NTISUBB/ 135-76 O09
                  Number 49
                September 1976
        SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
 U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           Washington D C 20460

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 ("FEBRUARY  4,^1971 SUPREME DECRETT  NO.  188  ISSUING  THE HEALTH*CODE."
 (AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V.  20.
                       FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COM?.          *
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                       AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION/
           FOOD ANDv

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ID#  01686AX
                            EPA
                      Identification
                          Number
                                                                EPA
                       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^IO THE NATIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE
                  TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERE AND IN THE FORMULATION OF DIRECTIVES AND IN ENFORCEMENT AND
                  EVALUATION.
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                                      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

Belg/oun
       See GENERAL (Belgium) — Control No. 03323B  	     14

       See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 03811B 	     15
Canada
       National Emission Regulations Announced for Asbestos
          Mining and Milling Industry	      1
       Oil Sands Visit  	      1
V&nmasik
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 03327B	     16
Eo/Lopeon Conmun£U.eA
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 03321B ....     16
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 03920A ....     16
       See WATER (Finland) — Control No. 03823A	     38
Ffronce.
       Stabilization of Air Pollution in 1975	      3
       Variations of Pollution Rates and Local Climate Patterns
          in Maftigues-Fos	      3
       Desulfurization of Sulfur Plant Effluents  	      3
       See GENERAL (France) — Control No. 03330B 	     17
Germany, Fed Re.p o£
       April 8, 1975 Instructions for Testing the Applicability
          of Continuously Registering Immissions Measuring Devices  .  .      4
       April 8, 1975 Instructions for the Applicability Testing,
          the Installation and Maintenance of...Emissions
          Measuring Devices 	      4
       April 8, 1975 Instructions for the Evaluation of Continuously
          Registered Emissions Measurements 	      5
       April 4, 1975 Applicability of Measuring Devices for
          Continuous Registration of Emissions  	      5
       Air Pollution and Health 	      6
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 03322B	     17

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GnsioJt
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B   .......      18
       See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 03804A  ........      41
       Critique of Israel's Air Quality Standards  ...........       7
       The Air Quality Monitoring Network of Israel  ..........       7
Italy
       See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 03324B   ...........      19
Japan
       The Current State and Trends of Environmental Pollution   ....       8
Lux&mbuAg
       See GENERAL (Luxemburg) — Control No. 03329B   .........      19
Mexico
       August 18, 1975 Agreement Delineating Licensing Procedures
          for the Establishment of New Industries  or the Expansion
          of Existing Ones  ......................       8
       Automatic Computerized Network for the Monitoring of the
          Air in the Valley of Mexico .................       9
       Administration of Environmental Protection  and  Improvement
          Programs in Mexico  .....................       9
       See GENERAL  (Netherlands) — Control No. 03326B   ........     20
       Numerical Simulation Models and Trajectory Methods  for
          Calculating Long-Distance Transport of Airborne  Pollutants   .     10
       See GENERAL  (Scandinavia) — Control No. 03806 A   ........     21
South
       A Quick Look at  the  Smoke  and  Sulfur Dioxide  Situation
          in  South Africa  .......................     10
Sweeten
       The Factory Will Be  Shut Down  if  the Environment Does Not
          Improve Before July 1 ....................     11
       Less Sulfur -  Better Environment.  A Report From the
          Commission  on Measures  To Counteract Negative Effects
          of  Sulfur Emissions .....................     11
       An Impactor To Be Used in  Connection With  the LIB
          Procedure for the Determination of Particle Concentration
          in  Ambient  Air   .......................     11
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       Measurement of Ozone in Gothenburg. .. and Studies of           ~~
          Co-Variation Between Ozone and Other Air Pollutants .....      12
       Investigation of Long Distance Air-Borne Particulate Matter
          During the December Episode 1972  ..... .........      12
       The Sampling Efficiency of Two Types of Inlets Commonly
          Used for the Sampling of Aerosols in Ambient Air  ......      12
       Acid Particulate Air Pollutants in Sweden  ....... .....      13
       Is Hydrogen Sulfide a Suitable Odor Indicator for
          Recovery Furnaces?  .....................      13
SuiUzeMand
       Emissions Survey Maps for Motor Vehicles in Switzerland  ....      14
WHO
       Selected Methods of Measuring Air Pollutants ..........      14

                                       GENERAL

BeJtgjjum
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in the
          EEC Member States.  Belgium.  19 75 Supplement ........      14
       First National Conference on Environmental Protection
          and Improvement, Vol. I ...................     15
       First National Conference on Environmental Protection
          and Improvement, Vol. II  ..................     15
Penmo/ife
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in the
          EEC Member States.  Denmark.  1975 Supplement ........     16
Eo/topeon Commn^tieA
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in the
          EEC Member States.  Comparative Volume.  1975 Supplement  .  .     16
       Implementation of an Environmental Health Policy in
          the European Communities  ..................     16
Fiance,
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in the
          EEC Member States.  France.  1975 Supplement  ........     17
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Germany, fe.d Rep o£
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control  in  the
          EEC Member States.  Germany.  1975 Supplement  ........      17
       Fifth Report of the Federal Government on Research .......      17
       Industry Does Research for Environmental Protection  ......      18
       Environmental Legislation of E.E.C. Member States.  United
          Kingdom Volume.  1975 Supplement   ..............      18
       Environmental Legislation of E.E.C. Member States.  Eire.
          1975 Supplement  .......................      19
Italy
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in  the
          EEC Member States.  Italy.  1975 Supplement .........      19
Luxemburg
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in  the
          EEC Member States.  Luxembourg.  1975  Supplement  ......     -19
       Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in  the
          EEC Member States.  Netherlands.  1975  Supplement  ......      20
       Environmental Protection Necessary Feature of Economic Growth   .      20
Sc.ayicUna.v4.a.
       Environmental Protection Agreement To Be Validated  Shortly  ...      21

       Slime Control Agents in Swedish Paper Industry  .........      21

                                       LAND USE
       See GENERAL  (Brazil) —  Control No. 03811B  ...........      15
F/mnce
       Littoral Conservancy To  Purchase  Coast  Sites  for  Their
          Protection   .........................      22
Germany,  fe.d  Rfcp  o£   •—
       Nature Protection  Is Expanded   .................      22
Gfreot B/tctocn
       See WATER  (Great Britain) — Control No. 03804A  ........      41
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                                        NOISE

Belgxxun
       See GENERAL (Belgium) — Control No. 0332 3B   ..........     14
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 03321B  ....     16
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 039 20A  ....     16
France
       See GENERAL (France) — Control No. 03330B  ...........     17
Ge.twwy, Fed Rep oj
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 03322B  .....     17
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B   .......     18
       See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 03804A  ........     41
       See .GENERAL (Ireland) — Control No. 03328B   ..........      19
       See GENERAL (Luxemburg) — Control No. 03329B   .........      19
       See GENERAL (Netherlands) — Control No. 03326B   ........      20
Noswaay
       Noise Regulations in Oslo Will Become National Standards  ....      25
       Plan for Reduction of. Noise in Oslo Ready at New  Year   .....      25
Scandinavia.
       See GENERAL (Scandinavia) — Control No. 03806 A   ........      21
       Presentation of "Environment 72" Award  .............      25

                                      PESTICIDES

Iceland
       See GENERAL (Ireland) — Control No. 03328B   ..........      19
WHO
       Safety Evaluation of Chemicals in Food:  Toxicological
          Data Profiles for Pesticides.  Carbamate and
          Organophosphorus Insecticides Used in Agriculture  and
          Public Health ........................      26
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                                      RADIATION
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 03327B   ..........      16
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 03321B  ....      16
F/mnce
       See GENERAL (France) — Control No. 03330B  ...........      17
Ge.ftmany, Ferf Rep o&
       Radiation Protection Ordinance Increased in Stringency  .....      27
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 03322B  .....      17
       Code of Practice for the Carriage of Radioactive Materials
          by Road  ...........................      28
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B   .......      18
       See WATER (Great Britain) — Control No. 03804A   ........      41
Italy
       See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 03324B  ...........      19
Lox&mbu/u}
       See GENERAL (Luxemburg) — Control No. 03329B  .........      19
       Reduction of Radiation Protection Thresholds  ..........      29

                                     SOLID WASTE
       See GENERAL  (Belgium) — Control No. 03323B   ..........      14

       See GENERAL  (Brazil) — Control No. 03811B ............      15
       See GENERAL  (Denmark) — Control No. 0332 7B   ..........      16
       See GENERAL  (European Communities) — Control No. 03321B  ....      16
F/mnce
       See GENERAL  (France) — Control No. 03330B  ...........      17
Germany, Feet Rep oj
       See GENERAL  (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 03322B  .....      17
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Gnuat
       The Licensing of Waste Disposal Sites.  Waste Management
          Paper No. 4 .........................     31
       Reclamation, Treatment and Disposal of Wastes, an
          Evaluation of Available Options ...............     31
       Programme of Research on the Behaviour of Hazardous
          Wastes in Landfill Sites :  Interim Report on Progress ....     32
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B  .......     18
       See WATER (Great Britain) ~ Control No. 03804A  ........     41
Itafy          -fc-
       See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 03324B  ...........     19
Mexico
       See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 03821A .............      9
NvtkeM.an.dt>
       See GENERAL (Netherlands) — Control No. 03326B  ........     20
Sconctmauca
       Solid Waste - Catalog of Projects and Reports' in
          the Nordic Countries  ....................     33
       See GENERAL (Scandinavia) — Control No. 03806A  ........     21

                                      TOXIC SUBS

Canada.
       Background to the PCB Problem and Highlights of
          the Report of the Task Force on PCBs  ............     34
Penmo/tfe
       January 15, 1976 Order No. 18 on the Restrictions of
          Import and Use of PCB and PCT ....... ..........     34
       See GENERAL (Denmark) — Control No. 03327B  ..........     16
European Commanx£cfc6
       See GENERAL (European Communities) — Control No. 03321B ....     16
G/t&ot
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B   .......     18
       See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) — Control No. 03831A   .....     32
Japan
       Studies on the Health Effects of Alkylmercury in Japan  .....     35
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       See GENERAL  (Luxemburg) — Control No. 03329B   .........      19

       Pilot Study  Concerning the Extraction  and  Dewatering of
          Mercury Contaminated Fiber  Sediment From the Bay of
          Orserum,  Vastervik  .....................      36
       Swiss Law on the Commerce With Poisons  .............      36
WHO
       See PESTICIDES  (WHO) -- Control No. 03766A ...........      26

                                        WATER
Pen/n&tfe
       See GENERAL  (Belgium) —  Control No.  03323B   ..........      14

       See GENERAL  (Brazil) — Control No. 03811B  ..........  .      15
       Environmental Protection  Agency Wants  To  Teach Consumers
          How To  Save Water  ......  ...  .............      38
       See GENERAL  (Denmark) —  Control  No. 03327B  ..........      16
       See GENERAL  (European  Communities) —  Control  No.  03321B ....      16
       See GENERAL  (European  Communities) —  Control  No.  03920A ....      16
       Emissions  Into  the  Sea Through  Smoke  Must  Be  Reduced ......      38
       Bjorneborg's  Groundwater Aggravated by Gravel Pit   .......      39
       Changes  in Water Quality in Finnish Lakes  and Rivers 1962-1973 .      39
       Nineteen Million  Francs  in Aid and Protection  of Lakes
           Given Priority  .......................      40
       See GENERAL (France)  —  Control No.  03330B ...........      17
 Ge/Lmom/,  Fed Rep  o£
       Administrative  Agreement Regarding the Granting of
           Federal Funds  for  Cleaning Up the Rhine and Lake Constance  .      40
       Stink Cannot Be Justified  .......  ............      41
       See GENERAL. (Fed  Rep  of  Germany) — Control No. 03322B  .....      17
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       Environmental Progrannnes in the United Kingdom With Special
          Reference to... the Hydrological Cycle ............     41
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03325B  .......     18
       Fewer Phosphates in Lake Constance - Pollution Braked  .....     42
       See GENERAL (Ireland) — Control No. 03328B  ..........     19
Italy
       Montedison Was Authorized To Discharge Red Sludge Into Sea ...     42
       Cef is Confirms :  "No Polluting Occurred as a Result of the
          Scarlino Plant Residues"  ..................     43
       See GENERAL (Italy) — Control No. 03324B  ...........     19
Japan
       See AIR (Japan) — Control No. 03822A  .............      8
Luxe.mbusig
       See GENERAL (Luxemburg) — Control No. 03329B  .........     19
Mexico
       The General Directorate for Water Use and Pollution
          Control - Report of Activities  ...............     43
       See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 038 21A .............      9
       See GENERAL (Netherlands) — Control No. 03326B  ........     20
Noway
       The Union Company Is Not Permitted To Eject More
          Sulfur Dioxide  .......................     44
       Ten Glomma Municipalities With Joint Oil Pollution Control  ...     44
Scondomuca
       See GENERAL (Scandinavia) — Control No. 03806A  ........     21

       Easier To Take Care Of Swedish Accident - Colder Water
          Great Advantage .......................     45
       The Effects of Industrial Effluents on Brackish Water Ecosystems     45
       The Relation of Treatment and Ecological Effects in
          Brackish Water Regions  ...................     46
       Macrophyte Reduction Through Biological Methods  ........     46
       Treatment of Wastewater From a Bleached Kraft Pulp Mill
          in a Non-Aerated and Aerated Lagoon .............     47
       See TOXIC SUBS (Sweden) — Control No. 03816 A  .........     36
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Anti-Pollution Fight Must Continue in Spite Of Recession ....     47
Federal Subsidies for Water Protection 	     48
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AIR

BELGIUM
     LR(B)
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    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CCNTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER STATES.
    BELGIUM.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
    J.  M. DIDIER  & ASSOCIATES                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-91             ID»  03323B
    ALSO PMA
    *GENERAL        WATER          SOLID WASTE    NOISE
BRAZIL
      PM(B)
    PRIMER ENCQNTRO NACICNAL  SOBRE A  PROTECAO E  MELHORIA  DO  MEIO AMBIENTE. VOL.  II
    (FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT. VOL.  Ill
    BRAZIL.  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT              EPA
    PORTUGUESE               06/00/75   PCS  159-399         ID*  03B11B
    ALSO LRB, PMA  AND SF
    *GENERAL        WATER          SOLID WASTE   LAND USE
CANADA
     LR(B)
    "NATIONAL EMISSION REGULATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR  ASBESTOS  WINING AND  MILLING
    INDUSTRY."   NEWS RELEASE
    CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT CANADA                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                   12/15/75   PGS  1-2              ID*   03808A

    PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO  LIMIT ASBESTOS EMISSIONS FROM  ASBESTOS MINING AND MILLING OPERATIONS
WERE ANNOUNCED ON  DEC. 12t  1975 BY ACTING FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT  MINISTER  ROMEO LEBLANC.  TO BE  ISSUED
UNDER  THE CLEAN  AIR ACT. THE PROPOSED  REGULATIONS WOULD LIMIT  THE CONCENTRATION OF  ASBESTOS FIBRES
EMITTED  TO THE AMBIENT AIR  TO 2 FIBRES PER CUBIC  CENTIMETER  FROM CRUSHING. DRYING OR MILLING
OPERATIONS AND FROM DRY ROCK STORAGE.   FURTHER REGULATIONS ARE BEING  DEVELOPED FOR  THE OTHER
SOURCES  IN ASBESTOS MINES AND MILLS. SUCH AS DRILLING OPERATIONS. TAILINGS HANDLING AND TAILINGS
DISPOSAL*  PERIODIC EMISSION TESTING AS WELL AS RECORD KEEPING FOR MALFUNCTIONS AND BREAKDOWNS ARE
REQUIRED ALSO.   ESTIMATED CANADA-WIDE  EMISSIONS OF PARTICULATES CONTAINING ASBESTOS FIBRES FROM
THIS INDUSTRY WERE  60,000 TONS IN 1970.   THE APPLICATION OF  THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WOULD
DRASTICALLY REDUCE  THE EMISSIONS OF ASBESTOS FIBRES TO THE AMBIENT AIR.
CANADA

     PM(B)
    "OIL  SANDS VISIT."  JOINT NEWS RELEASE
    CANADA.   ENVIRONMENT CANADA
    ENGLISH                   06/04/76   PGS  1-2
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
03785A
                           THE  SYNCRJDE  OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT  AT FORT  MCMURRAY,  AL6ERTA HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS
                       DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN FEDERAL  AND ALBERTA OFFICIALS.   WHILE DEVELOPMENT  OF THE OIL  SAND IS IMPORTANT
                       IN MEETING CANADA'S GOAL OF  ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.  THE PROJECT  MUST NOT  DISREGARD SAFEGUARDS
                       NECESSARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.   MAJCR  CONCERNS OVEP  THE OIL SANDS PROJECTS,  WHICH
                       INCLUDE  OIL SANDS EXTRACTION DLANTS. ARE THE HIGH LEVEL OF  AMBIENT AIR  POLLUTION  THAT COULD  OCCUR
                       FROM PLANT SOURCE EMISSIONS  AND POTENTIAL DEGRADATION OF  SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS.   IN ADDITION.
                       ADVERSE  ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS COULD BE CAUSED BY THE EXCAVATION  NECESSARY  FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.   AS
                       A RESULT OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE PROBLEMS.  THE TWO GOVERNMENTS  HAVE INITIATED  THE TEN
                       YEAR $40 MILLION  ALBERTA OIL SANDS ENVIRONMENT  RESEARCH PROGRAM. WHICH  IS EVALUATING  THE
                       PROJECT'S ECOLOGICAL IMPACT  AND STUDYING MEANS  OF SOLVING THE PROBLEMS  THAT ARE  IDENTIFIED.

