NTISWB/i/135-76/012
                 NUMBER 52
                DECEMBER 1976
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
             REPORTS
  U.S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENO

            Washington, D.C  2046C

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                              FOREWORD
     The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under a series of
documents exchanges with foreign governments and international  organi-
zations, is collecting environmental  reports from around the world.
This publication, a monthly announcement of documents received by EPA
under the exchanges, is distributed to EPA staff and is available to
others through the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
See inside cover for subscription rates.

     Index System

     In each issue the document summaries are grouped by subject, by
category of document, and by country.  Subject areas, which reflect
EPA programs, include:

               air                pesticides
               water              toxic substances
               noise              radiation
               solid wastes       land use

     Categories of documents are:

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

     Summaries covering more than one subject are cross-referenced in
the Table of Contents.  Abstracts appear only once, however, under the
primary subject heading marked by an asterisk.  For example a British
report on "Disposal of Awkward Household Wastes" is indexed under
pesticides, solid wastes, water, and toxic substances.  The summary
appears only once, under solid wastes, but the report title is listed
with the EPA ID number under each of the other headings.

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

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     EPA staff may request the original documents, located in the EPA
Headquarters Library in Washington, by using the order form 1n the back.
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collection at Headquarters for reference purposes.

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                             EXPLANATION    0  F    S  Y  M  B  0  L  S
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                                                                  Compiler
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                                                                                          Number
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    ["FEBRUARY 4,*1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH CODE."
    (AGRICULTURAU LEGISLATION, V. 20.           "            **
     FOOD AND AbRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COM?.          *      EPA
     ENGLISH^*                       12/00/71  PCS   58-60^    ID#
     AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    RADIATION^


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

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

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                                   TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                          AIR
       Reports:  Environmental Protection, Matters Related to
          Foodstuffs, Veterinary Administration
       Campinas Applies 1975 Decree and Closes Plant   .........      1
       See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 04021A  ...........      6
Ge.stm
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       UNESCO Concerned About Automobile Pollution   ..........       5
WHO
       Manual on Urban Air Quality Management  .............       5

                                        GENERAL
       Basic Legislation   .......................       6
       Environment Will Have a Protection Council  ...........       6
       The Nation Will Have Environmental Control  ...........       6
Canada
       The Environmental Assessment and Review Process  (EARP) ,
          Procedures and Responsibilities ...............       7
       An Environmental Impact Assessment Process  for Canada   .....       7
       James Bay Hydro- Electric Project Environmental Concerns   ....       7
France.
       Rhine-Rhone Canal To Spare Environment  .............       8
Ge.Junany, Fed Rep o&
       Principles for Assessing the Environmental  Compatibility
          of Public Measures Taken by  the Federation  .........       8
       Most Violations Against Water Protection  ............       8
       Survey of Rules and Regulations Promulgated by the
          Federal Government in the Field of Environmental Protection  .       9
       The Council of Environmental Advisors   .............       9
       Federal Environmental Agency 1975/76  ..............       9
       Environmental Report '76 ....................      10
       Environmental Report ' 76 — Follow-up to  the  Environmental
          Programme of the Federal Government :   Summary  ........      10
       Expenditure Estimates Relating  to Pollution Control in
          Germany for the  Period to 1980.  Summary of a  Study
          Conducted on Behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior  .      11
       Pollution  Control  in  England  ..................      11
       Pollution  Law  in the  OECD   ...................      12
       Pollution  Control  in  Scotland  .................      12
       Report  on  Research and  Development  1975   .  ...........      12
                                            ii

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       Progress  Sustained:   Changes  in the  British Environmental
           Scene.   Report  to  the  Second Session  of the  Governing
           Council  of  the  U.N.  Environment Programme ..........      13
       Civic Trust Environmental Directory   ..............      13
       Department  of  the  Environment Register of Research 1976.
           Part IV:  Environmental Pollution ..............      13
Hiwgany
       Brief Information  on  the  Protection  of Environment in Hungary  .      14
       Forbairt 2:  A Review  of  the  Work  of  An  Foras  Forbartha,
          April 1969— March 1973  ...................      14
J capon.
       Environmental Research in Japan, 1975  .............      14
A/eto Zealand
       Auckland Rapid Transit Scheme:   Stage One.   Environmental
          Impact Report;  Submissions;  and Audit ............      15
OECP
       OECD  and Environment:   A  Bibliography  .............      15
Scondcnau/ca
       Conference on Environmental Education  .............      15
South
       South African Environmental  Legislation  ............      16
Ve.ne.zu.eZa
       National Program for  Environmental Pollution Research  .....      16

                                        LAND USE
       Town  and  Country  Planning in Britain ..............      16
       Waste of  Waste Land   ......................      17
Hiwgasiy
       See GENERAL  (Hungary)  --  Control No.  04024A  ..........      14
IxeJiand.
       Cork:  An Environmental Study  .................      17
Japan
       Fiscal 1975 White Paper on National Land Use ..........      17
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New Zealand
       Kirkpatrick Reclamation.  Napier Breakwater Harbour.
          Environmental Impact Report; Submissions; and Audit  .....      18
       New Zealand Railways' New Plymouth Freight Terminal.
          Environmental Impact Report ; Submissions ; and Audit  .....      18
       Lake Wakatipu Reading From Kinloch to Elfin Bay.
          Environmental Impact Assessment; Submissions; and Audit  ...      19
       Port Chalmers Reclamation and Container Terminal
          Development.  Environmental Impact Report, Submissions,
          and Audit ..........................      19
       Lowry Bay Boat Harbour.  Environmental Impact Report;
          Submissions ; and Audit  ...................      20
       See GENERAL (New Zealand) — Control No. 04017A  ........      15
Souutk
       See GENERAL (South Africa) — Control No. 04048A  ........      16
       Land Use :  New Decree   .....................     20

                                         NOISE

f&nmo/ife
       Danish Environmental Protection Agency Gets Direct Control
          of the Airports of Kastrup and Aalborg  ...........     21
       , P&d Rep o^
       See GENERAL  (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04033A  .....     10
      Bsiitcun
       See GENERAL  (Great Britain) — Control No. 03005C   .......     13
Netu Izatand
       See LAND USE  (New Zealand) — Control No. 04016A  ........     19
       See GENERAL  (New Zealand) — Control No. 04017A   ........     15
       See LAND USE  (New Zealand) — Control No. 04018A  ........     20
South.
       See GENERAL  (South Africa) — Control No. 04048A  ........     16
Kn/cted
       See AIR  (United Nations) — Control No. 0405 8A .........      5
                                            IV

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                                      PESTICIDES
       See WATER  (International) —  Control No. 04019A  ........      35
South
        See GENERAL  (South Africa)  — Control No. 04048A ........      16

                                        RADIATION
        See AIR (Austria) —  Control No.  04056A  ............       1
       November 20, 1975 Order on  Safety Measures  in  the  Use  of
          Radioactive  Substances   ...................      23
       June 20, 1974 Act No. 536 on  the  Institute  for
          Radiological  Safety  .....................      23
France.
       Atomic Energy Commissariat 1975 Annual  Report   .........      24
       1975 Technical and  Scientific Activities  of the
          Atomic Energy Commissariat  .................      24
Germany, Fe,d Rep o&
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany)  —  Control No.  04060A .....       9
Gtecut Britain.
       Radioactive Pollution.   Bibliography No.  148F   .........      25
       See GENERAL (Great  Britain) —  Control  No.  03005C   .......      13
Japan
       1975 Act on the  Reorganization  of the Science and
          Technology Agency ......................      25
Tu/tfeet/
       Radiation Protection ......................      26

                                       SOLID WASTE

France
       West Soon To Be  Pilot Region  for  the Recovery of
          Industrial Wastes ......................      26

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       , fad Rep
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04060A .....       9
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04033A .....      10
Gxe,at Britain.
       Report on Waste Paper Collection by Local Authorities   .....      27
Hungary
       See GENERAL (Hungary) — Control No. 04024A   ..........      14

       See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 03994A  .............       3
       Will Floating Environmental Plant Be  the  Solution  for Future
          Waste Disposal?  .......................      28
       96 Kilos Packaging Per Person.   Increasing  Consumption
          in Norway ..........................      28
South
       Solid Wastes Research  in  South Africa   .............      29
       See GENERAL  (South Africa) — Control No.  04048A .  .......      16
       Investigations in Progress  ...................      29

                                       TOXIC  SUBS
        See AIR (Austria) --  Control No.  04056A  ............       1
frtonci.
        Proposed Toxic  Substances Legislation  .............      30
Ge.Jtmanyf  fad  Rep ofi
        See GENERAL  (Fed  Rep  of  Germany)  — Control  No.  04033A .....      10
      Britain
        See GENERAL  (Great  Britain) —  Control  No. 03005C  .......      13
        See WATER (International)  — Control No.  04019A  ........      35

