT DESCRIBES VARIOUS PROCEDURES
 TO CLEAN UP OIL  POLLUTION OF THE  SOIL. GROUNDWATER. SURFACE WATER. AND BEACH AREAS.   IT ALSO
 DISCUSSES SOME RESEARCH  AND DEVELOPMENT WORK.  IN THE GDR  RELATING  TO THE PROBLEM.  A REVIEW OF
 STATISTICS ON  OIL ACCIDENTS IN THE  GDR REVEALS THAT OIL  POLLUTION MOST OFTEN OCCURS AS A RESULT
 OF LEAKING STORAGE CONTAINERS OR  ACCIDENTS  DURING THE TRANSPORT OR LOADING  AND UNLOADING OF OIL.
 LEGAL  PRESCRIPTIONS TO PROTECT WATER FROM OIL DAMAGE  HAVE EXISTED IN THE GDR SINCE THE 1930-S.
 MORE RECENT IMPORTANT LEGISLATION INCLUDES  THE WATER LAW. THE LAND USE LAW*  AND THE FEB. 19.  1969
 ORDINANCE ON THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF  OIL DAMAGE  TO WATER.
GERMANY.FED REP  OF
     LR(B)
     "THE SEWAGE  FEE LAW  WILL HAVE TO  WAIT
     GESTALTUNG.  SCHUTZ.  NO.  2
     FRIDRICH.  BERND-DIETER
     GERMAN                    04/00/76   PGS
                                              A LITTLE LONGER."  UMWELT:   FORSCHUNG.
                                                                      73
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
03561A
                           PASSAGE OF A SEWAGE FEE LAW IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC WILL  HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL  ANOTHER
                       LEGISLATIVE PERIOD,  ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  HAS
                       ADVOCATED PASSAGE  OF LEGISLATION IMPOSING A FEE ON  POLLUTERS  OF WATER.  THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WOULD
                       BE USED  TO FINANCE NEEDED PURIFICATION  INSTALLATIONS.  A LEVY OF 25 MARKS PER YEAR PER POLLUTING
                       ENTITY UNTIL 1980.  WHEN THE FEE WOULD GO  UP TO 40  MARKS. HAS  BEEN SUGGESTED.  HOWEVER SEVERAL
                       PROBLEMS WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE  THE LAW CAN BE PASSED.  IN QUESTION ARE THE SPECIFIC
                       BASES FOR ASSESSING  THE FEE  IN INDIVIDUAL CASES. LEGITIMATE USES OF FUNDS FROM THE FEE. AND THE
                       JUSTIFIABILITY OF  CONTINUING  THE FEE WHEN THE STATE OF SEWAGE PURIFICATION HAS REACHED ITS
                       TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITS.  THERE  IS ALSO SOME QUESTION  AS TO WHETHER THE FEE COULD BE ADMINISTERED
                       WITH ONLY FEDERAL  FRAMEWORK LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE  IN THE AREA OF WATER MANAGEMENT.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "MARCH 19.  1975 LAW  IMPLEMENTING  THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON  CIVIL
    LIABILITY FOR  OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE  AND ON AN  INTERNATIONAL FUND."  BUNDESGESETZBLATT.  VOL. II
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    03/21/75  PGS  301-304         ID*  03S82A

    PART  1 OF THIS "MARCH  18.  1975 LAW  TO THE INTERNATIONAL  CONVENTIONS OF NOVEMBER 29.  1969 ON
CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL  POLLUTION DAMAGE AND OF DECEMBER  18. 1971 ON  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  AN
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE." ASSENTS  TO THE TWO CONVENTIONS FOR
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF  GERMANY.  PART  2 OF THE LAW CONTAINS PROVISIONS FOR THE  IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE  1969 CONVENTION.  IT  STATES THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES  WILL ISSUE  A CERTIFICATE ATTESTING TO
THE EXISTENCE OF INSURANCE OR  OTHER FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE.  AS REQUIRED BY
THE CONVENTION. TO APPLICANT OWNERS OF  SHIPS THAT  CARRY MORE THAN 2.000 TONS OF  BULK OIL AS CARGO.
PART 3  CONSISTS OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1971 CONVENTION.   IT REQUIRES THOSE
RECEIVING OILS  SUBJECT TO A  LEVY FOR  THE INTERNATIONAL FUND  TO REPORT DETAILS TO THE GERMAN
FEDERAL MINISTER OF ECONOMICS.  WHO IS TO REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE  FUND.  (THE CONVENTIONS
ARE ABSTRACED AS ID NUMBERS  03554A AND  035S4B.)