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AIR

DENMARK
     LR
"IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL  HEALTH POLICY IN THE  EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES."   I ENCCNTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E  MELHORIA DO  MEIO AMBIENTE, VOL.  1
SHEETS, J.                                                        EPA
ENGLISH                   06/00/75  PGS  19-30            ID*  03920A
ALSO  SE
*GENERAL        WATER          NOISE
FINLAND

      LR(B)
•EMISSIONS INTO THE SEA  THROUGH SMOKE MUST BE  REDUCED."   HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
                                                                   EPA
SWEDISH                   05/19/76   PGS  1.6             ID*  03823A
*WATER
FRANCE
      LR«B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
FRANCE.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                  00/OO/75  PGS  1-37            ID*   03330B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        WATER          SOLID  WASTE   NOISE         RADIATION

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AIR

FRANCE
      PM(B)
FRANCE
      ST<  )
     "STABILIZATION OF AIR POLLUTION  IN 1975."   NUISANCES  ET ENVIRONNEMENT.
     NO.  51
                                                                       EPA
     FRENCH                    06/00/76  PGS   11               ID*  03773A

     A  STUDY BEING CIRCULATED 8V THE  OFFICE  OF  THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION AND  NUISANCES WITHIN THE
FRENCH STATE SECRETARIAT  FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REPORTS A STABILIZATION  IN FRENCH AIR POLLUTION
LEVELS.  PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO SULFUR DIOXIDE AND DARK FUMES, DURING THE COURSE OF  1975,
AN  IMPROVEMENT.  MOREOVER. HAS BECOME APPARENT  IN THOSE ZONES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE INFLUENCE
OF  INDUSTRIAL  CONSUMERS  OF HIGH SULFUR CONTENT FUELS.  THIS RESULT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A 22
PERCENT DROP IN  HEAVY FUEL DELIVERIES TO THERMAL INSTALLATIONS BETWEEN 1974 AND 1975 AND  TO NEW
MEASURES AIMED AT THE REDUCTION OF THE SULFUR  CONTENT CF  DOMESTIC FUELS WHICH  TOOK EFFECT ON
OCTOBER 1. 1974.   ON THE  WHOLE. HOWEVER. RESULTS OBTAINED VARIED ACCORDING TO  LOCATION.   WHILE
ON  THE INCREASE  IN MARSEILLES, REIMS AND CAEN, SULFUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION HAS DECREASED BY  25
PERCENT IN TWO YEARS WITHIN THE REGIONS OF  LILLE AND LYON BECAUSE OF  SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES.


     "VARIATIONS  OF POLLUTION RATES AND LCCAL CLIMATE PATTERNS IN MARTIGUES-FOS."
     POLLUTION  ATMOSPHERIQUE. NO. 70
     ACHARD, J. .  AND E. POUGET                                       EPA
     FRENCH                    04/00/76  PGS   135-150         ID*  03802A

     A  STUDY HAS  BEEN MADE OF THE VARIATIONS OF POLLUTION  RATES AS A FUNCTION CF LOCAL CLIMATE
PATTERNS.  BASED  ON MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION  IN THE REGION OF MARTIGUES-FOS IN
FRANCE.   THE COMPARATIVE  ANALYSIS OF DATA ON CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS AND  GROUND LEVEL WIND SPEEDS.
AS  WELL  AS DATA  ON TEMPERATURES RECORDED FROM  VARYING ALTITUDES. SHOWS THAT THE EVOLUTION OF
POLLUTION RATES  ARE VERY  DIFFERENT DURING PERIODS OF MISTRAL OP OF COASTAL BREEZES AND DURING
PERSISTENT CALM  WINDS..   THESE STATISTICAL AND  QUANTITATIVE  EFFORTS FORM A FIRST INTERMEDIATE
STAGE  IN A CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE THE VALIDITY CF INFORMATION  AVAILABLE  ON CONDITIONS OF DIFFUSION
ANC FORECASTING.
FRANCE

      ST(  t
    "DESULFURI ZATION OF  SULFUR PLANT  EFFLUENTS."   POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE. NO.7O
    GRANCHER, P..  AND J. NOUGAYREDE                                 EPA
    FRENCH                    04/00/76   PGS  129-134         ID*  03817A
    ALSO PMB

    SULFUR PLANTS,  WHETHER  LOCATED  IN REFINERIES  OR ON NATURAL GAS FIELDS, MAY CONSTITUTE
IMPORTANT SOURCES  OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION BECAUSE OF THE  SULFUR DIOXIDE GAS WHICH THEY EMIT.
RESEARCH ON THE CONTROL  CF  SULFUR POLLUTION AT  THE SOCIETE NATIONALS  DE PETROLE D'AOUITAINE
HAS RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SULFREEN PROCESS.   THIS TECHNIQUE CONSISTS OF CARRYING
OUT COMPLIMENTARY  OESULFUPIZAT ION OF  EFFLUENTS  FROM CLAUS  UMTS AND PROVIDES FOR  SULFUR
EXTRACTION WITH AN  OVERALL  EFFICIENCY GREATER THAN 99 PERCENT.  IN ADDITION TC THE THREE
SULFREEN UNITS SET  UP IN THE FRENCH LACQ PLANT. THE PROCESS IS ALSO BEING ADOPTED IN CANADA,
THE USSR AND *EST  GERMANY.   A TABLE LISTS THE 17  SULFREEN  UNITS WHICH  ARE NOW  IS  SFPVIC= OR
IN CONSTRUCTION AT  VARIOUS  SULFUR INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD  WITH CAPACITIES RANGING
FROM 50  TO 2,000 TONS PER DAY.  A SEPARATE TABLE  PROVIDES  DATA ON INVESTMENT,  OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS.

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GERMANY,FED REP  OF
     LR(A)
    "APRIL 8, 1975  INSTRUCTIONS FOR TESTING THE  APPLICABILITY OF CONTINUOUSLY
    REGISTERING  IMMISSIONS  MEASURING  DEVICES."   GEMEINSAMES MINISTERIALBLATT.  14
    GERMANY. FED REP OF.  MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR                EPA
    GERMAN                    04/22/75   PCS  366-367         ID*  02033T
    ALSO  ST

    FEDERALLY UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR TYPE TESTING IMMISSIONS MEASURING EQUIPMENT ARE NECESSARY
IN IMPLEMENTATION  OF SECTION 2.5 OF THE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF  AIR PURITY  AND
SECTION  5.2 OF THE  FOURTH GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL NUISANCE LAW
(DETERMINATION OF  IMMISSIONS IN HEAVILY POLLUTED AREAS!.   TO THIS END.  THE FEDERAL MINISTER OF THE
INTERIOR  AND STATE  AUTHORITIES AGREED ON THESE  INSTRUCTIONS IN THE STATES' COMMITTEE FOR
IMMISSIONS PROTECTION.  THE INSTRUCTIONS DESCRIBE: I) MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
CONTINUOUSLY REGISTERING MEASURING DEVICES FOR  GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE  AIR POLLUTANTS. 2) THE
INSTITUTES AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT TYPE TESTING.  AND 3» THE  PLACE OF PUBLICATION OF THE NAMES OF
MEASURING DEVICES  SUITABLE  FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES  ACCORDING  TO TYPE TESTING.  (THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
PRINTED  UNDER THE  GENERAL TITLE: "FEDERALLY UNIFORM PRACTICE IN THE  MONITORING OF IMMISSIONS,")
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      LRCA)
    "APRIL 8. 1975  INSTRUCTIONS FOR  THE APPLICABILITY TESTING,  THE  INSTALLATION  AND
    MAINTENANCE OF...EMI SSIONS MEASURING DEVICES."   GEMEINSAMES MINISTER IALBLATT,  14
    GERMANY. FED  REP OF.   MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR                 EPA
    GERMAN                    04/22/75   PGS  367-368          ID*  02033U
    ALSO ST
                            THE 1974 TECHNICAL  GUIDELINES  FOR MAINTENANCE OF AIR  PURITY REQUIRE INSTALLATIONS EXCEEDING
                       GIVEN LEVELS OF  AIR OR  DUST EMISSIONS TO BE  EQUIPPED WITH CONTINUOUSLY REGISTERING EMISSIONS
                       MEASURING DEVICES.  THESE "INSTRUCTIONS FOR  THE APPLICABILITY TESTING. THE  INSTALLATION AND
                       MAINTENANCE OF  CONTINUOUSLY REGISTERING EMISSIONS MEASURING DEVICES"  LIST:  1)  MINIMUM
                       TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS  FOR SUCH DEVICES DURING  TYPE TESTING. 2) THE  INSTITUTES THAT CONDUCT TYPE
                       TESTING. 3) THE  PLACES  OF PUBLICATION OF TYPES  OF MEASURING DEVICES  AND THEIR  SUITABLILITY FOR
                       GIVEN PURPOSES.  AND 4»  THE INSTALLATION AND  MAINTENANCE FOR THE DEVICES.  THE
                       FEDERAL MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR RECOMMENDS  THAT STATE AUTHORITIES  ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE
                       REGULATIONS CONFORMING  TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.   
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GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LRCAI
    "APRIL S.  1975  INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EVALUATION OF CONTINUOUSLY REGISTERED
    EMISSIONS  MEASUREMENTS."   GEMEINSAMES MINISTERIALBLATT. 14
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.   MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR                EPA
    GERMAN                  04/22/75  PCS  369-372        ID*  02033V
    ALSO ST


    PURSUANT TO SECTION  48 OF THE FEDERAL NUISANCE LAW. THE 1974 TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR
MAINTENANCE OP AIR  PURITY REQUIRE FACILITIES WITH DUST OR GASEOUS EMISSIONS EXCEEDING STIPULATED
LEVELS TO BE EQUIPPED  WITH CONTINUOUSLY REGISTERING MEASURING DEVICES.  THESE  INSTRUCTIONS  DISCUSS
INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF DUST EMISSIONS IN SECTICN 1 AND OF SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS  IN
SECTION 2.  €ACH SECTION CONTAINS INFORMATION RELATIVE TO:  II DETERMINING THE FUNCTIONAL ACCURACY
OF THE MEASURING DEVICE.  21 DETERMINING THE MEASURING RESULTS. AND 3) EVALUATING THE MEASURING
RESULTS.  THE.FEDERAL  MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND STATE (LAND) AUTHORITIES AGREED ON THE
INSTRUCTIONS IN THE STATES* COMMITTEE FOR IMMISSIONS PROTECTION, AND THE MINISTER RECOMMENDS  THAT
STATE AUTHORITIES ISSUE  ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS CONFORMING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.  {THE
INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISSUED  UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE:  "FEDERALLY UNIFORM PRACTICE FOR MONITORING
EMISSIONS FROM FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 4. PARA. 9 OF THE FEDERAL NUISANCE LAW*")
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(A)
    "APRIL 4. 1975 APPLICABILITY  OF MEASURING DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS  REGISTRATION
    OF EMISSIONS."  GEMEINSAMES MINISTER IALBLATT.  14
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.   MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR                 EPA
    GERMAN                   04/22/75  PGS   373-374        ID*  02033W

    THIS NOTICE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTER  OF THE INTERIOR LISTS THE INSTRUMENTS TYPE-TESTED BY
AUTHORIZED INSTITUTES AND FOUND SUITABLE FOR MEASURING EMISSIONS FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF FACILITIES.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS GIVEN FOR EACH INSTRUMENT:  NAME: MANUFACTURER; TYPE OF FACILITY  FOR
WHICH SUITED; LIMITATIONS.  IF ANY;  AND TEST REPORTS (LISTING THE TESTING INSTITUTES. DATES AND
NUMBERS OF THE REPORTS FGP  EACH DEVICE).   SECTIONS OF THE NOTICE LIST MEASURING DEVICES FOR 1)
OUST CONTENT. 2) SMOKE DENSITY. AND 31 SULFUR DIOXIDE.  SECTION 4 GIVES CALIBRATION INSTRUCTIONS.
ALSO ATTACHED IS THE NOTICE OF NOV.  7. 1975 CN "APPLICABILITY OF MEASURING DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS
REGISTRATION OF EMISSIONS"  (GEMENISAMES  MINISTERIALBLATT. 36. DEC. 12. 1975. PP 799-600). LISTING
ADDITIONAL DUST AND SMOKE MEASURING DEVICES.  THE  NOTICES ARE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE "APRIL 8,
1975 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE APPLICABILITY  TESTING. THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CONTINUOUSLY
REGISTERING EMISSIONS MEASURING DEVICES."

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GERMANY,FED REP  OF


      LR(B»
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES«
GERMANY*   1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   C3/00/75   PCS  1-9              10*  03322B
•GENERAL         WATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE          RADIATION
GERMANY,FED REP OF

      PMCB)
"AIR  POLLUTION  AND HEALTH."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
                                                                   EPA
                                                            ID*  03788A
                            GERMAN
                                                      04/17/76  PCS
                            A  TEST PROJECT TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER  AIR  POLLUTION AFFECTS  THE HEALTH  OF CHILDREN AND OLDER
                       PEOPLE IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE RUHR  AREA BY THE  DIVISION OF  HYGIENE AND LABOR  MEDICINE AT  THE
                       TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN.   PEOPLE  FROM DISTRICTS OF ThE  CITY OF OBERHAUSEN ARE BEING TESTED.
                       GOVERNMENT REPORTS HAVE INDICATED THAT THE  CITY LIES IN A HEAVILY POLLUTED AREA, WHERE SOME  AIR
                       POLLUTANTS EXCEED RECOMMENDED THRESHOLDS.   THE TESTS ARE TO DETERMINE IF  AIR POLLUTION IS RELATED
                       TO  CHRONIC DAMAGES IN  OLD PEOPLE AND IF  CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS PERHAPS IMPAIRED BY IRRITATING
                       GASES.  THE EXAMINATIONS WILL INCLUDE X-PAYS OF THE  LUNGS AND  NASAL CAVITY AND BLOOD TESTS.  THE
                       BLOOD  WILL BE  ANALYZED FCR TRACES OF HEAVY  METALS SUCH AS LEAD.  CADMIUM AND CARBON MONOXIDE.   A
                       SMALLER GROUP  FROM A LESS POLLUTED RUHR  AREA WILL SERVE AS A CONTROL.
GREAT BRITAIN
      LR(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER  STATES.  UNITED KINGDOM VOLUME.
197S  SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-107            ID*  03325B
ALSO  PMA
•GENERAL        WATER          SOLID WASTE    NOISE          RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS
GREAT BRITAIN
      PM(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL  PROGRAMMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE To...
THE  HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE."   I ENCONTRO NACIONAL  SOBRE A  PROTECAO E  MELHORIA DO  MEIO AMBIENTE, V.
BEDDOE. J. E.                                                     EPA
ENGLISH                  06/00/75   PGS  41-51            ID*  03804A
ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
•WATER          LAND USE       SOLID WASTE   NOISE          RADIATION

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ISRAEL                     "CRITIQUE OF  ISRAEL'S  AIR QUALITY  STANDARDS."   AIR QUALITY SELECTED
                           TOPICS 1974-1975
                           JONES. K. H.                                                      EPA
     PM
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JAPAN
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
    "THE CURRENT STATE AND TRENDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION."  I ENCONTRO
    NACIONAL SOBRE  A PROTECAO  E MELHORIA  DO MEIO  AM8IENTE.  VOL.  1
    SHIOZAWA. KIYOSHIGE                                              EPA
    ENGLISH                   06/00/75   PCS  129-149          ID*   03822A
    ALSO PMB AND PMA
     WATER
                            THIS PAPER.  PRESENTED AT THE  FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AND
                        IMPROVEMENT HELD IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL DURING  JUNE 1975,  REVIEWS THE CURRENT STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
                        POLLUTION IN  JAPAN AND  MEASURES  TAKEN TO COMBAT IT.   AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPROVEMENT AND
                        DETERIORATION  AND NEWLY DEVELOPING  AREAS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN  ARE NOTED  WITH RELATION TO
                        THE  RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF JAPAN.  THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION  IN JAPAN,
                        THE  OBJECTIVES OF THE BASIC LAW  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL,  THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH
                        REGULATIONS AS THE POLLUTER PAYS  PRINCIPLE,  EMISSION  AND WATER QUALITY CONTROLS AND STANDARDS.
                        DEVELOPMENT OF UNLEADED GASOLINE. AND SUPERVISORY AND MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE REVIEWED.   THE
                        PAPER IS SUPPLEMENTED BY SEVERAL  APPENDED FIGURES AND TABLES.  AMONG OTHER THINGS, THESE APPENDIXES
                        LIST THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS,  NUMERICAL VALUES FOR AIR AND  WATER STANDARDS, AND INTERNATIONAL
                        COMPARISONS OF CERTAIN  STANDARDS, EXPENDITURES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC  FACTORS.
LUXEMBURG
      LR(B>
    LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    LUXEMBOURG.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
    J. M.  DIDIER  t  ASSOCIATES                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-63             ID*  03329B
    ALSO PMA
    ^GENERAL        WATER          NOISE          RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS
MEXICO
      LR{ A>
    "AUGUST 18.  1975 AGREEMENT DELINEATING LICENSING PROCEDURES FOR THE  ESTABLISHMENT
    OF  NEW INDUSTRIES OR THE  EXPANSION  OF EXISTING  ONES."   SALUD PUBLICA.  VOL. 17,  NO.5
                                                                       EPA
    SPANISH                  09/00/75  PCS  737-739          ID*   01645K