                                          WATER


        See GENERAL (Brazil)  —  Control  No. 04021A ...........      6
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Canada
       Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Regulations  .........      31
       Monograph on Comprehensive River Basin Planning  ........      31
       Canada Centre for Inland Waters — 1974  .............      32
France
       June 10, 1976 Circular on the Purification of Urban
          Centers and the Sanitary Protection of Receiving Media   ...      32
       Pollution of Rhone Attributable to Accident  ..........      32
G&umany, F&rf Ke.p ofi
       December 23, 1968 Law Concerning Measures To Assure
          the Disposal of Waste Oil  (Waste Oil Law) ..........      33
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04025 A  .....       8
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04060A  .....       9
       See GENERAL (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04033A  .....      10
       Liverpool Bay:  An Assessment of Present Knowledge  .......      34
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) — Control No. 03993A   .......      13
       See GENERAL (Great Britain) ~ Control No. 03005C   .......      13
Hungasuf
       Main Features of Water Management Activities  in Hungary   ....      34
       Water Management and Long-Range Planning in Hungary  ......      35
       See GENERAL (Hungary) — Control No. 04024A   ..........      14
       International Cooperation for the Protection of an
          Inland Sea:  The Baltic  ...................      35
ItaJUj
       No Respite for New Discharges   .................      36
       All Acquitted in Appeal of Pollution Conviction for
          Red Sludges .........................      36
       Authorization Request Entitles  Applicant  To Pollute   ......      36
       Shortcomings in the Law on the  Protection of Water  .......      37
       May 11, 1971 Decree No. 71-223 on the  Interministerial
          Coordination of Water Matters ................      37
Me.x/cc.0
       See AIR (Mexico) — Control No. 03994A .............       3
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Meto Zealand
       See LAND USE (New Zealand) — Control No. 04013A  .  .......      18
       See LAND USE (New Zealand) — Control No. 04016A  ........      19
       See GENERAL (New Zealand) — Control No. 04017A   ........      15
       See LAND USE (New Zealand) — Control No . 04018A  ........      20
Noway
       See SOLID WASTE (Norway) — Control No. 04011A .........      28
Souutk
       See GENERAL  (South Africa) — Control No. 04048A ........      16
Sweeten
       Inventories  of Lake Acidification   ...............      39
       Composting of Bark and Digested  Sludge Under Aeration   .....      39
       Lake Vattern:  Recent Sedimentary Deposits  and  Sediment
          Chemistry ..........................      40
       Microbial Alkylation of Metals :  Some Comments  on
          Ecological Consequences of the Process   ...........      40
       Benthos Inventories in Rivers by Means of the Ekman  Grab :
          A Study of the Method With Recommendations   .........      40
       Progress Made  in  the Purification  of Wastewater   ........      41
United No£cott&
       Expert Consultation on  the  Joint Coordinated Project  on
          Pollution in the Mediterranean   ...............      41
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AIR

AUSTRIA
     PM(B)
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    BEITRAEGE:   UMWELTSCHUTZ. LEBENSMITTELANGELEGENHEITEN, VETERINAERVERWALTUNG
    (REPORTS:   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,  MATTERS RELATED TO  FOODSTUFFS, VETERINARY  ADMINISTRATION)
    AUSTRIA.   FEO.MIN. FOR HEALTH  AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
    GERMAN                  01/00/76  PGS  1-147           ID*   04056A
     RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS
BRAZIL

     LRCB)
    THIS  VOLUME,  THE FIRST OF  A SERIES  OF SUCH VOLUMES  INTENDED  TO  PROVIDE INFORMATION  ON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FOODSTUFFS  CONTROL AND VETERINARY  ADMINISTRATION, CONTAINS  FOUR  REPORTS
ON RESEARCH PROJECTS SPONSORED BY  THE AUSTRIAN FEDERAL  MINISTRY  FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.   THE  INDIVIDUALLY  AUTHORED  ARTICLES ARE ENTITLED:  A)  REPORT ON THE EMISSIONS
SITUATION IN THE  AUSTRIAN IRON AND STEEL  INDUSTRY AND IN THE AUSTRIAN CERAMICS INDUSTRY: B)  STUDY
ON CONTACT  WITH RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN AUSTRIA; C) THE ARSENIC  CONTENT OF FOODSTUFFS;  AND D)
DIAGNOSIS OF ENZOOTIC PNEUMONIA IN SWINE  BY MEANS OF IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE.


    "CAMPINAS APPLIES 1975 DECREE  AND CLOSES PLANT."  0 ESTAOO DE  SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE              05/05/76   PGS  19              ID*  C3046G

    THIS  ARTICLE  REPORTS ON MEASURES  TAKEN BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF  CAMPINAS, BRAZIL TO CLOSE  DOWN
TWO HIGHLY  POLLUTING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS  IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  AUGUST 14. 1975 FEDERAL DECREE-LAW
NO. 1.4-13.   (SEE  ID 003046A.)  THE TWO  PLANTS IN QUESTION  HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST PUBLIC COMPLAINTS
WITH REGARD  TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION  IN THE AREA.  AFTER THREE WARNINGS- AMD A 30-DAY  DEADLINE TO
INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT,  ONE  PLANT (INOUSTRIA  BRASILEIRA DE ACIDOS GRAXOS)  WAS CLOSED
DOWN. EVEN  THOUGH THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT WAS BEING IMPORTED.  IN  A SIMILAR CASE AN ASPHALT  PLANT
WAS DENIED  AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE BY THE MUNICIPALITY, RESULTING  IN  THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION  OF THE
PLANT'S OPERATIONS.  THE RELOCATION OF  THIS PLANT TO ANOTHER AREA  IS NOW PLANNED.
BRAZIL

     LR(A)
    LEGISLACAO  BASICA (BASIC LEGISLATION)
    BRAZIL.   SECRETARIA ESPECIAL DO  MEIO AMBIENTE
    PORTUGUESE               00/00/76  PGS  1-27
    ^GENERAL        WATER
                                                                                  ID*
  EPA
C4021A

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AIR
GERMANY,FED  REP OF
     LR(A>
AUGUST 5.  1971 LAW TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY LEAD COMPOUNDS IN
CARBURETOR  FUELS FOR MOTOR  VEHICLE ENGINES.  AS  LAST AMENDED NOVEMBER 25.
                                                                EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-8             ID*  01312F
                                                                                                        1975
                          THIS  TEXT PROVIDES  AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE AUGUST  5,  1971  LEADED GASOLINE LAW.  THE
                      LAW PROVIDES THAT FROM  JANUARY 1. 1972, THE  LEAD CONTENT OF  GASOLINE MAY NOT  EXCEED 0.40 GRAMS
                      PER LITER.  AS OF JANUARY 1. 1976. THE LEAD  CONTENT IS TO  BE REDUCED TO 0.15  GRAMS PER LITER.
                      THE PROVISIONS ALSO  APPLY TO OTHER METALLIC  COMPOUNDS USED IN PLACE OF LEAD.   THE FEDERAL OFFICE
                      OF TRADE  AND INDUSTRY MAY GRANT EXEMPTIONS FROM THESE PROVISIONS FOR LIMITED  PERIODS OF TIME IN
                      CERTAIN  INSTANCES.   TO  OFFSET ANY ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE THE HOLDER OF SUCH AN EXEMPTION MIGHT
                      ACQUIRE.  BETWEEN JANUARY 1. 1976 AND DECEMBER 31. 1977 A FEE OF ONE PFENNIG PER LITER FUEL IS TO
                      BE LEVIED FOR FUEL WITH A LEAD 'CONTENT UP TO 0.25 GRAMS AND  A FEE OF TWO PFENNIG PER LITER IS TO
                      BE CHARGED FOR FUEL  WITH A HIGHER LEAD CONTENT.  (THE GERMAN TFXT OF THIS LAW HAS BEEN ABSTRACTED
                      AS ID NO. 01312A.)
GERMANY. F-ED REP OF
     LRIB)
SURVEY  OF RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN
FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
GERMANY.FED REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR        EPA
ENGLISH                  09/10/74  PGS  1-18            ID*  0406PA
*GENERAL       RADIATION     SOLID WASTE   WATER
                                                                                                       THE
GERMANY,FED REP OF

      PM( A)
UMWELTBERICHT "76 (ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT  «76>
GERMANY.FED REP OF.   FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR
GERMAN                    00/00/76  PGS  1-293           ID*
ALSO  PMB. LRB
*GENERAL        WATER          NOISE         SOLID WASTE   TOXIC  SUBS
  EPA
04033A
GREAT  BRITAIN
      PM(B)
PROGRESS  SUSTAINED:  CHANGES IN THE BRITISH  ENVIRONMENTAL SCENE.   REPORT TO
THE  SECOND SESSION OF THE  GOVERNING COUNCIL  OF  THE U.N. ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
GREAT  BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS   1-39            ID*  03993A
ALSO PMA. LRB
^GENERAL        WATER