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                                                                                                                                   23
WATER

GERMANY.FED REP OF

     LR(A)
    •JUNE 10* 1975 OIL LIABILITY CERTIFICATE ORDINANCE."  BUNDESGESETZBLATT. I
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  06/14/75  PGS  1337-1336      ID*  03582B
    THE FULL TITLE OF THIS LEGISLATION IS THE "JUNE 10, 1975 ORDINANCE ON THE  ISSUE OF
CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE LAW ON THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF NOVEMBER  29. 1969 ON CIVIL
LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE AND OF DECEMBER 18. 1971 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE."  UNDER THE 1969 CONVENTION AND THE
FEDERAL GERMAN LAW ASSENTING TO THE CONVENTION. CERTAIN SHIP OWNERS MUST OBTAIN CERTIFICATES
SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE INSURANCE OR OTHER FINANCIAL SECURITY AGAINST OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE
ORIGINATING WITH THEIR SHIPS.  THE WATER AND SHIPPING DIRECTORATE OF HAMBURG IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ISSUING AND CONFISCATING THE CERTIFICATES.  SECTIONS OF THE PRESENT ORDINANCE  DESCRIBE FOR THE
CERTIFICATES:  PREREQUISITES. ISSUANCE. DUTIES OF SHIP OWNERS. CONFISCATION. FEES AND VIOLATIONS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "JAN. 27, 1975 LAW IMPLEMENTING THE NOV. 29. 1969 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON
    INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS IN CASES OF OIL POLLUTION CASUALTIES."  BUNDESGESETZBLATTi
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  02/01/75  PGS  137-138        ID*  03586A
                                                                                                                   II
                         THIS LAW CONSENTS TO THE NOVEMBER 29. 1969 CONVENTION ON THE PART OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC  OF
                     GERMANY.  IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION, THE LAW REQUIRES THE COMMANDER OF A  SHIP  AUTHORIZED
                     TO FLY THE FEDERAL FLAG TO NOTIFY THE CENTRAL REPORTING OFFICE FOR OIL  POLLUTION OF THE  FEDERAL
                     WATER AND SHIPPING AUTHORITY IMMEDIATELY, BY THE BEST POSSIBLE MEANS, OF ANY ACCIDENT  AT SEA WHICH
                     COULD CAUSE POLLUTION OR ENDANGER THE COAST OR RELATED INTERESTS OF A STATE PARTY TO THE 1969
                     CONVENTION.  THE COMMANDER IS ALSO TO NOTIFY THE COUNTRY WHOSE COAST IS THREATENED  BY  POLLUTION
                     FROM THE ACCIDENT.  FAILURE TO REPORT AN OIL ACCIDENT TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IS PUNISHABLE BY
                     A FINE UP TO 10.000 GERMAN MARKS.  THE FEDERAL MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION  WILL  PROVIDE A MODEL OF
                     THE NOTIFICATION FORM FOR ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS A LIST OF THE REPORTING  STATIONS FOR STATES  PARTY
                     TO THE CONVENTION.  (AN ABSTRACT OF THE 1969 CONVENTION WILL BE FOUND UNDER ID  NO.  03553A.)
GERMANY.FED REP OF

     LR
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WATER


GERMANY.FED REP OF



     SEC )
    "IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION.  NO STANDSTILL IN MATER PROTECTION."  WASSER. LUFT

    UNO BETRIEB
    MENK, HORST                                                   EPA
    GERMAN                  02/00/76   PGS  53-57          ID*  03605A
    ALSO PMB


    RISING DEMANDS FOR  WATER HAVE  INCREASED THE  NECESSITY TO IMPROVE SURFACE WATER QUALITY  IN  THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.   THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM PROPOSES 90 PERCENT
PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE  FROM THE  PUBLIC SEWERAGE  SYSTEMS BY 1985. AT AN ESTIMATED INVESTMENT OF 65
BILLION MARKS*  LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE 1975 WASHING AGENT LAW CAN REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF
POLLUTANTS IN DISCHARGED WASTEWATER.  WHILE A PROPOSED SEWAGE FEE LAW COULD PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC
INCENTIVE FOR IMPROVED  SEWAGE  TREATMENT.   AT A JULY 1975 MEETING. THE FEDERAL CHANCELLOR.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE  FEDERAL AND STATE  GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRY. THE UNIONS AND LEADING SCIENTISTS
DECIDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES SHOULD BE PURSUED REGARDLESS OF THE GENERAL ECONOMIC
SITUATION.  THE ECONOMIC BURDENS OF WATER PROTECTION MEASURES CAN BE REDUCED BY LEGISLATIVE
HARDSHIP PROVISIONS AND FEDERAL  AND STATE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR SEWAGE PURIFICATION.  VARIOUS
TYPES OF INDUSTRY HAVE  PARTICULAR  SEWAGE  PURIFICATION OR RECYCLING NEEDS.
GREAT BRITAIN
     PM(B)
    WATER SUPPLY. SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND THE  NEW  ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION.  A
    LIST OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS (BIBLIOGRAPHY NO.  178)
    CONNOLLY. KATHLEEN. COMP.                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/74  PGS   1-58            ID*  03565A

    THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. COMPILED BY PERSONNEL OF THE HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
ENVIRONMENT. LISTS MAJOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS PERTAINING  TO WATER MANAGEMENT.  OFFICIAL
PUBLICATIONS ARE DEFINED AS  PARLIAMENTARY  AND  NON-PARLIAMENTARY MATERIAL ISSUED BY HER MAJESTY'S
STATIONERY OFFICE. BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT  CDOE).  BY DOE'S PREDECESSOR THE MINISTRY
OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BY OTHER  GOVERNMENT  DEPARTMENTS. AND BY CERTAIN STATUTORY AND
PROFESSIONAL BODIES.  A COMPREHENSIVE REORGANIZATION  OF THE  ADMINISTRATION OF WATER AFFAIRS WAS
INSTITUTED BY THE 1973 WATER ACT, AND MANY OF  THE PUBLICATIONS  LISTED DEAL WITH THE NEW OFFICIAL
STRUCTURE.  OTHER SECTIONS OF THE BOOKLET LIST:  BIBLIOGRAPHIES;  PERIODICALS AND ABSTRACTING
JOURNALS; LEGISLATION; DIRECTORIES AND YEARBOOKS: WATER SUPPLY.  INCLUDING WATER RESOURCES.
QUALITY. TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT DISPOSAL; AND THE ADDRESSES
OF SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS.  BRIEF INDICATIONS OF CONTENTS  ARE GIVEN IN MOST CASES.

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MATER

INTERNATIONAL


     LR(A)
    NOVEMBER  29.  1969 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING  TO INTERVENTION ON
    THE HIGH  SEAS  IN CASES OF  OIL POLLUTION  CASUALTIES
                                                                           EPA
    ENGLISH*                    11/29/69   PCS   1-13             ID*   03553A
    *ALSO FRENCH  AND GERMAN

    THIS CONVENTION IS  DESIGNED TO PROTECT  CITIZENS OF PARTY STATES  FROM  THE DANGERS  OF OIL
POLLUTION OF  THE  SEA OR THEIR  COASTLINES RESULTING FROM  A MARITIME CASUALTY OR  ACTS RELATED  TO
SUCH  A CASUALTY.   IT PROVIDES  THAT IN CASE  OF SUCH A CASUALTY  POSING  GRAVE AND  IMMINENT DANGER TO
ITS COASTLINE OR  RELATED INTERESTS (SUCH AS  FISHING. RECREATION!, A  STATE MAY TAKE MEASURES  TO
PREVENT, REDUCE OR  ELIMINATE THE DANGER.  MEASURES TAKEN ARE TO BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE REAL OR
THREATENED  DANGER.   ANY PARTY  TAKING  MEASURES IN  VIOLATION OF  THE CONVENTION WILL BE  REQUIRED TO
PAY COMPENSATION  FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED  BY MEASURES BEYOND  THOSE REASONABLY  NECESSARY.
IF DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE NEED TO PAY COMPENSATION EXISTS, THE PARTIES AGREE TO SUBMIT TO
CONCILIATION  OR ARBITRATION. THE PROCEDURES  FOR NHICH ARE DESCRIBED  IN CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 OF  THE
ANNEX.  
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WATER

INTERNATIONAL


     LR(A)
INTERNATIONAL
     LR(8)
    DECEMBER 18,  1971  INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
    INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR  OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH*                 12/18/71  PGS  1-29            ID*  035S4B
    *ALSO FRENCH  AND GERMAN

    THIS CONVENTION PROVIDES FOR A COMPENSATION AND  INDEMNIFICATION SYSTEM SUPPLEMENTAL TO THAT
ESTABLISHED BY THE  NOVEMBER 29, 1969 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR  OIL POLLUTION
DAMAGE (LIABILITY CONVENTION).  IT ESTABLISHES THE "INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND."
WHICH  IS INTENDED TO:   A) PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO  THE EXTENT THE PROTECTION PROVIDED  BY THE
LIABILITY CONVENTION IS INADEQUATE AND 2) GIVE RELIEF TO SHIPOWNERS IN REGARD TO THE  FINANCIAL
BURDEN IMPOSED ON THEM BY THE LIABILITY CONVENTION.   ARTICLES 4-9 SET THE TERMS FOR COMPENSATION
OF THOSE SUFFERING  OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE AND  FOR INDEMNIFICATION OF SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR GUARANTORS.
ARTICLES 10-15 CONTAIN REGULATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS  TO THE  FUND BY PERSONS IN PARTY STATES.
ARTICLES 16-34 DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND. PROVIDING FOR  AN ASSEMBLY.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SECRETARIAT.  (AN OFFICIAL TEXT OF  THE CONVENTION APPEARED IN VOLUME II OF
THE BUNDESGESETZBLATT  OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY*  MARCH 21* 1975, PP. 320-347.1


    "CONVENTION AGAINST POLLUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA."  NEUE ZUERCHER
    ZEITUNG
                                                                   EPA
    GERMAN                   02/13/76  PGS  4               ID*  03S79A

    DIPLOMATS FROM  16  COUNTRIES SURROUNDING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA HAVE SIGNED A FRAMEWORK
CONVENTION TO COMBAT POLLUTION IN THE SEA.  TWO SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOLS ARE STILL BEING  WORKED
OUT.  ONE, DEALING  WITH SEWAGE. CONCENTRATES ON THE  MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS  OF  ACIDS.
ALKALINE AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN WASTEWATER DISCHARGED INTO THE SEA.   THERE IS STILL  NO
AGREEMENT AMONG REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CONTENTS OF THE  "BLACK LIST" OF FORBIDDEN POISONOUS  OR
HARMFUL SUBSTANCES  TO  BE INCLUDED IN THE PROTOCOL.   THE OTHER PROTOCOL DEALS WITH OIL POLLUTION
AND PROVIDES FOR  THE CREATION  OF OBSERVATION CENTERS  IN CERTAIN AREAS.  MALTA HAS BEEN MENTIONED
AS THE SITE OF ONE  SUCH REGIONAL STATION.
INTERNATIONAL