    THIS AGREEMENT,  PROMULGATED BY THE  MEXICAN SECRETARIAT  OF  HEALTH AND WELFARE PURSUANT TO
ARTICLES SEVEN AND  EIGHT OF THE REGULATION FCR THE  PREVENTION  AND CONTROL OF ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTION CAUSED  BY  SMOKE AND PARTICLE  EMISSIONS. SETS FORTH THE PROCEDURE FOR THOSE  APPLICANTS
WHO WISH TO OBTAIN  A LICENSE  FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT  OR EXPANSION OF ANY  INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY WHICH
CAUSES  EMISSIONS  OF  SMOKE OR  PARTICULATE  MATTER.  THIS AGREEMENT IS PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO
STATIONARY COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT, INCINERATORS, OTTO OR DIESEL  POWERED  INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
AND OTHER PROCESSES  MENTIONED IN ARTICLE  TWO OF THE AGREEMENT.   THE APPLICANT MUST  APPLY TO THE
SUBSECRETARIAT FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE CENTRAL OFFICES IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT
AND THROUGH THE COORDINATED HEALTH SERVICES IN THE  STATES.  CONDITIONS  FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF
APPLICATION. TIME PERIODS, VERIFICATION AND ACTIONS AGAINST FALSIFICATION OF APPLICATION. THE
JURISDICTION OF OTHER INVOLVED AUTHORITIES AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED*

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MEXICO
     PM(B)
    "AUTOMATIC COMPUTERIZED NETWORK  FOR  THE  MONITORING  OF THE AIR IN THE
    VALLEY OF MEXICO."  SALUD PUBLICA  DE MEXICO,  VOL.  17. NO. 5
    MARQUEZ MAYAUDQN, ENRIQUE                                     EPA
    SPANISH                 10/00/75  PCS 669-706         ID*  C3815A
    ALSO ST


    THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE  AIR MONITCRING NETWORK  (RED COMPUTARIZADA AUTOMATICA DE MONITORED
DEL AIRE DEL VALLE DE MEXICO -  RECAMA) BEING INSTALLED  BY THE MEXICAN SUBSECRETAPI AT FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT  IN THE  MEXICO  CITY AREA.   THIS AUTOMATIC NETWORK CONSISTS OF 20 STATIONS
WHICH CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE SULFUR DIOXIDE AS AN INDICATOR OF INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION AND CARBON
MONOXIDE AS AN INDICATOR OF AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION.   FIVE OF THESE STATIONS ALSO MEASURE LEVELS
OF OZONE, NITKOGEN OXIDE.  AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN THE  ATMOSPHERE AS WELL AS SUSPENDED PARTICLES
AND METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES SUCH AS WIND DIRECTION AND SPEEC,  TEMPFRATURE AND HUMIDITY.  THERE
ARE ALSO TWO MOBILE MONITORING  UNITS,  A  TELEMETRY SYSTEM AND A  COMPUTER.  RECAMA'S PERFCRMANCE
SPECIFICATIONS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT ARE ALSO  DESCRIBED.
MEXICO
     PM«B>
    "ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AND  IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN
    MEXICO."  I ENCCNTRO NACIONAL SOBRE  A  PROTECAO E MELHORIA  DO MEIO AMBIENTE. VOL.  1
    MUNGUIA BARCENA. JORGE                                        EPA
    SPANISH                 06/00/75  PCS   31-39          ID*   03821 A
    ALSO PMA
     WATER         SOLID WASTE

    THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL  CONFERENCE ON  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND  IMPROVEMENT
HELD IN BRASILIA. BRAZIL DURING JUNE 1975,  REVIEWS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP AND CURRENT PROGRAMS
TO FIGHT AIR AND WATER POLLUTION. IMPROVE  URBAN  AND  RURAL  AREAS AND PRESERVE THE ECOLOGY IN
MEXICO.  IN THIS REGARD. THE RESPONSIBILITIES  OF GOVERNMENT.  INDUSTRY AND CITIZENS ARF DISCUSSED
INCLUDING:  MEASURES TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL  AIR POLLUTION BY  INSTALLING ANTIPOLLUTION  EQUIPMENT
AND BY THE ADEQUATE LOCATION OF NEW INDUSTRIES;  TECHNICAL, PLANNING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
INDUSTRY; REPORTING ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS MADE TO DATE  AND  MEASURES TO PENALIZE POLLUTERS; ACTIVITIES
CONCERNING THE AIR POLLUTION MONITORING  PROGRAM; THE FEDERAL  AND LOCAL ORGANIZATION OF POLLUTION
CONTROL; THE REGISTERING OF DISCHARGERS  OF  EFFLUENTS; THE  DISPOSAL  AND RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTES;
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM;  AND  RELATED STUDERS.  PLANS  AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
FOB ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

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SWEDEN
     LR(BI
SWEDEN
     PM(BI
    "THE FACTORY  WILL  BE SHUT DOWN IF THE ENVIRONMENT DOES  NOT  IMPROVE  BEFORE
    JULY 1."  SVENSKA  DAGBLADET
                                                                   EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/10/76  PGS  21              ID*   03T74A

    A FOUR-YEAR OLD  PRIVATELY OWNED CLINKER FACTORY WITH A  WORK FORCE OF 35 IN THE VICINITY OF
VANERSBORG HAS BEEN  ORDERED TO SHUT DOWN OPERATION IF ITS FLUE  GAS  IS NOT PURIFIED PROPERLY AND
THE, FACTORY'S CHIMNEY  IS STILL NOT REPAIRED ON JULY 1.  ORDERS  TO LIMIT THE FLUE GAS EMISSIONS TO
250 MILLIGRAMS PER  CUBIC METER GAS WERE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ALREADY IN JANUARY
DUE TO COMPLAINTS FROM THE POPULATION ABCUT -POLLUTION, SMELL OF OIL,  SMOKE AND DUST ORIGINATING
FROM THE PLANT*   IT  THIS ORDER IS NOT ADHERED TO. EACH MEMBER'OF  THE  FACTORY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WILL BE FINED 10,000 SWEDISH KRQNOR, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.


    LESS SULFUR - BETTER ENVIRONMENT.  A REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION ON  MEASURES TO
    COUNTERACT NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SULFUR EMISSIONS
    SWEDEN.  MINISTRY  OF AGRICULTURE                              EPA
    SWEDISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-212           ID»   C3798A
    ALSO SE

    CONSIDERING THE  FACT THAT THE EXTENDED USE OF FOSSIL FUELS  HAS  CAUSED INCREASED POLLUTION FROM
SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITRIC ACID BOTH IN SWEDEN AND IN THE REST OF  EUROPE, THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
DECIDED TO SURVEY THE  NEEDS FOR FURTHER PROVISIONS PRCMPTED BY  THIS SITUATION.  THE RESULTING
REPORT BY AN EXPERT  COMMISSION DEALS WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:   POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE BURNING
OF FOSSIL FUELS; EMISSION OF SULFUR INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IN  SWEDEN AND ABROAD; THE DISTRIBUTION OF
SULFUR POLLUTION; THE  EFFECTS OF ACIDIFICATICN; REDUCTION OF SULFUR EMISSIONS FROM OIL BURNING;
ASPECTS OF ENERGY POLICY RELATED TO THE RELEASE OF SULFUR EMISSIONS;  AND LIMEWASHING OF LAKES,
RIVERS. AND PRECIPITATION AREAS IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT ACIDITY.  THE  COMMISSION RECOMMENDS A
GRADUAL AUGMENTATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WHERE SULFUR IN INDUSTRIAL FUEL OIL WOULD BE LIMITED TO
1.0 AND SULFUR IN DOMESTIC FUEL OIL TO 0.3 PERCENTAGE BY WEIGHT,  A  DECREASE IN SULFUR EMISSIONS
FROM THE PROCESSING  INDUSTRY, AND A REDUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL FUEL  OIL  IN FAVOR OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
SWEDEN
     ST( t
    "AN IMPACTOR TO BE USED  IN CONNECTION WITH THE LIB PROCEDURE  FOR  THE
    DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE  CONCENTRATION IN AMBIENT AIR."   IVL-SWEOISH WATER AND AIR POLL.
    STEEN, BENGT. AND BO  JOHANSSON                                EPA
    ENGLISH                  03/00/76  PGS  1-13            ID*  03765A
                                                                                                                      RES. LAB,
                          A  ONE-STAGE ACCESSORY IMPACTOR HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO BE PLACED  IN FRONT  OF  THE  FILTER IN A
                     LIB SAMPLER FOR THE COLLECTION OF PARTICLES IN AMBIENT AIR.  ITS COLLECTION EFFICIENCY FOR
                     DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES CF METHYLENE BLUE  HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY MEANS OF A LIGHT-SCATTERING
                     PARTICLE COUNTER IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND  THE IMPACTOR.  TESTS IN WHICH THE COLLECTION  PLATE WAS
                     COVERED  WITH GREASE PROVED TO BE LESS EFFICIENT THAN WHEN THE PLATE WAS UNCOVERED.   TESTS USING
                     AEROSOLS NORMALLY PRESENT IN THE LABORATORY INDICATED THAT AGGLOMERATES COULD  BE  DASHED TO PIECES
                     IN  THE  IMPACTOR RESULTING IN A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF SMALL PARTICLES BEHIND  THE IMPACTOR THAN
                     IN  FRONT OF IT.  COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES OF THE  DISINTEGRATION OF PARTICLE AGGLOMERATFS AND THE
                     USE OF DIFFERENT COVER MATERIALS FOR THE COLLECTION PLATE WILL BE NECESSARY BEFORE  USING THE
                     IMPACTOR FOR ROUTINE PURPOSES.

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SWEDEN
     ST|  )
SWEDEN
     ST<  »
    "MEASUREMENT OF OZONE  IN GOTHENBURG ... AND STUDIES OF  CO-VARIATIONS BETWEEN
    OZONE AND OTHER AIR  POLLUTANTS."  IVL-SWEDISH WATER AND AIR  POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    GRENNFELT. PER INGE                                             EPA
    ENGLISH                  01/00/75  PGS  1-34            ID*  03769A

    THIS STUDY REPORTS ON  MEASUREMENTS OF OZCNE PERFORMED  DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1972 TO
AUGUST 1973 IN GOTHENBURG.   INCREASED LEVELS OF OZONE WERE  OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED*  THE HIGHEST
ONE-HOUR MEAN IN 1972 WAS  110 PPB AND IN 1973. 97 PPB.  HIGH OZONE PEAK CONCENTRATIONS AT SAMPLING
STATIONS IN AND AROUND GOTHENBURG COINCIDED IN TIME WITH  INCREASED CONCENTRATIONS OF PARTICLE-BORNE
SULFUR. AND IN MANY INSTANCES ALSO OF SOOT.  PRECIPITATION  OCCURRING AT THE TIME OF INCREASED
OZONE CONCENTRATIONS WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS  OF STRONG ACID.


    "INVESTIGATION OF LONG DISTANCE AIR-BORNE PARTICULATE  MATTER DURING THE DECEMBER
    EPISODE 1972."  IVL  -  SWEDISH WATER AND AIR RESEARCH LABORATORY
    ANDREASSON. KENTH. AKD OTHERS                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  03/00/73  PGS  1-2C            ID*  03770A

    ALTHOUGH THE SOURCE  CF BLACK AIR-BORNE PARTICLES. WHICH ARE  OBSERVED RATHER FREQUENTLY IN
SWEDEN. HAS BEEN TRACED. THEIR COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES HAD  NOT BEEN  DETERMINED PRIOR TO THE
DETAILED INVESTIGATION DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOKLET.  THE PARTICLES WERE COLLECTED AND COUNTED ON THE
WEST COAST.  THE SAMPLES WERE THEN ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TC TOTAL MASS  AS WELL AS TOTAL AND WATER
SOLUBLE SULFATE AND IRON.   LEACH SOLUTIONS OF THE SAMPLES  WERE TITRATED AND THEIR CONCENTRATION
OF ACID DETERMINED.  ONE OF THE LEACH SOLUTIONS WAS ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO MOST RELEVANT IONS.
ON THE BASIS OF THIS ANALYSIS. A SYNTHETIC SOLUTION WAS PREPARED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ACID.  NO
MEASUREABLE AMOUNT CF FREE STRONG ACID WAS FOUND.  THE SOLUTION  CONTAINED ACID. HOWEVER. DUE TO
THE HYDROLYSIS OF  THE IRON (III) AND THE ALUPINUM IONS.  FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF
PARTICLES IN CONNECTION  WITH THE ACIDIFICATION OF LAKES AND SOIL. IT IS PROBABLY NECESSARY TO
DETERMINE THEIR CONTENT  OF FREE STRONG ACID AS WELL AS WATER-SOLUBLE IRON (III) AND ALUMINUM SALTS.
SWEDEN
     ST(  )
    "THE SAMPLING  EFFICIENCY OF TWO TYPES OF INLETS COMMONLY USED  FOR  THE SAMPLING
    OF AEROSOLS  IN AMBIENT AIR."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION  RESEARCH LABORATORY
    STEEN. BENGT.  AND  BO JOHANSSON                               EPA
    ENGLISH                  02/00/75  PGS  1-27           ID*  03775A
    THE SAMPLING EFFICIENCY OF THE INLETS USED IN CONNECTION WITH  THE  LIB PROCEDURE FOR
MEASUREMENTS OF PARTICLE MASS CONCENTRATION AND THE OECD-METHOD FOR SMOKE MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEEN
DETERMINED IN A  WINC TUNNEL FOR DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES AND WIND  SPEEDS.  A  TOP-SPINNING DISC
AEROSOL GENERATOR  HAS  BEEN USED TO PRODUCE A POLYDISPERSE METHYLENE BLUE AEROSOL.  THE
CONCENTRATION OF DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZE CLASSES IN THE AEROSOL HAS BEEN DETERMINED FOR EACH WIND
SPEED BY MEANS OF  OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AFTER SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING ON THREE FILTERS USING THE OECD.
THE LIB. AND AN  ISOKINETIC INLET.   THE SAMPLING EFFICIENCY HAD BEEN CALCULATED ASSUMING THAT THE
TRUE VALUE WAS OBTAINED  BY THE ISOKINETIC SAMPLER.  THE SAMPLING EFFICIENCY OF THE LIB-INLET WAS
FOUND TO BE PRACTICALLY  100 PERCENT FOR ALL WIND SPEEDS UP TO 10 M/S AND PARTICLES WITH EQUIVALENT
AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS  BELOW 10 MICROMETERS.  THE EFFICIENCY OF THE OECD-INLET WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
LOWER THAN 100 PERCENT AND DECREASED WITH INCREASING WIND SPEED AND PARTICLE  SIZE.

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AIR

SWEDEN
     ST<  I
                                                                                                                                     PAGE
    "ACID PARTICULATE AIR  POLLUTANTS  IN SWEDEN."
    POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    BROSSET. CVRIL
    ENGLISH                   02/00/75   PCS  1-39
    ALSO PMB
                                                                              IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR
                                                                                       ID*
                                                                                              EPA
                                                                                            03781 A
                                                                                                                                              13
                            IT  HAS BEEN  ESTABLISHED  THAT MORE  OR LESS ACID AMMONIUM  SULFATE AEROSOLS ARE EPISODICALLY
                       ENTERING THE AIR  OF SWEDEN.   FOR THE MOST PART.  THESE AEROSOLS ARE GENERATED BY EMISSIONS FROM
                       REMOTE  SOURCES AND TRANSPORTED TO SCANDINAVIA UNDER CERTAIN  WEATHER CONDITIONS.  THIS REPORT
                       COVERS  THE FOLLOWING RELATED SUBJECTS:   SOOT AND SULFUR EPISODES; THE  CHEMICAL NATURE OF THE
                       PARTICLE-BORNE,.SULFUR; FORMATION MECHANISMS FOR  BLACK AND  WHITE SULFUR EPISODES; THE INTERACTION
                       OF THE  SULFUR EPISODES WITH  THE LOCAL  POLLUTION:  CHANGE IN THE ACIDITY CONTENT IN  PARTICLES DURING
                       TRANSPORT OVER LAND; SYSTEMATIC MEASUREMENTS OF  THE SULFUR CONCENTRATION IN PARTICLES IN SWEDEN;
                       AND  POSSIBLE DEPOSITION OF ACID AMMONIUM SULFATES IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACTS OF MAN.   IT IS
                       CONCLUDED THAT PARTICULATE POLLUTION.  WHICH ARISES WHEN THE  LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORTED AEROSOLS
                       ARE  MIXED WITH LOCAL EMISSIONS. IS INSUFFICIENTLY INVESTIGATED.  THIS  IS EVEN MORE THE CASE WITH
                       REGARD  TO HEALTH  AND CORROSION EFFECTS  CAUSED BY THE EPISODES IN QUESTION.
SWEDE N
     ST<  )
    •IS HYDROGEN  SULFIDE  A  SUITABLE ODOR INDICATOR FOR RECOVERY FURNACES?"
    IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    GRENNFELT. PER INGE. AND TOMAS LINDVALL                         EPA
    SWEDISH                   12/00/74   PCS  1-12             ID*  03784A

    IN  RECENT SWEDISH EMISSION REGULATIONS FOR HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM RECOVERY FURNACES OR KRAFT
PULP MILLS. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS COMPOUND  IS THE DOMINATING ODORANT IN THE  FLUE GASES  AND
THAT A  CHANGE IN  HYDROGEN SULFIDE CONCENTRATION  ALSO WILL  LEAD TO A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN  ODOR
STRENGTH.  HOWEVER.  DIFFERENT LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS SHOW  THAT THE ODOR THRESHOLD CONCENTRATION
OF PURE HYDROGEN  SULFIDE  MAY VARY MUCH MORE THAN  THAT OF OTHER COMPOUNDS WITH A CORRESPONDING  ODOR
STRENGTH.  IN FLUE GASES  FROM RECOVERY FURNACES  AND LIME KILNS THIS VARIATION IS  STILL MORE
PRONOUNCED.  AT SOME RECOVERY FURNACES HYDROGEN  SULFIDE CAN 8E A SUITABLE ODOR  INDICATOR. BUT  IN
SOME CASES ITS PROGNOSIS  VALUE IS DOUBTFUL.  FOR  THE TIME  BEING IT IS NECESSARY TO INVESTIGATE
THE SPECIFIC RELATION BETWEEN THE FLUE GAS ODOR  AND HYDROGEN  SULFIDE BEFORE A PROGNOSIS CAN  BE
MADE.

