NTISUB/B/135-76/008
                 August 1976
        UMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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  1                            FOREWORD


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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.  plannwg/management/organizatlon (PM)
               4.  scientific/technical (ST)
               5.  socio/econonvfc (SE)

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                                 PAGE 10


    ("FEBRUARY 4,*1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH'CODE."
    (AGRICULTURAlfLEGISLATION, V.  20.           !           S
     FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COM?.
     ENGLISH/*                      12/00/71  PCS    58-60^
     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^JO  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
       August 8, 1975 Crown Decree on the Prevention of Air Pollution
       Air Pollution From Planes  ...................      1
       Air Pollution From Heating and Ventilation Installations ....      2
       See GENERAL (Denmark) -- Control No. 03724A  ..........      7
       , Fed Rep oft
       Immission Protection:  Must Heavy Heating Oil Be Desulfurized? .       2
       The Limitation of Emissions in Waste Incinerating Plants :
          Experience Gained With a Pilot Plant for the Disposal
          of Noxious Gases  ......................       2
       See GENERAL (Guatemala) — Control No. 0376 3A  .........      8
       Air Pollution Problems in Latin America  ............      3
       July 1, 1975 Decree Implementing Art. 75... of the Air
          Pollution Law (Decree on the Functions of Provincial
          and Communal Air Pollution Officials) ............      3
Nosway .
       Car Trash in Norway  ......................      4
       Sulfur the Biggest Environmental Problem ............      4
       Seminar on Emission Limiting Measures at Air Polluting
          Installations ........................      4
.Sweden
       Limitation of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions - A Study of
          Control Measures  ......................      5
       Incineration of Waste Containing DDT and Lindane ........      5

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       Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Map 1970  ...............      6
       Electric Steel Plants:  First Report of the Commission
          for Consideration of Environmental Problems in
          Metallurgy Industries ....................      6
USSR
       Problems of Control and Assuring Cleanliness of the Atmosphere .      6

                                        GENERAL
       See WATER (Belgium) — Control No. 03735A  ...........     23
       Plant Foods  ..........................      7
France
       Government Studies the Creation of a Vast Ministry
          for Daily Life  .......................      7
       Pollution:  Control in All Major Cities by 1978  ........      8
G/teot
       Department of the Environment Annual List of Publications 1975 .      8
Guatemala
       Guatemala:  National Energy Master Plan:  Environmental
          Assessment  .........................       8

       Environmental Secretariat for Aluminum .............       9
       Securities for Environmental Protection Loans of Two
          Billion Norwegian Kroner to Industry  ............       9

       Investments in Environmental Protection in the Period 1970-1980.       9
       The Effects of the Packaging Fee ................      10

                                       LAND USE

Guatemala
       See GENERAL (Guatemala) — Control No. 0376 3A  .........       8
       What's in the Land Use Planning Law? ..............     10
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                                        NOISE

Be.lQ4.um
       Crown Decree on  the  Regulation  of  the Technical  Requirements
          To Be Met by  Motorbikes, Motorcycles  and  Their Trailers  ...      11
Penroufe
       Noise From Building  and Construction Activities   ........      11
       A Report Delivered by  the Working  Group  for  Airplane Noise  ...      11
G&unany, Fed Rep oj
       Noise Protection for the Street Constructor? ..........      12
      SnJutain
       Code of Practice for Reducing the  Exposure of Employed
          Persons to Noise  ...... ................      12
       Serious Anti-Noise Measures   ..................      12
       Noise Research for 600,000 Norwegian  Kroner  ..........      13
       See AIR  (Norway) -- Control No. 03741A .............       4
Su)e.de.n
       See GENERAL  (Sweden) -- Control No. 03709A. ...........       9
       See AIR  (Switzerland) — Control No.  03714A  ..........       6

                                      PESTICIDES
       Crown Decree on the Storage of,  Trade  in,  and Use  of
          Pesticides and Phytopharmaceutical  Products .........      14
Ge.xmany, Fed Rap o£
       Lead in Food Lies Heavy in the Stomach .............      14
Sweeten
       See AIR (Sweden) — Control No.  03742A .............       5
mo
       See TOXIC SUBS (WHO) — Control  No. 03705 A ...........      22
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                                      RADIATION
       Declassified Nuclear Installations — Radioactive Wastes:  EC
          Eager for Strict Security Measures   .............      15
Gevtmone/, Fed Rep orf
       Implementation of the Atomic Energy Law:  State Supervision
          According to Section 19 Regarding the Operation of
          Accelerators in the Medical Area  ..............      15
       Instructions on the Information Required for Examination
          During the Approval Procedure for Nuclear Power Plants
          Under Atomic Energy Law ...................      16
       Bonn Concerned About Atomic Wastes ...............      16
       Code of Practice for the Storage of Radioactive Materials
          in Transit   .........................     16
       The Toxicity of Plutonium   ...................     17

                                      SOLID WASTE

France
       France Get a Move On ......................     17
G&unany, Fe.cf Rep o£
       Garbage Under a Carpet of Green  ................     17
       Waste Disposal Surveys  .....................     18
       The Relationship Between Waste Disposal Authorities  and
          Private  Industry   ......................     18
       The Working Party on  Colliery Waste Tipping on Durham Beaches   .     19
       See TOXIC SUBS (Great Britain) — Control No. 03698A ......     21
 India.
       Solid Wastes of Greater Bombay:  Method of Disposal  and
          Its Contribution to  Pollution ................     19
 Sweeten
       See GENERAL (Sweden)  — Control No. 03709A ...........      9
       See GENERAL (Sweden)  — Control No. 03750A ...........     10
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Switzerland
       Instructions Regarding. .. Controlled Dumps:  Dumping
          Instructions   ........................     20
       Waste Incineration Plants:  14 Million in Subsidies  ......     20

                                      TOXIC SUBS

Ge.Jtmany, Fed Re.p o&
       See PESTICIDES (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 03736A   ...     14
       Code of Practice for the Packaging of Dangerous Substances
          by Road No . 1 :  Organic Peroxides ..............     21
       Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Wastes   .............     21
Sweden
       See WATER (Sweden) -- Control No. 03696A  ............     33
WHO
       Health Hazards From New Environmental Pollutants ........     22

                                        WATER

Belfl-cu/n
       April 9, 1975 Crown Decree on the State's Intervention in
          Private Industry's Investments for Wastewater Treatment  ...     22
       July 25, 1975 Ministerial Decree Setting Conditions for
          Provisional Approval of Laboratories Pursuant to the
          Jan. 23, 1974 Wastewater Decree ...............     23
       August 1, 1974 Law Creating Regional Institutions as a
          Preliminary Step in the Implementation of Constitutional
          Article 107 quater  .....................     23
Ve.nmank
       Water Purification .......................     24
       See GENERAL (Denmark) -- Control No. 03724A  ..........       7
Finland
       Amounts of Substances Discharged by Rivers Off the
          Coast of Finland  ......................     24
       Flouridation Bad for Watercourses  ...............     25

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       Research at the National Board of Waters in Finland  ......     25
       Hydro logical Bibliography 1960-1970.  Publications of the
          Water Research Institute 14 .................     25
France.
       350 Million Franc Program for Improvement of Water
          Quality in Seine Estuary  ..................     26
       Twenty-five Soldiers Against Black Tide  ............     26
       Pern Rfcp
       Common Plans in Water Management Agreed On ...........     26
         Fed Rep o&
       Instructions for Experts for Tank Facilities and Tank
          Protection.  Instructions for Experts for Tanks of
          Heating Oil Users ......................     27
       Water Use and Wastewater Disposal in the Textile Industry  ...     27
       Environmental Problems of the Rhine  ..............     27
       Assurance of Future Water Supply in Regard to Quantity
          and Quality .........................     28
       Observations on the Biological Treatment of Nitrate-Containing
          Industrial Wastewater. . .in an Activated Sludge Plant  ....     28
       The Influence of Nitrogen Supply on the Biological Treatment
          of Industrial Wastewaters With a Low Nitrogen Content ....     29
       Nitirification and Denitrification in Sewage Purification  ...     29
       See TOXIC SUBS (Great Britain) — Control No. 03698A ......     21
       See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) — Control No. 03711A  .....     19
Guatemala
       See GENERAL  (Guatemala) — Control No. 03763A  .........      8
Hong Kong
       Water Pollution Control in Hong Kong:  What Can Be Done? ....     30
       The Legal Framework for the Prevention and Control of Water
          Pollution in Israel .....................     30
 ItaJbj
       Thirty-five Citations to Industrial Managers ..........     31
       June 5, 1975 Law Containing Regulations Relating to the
          Occurrence of Pollution of the Sea  (Law on Sea Pollution)  . .     31
       July 9, 1975 Decree Indicating the Substances Referred to
          in Article 3, Paragraph 1, of the Law on Sea Pollution   ...     31
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Noway
       New Function for the Council on Oil Pollution  .........     32
Scandinavia
       Treatment and Use in Agriculture of Municipal Sewage Sludge  . .     32
       Eutrophication .........................     32
       Intercalibration of Permanganate Methods for Determination of
          Organic Substances  .....................     33
Sweden
       Disposal of Contaminated Spoil in a Stratified Fjord - An
          Example From the Swedish West Coast .......... ...     33
       Recirculatlon of Wastewater From the Textile Industry Is
          Possible, When a Combined Precipitation and Ion Exchange
          Treatment Is Used ......................     34
       Recirculation of Textile Wastewater:  Micro-Screening of
          Process Water From a Rotary Printing Machine  ........     34
       See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 03709A ...........      9
       See AIR (Switzerland) — Control No. 03714A  ..........      6
USSR
       Monitoring the Chemical Composition of Water (Operations
          To Be Performed at a Post)  .................     35
       Survey of Water Temperature  ..................     35
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AIR

BELGIUM
      LR(A)
    "AUGUST 8.  197«5  CROWN" DECREE ON  THE PREVENTION  OF AIR  POLLUTION."
    BULLETIN  USUEL OES LCIS  ET ARRFTES
                                                                         EPA
    FRENCH                     00/00/75  PCS   1005-13          ID*  00436P

    THIS CROWN  DECREE. ISSUED IN PURSUANCE  OF THE DECEMBER 28. 1964  LAW ON  'HF CONTROL OF  AIR
POLLUTION. ADDRESSES ITSELF  TO BOTH  CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL ELECTRIC THERMAL
INSTALLATIONS AND CONTAINS PROVISIONS WHICH CONCERN THE REDUCTION  OF  POLLUTANTS BEING EMITTED AS
WELL AS THE DISPERSION OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS BOTH INSIDE AND OUT OF THE SPECIAL PROTECTION  ZONES
AGAINST POLLUTION.   CHARTS PRESENTING A SCHEDULE OF MAXIMUM ADMISSIBLE- POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS
FOR INSTALLATIONS OF VARYING FUFL TYPES AND CAPACITIES ARE INCLUDED  IN THE  DECREE.   ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS CONCERN AIR MONITORING OF PLANT  SITES; MAINTENANCE AND  SURVEILLANCE OF  THERMAL
FACILITIES AN3  POLLUTION ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT; AND LIQUID FUEL QUALITY CRITERIA.
DENMARK
      PHCB)
    LUFTFORURENING FRA FLY  (AIR POLLUTION  FROM PLANES).
    PUBLICATION NO.  22
    KRAG. FRITZ
    DANISH                     03/00/72   PGS   1-29
    ALSO ST
                                                                                        POLLUTION  CONTROL  HOARD
                                                                                          ID*
                                                                                                 EPA
                                                                                               03716A
                            THIS SURVEY.  WHICH WAS SUBMITTED  TO THF  MAIN AIR  COMMITTEE,  IS  BASED  ON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED
                        IN THE  1969 REPORT TO  THE U.S.  CONGRESS BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH,  EDUCATION AND  WELFARE,  "NATURE
                        AND CONTROL OF  AIRCRAFT ENGINE  EXHAUST EMISSIONS,"  WHICH IT ADAPTS  TO DANISH CIRCUMSTANCES.  THF
                        MATERIAL IS TOTALLY  BASFD ON  RESEARCH, AND NO CONTROL MEASURES HAVE  BEEN  TAKEN.   IT DISCUSSFS
                        POLLUTION FROM  PISTON  AND JET ENGINES AND CONTAINS  PROVISIONS AND RECOMMENDATICNS  ON HOW  TO COMBAT
                        THIS PROBLEM.   AN APPENDIX DEALS WITH AIR POLLUTION FROM PLANES  IN  AND AROUND COPENHAGEN'S  KASTRUP
                        AIRPORT.
DENMARK

      PMCB)
    PLANTENAERINGSSTOFFER (PLANT FOODS).  POLLUTION  CONTROL  BOARD  PUBLICATION NO.  16
                                                                         EPA
    DANISH                     07/00/71   PGS   1-57             ID*  03724A
    ^GENERAL        WATER

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AIR

DENMARK
      PMIBI
    LUFTFORURcNING:   OPVARMNINGS-  OG VENTILAT IONSANLAEG (AIR  POLLUTION  FROM HEATING
    AND  VENTILATION  INSTALLATIONS).   POLLUTION  CONTROL BOARD  PUBLICATION  NO.  7
                                                                      EPA
    DANISH                   05/00/71  PGS  1-102            ID*  03731 A

    THIS REPORT WAS  SUBMITTED BY  THE WORKING  GROUP OF THE  MAIN AIR COMMITTEE. WHICH  WAS ESTABLISHED
IN 1970  BY THE POLLUTION CONTROL  BOARD AND THE  TECHNICAL POLLUTION COMMITTEE.  IT DEALS WITH
POLLUTION IN RELATIONSHIP TO BOILER  CLEANING, CHIMNEY CLEANING, SMOKE CLEANING. CHIMNEY TIGHTNESS,
CHIMNEY  HEIG-tT, PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS, AND DEGREE OF CENTRALIZATION  AT THE FIRING  INSTALLATIONS.
POLLUTION FROM OIL FURNACES CAUSED BY PLANT CONDITIONS AND  THE DANGER OF  SMOKE POISONING DUE TO
THE ARCHITECTURAL FORM OF THE BOILFR WORKS WERE ALSO STUDIED.  THE INFLUENCE  OF DANISH  AUTHORITIES
ON BOILER PLANT EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION AND THE INFLUENCE  OF  SWEDISH AUTHORITIES ON  LOCATION,
EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATION OF BOILER PLANTS ARE DISCUSSED AS  WELL AS POLLUTION  CAUSED  BY  THF
INSTALLATION 3F AIR  VENTS AND DUMPING VENTS FOR COMFORT VENTILATION INSTALLATIONS.   IN  FACH CASE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS INCLUDED RECOMMENDATIONS.
GERMANY.FED REP  OF
      PM
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AIR