     LRCA)
    POLLUTION PREVENTION  CODE  (OIL  TANKERS)

    ENGLISH                  04/28/76  PGS  1-14
       EPA
ID*  03603A
                         THE  POLLUTION PREVENTION CODE (OIL TANKERS). ANNOUNCED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER  OF
                     SHIPPING  (ICS)  ON APRIL 29, 1976. HAS BEEN DEVELOPED  TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN
                     PROVISIONS OF THE 1973 MARINE POLLUTION CONVENTION  IN THE  PERIOD BEFORE THAT CONVENTION  ENTERS INTO
                     FORCE.   THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS CODE ARE:  1) TO ESTABLISH  A STANDARD OF PRACTICE FOR SHIPS  CARRYING
                     OIL CARGOES IN  BULK,  BASED ON THOSE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONVENTION RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF
                     THE DISCHARGE OF  OIL  TO THE SEA WHICH ARE IMMEDIATELY ATTAINABLE; AND 2) TO PROVIDE A MEANS
                     WHEREBY  ANY OWNER OR  CHARTERER MAY VOLUNTARILY AGREE  TO CONDUCT ALL TANKER OPERATIONS IN ACCORDANCE
                     WITH THE  STANDARDS CONTAINED IN THE CODE.  PROVISIONS CONCERN:   THE DISCHARGE OF BLACK AND  WHITE
                     OIL CARGO RESIDUES; SEDIMENT AND EFFLUENTS FROM CARGO TANKS; MACHINERY SPACE BILGE WATER; EQUIPMENT
                     AND SHIP  CONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES; INSPECTION OF RETAINED CARGO  RESIDUES AT LOADING PORTS; AND
                     ADMINISTRATION.

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                                                                                                                                  27
WATER


INTERNATIONAL


     PH(B)
IRELAND


     PM(B)
    •MEDITERRANEAN:   FIRST OFFENSIVE AGAINST POLLUTION."   LE FIGARO
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  02/18/76  PCS  8              ID*  03557A

    "YEAR ONE" OF THE MEDITERRANEAN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.  ACCORDING  TO THE  FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE
QUALITY OF LIFE.  WITH THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT  OF THE  PROTECTION OF  THE  MEDITERRANEAN FROM
POLLUTION.  THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY 12 LITTORAL NATIONS DURING THE  COURSE  OF A UNITED NATIONS
SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN BARCELONA.  A FRAMEWORK  CONVENTION LISTING GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION WAS ADOPTED* ALONG WITH  TWO PROTOCOLS DEALING WITH THE PREVENTION OF
ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILLS AND THE REGULATION OF WASTE-DISPOSAL FROM SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT.  CONFLICTS
OVER THE SUBJECT  OF  RED SLUDGES WERE SETTLED WITH THE PROVISION THAT THEIR DISCHARGE 8E
PROHIBITED IF THEY SHOULD. THROUGH THEIR COMPOSITION OR QUANTITY, EXCEED THE STANDARDS WHICH ARE
TO BE DEFINED IN  SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.


    THE NATIONAL  SURVEY OF IRISH RIVERS — A SECOND REPORT ON WATER QUALITY
    IRELAND.  AN  FORAS FORBARTHA                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/74  PGS  1-98            ID*  03613A

    THE INITIAL WATER QUALITY SURVEY OF IRISH RIVERS CARRIED OUT  BY AN  FQRAS FORBARTHA 
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WATER

ITALY
      PMf B>
NEW  ZEALAND


      PMC A)
     "WILL FISH  WITHOUT  PAYMENT OF  LICENSE  TAXES UNLESS WATERS  ARE
     PURIFIED."   CORRIERE DELLA SERA
     MENTO. FRANCO                                                     EPA
     ITALIAN                   11/06/75  PGS   11               ID*   03567A

     THIS ARTICLE REPORTS THAT AN AGREEMENT  HAS BEEN  REACHED BETWEEN THE  ITALIAN  REGGIANE
DISTILLERIES AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN  THE  REGGIO  EMILIA PROVINCE ON  THE CONSTRUCTION OF  A
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE DISTILLERIES' EFFLUENTS.  THE TREATMENT PLANT.  WHOSE
CONSTRUCTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN,  IS SCHEDULED TO START OPERATING BY MAY 31. 1977.   THE ARTICLE
ALSO REPORTS THAT A GROUP OF THE AREA'S FISHERMEN ASSEMBLED IN  PROTEST BEFORE THE  GUASTALLA
TOWNHALL, DEMANDING THAT ALL SUCH  POLLUTING INDUSTRIES BE EQUIPPED WITH  ADEQUATE TREATMENT
FACILITIES PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31.   REPRESENTATIVES OF  THE AREA'S 180.000  FISHERMEN  FURTHER
THREATENED TO CEASE PAYMENT OF FISHING LICENSE TAXES  AT THAT TIME UNLESS SUCH PROTECTIVE
MEASURES HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN.