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AIR

GREAT BRITAIN            DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT REGISTER OF RESEARCH 1976. PART IV:
                         ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION
                         GREAT  BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT                EPA
     ST(  )               ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-255          ID*  03005C
                         *GENERAL        WATER          NOISE         RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS



HUNGARY                  BRIEF  INFORMATION  ON  THE PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN HUNGARY
                         HUNGARY.  SECRETARIAT,  NATL.  COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENT PROT.   EPA
     PMC A)               ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-11           ID*  0*02*A
                         ALSO LRB, PMB
                         *GENERAL        WATER          LAND USE      SOLID WASTE



MEXICO                   "30.0OO MILLION SPENT AGAINST THE AFFLICTION."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                                       EPA
     PM(B)               SPANISH                  06/05/76  PGS  OA             ID*  03994A
                          SOLID WASTE    WATER

                         ON THE OCCASION OF THE  U. N.  HUMAN HABITAT CONFERENCE HELD IN VANCOUVER.. CANADA. THE MEXICAN
                     SUBSECRETARIAT  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPROVEMENT STATED THAT THE CURRENT MFXICAN ADMINISTRATION (UNDER
                     PRESIDENT  ECHEVERRIA)  HAS SPENT 30 BILLION PESOS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION.  AIR POLLUTION
                     AND SOLID  WASTE DISPOSAL  CONTROLS HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED AT 72,000 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL
                     ESTABLISHMENTS; HOWEVER.  EXTREME  PROBLEMS CONCERNING URBAN SANITATION AND THE POLLUTION OF WATER
                     RESOURCES  MUST  STILL BE SOLVED.


NEW ZEALAND              AUCKLAND RAPID TRANSIT  SCHEME:  STAGE ONE.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT;
                         SUBMISSIONS; AND AUDIT
                         NEW ZEALAND.   COMMISSION FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
     PM(B)               ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-130          ID*  04017A
                         ^GENERAL        LAND USE      NOISE         WATER

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AIR

NO'RW AY

     LR(B)
NORWAY

      PM(B)
    "COMPENSATION  FOR AIRPLANE NOISE  ORDERED DISBURSED."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                 10/18/76   PCS  9                ID*  04026A

    NINE PROPERTY  OWNERS  CLOSE TO  FLESNES AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE 190.000 NORWEGIAN KRONER IN
COMPENSATION FOR AIRPLANE NOISE.   THE DEFENDANT  IN THIS CASE. THE  MINISTRY OF  DEFENSE.  WILL ALSO
HAVE  TO PAY AN  ANNUAL INTEREST RATE  OF FIVE PERCENT ON THIS AMOUNT RETROACTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER  14.
1967,  WHEN THE  CLAIM WAS  FILED.  THE  CIRCUIT COURT OF GULATING HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR GRANTED THE
COMPENSATION TO THE PLAINTIFF. AND AT A RECENT  CABINET MEETING THE DAMAGES WERE ORDERED DISBURSED.
THIS  ARTICLE ALSO  REPORTS THAT AN  ADDITIONAL SEVEN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE  FILED SUIT  IN A
SIMILAR CASE ARE STILL AWAITING FINAL SETTLEMENT.


    "A 45 PERCENT  ENERGY  PROFIT WITH  FLUE GAS  PURIFICATION."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
    NORWEGIAN                 08/07/76   PGS  16               ID*  04007A

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS  THAT IN THE  NEXT FEW  YEARS THE EXISTING 10-15 SMELTERIES IN NORWAY MUST
EQUIP ALL OF THEIR OPEN FERRO-ALLOY OVENS WITH  SMOKE PURIFICATION  FILTERS.   THIS PROCESS WILL HAVE
A TWO-FOLD EFFECT  ON THE  ENVIRONMENT.  NOT ONLY  WILL IT PRODUCE CLEANER AI9  BUT ENERGY  WILL ALSO
BE SAVED.  SINCE THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN PURIFICATION IS SENSITIVE  TO HEAT,  THE SMOKE MUST FIRST
BE COOLED OFF.  A PROCESS  WHICH RELEASES ENERGY.   AN ESTIMATE AT ONE OF THE SMELTERIES HAS SHOWN
THAT  THE RELEASED  ENERGY  WOULD BE  SUFFICIENT TO  COVER 45  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL  ENERGY NEED AT THIS
INSTALLATION.   AT  OTHER PLACES. THE  EXCESS ENERGY WILL BE USED TO  PRODUCE STEAM OR REMOTE HEAT.
SOUTH AFRICA

      LR(B)
     SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.   IFCOL 1
     RABIE. ANDRE
     ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PGS   1-199
                            ^GENERAL
                                            NOISE
                                                            WATER
                                                                           PESTICIDES
       EPA
ID*  04040A
   LAND USE
                                                                                                         SOLID WASTE
SWEDEN
      ST<  )
     "CORRELATION OF MOSS  SAMPLING  TECHNIQUES  WITH DIRECT  IMMISSION  MEASUREMENT  OF
     MERCURY FALLOUT."   IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND  AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
     SKARBY, LENA                                                     EPA
     SWEDISH                   09/00/76  PGS  1-23            ID*  04041 A

     THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS  TO ESTABLISH  IF ANY CORRELATION EXISTED BETWEEN MERCURY  CONTENT
IN  MOSS (HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME) AND MERCURY DEPOSITED BY RAIN COLLECTED AT SIX LOCALITIES AROUND
A CHLOR-ALKALI  PLANT.   THE RESULTS INDICATE NO  SUCH CORRELATION.  INVESTIGATIONS OF MERCURY
CONCENTRATIONS  IN THE  AIR AROUND THE SAME PLANT SUGGEST.  HOWEVER. THAT THE MERCURY LEVEL IN MOSS
REFLECTS THE  MERCURY LEVEL IN AIR.   THE STUDY ALSO INCLUDES AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE  THE
TIME REQUIRED FOP UNPOLLUTED MOSS.  TRANSPLANTED TO THE SAME SIX LOCALITIES, TO  REACH THE SAME
MERCURY LEVEL AS THE MOSS GROWING  NATURALLY AROUND THE CHLOR-ALKALI PLANT.  AFTER ONE YEAR THE
TRANSPLANTED  MOSS CLOSE TO THE PLANT (360 M)  HAD A MERCURY  CONCENTRATION WHICH  WAS 1/3 OF  THAT IN
THE NATURALLY GROWING  MOSS.  AT 2  KM FROM THE SOURCE IT WAS 2/3 WHEREAS AT 5.6  KM, THE
TRANSPLANTED  MOSS HAD  REACHED THE  SAME MERCURY  LEVEL AS THE NATURALLY GROWING MOSS.