GUATEMALA

      PMCB)
     GUATEMALA: NATIONAL ENERGY MASTER PLAN:   ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
     GOODLAND, R.,  AND G. TILLMAN                                    EPA
     ENGLISH                   12/00/75  PCS  1-124           ID*   03763A
     ALSO SE
     *GENERAL        WATER          LAND USE
INTERNATIONAL
     PMCBt
    "AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS  IN LATIN AMERICA."  INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT
    ADVANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS  OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION,  VOL.  1,  1975
    HADDAD. R.                                                        EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS   451-456         I0#  03706A
    ALSO SE

    POINTING OUT  SOME OF THE DIVERSE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES  AMONG LATIN  AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THF EFFORTS AND  PROGRAMS, BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL. UNDERTAKEN IN
LATIN  AMERICA TO  MONITOR AND CONTROL AIR POLLUTION.   SERIOUS AIR  POLLUTION PROBLEMS ARF
CONCENTRATED WITHIN THE LARGER CITIES SUCH AS MEXICO  CITY, SAO PAULO, BUENOS  AIRFS, RID  DE
JANEIRO. AND CARACAS AND ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY INDUSTRIAL COMBUSTION AND AUTOMOBILE  EXHAUSTS.
THE MORE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, BEING THE WORST AFFECTED, HAVE.TAKEN STEPS AND MADE  INITIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO  THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION. BUT RESEARCH ON AIR POLLUTION  IN LATIN  AMERICA  IS
JUST BEGINNING, THE MAJOR DETERRENT ON  GOOD CONTROL PROGRAMS BEING A SCARCITY OF WETLL  TRAINED
PERSONNEL.   INTERNATIONALLY  THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION  HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT  CONTRIBUTIONS
IN PROMOTING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND UNIVERSITIES,  THE MOST IMPORTANT
BEING  THE DERATION OF A 92-STATION AIR  POLLUTION MONITORING NETWORK IN 13 COUNTRIES.
NETHERLANDS
     LR(A»
    "JULY It 1975  DECREE IMPLEMENTING ART.  75...OF  THE  AIR POLLUTION LAW (DECREE
    ON  THE FUNCTIONS OF PROVINCIAL AND COMMUNAL AIR  POLLUTION .OFFICIALS)."   STAATSRLAD,  NO.  470 (1975)
                                                                      EPA
    DUTCH                     00/00/75  PGS   1-4             ID#  00409D

    ISSUED BY THE  MINISTER OF  HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT,  THIS DECREE  IS INTENDED  TC PROMOTE AN
EFFICIENT AN3 COORDINATED PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNCTIONS  ASSIGNED  TO PROVINCIAL,  COMMUNAL  AND
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS UNDER THE 1970 AIR POLLUTION LAW, ARTICLE 75, PARAGRAPH 3.   ARTICLE
ONE PLACES IN THE  HANDS OF THE PROVINCIAL  EXECUTIVES THE CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY  FOR PROMOTING
COOPERATION AMONG  AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS  ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT  LEVELS.  ARTICLE £> STIPULATES THAT
OFFICIAL  INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY PROVINCIAL  AND COMMUNAL OFFICIALS  ARE TO CONTAIN RULFS PROMOTIVE
OF COOPERATION. COORDINATION AND A SATISFACTORY DISTRIBUTION OF  FUNCTIONS AMONG OFFICIALS ON
VARIOUS LEVEi-S.  ARTICLES 3 AND 4 ARE DESIGNED TO GUARANTEE THAT  OFFICIALS WORKING ON ALL LEVELS
INFORM  OFFICIALS ON OTHER LEVELS OF THEIR  ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS.  AN EXPLANATORY NOTF
ACCOMPANIES THE DECREF., WHICH  CAME INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1, 1975.

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AIR

NORMAY

     LR(B)
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    "CAR TRASH IN NORWAY."
    ANDERSEN.  HANS PETER
    NORWEGIAN
     NOISE
                              AFTENPOSTEN
                                                     03/30/76  PGS   24
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  EPA
03741 A
NORWAY

      PM(B)
    THIS  ARTICLE URGES  NORWAY TO FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT IN SWEDEN.  THE ONLY COUNTRY IN EUROPE  WITH
STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR  EXHAUST FUME EMISSIONS FROM  CARS.  EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL  I.  1976.  THE
FACT THAT THERE WILL BE  TWICE AS MANY  CARS IN THE  YEAR 2000 MAKES  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITATIONS
ON AIR POLLUTION AS WELL AS ON NOISE EMISSIONS OF  GREAT IMPORTANCE.  IT IS ALSO  FEARED THAT SINCE
CARS CANNOT  BE SOLD IN  COUNTRIES LIKE  SWEDEN WITHOUT FIRST SATISFYING  THE NEW DEMANDS, NORWAY  WILL
GET LESS  ENVIRONMENTALLY RESTRICTED CARS ON ITS MARKET AND THUS BE  LIKE A GARBAGE  DUMP FOR
CAR MANUFACTURERS IF IT  DOES NOT FOLLOW SUIT.


    "SULFUR  THE BIGGEST  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROBLEM."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                     EPA
    NORWEGIAN                03/16/76   PGS  20              ID*  03704A

    THE MOST SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IN CONNECTION WITH AN OIL-FIRED THERMAL  PLANT IS THE
EMISSION  OF  SJLFUR DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE FALLOUT DESCENDS  IN THE FORM  OF ACID
PRECIPITATION.  EVEN IF  THE FIRING OIL CONTAINS ONLY O.S PERCENT SULFUR, ABOUT 2600 KILO SULFUR
DIOXIDE WILL BE EMITTED  EVERY HOUR.  THE FIRST NORWEGIAN OIL-FIRED  THERMAL POWER PLANT IS EXPECTED
TO OPERATE 3500 HOURS PER YEAR. IT IS  REPORTED IN  THIS ARTICLE.  ALSO  INDICATED  ARE THE AREAS  IN
NORWAY THAT  WILL BE MOST EXPOSED TO SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. DEPENDING UPON WHERE  IN THE COUNTRY
THE INTENDED POWER PLANT IS LOCATED.
SCANDINAVIA
      LR(B)
    "SEMINAR ON EMISSION LIMITING MEASURES AT AIR POLLUTING INSTALLATIONS."
    NORDFORSK:  MILJOVARDSSEKRETARIATET PUBLIKATION  1971:3
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  00/00/71   PGS  1-43            ID»  03723A
    ALSO  PMB

    THIS  BOOKLET CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR WHICH TOOK PLACE  IN STOCKHOLM  DURING
NOVEMBER  12-13. 1969.   THE BASIS FOR  THE CONFERENCE  WAS THE TECHNICAL  ANALYSIS OF EMISSION
PROBLEMS. WHICH THE  NATIONAL SWEDISH  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD HAD  CONDUCTED  IN  CLOSE
COOPERATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY. THE  AGRICULTURAL  AND STONE
INDUSTRY. THE FOREST INDUSTRY. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.  AND IN COMBUSTION  PLANTS AND  ODOROUS
ESTABLISHMENTS NOT  INCLUDED IN THE FOREST INDUSTRY SECTION.  THE BOARD HAD. BASED ON  THESE
FINDINGS. WORKED OUT GUIDELINES FOR EMISSION LIMITING  MEASURES, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC  FEASIBILITY.   THE PURPOSE OF  THE SEMINAR WAS TO EXPLORE THE  POSSIBILITY OF
ESTABLISHING JOINT  SCANDINAVIAN NORMS AND GUIDELINES AS WELL AS DETERMINING THE  NEED  FOR TANGIBLE
INTER-SCANDINAVIAN  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON EMISSION LIMITING MEASURES.

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AIR

SWEDEN
     PM(B)
    LIMITATION OF SULFUR  DIOXIDE EMISSIONS - A STUDY OF CONTROL  MEASURES.
    SOU 1974:101
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH*                 00/00/74  PGS  1-E52           ID»  03749A
    ALSO SE/*SUMMARY  IN ENGLISH

    THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS  REPORT, SUBMITTED BY A COMMITTEF  ON COSTS FOP  ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT ESTABLISHED IN 1971  BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, HAS BEEN Tl  fXAMINF  VARIOUS
CONTROL MEASURES USED IN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION POLICY AS APPLIED TO  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL PRO3LEMS
CREATED WHEN SULFUR DIOXIDE IS  RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE COMMITTEE PROPOSED:  THAT THE
PRESENT SYSTEM OF CONTROL METHODS BE RETAINED AND THAT THE  INTRODUCTION OF  EMISSION CHARGES BE
REJECTED; THAT A DISPENSATION CHARGE BE INTRODUCED BY MEANS OF AN APPENDIX  TQ THF ORDINANCE
GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON SULFUR CONTENT IN FUEL OIL; THAT THE REGULATIONS  IN THIS  ORDINANCE BE
MADE APPLICABLE TO ALL FOSSILIZED FUELS CONTAINING SULFUR", THAT  THE FORMULATION OF  THE ENERGY TAX
BE EXAMINED TO INVESTIGATE THE  POSSIBILITIES OF INTRODUCING THF  SULFUR  CONTFNT OF FUEL AS A FACTOR
IN DETERMINING THE TAX RATE:  AND THAT MUNICIPALITIES BE GIVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES TQ PLAN AND
CONTROL ENERGY SUPPLIES  IN URBAN AREAS.
SWEDEN
     ST< )
    "INCINERATION OF  WASTE  CONTAINING DDT AND LINDANE."
    AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH  LABORATORY
    AHLING, BENGT
    SWEDISH                  05/00/76  PGS  1-20
     PESTICIDES
                                                                                IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND
                                                                                 10*
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                      03742A
                         DDT  AND  i-INDANE HAVE BEEN USED AS  INSECTICIDES  IN SWEDEN FOR MANY YEARS.  SINCF THF  BANNING
                      OF DDT  IN 1969.  LARGE QUANTITIES OF DDT  AND  LINDANE  HAVE REMAINED IN STORAGE.  THIS PFPORT
                      DESCRIBES SOME  EXPERIMENTS WHICH WERE  PERFORMED  TO  INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF DESTROYING
                      THESE  STOCKS 3Y  INCINERATION.  THE EXPERIMENTS SHOW  THAT THE EMISSION OF P.P-DDT WAS LOWER  THAN
                      300 MG  PER KG DDT AT A TEMPERATURE OF  600 DEGREES  C  AND LOWER THAN 1 MG PFP KG AT A TFMPER
                      OF 800  DEGREES  C.  DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF DDT,  DDE IS PRODUCED.  THIS PROCESS ErMITS  2600
                      MG DDT  PLUS  DDE  PER KG DDT AT 600 DEGREES C  AND  LESS THAN 80 MG DDT PLUS DDF PER KG DDT  AT
                      800 DEGREES  C.   IN SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS,  THE  HOLDING TIMF WAS VARIED BETWEEN 1.6 TO  A.6
                      SECONDS*   IT *AS, HOWEVER. NOT POSSIBLE  TO OBSERVE ANY EFFECT ON THE DESTRUCTION EFFICIENCY.

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BELGIUM
      LRt A)
                                                                                                                                         PAGE
     "AUGUST  1.  1974  LAW CREATING REGIONAL  INSTITUTIONS AS A  PRELIMINARY STEP  IN
     THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLE 107  QUATER."   BULLETIN USUEL  OPS LOIS TT ARRETFS
                                                                         EPA
     FRENCH                     00/00/74   PCS   832-34          ID«   03735A
     *WATER
DENMARK

      PM(B>
     PLANTENAERINGSSTOFFER  (PLANT FOODS).  POLLUTION  CONTROL  BOARD PUBLICATION  NO. 16
                                                                         EPA
     DANISH                     07/00/71   PGS   1-57             ID*   03724A
      WATER          AIR

     SINCE FERTILIZERS AND  MANURE ARE  OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE  FCR  THE PRODUCTION AND ECONOMY OF DANISH
AGRICULTURE.  THE POSSIBLE  POLLUTION DUE TO  THEIR USE HAS BEEN  OF CONSIDERABLE  CONCEPN.   THE ANNUAL
IMPORT OF DANISH FERTILIZERS CONSISTS OF ABOUT 250  PILLION KG  NITROGEN. ISO  MILLION KG  POTASSIUM,
AND  50 MILLION KG  PHOSPHORUS.   THE AMOUNT OF  FARMYARD MANURE USED ANNUALLY CONTAINS THE SAMF
AMOUNTS OF POTASSIUK  AND PHOSPHORUS BUT ONLY  ABOUT  HALF AS MUCH NITROGEN.  ACCORDING  TO THIS
REPORT, FILED BY THE  PLANT  FOOD WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED  BY THE MAIN  GROUND COMMITTEE. WHICH  WAS
APPOINTED BY  THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND  THE TECHNICAL POLLUTION COMMITTFF. NO PROOF HAS BEFN
FOUND THAT THE ABOVE  AMOUNTS OF FERTILIZER  HAVE ANY  ADVERSE  EFFECTS  ON CROPS OR THE AIR OR THAT
THEY NORMALLY CAUSE WATER  POLLUTION.   THE GROUP ADMITS. HOWEVER. THAT  THE SUBJECT OF  POSSIBLE
WATER POLLUTION LEAVES A NUMBER OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND  THAT ADDITIONAL  PFSEAPCH  IN THIS FIFLO
IS NEEDED.
FRANCE
      PMC A)
    "GOVERNMENT STUDIES THE CREATION  OF A VAST MINISTRY FOR  DAILY LIFE."
    LE MONDE
    AMBROISE-RENDU.  MARC                                              EPA
    FRENCH                    07/08/76   PGS   19              ID*   03713A

    THIS ARTICLE. ON THE INADEQUACIES OF THE  FRENCH  SYSTEM OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION, EXAMINES
THE FRAGMENTARY APPROACH TO THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH HAS BEEN PRACTICED  IN FRANCE UP TO  THIS TIME.
A REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE  ORGANIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES  SHOWS FUNCTIONS  TQ
BE DISTRIBUTED  AMONG FIVE MINISTERS AND STATE SECRETARIES:   MR. FOSSET  FOR THE QUALITY OF LIF^;
MR. GRANET FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT; MR. GALLEY FOR EQUIPMENT; MR.  GUY FOR  SITES:  AND MR.  PONIATQWSKY
FOR LAND USE.   THE AUTHOR CALLS FOR A REFORM  OF MINISTERIAL  STRUCTURES  AND PROPOSES A SOLUTION
CONSISTING OF A NEW  MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENT, MODELED  CN THE BRITISH SYSTEM. WHICH WOULD ASSEMBLE
THOSE  OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY.   INCLUDED WOULD  BE: ANT IPOLLUTION AND
PROTECTION OF NATURE SERVICES  (ENVIRONMENT);  URBAN LAND PLANNING (EQUIPMENT);  ARCHITECTURAL
SERVICES (CULTURE);  THE LITTORAL CONSERVANCY  (INTERIOR); AND PERHAPS EVEN RURAL LAND  USE
(AGRICULTURE).   SUGGESTED TITLE IS:   THE MINISTER FOR DAILY LIFE.