     •REGIONAL WATER BOARDS AND EFFLUENT STANDARDS."   WATER AND  SOIL, VOL.  12.
     NO*  2
     WALKER. E.  A.                                                     EPA
     ENGLISH                   10/00/75  PGS   19-20. 28       ID*   03606A
     ALSO PMB AND LRB

     THIS ARTICLE IS A CONDENSED VERSION OF  A PAPER DISCUSSING THE CONCEPTS OF EFFLUENT AND AMBIENT
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS  IN THE NEW ZEALAND  WATER AND  SOIL CONSERVATION ACT.   THE WATER RESOURCES
COUNCIL  DETERMINES AMBIENT WATER CLASSIFICATIONS TO BE ENFORCED BY THE REGIONAL WATER
BOARDS.  WHICH IN TURN ARE TO FORMULATE EFFLUENT STANDARDS TO COMPLEMENT  THE PRESCRIBED AMBIENT
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.   THE WORKING OF THE WATER AND SOIL CONSERVATION  ACT HAS PROVIDED SOLID
PROCEDURES FOR  DETERMINING AMBIENT STANDARDS BUT GIVES FEW GUIDELINES FOR  EFFLUENT STANDARDS.
THE  ACTIVITIES  OF THE REGIONAL WATER BOARDS  IN MAKING EFFLUENT  STANDARDS  ARE THEREFORE DIVERSE
AND  BESET BY TECHNICAL.  FINANCIAL  AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS.  TO REMEDY THIS.  THE ARTICLE SEES  AN
URGENT NEED FOR  A TECHNICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL  REORIENTATION OF  WATER CLASSIFICATION  PROCEDURES
WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR  BOTH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PARTICIPATION  IN THE FORMULATION  OF EQUALLY
IMPORTANT STANDARDS ON WATER QUALITY AND EFFLUENTS IN NEW ZEALAND POLLUTION  LAWS.
NEW ZEALAND


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WATER

NEW ZEALAND

     PM(B)
    •LAKE ROTORUA  FIRST RECIPIENT OF NEW  SUBSIDY."   SOIL AND WATER. VOL. 12. NO.  2
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   10/00/75   PCS  32               100  03609A
    ALSO  SE

    THIS  SHORT ARTICLE REPORTS THAT LAKE  ROTORUA  IN NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED WITH  THE
SYMBOL  X  INDICATING IT IS SENSITIVE TO ENRICHMENT.   THIS REQUIRES THE  REMOVAL  OF  NUTRIENTS FROM
WASTEWATER DISCHARGED INTO THE LAKE IN ADDITION TO  THE REGULAR HYGIENIC TREATMENT OF THE
WASTEWATER.  THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SUBSIDY PAID TO  ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WILL
NOW BE  AUGMENTED IN THE CASE  OF THE ROTORUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR NUTRIENT REMOVAL IN WASTEWATER.
THE NATIONAL WATER AND SOIL  CONSERVATION  ORGANIZATION WILL  PAY THE NEW SUBSIDY.  WHICH WILL MATCH
THE AMOUNT RAISED  BY THE ROTORUA LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR NUTRIENT REMOVAL IN WASTEWATER.   IN THE
FUTURE  THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT WILL APPLY THE  NEW SUBSIDY IN OTHER  AREAS WHICH MERIT  IT. AND
A SPECIAL EXTENSION OF THE SUBSIDY* AMOUNTING TO  UP TO HALF OF THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.  WILL BE
AVAILABLE WHERE SCHEMES ARE  PART OF FULL  WATER AND  SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS  COVERING  A  WHOLE
CATCHMENT AREA.
NEW ZEALAND
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WATER