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AIR


SWITZERLAND



     PM(B)
    EMISSIONSKATASTER FUER MOTORFAHRZEUGE IN DER SCHWEIZ  (EMISSIONS SURVEY MAPS
    FOR  MOTOR  VEHICLES IN SWITZERLAND)
    SWITZERLAND.   FEDERAL OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                   01/00/76  PGS  1-110          ID*  03824A

    THIS PUBLICATION. SUBTITLED "EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTING SUBSTANCES FROM ROAD  TRAFFIC  -  1970."
 REPRESENTS  WORK CARRIED CUT BY A PRIVATE FIRM UNDER CONTRACT TO THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR
 ENVI-RONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  IT CONTAINS STATISTICAL DATA ON THE QUANTITIES OF EXHAUST  GASES
 EXPELLED 8Y MOTOR VEHICLES IN ROAD TRAFFIC IN SWITZERLAND. DIFFERENTIATED BY LOCATION AND TIME
 PERIOD.   THE DATA FORM A PRELIMINARY STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED
 SURVEY MAP  OF  AIR POLLUTION FROM MOBILE SOURCES.  THE PUBLICATION COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS:
•INTRODUCTION (PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF PROJECT); OCCURRENCE OF TRAFFIC IN MUNICIPAL AGGLOMERATIONS:
 OCCURRENCE  OF  TRAFFIC IN RURAL AREAS (MAJOR RURAL ROADS AND LAND PARCELS); CHARACTERISTICS  OF
 EMISSIONS;  EMISSIONS OF POLLUTANTS AND FUEL CONSUMPTION; AND COMPUTATION OF ERROR.  APPENDIXES
 CONTAIN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. COPY OF THE CONTRACT, EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS, AND six MAPS.  FOUR
 TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENTS. INCLUDING COMPUTER PROGRAMS, ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
WHO
     ST< )
GENERAL


BELGIUM
     LR(B)
     SELECTED METHODS OF MEASURING AIR POLLUTANTS.
     WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
     ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS  I-U2
(WHO OFFSET PUBLICATION NO. 24)
              EPA
       ID*  03783A
                         THIS  MANUAL.  PUBLISHED UNDER THE JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
                      PROGRAMME AND  THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). WAS PREPARED AS PART OF WHO'S AIR POLLUTION
                      MONITORING PROGRAM INITIATED IN LATE 1967.  IT IS INTENDED TO BE USEFUL TO LABORATORY WORKERS ALL
                      OVER THE  WORLD*   THE MANUAL CONSIDERS THE MOST WIDELY USED METHODS FOR ROUTINE MEASUREMENT OF
                      PARTICULATE MATTER.  SULFUR DIOXIDE,  CARBON MONOXIDE. OXIDES OF NITROGEN. AND OXIDANTS.  ONE
                      COMPARISON METHOD IS DESCRIBED FOR EACH.   THE APPLICATION OF SOME OF THESE METHODS TO SPECIAL
                      TYPES  OF  WORK  IS  ALSO DISCUSSED.  FINALLY. THERE ISA GUIDE FOR PROCESSING AND REPORTING AIR
                      POLLUTION DATA.   NUMEROUS FIGURES AND CHARTS SUPPLEMENT THE TEXT.
     LAW AND  PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
     BELGIUM.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
     J.  M.  DIDIER C. ASSOCIATES                                    EPA
     ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-91           ID*  03323B
     ALSO PMA
      AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   NOISE

     PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
 THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON BELGIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND PRACTICES PUBLISHED IN 1974 BY
 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED. LONDON (SEE ID 03323A).  AFFECTED ARE SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
 REPORT  COVERING:  PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; INLAND WATERS? MARINE
 POLLUTION; DEPOSIT OF WASTES ON LAND; NOISE AND VIBRATION; AND PRODUCT CONTROL.  IN NOTING
 CHANGES AND-DEVELOPMENTS, THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS DIRECTLY TO SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE
 ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.

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GENERAL

BRAZIL
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                              1 5
    PRIMER ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A  PROTECAO E  MELHORIA DO ME Id AMBIENTE. VOL.
    (FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AND IMPROVEMENT. VOL.
    BRAZIL*  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT              EPA
    ENGLISH*                  06/00/75   PCS  3-153           ID*  03811A
    ALSO PMB. SE  AND PMA/*ALSO SPANIS
                                                                                                                I I
                           THIS* THE FIRST VOLUME  OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF  THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
                       PROTECTION AND  IMPROVEMENT. CONTAINS  THE PAPERS DELIVERED  BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED
                       STATES.  GREAT BRITAIN. MEXICO. JAPAN.  CANADA. WHO.  AND THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  QN THE STATE  OF
                       ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CRITERIA IN THEIR
                       RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES OR ORGANIZATIONS.   SERVING AS  AN INTRODUCTION TO  THE SECOND VOLUME OF  THE
                       CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. WHICH CONTAINS  THE PAPERS ON BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (SEE  ID
                       NO. 03811B). THE FIRST VOLUME IS TO SERVE AS A REFERENCE TCOL OFFERING GUIDELINES. COMPARISONS
                       ANO RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH CAN BE TAKEN  INTO CONSIDERATION  IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS IN
                       BRAZIL.   (THE PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME REPORTING ON  GREAT BRITAIN. MEXICO. JAPAN. AND THE EUROPEAN
                       COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALLY ABSTRACTED AND APPEAR UNDER THE APPROPRIATE COUNTRY HEADINGS.I
BRAZIL
     PM(B»
    PRIMER ENCONTRO NACICNAL SOBRE A  PROTECAO E  MELHCRIA  DO MEIO AMBIENTE. VOL.  II
    (FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AND IMPROVEMENT. VOL.  lit
    BRAZIL.  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT              EPA
    PORTUGUESE                06/00/75   PCS  159-399         ID*  0391IB
    ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
     WATER          AIR            SOLID WASTE   LAND USE

    VOLUME II OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST BRAZILIAN CONFERENCE ON  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
IMPROVEMENT CONTAINS PAPERS  BY BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS  DISCUSSING  ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN
BRAZIL  AND THE MEASURES CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OR SUGGESTED TO  REMEDY THEM.   (VOLUME  ONE. WHICH
COMPILES PAPERS DELIVERED  BY FOREIGN  PARTICIPANTS. APPEARS  AS ID NO. 03811AI.  THE  INDIVIDUAL
PROBLEMS OF WATER.  AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION IN CERTAIN ROPULATED AREAS OF  BRAZIL ARE  DISCUSSED AS
WELL AS GENERAL BRAZILIAN  PROBLEMS INVOLVING SOLID WASTE.  LAND USE. DEVELOPMENT  PLANNING.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND  THE FUTURE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL
NEEDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   LAWS. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ON  THE INTERNATIONAL.  NATIONAL.
STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS ARE DESCRIBED;  THESE REFLECT BRAZIL'S APPROACH  TO THE PRCBLEM OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS  A FEDERAL  REPUBLIC IN  WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  IS PRIMARILY THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF  STATE ORGANIZATIONS  AS COORDINATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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GENERAL


DENMARK
     LR(B)
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     LR(B)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN  THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    DENMARK.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
    JENSEN. CLAUS HAGEN                                           EPA
    ENGLISH                  11/OO/75  PGS   1-40            ID*  03327B
    ALSO PMA
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION      TOXIC  SUBS

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES!  THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT CN  ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND  PRACTICES  IN DENMARK PREPARED IN 1974 BY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED. LONDON  (SEE  ID  03327A).   AFFECTED  ARE  SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
REPORT COVERING:  AUTHORITIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL: AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION OF INLAND WATERS:
MARINE POLLUTION; DEPOSIT OF WASTES ON LAND:  RADIATION; AND PRODUCT CONTROL.   IN NOTING CHANGES
AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS  DIRECTLY TO SECTIONS  AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE 1974
DOCUMENT.


    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN  THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    COMPARATIVE VOLUME.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS   1-44            ID*  03321B
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   NOISE          RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES.  THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT COMPARING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS  AND  PRACTICES IN  THE MEMBER STATES OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES PUBLISHED IN 1974 BY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED. LONCON (SEE ID 03321A).
COMPARISONS ARE BASED ON LEGISLATIVE  AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENTS  AS DESCRIBED IN THE 1975
SUPPLEMENTS TO VOLUMES ON BELGIUM (0332361. DENMARK (03327B). FRANCE  (03330B). THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (03322BI. IRELAND (033288),  ITALY  (03324BI,  LUXEMBOURG (03329B), THE
NETHERLANDS (03326BK AND THE UNITED  KINGDOM  (033258).  AFFECTED ARE  SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
COMPARATIVE REPORT COVERING: MEMBER STATES' AUTHORITIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION;
INLAND WATERS; COASTAL WATERS; MARINE POLLUTION:  DEPOSIT OF WASTES ON LAND; NOISE:  RADIATION;
AND PRODUCT CONTROL.  IN NOTING CHANGES  AND DEVELOPMENTS.  THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS DIRECTLY TO
SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE 1974 DOCUMENT.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     PM(B)
    "IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL  HEALTH POLICY  IN  THE  EUROPEAN
    COMMUNITIES."  I ENCCNTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA  DO  MEIO  AMBIENTE.  VOL*  1
    SMEETS. J.                                                    EPA
    ENGLISH                 06/00/75  PGS   19-30           ID*  03920A
    ALSO SE
     AIR           WATER         NOISE


    THIS PAPER, PRESENTED AT THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE  ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
IMPROVEMENT HELD IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL DURING JUNE  1975. REVIEWS THE  ACTIVITIES  OF  THE  EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES IN IMPLEMENTING AND ADMINISTERING ITS  NOVEMBER  22, 1973 ACTION  PROGRAM  ON THE
ENVIRONMENT.  AN INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  IS  GIVEN AS WELL AS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION LEADING UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACTION PROGRAM ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE PROGRAM REQUIRES HARMONIZATION OF LEGISLATION  AND OF  MEASURES TO BE TAKEN  BY  THE  NINE  MEMBER
COUNTRIES AND LAYS DOWN REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBER CONTACT WITH  NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL
AGENCIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.  CURRENT ACTIONS  AND PROPOSALS FOR  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE
PROGRAM ARE DESCRIBED. INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. ADOPTION OF THE POLLUTER  PAYS
PRINCIPLE. JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE SETTING OF STANDARDS
FOR AIR, WATER. AND SPECIFIED POLLUTANTS.

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GENERAL

FRANCE
     LR(B)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    FRANCE.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS   1-37            ID*  03330B
    ALSO PMA
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   NOISE          RADIATION

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES.  THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND  PRACTICES PUBLISHED IN 1974 BY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED, LONDON  (SEE  ID  0333OA).   AFFECTED ARE SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
REPORT COVERING:  GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES  AND POLLUTION CCNTROL; AIR POLLUTION; INLAND WATERS AND
WATERS,USED FOR WATER SUPPLY; DEPOSIT OF WASTES  ON  LAND; NOISE AND VIBRATION; AND NUCLEAR ENERGY.
IN NOTING CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS, THE  SUPPLEMENT  REFERS  DIRECTLY TO SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS
IN THE 197* DOCUMENT.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(B>
                         LAW  AND PRACTICE  RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL
                         GERMANY.   1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                         IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
                         ENGLISH
                          A IR
                                         WATER
                            00/00/75   PGS   1-9
                                 SOLID WASTE    NOISE
       EPA
ID*  033228
   RADIATION
                         PREPARED FOR THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
                     THE COMPREHENSIVE  REPORT  CN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND PRACTICES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
                     PREPARED  IN 1974 BY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED, LONDON (SEE ID 03322A).  AFFECTED ARE
                     SECTIONS  OF THE ORIGINAL  REPORT  DEALING WITH:   AUTHORITIES AD POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION;
                     INLAND WATERS; MARINE  POLLUTION; DEPOSIT OF WASTES ON LAND; NOISE POLLUTION; AND RADIATION.
                     IN NOTING CHANGES  AND  DEVELOPMENTS,  THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS DIRECTLY TO SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS IN
                     THE 1974  DOCUMENT.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(Bt
    FIFTH REPORT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  ON  RESEARCH
    GERMANY,FED REP OF. MINISTRY FOR RESEARCH  AND  TECHNOLOGY      EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS   1-4C            ID*   03782A

    THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TC SHCW HOW  RESEARCH POLICY,  AS  PART OF TOTAL GOVERNMENT
POLICY, CAN HELP SOLVE CURRENT AND FUTURE SOCIAL PROBLEMS.  SECTION  2 OF PART  3 ("PRIORITIES OF
RESEARCH PROMOTION") CONTAINS A DISCUSSION  OF  RESEARCH  OBJECTIVES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND
ENGINEERING.  SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE DISCUSSION DEAL WITH  PLANS  IN THE AREAS OF:   NATURE AND THE
COUNTRYSIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL; AIR AND NOISE;  WATER;  ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT; AND PHYSICAL
PLANNING AND URBAN DEVELCPMENT.  PARTS i AND a OF  THE PUBLICATION TREAT GENERAL RESEARCH AIMS
IN ALL AREAS, INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR AND  COOPERATION IN THE
PROMOTION OF RESERACH BY GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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GENERAL
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     SE( I
    "INDUSTRY DOES RESEARCH  FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."  SUEDDEUTSCHE
    ZEITUNG
    SCHNEIDER* CHRISTIAN                                          EPA
    GERMAN                   OS/17/76   PGS  20             ID*  03789A

    THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  IN THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC OF GERMANY SPENT ABOUT  TWO  BILLION MARKS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  IN  1974 COMPARED TO ONLY 300 MILLION MARKS IN  1964,  ACCORDING TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF  THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SPEAKING AT THE ORGANIZATION'S THIRD
ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM  IN  MUNICH.   ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF THE INDUSTRY'S RESEARCH BUDGET  IS SPENT
SEEKING ENVIRONMENTALLY NEUTRAL  PRODUCTS  AND PRODUCTION PROCEDURES.  THE  PRESIDENT  ADVOCATED TAX
ADVANTAGES FOR INVESTMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND FAVORED ENVIRONMENTAL  MEASURES TAKEN
UNIFORMLY AT THE EUROPEAN  LEVEL  TO PREVENT INEQUITIES IN INTERNATIONAL  COMPETITION.   AT THE SAME
FORUM. THE BAVARIAN  MINISTER FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS STATED THAT BAVARIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ATTEMPTS TO ACHIEVE  STEADY PROGRESS WITHIN THE REALM OF  ECONOMICALLY
REALIZABLE GOALS.  HE NOTED  THAT STRICT GERMAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AFFORD  GERMAN  INDUSTRY AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE MARKETS  BY DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES.
GREAT BRITAIN
     LR(B>
    ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION  OF  E.E.C.  MEMBER STATES.  UNITED KINGDOM VOLUME.
    J97S SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PGS  1-107          ID*  03325B
    ALSO PMA
     AIR           MATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE         RADIATION     TOXIC  SUBS

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, THIS DOCUMENT IS THE  1975  UPDATE  OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT  ON  ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND PRACTICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PUBLISHED  IN
1974 BY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED.  LCNDON (SEE ID 0332SA).  AFFECTED ARE  SECTIONS OF  THE
ORIGINAL REPORT DEALING WITH:  AUTHORITIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION  OF
INLAND HATERS; POLLUTION  OF  COASTAL WATERS;  MARINE POLLUTION; DEPOSIT OF WASTES ON LAND:  NOISE
POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY: AND PRODUCT CCNTROL.  ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974  ARE COVERED  IN SOME DETAIL.  APPENDED ARE GUIDELINES PRESENTING THE
"BEST PRACTICABLE MEANS"  FOR THE  CONTROL  OF POLLUTION FROM:  PVC POLYMER PLANTS; LEAD WORKS;
ELECTRICITY WORKS; SYNTHETIC NITRIC ACID  PLANTS; CRUDE OIL REFINERIES; CHINA CLAY PLANTS: AND
DI-ISOCYANATE WORKS.  IN  NOTING CHANGES  AND DEVELOPMENTS. THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS DIRECTLY  TO
SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE 1974 DOCUMENT.

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IRELAND

     LR(B>
ITALY
     LR(B)
    ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION OF E.E.C. MEMBER STATES*  EIRE*  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS  1-9            ID*  03328B
    ALSO PMA
     WATER         NOISE         PESTICIDES

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1975 UPDATE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND PRACTICES PREPARED IN 197A BY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED, LONDON (SEE ID 03328A).  AFFECTED ARE SECTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL
REPORT COVERING:  IRELAND'S AUTHORITIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLLUTION OF INLAND MATERS;
POLLUTION BY NOISE AND VIBRATION; AND POLLUTION BY PRODUCTS SUCH AS WEEDKILLERS AND DETERGENTS*
IN NOTING CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS, THE SUPPLEMENT REFERS DIRECTLY TO SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS IN
THE 1974 DOCUMENT.