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GENERAL

FRANCE

      PM( B)
GREAT  BRITAIN

      PMC A I
    "POLLUTION: CONTROL  IN ALL  MAJOR CITIES BY 1978."
    SCHWEITZER. GENFVIEVE
    FRENCH                    03/03/76  PCS  1. 6
                               T»
LE FIGARO
           EPA
   ID*   03738A
    BY  1978. ACCORDING TO AN  ANNOUNCEMENT  OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED  FRENCH  STATE SECRETARY FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, MR.  PAUL GRANET,  ALL MAJOR  FRENCH INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AND CITIES WITH MORE  THAN
100.000 INHABITANTS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH  AIR POLLUTION MONITORING SYSTEMS,  UNCONTROLLED DUMPS
WILL BE CLEARED AWAY AND POLLUTED RIVERS WILL BE CLEANED UP.   IN  A DISCUSSION OF HIS  VARIOUS
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, MR. GRANET ALSO  INCLUDED THE  FOLLOWING:  THE
PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT OF A BILL ON  QUARRIES;  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE  AGENCY FOR THE
ELIMINATION AND RECOVERY OF WASTES IN  COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1975 LAW; THE  CREATION OF A NATIONAL
AIR AGENCY TO COMBAT AIR POLLUTION; AND  THE ACTIVE  CONTROL  OF  NOISE POLLUTION BY MEANS  OF A NEW
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS COMMUNIQUE.


    DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ANNUAL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS  1975
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  05/00/76   PCS   1-146           ID*   03759A

    THIS IS THE FIFTH ANNUAL  LIST GIVING FULL DETAILS OF ALL PUBLICATIONS WHICH ARE OF  MORE THAN
LOCAL  INTEREST AND  AVAILABLE  TO THE PUBLIC ISSUED  IN  1975 BY THE  BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF  THE
ENVIRONMENT.  THE PREFACE OF  THE LIST  CONTAINS GENERAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
USE OF  THE LIST,  AND THE PUBLISHED TITLES  ARE ARRANGED IN SECTIONS WHICH ARF FURTHER  DIVIDED
INTO SUBJECT CATEGORIES.  THE SECTIONS INCLUDE:  1)  TITLES  PUBLISHED FOR THE DEPARTMENT BY
HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE; 2) DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS;  3) ACTS;  4)  STATUTORY  INSTRUMENTS:
5) DEPARTMENTAL CIRCULARS: 6)  PUBLICATIONS OF THE  DEPARTMENT'S RESEARCH  ESTABLISHMENTS:
7) PUBLICATIONS OF  THE COUNTRYSIDE COMMISSION. THE  CENTRAL  WATER  PLANNING UNIT, THE WATER DATA
UNIT.  AND THE WATER RESOURCES BOARD; AND 8) MAPS.   INDEXES  AND INSTRUCTIONS  FOR THEIR USE ARE
GIVEN  IN THE BACK OF THE LIST.
GUATEMALA

      PM(B»
     GUATEMALA:  NATIONAL ENERGY MASTER  PLAN:   ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
     GOODLAND. R..  AND G. TILLMAN                                    EPA
     ENGLISH                   12/00/75   PGS  1-124           ID*   03763A
     ALSO SE
      WATER          LAND USE       AIR

     GUATEMALA'S 25-YEAR NATIONAL ENERGY  PLAN, CURRENTLY BEING  PREPARED BY  THE GUATEMALAN  NATIONAL
ELECTRIFICATION INSTITUTE  (INDE) WITH  THE ASSISTANCE  OF THE WEST  GERMAN GOVERNMENT, IS  ASSESSED
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL VIEWPOINT IN THIS  STUDY.  THE  ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED AT THF REQUEST OF
INDE BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL  ADVISORY GROUP. CONSISTING  OF GUATEMALAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARY ARBORETUM OF THE NEW  YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN.   IN LEADING
UP TO THE OVERALL  ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE  NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN, THE  STUDY DESCRIBES THE
ELEVEN PROPOSED POWER PROJECTS OF THE  PLAN AND IDENTIFIES THEIR POSSIBLE IMPACT ON HUMAN  ECOLOGY;
ON THE USE O= WATER COURSES:  ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT  AND WATER  QUALITY; AND  ON NATIONAL PARKS AND
WILDLIFE.  THE  STUDY CONCLUDES WITH AN EVALUATION  AND RANKING  IN  ORDER OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCE
FOR  THE PROPOSED PROJECTS  AND BRIEFLY  REVIEWS THE  STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE
EXISTING CONSERVATION LAWS  IN GUATEMALA.

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NORWAY

      PMCB)
                                                                                                                                         PAGE
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  SECRETARIAT FOR ALUMINUM."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                         EPA
    NORWEGIAN                  03/25/76   PGS  23              ID*   03703A
NORWAY
      SE(  >
    ,THE NORDIC  ALUMINUM INDUSTRY HAS  ESTABLISHED A JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL  SECRETARIAT  IN  ORDER TO
COORDINATE RESEARCH  IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH.  OCCUPATIONAL SANITATION,  PROTECTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
TECHNOLOGY.   MEMBERS  INCLUDE  ALL NORWEGIAN PRODUCERS  CF PRIMARY ALUMINUM AND  THE SWEDISH GRANGES
ALUMINUM COMPANY.  THE SECRETARIAT WILL HAVE ITS HEADQUARTERS  IN OSLO AND WILL  BE HFA&FD BY
CHIEF  ENGINEER-JORGEN JAHR,  IT IS REPORTED IN THIS ARTICLE.


     "SECURITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LOANS OF TWO BILLION NORWEGIAN KRONER
     TO INDUSTRY."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                         EPA
     NORWEGIAN                 04/09/76   PGS  2               ID*   03754A
     ALSO PMB

     THE CABINET HAS PROPOSED  THAT THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT  BE AUTHORIZED TO  INCREASE FROM  1.5
BILLION TO 2  BILLION  NORWEGIAN KRONER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LCANS IT MAY  GRANT  FROM THE  INDUSTRIAL
BANK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS IN ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY.  A PROPOSAL WAS ALSC MADE  TO GRANT
LOANS  AND SECURITIES  TO ESTABLISHMENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE USE OF ENERGY  IN INDUSTRY.  THE
FERRO-ALLOY INDUSTRY  HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED A METHOD TO USE THE ENERGY CONTENT IN EXHAUST FUMES  FROM
MELTING FURNACES, EITHER DIRECTLY AS  STEAM OR IN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION.  FROM  A SOCIO-ECONOMIC
POINT  OF VIEW,  THIS  IS VERY  DESIRABLE. ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE PROFITABLE IN TERMS OF DIRECT
PRODUCTION COSTS.  THE PROPOSED SUBSIDY FOR  BETTER ENERGY PRODUCTION  WILL BF  LIMITED TO LONG-TERM
LOANS  AND GOVERNMENT  GUARANTEES FOR MARKET VALUE LOANS WITHIN  THE FRAMEWORK OF  THE  INDUSTRIAL
BANK'S QUOTA  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENTERPRISES.  INDUSTRY WILL ALSO HAVE TO  MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION  DEPENDING ON THE PROFITABILITY  AND RISKS INVOLVED IN EACH  PROJECT.
SWEDEN
      SEC  )
     "INVESTMENTS IN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IN THE  PERIOD  1970-1980."   CURRENT
     SWEDEN. NO.  63
     EMMELIN, LARS                                                      EPA
     ENGLISH                    04/00/76   PGS   1-4              ID*   03709A
     ALSO PMB
      SOLID WASTE   WATER          NOISE

     THIS ISSUE  OF "CURRENT SWEDEN" REVIEWS  THE  PROJECTIONS  FOR INVESTMENTS  IN POLLUTION CONTROL
BY BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.   THE  ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF  LEGISLATION AND
PROGRAMS, INVOLVING  SUBSIDIES  AND FINES  FOR POLLUTION.  AS WELL AS THE  SECURING OF VALUABLE LAND
FOR  NATURE RESERVES,  DURING  THE PAST  FIVE YEARS. ARE REVIEWED.  THE PROGNOSIS OF THE  NEED FOR
INVESTMENTS DURING 1970-1980  IS PRESENTED.  OVERALL. NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED  IN INDUSTRIAL
INVESTMENT NEED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE  CHEMICAL  INDUSTRY AND THE PULP AND PAPER  INDUSTRY,
WHICH REGISTER  A 10  PERCENT  INCREASE.  THE  NEED AND  REASONS FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN MUNICIPAL
SEWAGE TREATMENT ARE DISCUSSED.  THE  PROPORTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTF DISPOSAL INVESTMENTS FOR
ITEMS SUCH AS  TREATMENT PLANTS IS EXPECTED  TO INCREASE  FROM ABOUT A QUARTER TO ABOUT  TWO-THIRDS.
AN APPENDED TABLE SUMMARIZES THE INVESTMENTS  NEEDED  IN  POLLUTION CONTROL AND INCLUDES NOISE
ABATEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY  A SPECIAL  COMMITTEE ON  TRAFFIC NOISE*

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SWEDEN

     SE(
LAND USE

GUATEMALA

     PMCB)
"THE EFFECTS OF THE PACKAGING FEE."   SOU  1974:44

SWEDISH                  00/00/74   PGS  1-123
ALSO PM8
 SOLID WASTE
       EPA
ID*  03750A
                         ON  THE FI3ST  OF  MARCH,  1973,  A FEE ON CERTAIN BEVERAGE CONTAINERS WENT INTO FFFECT  IN SWEDEN
                      WITH THE PRIMARY  PURPOSE  OF USING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO COVER EXPENSES CAUSED BY A  PRICF
                      FREEZE  ON SPECIFIC FOODS.  THE  COMMITTEE ON COSTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAS SUBMITTED A
                      REPORT  ON THIS  MATTER.  DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:  THE ROLE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS IN THE
                      COMMUNITY; BEVERAGE  CONTAINERS  AND THE ENVIRONMENT; THE ADMINISTRATION OF FEES AND THE
                      GOVERNMENT'S  FINANCIAL  PROFIT;  THE PARTIES INTERESTED IN BEVERAGE CONTAINERS; AND THE EFFECTS OF
                      THE FEE.  THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THAT THE PROJECT, WHICH, INCLUDING TAX, BROUGHT IN AN ESTIMATED
                      120 MILLION SWEDISH  KRONOR  BETWEEN MARCH 1. 1973 AND FEBRUARY 28. 1974 HAS NOT HAD ANY  PARTICULAR
                      IMPACT  ON COSTS,  OCCUPATION, OR ENVIRONMENT.   EVEN WHEN ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS WERE
                      CONSIDERED. INSIGNIFICANT EFFECTS WERE REGISTERED.
GUATEMALA: NATIONAL  ENERGY MASTER  PLAN:   ENVIRONMENTAL  ASSESSMENT
GOODLAND. R. . AND G.  TILLMAN                                  EPA
ENGLISH                  12/00/75   PGS   1-124           ID*  03763A
ALSO SE
•GENERAL       WATER          AIR
SWITZERLAND

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NOISE

BELGIUM
     LR( A)
DENMARK
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NOISE

GERMANY.FED REP  OF

     IR(B)
GREAT  BRITAIN

     LRC A>
    "NOISE PROTECTION FOR  THE STREET CONSTRUCTOR?"
    URBAN. MARTIN
    GERMAN                    03/10/76   PGS  4
    ALSO PMB
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
              EPA
       ID*  03737A
    A  DRAFT 3RDINANCE ESTABLISHING LIMITS FOR ROAD  TRAFFIC  NOlSEt TO  BE  ISSUED  IN  IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE FEDERAL  IMMISSIONS LAW,  WAS DISCUSSED AT  A  HEARING  IN THE FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF TRANSPORT,
ACCORDING TO THIS  ARTICLE.   THE CURRENT  VERSION  OF  THE ORDINANCE WOULD PERMIT A  LONG-TERM DAYTIME
NOISE  LEVEL OF  60-75 DB(A)  AND  A NIGHT LEVEL OF  50-65 OBCA)  MEASURED  AT  AN OPEN  WINDOW ALONG
NEW OR SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED ROADWAYS.   THE MAXIMUM NOISE LEVELS WOULD BE BASED  ON A YEARLY
AVERAGE.   THE FIGURES ARE 10 DBCAI HIGHER IN THE DAY AND is  DB HIGHER AT NIGI-T  THAN PERMITTED
MAXIMUM LEVELS  FOR COMMERCIAL NOISE  IN RESIDENTIAL  AREAS.   THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THE VALUES SHOULD
BE SET AT A LOWER  LEVEL.


    CODE OF PRACTICE FOR REDUCING THE EXPOSURE OF  EMPLOYED  PERSONS TO NOISE
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT  OF EMPLOYMENT                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/72  PGS  1-33             ID*  03694A

    THIS CODE OF PRACTICE.  ISSUED BY THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT  CF EMPLOYMENT, APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS
EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY WHO ARE EXPOSED TO  NOISE, SETTING FORTH RECOMMENDED LIMITS  TO WORKER NOISE
EXPOSURE.  IT DOES NOT SPECIFY  THE MEASURES WHICH  SHOULD BE  TAKEN IN  NOISE CONTROL DESIGN OF
MACHINERY OR IN CONTROLLING COMMUNITY NOISE OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NOISE VIBRATIONS.   IN ADDITION
TO SPECIFYING EXPOSURE LIMITS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT TO  DETERMINE WHETHFR LIMITS ARE EXCEEDED.
THE CODE ALSO DESCRIBES METHODS FOR MEASURING CONTINUOUS, FLUCTUATING; INTERMITTENT, AND IMPULSIVE
NOISE  LEVELS.   THE CODE SEEKS PRIMARILY  TO REDUCE  NOISE EXPOSURE TO BELOW THE SPECIFIED LIMITS
AND SECONDARILY, TO REDUCE  NOISE LEVELS  IN GENERAL. INDICATING THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES WHICH
SHOULD BE TAKEN BY BOTH MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES.
NETHERLANDS

      LRCB)
    •SERIOUS ANTI-NOISE MEASURES."  NUISANCES ET  ENVIRCNNEMENT.  NO. 50
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    05/00/76   PGS  21               ID*  03717A

    A  RECENT STUDY, INDICATING THAT OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE  DUTCH POPULATION SUFFERED  ON A REGULAR
BASIS  FROM NOISE  RELATED  DISCOMFORTS,  WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT'S PREPARATION OF
A BILL WHOSE PRINCIPLE PROVISIONS CONCERN:  I) THE  POSSIBILITY  OF ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE
PRODUCTION AND  SALE OF NOISY APPLIANCES  (INCLUDING  CARS AND MOTORBIKES);  2> THE INTRODUCTION OF
MANDATORY AUTHORIZATIONS  FOR NOISE PRODUCING FIRMS; 3) THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF "NOISE  ZONES"
ALONG  INDUSTRIAL  PROPERTIES AND ROADS  WITH MAXIMUM  PERMISSIBLE  LIMITS;  4)  AN AMENDMENT OF THE
HOUSING LAW WITH  RESPECT  TO THE ACOUSTICAL INSULATION OF BUILDINGS: 5»  THE CREATION OF A SERVICE
FOR "NOISE RELATED DAMAGES" TO MEASURE NOISE POLLUTION AND  RECEIVE COMPLAINTS; AND  6) THE
REAFFIRMATION OF  THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.