NORWAY

     PMCB)
NORWAY

     PMCB)
     "OIL MESS OVERTAKES REFINERY."  AFTENPOSTEN

     NORWEGIAN                02/16/76  PGS   1* 12
       EPA
ID*  03S68A
                           THIS ARTICLE REPORTS  ON A 200  TO  400 TON OIL  LEAKAGE FROM A BRITISH  OIL TANKER  WHICH STRUCK
                       GROUND OUTSIDE  TANAGER  ON THE COAST OF NORWAY.  ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE  OIL WAS DISPERSED WITH
                       THE AID OF  CHEMICALS  IN ORDER TO SAVE THE BIRD POPULATION  AND TO PREVENT OIL FROM REACHING LAND.
                       THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITIES DO NOT RECOMMEND  THIS METHOD  IF ANOTHER OPTION EXISTS
                       ON ACCOUNT  OF THE DAMAGE  INFLICTED ON FRY AND SHELLFISH AT  THE BOTTOM  OF THE SEA WHERE THE
                       DISSOLVED OIL PARTICLES LODGE.  AT THE PRESENT TIME. NORWAY LACKS PROPER EQUIPMENT  TO HANDLE
                       OIL SPILLAGE IN THE OPEN  SEA. BUT THE STORTING (PARLIAMENT)  HAS ALREADY  APPROPRIATED 9.5 MILLION
                       NORWEGIAN KRONER TO PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT WHICH  WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG SIX STATIONS ALONG
                       THE COAST.  CTHE PROBLEM  WAS FIRST REPORTED IN AN ARTICLE FROM AFTENPOSTEN, FEBRUARY 7.  ON
                       FEBRUARY 18. THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT ALSO VOICED CONCERN OVER THIS SITUATION.   BOTH ARTICLES
                       ARE ATTACHED.>
    "OIL POLLUTION  WILL SOON BE  MAPPED OUT."   AFTENPOSTEN
                           NORWEGIAN
                                                     02/24/76   PGS
                                                                      EPA
                                                               ID*  03S87A
                           GRO HARLEM  BRUNDTLAND*  MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT.  HAS ANNOUNCED THAT  THE GOVERNMENT PLANS A
                       LONG-TERM PROGRAM TO RESEARCH AND MONITOR OIL POLLUTION iIN  NORWEGIAN SEA AREAS AND COASTAL MATERS
                       WHERE OIL IS  EXTRACTED  IN  ORDER TO MAP  OUT THE DANGERS THESE  ACTIVITIES  REPRESENT FOR MARINE
                       LIFE AND VEGETATION.  EXACTLY HOW SERIOUSLY OIL OR  OIL WASTE  AFFECTS THESE  AREAS IS  NOT CLEAR.
                       BUT MS. BRUNDTLAND POINTED  TO THE FACT  THAT TESTS  IN  THE NORTH  SEA HAVE  SHOWN FEW ADVERSE EFFECTS
                       ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT ON ACCOUNT OF OIL POLLUTION.  THE MINISTER DID NOT FEEL THAT THE PLANNED
                       RESEARCH WOULD  HAMPER THE  START OF DRILLING ACTIVITIES NORTH  OF THE 62 LATITUDE IN 1977.
SWEDEN

     LR(B)
    "NORWEGIAN SHIPS  CAN DUMP OIL - SWEDISH  SHIPS CANNOT."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                      EPA
    NORWEGIAN                01/23/76  PGS   12               ID*  03S66A

    GRANGES SHIPPING  COMPANY IN  STOCKHOLM HAS  RECEIVED AN  EXEMPTION FROM THE SWEDISH DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNICATIONS  IN  ORDER TO DUMP USED OIL  FROM SHIPS INTO INTERNATIONAL "FREE  ZONES."  BOTH
SWEDEN AND  NORWAY  HAVE  RATIFIED  THE 1954 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON POLLUTION OF  THE SEA BY OIL
AND AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO THIS. ISSUED AT LATER DATES.   BUT SWEDEN.  IN CONTRAST TO NORWAY,
HAS ENFORCED THE REGULATIONS AS  WELL.   THE EXEMPTION HAS.  AT THIS POINT. VERY LITTLE PRACTICAL
VALUE FOR THE COMPANY ON ACCOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN TANK CLEANING TECHNIQUES ETC.  SINCE THE
TIME THE  APPLICATION  WAS HANDED  IN THREE YEARS AGO.  BUT THE COMPANY OFFICIALS WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT SWEDISH SHIPPING FIRMS ARE  IN A DIFFICULT BARGAINING  POSITION AS COMPARED TO, FOR INSTANCE,
THEIR NORWEGIAN COUNTERPARTS.  THEY ALSO WANT  TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT SWEDEN DOES  NOT HAVE ENOUGH
RECEIVING STATIONS FOR  USED OIL.   NORWEGIAN  OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE SITUATION  is BEING
EVALUATED IN THEIR COUNTRY AS WELL.

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MATER

SWEDEN

     PM«B)
SWEDEN
      PHCB)
    PYROLYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE
    SWEDEN.   NATIONAL SWEDISH BOARD FOR  TECHNICAL  DEVELOPMENT
    ENGLISH                   OS/28/75  PCS  1-10             ID*
    ALSO  ST
  EPA
03599A
    PVROLVSIS. THE  THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THE  ABSENCE OR  LIMITED  PRESENCE OF
OXYGEN  TO FORM GAS. "OIL AND  TAR AND SOLID RESIDUE.  IS EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT.  TECHNICAL AND
ECONOMIC  CALCULATIONS. SUPPLEMENTED BY  A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS. WERE  CARRIED OUT FOR THE REGION OF
NORRKOPING WITH A POPULATION OF 150.000 AND A QUANTITY OF  85.000 TONS  OF WASTE  PER YEAR.  IF
OPERATION WAS CONTINUOUS 24  HOURS SIX DAYS A WEEK,  AND IF  ALL OF THE PRODUCED GAS COULD BE
CONSUMED  DURING THIS PERIOD. THE PROCESSING COST  OF THE WASTE CAPABLE  OF PYROLYSIS WOULD BE CLOSE
TO ZERO.   AT PRESENT. THE PROCESS. ON WHICH THE CALCULATION IS BASED.  SHOULD BE FEASIBLE ALTHOUGH
IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED BY ANY SUPPLIER.  THE NET COST OF  COMPOSTING.  BY COMPARISON.  IS
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE COST OF PYROLYSIS, BUT PYROLYSIS MAY BE EXPECTED TO  HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVANTAGES.  THE REPORT SHOWS THAT PYROLYSIS HAS  CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL IN REGARD TO  ENVIRONMENT.
SITING. ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS. BUT  A PRACTICAL INSTALLATION IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO VERIFY THIS.