    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
    ITALY.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS  1-22           ID*  03324B
     AIR           WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 1575 UPDATE OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND PRACTICES IN ITALY PUBLISHED IN 1974 BY
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED. LONDON 
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GENERAL

NETHERLANDS


     LRIB)
    LAM AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO  POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
    NETHERLANDS. -1975  SUPPLEMENT
    LANGELAARi K.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PCS  1-132          ID*  03326B
    ALSO PMA
     AIR           WATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE

    PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, THIS REPORT  UPDATES TO OCTOBER 31.
1975 THE COMPREHENSIVE  REPORT  ON  ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND PRACTICES IN THE NETHERLANDS PREPARED IN
197* 8V ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LIMITED.  LONDON 
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GENERAL


SCANDINAVIA


     LR(B»
SWEDEN
     ST<  )
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  AGREEMENT  TO  BE VALIDATED SHORTLY."  HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH                 05/16/76   PCS  16             ID*  03806A
     AIR           MATER          NOISE         SOLID WASTE

    DENMARK. NORWAY, SWEDEN. AND  FINLAND HAVE NOW  RATIFIED THE NORDIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONVENTION.
WHICH STIPULATES THAT AN  EXAMINING  AUTHORITY. BEFORE GRANTING A PERMIT FOR AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITY MUST CONSIDER  POSSIBLE NUISANCE NOT ONLY IN ITS OWN COUNTRY BUT ALSO IN A
NEIGHBORING NORDIC NATION.  A  CITIZEN  OF ONE NORDIC NATION MILL ALSO BE ABLE TC PROTECT HIMSELF
AGAINST SUCH ACTIVITIES  IN ANOTHER  NORDIC NATION.   THE CONVENTION CONCERNS:  DISCHARGE OF
LIQUID OR SOLID WASTE, GAS OR  OTHER SUBSTANCE FROM SOIL OR FACILITIES INTO WATERCOURSES, LAKES. OR
SEAS; WATER AND AIR POLLUTION; NOISE:  VIBRATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; IONIZED RADIATION; AND LIGHT.
THE CONVENTION IS ALSO IN EFFECT  ON THE  PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES* CONTINENTAL SHELF AREAS.  EACH
COUNTRY WILL APPOINT A CONTROLLING  AUTHORITY WHOSE TASK IT IS TO GUARD AGAINST DISTURBANCE FROM
ENVIRONMENTALLY DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.  ICELAND DID NOT TAKE PART IN
THE CONVENTION.


    "SLIME CONTROL AGENTS IN SWEDISH PAPER  INDUSTRY."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR
    POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    LANDNER. LARS. AND OTHERS                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                 02/00/76   PCS  1-81            ID*  03810A
    ALSO PMB

    THIS MONOGRAPH DESCRIBES THE  HEALTH  HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS CAUSED BY SLIME CONTROL
AGENTS AND IDENTIFIES INFORMATION GAPS IN THIS FIELD.  IT ALSO CONTAINS AN INVENTORY OF SCIENTIFIC
DOCUMENTATION.  CHAPTERS  COVER THE  FOLLOWING:  RANGE CF APPLICATION. DOSAGE AND MANNER OF ACTION;
SLIME CONTROL AGENTS; UTILIZED PRODUCTS  AND CONSUMPTION; ACTIVE COMPONENTS. AUXILIARY CHEMICALS.
SOLVENTS. AND POLLUTANTS; DEGREE  OF DEGRADATION AND PRODUCTS OF DEGRADATION; DOCUMENTATION OF
HEALTH HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL  EFFECTS; PRESENT  LEGISLATION. ORDINANCE OR RECCMMENDATION; A
SUMMARY OF VIEWPOINTS: GAPS IN INFORMATION  AND 'NEED FOR RESEARCH.  REFERENCES AND A LIST OF SLIME
CONTROL AGENTS ARE ALSO  INCLUDED.
LAND USE

BRAZIL



     PMIBI
    PRIMER ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO  E  MELHQRIA  DO MEIO AMBIENTE. VOL. II
    (FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL' PROTECT ION  AND  IMPROVEMENT. VOL. II)
    BRAZIL.  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT              EPA
    PORTUGUESE              06/00/75  PCS   159-399         ID*  038118
    ALSO LRB. PMA AND SE
    •GENERAL       WATER         AIR            SOLID  WASTE

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                                                                                                                                      22
LAND USE

FRANCE


     PMCBJ
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     t-R(B)
    "LITTORAL CONSERVANCY  TO PURCHASE COAST SITES FOR THEIR  PROTECTION."
    LE FIGARO
    LONGIN. GILLES                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                   06/02/76  PCS  12              ID*   03793A

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE LITTORAL CONSERVANCY AS  ESTABLISHED BY THE JULY 10.
1976 LAW AND THE DECEMBER  11, 1975 DECREE.  THE CREATION OF  THE CONSERVANCY MARKS AN ATTEMPT BY
THE FRENCH GOVERNMEWNT  TO  PREVENT THE DEGRADATION OF THE FRENCH SHORELINE THROUGH THE PUBLIC
PURCHASE OF BOTH SEASHORE  AND LAKESIDE PROPERTY.  THE INNOVATIVE  CHARACTER OF THE CONSERVANCY
RESTS ON THE LEGISLATIVE PROVISION WHICH STIPULATES THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVANCY-PURCHASED
LANDS BE. CARRIED OUT  BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WITH THE ULTIMATE  OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING LITTORAL
AREAS FROM ANY  INJUDICIOUS USE WITH RESPECT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE ARTICLE FURTHER REPORTS ON
THE ELECTION OF ROBERT  POUJADE, THE FIRST FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL  MINISTER, AS PRESIDENT OF THE
CONSERVANCY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL*  THE COUNCIL CONVENED  FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MAY 31 IN
ROCHEFORT-SUR-MER  (CHARENTE-MARITIME». WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS OF  THE ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED*


    •NATURE PROTECTION  IS  EXPANDED."  SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
                                                                   EPA
    GERMAN                   06/04/76  PCS  1               ID*   03796A

    A NEW FEDERAL  NATURE PROTECTION LAW HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE  FEDERAL  DIET OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO  REPLACE THE EXISTING 1935 LAW*  THE LAW  ESTABLISHES FEDERALLY UNIFORM
FRAMEWORK PROVISIONS  TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY LAWS OF THE FEDERAL  STATES.   THE GOAL OF THE LAW IS TO
ENSURE PROTECTION  OF  ALL NATURE FROM THE HARMFUL INFLUENCES  OF  TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS THE
PREVIOUS LAW HAD SPECIFIED PROTECTION OF PARTICULARLY VALUABLE  ELEMENTS OF NATURE.  AMONG OTHER
THINGS. THE NEW LAW PROVIDES THAT LANDSCAPE PLANNING BE MORE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH LAND
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.   FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO  GRAVEL PITS AND OPEN-PIT
MINING HAVE BEEN INCREASED IN STRINGENCY AND THE PROVISIONS  FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATURE
PROTECTION AREAS HAVE BEEN MADE MORE EXACT.
GREAT  BRITAIN
      PM(BI
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  PROGRAMMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE  TO...
    THE HYDROLOGICAL  CYCLE."  I  ENCONTRO NAC IONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E  MELHORIA  DO  MEIO AMBIENTE. V.
    BEDDOE, J. E.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  06/00/75  PGS  41-51          ID*  03604A
    ALSO LRB, PMA AND SE
    *WATEH          AIR           SOLID WASTE   NOISE         RADIATION

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NOISE

BELGIUM
      LR(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               23
LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
BELGIUM.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
J.  M. OIDIER  & ASSOCIATES                                       EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-91             ID*  033238
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
      LR(B)
LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
COMPARATIVE  VOLUME.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-44             ID*  03321B
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID WASTE   RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS
EURCPEAN COMMUNITIES
      PM(B>
"IMPLEMENTATION OF AN  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  POLICY  IN  THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES."   I ENCONTRO NACIONAL  SOBRE A  PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO  MEIO AMBIFNTE, VOL.  1
SHEETS. J.                                                        EPA
ENGLISH                   06/00/75  ( PGS  19-30            ID*  03920A
ALSO SE
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER
FRANCE
      LR(B»
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
FRANCE.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
        ' '     '     '                                               EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PGS  1-37             ID*  03330B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID WASTE    RADIATION
GERMANV.FED REP  OF
     LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
GERMANY.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-9              ID*  03322B
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE   RADIATION

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NOISE

GREAT BRITAIN


     LR(B»
                                                                                                                                 PAGE
                                                                                                                                         24
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION  OF  E.E.C. MEMBER STATES.   UNITED KINGDOM  VOLUME.
1975 SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-107           ID*  03325B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID  WASTE   RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS
GREAT BRITAIN
     PM(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES  IN  THE UNITED KINGDOM  WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO...
THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE,"   I ENCONTRO NACIONAL  SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO MEIO AMBIENTE.  V.  1
BEODOE, J.  E.                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                  06/00/75  PCS  41-51           ID*  03804A
ALSO LRB.  PMA  AND SE
•WATER          AIR            LAND USE      SOLID WASTE   RADIATION
IRELAND

     LRIBI
ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF  E.E.C.  MEMBER STATES.   EIRE.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-9             ID*  033288
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        WATER          PESTICIDES
LUXEMBURG
     LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING To  POLLUTION CONTROL  IN  THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
LUXEMBOURG.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
J. M.  DIDIER t ASSOCIATES                                      EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-63            ID*  03329B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER         RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS
NETHERLANDS
     LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO  POLLUTION CCNTROL  IN  THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
NETHERLANDS.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
LANGELAAR,  K.                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-132           ID*  03326B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID WASTE

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                                                                                                                                     PAGE
NOISE

NORWAY

     LR( B)
NORWAY

      PM(B)
    "NOISE REGULATIONS IN  OSLO WILL BECOME NATIONAL STANDARDS."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                 05/18/76   PCS  1.  18            ID*   03803A

    THE BUREAU  OF  HEALTH HAS RELEASED  A  DRAFT  FOR  NATIONAL  NCISE STANDARDS BASED ON  THE
REGULATIONS ALREADY IN EFFECT SINCE THE  FALL OF  1975 IN THE  CITY OF OSLO.   IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT
THE STANDARDS BECOME EFFECTIVE AS OF JUNE It 1977.  ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  ONLY  NOISE
ORIGINATING FROM  CHURCH CELLS AND WARNING SYSTEMS  WILL BE  EXEMPT FROM THE  RULES.   IT IS POINTED
OUT. HOWEVER. THAT INDUSTRIAL NOISE IS ALREADY COVERED BY  THE  SMOKE CONTROL COUNCIL'S REGULATIONS
CONCERNING AI3  POLLUTION.


    "PLAN FOR REDUCTION CF NOISE IN OSLO READY AT  NEW YEAR."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                 05/13/76   PCS  12               ID*   03813A

    A  FINAL REPORT CONTAINING SUGGESTIONS ON HO* TO CONTROL  TRAFFIC NOISE  IN OSLO  IS EXPECTED  TO
BE PUBLISHED AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR.  ITS PURPOSE  IS TO PRESENT POSSIBILITIES AND COSTS INVOLVED
IN REDUCING THE NOISE LEVEL FOR ABOUT  43.COO OF  THE CITY'S  RESIDENTS.   INSULATION  OF WINDOWS.
REORGANIZATION  OF  TRAFFIC  PATTERNS, AND  INSTALLATION CF NOISE-RESTRICTING  WALLS AND  SCREENS WILL
BE SUGGESTED MEANS. ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE  WHICH HAS STUDIED THIS PROBLEM.
IT IS  POINTED OUT  THAT APPROXIMATELY 4.0CC PEOPLE  LIVE IN  2.000 APARTMENTS WHERE THF NOISE LEVEL
EXCEEDS 75 DECIBELS . 15.000 PEOPLE LIVE IN AREAS KITH  A  NOISE LEVEL BETWEEN 70-75 DECIBELS (A),
AND 23.000 TO 24.000 LIVE  IN AREAS WHERE THE NOISE  LEVEL IS  65-70 DECIBELS (A).  COST ESTIMATES
FOR THE SUGGESTED  MEASURES WERE NOT RELEASED.  BUT  IT IS HOPED  THAT THEY WILL BE FINANCED THROUGH
FUNDS  ALLOCATED FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND  THE CITY OF OSLO.
SCANDINAVIA

     LR(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGREEMENT  TO BE VALIDATED SHCPTLY."  HUFVUDSTADSELADET
                                                                       EPA
    SWEDISH                   05/16/76  PGS  15               1C*   C3806A
    ^GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE
SWITZERLAND

     PM
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PESTICIDES

IRELAND

     LR(B)
                                                                                                                                   PAGE
                                                                                                                                            26
    ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER STATES.  EIRE.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                      EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PCS  1-9              ID*   03328B
    ALSO PMA
    •GENERAL        MATER         NOISE
WHO
      ST<  »
RADIATION

DENMARK


      LR(B)
    SAFETY  EVALUATION  OF CHEMICALS  IN FOOD:  TOXICOLOGICAL DATA  PROFILES FOR
    PESTICIDES.  CARBAMATE AND ORGANOPHOSPHORUS  INSECTICIDES USED IN AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC  HEALTH
    VETTORAZZI . G. .  AND P. MILES-VETTORAZZI                        EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PCS  1-61            ID*  03766A
    ALSO  PMB
     TOXIC  SUBS

    THIS  PUBLICATION PRESENTS A SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF AVAILABLE SOURCES  OF DATA ON
PESTICIDE TOXICITY,  INTENDED TO BE  OF VALUE TO INDIVIDUALS GR  GROUPS INVOLVED  IN TOXICOLOGICAL
EVALUATION  OF PESTICIDES.  THE WORK CONTAINS A NUMBERED LIST OF  OVER 1000 TITLES ("REFERENCES.-
PP 13-61>.   THESE  NUMBERS ARE CODED TO TABLE u  WHICH INDEXES  THE REFERENCES BY COMPOUND AND
SUBJECT.  TABLE 2  GIVES FIGURES FOR RECOMMENDED  ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES OF THE PESTICIDES
CONTAINED IN TABLE  1.   A NINE-PAGE  INTRODUCTION  EXPLAINS:  1)  THE BACKGROUND AND WORK OF THE FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AND  WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GROUPS WORKING WITH  PESTICIDE RESIDUES.
21 THE PROCESS BY  WHICH TOXICITY  IS ASSESSED* AND  3)  THE WAY IN  WHICH SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IS
USED TO  ARRIVE AT  DECISIONS.  THE PUBLICATION IS NO.  3 IN THE  PROGRESS IN STANDARDIZATION SERIES.
    LAW  AND PRACTICE  RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
    DENMARK.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
    JENSEN. CLAUS HAGEN                                             EPA
    ENGLISH                  11/00/75   PGS  1-40            ID*  03327B
    ALSO PMA
    •GENERAL        AIR            WATER         SOLID WASTE   TOXIC  SUBS

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                                                                                                                                              27
RADIATION

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES


     LRCB)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    COMPARATIVE  VOLUME.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-44             ID*  033218
                           •GENERAL
                                            AIR
                                                           WATER
                                                                           SOLID WASTE
                                                                                          NOISE
                                                                                                         TOXIC  SUBS
FRANCE
     LR
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                                                                                                                                                26
RADIATION

GREAT  BRITAIN


     LR(B>
    ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER  STATES.   UNITED KINGDOM VOLUME.
    1975  SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                        EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-1C7           ID*  03325B
    ALSO  PMA
    *GENEHAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE   NOISE           TOXIC SUBS
GREAT  BRITAIN

     LR( A)
    CODE OF PRACTICE FOR  THE CARRIAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS BY  ROAD
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-86             ID*  03S09A

    THIS CODE OF  PRACTICE SETS FORTH  THE MINIMUM PRECAUTIONS AND CONTROL MEASURES TO BE  APPLIED  TO
AVOID  INJURY TO HEALTH FROM IONIZING  RADIATIONS  IN THE  TRANSPORT OF  RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS BY ROAD
IN GREAT BRITAIN*   GENERALLY CONFORMING TO INTERNATIONAL  STANDARDS.  THIS CODE  CONSIDERS  SHIPMENTS
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL  IN FOUR CLASSES:  II UNLABELLED EXEMPT PACKAGES WITH  SMALL. HARMLESS
QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL:  2» ROUTINE WHITE AND  YELLOW LABELLED PACKAGES CONTAINING LOW
SPECIFIC ACTIVITY MATERIAL FOR WHICH  MINIMUM PRECAUTIONS  MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL: 3»  CERTAIN MATERIALS OF LOW SPECIFIC RADIOACTIVITY AND  LOW LEVEL SOLID
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WHICH MUST BE  SHIPPED ALONE AS ONE  LOAD; AND 41 SPECIALLY APPROVED SHIPMENTS
CONTAINING MORE DANGEROUS MATERIALS  REQUIRING APPROVAL  BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AND/OR  COMPETENT FOREIGN  AUTHORITIES.  THE  DUTIES OF CONSIGNORS.  CARRIERS. DRIVERS AND
ANYONE ELSE DEALING WITH  THE TRANSPORT OF SUCH MATERIALS  BY ROAD ARE DELINEATED.
GREAT BRITAIN
      PM(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN THE  UNITED KINGDOM WITH  SPECIAL  REFERENCE TO.•.
    THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE."  I ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO  E  MELHORIA  DO MEIO AMBIENTE. V.
    BEDDOE. J.  E.                                                      EPA
    ENGLISH                   06/00/75   PGS  41-51            ID*  03804A
    ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
    •WATER          AIR            LAND USE       SOLID WASTE   NOISE
 ITALY
      LR(B|
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    ITALY.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-22             ID*  03324B
    *GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE