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AIR

SWITZERLAND


     LR(A)
UNITED  NATIONS

      SE(  >
"AMENDMENTS 01 TO REGULATION  NO.  15 ON VEHICLE  APPROVAL."
LOIS  FEDERALES. NO. 10
                           FRENCH
                                                    03X17X75  PCS  520-30
                                                                                   ID*
                                                              RECUEIL DES
                                                                EPA
                                                              03367B
                           THESE AMENDMENTS TO  REGULATION NO. 15 ON UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING  THE APPROVAL^OF
                      VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A POSITIVE IGNITION TYPE  ENGINE WITH REGARD TO  THE EMISSION OF GASEOUS
                      POLLUTANTS BY THE ENGINEi  WERE APPROVED ON JULY  11.  1974 TO ENTER INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER 11.
                      1974 IN SWITZERLAND.  AMENDED PROVISIONS CONCERN THE DESIGNATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF
                      APPROVAL; CARBON MONOXIDE  AND HYDROCARBON PERMISSIBLE EMISSION LEVELS;  AND  THE EXTENSION OF
                      APPROVAL TO VEHICLES OF  VARYING SPECIFICATIONS.
"UNESCO  CONCERNED ABOUT AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION."  LE  FIGARO
SCHWEITZER.  GENEVIEVE
FRENCH                   10X05X76  PCS  8               ID*
 NOISE
  EPA
15 40 58 A
                           250  GOVERNMENT AND  INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES  FROM OVER 30 NATIONS MET  AT THE UNESCO HOUSE  IN
                      PARIS UNDER THE AEGIS OF  THE  UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT OF
                      AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION.   SPEAKING FOR FRANCE, MR.  ANSOUER.  THE MINISTER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
                      STRESSED THE FACT THAT  INCREASES IN BOTH NOISE AND  AIR POLLUTION FROM A GROWING NUMBER OF AUTOS
                      WERE MAKING IMPERATIVE  THE  ADOPTION OF MEASURES  TO  REDUCE NUISANCES AT THE SOURCE.  ALTHOUGH
                      ABATEMENT EFFORTS HAVE  BEEN TAKEN IN THE PAST, LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS  STILL EXHIBIT A LACK OF
                      UNIFORMITY IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES.  DELEGATES CALLED FOR 8FTTER
                      COORDINATION. AS WELL AS  ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IN  AREAS WHERE DATA IS STILL UNAVAILABLE (E.G.
                      SULFATES).  POSSIBLE NOISE  POLLUTION REMEDIES CONSIDERED  ENTAILED INCREASES IN THE RETAIL PRICE OF
                      CARS.  EUROPEAN INDUSTRY  REPRESENTATIVES WHO MANIFESTED APPREHENSION AT THIS PROSPECT WERE TOLD BY
                      US  INDUSTRIALISTS THAT  INCREASES HAD NOT AFFECTED RETAIL  SALES THERE.
WHO
                                                                     WHO  REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS.
     PM(B)
MANUAL ON  URBAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT.
EUROPEAN SERIES NO. 1
WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION.  REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE
ENGLISH                  00X00X76  PGS  1-200          ID*
ALSO ST
                                                                                          EPA
                                                                                        04038A
                          TO DEFINE AIR POLLUTION  PROBLEMS MORE CLEARLY  AND TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES  FOR GOOD AIR QUALITY
                      MANAGEMENT  PRACTICES, THE WHO  REGIONAL OFFICE FOR  EUROPE HAS PREPARED  THIS MANUAL, WHICH APPEARS
                      AS THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES OF WHO REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS.  THIS MANUAL  CONTAINS TEN CHAPTERS,
                      MOST OF  WHICH WERE COMMISSIONED BY WHO FROM SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF  AIR  QUALITY AND
                      SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED BY TWO SPECIAL WORKING GROUPS.   CHAPTER 1 REVIEWS  THE  WHOLE FIELD OF  AIR
                      POLLUTION CONTROL AND ABATEMENT WITH ADMINISTRATORS  AND POLICYMAKERS PARTICULARLY IN MIND.
                      OTHER CHAPTERS DEAL WITH SUCH  TOPICS AS THE LEGAL  AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF AIR QUALITY
                      MANAGEMENT. ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. AIR QUALITY CRITERIA. TOWN AND COUNTRY  PLANNING. THE
                      METEOROLOGY OF AIR POLLUTION.  AND AIR QUALITY SURVEILLANCE.  ALTHOUGH  NOT  A  COMPLETE TREATISE ON
                      AIR QUALTIY MANAGEMENT. THIS MANUAL PROVIDES A  SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL  EXPERIENCE IN THE
                      FIELD OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.

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GENERAL

BRAZIL

     LR(A)
BRAZIL

      PM(A)
    LEGISLACAO  BASICA (BASIC LEGISLATION)
    BRAZIL.   SECRETARIA ESPECIAL DO ME 10  AMBIENTE
    PORTUGUESE               00/00/76  PGS  1-27
     WATER          AIR
       EPA
ID*  04021A
    THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED BY THE SPECIAL  SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BRAZILIAN
MINISTRY OF  INTERIOR, COMPILES THE TEXTS  OF  THE BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION OF BRAZIL,
INCLUDING:   DECREE NO. 73.030 OF OCTOBER  30,  1973 CREATING THE SPECIAL  SECRETARIAT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT  AND  ITS FUNCTIONS; DECREE-LAW NO.  1.413 OF AUGUST 14,  1975  DELINEATING A POLICY FOR
THE CONTROL  OF POLLUTION FROM INDUSTRIAL  ACTIVITIES; DECREE NO. 76.389  OF OCTOBER 3. 1975 ON
MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; APRIL  11,  1975 ORDER OF THE
SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REGARDING THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF MERCURY IN MARINE
AND FRESH WATERS; JANUARY is. i976 ORDER  NO.  0013 OF THE MINISTRY  OF INTERIOR ESTABLISHING WATER
QUALITY CLASSIFICATIONS FOR INLAND WATERS;  AND APRIL 27, 1976 ORDER  NO.  0231  OF THE MINISTRY  OF
INTERIOR ESTABLISHING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS.


    "ENVIRONMENT WILL HAVE A PROTECTION COUNCIL."  O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE               05/23/76  PGS  34              ID*  03990A
    ALSO PMB, LRB. SE

    THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A STUDY CARRIED  OUT BY BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT  TECHNICIANS POINTING  OUT
SOME OF THE  INHERENT WEAKNESSES IN BRAZILIAN  ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND PROPOSING CHANGES
NEEDED TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE USE AND PROTECTION  OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES.   ORGANIZATIONAL,
ECONOMIC, AND TECHNICAL INADEQUACIES ARE  CITED, AND THE EFFECTS OF THESE INADEQUACIES ON THE
OPERATIONS OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT AND THE FOREST  PROTECTION INSTITUTE  ARE
GIVEN AS EXAMPLES.  THE PRIMARY PROPOSAL  OF  THE STUDY FAVORS THE CREATION OF  A NATURAL RESOURCES
COUNCIL COMPRISED OF THE MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE, INTERIOR, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. HEALTH, AND
PLANNING.  OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFINITIONS OF  BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL
PARAMETERS TO BE FOLLOWED AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY AND THE  CREATION OF A NATIONAL
GREEN AREAS  PLAN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTING SYSTEM. AND A NATURE PROTECTION FUND.
BRAZIL

      PMJB)
    "THE  NATION WILL HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL  CONTROL."  0 ESTADO OE SAO PAULO
                                                                   EPA
    PORTUGUESE              06/30/76  PGS   18              ID*  04052A

    THIS  ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE FORTHCOMING  CREATION, IN BRAZIL, OF THE NATIONAL  ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL SYSTEM .  REFLECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,
THIS SYSTEM  WILL DIAGNOSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY BY REGION  AND FORMULATE
PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION  THROUGH THE
COOPERATION  OF INVOLVED AGENCIES AND WITH DUE  CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH  FACTORS AND
ECONOMIC  CAPACITY.  SINACAM WILL BE A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM COMPLETED IN STAGES  AND WILL INVOLVE
THE COLLECTION OF REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. WHICH WILL BE USED TO DEFINE ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION AND PARAMETERS ACCORDING TO REGIONAL NEEDS.  ENVIRONMENTALISTS RECOGNIZE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SINACAM AS A SERIOUS STEP ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO  CURB THE ADVERSE
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION ON THE  PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ECONOMIC  WELL-BEING OF THE
COUNTRY.

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GENERAL


CANADA
     PM(B)
    THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS  (EARP). PROCEDURES AND
    RESPONSIBILITIES
    CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT CANADA                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PCS  1-7            ID*  03911 A


    IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW POLICYi APPROVED BY THE CANADIAN CABINET
IN 1973, THIS DOCUMENT. PREPARED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA, SETS FORTH THE REVISED PROCEDURES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS IN CANADA, WHICH  IS MANDATORY
FOR FEDERAL PHJJECTS AND RECOMMENDED FOR OTHERS.  THE INITIATING AGENCY OF A PROJECT MUST DECIDE.
THROUGH PRELIMINARY SCREENING PROCEDURES AND WITH THE AID OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING AND
SCREENING COMMITTTEES OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA. WHETHER THE PROJECT CARRIES A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT  ON
THE ENVIRONMENT.  IF SUCH IS THE CASE, THE AGENCY WILL REQUEST ENVIRONMENT CANADA TO APPOINT AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL WHICH WILL FORMULATE GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF  AN IMPACT
STATEMENT AND WHICH WILL SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMIT THE STATEMENT WITH RECOMMENDATION AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
TO THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND MINISTER OF THE SPONSORING AGENCY.  THE MINISTERS WILL  THEN
MAKE A JOINT DECISION ON THE PROJECT. THE CABINET HAVING FINAL SAY IN CASES OF DISAGREEMENT.
CANADA


     PM(B)
    AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR CANADA
    CANADA.  CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL             EPA
    ENGLISH                 02/00/7*  PGS  1-8             ID*  0391 IB

    THIS REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL PROPOSES AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR CANADA, DIFFERING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE PROCESS CURRENTLY  IN USE
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF FEBRUARY 1975 fSEE ID *03911A).  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED
PROCESS, WHICH DEFINES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AS THE PROCESS WHICH LEADS TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT. WOULD PROVIDE:  1» THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
BEFORE THEY ARE APPROVED? 2> THE RECOGNITION OF CERTAIN ECOLOGICAL ABSOLUTES WHICH MAY NOT BE
TRANSGRESSED AND WHICH NECESSARILY PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES; 3) THE SPECIFICATION OF CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF ACTIVITIES WHICH DO REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; 4) THE DESIGNATION OF ACTIVITIES COMING
UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT; 5) THE ABILITY OF THE PUBLIC TO
REQUEST ASSESSMENTS; AND 6) THE CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BOARD.
CANADA


     PM(B)
    JAMES BAY HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
    CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT CANADA
    ENGLISH*                03/24/75  PGS  1-45           ID*
    *ALSO FRENCH; ALSO ST
  EPA
04051A
                         SINCE 1971, ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS BEEN CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE STUDIES PERTAINING  TO
                     HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE JAMES BAY AREA IN NORTHERN QUEBEC AND. THROUGH  ITS  COST-SHARING
                     AGREEMENT WITH THE JAMES BAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO RESEARCH LEADING  TO
                     IDENTIFICATION OF A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WHICH THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS WITH
                     A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE REMEDIAL MEASURES.  THE REPORT, PREPARED BY A GROUP OF  SENIOR  ENVIRONMENT
                     CANADA OFFICERS. SUMMARIZES THE VIEWS AND FINDINGS TO DATE OF FEDERAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE  JAMES
                     BAY STUDIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.   BEGINNING WITH
                     A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE REPORT COVERS THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL  CHANGES TO THE
                     ENVIRONMENT:  CHANGES IN LAND AND WATER MASS RATION AND IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT;  CLIMATIC
                     CHANGES; CHANGES ON LAND SYSTEMS; AND EFFECTS ON THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT.  (A FRENCH  VERSION OF THE
                     REPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED.)