    "SOME ASPECTS OF THE MERCURY PROBLEM."  IVL - SWEDISH  WATER AND  AIR POLLUTION
    RESEARCH LABORATORY
    JERNELOV. ARNE                                                    EPA
    ENGLISH                   09/00/74  PGS  1-13             ID*  03616A
    ALSO  ST
     TOXIC SUBS

    AVAILABLE INFORMATION AT THE END OF 1972 ON THE LOCAL  AQUATIC AND  GLOBAL CIRCULATION OF
MERCURY IS SUMMARIZED IN THIS REPORT AND A SHORT  EXPOSE OF THE METHODS PROPOSED FOR RESTORATION
OF MERCURY-CONTAMINATED WATER BODIES  IS GIVEN.   IN ADO I Til ON, IN RELATION TO MEDICAL ASPECTS OF
THE MERCURY PROBLEM.  THE LATEST FINDINGS WITH REGARD TO INTERACTION  BETWEEN MERCURY AND
SELENIUM  AND CONCERNING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SUBCLINICAL EFFECTS OF MERCURY POISONING  ON MAN ARE
DISCUSSED.
SWEDEN
     PM(B)
    •ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF  OIL POLLUTION."
    RESEARCH LABORATORY
    JERNELOV. A..  AND OTHERS
    ENGLISH                  03/00/75   PGS
                                                                        IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR POLLUTION
                                                                      1-6
                                                                                       ID*
   EPA
03617A
                           THIS PAPER  IS  BASED  ON FINDINGS  BY A CONSULTING GROUP OF SWEDISH ECOLOGISTS WHO  WERE INVITED
                       TO KILTAN ISLAND.  LACCADIVES. INDIA  IN CONNECTION WITH  AN OIL SPILL FROM THE TANKER  TRANS HURON
                       IN THIS AREA IN  1974.  IN  ADDITION TO AN EVALUATION OF  THE EFFECTS CAUSED  BY THE OIL SPILL.  THE
                       GROUP  WAS ASSIGNED. ON THE BASIS OF  OBSERVATIONS MADE  IN THE FIELD. (A) TO ADVISE ON THE
                       FEASIBILITY OF USING CHEMICAL DISPERGENTS AND  OIL HERDERS IN THAT  SITUATION AND (8)  TO DESIGN
                       METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGICAL  SAMPLING AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF OIL TO 8E  USED
                       IN A FOLLOW-UP  STUDY.  SINCE THESE TWO ISSUES  CAN BE APPLICABLE  TO OTHER CASES OF OIL SPILL
                       HAZARDS. BECAUSE OF THEIR  GENERAL CHARACTER. THIS PAPER. CONTAINING ABSTRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL
                       REPORT. WAS PUBLISHED.

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HATER

SWEDEN

     STI  )
SWEDEN


     STI  )
     AVRINNING FRAN OMRADEN MED AVFALLSUPPLAG  (RUNOFF FROM  WASTE DISPOSAL AREAS)
     NILSSON. Y.  LARS. AND  OTHERS                                    EPA
     SWEDISH                   11/00/75   PCS  1-59             ID*  03575A

     RUNOFF WATER FROM WASTE DISPOSAL  AREAS IS GENERALLY  SO POLLUTED THAT IT CANNOT BE LED DIRECTLY
INTO RECEIVING WATERS WITHOUT CAUSING NEGATIVE EFFECTS.  THE INTENSITY  OF THE  RUNOFF VARIES
GREATLY. AND IT  IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO LEAD IT THROUGH  AN EQUALIZING RESERVOIR TO ENSURE EVEN
STRESS  BEFORE THE WATER  REACHES THE TREATMENT  PLANT AND  RECEIVING WATERS.  TWO METHODS FOR
CALCULATING EQUALIZING RESERVOIRS ARE PRESENTED  IN THIS  REPORT.  METHOD NUMBER 1. WHICH  REQUIRES
MEASUREMENTS. MAPPINGS AND CALCULATIONS. IS SO ACCURATE  THAT MISCALCULATIONS CAN BE TOTALLY
AVOIDED.  METHOD NUMBER  2. INTENDED FOR ROUGH  ESTIMATES. IS BASED ON  INFORMATION ABOUT TAPPING
AND  SIZE OF THE  AREA.  THE REPORT IS  ILLUSTRATED WITH A  RUNOFF MAP OF SWEDEN AND NUMEROUS CHARTS
AND  GRAPHS.