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PESTICIDES

BELGIUM



     LR(A)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LRCB)
    "CROWN DECREE ON THE STORAGE OF, TRADE IN, AND USE OF PESTICIDES AND
    PHVTOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS."  BULLETIN USUEL DES LOIS ET ARRETES
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/75  PGS  1108-1119      ID*  01365L

    THIS CROWN DECREE REQUIRES THE APPROVAL BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF ALL
PHYTOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS BEING TRADED, SOLD, STORED OR TRANSPORTED AND THE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION
BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH FOR THE TRADE, SALE. STORAGE AND ACQUISITION OF PESTICIDES NOT  INTENDED
FOR AGRICULTURAL USES.  AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL FILING PROCEDURES ARE SET FORTH.  PROVISIONS
CONCERNING THE PACKAGING AND LABELING OF BOTH THESE TYPES OF PRODUCTS ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS
MEASURES FOR SANITARY AND WORKER PROTECTION.


    "LEAD IN =OOD LIES HEAVY IN THE STOMACH."  SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUEDDEUTSCHE
    ZEITUNG
    FOCKE, KATHARINA                                             EPA
    GERMAN                  04/07/76  PGS  36             ID*  03736A
    ALSO PMS
     TOXIC SUBS

    THIS ARTICLE, BY THE FEDERAL MINISTER OF YOUTH. FAMILY AND HEALTH. STATES THAT THE NEW
FOODSTUFFS AND COMMODITIES LAW, WHICH ENTERED FORCE JANUARY 1, 1975. OFFERS NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES
TO LIMIT RESIDUES OF PESTICIDES OR HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN FOODSTUFFS.  THE LAW 1) ALLOWS THE
GOVERNMENT TO SET MAXIMUM PRESCRIPTIONS FOR QUANTITIES OF PESTICIDE CONVERSION PRODUCTS IN FOOD
AND 2) PROVIDES THAT FROM JANUARY 1. 1978. NO FOODSTUFFS MAY BE MARKETED IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC
IF THEY CONTAIN PRODUCTS NOT PERMITTED BY GERMAN LAW.  THE LATTER PROVISION IS IMPORTANT  IN REGARD
TO IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS.  THE NEW LAW ALSO AFFORDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS
(SUCH AS LEAD. HYDROCARBONS. SULFUR DIOXIDE AND MERCURYI IN FOOD PRODUCTS.  FEDERAL ORDINANCES MAY
BE ISSUED LIMITING OR PROHIBITING THE MARKETING OF FOOD PRODUCTS EXPOSED TO AIR. WATER. OR SOIL
POLLUTION.  THUS FAR AN ORDINANCE LIMITING MERCURY IN FISH HAS BEEN PASSED PURSUANT TO THIS
PROVISION (SEE ABSTRACT ID NO. 02806B).
SWEDEN
     ST(  )
                         •INCINERATION  OF  WASTE CONTAINING  DDT  AND LINDANE."
                         AIR  POLLUTION  RESEARCH LABORATORY
                         AHLING. BENGT
                                                                               IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND
                         SWEDISH
                         *AIR
                                                  05/00/76  PGS   1-20
                                                                                ID*
                                                                 EPA
                                                               03742 A

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MHO

     PM«BI
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    HEALTH HAZARDS FROM  NEW ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTANTS
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76   PCS   1-96
    ALSO SE
    *TOXIC SUBS
       EPA
ID*  03705A
RADIATION
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     PMIB)
    "DECLASSIFIED NUCLEAR  INSTALLATIONS  —  RADIOACTIVE WASTES:   EC EAGER FOP
    STRICT SECURITY MEASURES."   JOURNAL  DE  GENEVE
    COLLET. PIERRE                                                EPA
    FRENCH                   U/05/75  PGS   5              10*  03751A
    CONFRONTED WITH THE NUCLEAR  ENERGY DEVELOPMENT  OF MOST  EC COUNTRIES. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
HAS ESTABLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE  PROGRAM  FOR THE  COMMUNITY  WHICH INTEGRATES. COMPLETES AND
INTENSIFIES THE PREVIOUS NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISES OR MEMBER STATE GOVERNMENTS.  IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE EURATOM  TREATY, THE  COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FORMULATION OF RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS.   THESE STANDARDS OF MAXIMUM ADMISSIBLE EMISSIONS
ARE DEFINED AS A RESULT OF EC RESEARCH PROGRAMS  AND ISSUED  AS BINDING DIRECTIVES WHICH IN ADDITION
DETERMINE CONTROL PROCEDURES.  IMPLEMENTATION  OF THESE STANDARDS INTO THE LEGISLATION OF THE
MEMBER STATES IS ALSO OVERSEEN BY THE COMMISSION.   FINALLY, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS NUCLEAR
PROGRAM. THE COMMISSION HAS  CONCERNED ITSELF WITH THE FOLLOWING:  THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DIFFERENT
MEANS OF TREATING AND STOCKPILING WASTES; THE  DECLASSIFICATION OF INSTALLATIONS WHICH HAVE CEASED
OPERATIONS: AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR  SUBSTANCES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LRCA)
    "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY  LAW;  STATE SUPERVISION ACCORDING TO SECTION
    19 REGARDING THE OPERATION OF ACCELERATORS IN  THE  MEDICAL AREA."   GEMEINSAMES MINISTERIALBLATT,
    GERMANY. FED REF OF.  MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR                EPA
    GERMAN                  02/22/74  PGS  80-85           ID*  00693L

    THIS JANUARY 22. 1974 DECREE  IS DIRECTED BY THE FEDERAL  MINISTRY  OF THE INTERIOR TO THOSE
STATE (LAND) OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE ATOMIC ENERGY LAW.  IT TPANSMITS TQ
THE OFFICIALS THE GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATION OF  ACCELERATOR FACILITIES WORKED OUT BY THF STATES1
COMMITTEE FOR ATOMIC ENERGY IN DECEMBER  1972.   IN  CONJUNCTION WITH THE GUIOELINFS, THE MINISTER
ENJOINS THE RESPONSIBLE STATE AUTHORITIES TO PLACE  ACCELERATOR FACILITIES UNDER IMMFDIATE
SUPERVISION AND TO USE THE GUIDELINES AS  THE BASIS  FOR DIRECTIVES TO  THE FACILITIES.  DIRECTIVES
ARE TO SPECIFY SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE FACILIT IES  UNTIL A NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PFGULATION IS
ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE.  SECTIONS OF THE  GUIDELINES DEAL  WITH PERSONNEL PREREQUISITES,
ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES. EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MEASURES. PROTECTION OF PATIENTS. PROTECTION OF
PERSONNEL. HALTING OF OPERATIONS. AND TRANSITIONAL  PROVISIONS.  FIVE  APPENDIXES DESCRIBE THE
PROFESSIONAL AND RADIATICN PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE OF  PERSONNEL.

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GERMANY.FED  REP OF


      LR< A)
GERMANY.FED REP OF

      PM(B)
    "INSTRUCTIONS ON  THE  INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR  EXAMINATION DURING THE  APPROVAL
    PROCEDURE  FOR NUCLEAR  POWER PLANTS UNDER ATOMIC ENERGY  LAW."   GEMEINSAMES  MINISTEP IALBLATT,  28
    GERMANY. FED REP  OF.   MINISTRY  OF THE  INTERIOR                 EPA
    GERMAN                     09/05/75  PGS   602-611          ID#  03739A

    TO  FACILITATE AND UNIFY  THE APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR  NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS UNDER ATOMIC ENERGY
LAW.  THE FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF THE  INTERIOR  AND.THE  STATE  (LAND! AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE  FOR APPROVAL
AND SUPERVISION ARE COMPILING LISTS OF THE INFORMATION  NECESSARY  FOR EXAMINING THE ASPECTS OF  A
FACILITY IMPORTANT  FROM A  SAFETY  STANDPOINT.  THE  CURRENT  INSTRUCTIONS  LIST THE  INFORMATION
REQUIRED FOR EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR  POWER PLANT LOCATION.  SAFETY TANK, REACTOR  PROTECTION SYSTEM
AND REACTOR PRESSURE  TANK.   THE EXAMINING  AUTHORITIES MAY  REQUEST OTHER INFORMATION AS  NECESSARY
IN INDIVIDUAL  CASES.   THE  FACTORS REQUESTED IN THE CURRENT  LISTS  APPLY  TO THE  CONSTRUCTION STAGE
OF THE  FACILITY.  THE TYPES  OF INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR  EXAMINATION OF  THE INTENDED LOCATION OF
A FACILITY MAY SERVE  AS AN EXAMPLE.  THEY  INCLUDE:   A CARTOGRAPHIC DEPICTION OF  THE LOCATION,
GEOLOGICAL AND SEISMIC CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. HYDROLCGICAL CONDITIONS.  METEOROLOGICAL  CONDITIONS,
EXISTING RADIOLOGICAL POLLUTION OF  AIR AND WATER.  AND USE  OF SURROUNDING  AREAS.


    "BONN CONCERNED  ABOUT  ATOMIC  WASTES."   SUEDDEUTSCHE  ZEITUNG
    BERGDOLL,  UDO                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                     04/15/76  PGS   1. 2             ID*  0340SB

    THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY.  FEARING THAT THE ENERGY  INDUSTRY WILL  NOT TAKE ADEQUATE
MEASURES IN TIME TO ASSURE THE SAFE REMOVAL OF RADIOACTIVE  WASTES. HAS  THREATENED TO REVIEW
CAREFULLY THE  PERMIT  PROCEDURE FOR  THE CONSTRUCTION AND  OPERATION OF FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
IN PARTICULAR. RADIATION PROTECTION EXPERTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY AND  THE FEDERAL DIET BELIEVE
THAT  A  PRECARIOUS SITUATION  COULD DEVELOP  IN THE  1980«S  IF  PREPARATIONS FOR AN "ATOMIC  WASTE PARK"
FOR THE FINAL  STORAGE AND  REPROCESSING OF  ATOMIC WASTES  ARE POSTPONED.  ALTHOUGH  THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO  BUILD  THE FACILITIES FOR FINAL STORAGE  OF ATOMIC WASTES,  THE  ENERGY  INDUSTRY
IS TO ERECT THE REPROCESSING PLANT.  THE FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF RESEARCH HAS ALSO EXPRESSED ITS
CONCERN ABOUT  THE FUTURE SAFETY OF  RADIOACTIVE WASTES.   AN  ENERGY INDUSTRY SPOKESMAN. WHILE
REJECTING THE  GOVERNMENT'S WORRIES  ABOUT SAFETY AS UNFOUNDED, HAS SAID  THAT THE  INDUSTRY HAS NOW
SUCCEEDED IN DEFINING AND  DIVIDING  INDUSTRY TASKS  FOR THE  DISPOSAL PARK.
GREAT BRITAIN

      LR< A)
     CODE OF  PRACTICE FOR THE  STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN  TRANSIT
     GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF  THE ENVIRONMENT                   EPA
     ENGLISH                    00/00/75  PGS   1-21             ID*  03701 A

     THIS CODE OF PRACTICE.  PROMULGATED JOINTLY BY  THE BRITISH DEPARTMENTS  OF ENVIRONMENT  AND
EMPLOYMENT.  IS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO ASSIST THOSE PERSONS WHO  MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
TEMPORARY STORAGE  OR WAREHOUSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS  WHICH ARE IN TRANSIT  IN GREAT  BRITAIN.
THE  CODE DOES NOT  APPLY TO  CONSIGNORS OR CONSIGNEES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SINCE THEY ARE
GOVERNED BY  OTHER  CODES.   INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF PACKAGES IN TRANSIT  IS PROVIDED
FOR  THE TEMPORARY  STORER.  AND THE  SPECIFIC MEASURES AND REQUIREMENTS WITH  WHICH HE MUST COMPLY
ARE  DELINEATED IN  THE CODE.  SUCH  REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE REGISTRATION OF STORAGE PREMISES,  PROPER
SITING OF THE STORE. PROCEDURES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SHIPMENTS INTO TEMPORARY STORAGE, PROPER
PARKING OF VEHICLES CARRYING  RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. SECURITY
PRECAUTIONS.  AND PROCEDURES IN CASE OF THEFT. ACCIDENT OR  CONTAMINATION OF PREMISES.

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RADIATION

GREAT BRITAIN

      LRIBI
SOLID HASTE

FRANCE

      PMJB)
     THE TOXICITr OF PLUTCNIUM
     GREAT BRITAIN.   MEDICAL  RESEARCH COUNCIL
     ENGLISH                    00/00/75  PGS   1-38
        EPA
ID*  03760A
                            THIS PAPER  PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF  CURRENT  BRITISH  VIEWS  ABOUT THE  TOXICITY  OF PLUTONIUM-239
                        AND CONSIDERS POSSIBLE CRITICISMS OF  THE EXISTING DERIVED SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THIS  RADIONUCLIDE.
                        THE CONTENTS OF THE  PAPER INCLUDE INFORMATION ON BASIC RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION STANDARDS.
                        RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO PLUTONIUM. POSSIBLE  FUTURE CHANGES  IN RECOMMENDATIONS
                        RELATING TO PLUTONIUM. THE  ACCEPTABILITY OF  THE BASIC RADIATION STANDARDS. AND. IN TABLES ONE
                        AND TWO. THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE STANDARDS RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION  ON
                        RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION FOR WORKERS  AND THE  CANCER  RISK FACTORS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO PLUTONIUM.
                        THE BROAD CONCLUSION IS THAT DERIVED  SAFETY  STANDARDS. INCLUDING THAT FOR  INHALED  INSOLUBLE
                        PARTICLES OF PLUTONIUM. FULFILL THE  INTENTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL
                        PROTECTION. ALTHOUGH ADJUSTMENT OF THE STANDARDS BY SMALL FACTORS MAY BE NEEDED.  EVIDENCE FOR
                        THIS CONCLUSION IS FURTHER  DETAILED  IN THE APPENDIX*
     •FRANCE  GET A MOVE ON."   ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION MANAGEMENT, VOL.  5. NO.  1
                                                                         EPA
     ENGLISH                    01/00/75  PGS   5                ID*  03748A