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• GENERAL

 FRANCE

      PMtB)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
    "RHINE-RHONE CANAL TO SPARE  ENVIRONMENT."
    SCHWEITZER. GENEVIEVE
    FRENCH                   07/28/76  PGS   4
                                                   LE FIGARO
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
04010A
                            THE  FRENCH STATE SECRETARY  FOR THE ENVIRONMENT  HAS ANNOUNCED  THAT STUDIES INDICATE THAT THE
                        CANAL  PROJECTED FOR CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN  THE RHINE  AND RHONE RIVERS WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT  THE
                        ENVIRONMENT.  TWENTY-NINE STUDIES WERE UNDERTAKEN AT  THE REQUEST  OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT ON HIS
                        GRANTING APPROVAL  TO THE PROJECT IN NOVEMBER 1975.  AND ONLY A  SMALL NUMBER  REMAIN TO  BE COMPLETED.
                        MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROJECT  RESULTING FROM THE STUDIES ARE DESCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.  TOGETHER  WITH"
                        CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WHICH ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.  NOISE IMPACT, AND EFFECT  ON
                        GROUNDWATER. WILDLIFE. AND LANDSCAPE ARE  DISCUSSED.
 GERMANY.FED REP OF
      LR(A)
    PRINCIPLES FOR  ASSESSING  THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF  PUBLIC MEASURES
    TAKEN BY THE  FEDERATION
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/00  PGS   1-11            ID*  03679B

    THE  TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS  AN  ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES FOR  ASSESSING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF PUBLIC MEASURES TAKEN  BY THE FEDERATION, PLUS  A SIX-PAGE
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.  THE  PRINCIPLES  ARE TO BE APPLIED TO PUBLIC MEASURES  OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES. FEDERAL CORPORATE BODIES,  INSTITUTIONS  AND FOUNDATIONS.  THEY  ARE DESIGNATED TO
PROTECT  MAN, ANIMALS, VEGETATION, AND VULNERABLE PROPERTY FROM HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL  INFLUENCES
IN A  PREVENTIVE FASHION.   AUTHORITIES ARE  TO EXAMINE  THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELEVANCE AND
COMPATIBILITY OF  MEASURES  AT  THE EARLIEST  POSSIBLE STAGE.  THE PRINCIPLES PROVIDE FOR  CONSULTATION
AMONG VARIOUS PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. AND THE  ASSESSMENT  PROCEDURE IS OUTLINED  IN DETAIL.   THE
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM EXPLAINS THE PRINCIPLES SECTION BY SECTIDN AND LISTS OTHER LAWS AND
PROVISIONS REQUIRING SOME  ASSESSMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF PUBLIC MEASURES.   (THE
ORIGINAL GERMAN TEXT OF THE PRINCIPLES  MAY BE FOUND UNDER ID NO. 03679A.)
 GERMANY.FED REP  OF
       LR(B)
                            "MOST VIOLATIONS AGAINST  WATER PROTECTION.
                            SCHUTZ. NO.  5
                            GERMAN
                              WATER
                                                       10/00/75  PGS
                                                  "  UMWELT:   FORSCHUNG.  GESTALTUNG,

                                                                       EPA
                                                               ID*  04025A
                             IN  THE FIRST  HALF OF 1975,  PUBLIC PROSECUTORS  IN  NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA  INSTITUTED
                        PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST 887 VIOLATIONS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  REGULATIONS.   OF THESE  INSTANCES.
                        653  CASES WERE RESOLVED IN SOME FASHION.   IT WAS FOUND THAT MOST VIOLATIONS  (53.8 PERCENT!  WERE
                        AGAINST PROVISIONS FOR WATER  PROTECTION.   OF THE REMAINING VIOLATIONS, 14.8  PERCENT WERE  OF
                        REGULATIONS IN THE AREA OF NATURE. LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION;  14.7 PERCENT OF PROVISIONS
                        FOR  SAFE REMOVAL  OF WASTE AND DISEASE PREVENTION:  AND IP.7 PERCENT  OF  PROVISIONS FOR THE
                        MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY AND NOISE ABATEMENT.

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GERMANY,FED REP OF


     PMf A)
    UMWELTBERICHT '76 (ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT •76)
    GERMANY,FED REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR        EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/76  PGS  1-293          IO#  04033A
    ALSO PMB, LRB
     WATER         AIR           NOISE         SOLID WASTE   TOXIC SUBS

    THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, SUBTITLED "FOLLOW-UP TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF JULY 14, 1976," BEGINS WITH AN INTRODUCTION IN WHICH THE FEDFRAL MINISTER
OF THE INTERIOR STATES THE GOVERNMENT'S ADHERENCE TO FIVE MAJOR TENETS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
PREVENTION, THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PROMOTION OF
ENVIRONMENTALLY FAVORABLE TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.  THE REPORT IS
DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAJOR SECTIONS:  A GENERAL PART, A SECTION DEALING WITH PROGRAM AREAS. AN
ASSESSMENT OF FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND FOCAL POINTS. AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING LISTS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND OF INVOLVED FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, INSTITUTES, ETC.  THE GENERAL SECTION
PRESENTS DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL BASES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.  THE SECTION ON PROGRAM AREAS
DISCUSSES ACHIEVEMENTS, STATUS AND GOALS IN EACH AREA.  (SEE ENGLISH SUMMARY:  ID 04O33B.)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     t>M
    ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT '76—FOLLOW-UP TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME OF THE
    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:  SUMMARY
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 07/14/76  PGS  t-8            ID*  04033B

    THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THREE SECTIONS:  APPRAISAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GUIDELINES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AND FOCAL POINTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
ACCORDING TO SECTION i. MANY OF THE GOALS OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM OF SEPTEMBER
29. 1971 HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.  ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, ORDINANCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
PASSED SINCE THAT DATE ARE LISTED. AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COOPERATION WITH VARIOUS SECTORS OF
SOCIETY, THE LANDS. AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA ARE CITED.  AMONG THE
GUIDELINES OF FEDERAL POLICY MENTIONED IN SECTION II ARE THE GOVERNMENT'S PLEDGE TO CONTINUE ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. TO PROVIDE PREVENTIVE AS WELL AS CORRECTIVE MEASURES. AND TO CONSIDER THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DECISIONS.  SECTION III LISTS SPECIFIC
GOALS. INCLUDING EXPANSION OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. INTRODUCTION OF
LONG-TERM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC AND RADIATION PROTECTION LAW.