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                                                                                                                                              29
RADIATION

LUXEMBURG


      LRCB)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CCNTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
    LUXEMBOURG*   1975 SUPPLEMENT
    J.  M. OIOIER  t  ASSOCIATES                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-63            ID*   03329B
    ALSO PMA
    •GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE         TOXIC SUBS
SWITZERLAND

      LRCB)
SOLID  WASTE

BELGIUM


     LR(B>
    •REDUCTION OF  RADIATION  PROTECTION  THRESHOLDS."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    07/01/76  PGS  24              1C*   03791A

    SWITZERLAND'S  FEDERAL COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A NEW RADIATION  PROTECTION  ORDINANCE  TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1.  1976. WHICH CONFORMS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE  INTERNATIONAL  COMMISSION
FOR RADIATION PROTECTION*   IT REPLACES  AN ORDINANCE FROM 1963.   THE NEW ORDINANCE CONTAINS THE
FOLLOWING NEW PROVISIONS:   II EXPOSURE  THRESHOLDS  APE SET FOR  PERSONS NOT OCCUPATIONALLY
INVOLVED WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. 2)  PERSCNS UNDER 16 YEARS  OLD MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED IN
FACILITIES IN WHICH  THEY COULD 8E EXPOSED TO RADIATION. 3)  THE  EXPOSURE LEVEL OF OCCUPATIONALLY
EXPOSED  PERSONS  IS TO BE REPORTED YEARLY TO THE FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICE. 4» THE FEDERAL INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT IS TO ISSUE UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR X-RAYING. 5».THE MAXIMUM LEVELS OF DISCHARGE FOR
GASEOUS  AND LIQUID RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES FROM FACILITIES HAVE  BEEN SET 10 TIMES LOWER THAN THE
PREVIOUS LEVEL.  AND  6) RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO NINE INSTEAD OF  THE PREVIOUS
FOUR POISONOUS CLASSES.
    LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
    BELGIUM.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
    J. M.  DIDIER  &  ASSOCIATES                                        EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-91            ID*   03323B
    ALSO PMA
    ^GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE

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                                                                                                                                               30
SOLID  WASTE

BRAZIL


     PMC 8)
PRIMER  ENCONTRO  NACICNAL  SOBRE A PROTECAQ E  MELHORIA DO  MEIO AMBIENTE, VOL.  II
(FIRST  NATIONAL  CONFERENCE  ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT. VOL.  II)
BRAZIL.   SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT              EPA
PORTUGUESE               06/00/73  PGS  159-399          ID*  038118
ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
^GENERAL        MATER          AIR            LAND USE
DENMARK
     LR(BI
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
DENMARK.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
JENSEN. CLAUS HAGEN                                              EPA
ENGLISH                   11/00/75  PCS  1-40            ID*  03327B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER          RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
      LRCBI
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
COMPARATIVE VOLUME.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-44            ID*   03321 B
^GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE         RADIATION      TOXIC  SUBS
FRANCE
      LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
FRANCE.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-37            ID*   03330B
ALSO PMA
*GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE         RADIATION
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
GERMANY.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-9             ID*   03322B
*GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE         RADIATION

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                                                                                                                                    31
SOLID HASTE

GREAT BRITAIN


     LR
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SOUID WASTE

GREAT BRITAIN            "ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES  IN THE UNITED KINGDOM  WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO...
                         THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE."   I ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO ME IO AMBIENTE. V.  1
                         BEDDOEt J. E.                                                EPA
     PM
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SOLID  WASTE

MEXICO


     PMCB)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               33
    "ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN
    MEXICO."  I  ENCCNTRO  NACIONAL S08RE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO MEtO  AMBIENTE.  VOL.
    MUNGUIA BARCENA. JORGE                                           EPA
    SPANISH                   06/00/75   PCS  31-39           ID*  03821A
    ALSO PMA
    *AIR            WATER
NETHERLANDS
     LR(B)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    NETHERLANDS.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
    LANGELAAR,  K.                                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-132            I0«  03326B
    ALSO PMA
    *GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE
SCANDINAVIA

     LR(B)
    •ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGREEMENT TO BE VALIDATED SHORTLY."  HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
                                                                       EPA
    SWEDISH                   05/16/76   PGS  IS               1C*  C3B06A
    »GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE
SCANDINAVIA
     PMCB)
    SOLID WASTE -  CATALOG  OF  PROJECTS  AND REPORTS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES.
    NORDFORSK - SECRETARIAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 1975:2
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                00/00/75   PGS  1-91             ID*  03786A

    IN  ORDER TO ENABLE A WORKING GROUP.  ESTABLISHED TO STUDY SOLID WASTE AS PART  OF NORDFORSK«S
(SCANDINAVIAN COUNCIL FOR  APPLIED RESEARCH) AREA  STUDIES IN  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNIQUES,
TO RECOMMEND JOINT FUTURE  SCANDINAVIAN PROGRAMS.  ITS MEMBERS HAVE MAPPED OUT  THE  AREAS WHICH HAVE
ALREADY BEEN RESEARCHED  IN THE FIELD OF  SOLID WASTE IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES.  THIS PAMPHLET  LISTS
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS DANISH,  SWEDISH.  NORWEGIAN,  AND FINNISH PROJECTS  AND REPORTS DEALING  WITH
OPERATION. ADMINISTRATION. AND ANALYSIS  OF SOLID  WASTE.  A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND A LIST OF ADDRESSES
OF RELATED BUSINESSES. ORGANIZATIONS,  AND INSTITUTES IN THE  FOUR COUNTRIES ARE  ALSO INCLUDED.

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TOXIC  SUES

CANADA


     PM(B)
    BACKGROUND TO THE PCB  PROBLEM AND  HIGHLIGHTS OF THE  REPORT OF  THE TASK
    FORCE ON PCBS
    CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT CANADA                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                   06/03/76   PGS  1-9              1C*  03778A

    THE  PHASING  OUT OF ALL USES OF HIGHLY PERSISTENT POLYCHLORINATED  BIPHENYLS  (PCBS)  IN  CANADA
IS RECOMMENDED IN A TASK FORCE REPORT  ON PCBS RELEASED BY  ENVIRONMENT CANADA  AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND WELFARE.  CURRENTLY PCBS ARE USED  PRIMARILY  IN THE MANUFACTURE  OF ELECTRICAL
CAPACITORS AND TRANSFORMERS.   THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS  THAT INITIAL  REGULATIONS SHOULD RF.STRICT
USE OF PCBS IN NEW GOODS TO DIELECTRIC INSULATING OILS AND THAT RESEARCH SHOULD BE INSTITUTED TO
DISCOVER LESS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO  USE AS SUBSTITUTES.   THIS ACTION WOULD  INVOLVE CONSULTATION
WITH INDUSTRY AND THE PROVINCES BEFORE SPECIFIC  REGULATIONS COULD  BE  BROUGHT  IN.  MINISTERS OF
THE TWO  DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED ARE NOW  STUDYING THE TASK  FORCE REPORT  AND ARE  EXPECTED  TO  ANNOUNCE
A DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS SHORTLY,  ANY  REGULATORY MEASURES WOULD BE  INTRODUCED UNDER THE
RECENTLY PROCLAIMED ENVIRCNMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ACT.
DENMARK
      LRCAI
    "JANUARY IS.  1976 ORDER NO. 18 ON  THE RESTIRCTIONS OF  IMPORT AND  USE OF PCB  AND
    PCT."  LOVTIDENDE FOR  KONGERIGET DANMARK.  PART A
                                                                       EPA
    DANISH                    00/00/76   PGS  43-44           ID*  01742R

     THIS REGULATION CONCERNS PCB WITH MORE THAN TWO CHLORINE ATOMS.  PREPARATIONS CONTAINING MORE
PCB THAN 0.1 PERCENTAGE CF WEIGHT. PCT.  AND PREPARATIONS CONTAINING MORE PCT THAN O.I PERCENTAGE
OF WEIGHT.  EXCEPTIONS TO  THE REGULATION INCLUDING PCB AND  PCT MANUFACTURED ABROAD AND IN  TRANSIT
THROUGH THE COUNTRY ARE LISTED.  THERE ARE NO  RESTRICTIONS  ON THE USE OF PCB AND PCT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RESEARCH OR FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL OBJECTIVES*   IN ALREADY  EXISTING HEATING
INSTALLATIONS WITH SEALEC  CIRCULATIONS AND WHICH CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH FOOD. FEEDSTUFFS.  DRUGS
OR VETERINARY PRODUCTS. HEAT EXCHANGE  LIQUIDS  CONTAINING PCB AND PCT  MAY BE USED UNTIL JANUARY 1.
1980.   WHEN THE  SUBSTANCES ARE TRANSPORTED OR  STORED. THEY  MUST BE LABELLED TO INDICATE THAT ONE
OR BOTH IS PRESENT.  WHOEVER MANUFACTURES CR IMPORTS PCB AND PCT MUST NOTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY OR SOMEONE AUTHORIZED BY THE  AGENCY IN WRITING OF THIS ACTIVITY.  VIOLATIONS ARE
PUNISHABLE BY FINES OR IMPRISONMENT.
DENMARK
      LR
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TOXIC  SUBS

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES


     LRtBI
                                                                                                                                  PAGE
                                                                                                                                          35
LAW  AND  PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION  CONTROL IN THE  EEC MEMBER STATES.
COMPARATIVE VOLUME*   1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                 EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PCS   1-44            ID*  03321B
                           *GENERAL
                                           AIR
                                                          HATER
                                                                         SOLID HASTE
                                                                                       NOISE
                                                                                                      RADIATION
GREAT  BRITAIN
     LRCB>
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER STATES*  UNITED KINGDOM VOLUME*
1975  SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                 EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PCS   1-107           ID*  03325B
ALSO  PMA
^GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID HASTE   NOISE          RADIATION
GREAT  BRITAIN
     PM(B)
PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH  ON THE BEHAVIOUR  OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IN LANDFILL
SITES:   INTERIM REPORT ON PROGRESS
GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                   09/00/75  PGS   1-100           ID*  03831A
*SOLID WASTE
JAPAN
     ST(  )
STUDIES ON  THE HEALTH  EFFECTS OF ALKYLMERCURY IN JAPAN
JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS   1-215           ID*
ALSO PMB
                                                                                            EPA
                                                                                         03830A
                           IN RESPONSE TO  GLOBAL INTEREST  IN THE "MINIMATA   OR "ITAI-ITAI"  DISEASE FOLLOWING THE MINAMATA
                      AND  NII6ATA MERCURY-POISCNING OCCURRENCES IN JAPAN.  THIS PUBLICATION PROVIDES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
                      VERSIONS OF SOME  OF THE SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL AND  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH  STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE JAPAN
                      ENVIRONMENT AGENCY  AND THE JAPAN  HEALTH ASSOCIATION  TO DEAL WITH  THE PROBLEM.  THE  21 PAPERS IN
                      THIS MONOGRAPH. EACH ILLUSTRATED  AND ACCOMPANIED BY  AN ABSTRACT AND  A LIST OF REFERENCES. GIVE
                      DATA ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ALKYLMERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AKD  ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
                      FROM THE EPI3EMIOLOGICAL. BIOCHEMICAL. PHARMACEUTICAL. PATHOLOGICAL. ANATOMICAL. NEUROLOGICAL.
                      PSYCHIATRIC. AND  PEDIATRIC VIEWPOINTS.

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TOXIC SUBS

LUXEMBURG


     LR
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO  POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE EEC MEMBER STATES,
    LUXEMBOURG.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
    J. M. OIDIER £. ASSOCIATES                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PCS  1-63           ID*  03329B
    ALSO PMA
    •GENERAL       AIR            WATER         NOISE         RADIATION
SWEDEN
     STC  )
    "PILOT STUDY CONCERNING  THE  EXTRACTION AND DEWATERING CF MERCURY CONTAMINATED
    FIBER SEDIMENT FROM THE  BAY  OF  ORSERUM.  VASTERVIK."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR POLL. RES.  LAB.
    BERGSTROM. R.. AND OTHERS                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  00/00/75   PGS  1-27           ID*  03816A
    ALSO PMB AND SE
     WATER

    THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES A PILOT  STUDY ESTABLISHED TO FIND A SUITABLE METHOD OF EXTRACTING
AND DEWATERING MERCURY-CONTAMINATED RAYON FIBER SEDIMENTS FROM THE BAY OF ORSERUM, VASTERVIK.
PUMPING WAS FOUND TO BE AN APPROPRIATE METHOD IF THE DRY CONTENT WAS BETWEEN 3-5 PERCENT  AND
PROVIDED THAT THE PUMP WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FEEDING APPARATUS*  MERCURY WAS FOUND TO BE DISTRIBUTED
IN THE DEWATERED SLUDGE WITH ONLY A SMALL PART RETURNING TO THE RECIPIENT VIA THE PROCESSED
WATER.  ALTHOUGH THE CONCENTRATION  OF  MERCURY IN THE AIR INCREASED. IT DID SO INSIGNIFICANTLY.
ECONOMIC AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF EXTRACTING AND DEWATERING RAYON SEDIMENT ARE ALSO
DISCUSSED.
SWITZERLAND

     LR< A)
    SWISS LAW ON THE COMMERCE WITH  POISONS

    ENGLISH                 00/00/00  PGS   1-54
       EPA
ID*  01321H
                          THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS COMPLETE TEXTS  IN ENGLISH OF  THE  MARCH  31,  1969 FEDERAL LAW ON
                      TRADING IN TOXICANTS, AS WELL AS THE DEC. 23. 1971  IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE.  THE DEC.23, 1971
                      ORDINANCE ON THE PROHIBITION OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES. AND  THE MAY  10,  1972  SUPPLEMENT TO THE LATTER
                      ORDINANCE.  THE 1969 LAW PROVIDES THAT A TOXIC SUBSTANCE MAY BE MARKETED  ONLY IF IT IS INCLUDED
                      IN A LIST OF TOXICANTS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH  SERVICE.  PERSONS DESIRING
                      TO MARKET TOXICANTS MUST DECLARE THIS TO THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  SERVICE AND  PROVIDE NECESSARY DOCU-
                      MENTATION.  THOSE WISHING TO PURCHASE TOXIC SUBSTANCES MUST OBTAIN AN APPROPRIATE AUTHORIZATION.
                      THE IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE DEFINES THE SCOPE  AND TERMINOLOGY OF THE LAW.  DESCRIBES THE FORM AND
                      CONTENT OF THE TOXICANT LIST. AND DELINEATES  THE CONDITIONS OF  TRADE.   THE  ORDINANCE ON PROHIBITION
                      OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ITS SUPPLEMENT LIST SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES.  IFOR GERMAN TEXTS
                      OF THE LAW AND ORDINANCES SEE ID NOS. 01321A, 0132 IB.  AND 01321C.)

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                                                                                                                                              37
TOXIC  SUBS

•HO


     STC  )
SAFETY EVALUATION OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD:   TOXICOLOGICAL DATA  PROFILES  FOR
PESTICIDES.   CARBAMATE AND ORGANQPHOSPHORUS  INSECTICIDES USED IN AGRICULTURE AND  PUBLIC HEALTH
VETTORAZZI. G.•  AND P. MILES-VETTORAZZI                         EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-61            ID*  03766A
ALSO  PMB
•PESTICIDES
WATER

BELGIUM
     LR(B)
LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING  TO POLLUTION CCNTROL  IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
BELGIUM.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
J. M.  DIDIER 6  ASSOCIATES                                        EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS   1-91            ID*   03323B
ALSO PMA
•GENERAL        AIR            SOLID WASTE   NOISE
BRAZIL
     PM(B)
PRIMER  ENCONTRO  NACICNAL  SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO MEIO  AMBIENTEi  VOL. II
(FIRST  NATIONAL  CONFERENCE  ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND  IMPROVEMENT,  VOL. II)
BRAZIL.  SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT               EPA
PORTUGUESE               06/00/75  PGS  159-399         1C*   03811B
ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
•GENERAL       AIR            SOLID WASTE   LAND USE
DENMARK
     LR
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WATER

DENMARK                    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WANTS  TC TEACH  CONSUMERS  HOW TO SAVE  WATER."
                            BERLINGSKE  TIDENDE
                                                                                               EPA
      PM(B»                 DANISH                    05/01/76  PGS   (II) 1          ID*   03799A

                            THE DANISH  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS PREPARING GUIDELINES TO  ADVISE INDUSTRIES.
                       WATERWORKS. AND THE  INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER ON  HOW TO DEAL  WITH A  WATER SHORTAGE OF 150-200
                       MILLIMETERS CAUSED BY LESS PRECIPITATION AND AN INCREASE IN EVAPORATION  WHICH HAS  CAUSED EVEN  THE
                       GROUNOWATER LEVEL TO DECLINE.  IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT  THE CONSUMER. WHO UTILIZES ABOUT  70 PERCENT
                       OF  THE COUNTRY'S WATER  SUPPLY, BE INSTRUCTED ON HOW  TO  SAVE AND THAT THE ESTIMATED  50 PERCENT  OF
                       WATER WHICH IS. AT TIMES. LOST DUE TO FAULTY WATER PIPES. ETC..  BE RETRIEVED.  THIS ARTICLE ALSO
                       POINTS OUT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES  ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME SITUATION.  IN THE CENTRAL  PART OF
                       ENGLAND. FOR  INSTANCE.  WATERING  ONE'S GARDEN OR WASHING ONE'S  CAR IS NOW PROHIBITED AND COMMUNITY
                       WATER TAPS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN CASE IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO  CUT OFF THE  INDIVIDUAL WATER
                       SUPPLY.  IN THE WEST GERMAN HARBOR OF DUISBURG. SEVERAL BASINS  HAVE PRACTICALLY DRIED UP AND THE
                       WATER LEVEL IN  THE RHINE HAS REACHED A RECORD LOW.


EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES      LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION  CONTROL IN THE EEC  MEMBER STATES.
                            COMPARATIVE VOLUME.   1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                                               EPA
      LR(B)                 ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS   1-44            ID*   03321B
                            *GENERAL        AIR             SOLID WASTE   NOISE         RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS



EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES      "IMPLEMENTATION OF  AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN
                            COMMUNITIES*"  I ENCCNTRO NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO MEIO  AMBIENTE.  VOL.  1
                            SMEETS. J.                                                         EPA
      PM
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WATER

FINLAND

      PM(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
    "BJORNEBORG*S  GROUNDMATER AGGRAVATED BY GRAVEL PIT."

    SWEDISH                   05/05/76   PGS  7
HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
        EPA
ID*  03780A
                            THE EXCAVATION OF  GRAVEL BELOW  THE GRCUNDWATER LEVEL  HAS CAUSED PERMANENT  DAMAGE TO  WATER
                       QUALITY AND HAS JEOPARDIZED A PLANNED ARTIFICIAL GRCUNDWATER INSTALLATION OUTSIDE OF BJORNE8ORG.
                       THE WATER COURT OF WESTERN FINLAND  TURNED DOWN ATTEMPTS  TO STOP  THE ACTIVITY TWO YEARS  AGO BUT
                       HAS NOW BEEN OVERRULED BY A HIGHER  COURT AFTER THE BOARD  OF WATERS  TESTIFIED THAT WATER  EXPOSED TO
                       DAYLIGHT DEVELOPS ALGAE WHICH DECAY AND EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE SMELL AND TASTE  OF THE WATER*  LAKE
                       CONSERVANCY IS  A PREREQUISITE AND REGENERATION OF PURIFICATION CHEMICALS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUCCESS
                       OF  THE ARTIFICIAL GRCUNDWATER PROJECT. WHICH  IS EXPECTED  TO BE FINISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF 1977.
                       WHEN WATER FROM THE ARTIFICIAL SOURCE IS MIXED WITH THE  NATURAL  GROUNDWATER SUPPLY IN THE CITY'S
                       WATER SYSTEM, THE UNDESIRABLE QUALITIES OF THE GROUNDWATER WILL  BE  LESS NOTICEABLE.  THIS ARTICLE
                       POINTS OUT. HOWEVER. THAT THE SAME  PROBLEM COULD ARISE ANYWHERE  UNDER SIMILAR  CIRCUMSTANCES.
FINLAND
      ST< t
    •CHANGES IN  WATER QUALITY IN FINNISH LAKES  AND RIVERS  1962-1973."   PUBLICATIONS
    OF  THE WATER  RESEARCH  INSTITUTE.  NO.  12
    LAAKSONEN. REI NO                                                 EPA
    FINNISH*        %          OO/00/75   PGS  1-64             ID*  03779A
    ALSO PMB/*SUMMARY IN ENGLISH

    LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS WAS APPLIED IN THIS STUDY TO  PICK OUT SERIES OF  OBSERVATIONS  IN
WHICH A CORRELATION EXISTS  BETWEEN TIME  AND ONE  OF ELEVEN  PARAMETERS AT. AT LEAST,  A 95 PERCENT
PROBABILITY LEVEL.   OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE AT ISO  RUNNING-WATER AND 160 DEEP-WATER  STATIONS  DURING
DIFFERENT MONTHS  AND TIME  PERIODS.  THE  FOLLOWING  OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE:  THE  RUNNING-WATER DATA
SHOWED  THAT TriE  MAIN FEATURE OF CHANGE IS AN INCREASE OF SALTS; THE NUMBER OF TRENDS DISCOVERED
SEEMED  TO INCREASE  CONTINUOUSLY WITH  THE NUMBER  OF OBSERVATIONS; CHANGES WERE OBSERVED MOST
FREQUENTLY IN THE AUTUMN AND LEAST FREQUENTLY IN THE SPRING;  CHANGES IN WATER QUALITY WERE ONLY
SLIGHTLY MORE FREQUENT IN  THE DEEP WATERS THAN  AT  RUNNING-WATER LOCALITIES: AND CHANGES WERE MORE
COMMON  IN THE GREAT LAKE SYSTEMS THAN IN THE WATERS NEAR THE  COAST AND  IN THE NORTHERN PART  OF THE
COUNTRY.   CHANGES IN SOME  SPECIFIC RIVER SYSTEMS AND LAKES ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
FRANCE
     LRIB)
    LAW  AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CCNTROL  IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
    FRANCE.  1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/OO/75  PGS  1-37             ID*  033308
    ALSO PMA
    ^GENERAL        AIR            SOLID  WASTE   NOISE          RADIATION

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WATER

FRANCE
      SE<  )
    "NINETEEN MILLION FRANCS IN AID  AND PROTECTION OF LAKES GIVEN  PRIORITY."
    NUISANCES ET  ENVIRONNEMENT« NO.  51
                                                                       EPA
    FRENCH                    06/00/76  PGS   17               ID*  03772A

    DURING ITS LAST MEETING IN METZ-ROZERIEULLES,  THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL  OF THE RHINE-MEUSE
BASIN  AGENCY REACHED A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS  WITH REGARD TO THE CONTROL OF  WATER
POLLUTION.  THESE CONCERNED THE FOLLOWING APPROPRIATIONS:   1) TO THE LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS  - 9,350.000
FRANCS  IN SUBSIDIES. WITH  AN ADDITIONAL 80.000  FRANCS IN  ADVANCE FUNDS; 2)  TO INDUSTRY  -
2.740.000 FRANCS  IN SUBSIDIES. 3.300.000 IN LOANS  AND 3 MILLION  IN ADVANCES.   WITH THESE
APPROPRIATIONS A  TOTAL OF  54.800.000 FRANCS WILL HAVE BEEN ALLOTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, OR
88.5 PERCENT OF THE 61.900.000 FRANCS PROVIDED  FOR IN THE  AGENCY'S SECOND ACTIVITY PROGRAM.
INDUSTRY'S TOTAL  ALLOTMENTS AMOUNT TO 107.500.000  FRANCS,  OR 80 PERCENT OF  THE 134.000,000
DESIGNATED FOR THE 1972-76 PROGRAM.   THE AGENCY ALSO AGREED TO A GRANT OF 35.000 FRANCS IN AID
FOR LAKE POLLUTION RESEARCH IN THE VOSGES DEPARTMENT.
GERMANY.FED  REP OF
      LR(B)
    LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CCNTRQL IN  THE EEC MEMBER STATES.
    GERMANY.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-9              ID*  03322B
    *GENERAL        AIR            SOLID WASTE    NOISE          RADIATION
GERMANY,FED  REP OF
      LR( A)
    "ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE  GRANTING OF  FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CLEANING
    UP  THE RHINE  AND LAKE  CONSTANCE."   GEMEINSAMES MINISTERIALBLATT,  30
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.  MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR                 EPA
    GERMAN                    12/11/73   PGS  5E9-560         ID*  03771A
    ALSO SE

    THIS NOTICE OF THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY PUBLISHES  AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. REPRESENTED  BY THE MINISTRY. AND THE FEDERAL  STATES BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. BAVARIA.
HESSE.  NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, AND  RHINELAND-PALATINATE.   IN THE FRAMEWORK OF  A FIVE-YEAR  PLAN,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL GRANT TO THE STATES  FUNDS FROM  EACH YEAR«S BUDGET  FOR THE
MUNICIPALITIES. MUNICIPAL  ORGANIZATIONS. WATER  AND SOIL  ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE
ORGANIZATIONS TO  INVEST  IN PROJECTS TO CLEAN UP  THE RHINE AND LAKE CONSTANCE.   THE FUNDS ARE  TO
BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE  PURIFICATION  PLANTS OF SUPRAREGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ON THE
RHINE  AND LAKE CONSTANCE,  AS WELL AS  FOR SUPRAREGIONAL SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS FOR THE LAKE
CONSTANCE AREA.   THE CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING GRANTS AND  THE MAXIMUM  SIZE OF GRANTS FOR VARIOUS
PURPOSES ARE SPECIFIED.

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WATER

GERMANY,FED REP  OF

     LR(E)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
     "STINK CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED."  FRANKFURTER  ALLGEMEINE  ZEITUNG
                                                                       EPA
     GERMAN                    04/02/76   PCS  14               10*  03S14A
                           AN EXPERT OPINION PREPARED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S  OFFICE IN  THE CITY OF  MANNHEIM DECLARES
                       THAT  THE PROTECTION OF JOBS AND THE  MAINTENANCE  OF PRODUCTION LEVEL.  EVEN IN AREAS  WHERE THE
                       POPULATION DEPENDS ON INDUSTRY, DOES NOT JUSTIFY PHYSICAL  SUFFERING  IN  THE PUBLIC  FROM OFFENSIVE
                       ODORS NOR GENERAL POLLUTION OF RIVERS.   THE REPORT ALSO FOUND THAT THE  DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE
                       CONTAINING ORGANIC SUBSTANCES WHICH  CAUSE A VERY OFFENSIVE ODOR AND  LEAD TO PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS
                       SUCH  AS HEADACHES AND NAUSEA IN LOCAL CITIZENS  IS PUNISHABLE UNDER PARAGRAPH 38  OF  THE WATER
                       MANAGEMENT LAW,  WHICH PRESCRIBES UP  TO TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR THE INTRODUCTION  OF HARMFUL
                       SUBSTANCES INTO  A BODY OF  WATER.  THE REPORT FURTHER FOUND THAT CHANGES SHOULD BE  MADE IN
                       THE PRACTICE OF  ALLOWING WATER POLLUTION OCCURRING UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF VERY  OLD PERMITS.   THE
                       REPORT WAS PREPARED IN RELATION TO A CASE AGAINST A PAPER  CCMPANY DISCHARGING MALODOROUS SEWAGE
                       INTO  THE RHINE.
GREAT  BRITAIN
     LRCB)
    ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER  STATES.  UNITED KINGDOM  VOLUME.
    1975 SUPPLEMENT.
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-107            ID*  03325B
    ALSO PMA
    ^GENERAL        AIR            SOLID WASTE    NOISE          RADIATION      TOXIC  SUBS
GREAT  BRITAIN
     PMIB)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL  PROGRAMMES IN THE  UNITED KINGDOM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO*..
    THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE."   I  ENCONTRO NACIONAL  SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA DO MEIO AMBIENTE.  V.
    BEDDOE, J. E.                                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  06/00/75   PGS  41-51           ID*   03804A
    ALSO LRB. PMA  AND SE
     AIR            LAND USE       SOLID WASTE   NOISE         RADIATION

    THIS PAPER. PRESENTED  AT  THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE  ON  ENVIRONMENTAL PRCTECTION AND
IMPROVEMENT HELD IN BRASILIA. BRAZIL  DURING JUNE  1975, REVIEWS IN BROAD  OUTLINE THE  PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES IN  ENGLAND  AND WALES CONCERNING LAND USE PLANNING, AIR POLLUTION. DISPOSAL OF  SOLID
AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND,  IN SOME DETAIL, THE MANAGEMENT  AND CONTROL OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE.
BY WAY  OF INTRODUCTION. THE PAPER CITES THE TRADITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION  IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND DESCRIBES THE  INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK  REGARDING CENTRAL, COUNTRY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
JURISDICTIONS AND  RESPONSIBILITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.   THE CURRENT STATUS AND NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ENVIRONMENTAL  AREAS ARE CITED.  THE  FUNCTIONS,  CONSTITUTI ON,
FINANCING AND OPERATIONS OF THE  REGIONAL WATFR AUTHORITIES  ARE DISCUSSED, AND THE  APPLICATION
AND SUITABILITY OF  EXISTING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY  APPLY TO THE CASE OF
THE SEVERN-TRENT WATER AUTHORITY. ARE EXPLAINED.

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WATER

INTERNATIONAL

     PM(BI
    "FEWER PHOSPHATES IN LAKE CONSTANCE - POLLUTION BRAKED."  DIE PRESSE
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    06/06/76   PCS  4                I0«  03790A

    THE  PHOSPHATE  CONTENT  OF LAKE CONSTANCE HAS  DECREASED  5 PERCENT FROM THAT  OF SPRING  1975.
ACCORDING TO THIS  ARTICLE.   THE LAKE OXYGEN SATURATION LEVEL. EVEN AT  ITS GREATEST DEPTHS.  IS NOW
90 PERCENT. COMPARED TO 60-70 PERCENT  LAST VEAR.   THUS IT  IS FELT THAT THE CLEAN-UP MEASURES
INSTITUTED BY THE  THREE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES. AUSTRIA. SWITZERLAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY.  HAVE SHOWN RESULTS  SOONER THAN EXPECTED.   SUCH MEASURES INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE
SEhAGE PURIFICATION PLANTS.   HIGH WATERS IN THE  PAST YEAR  HAVE ALSO HELPED TO  WASH SOME  OF  THE
POLLUTANTS FROM  THE LAKE.   INDUSTRY REMAINS THE  MAJOR POLLUTER OF THE  LAKE. INTRODUCING  HARMFUL
SUBSTANCES BOTH  THROUGH SEWAGE DISCHARGE AND PRECIPITATION FROM SMOKESTACKS.   AGRICULTURAL
FERTILIZERS ARE  MINOR CONTRIBUTORS TO  LAKE POLLUTION.
IRELAND

      LR<6)
    ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF E.E.C.  MEMBER  STATES.  EIRE.   1975  SUPPLEMENT
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-9              ID*   03328B
    ALSO PMA
    •GENERAL        NOISE          PESTICIDES
ITALY
      LRIBI
                            LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL
                            ITALY.  1975 SUPPLEMENT
                                                                               IN THE  EEC MEMBER  STATES.
                            ENGLISH
                            *GENERAL
                                            AIR
                               00/00/75   PGS  1-22             ID*
                                    SOLID WASTE   RADIATION
                                                                       EPA
                                                                     03324B
ITALY
      LR(B)
    "MONTEDISON  WAS AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE RED  SLUDGE INTO  SEA."  CORRIERE
    DELLA SERA
                                                                       EPA
    ITALIAN                   04/09/76   PGS  10               ID*  03787A

    THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES  THE DEFENSE  OF THE ITALIAN MONTEDISON EXECUTIVES IN APPEAL OF A COURT
DECISION WHICH FOUND THEM  GUILTY 3F POLLUTING.   DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HAVE  BASED THE  APPEAL ON THE
FOLLWING THREE POINTS:   1)  THAT RESIDUE  DISCHARGES  WERE NOT  POLLUTING:  2) THAT DISCHARGES. EVEN
IF DAMAGING. WERE AUTHORIZED BY THE HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE AND 31 THAT  THE FIVE DEPENDENTS WERE
NOT RESPONSIBLE  FOR DECISIONS LEADING  UP TO THE  INSTALLATION'S ESTABLISHMENT AT THAT LOCATION
AND DETERMINING  WASTE DISCHARGE POLICIES.  IT  IS POINTED OUT THAT ARTICLE 15 OF THE 1965 FISHING
LAW EXEMPTS AUTHORIZED DISCHARGES FROM ANY RESTRICTIONS AND  THAT THE PERMIT AUTHORIZATIONS WERE
ISSUED  TO THE MONTEDISON PLANT ONLY AFTER THOROUGH  TESTING WITH FOUR YEARS ELAPSING BETWEEN
THE TIME OF THE  APPLICATION AND THE TIME OF ISSUANCE.