     EACH FRENCH MINISTRY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MONTH  IN  WHICH TO  PREPARE  SPECIFIC  MEASURES IN PURSUANCE
OF THE  ANTI-WASTE PROGRAM APPROVED  BY THE FRENCH CABINET.  THE CAMPAIGN, PROPOSED  BY THE MINISTER
FOR  THE QUALITY OF LIFE. MR. JARROT.  WAS PROVOKED BY THE ENERGY CRISIS AND  RISING  PPICES.   ITS
AIM  IS  TO DEVISE WAYS TO LENGTHEN THE LIFE  OF MANY  PRODUCTS  AND TO RECYCLE  USED MATERIALS  AND
WASTES.  THE ONE MONTH PERIOD IN WHICH TO COME UP WITH CONCRETE MEASURES FOR  IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT
AS DRACONIAN AS IT APPEARS SINCE THE MINISTRIES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORK ON  THEIR STRATEGY  FOR
THE  SEVENTH  NATIONAL  DEVELOPMENT PLAN.  THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF  FRANCE  TAKES PLACE WITHIN
THE  FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THE SIXTH  PLAN. COVERING THF  PERIOD  1971-75.
CONTAINED AN ATTACK ON THE COUNTRY'S WATER  POLLUTION PROBLEM.  IT FOLLOWS THAT THE SEVENTH PLAN
WOULD  TAKE COGNIZANCE OF OTHER POLLUTION PROBLEMS.
GERMANY.FED  REP OF

      PM(B)
     "GARBAGE  UNDER  A  CARPET  OF GREEN."  SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
     SCHNEIDER.  CHRISTIAN                                              EPA
     GERMAN                     05/00/71   PGS   17               ID*  03732A

     THE FEDERAL GERMAN STATE OF BAVARIA HAS  DRAFTED  A PLAN  WHEREBY  THE 5022  DUMPS  COUNTED  IN 1972
•TILL  BE REDUCED TO  61  CENTRAL WASTE  REMOVAL  FACILITIES BY  1980 AND  TO 44 CENTRAL FACILITIES  BY
1990.   SUCH CENTRAL FACILITIES WILL  CONSIST  OF LARGE DUMPS.  COMPOSTING PLANTS AND  INC INFRATORS.
IN THE  MEANTIME,  THE  STATE OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION HAS  ISSUED  A  PAMPHLET INSTRUCTING
DUMP  OWNERS.  3ISTRICT  AUTHORITIES. DISTRICT-FREE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES HOW  TO CLEAN UP AND
RECULTIVATE FORMER  DUMP SITES.  IN THE LAST  THREE YEARS. 1664 DUMPS HAVE BEFN CLOSED IN BAVAPIA.
BUT  ONLY 682  HAVE BEEN RECULTIVATEO  TO DATE.   THE PAMPHLET  RECOMMENDS FILLING IN THE DUMPS WITH
WASTES. EXCAVATION  DIRT. AND CONSTRUCTION RUBBLE. COVERING  THIS WITH  A 50-CENTIMETER LAYER OF HUMUS
AND  REPLANTING.  THE  UPPER PALATINATE IS CITED AS AN EXAMPLE SINCE  OVER 80 PERCENT DF ITS  FORMER
DUMPS  HAVE BEEN RECULTI VATED.

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SOLID WASTE


GREAT BRITAIN


     PM(B)
GREAT BRITAIN
     PM«B)
    WASTE DISPOSAL SURVEYS
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PCS  1-44
    ALSO SE
                                                                                ID*
  EPA
03692A
    THIS PAPER. PREPARED BY THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
DISPOSAL LEGISLATION AS WASTE MANAGEMENT PAPER NO. 2. OFFERS WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES ADVICE ON
HOW TO CARRY OUT WASTE DISPOSAL SURVEYS.  THE PROCEDURES ADVOCATED IN THIS PAPER ARE BASED ON
AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT WHICH WAS FIELD TESTED BY THE WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES OF
THE CHESHIRE COUNTRY COUNCIL.  BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE FORMULATION OF THE SURVEY METHODS IS
GIVEN. AND SPECIFIC CHAPTERS DISCUSS THE 12 CLASSES OF WASTE TO BE COVERED BY WASTE DISPOSAL
SURVEYS AS WELL AS THE EXISTING AND POTENTIAL DISPOSAL FACILITIES.  APPENDIX ONE GIVES SAMPLE
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES AND GUIDANCE NOTES.


    THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE
    INDUSTRY
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PCS  1-9            ID*  03697A
    ALSO PMA AND SE

    THIS DOCUMENT. PUBLISHED AS WASTE MANAGEMENT PAPER NO. 5 BY THE WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
DISPOSAL LEGISLATION OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. OFFERS INFORMATION AND
ADVICE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN GREAT
BRITAIN. ATTEMPTING TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF A LARGE MEASURE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN THIS AREA.  SPECIFIC CHAPTERS SUMMARIZE THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS; NEW
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSULTATIVE PROCEDURES; AREAS OF
COLLABORATION; THE STANDARDIZATION OF CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; POLICIES OF WASTE DISPOSAL
AUTHORITIES IN LEVYING FEES FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES; AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
GREAT BRITAIN


     PMCB)
    POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB) WASTES
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS  1-19
    *TOXIC SUBS    WATER
                                                                                ID*
  EPA
03698A

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CREAT BRITAIN


     PM(BI
    THE WORKING PARTY ON COLLIERY WASTE TI'PP ING  ON  DURHAM  BEACHES.   INTERIM
    REPORT
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/75  PGS   1-6             ID*   C37HA
     WATER

    FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE BRITISH MINISTER  FOR  PLANNING AND  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  TO END
DESPOILAGE OF COASTAL AREAS  BY WASTE DUMPING. A  WORKING PARTY  WAS ESTABLISHED  TO CONSIDER  WAYS  OF
ENDING WASTE DUMPING FROM COAL MINES ON BEACHES  IN  DURHAM.  TO  FIND AN  ALTERNATE METHOD OF  WASTE
DISPOSAL. AND TO COORDINATE  THE NECESSARY OPERATIONS  FOR RECLAIMING  THE  DESPOILED AREA. CITING
THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES  ON THE MATTER, THIS  INTERIM REPORT
CONCLUDES THAT THE MOST FEASIBLE METHOD OF  WASTE DISPOSAL  FROM THIS  AREA IS  DUMPING  AT SEA,
ALTHOUGH SOME CONSIDERATION  IN GIVEN TO LIMITED  INLAND  AND UNDERGROUND WASTE DISPOSAL.  FINAL
SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM ARE CONTINGENT ON  AN ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTING WASTES TO SEA,
EITHER BY BARGE OR PIPELINE.  UNTIL THE PROBLEM  OF  TRANSPORTATION OF WASTE IS  RESOLVED, A  FULL
SCALE PROGRAM TO END WASTE DUMPING AND RECLAIM DURHAM BEACHES  AND CLIFF  AREAS  CANNOT  BE INITIATED.
INDIA
     PM(B)
    "SOLID WASTES OF GREATER BOMBAY:  METHOD  OF  DISPOSAL  AND  ITS  CONTRIBUTION TO
    POLLUTION."  SCAVENGER  (SOCIETY FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. BOMBAY),  VOL.  6.  NO. 2
    ATTARWALLA. F.A.                                              EPA
    ENGLISH                 04/06/76  PGS  9-19            ID*   03744A
    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL  PROBLEMS  CONFRONTING  THE MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION OF
BOMBAY AND PRESENT AND PROJECTED MEASURES FOR DEALING  WITH  THEM.  LANDFILL HAS BFFN THE  MOST
COMMON MEANS OF REFUSE DISPOSAL IN THE GREATER BOMBAY  AREA  SINCE  THE  NINETEENTH CENTURY,  BUT
BECAUSE OF THE IMPRACT ICALITY OF CONTINUED USE OF  THIS METHOD  AND THE HIGH TRANSPORTAT I ON COSTS IT
INVOLVES, THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS PRESENTLY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO INCINERATION  AND
COMPOSTING AS ALTERNATIVE DISPOSAL METHODS.   MAJOR  WEAKNESSES  OF  THE  PRESENT  SYSTEM INCLUDE:
FRAGMENTATION OF DISPOSAL OPERATIONS; LACK OF FUNDS; DIFFICULTIES ARISING  FROM HUTMENT  DWELLERS,
CATTLE AND LITTER; LACK OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT  AND OF EXPERTISE  FOR  MAINTAINING EXISTING
EQUIPMENT; AND LAXITY AMONG SANITARY WORKERS.  PUBLIC  EDUCATION,  LONG RANGE PLANNING AND
COOPERATION AMONG VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE  SEEN AS  NECESSARY  FOR IMPROVING  THE  SITUATION.
APPENDIXES PRESENT ANALYSES OF RUBBISH COMPONENTS  AND  DATA  ON  EXISTING DUMPS.

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     SEI  )
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    "INVESTMENTS  IN ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  IN THE  PERIOD 1970-1980."   CURRENT
    SWEDEN. NO. 63
    EMKELIN. LARS                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  04/00/76  PCS  1-4             ID*  03709A
    ALSO PMB
    •GENERAL        HATER         NOISE
SWEDEN

     SEC  t
    "THE EFFECTS  OF THE PACKAGING FEE."  SOU 1974144

    SWEDISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-123
    ALSO PHB
    *GENERAL
       EPA
ID*  03750A
SWITZERLAND
     LR(A)
    RICHTLINIEN  UEBER...GEORONETEN DEPONIEN:  DEPONIERICHTLINIEN
    (INSTRUCTIONS REGARD ING...CONTROLLED DUMPS:  DUMPING INSTRUCTIONS)
    SWITZERLAND.  FEDERAL OFFICE  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                    03/00/76  PGS  1-45            ID*  03691 A

    THESE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS  FOR LOCATION. ESTABLISHMENT. OPERATION  AND
MONITORING OF  CONTROLLED DUMPS DEFINE CONTROLLED DUMPING AS:  A) DEPOSITING MATERIAL IN LAYERS  TO
BE COVERED OVER  WITH SUITABLE MATERIAL LATER AND B»  TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE DEMANDS  OF
WATER. AIR, AND  LANDSCAPE PROTECTION IN LOCATING. OPERATING AND CLOSING  A  FACILITY.  DUMPS ARE
CLASSED  I TO  IV, KITH DUMPS  IN CLASS I RESERVED FOR  MATERIALS THAT DO NOT  HARM WATER THROUGH
SEEPAGE  AND CLASS IV FOR MORE HARMFUL WASTES.  THESE  INSTRUCTIONS ARE BASICALLY INTENDED FOR
DUMPS CLASSED  I-III.  SECTIONS OF THE PUBLICATION DEAL IN DETAIL WITH:   A)  CHOICE OF LOCATION.
B) PREPARATION AND OPERATION OF  DUMPS. Cl CLOSING OF DUMPS. AND D> MONITORING AND SUPERVISION.
TWO APPENDIXES LIST:  1) MATERIALS WHICH MAY BE DEPOSITED IN EACH CLASS  OF  DUMP AND 2) MAJOR
FEDERAL  LAWS  RELEVANT TO THE TOPIC.   (THE FULL GERMAN  TITLE is:  RICHTLINIEN UEBER ALLGEMEINE
ANFORDERUNGEN AN STANDORT. ANLAGE. BETRIEB UND KONTROLLE VON GEORDNETEN  OEPONIEN.)
SWITZERLAND

      SE(  I
    "WASTE  INCINERATION PLANTS:   14 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES."  JOURNAL DE GENEVE
                                                                    EPA
    FRENCH                    03/24/76  PGS  9               ID*  03727A

    FEDERAL  SJBSIDIES AMOUNTING  TO 13.920.119 FRANCS  ARE BEING ACCORDED  TO  WASTE INCINERATION
PLANTS  IN SWITZERLAND BY THE  SWISS DEPARTMENT OF THE  INTERIOR.  INSTALLATIONS SELECTED AS
RECIPIENTS  OF  THESE SUBSIDIES INCLUDE:  THE SOLEURE-BERN PLANT -- 2.338.000 FRANCS; THE MONTHEY
PLANT — 2.113.305 FRANCS; THE ZURICH-OBERLAND PLANT	1 .939.. 399 FRANCS;  THE SCHAFFHOUSE PLANT
1.780.415 FRANCS;  AS WELL AS  THE MUNICIPALITIES OF  WINTERTHCUR — 3.276.ooo FRANCS: BERN —
2.000.000 FRANCS;  AND ZURICH  —  472.500 FRANCS.

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TOXIC SUBS

GERMANY.FED REP OF


     LR(BI
    "LEAD IN FOOD LIES HEAVY IN THE STOMACH."  SUPPLEMENT  TC  THE  SUEDOEUTSCHE
    ZEITUNG
    FQCKE, KATHARINA                                              EPA
    GERMAN                  04/07/76  PGS  36              ID#  03736A
    ALSO PMB
    •PESTICIDES
GREAT BRITAIN
     LR< Al
    CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PACKAGING OF DANGEROUS  SUBSTANCES BY ROAD  NO.  i:
    ORGANIC PEROXIDES
    GREAT BRITAIN.  HOME OFFICE                                  EPA
    ENGLISH  '               00/00/74  PGS  1-16            ID*  03700A
    THIS CODE. ISSUED BY THE BRITISH HOME OFFICE.  IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO EXISTING  LEGISLATION
GOVERNING THE SHIPMENT BY ROAD OF ORGANIC PEROXIDES  AND  IS  INTENDED TO  ENSURE  THAT  THE
PACKAGING IN WHICH ORGANIC PEROXIDES ARE CONVEYED  IS SUITED  TO THE NATURE  OF THE  PRODUCT  AND IS
SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO MEET ALL THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS  OF  SHIPMENT.  THF  CODF CONSISTS OF TWO
PARTS:   PART ONE LISTS AND DESCRIBES THE DIFFERENT PEROXIDE  SUBSTANCES  AND  PART TWO DESCRIBES
THE 16 DIFFERENT PACKAGING CATEGORIES APPLICABLE TO  ONE  OR  MORE  OF THE  SUBSTANCES LISTED  IN PART
ONE.  CONTAINERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE OF FIBRE-BOARD. WOOD OR METAL,  AND THE MAXIMUM CONTENTS
OF INNER RECEPTACLES AND OUTER PACKAGES  IS GIVEN.  THE CODE  ACCEPTS CONTAINERS COMPLYING  WITH
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION REGULATIONS  AS SUITABLE  ALTFRNATIVE FOR_MS OF  P.ACKAGING.
LISTS INSTANCES WHEN OTHER FORMS OF ALTERNATIVE PACKAGING  ARE NECESSARY, AND POINTS OUT THOSE
PEROXIDE SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THE  PROVISIONS OF  THIS CODE.
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM«B)
    POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 
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SWEDEN


     PM(B)
                                                                                                                                        PAGE
                                                                                                                                                 22
    "DISPOSAL OF  CONTAMINATED SPOIL  IN A  STRATIFIED  FJORD -  AN EXAMPLE FROM  THE
    SWEDISH WEST  COAST.1*   VATTEN.  VOL. 31.  NO. 2
    THORSLUND,  ANDERS E.                                              EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PCS  133-133         ID*  03696A
    * WATER
WHO
      PMIBI
MATER