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GENERAL
GERMANY,FED REP  OF
      SE(  >
    EXPENDITURE  ESTIMATES  RELATING TO  POLLUTION  CONTROL IN  GERMANY FOB  THE PERIOD
    TO  1980.   SUMMARY OF A STUDY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   09/00/75   PCS  1-22             ID*  04028A

    THIS SUMMARY OF A STUDY CONDUCTED  IN 1975 BY THE BATTELLE INSTITUTE UNDER CONTRACT TO THE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR REPRESENTS AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE  EXPENDITURE FOR
POLLUTION CONTROL.  INCLUDING BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING EXPENSE.  THE  INITIAL SECTION OF THE  REPORT
PRESENTS THE TOTAL  POLLUTION LOAD IN METRIC TONS CAUSED BY  16 CLASSES  OF POLLUTANTS OF THE  AIR AND
WATER  AND BY SOLID  WASTE AND LISTS THE PERCENTAGES OF THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTED BY SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY.  EIGHT  TABLES DETAIL INDUSTRY'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND OPERATING EXPENSES  FOR POLLUTION
CONTROL BEFORE 1974, DURING 1974 AND FROM 1974 TO 1979.  A  FINAL TABLE  GIVES SIMILAR FIGURES  FOR
GOVERNMENT SPENDING FOR POLLUTION CONTROL FROM 1974 TO 1979.  THE TEXT  DISCUSSES THE IMPLICATIONS
OF THE  FIGURES IN EACH TABLE.  AMONG OTHER THINGS IT NOTES  THAT OPERATING EXPENSES  EXCEED
INVESTMENT EXPENSES FOR POLLUTION CONTROL IN BOTH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.  FROM 1974 TO 1979,
INDUSTRY WILL  SPEND MOST ON AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, GOVERNMENT MOST ON  WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
GREAT  BRITAIN

     LR(B)
    POLLUTION  CONTROL IN  ENGLAND
    GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH                   03/00/75   PGS  1-10
    ALSO PMA.  PME,  SE
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
03988A
                           THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE  EXISTING LEGAL AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  FRAMEWORK  FOR POLLUTION CONTROL IN
                       ENGLAND.  THE CONTROL OF  DOMESTIC. INDUSTRIAL  AND  VEHICLE  AIR POLLUTION IS DESCRIBED WITH
                       REFERENCE TO THE  ADMINISTRATION OF THE CLEAN AIR  ACT AND PUBLIC HEALTH  ACT BY CENTRAL AND  LOCAL
                       GOVERNMENT BODIES.   NOISE CONTROL FROM VEHICLES. AIRCRAFT  AND OTHER SOURCES IS  DESCRIBED WITH
                       REGARD  TO EXISTING LEGISLATION, WHICH INCLUDES ADOPTED ECE  LAWS, THE CIVIL AVIATION ACT. CONTROL OF
                       POLLUTION ACT. NOISE ABATEMENT ACT AND OTHERS. FRESHWATER  AND MARINE POLLUTION CONTROL IS
                       DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO  THE WATER ACT, CONTROL OF POLLUTION  ACT, PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION ACT
                       AND OTHERS.  THE  CONTROL  OF PESTICIDES AND RADIOACTIVITY IS BRIEFLY MENTIONED.  AND THE DISPOSAL
                       AND REUSE OF SOLID  WASTE  ARE REVIEWED UNDER THE CONTROL OF  POLLUTION ACT AND OTHER PERTINENT LAWS.
                       THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ARE ALSO DESCRIBED, AND THE PAPER
                       CONCLUDES WITH A  LOOK TO  FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

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GENERAL

GREAT  BRITAIN

     UR(B)
POLLUTION CONTROL  IN SCOTLAND
GREAT  BRITAIN.   SCOTTISH  DEVELOPMENT  DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH                  03/00/75  PGS  1-4
ALSO PMA
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
0399SA
                            AS EXPLAINED IN THIS NOTE ON  THE LEGAL  AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR  POLLUTION  CONTROL  IN
                       SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE  BASED ON LEGAL PROVISIONS
                       SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM  THOSE APPLICABLE TO ENGLAND AND  WALES.  WITH REGARD  TO WASTE ON LAND.  THE
                       RESPONSIBLE  AUTHORITIES. POWERS OF  COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL AS WELL  AS PROVISIONS CONCERNING DEPOSIT
                       OF  POISONOUS SUBSTANCES  ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH THE BURGH POLICE (SCOTLAND) ACTS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
                       (SCOTLAND) ACTS, AND  THE DEPOSIT  OF POISONOUS WASTE ACT.  WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IS DESCRIBED IN
                       TERMS OF THE RIVERS (PREVENTION OF  POLLUTION)  (SCOTLAND) ACT AND  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT  (SCOTLAND)
                       ACT.   PROVISIONS FCR  NOISE CONTROL, CONTAINED IN BOTH  SCOTTISH AND  NATIONWIDE LAWS, ARE ALSO
                       DESCRIBED.   IN THE CASE  OF AIR POLLUTION, CONTROL OVER DOMESTIC SOURCES, INDUSTRIES, AND VEHICLES
                       IS  PROVIDED  FOR IN THE NATIONAL ALKALAI AND CLEAN AIR  ACTS AND IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND)  ACT,
                       AMONG OTHERS.
GREAT  BRITAIN

      PM(B)
REPORT ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  1975
GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT  OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PGS   1-64
ALSO  PMA
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
P2777B
                            THIS, THE THIRD ANNUAL REPORT  ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  IN  THE BRITISH  DEPARTMENT  OF THE
                       ENVIRONMENT,  DEALS WITH  THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1974-75.   PART I
                       OF THE REPORT SERVES  AS  AN INTRODUCTION, BRIEFLY DESCRIBING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S
                       RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, DESCRIBING  THE EXTENT  AND NATURE  OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN
                       INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DURING THE YEAR,  AND SUMMARIZING THE ACTIVITY  IN  THE
                       DEPARTMENT'S  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.  WHICH  IS  DESCRIBED  MORE FULLY  IN PART  II.   THE
                       PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN  PART II DEALS WITH PLANNING AND  TRANSPORTATION.  BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION,
                       AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND RESOURCES.  THE SUPPORTING TABLES  PROVIDE  INFORMATION ON THE
                       FINANCIAL AND RELATED ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM,  AND PART  III OF THE REPORT  CONTAINS
                       APPENDIXES  GIVING BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE  SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION.  ORGANIZATION OF  THE
                       DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF RESEARCH AND FORMULATION OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

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GENERAL

GREAT BRITAIN


     PM(B)
    PROGRESS SUSTAINED:   CHANGES  IN THE  BRITISH ENVIRONMENTAL SCENE.  REPORT TO
    THE SECOND SESSION OF THE  GOVERNING  COUNCIL OF  THE U.N.  ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS   1-39           ID*  03993A
    ALSO PMA, LRB
     AIR           WATER
    THIS REPORT DESCRIBES MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO CONTROL  POLLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN DURING THE
18 MONTHS FOLLOWING THE 1972 STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ON THE  ENVIRONMENT.  CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT  ARE EXPLAINED,  FURTHER  LEGISLATION IS DESCRIBED, AND PROGRESS MADE
IN ABATING POLLUTION ON THE  NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS IS DISCUSSED.  THE INTRODUCTION TO
THE REPORT GIVES A BRIEF  BACKGROUND OF GREAT  BRITAIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION AND IN SUMMARIZING
THE TEXT OF THE REPORT STATES  THAT AIR AND  WATER POLLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN HAVE DECLINED.
GOVERNMENT MACHINERY HAS  GAINED STRENGTH AND  EFFICIENCY.  AND NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ENACTED TO
REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND  REORGANIZE THE  MANAGEMENT OF  RIVERS AND THE WATER AND SEWAGE INDUSTRY.
THE CONCEPTS OF THE BRITISH  APPROACH TO  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ARE ALSO EXPLAINED IN THE
INTRODUCTION. WHILE APPENDIXES TO THE  REPORT  PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT,  AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
GREAT BRITAIN

     PM(B)
    CIVIC TRUST ENVIRONMENTAL  DIRECTORY
    CIVIC TRUST
    ENGLISH                 07/00/74   PGS
                                                                 1-36
                                                                                 ID*
  EPA
03996A
                          THIS DIRECTORY, PUBLISHED BY THE CIVIC TRUST, A BRITISH CHARITY, LISTS  269 NATIONAL AND
                      REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN OF INTEREST TO THOSE CONCERNED  WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
                      PROTECTION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.  THE LISTED ORGANIZATIONS  INCLUDE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND
                      AGENCIES.  VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES. PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRADE  ASSOCIATIONS.   ADDRESSES AND
                      TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN, WITH A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE FUNCTION OF EACH ORGANIZATION AND THE
                      SERVICES IT OFFERS.  THE DIRECTORY PROVIDES A SUBJECT GUIDE TO THE  ENTRIES.
GREAT BRITAIN
     ST< )
    DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT  REGISTER  OF RESEARCH 1976.  PART IV:
    ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT                EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76   PGS   1-255           ID*  03005C
     AIR           WATER         NCISE         RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS
                          THIS  VOLUME PROVIDES AN ANNOTATED LIST OF 1092 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION  PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY
                     GOVERNMENT.  INDUSTRY AND PRIVATE GROUPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS OF  EARLY 1976.   IT FORMS ONE OF
                     FOUR VOLUMES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S REGISTER OF RESEARCH; THE OTHER THREE VOLUMES
                     COVER CONSTRUCTION. ROADS AND TRANSPORT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING.   THE ENTRIES IN THIS
                     VOLUME ARE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS ON AIR POLLUTION, NOISE, MARINE POLLUTION,  FRESHWATER POLLUTION.
                     RADIOACTIVITY,  TOXIC CHEMICALS, LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONTROL, ECONOMIC ASPECTS  OF CONTROL, AND
                     INFORMATION  SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL.  EACH ENTRY GIVES THE NAME, CONDUCTOR AND  SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT,
                     AS WELL AS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, ITS COST, AND ANY RESULTING  PUBLICATIONS.  THE
                     ENTRIES ARE  INDEXED BY SUBJECT. RESEARCH WORKERS. AND ORGANIZATIONS  AND SPONSORS.  A LIST OF
                     ADDRESSES OF RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IS ALSO PROVIDED.  THE INTRODUCTION TO  THE TEXT GIVES
                     INFORMATION  ON  THE PREPARATION AND AVAILABILITY OF THE REGISTER OF RESEARCH.