     •COMBINED ADSORPTION AND CHEMICAL FLOCCULATION TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
     WASTEWATER."  INSTITUTET FOR VATTEN- OG LUFTVAROSFORSKNING
     NIDEBORN. CLAES. AND BJORN LUND8ERG                            EPA
     SWEDISH                   11/00/75   PCS  1-9              ID*  03598A

     MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS WHICH TREAT WASTEWATER FRQM TEXTILE INDUSTRIES OFTEN
DISCHARGE THE TREATED WATER STILL CONTAINING COLOR.   SINCE  MOST DYES  USED IN TEXTILE PROCESSING
ARE  NOT OR ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY BIODEGRADABLE. SPECIAL TREATMENT TO DECOLORIZE THE  WATER IS  NECESSARY.
THIS  REPORT SHOWS THAT POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON  USED IN COMBINATION  WITH CHEMICAL  FLOCCULATION
CAN  BE  USED TO TREAT COLORED WATER TECHNICALLY WITH GOOD RESULTS SO THAT NO SPECIAL FACILITY  HAS
TO BE BUILT FOR  THIS PURPOSE.   THE METHOD IS. HOWEVER.  QUITE EXPENSIVE  WHEN TREATMENT IS  REQUIRED
FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.   IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTIVATED CARBON  TREATMENT  BE
USED  AS CLOSE TO THE POLLUTING SOURCE  AS POSSIBLE.  DIRECTLY  IN THE TEXTILE  MILLS.  IN ORDER  TO
PREVENT THE COLORED WATER  FROM GETTING MIXED WITH WASTEWATER FROM OTHER SOURCES.  THIS WAY  THE
COST  CAN BE KEPT  AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL.
SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
    "A  WAY TO COMMERCIALLY COMPATIBLE WATER PROTECTION.'
    STICKELBERGER.  DIETEGEN
    GERMAN                   01/16/76  PCS  19
    ALSO  SE
NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
       EPA
ID*  03563A
                           THE ARTICLE. BY AN EMPLOYEE  OF THE SWISS  FEDERAL  INSTITUTE FOR WATER SUPPLY. SEWAGE
                       PURIFICATION AND WATER PROTECTION IN DUEBENDORF. DISCUSSES THE POLLUTER PAYS  PRINCIPLE  IN REGARD  TO
                       MEANS OF LIMITING THE  USE OF PHOSPHATES IN  WASHING AGENTS.  IT PROPOSES A FEDERAL TAX ON THE
                       PHOSPHATE CONTENT OF WASHING AGENTS.  PROCEEDS COULD  BE  USED TO  REMOVE PHOSPHATE FROM PURIFICATION
                       PLANTS AND.  IN THE FUTURE. TO SUBSIDIZE ENVIRONMENTALLY  COMPATIBLE CLEANING PRODUCTS.  THE FEDERAL
                       GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO  IMPOSE SUCH A TAX STEMS FROM SEVERAL LAWS.   ARTICLE 8 OF THE JULY  1. 1972
                       SECOND FEDERAL LAW ON  THE PROTECTION OF WATER AGAINST POLLUTION  ALLOWS THE AUTHORITIES TO CHARGE
                       THE POLLUTER THE COSTS OF DETERMINING AND REMOVING POLLUTION.  ARTICLE 24 SEPTIES OF THE
                       CONSTITUTION ENABLES THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION. WHILE ARTICLE 42H
                       EMPOWERS THE FEDERATION TO IMPOSE CERTAIN NATIONAL FEES  FOR DEFINED.  LIMITED  PURPOSES IF THEY DO
                       NOT INFRINGE ON THE CANTONAL RIGHT TO TAX.

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MATER

SWITZERLAND                "649 CENTRAL SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES.  A  STOCKTAKING OF MATER
                            PROTECTION AND  MASTE REMOVAL."   NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUN6
                                                                                                EPA
     PM(B)                 GERMAN                     04/07/76  PGS   32               ID*  03607A
                             SOLID  MASTE

                            IN SWITZERLAND,  72 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVES IN  COMMUNITIES SERVED BY SEMAGE
                       PURIFICATION PLANTS. AND 74  PERCENT  LIVES  IN AREAS SERVED  BY  SOME SORT OF MASTE REMOVAL FACILITY.
                       ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE OF THE  FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  THE OFFICE.  IN
                       SUMMARIZING THE STATUS OF  SEWAGE AND WASTE  REMOVAL.  NOTED  THAT AS OF  JANUARY 1. 1976  THERE  MERE
                       649 PURIFICATION PLANTS IN OPERATION. SERVING 1149 COMMUNITIES.  IN  SPITE OF THE RECESSION.  FUNDS
                       MERE PROVIDED LAST  YEAR FOR  THE CONSTRUCTION OF 66 PURIFICATION FACILITIES.  AND 97  INSTALLATIONS
                       MERE READY  FOR CONSTRUCTION  AT THE BEGINNING OF 1976.   AT  THE FIRST  OF THE  YEAR. THERE WERE  44
                       WASTE INCINERATORS  IN SWITZERLAND. IS OF WHICH ALLOW FURTHER  UTILIZATION OF  GENERATED HEAT.   IN
                       ADDITION THERE WERE 11 COMPOSTING PLANTS AND 23 DUMPS FOR  HOUSEHOLD  MASTES.   BECAUSE  OF PAST
                       OVER GENEROUS PROJECTIONS  OF NEED. HOWEVER. SOME OF  THE INCINERATORS ARE NOT YET USED TO CAPACITY.
                                                                                                          ft U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1976_2U)-») 1

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