BELGIUM
      LRC Al
    HEALTH HAZARDS FROM  NEW ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTANTS
    WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION
    ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PCS   1-96
    ALSO  SE
     PESTICIDES
                                                                                         ID*
  EPA
03705A
                            BECAUSE OF THE  INADEQUACIES  IN FORECASTING THE  ENVIRONMENTAL AND  HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS OF
                        INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS. THIS TECHNICAL REPORT.  PREPARED BY A  WHO STUDY  GROUP. CONSIDERS  THE
                        DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IDENTIFICATION. ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL  EFFECTS  OF
                        TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS. INCLUDING THOSE  AREAS OF RAPID  DEVELOPMENT  SUCH AS POWER PRODUCTION
                        AND USE.  NEW DEVELOPMENTS  IN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND NEW PEST CONTROL CHEMICALS*   THE  NEED FOR
                        A BETTER  UNDERSTANDING OF  THE RELATION OF  CHEMICAL  STRUCTURE TO BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND  THE
                        DEVELOPMENT O- RAPID LABORATORY  BIOASSAY SYSTEMS IS DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE  IMPORTANCE  OF
                        INFORMATION AND  WARNING  SYSTEMS.  SUCH AS TOXICOLOGICAL DATA BANKS. CHEMICAL REGISTERS. HEALTH
                        STATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLCGICAL STUDIES ON  WORKERS.   THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH FACH OF  THE
                        DISCUSSED POLLUTANTS ARE DEALT WITH IN SEVERAL ANNEXES TO THE REPORT.
    "APRIL 9. 1975 CROWN  DECREE ON  THE STATE'S INTERVENTION  IN PRIVATE  INDUSTRY'S
    INVESTMENTS  FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT."   BULLETIN USUEL DES LOIS ET  ARRETES
                                                                        EPA
    FRENCH                    00/00/75  PGS   524-27           ID*  00549L

    THIS CROWN DECREE  SETS FORTH  THE TERMS  AND AMOUNTS OF  GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES  TO PRIVATE
ENTERPRISES FOR  WATER  PURIFICATION  INSTALLATIONS.   THE DECREE STIPULATES THAT SUBSIDIES.  WHICH
MAY BE  AWARDED ONLY FOR  INSTALLATIONS IN OPERATION  BY JANUARY 1. 1975.  ARE APPLICABLE  TO
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AS  WELL AS  TO MODIFICATIONS  OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES FOR POLLUTION
ABATEMENT PURPOSES.  APPLICATION  PROCEDURES FOR THE SUBSIDY  AND MANNER  OF PAYMENT OF THE  SUBSIDY
ARE DESCRIBED IN THE DECREE.  AWARDING OF SUBSIDY IS MADE  CONTINGENT ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT
WITH 45 PERCENT  OF THE TOTAL BEING  OFFERED  FOR WORK FINANCED DURING 1975-76; 30 PERCENT   FOR
1977-78; AND 15  PERCENT  FOR 1979-80.  THIS  DECREE ABROGATES  A JANUARY 23. 1974  DECREE  ON  SUBSIDIES
TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY.

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MATER
BELGIUM                     "JULY 25.  1975  MINISTERIAL DECREE SETTING CONDITIONS FOR PROVISIONAL APPROVAL OF
                             LABORATORIES PURSUANT TO  THE JAN. 23.  1974 WASTEWATER  DECREE."   BULLETIN  USUEL DES LOIS  ET ARRETES
                                                                                                 EPA
      LRfAl                  FRENCH                    00/00/75   PCS   1004-05          ID*  00549M

                             TO OBTAIN  PROVISIONAL APPROVAL  NECESSARY  TO CONDUCT THE  WATER SAMPLE ANALYSES DESCRIBED  IN THE
                        MARCH  26. 1971  LAW  ON THE PROTECTION  OF SURFACE WATERS FROM  POLLUTION,  LABORATORIES WILL BF
                        REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A SAMPLE  TYPE ANALYSIS  SELECTED  BY THE  INSTITUTE  OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF
                        THE  MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FAMILY.  THE ANALYSIS  IS TO CONSIST OF  PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL.
                        AND/OR BACTERIOLOGICAL TESTS  FOR WHICH A MARGIN OF ERROR IS  TO BE DESIGNATED  BY THE  INSTITUTE.
                        THE  APPLICATION IS  ALSO TO  INCLUDE  A  WRITTEN  QUESTIONNAIRE DETAILED  IN  THE  DECREE.  APPROVAL,  IF
                        ISSUED. BILL BE VALID FOR UP  TO THREE YEARS AND WILL  SPECIFY AREAS OF COMPETENCE AND  TYPES OF
                        ANALYSES TO BE  PERFORMED.   LABORATORIES RECEIVING APPROVAL WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A REGISTER
                        OF ANALYSES AND TO  REPORT RESULTS TO  THE INSTITUTE.  AS WELL  AS TC APPLY THE METHODOLOGY IT
                        DESIGNATES*


BELGIUM                     "AUGUST 1.  1974 LAW CREATING REGIONAL  INSTITUTIONS AS  A  PRELIMINARY STEP  IN
                             THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLE 107  QUATER."  BULLETIN USUEL DES LOIS ET ARRETES
                                                                                                 EPA
      LRfAl                  FRENCH                    00/00/74   PCS   832-34           ID*  03735A
                             GENERAL

                             THE FLEMISH. WALLOON. AND BRUSSELS REGIONS. FOR  WHICH  PROVISIONAL TERRITORIAL LIMITS ARE
                        DESIGNATED. ARE EACH PROVIDED WITH  BOTH A REGIONAL COUNCIL AND A MINISTERIAL  COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL
                        AFFAIRS IN THIS LAW.   THE LAW DISCUSSES THE COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONING  AND PURPOSE OF BOTH OF
                        THESE  INSTITUTIONS.   THE COUNCILS ARE GIVEN THE RESPCNSIBILITY OF FORMULATING POLICY  FOR ALL
                        JUSTIFIABLE REGIONAL CONCERNS SUCH  AS:  LAND  USE. URBAN RENEWAL. PUBLIC HEALTH. WATFP AND
                        ENERGY*  MINISTERIAL COMMITTEES FURTHER ELABORATE ON  THESE POLICIES  AND ALSO  COORDINATE THE
                        VARIOUS AREAS  OF CONCERN.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF  THE LAW  DEAL WITH THE FINANCING OF THESE
                        REGIONAL UNDERTAKINGS.


DENMARK                     PLANTENAERINGSSTOFFER (PLANT FOODS).  POLLUTION CCNTROL  BOARD PUBLICATION NO. 16
                                                                                                 EPA
      PM«B>                  DANISH                    07/00/71   PGS   1-57             ID*  03724A
                             *GENERAL         AIR

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WATER


DENMARK


     PMIB)
    VANDRENSNING 
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WATER

FINLAND

     PM(B)
    "FLOURIOATION  BAD FOR WATERCOURSES."  HUFVUDSTADSHLADET
                                                                   EPA
    SWEDISH                  03/24/76  PCS  17              ID*   03726A
    ALSO ST

    THE FINNISH  BOARD OF WATERS MAINTAINS THAT TAP  WATES  SHOULD NOT BE FLUOPIDATED BECAUSE  IT MAY
HAVE A DAMAGING  AFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS REPORTED IN THIS ARTICLE.   ACCORDING TO TESTS.
THE DEVELOPMENT  OF ROE AND THE METAMORPHOSIS CF TADPOLES  ARE HAMPERED AND FLUORINE COMPOUNDS HAVE
A TENDENCY TO  GATHER IN ORGANISMS AND WATER VEGETATION.   THE BOARD SUGGFSTS. AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
THE FLUORIDATION OF MILK, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A MUCH  SMALLER AMOUNT OF THE  SUBSTANCE.  THE  FINNISH
BOARD OF HEALTH. ON THE OTHER HAND. POINTS TC THE FACT  THAT FLUOfiIDATION HAS GIVFN GOOD RESULTS
BOTH IN THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION. 6UT THE BOARD  OF WATERS  COUNTERS THAT NO SCANDINAVIAN
COUNTRY HAS FOUND  FIT TO USE THE METHOD.  ACCORDING TO  A  FIVE-YEAR PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN APPROVED BY
THE CABINET, ALL MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD SECURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF  FLUORINE TO PROTFCT THEIR
CITIZENS AGAINST DENTAL CARIES BEFORE 1978.
FINLAND

     PM<8)
    RESEARCH AT THE  NATIONAL BOARD OF WATERS IN FINLAND

    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-14
       EPA
ID*  03743A
                          THIS PAMPHLET PROVIDES A CHART OF  THE WATER ADMINISTRATION IN FINLAND AND LISTS  THC COUNTRY'S
                      13  WAT-ER DISTRICT OFFICES.   IT ALSO  CONTAINS INFORMATION ON HYDROLOGICAL RESEARCH, PFSE4RCH ON
                      THE STATE AND QUALITY OF FINNISH  WATERS,  AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY ThE  NATIONAL BOARD OF
                      WATERS.
FINLAND
     ST«
    HYDROLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1960-1970.  PUBLICATIONS OF  THE  WATER  RESEARCH
    INSTITUTE 1*
                                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-182           ID*   0370BA
    ALSO PMB

    THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS  A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MTDROLOGICAL LITERATURE  PUBLISHED IN FINLAND BETWEEN
1960-1970.  PREPARED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE  INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
HYOROLOGICAL SCIENCES  OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS,  IT REPRESENTS A
CONTINUATION 3F AN EARLIER HYDROLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY COVERING  1934-1959  EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE
APPLICATIONS OF WATER  POLLUTION CONTROL AND WATER MANAGEMENT.   APART FROM A  LIST OF PERIODICALS.
THE PUBLICATION ALSO  INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVISIONS:  HYDROMETEOROLOGY; WATFPCOURSES; LAKES;
BOGS;  SUBTERRANEAN WATERS  AND SPRINGS; BALANCE OF HYDROLOGCAL  CYCLE;  AND GENERAL WORKS IN RELATED
SCIENCES. HYDROLOGICAL  ABSTRACTS. DICTIONARIES. CONGRESS REPORTS. ETC.   EACH ENTRY IS ACCOMPANIED
BY A SHORT ABSTRACT.

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WATER

PRANCE
     PM
EXAMINED A PROGRAM  FOR  THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN THE SEINE ESTUARY CALLING FOR A TOTAL
OF 350 MILLION FRANCS IN  INVESTMENTS.   198 MILLION OF THIS AMOUNT WOULD BE  EARMARKED FOR INDUSTRY,
WITH THE REMAINING  152  MILLION  AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.  THE PROGRAM PROPOSES TO
REDUCE POLLUTING DISCHARGES  ON  THE POSES-TANCARVILLE SECTICN OF  THE RIVER BY 60 TO 70 PERCENT
WITHIN A FOUR YEAR  PERIOD.  THIS  GOAL  WOULD BE ACHIEVED EITHER BY THE  INSTALLATION OF NEW
INDUSTRIAL OR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, OR BY AN INCREASE  IN THE CAPACITY OF
EXISTING FACILITIES.
FRANCE

     SE(
    "TWENTY-FIVE SOLDIERS AGAINST BLACK TIDE."  LE FIGARO
    LE BOLZER, GUY
    FRENCH                   03/25/76  PGS  1.7
                                                                                 ID*
  EPA
03747A
                          THE GROUNDING OF THE "OLYMPIC  BRAVERY"  IN AUGUST 1975 AND THE SUBSEQUENT OIL SPILL  ARE
                      DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE EFFORTS  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN EXERTED TC COUNTERACT THE SPREADING BLACK  TtDE.
                      CLEAN UP EFFORTS ARE DESCRIBED AS  INCLUDING:  SKIN DIVING OPERATIONS AIMED AT LOCALIZING THE  FOUR
                      MAJOR LEAKS; SHORE OPERATIONS  IN WHICH 25 SOLDIERS ARMED WITH SHOVELS ARE COMBATING  THE POLLUTION;
                      AND OPERATIONS AT SEA SEEKING  TO CONTROL THE  SPILL WITH THE USF OF DETERGENTS.  ALTHOUGH DAMAGES
                      HAVE BEEN LISTED AS MINOR BY THE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEAN UP, A CIVIL ACTION  HAS
                      NEVERTHELESS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE  BREST  TRIBUNAL FOR THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES' FAILURE TO
                      UNDERTAKE PROMPT RESPONSIVE MEASURES.  THE  INHABITANTS OF THE AFFECTED OUESSANT ISLAND  ARE
                      REFUSING, MOREOVER, TO PARTICIPATE IN SHORE CLEAN UP OPERATIONS WHICH THEY CONSIDER  FUTILE AFTER
                      THE LONG TIME LAPSE.
GERMAN DEM REP

     PM(B>
    "COMMON PLANS  IN WATER  MANAGEMENT AGREED ON."  NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   05/14/76  PGS  2              ID*  03761 A

    A PROTOCOL FOR  SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR THE PERIOD  1976-1980  HAS BEEN SIGNED IN
MOSCOW BETWEEN THE  GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR> AND THE SOVIET  UNION.   THE  PROTOCOL,  SIGNED
AFTER NEGOTIATIONS  BETWEEN THE MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND  WATER  MANAGEMENT OF THE
GDR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF  THE STATE COMMITTEE FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING  IN THE SOVIET UNION,
PROVIDES  IN PARTICULAR FOR COOPERATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT. PROJECTION  AND TESTING OF EFFECTIVE
METHODS AND FACILITIES FOR THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGEJ THE EXCHANGE AND TESTING OF DEVICES FOR
MONITORING AND REGULATING SEWAGE QUALITY; AND THE EXCHANGE OF  INFORMATION ON  NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
SEWAGE PURIFICATION.  DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER OFFICIALS INVOLVED THE RATIONAL  USE OF WATER,
PROTECTION OF NATURE. AND THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS  IN THESE AREAS.

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GERMANY*FED  REP OF
      LRCAI
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      PM(BI
                            "INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXPERTS FOR TANK FACILITIES  AND TANK PROTECTION.
                            INSTRUCTIONS  FOR EXPERTS FOR  TANKS OF HFATING  OIL USERS."  GEMFINSAMES  MINI STEP IALBLATT,
                            GERMANY. FED  REP OF   MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR                   EPA
                            GERMAN                    11/08/74  PCS  525-529         ID*  03733A
                                                                                                        29
     THIS BULLETIN OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR DATED OCTOBER 22t  1974 DELINEATES THE
PROFESSIONAL  REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERTS FOR TANK FACILITIES.   FOR BOTH  TYPES OF  EXPERTS  SPECIFIED  IN
THE HEADING.  THE INSTRUCTIONS LIST  THE DUTIES AS WELL AS THE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE.  SPECIALIZED
KNOWLEDGE AND MEANS  OF PROVING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE  REQUIRED OF THE  CANDIDATE.   IN  PARTICULAR.  THE
EXPERTS ARE TO BE DEGREED OR  EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS; BE ACQUAINTED WITH  NECESSARY TESTING
PROCEDURES. EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES;  AND BE FAMILIAR WITH PERTINENT. LISTED LEGAL  PRESCPIPTIONS  AND
TECHNICAL RULES.  THE INSTRUCTIONS  WERE DEVELOPED BY  THE WORKING GROUP  ON "TRAINING/CONTINUING
EDUCATION" OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE  ON STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES  IN  THE
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR.  THE INCREASING USE OF WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES,  STORED  IN TANKS.
MAKES THE APPOINTMENT OF QUALIFIED  EXPERTS TO EVALUATE FACILITIES AND OFFER  OPINIONS AFTER
MISHAPS PARTICULARLY NECESSARY.