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GENERAL


HUNGARY


     PM(A)
IRELAND


     PM(A)
    BRIEF INFORMATION ON THE PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN HUNGARY
    HUNGARY.  SECRETARIAT. NATL. COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENT PROT.   EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS  1-11           ID*  04024A
    ALSO LRB, PMB
     AIR           WATER         LAND USE      SOLID WASTE

    THIS PAMPHLET DESCRIBES: THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN HUNGARY AND THEIR HISTORY; THE
1976 HUNGARIAN ACT ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER LAWS APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION: THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS;
PROVISIONS OF THE FIFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 11976-80) FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH IN THE AREA; AND
PROGRAMS FOR FOSTERING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.  THE 1976 ENVIRONMENT ACT CONTAINS
PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LAND. WATER. AIR. PLANTS AND ANIMALS. THE LANDSCAPE. AND THE
ENVIRONMENT OF SETTLEMENTS.  THE HUNGARIAN PENAL CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO INCLUDE PENALTIES OF
FROM THREE TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR "VIOLATING THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT,"  THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN 1974 TO
GUIDE AND COORDINATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS MINISTRIES AND
AUTHORITIES.  THE FIFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN IS THE FIRST TO CONTAIN SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT PROVISIONS.


    FORBAIRT 2:  A REVIEW OF THE WORK OF AN FORAS FORBARTHA, APRIL 1969—MARCH 1973
    IRELAND.  AN FORAS FORBARTHA                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 08/00/73  PGS  1-56           ID*  04037A

    FORBAIRT 2 EXAMINES THE WORK OF AN FORAS FORBARTHA. THE IRISH NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL
PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH. WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964 BY THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, TRAINING AND INFORMATION INSTITUTE.  REVIEWED ARE THE
OBJECTIVES. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL RESEARCH POLICY OF THE INSTUTUTE DURING THE PERIOD APRIL
1969 TO MARCH 1973.  ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ALSO
RECEIVE CONSIDERATION.  A SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF EACH DIVISION AND OF THE EDUCATION AND
INFORMATION SECTION IS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT.  LISTS OF BOTH BOARD AND RESEARCH STAFF POSITIONS
AND PERSONNEL ARE INCLUDED.  PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE ARE ALSO LISTED.
JAPAN
      ST(  )
                         ENVIRONMENTAL  RESEARCH  IN  JAPAN,  1975
                         JAPAN.   ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY
                         ENGLISH                  08/00/76   PGS   1-204
                                                                 EPA

                                                          ID*  04006A
                         THE  JAPANESE  ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY,  WHICH COORDINATES ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION STUDIES
                      UNDERTAKEN  BY  VARIOUS  GOVERNMENT  MINISTRIES  AND  AGENCIES AND WHICH UNIFIES EXPENDITURES FOR
                      POLLUTION CONTROL ACTIVITIES.  HAS COMPILED THIS  VOLUME OF SUMMARIZED REPORTS ON RESEARCH PROJECTS
                      CONDUCTED  IN JAPAN DURING  FISCAL  YEAR 1975.  ORGANIZED BY PROGRAM AREA. THE COMPILATION INCLUDES
                      STUDIES  IN:  MEDICINE  AND  BIOLOGY.  AIR POLLUTION. WATER POLLUTION, NOISE AND VIBRATION. WASTE
                      TREATMENT AND  MANAGEMENT,  AS  WELL AS  A MISCELLANEOUS  SECTION.  APPENDED TO THE VOLUME  IS A LIST
                      OF  THE PARTICIPATING RESEARCH  INSTUTUTES.

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GENERAL


NEW ZEALAND



     PM(B)
    AUCKLAND RAPID TRANSIT SCHEME:  STAGE ONE.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT;
    SUBMISSIONS; AND AUDIT
    NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/74  PGS  1-120          ID*  04017A
     LAND USE      NOISE         WATER         AIR

    THESE THREE VOLUMES ILLUSTRATE THE WORKINGS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
PROCESS REQUIRED OF ALL PROPOSED GOVERNMENT PROJECTS HAVING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL AUTHORITY. MINISTRY OF WORKS. AND NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS, HAVING PROPOSED THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR AUCKLAND, PREPARED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SYSTEM DESCRIBING THE PROJECT, ALTERNATIVES. OBJECTIVES. THE EXISTING
ENVIRONMENT. PREDICTED IMPACTS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT (VOLUME I) ELICITED THE SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS (VOLUME 2) FROM
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GROUPS AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT.  CONSIDERING THESE COMMENTS AND OTHER DATA.
THE COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AUDITED THE REPORT (VOLUME 3).  THIS AUDIT. CONCLUDING
THAT THE REPORT IS AN INADEQUATE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR
CONSIDERATION TO THE AUTHORITIES WHO WILL MAKE THE DECISION ON INITIATING THE PROJECT.
OECD
     LRtBI
                         POLLUTION LAW IN THE OECD.  BIBLIOGRAPHY NO. 192
                         JOHNSTONE. PAMELA, COMP.
                         ENGLISH                 09/00/75  PGS  1-20
                                                                               ID*
                                                                 EPA
                                                               03992A
                         THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 114 DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN THE HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH
                     DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH DEAL WITH POLLUTION LAW IN THE OECD. BOTH ON THE INTERNATIONAL
                     LEVEL AND IN INDIVIDUAL OECD COUNTRIES.  PERTINENT BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA IS GIVEN FOR EACH ENTRY,
                     INCLUDING CLASS NUMBERS FOR BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.
OECD
     ST( )
                         OECD AND ENVIRONMENT:  A BIBLIOGRAPHY

                         ENGLISH                 00/00/74  PGS  1-33
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  04039A
                         THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OECD DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ITS SCOPE:
                     GENERAL PROBLEMS? ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCES (WITH BOTH WATER AND AIR AS
                     SUBCATEGORIES); CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AND TRANSPORTATION STUDIES; ROAD RESEARCH;
                     NUCLEAR ENERGY; AND MISCELLANEOUS.

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GENERAL

SCANDINAVIA

     PM
    "CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  EDUCATION."   CURRENT SWEDEN,  NO.  67
    EMMELIN, LARS                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/76  PGS   1-5            ID*   040A3A

    THE FIRST NORDIC CONFERENCE  ON  ENVIRONMENTAL  EDUCATION AT  THE  UNIVERSITY LEVEL WAS CONVENED BY
THE NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS  AND WAS  HOSTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAMME AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF LUND. AUGUST  16-19.  1976.  THE  OBJECTIVE OF THE  CONFERENCE WAS TO GIVE THE
PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY  TO EXCHANGE  IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES  IN THIS FIELD AND TO DEVELOP CONCRETE
COOPERATIVE PROJECTS.   A^TER THREE  OPENING  ADDRESSES, WHICH STRESSED THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION IN SOCIETY. THE CONFERENCE WAS DIVIDED  INTO WORKING  GROUPS.  TO ESTABLISH A FOCAL POINT
FOR DISCUSSION, EACH GROUP HAD AT ITS DISPOSAL ONE OF SIX SPECIALLY PREPARED BACKGROUND PAPERS
DEALING WITH:  SURVEY COURSES; COMPLEMENTING  EDUCATION; EDUCATION  FOR DECISION-MAKERS; INTEGRATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS  INTO OTHER EDUCATION; ADULT EDUCATION AND DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION; AND POST-GRADUATE ENVIRONMENTAL  EDUCATION.  SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE ON THE
BASIS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.
SOUTH AFRICA


     LR(B>
    SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION.   IFCOL  1
    RABIE. ANDRE
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76   PGS   1-199
                           AIR
                                         NOISE
                                                       WATER
                                                                     PESTICIDES
       EPA
ID*  04048A
   LAND USE
                                                                                                 SOLID WASTE
                          THIS PUBLICATION CONSIDERS SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AS  IT PERTAINS  TO:   SOIL
                      CONSERVATION,  WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, NOISE CONTROL, WATER POLLUTION  CONTROL,
                      PESTICIDES CONTROL,  IONIZING RADIATION CONTROL. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND LAND USE PLANNING.
                      FOR  EACH AREA,  THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED, FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERATION OF PRESENT
                      LEGISLATION AND ITS  ENFORCEMENT.  WHERE APPLICABLE. INTERNATIONAL CONTROL  MEASURES  ARE DISCUSSED.
                      SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW  OR REVISED ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ARE ALSO PRESENTED.  (THIS PUBLICATION
                      IS THE  FIRST IN A NEW SERIES BEING ISSUED BY THE INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AND  COMPARATIVE  LAW (IFCOL)
                      OF THE  UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA. PRETORIA.!
VENEZUELA
     PM(B)
    PROGRAMA NACIONAL  DE  INVESTIGACIONES  SOBRE CONTAMINACION AMBIENTAL (NATIONAL
    PROGRAM FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION RESEARCH)
    VENEZUELA.   DIVISION  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION  RESEARCH     EPA
    SPANISH                  06/00/76   PGS  1-72           ID*  04032A