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WATER

ITALY
     LR(B)
                                                                                                                                   PAGE
                                                                                                                                           43
                           «CEFIS  CONFIRMS:  •NC  POLLUTING OCCURRED AS A RESULT  OF THE SCARLINO PLANT
                           RESIDUES.•"  CORRIERE  DELLA SERA
                           FELICETTI.  FAB10                                                EPA
                           ITALIAN                  03/25/76  PGS   9               ID*  03792A
                           THIS ARTICLE.  DEALING  WITH THE APPEAL  PROCEEDINGS  OF  FIVE ITALIAN  INDUSTRIALISTS  CONVICTED
                       FOR THE DISCHARGE  OF POLLUTANTS IN THE TYRRHENIAN S6A,  REVIEWS THE EVENTS AND CHARGES LEADING UP
                       TO THE APPEAL.   THE BARGING AT SEA OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE  PRODUCTION RESIDUES BY THE SCARLINO PLANT
                       IN 1972 AROUSED THE WRATH  OF AREA FISHERMEN AND TOURISM PROMOTERS. WHO INITIATED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
                       BASED ON CLAIMS OF SEVERE  ENVIRONMENTAL  DAMAGE.  THE ENSUING INVESTIGATIONS CAME TO A CONCLUSION
                       IN APRIL 1974  WITH THE SENTENCING OF FIVE  OF THE ACCUSED  COMPANY OFFICIALS.  APPEAL PROCEEDINGS.
                       BEGUN ON MARCH  24, 1976. ARE BASED ON THE  FOLLOWING TWO CONTENTIONS:   1>  THAT NOTHING OR NO ONE
                       HAS EVER PROVED THAT DISCHARGED RESIDUES  WERE IN FACT  POLLUTING, AND 2)  THAT EVERY DISCHARGE
                       OPERATION HAD  ALWAYS BEEN  CONDUCTED WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE HARBOR  MASTER'S OFFICE,
JAPAN
     LR«B)
"THE  CURRENT STATE  AND TRENDS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION."   I  ENCONTRO
NACIONAL SOBRE A PROTECAO E MELHORIA  DO MEIO AMBIENTE. VOL.  1
SHIOZAWA. KIYOShlGE                                            EPA
ENGLISH                  06/00/75   PGS  129-149         ID*  03322A
ALSO  PMB AND PMA
*A1R
LUXEMBURG
     LR
LAW  AND  PRACTICE RELATING TO POLLUTION CONTROL  IN THE EEC MEMBER  STATES.
LUXEMBOURG.   1975  SUPPLEMENT
J. M.  OIDIER 6 ASSOCIATES                                      EPA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PG*S  1-63            ID*  033298
ALSO PMA
»GENEKAL       AIR            NOISE         RADIATION     TOXIC  SUBS
MEXICO
     PM< A)
"THE  GENERAL DIRECTORATE FOR WATER  USE AND POLLUTION CONTROL -  REPCRT OF
ACTIVITIES."  RECURSdS HIDRAULICOS.  VOL. 3. NO.  3
MEXICO.   SECRETARIAT  OF WATER RESOURCES                       EPA
SPANISH                   08/00/74  PGS  296-302         ID*  03318A
ALSO  PMB.  LRB AND SE
                           THIS EXCERPT  OF THE REPORT  OF ACTIVITIES  OF THE MEXICAN SECRETARIAT  OF WATER RESOURCES
                       DESCRIBES THE  WORK AND PROGRAMS OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE  FOR WATER USE AND POLLUTION  CONTROL
                       DURING THE YEAR  1973-1974.   THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE IS ADMINISTRATIVELY  DIVIDED INTO:   II  THE
                       DIRECTORATE OF WATER USE, WHOSE REPORTED ACTIVITY INVOLVED  CARRYING OUT  THE NATIONAL WATER USE
                       INVENTORY, FORMULATION OF WATER USE MODELS  AND REALIZATION  OF VARIOUS  STUDIES AND PROGRAMS ON THE
                       QUALITY, TREATMENT AND REUSE  OF WATER; 2) THE DIRECTORATE CF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.  RESPONSIBLE
                       FOR THE APPLICATION OF WATER  POLLUTION REGULATIONS. THE  REGISTRATION OF  EFFLUENT DISCHARGES. AND
                       THE REALIZATION  OF PROGRAMS  AND MEASURES FOR  CONTROLLING POLLUTION ON  THE NATIONAL. REGIONAL AND
                       LOCAL LEVELS AND  IN COOPERATION WITH THE UN DEVELOPMENT  PROGRAM; AND 3)  THE DIRECTORATE OF
                       WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. W-HCSE  ACTIVITIES INVOLVED THE CCNTROL CF AQUATIC WEED GROWTH AND  EROSION.

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WATEP

MEXICO
      PH
    "TEN GLOMMA  MUNICIPALITIES WITH JOINT OIL POLLUTION CONTROL."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                 03/04/76   PCS  7                ID*  03S27A

    THIS ARTICLE  REPORTS THAT TEN MUNICIPALITIES  IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORWAY CLOSE TO
THE SWEDISH BORDER  HAVE HAD  THEIR PLANS  TO COOPERATE IN MATTERS OF OIL  POLLUTION CONTROL APPROVED
BY THE  COUNCIL ON GIL POLLUTION.  THREE  DEPOTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR  THE PURPCSE  OF STORING
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.  THE  CHIEF OF POLICE IN FREDRIKSSTAD  WILL  BE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSOLIDATED  OIL
POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE  ALTHOUGH  DAILY RESPONSIBILITY  WILL  REST WITH THE CITY'S HARBOR CAPTAIN.
POTENTIAL SOURCES OF POLLUTION ARE TANKERS. SOME  OF WHICH  MAY REACH A CAPACITY OF 40.0OO TONS.  AND
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES  WHICH STORE OIL AND OTHEP CHEMICALS.

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WATER

SCANDINAVIA

     LR(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGREEMENT TO  BE VALIDATED  SHORTLY."  HUFVUDSTADS8LADET
                                                                        EPA
    SWEDISH                   05/16/76  PGE   15              ID*  03806A
    •GENERAL        AIR             NOISE          SOLID  WASTE
                                                                                                                                       PAGE
SWEDEN
      PM«B)
     "EASIER TO  TAKE CARE  OF SWEDISH ACCIDENT  - COLDER  WATER GREAT ADVANTAGE."
     SVENSKA OAGBLADET
                                                                        EPA
     SWEDISH                   05X15/76  PCS   8                ID*  03812A

     IN  THIS ARTICLE TWO  SIMILAR CASES OF OIL  POLLUTION IN THE STCCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO  ARE DESCRIBED.
IN THE  FIRST CASE.  WHICH  TOOK PLACE IN 1969.  200 TONS  OF  OIL WERE EMITTED  INTO WATER AND THE
CLEAN-UP COST SIX MILLION SWEDISH  KRONER.   IN THE SECOND  CASE  IN  1973. 400  TONS OF OIL  WERE
EMITTED AND THE CLEAN-UP  COST HALF  A MILLION.   THE DECREASE IN CLEAN-UP COSTS IS ACCOUNTED FOR  BY
A NATIONWIDE OIL PREVENTION PROGRAM WHICH WAS STARTED  IN  1970.  THE COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR
COASTAL DISTRICTS FOR OIL PRECAUTIONARY PURPOSES AND HAS  SINCE THIS TIME SPENT 25 PILLION ON
EQUIPMENT TO ENABLE OFFICIALS TO ENCIRCLE POTENTIALLY  POLLUTING GIL BY BOOMS AND THEN EVACUATE  IT.
IF ALL  OF THE NATION'S RESOURCES WERE POCLED.  20.CCC TONS OF OIL  PER DAY COULD BE REMOVED*  IT  IS.
HOWEVER. POINTED OUT THAT THE TIDES AND SWELLS ON THE  WEST COAST  MAKE OIL  RFMOVAL MORE  DIFFICULT
IN THAT AREA*
SWEDEN
      ST(  »
    "THE EFFECTS  OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS ON  BRACKISH  WATER ECOSYSTEMS."
    IVL-SWEDISH WATER AND  AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    LANDNER. LARS.  AND KRISTINA NILSSON                             EPA
    SWEDISH                   06/00/74   PGS  1-23            ID*  03767A

    INVESTIGATIONS  CONCERNING WATER CHEMISTRY  AND BOTTOM  FAUNA WERE CARRIED  OUT DURING 1969-1970
IN BRAVIKEN. A 20-MILE LONG FJORD ON  THE BALTIC COAST.   THE TOTAL  ANNUAL DISCHARGE OF  ORGANIC
MATTER  TO THE FJORD DURING THIS PERIOD HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT 19.000 TONS.  ORIGINATING  MAINLY FROM
PULP AND PAPER MILLS AND FROM THE CITY OF NOPRKOPING.   THE WATER  MASS AT BRAVIKEN IS NORMALLY  WELL
STRATIFIED.  A SALINE BOTTOM CURRENT  FROM THE  DEEP BASINS OF THE  BALTIC CARRIES BRACKISH WATER TO
THE INNERMOST PARTS OF THE FJORD AT THE SAME TIME AS  FRESH SURFACE WATER FLOWS CUT.  DOMINATING
SPECIES OF THE BOTTOM FAUNA WERE FOUND TO 8E PONTOPOREIA  AFFINIS  AND MACOMA  BALTICA, THE ABUNDANCE
OF THE  TWO SPECIES  BEING NEGATIVELY CORRELATED.  CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS IN THE BOTTOM
ORGANISMS WER5 IN SOME CASES NEGATIVELY CORRELATED WITH THE DISTANCE FROM  THE SOURCE OF POLLUTION
(CO IN  PONTOPOREIA  AND CU  IN MACOMA SHELLS), WHEREAS  NO CORRELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN  HEAVY METALS
CONCENTRATION IN  ORGANISMS AND IN THE SEDIMENT SURFACE.

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                                                                                                                                     PAGE
                                                                                                                                              46
WATER

SWEDEN
     ST(  )
    "THE  RELATION  OF TREATMENT  AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN BRACKISH WATER REGIONS."
    IVL - SWEDISH  WATER *NO  AIR POLLUTION  RESEARCH  LABORATORY
    RQSENBERGt RUTGER                                                EPA
    ENGLISH                   04/00/75  PCS   1-13            ID*   03768A

    THIS  PAPER EXPLAINS THE  CONDITIONS OF  POLLUTION IN BRACKISH WATER IN GENERAL AND  CITES THE
BALTIC SEA TO ILLUSTRATE THE  SITUATION.  TWO EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER ON
BRACKISH  WATER ECOSYSTEMS ARE GIVEN*  IN THE FIRST  CASEt FRCM  THE GULF OF  BOTHNIA. WHERE WASTEWATER
WAS DISCHARGED. NO BENTHIC FAUNA WAS FOUND.   IN THE SECOND CASE,  FROM AN ESTUARY ON THE  WEST COAST,
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE SHUTDOWN OF A SULFITE PULP MILL WHICH REGULARLY EMITTED WASTEWATER, LIVING
ORGANISMS WERE BACK TO THE SAME LEVEL AS PRIOR TO POLLUTION.   ALSO DISCUSSED IN GENERAL  TERMS IS
THE STRESS TOLERANCE OF ECOSYSTEMS WITH SOME BRIEF  COMPARISONS  BETWEEN BRACKISH WATER AND MARINE
WATER  SYSTEMS.  THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT  SPECIES ALREADY LIVING  UNDER STRESS AND LOW DIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEMS SEEM TO RESIST ADDITIONAL STRESS  SUCH AS POLLUTION  BETTER THAN  SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
THAT NORMATLLY FORM STABLE.  HIGH DIVERSITY SYSTEMS.   THIS IMPLIES THAT THE  ECOSYSTEMS ON THE
SWEDISH  WEST COAST MAY WELL  BE  OF MORE SENSITIVE NATURE THAN THOSE IN BRACKISH WATER  AREAS.
SWEDEN
      STC  )
    "MACROPHYTE REDUCTION THROUGH BIOLOGICAL METHODS."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR
    POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    AHLING. BENGT                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  03/oo/76  PGS   1-12            ID*  03S07A
    ALSO PMB

    BIOLOGICAL METHODS OF PREVENTING WATER  PLANTS FPCM TAKING OVER  A LAKE AND  THUS MAKING
RECREATION. PROCUREMENT OF SUBSOIL WATER. AND PISCICULTURE IMPOSSIBLE. ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS
PAMPHLET.  THE METHODS INVOLVE  THE IMPLANTATION OF PLANT-EATING  ORGANISMS INTO A LAKE WITH THE
DESIRABLE GROWTH REDUCTION BEING OBTAINED BY REGULATING THEIR NUMBERS.  THE  USE OF THE GRASS CARP
(CTENOPHARYNGODON  IDELLUS) AND  ITS IMPLANTATION DURING 1970-72 INTO THE LAKE OF OSBY ARE DESCRIBED
IN SOME  DETAIL AND  THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS REPORTED FROM THIS SUCCESSFUL EFFORT:  60 TWO-YEAR OLD
GRASS  CARP PER HA  WILL CONTROL  THE PLANT GROWTH IN A  LAKE; AN IMPLANTATION OF  400 FISH PER HA WILL
TOTALLY  ELIMINATE  THE GROWTH  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEEDS WHICH THE  GRASS CARP  CANNOT HANDLE: THE
METHOD  IS ESTIMATED TO COST BETWEEN 1.500 TO 2.500 SWEDISH KRONER PER HA, EXCLUDING RESEARCH COSTS.
ETC..  MOST OF THE  CARP SURVIVED THE WINTER:  THE CARP  MUST BE ARTIFICIALLY CULTIVATED IN SWEDEN OR
IMPORTED FROM ABROAD! THE REST  OF THE FISH  POPULATION WAS NOT AFFECTED IN ANY  NEGATIVE WAY.

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WATER

SWEDEN
      ST( I
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               47
    "PILOT STUDY  CONCERNING THE EXTRACTION AND  DEWATERING  OF MERCURY  CONTAMINATED
    FIBER SEDIMENT FROM THE BAY OF ORSERUM. VASTERVIK."   IVL - SWEDISH  WATER AND  AIR POLL.  RES. LAB.
    BERGSTROM, R.. AND OTHERS                                       EPA
    SWEDISH                   00/00/75   PCS  1-27            ID*  03B16A
    ALSO PMB AND  SE
    *TOXIC SUBS
SWEDEN
      STf
    "TREATMENT OF  WASTEWATER FROM A  BLEACHED KRAFT PULP MILL IN A NON-AERATED AND
    AERATED LAGOON."  IVL -  SWEDISH  WATER AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    SJORNDAL. HAKAN. AND OTHERS                                     EPA
    SWEDISH*                  11/OO/74   PGS  1-60             ID*  03826A
    ALSO PMB/*SUMMARY IN ENGLISH

    THIS STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT AT THE  KORSNASVERKEN. A PLANT PRODUCING BLEACHED  AND UNBLEACHED
KRAFT  PULP AND KRAFT PAPER ON THE EASTERN COAST  OF SWEDEN  IN THE VICINITY OF GAVLE.  THE PURPOSE
WAS TO  SIMULATE  THE CONDITIONS OF A  PLANNED FULL-SCALE LAGOON WHERE WASTEWATER WILL BE GATHERED
PRIOR  TO ITS BEING EMITTED INTO A NEARBY BAY.  TESTS INDICATED THAT EMISSIONS FROM THE DAM  WOULD
NOT CREATE AN ODOR PROBLEM SINCE THEY  WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY DISPERSED BY THE LARGE SURFACE.
WHETHER THE DAM  WAS AERATED  OR NOT WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THIS MATTER.   TESTS WERE ALSO PERFORMED
TO CHECK THE BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND* AND DOC (DISSOLVED ORGANIC  CARBON)  REDUCTIONS  UNDER
VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BOTH IN AN AERATED AND A NON-AERATED DAM.  COST  ESTIMATES  FOR THE PROJECTS
WERE ALSO CALCULATED.
SWITZERLAND
      SEC  >
                           •ANTI-POLLUTION FIGHT  MUST CONTINUE IN SPITE OF RECESSION."
                           GENEVE
                                                                                               JOURNAL DE
                           FRENCH
                                                      05/22/76   PGS
                                                                                       ID*
                                                                                              EPA
                                                                                            03795A
                           DURING THE  COURSE OF  ITS 26TH DELEGATE MEETING. THE SWISS LEAGUE  FOR THE  PROTECTION  OF AIR AND
                       WATER  APPEALED  TO THE SWISS POPULATION TO PERSIST IN ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION EFFORTS  IN SPITE OF
                       THE ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS  BEING IMPOSED BY THE  RECESSION.   A REVIE4  OF A CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
                       ON "LAKES AS DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SOURCES" BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE  ZURICH WATER SERVICES
                       SIMILARLY EMPHASIZED AND  ILLUSTRATED. THE NECESSITY FOR WATER PROTECTION.  ACCORDING TO THE REPORT
                       THE AMOUNT OF DRINKING WATER DERIVED FROM SURFACE WATERS  IS EXPECTED  TO INCREASE FROM  ITS PRESENT
                       21 PERCENT TO 45  PERCENT  BY THE BEGINNING OF THE  21ST CENTURY. WITH A PARALLEL DECREASE  IN SPRING
                       AND GROUNDWATER SUPPLY SCURCES FROM  THE PRESENT 79 PERCENT TO 55 PERCENT.  MOREOVER. BECAUSE AIR
                       POLLUTANTS CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE  POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATER,  IT  WAS ALSO STRONGLY URGED
                       THAT ABATEMENT  MEASURES  IN  THIS SECTOR OF THE  ENVIRONMENT  NOT BE DISREGARDED.

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  WATER

  SWITZERLAND                "FEDERAL  SUBSIDIES FOR WATER PROTECTION."  JOURNAL OE  GENEVE
                                                                                                      EPA
        SF(  >                 FRENCH                     04/14/76   PGS   9                 ID*   03825A

                               THE SWISS FEDERAL INTERIOR  DEPARTMENT  IS  REPORTED TO HAVE GRANTED  SUBSIDIES AMOUNTING  TO
                           25,716.494 FRANCS  FOR THE  INSTALLATION OF  WASTEWATER TREATMENT  PLANTS.   AMONG  THE 21  ASSOCIATIONS
                           AND 60-ODD MUNICIPALITIES  SLATED TO RECEIVE THIS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ARE  THE FOLLOWING:  THE
                           COMPANY FOR TNE TREATMENT  OF THE MEZIERE WASTEWATERS. SERVING THE MUNICIPALITIES IN  THE
                           CARROUGE, FERLENS.  VUILHENS, AND VUCHERENS  (1.109.345 FRANCS): 45 MUNICIPALITIES IN THE
                           CANTON  OF GENEVA (ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIES OF  1.7 MILLION FRANCS);  SION (463,868 FRANCS);  CHALAIS
                           (301,342 FRANCS);  AND ENGES (125.573 FRANCS).
. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1976  240-848/49   1-3

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