     •WATER USE AND WASTEWATER DISPOSAL IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY."  ENVIRONMENT
     CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV  TR-984
     DITTRICH. VIKTOR                                                  EPA
     ENGLISH                    00/00/76  PGS  1-28            ID*  03722A
     ALSO SE

     THIS PUBLICATION DISCUSSES WASTEWATER TREATMENT  IN TEXTILE PLANTS PROCESSING THEIR OWN
WASTEWATERS AND IN THOSE DISCHARGING WASTEWATERS INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.   AN INITIAL SECTION
DISCUSSES THE LEGAL  REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF. WASTEWATER.  FURTHER SECTIONS  DEAL WITH:
A)  THE CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF  WASTEWATER. Bl  THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT  OF WASTEWATER,  C) COSTS  OF
WASTEWATER TREATMENT.  AND D)  IN-PLANT MEASURES FOR SAVING WATER AND REDUCING THE POLLUTION OF
WASTEWATER*   TABLES. DISGRAMS AND A  BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE  INCLUDED.  (THE  GERMAN  ORIGINAL OF THE
ARTICLE MAY BE FOUND IN INDUSTRIEABWAESSER.  1970. PP. 58-65.I
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      PMIB)
     UNWELTPROBLEME  DES RHEINS  (ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE RHINE)
     GERMANY.FED REP  OF.   COUNCIL OF  EXPERTS  ON THE ENVIRONMENT   EPA
     GERMAN                     03/00/76  PGS   1-258           ID*  03740A

     THIS IS THE THIRD  OF THE OPINIONS PREPARED BY THE COUNCIL OF EXPERTS ON  THE ENVIRONMENT  IN  THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF  GERMANY  AND THE  FIRST TO DEAL WITH THE  SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF  A
REGION.  SECTIONS OF THE REPORT PRESENT:  1) A FRAMEWORK DESCRIPTION  OF THE  AREA, INCLUDING  MAJOR
CHARACTERISTICS AND  USES; 2)  ENVIRONMENTAL  POSSIBILITIES AND  DANGERS FOR THE  AREA.  INCLUDING
INFORMATION ABOUT WATER  QUALITY AND  ECOLOGY  OF THE RHINE. RHINE-AREA GROUNDWATER, AND  PROBLEMS  OF
THE  LANDSCAPE.  AIR AND NOISE;  AND 3)  GOALS  AND STRATEGIES OF  VARIOUS  JURISDICTIONS  ASSOCIATED WITH
THE  RHINE. SUCH AS PROBLEMS  OF PLANNING AND  IMPLEMENTING PURIFICATION  MEASURES AND  FEDERAL GERMAN
AND  INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN THE AREA.   THE  FINAL SECTION.  ENTITLED "CONCLUDING POLITICAL
CONSIDERATIONS." CONTAINS THE  COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.  AMONG OTHER MATTERS
CONSIDERED ARE  THE WASTEWATER  FEE, PROBLEMS  OF ORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION.  THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE,  AND COSTS.  NINE SPECIALIZED MAPS ARE APPENDED.

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                                                                                                                                                    28
GERMANY.FED  REP OF
      PMCB)
    "ASSURANCE OF FUTURE  WATER SUPPLY IN.REGARD  TO QUANTITY AND  QUALITY."
    •ASSERWIRTSCHAFT.  NO.  66
    KNOP. ERICH                                                         EPA
    GERMAN                     01/00/76  RGS   58-63           ID*  03762A

    INCREASING POPULATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION  HAVE MADE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND  SEWAGE REMOVAL
MAJOR  AREAS  OF WATER MANAGEMENT CONCERN.   THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES  THESE  PROBLEMS  USING THE MIDDLE
EUROPEAN/RHINE CATCHMENT  AREA AS  AN EXAMPLE.  WATER DEMAND IN  THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY  MAY
INCREASE ABOUT 45 PERCENT IN THE  YEARS 1975-2000.   WATER  WILL  BE REQUIRED FOR  INDUSTRIAL. PUBLIC
AND AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.   SOME  USES CAUSE RAPID  DEPLETION OF WATER.   HOWEVER  QUALITY CHANGES  ARE
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN REGARD  TO THE USE OF SURFACE WATER FOR DRINKING NEEDS.  THE ARTICLE
SUGGESTS CERTAIN LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE  MEASURES TO REDUCE FUTURE POLLUTION OF THE  RHINE AND
DISCUSSES THE NECESSITY OF EQUIPPING DRINKING WATER PREPARATION  PLANTS TO HANDLE ANY  POLLUTANTS
THAT PERSIST TO THAT POINT.  IT SUGGESTS GOVERNMENT AID FOR WATER PURIFICATION  IN HEAVILY AFFECTED
INDUSTRIES UNTIL WATER PROTECTION PROVISIONS ARE COMPARABLE IN ALL COUNTRIES ALONG THE RHINE*   IT
CITES  SUCCESSFUL WATER MANAGEMENT EFFORTS  IN THE RUHR AND OTHER  GERMAN  RIVERS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      STC  )
    •OBSERVATIONS  ON THE  BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF  NITRATE-CONTAINING INDUSTRIAL
    WASTEWATER...IN  AN ACTIVATED  SLUDGE  PLANT."   ENVIRONMENT CANADA TRANSLATION  OOENV  TR-993
    HALTRICH.  W..  AND B.  JAEGER                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                    00/00/76  PCS   1-4              ID*   03720A
    ALSO PMB

    NITRATE-RICH WASTEWATERS CAUSE  DISORDERS IN THE PURIFICATION  PROCESS  ("NITROGEN FLOTATION"!.
TESTS  WERE THEREFORE CONDUCTED ON THE BIOLOGICAL  PURIFICATION OF  AN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER WITH
A HETEROGENEOUS ORGANIC COMPOSITION.  A  DEN ITRIF1CAT ION  STEP WAS  INSERTED BEFORE AERATION DURING
WHICH  NITRATE  NITROGEN WAS  ELIMINATED.   BODS WAS  ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED DURING THE
DENITRIF1CATION STEP.  IN ADDITION. A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER  AMOUNT  OF EXCESS SLUDGE WAS  PRODUCED
IN THE DENITRIFYING  ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANT  THAN IN A CONVENTIONALLY ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANT.
FURTHER TESTS  ARE  PLANNED TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES  THAT  MIGHT BE REALIZED AND APPLIED
TO INDUSTRIAL  PLANTS USING  THIS PROCESS.   (THE ORIGINAL  GERMAN  TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE. FULLY
TITLED "OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT  OF NITRATE-CONTAINING INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER BY
THE DENITRIFICATION  PROCESS IN AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANT," MAY  BE FOUND IN DAS GAS UNO WASSERFACH.
VOL 104. NO.  12. 1963. P.  347.)

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WATER

GERMANY.FED REP OF


      STC  )
     "THE  INFLUENCE  OF NITROGEN SUPPLY ON THE  BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF  INDUSTRIAL
     WASTEWATERS WITH A LCW  NITROGEN  CONTENT."  ENVIRONMENT  CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV  TR-992
     HALTRICH.  W«. AND B. JAEGER                                      EPA
     ENGLISH                    00/00/76  PCS   1-14             ID*  03721A
     ALSO PMB

     THIS REPORT DISCUSSED  INVESTIGATIONS INTC THE NITROGEN  REQUIREMENTS FOR  THE PURIFICATION  OF
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS USING THE ACTIVATED-SLUDGE METHOD.   THE STUDY  SHOWED  THAT TO  OBTAIN
OPTIMAL PURIFICATION OF AN  EFFLUENT, A MINIMAL NITROGEN SUPPLY, BASED ON THE WASTEWATER IN
QUESTION. SHOULD BE FURNISHED.  BELOW THIS  "CRITICAL  NITROGEN SUPPLY" LEVEL.  THE PURIFICATION
EFFECTIVENESS  IS REDUCED AND THE SENSITIVITY  OF THE  ACTIVATED SLUDGE  SYSTEM  TO SHORT-TERM LOAD
INCREASES IS RAISED.  ONLY  PARTIAL PURIFICATION TAKES PLACE UNDER EXTREME NITROGEN DEFICIENCY.
THE  EXPERIMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT ON  WASTEWATERS FROM  CHEMICAL PLANTS,  BUT THE RESULTS REVEALED
THE  IMPORTANCE OF AN ADEQUATE NITROGEN SUPPLY IN ALL  BIOLOGICAL PUBLICATION  PROCESSES.   (THE
GERMAN LANGUAGE ORIGINAL OF THIS REPORT MAY BE FOUND  IN ZEITSCHRIFT FUER WASSER UNO  ABWASSER
FORSCHUNG, VOL. 3.  1970, PP.  169-175.)
GERMANY.FED  REP OF
      STI  I
    "NITRIFICATION  AND DEN ITRI FICAT ION IN SEfeAGE PUR IF ICATI CN. "  ENVIRONMENT
    CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV  TR-1005
    RUEFFER.  H.                                                         EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/76   PGS   1-24             ID*   03729A

    THIS PAPER  DISCUSSES NITRIFICATION AND  DENI TRI F I CAT I ON  IN  THE SEWAGF PURIFICATION  PROCESS.
METHODS DISCUSSED INCLUDE SLUDGE ACTIVATING PLANTS  WITH DE NI TR IF 1C ATI ON, RAPID DEN ITRI FIC ATI ON  AND
THE SEMI-AEROBIC ACTIVATING PROCEDURE.   THE "COMPLETE PURIFICATION PLANT," DEVELOPED BY THE
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY WATFR MANAGEMENT OF THE TECHNICAL  UNIVERSITY  IN HANNOVER FOR USE BY SMALL
COMMUNITIES,  IS  DISCUSSED AS  IT RELATES TO  NITRIFICATION AND DEN ITRI F I CATI ON  EXPERIMENTS CARRIED
OUT THERE.  (THE ORIGINAL OF  THIS GERMAN-LANGUAGE PAPER MAY  BE  FOUND  IN VOM WASSFR, VOL 31,
1964.  PP. 134-152. )
GREAT  BRITAIN

     PM«B)
    POLYCHLORINATED  BIPHENYL  (PCS) WASTES
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH                   00/00/76   PGS   1-19
    *TOXIC SUBS    SOLID WASTE
                                                                                         ID*
  EPA
03698A

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GREAT BRITAIN


     PM ( B I
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                                                                                                                                     30
    THE WORKING PARTY ON COLLIERY  WASTE  TIPPING ON DURHAM BEACHES.  INTERIM
    REPORT
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT                EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/75   PGS   1-6             ID*  0371JA
    *SOLID WASTE
GUATEMALA

     PMCB)
    GUATEMALA: NATIONAL ENERGY MASTER  PLAN:   ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
    GOOOLAND. R., AND G. TILLMAN                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  12/00/75   PGS   1-124          ID*  03763A
    ALSO SE
    *GENERAL       LAND USE      AIR
HONG KONG

     PM(B>
    WATER POLLUTION CONTROL  IN HONG  KONG:
    GORDON, MALCOLM S.
    ENGLISH                  00/00/00   PGS
    ALSO SE
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
                                                                  1-18
                                                                                 ID*
                      EPA
                    03707A
                          WITH REGARD TO THE REDUCTION OF MARINE POLLUTION  FROM  SEWAGE  AND  FARM WASTE AROUND HONG KONG,
                      THIS PAMPHLET CONSIDERS *AYS TO REUSE LIQUID EFFLUENTS  FROM  THE MODERN TWO-STAGE SEWAGE WASTE
                      TREATMENT PLANTS TO BE BUILT IN HONG KONG.  ECONOMICALLY VIABLE METHODS FOR THE CONSTANT RECYCLING
                      OF WASTES, MODELED AFTER THE BIOLOGICAL CYCLES OF  CHINESE  DUCK  AND POND FISH CULTURE. ARE SUGGESTED
                      AND INCLUDE:   BRACKISH WATER IRRIGATION OF VEGETABLE  FIELD CROPS,  HYDROPONIC CULTIVATION OF HIGH
                      VALUE PLANT CROPS SUCH AS FLOWERS. AND MASS CULTIVATION OF ALGAE  AS A FOOD CHAIN BASE.  THE PRESENT
                      SITUATION AND IMMEDIATE POTENTIAL REGARDING SEWAGE  TREATMENT AND  RECYCLING SCHEMES IN SHATIN AND
                      TOLO HARBOUR ARE SUMMARIZED. AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE  PROPOSED SCHEMES ARE CITED.
ISRAEL

     LR
    THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREVENTION  AND  CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION IN ISRAEL
    LASTER. RICHARD                                               EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76   PGS   1-386           ID*  03764A

    THIS PAPER, PUBLISHED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR,
WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED AS A DISSERTATION FOR THE  DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY.
IT CONSISTS OF FOUR CHAPTERS. THE FIRST  CF  WHICH,  "THE ISRAEL WATER CODE: AN OVERVIEW." INCLUDES
DISCUSSION OF THE 1959 WATER LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK FOR WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL.  CHAPTER 2. "THE ISRAEL WATER CODE: CLOSE-UP." DISCUSSES THE USES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR
POLLUTION CONTROL IN A) GROUNDWATER AND  8)  SURFACE WATER (ISRAEL'S WESTERN FLOWING STREAMS).
CHAPTER 3. "THE LAW AND LAKE KINNERET."  APPLIES THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 TO A CASE STUDY.
CHAPTER 4 DRAWS CONCLUSIONS.  THE APPENDIXES INCLUDE A LIST OF WATER QUALITY LAWS. WITH ITS OWN
TABLE OF CONTENTS, IN WHICH PERTINENT  SECTIONS  OF  THE LAWS ARE QUOTED.

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WATER

ITALY
     LRtB)
NETHERLANDS
     LR(A)
                          "THIRTY-FIVE OFFENSE CITATIONS TO  INDUSTRIAL MANAGERS."
                          CORRIERE DELLA SERA
                          ITALIAN
                                                  03X02/76  PGS
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                      03712A
    CITATIONS HAVE  BEEN  SENT OUT BY AN ITALIAN JUDGE TO 30 INDUSTRIALISTS  IN  GENOA  WHO  ARE ALLEGED
TO HAVE VIOLATED THE  ITALIAN LAW ON THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS.  ACCORDING TO  THF  GENOA JUDGE.
THE BASIC PROVISIONS  OF  THE LAW WERE DISREGARDED BY THE INDUSTRIALISTS.  WHO ARE ACCUSED OF
DISCHARGING UNTREATED EFFLUENTS DIRECTLY INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM.  INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY  THE
AUTHORITIES HAVE AFFIRMED THAT TOXIC EFFLUENTS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ARE  PRESENT
IN THE SEWAGE OF THE  GENCA PROVINCE.


    -JUNE 5. 1975 LAW CONTAINING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE OCCURRENCE  OF
    POLLUTION OF THE  SEA (LAW ON SEA POLLUTION)."  STAATSBLAD. NO. 352 (1975)
                                                                  EPA
    DUTCH                    00/00/75  PGS  1-2            ID*  03699A

    THIS LAW. WHICH GIVES EFFECT IN THE NETHERLANDS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE  FEBRUARY 15. 1972
CONVENTION FOR THE  PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING FROM SHIPS  AND AIRCRAFT  (ID #03473*),
APPLIES TO DUMPING  FROM  AIRPLANES AND SHIPS AS WELL AS FROM OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS  AND  HOVERCRAFT.
IT PROHIBITS THE DUMPING OF WASTES AND POLLUTING OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCES.  BOTH  THOSF  DESIGNATED IN
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND THOSE NOT SO DESIGNATED. AND THE TRANSFERRAL OR  ACCEPTANCE OF
SUCH WASTES FOR DUMPING.   EXEMPTIONS TO THIS GENERAL PROHIBITION MAY 8E  ISSUED  BY THE MINISTER  OF
TRAFFIC. WATER CONTROL AND PUBLIC WORKS WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE MINISTER OF HEALTH  AND THF
ENVIRONMENT.  THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, WATER CONTROL AND PUBLIC WORKS  IS TO DESIGNATE THE
OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE LAW; THE FUNCTIONS OF THESE OFFICIALS ARE  OUTLINED
IN THE LAW.
NETHERLANDS
     LRCA)
    "JULY 9, 1975 DECREE  INDICATING THE SUBSTANCES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE  3.
    PARAGRAPH 1. OF THE LAW  ON  SEA POLLUTION."  STAATSBLAD. NO. 419 (1975)
                                                                  EPA
    DUTCH                    00/00/75  PGS  1-4            ID*  03699B

    THIS DECREE. ISSUED BY THE  MINISTFR CF TRAFFIC. WATER CONTROL AND PUBLIC  WORKS.  LISTS THOSF
SUBSTANCES WHICH UNDER ARTICLE  THREE OF THE JUNE 5. 1975 LAW ON SEA POLLUTION MAY  NOT  BE DUMPKD
INTO THE SEA FROM SHIPS.  AIRCRAFT  OR OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS.  THEY ARE:  ORGANIC HALOGEN AND
SILICON COMPOUNDS AND THOSE  COMPOUNDS WHICH MAY FORM THESE COMPOUNDS IN SEAWATER;  MERCURY AND
MERCURY COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM;  CADMIUM AND CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; RECOGNIZED CARCINOGENS;  AND SYNTHETIC
MATERIALS CAPABLE OF FLOATING ON  OR REMAINING SUSPENDED IN SHAWATER.  THE  PROHIBITION  AGAINST
THESE SUBSTANCES IS ABSOLUTE; EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR.  AN FXPLANATORY NOTE  GIVES
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE DECREE AND EXPLAINS ITS PROVISIONS.

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NORWAY

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    "NEW FUNCTION F CR THE COUNCIL ON  GIL  POLLUTION."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID*  03756A
                          NORWEGIAN
                                                  03/25/76  PGS  4
                          IN  COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AGAINST DAMAGE DUE  TO  OIL,  THE COUNCIL ON OIL POLLUTION PRESENTLY
                      HAS  THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING AND COORDINATION  OF  EFFORTS TO STOP POSSIBLE OIL DAMAGE IN
                      NORWAY.  THE  GOVERNMENT HANTS, ACCORDING TC  A STORTING  {PARLIAMENT) REPORT, TO KEEP THE COUNCIL,
                      BUT  ONLY IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.  AT THE TIME THE  COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED NORWAY HAD NO EXPERIENCE
                      OR EXPERTISE  IN OIL POLLUTION.  NOW THAT THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE STATE POLLUTION
                      CONTROL AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, THESE BODIES ARE  TO CARRY THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY.  SINCE
                      THE  COMBATING OF OIL POLLUTION REQUIRES A STRONG CENTRALIZED COMMAND, IT IS CONSIDERED NEITHER
                      PRACTICAL NOR EFFICIENT TO HAVE THE MAIN RESPCNSIBILITY  RESTING UPON A COUNCIL WHOSE 20 MEMBERS
                      LIVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
SCANDINAVIA
     PM(B)
    BEHANDLING OG JORDBRUKSANVENDELSE  AV  KOMMUNALT  KLOAKKSLAM  (TREATMENT AND USE IN
    AGRICULTURE OF.MUNICIPAL SEWAGE  SLUDGE).   NORDFORSK:   SECRETARIAT OF ENV. SCIENCES PUBL.  1975:3
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH*                00/00/75  PGS  1-70           ID*  03746A
    ALSO ST/*ALSO DANISH

    THIS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY  A WORKING  GROUP FOR SLUDGE PROBLEMS, ESTABLISHED BY THE WATER
COMMITTEE AT NORDFORSK  (SCANDINAVIAN COUNCIL  FOP APPLIED  RESEARCH), CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF
COORDINATING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE  NORDIC  COUNTRIES IN THE EC INITIATED PROJECT "SEWAGE SLUDGE
PROCESSING", TO PROMOTE  TECHNOLOGICAL  COOPERATION.   THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE DISCUSSED:  GENERAL
VIEWS ON THE SLUDGE PROBLEM IN MUNICIPALITIES,  EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT SOIL POLLUTION, RESOURCE
VALUE, AND ECONOMICS ARE  IMPORTANT CRITERIA IN DETERMINING THE METHODS OF TREATING AND DISPOSING
OF SLUDGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE.  JUDGED  BY  ITS ABILITY TO  IMPROVE THE SOIL, AS A FERTILIZER AND AS A
SOIL SUBSTITUTE: AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS  TO SLUDGE  TREATMENT, WHICH CONSIDERS THE EFFECT OF RISING
ENERGY PRICES ON THERMAL  SLUDGE TREATMENT AND SLUDGE DRYING, THE NEGLECT OF THICKENING FACTOR, THE
WIDE USE OF SLUDGE COMBUSTION, THE RARE USE OF THERMAL CONDITIONING, AND THE INCREASING INTEREST
IN COMPOSTING.
SCANDINAVIA
     PM(B)
                          EUTROFIERING (EUTROPHICATION).
                          PUBLICATION 1975M
                                                          NORDFORSK:   SECRETARIAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
                          SWEDISH*                00/00/75  PGS   1-577
                          /*ALSO NORWEGIAN AND DANISH
                                                                                        EPA
                                                                                 ID*   03757A
                          THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS PAPERS ON EUTROPHICATION  SUBMITTED AT  THE 10TH NORDIC SYMPOSIUM ON WATER
                      RESEARCH, WHICH WAS ARRANGED BY THE SECRETARIAT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN COOPERATION WITH THE
                      WATER PROTECTION COMMITTEE AT NORDFORSK  (SCANDINAVIAN COUNCIL FOR APPLIED RESEARCH) ON MAY 20-32,
                      1974 IN VAERLOSE, DENMARK.  THE REPORTS  PRESENT  A GENERAL  OVERVIEW OF EUTROPHICATION PROBLEMS AND
                      SURVEYS THE SITUATIONS IN NORWAY, DENMARK, FINLAND,  AND SWEDEN.   OTHER PAPERS DEAL WITH THE
                      FOLLOWING MAIN TOPICS:  SOURCES OF NUTRIENT  SALTS;  DETAILED PROCESSES IN THE RECIPIENTS;
                      EUTROPHICATION MODELS; AND ALTERNATE POSSIBILITIES  OF INTERVENING AGAINST EUTROPHICATION.

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MATER

SCANDINAVIA


     ST<  I
     "INTERCALI BRATICN OF  PERMANGANATE METHODS FOR  DETERMINATION  OF  ORGANIC
     SUBSTANCES."   NORDFORSK:   MILJOVARDSSEKRETARIATET PUBLIKATION  1971:2
                                                                         EPA
     SWEDISH                    00/00/71   PGS   1-39             ID*  03725A
     ALSO PMB
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                            THE SCANDINAVIAN  COUNCIL  FOR APPLIED RESEARCH  (NORDFORSK)  ESTABLISHED A  WORKING  GROUP FOR
                        WATER  ANALYSIS  IN 1968 WITH THE PURPOSE OF  PROMOTING  JOINT.  RAPID.  AND CAREFUL ANALYTIC METHODS,
                        OF ESTABLISHING UNIFORM RULES FOR TESTING.  CONSERVATION, AND TRANSPORTATION  OF WATER SAMPLES. AND
                        OF STANDARDIZING ANALYTIC RESULTS WITHIN THE  NORDIC COUNTRIES.  .THIS  BOOKLFT DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO
                        INTERCALIBRATE  VARIOUS PERMANGANATE  METHODS FOR DETERMINING  ORGANIC POLLUTION.  WATER SAMPLES
                        WERE SENT OUT  TO SEVEN SELECTED DANISH. FINNISH. NORWEGIAN.  AND SWEDISH LABORATORIES.  THE  SAMPLES
                        WERE TESTED ACCORDING TO EACH LABORATORY'S  OWN PERMANGANATE  METHOD  USING ACID AS WELL AS ALKALINE
                        SOLUTIONS* AND  ALSO ACCORDING TO THE  METHOD SCAN-W  1:66 AND  AN  ALKALINE MODIFICATION THEREOF.  THE
                        RESULTS OF THsSE ANALYSES HAVE BEEN  EVALUATED STATISTICALLY  AND ARE INCLUDED AND ILLUSTRATED  BY
                        SEVERAL TABLES  AND CHARTS.  THE SCAN-W 1:66 METHOD, WHICH  IS EXPLAINED IN THE REPORT. WAS FOUND TO
                        BE SUPERIOR TO  THE OTHERS.
SWEDEN
      PM(B)
    "DISPOSAL  OF CONTAMINATED SPOIL  IN A STRATIFIED FJORD  - AN EXAMPLE FROM THE
    SWEDISH WEST COAST."  VATTEN.  VOL. 31,  NO. 2
    THORSLUND.  ANDERS E.                                               EPA
    ENGLISH                    00/00/75  PGS   133-138          ID«  03696A
      TOXIC SUBS

    DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OF SPOIL CONTAINING ORGANIC MATTER. PCB,  MERCURY, AND  OTHER HEAVY METALS
NECESSITATE SPECIAL  MEASURES IN ORDER JO MINIMIZE HARMFUL  EFFECTS TO MARINE LIFE AND RECREATIONAL
INTERESTS.  IN  BYFJOROEN ON THE SWEDISH WEST COAST, SPOIL  HEAVILY POLLUTED  WITH  MERCURY AND PCB
WAS DUMPED AT THE DEEPEST PART OF  A  STRATEFIED FJORD WITH  ANOXIC  BOTTOM WATFR.   THE POLLUTED
MATERIAL WAS COVERED WITH LARGE VOLUMES OF  UNPOLLUTED SPOILS.  INVESTIGATIONS DURING AND  AFTER
THE OPERATION ARE DESCRIBED.   NO LASTING HARMFUL EFFECT OR  CONSEQUENCE TO  THE ECOSYSTEM WAS
FOUND*   THIS KIND OF OPERATION SHOULD, HOWEVER, NOT BE ADOPTED ELSEWHERE UNLESS  THE SAME
FAVORABLE HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS  EXIST.  THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN  THE WATER
PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION.  MARINE  SCIENCE EXPERTS,  AND FISHERY AUTHORITIES  IS POINTED OUT.

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SWEDEN
      SE(  I
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    "INVESTMENTS IN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE  PERIOD  1970-1980.«•  CURRENT
    SWEDEN. NO.  63
    EM ME I. IN, LARS                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                    04/00/76  PGS   1-4              ID*  03709A
    ALSO PMB
    *GENERAL        SOLID WASTE   NOISE
SWEDEN
      STC  »
    "RECIRCULATION OF WASTEWATER FROM THE  TEXTILE  INDUSTRr  IS POSSIBLE, WHEN A
    COMBINED  PRECIPITATION  AND ION  EXCHANGE  TREATMENT IS USED."  VATTEN, VOL.  30.  NO.  4
    JORGENSEN,  SV. E.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                    00/00/74  PGS  364-369          ID*  03695A
    ALSO SE

    BY  A PROCESS CONSISTING OF TWO  STEPS.  A  PRECIPITATION  AND AN ION EXCHANGE,  IT  HAS BEEN
POSSIBLE TO REGENERATE TEXTILE DYEING WASTEWATER FOR A PRICE APPROXIMATELY  THE  SAME  AS THE  COST
OF TAP  WATER.   THIS  MEANS THAT THE  WASTEWATER TREATMENT IS  PAID THROUGH THE NORMAL  WATER
CONSUMPTION EXPENSES, ACCORDING TO  THIS STUDY.  THE  ANALYSIS SHOWS  THAT THE TREATMENT PROCESS
CAN BE  FURTHER  IMPROVED IF  THE WATER IS RECIRCULATED.
SWEDEN
      STC  »
    "RECIRCULATION  OF TEXTILE WASTEWATER:   MICRO-SCREENING  OF PROCESS WATER  FROM A
    ROTARY PRINTING MACHINE."  IVL  -  SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR  POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    LUNDBERG*  BJORN                                                   EPA
    SWEDISH                    04/00/76   PGS   1-13             ID*  03752A
    ALSO PMB

    STUDIES OF MICRO SCREENING OF WASTEWATER FROM A ROTARY  PRINTING  MACHINE  SHOW THAT THE
PREDOMINANT PART OF THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS CAN BE REMOVED BY  SCREENING.  THE PEST OF  THE PARTICLES
ARE VERY SMALL, THUS REQUIRING A DIFFERENT  TYPE OF  TREATMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE  WATER
ENTIRELY FREE  FROM  PARTICLES.  THE  EXPERIMENTS DO NOT. HOWEVER. OFFER ANY ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER IT  IS POSSIBLE TO RECIRCULATE THE WATER  WITHOUT  DETERIORATING THE QUALITY OF THE
PRODUCT.  THIS CAN  ONLY BE  CLARIFIED  BY RETURNING TREATED  WATER TO THE PROCESS AND  JUDGING THE
ACHIEVED RESULT.  THE CAPACITY OF THE SIEVE AND THE RECOVERY ARE DETERMINED  BY THE  CHOICE  OF  SIEVE
CLOTH.

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HATER

SWITZERLAND


     PM<8»
    ELEKTROSTAHLWERKE  (ELECTRIC  STEEL  PLANTS:   FIRST REPORT CF THE COMMISSION FOR
    CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROBLEMS  IN METALLURGY INDUSTRIES)
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   08/00/76   PGS  1-12           ID*  03714A
    *AIR           NOISE
USSR
     LR
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