    THE ATTRIBUTES  OF  THE VENEZUELAN  NATIONAL  PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RESEARCH ARE
DESCRIBED  IN THIS REPORT  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RESEARCH (DISCA) OF THE
VENEZUELAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH  AND  WELFARE.   THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF THF REPORT GIVE BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON THE  CREATION  OF DISCA  AND  THE PROGRAM. AND SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS AND ANNEXES CONTAIN
INFORMATION ON:  THE  INDIVIDUAL  STUDIES WHICH  PRESENTLY COMPRISE THE PROGRAM; THE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE  IN  CARRYING  OUT  THE PROGRAM; MATTERS RELATING TO THE STAFFING. HOUSING
FACILITIES, LABORATORIES, AND  FINANCIAL RESOURCES  AVAILABLE.TO DISCA IN REALIZING THE PROGRAM;
PAST AND PRESENT POLICIES CONCERNING  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RESEARCH IN VENEZUELA; NEW PROJECTS
AND STUDIES ALREADY DESIGNATED FOR THE NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLAN BETWEEN 1976-1980; AND A GENERAL
FORECAST OF RESEARCH  REQUIREMENTS  IN  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UP TO THE YEAR 20CC.

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LAND  USE

GREAT BRITAIN


      PMCB)
    TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING IN BRITAIN.  CENTRAL OFFICE  OF INFORMATION
    REFERENCE  PAMPHLET 9
    GREAT BRITAIN.  CENTRAL OFFICE OF  INFORMATION                 EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/72   PGS  1-50             ID*  040C3A
    ALSO LRB

    THIS PUBLICATION DESCRIBES THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND THE MAIN  OBJECTIVES  BEHIND TOWN AND
COUNTRY PLANNING  IN GREAT  BRITAIN AND  POINTS OUT  SOME OF THE MEASURES  ADOPTED  TO  PROMOTE  A  CLEANER
AND HEALTHIER  HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.  THE  FIRST PART  OF THE PUBLICATION DESCRIBES  THE FRAMEWORK OF
PLANNING. REVIEWING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES, THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES. LAND VALUES
IN RELATION TO  PLANNING,  AND GROWTH OF REGIONAL  PLANNING.   THE SECOND  PART OF  THE PUBLICATION
DISCUSSES SPECIAL FEATURES OF PLANNING SUCH AS NEW TOWNS,  TOWN DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES. LAND  AND
LEISURE. AND THE  RENEWAL  AND PROTECTION OF LAND  AND ITS RESOURCES.  ILLUSTRATIONS ARE GIVEN AND
APPENDIXES INCLUDE A LIST  OF PERTINENT ORGANIZATIONS. A LIST OF RECOMMENDED READING, AND  A  MAP
SHOWING, AMONG  OTHER THINGS. ECONOMIC  PLANNING REGIONS, NATIONAL PARKS.  NEW TOWNS. AND AREAS OF
OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY.
GREAT  BRITAIN

     PM(B)
    WASTE OF WASTE LAND
    GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT
    ENGLISH                   00/OO/76   PGS  1-23
       EPA
ID*  04020A
                            THIS PAPER,  ISSUED  BY THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.  EXPLAINS  POLICIES  AND
                       MEASURES FOR  RECLAIMING EXTENSIVE  AREAS OF DERELICT LAND  IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FOR  PREVENTING
                       THE  OCCURRENCE OF FURTHER DERELICTION RESULTING PRINCIPALLY FROM  MINERAL EXTRACTION.  DISCUSSED
                       ARE  THE ORIGINS  OF THE  PROBLEM,  ITS  ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.  AND THE  PROCESS OF  RECLAMATION.
HUNGARY

      PM(A)
    BRIEF INFORMATION ON  THE  PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN  HUNGARY
    HUNGARY.  SECRETARIAT.  NATL. COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENT PROT.    EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-11             ID*  04024A
    ALSO LRB. PMB
    ^GENERAL        AIR            WATER          SOLID WASTE

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LAND USE


IRELAND


     PM(B)
JAPAN
      PM
    CORK:  AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
    OOVELL. PETER
    ENGLISH                 00/00/71
                                                             PGS   1-42
                                                                                 ID*
  EPA
04029A
                          THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED  FOR  THE UNITED NATIONS AND AN FORAS FORBARTHA (THE  IRISH
                      NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH) TO SUPPLEMENT THE  CORK
                      SUB-REGION STUDYt AND TO OFFER A  BRIEF  PICTORIAL  AND WRITTEN COMMENTARY UPON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
                      QUALITY OF THE CITY OF CORK AS IT EXISTS AT PRESENT AND AS IT MAY EXIST IN THE IMMEDIATE  AND
                      FORESEEABLE FUTURE.  REFERENCE IS MADE  TO TOPOGRAPHY, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE. LAND USF.  AND
                      RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
    "FISCAL 1975 WHITE PAPER  ON  NATIONAL LAND USE."
    SUMMARY. VOL. 4. NO.  8
    JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY
    ENGLISH                 08/10/76  PGS  1-4
                                                                            JAPAN ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                 ID*
  EPA
03987A
                          THIS SUMMARY OF THE JAPAN  ENVIRONMENT  AGENCY  DEALS WITH THE FISCAL 1975 WHITE PAPER ON
                      NATIONAL LAND USE. WHICH  WAS PREPARED  BY THE  JAPANESE NATIONAL LAND AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
                      NATIONAL LAND USE PLANNING LAW.   THE PAPER DEFINES THE NATIONAL LAND USE PLAN AND BASIC LAND
                      USE PLAN, WHICH HAVE A CLOSE BEARING ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.  IN THE NATIONAL LAND USE PLAN
                      BASIC CONCEPTS REQUIRE RATIONAL  AND EFFECTIVE USE OF LAND,  AVOIDING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE
                      CONVERSION OF LAND CATEGORIES  SUCH AS  FOREST  INTO PLAINS OP FARMLAND INTO HOUSING SITES.  LAND
                      CATEGORIES ARE SPECIFIED  AND TARGETS FOR THFIR RESPECTIVE SIZES ARE SET FORTH.  WITHIN THIS
                      FRAMEWORK PREFECTURAL BASIC LAND USE PLANS GOVERN RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE TRANSACTIONS AND
                      DEVELOPMENT DEEDS IN URBAN AREAS.  FARM LAND.  FOREST. NATURAL PARKS AND NATURE PRESERVATION AREAS.
                      EXISTING LAND USE REGULATIONS  WHICH IMPOSE DIRECT CONTROLS  ON LAND USES OF THE SPECIFIC
                      CATEGORIES OF LAND ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.
NEW  ZEALAND
      PMCB)
    KIRKPATRICK RECLAMATION.   NAPIER BREAKWATER HARBOUR.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
    REPORT: SUBMISSIONS;  AND  AUDIT.
    NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION  FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS  1-55           ID*  04013A
     WATER

    THESE THREE VOLUMES  ILLUSTRATE THE NEW  ZEALAND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS REQUIRED OF
ALL PROPOSED GOVERNMENT  PROJECTS  HAVING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.  THE HAWKE«S BAY
HARBOUR BOARD. HAVING  APPLIED TO  THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT FOR PERMISSION TO RECLAIM EIGHT
HECTARES OF LAND ADJACENT TO  KIRKPATRICK WHARF AT NAPIER.  PREPARED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED  PROJECT.  METHOD OF  EXECUTION, PURPOSES AND JUSTIFICATION, STAGE OF
COMMITMENT, EXISTING ENVIRONMENT. PREDICTED IMPACTS,  ALTERNATIVES, AND SAFEGUARDS.  THE
PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT ELICITED THE SUBMISSION OF  COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
FROM ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONCERNS AFFECTED BY THE  PROJECT.  THE COMMISSION. CONSIDERING THESE
SUBMISSIONS. PREPARED  ITS AUDIT OF THE REPORT.  CONCLUDING  WITH MINOR RESERVATIONS THAT THE
PROPOSED PROJECT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY  ACCEPTABLE.  THE  AUDIT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MINISTER OF
TRANSPORT FOR THE FINAL  DECISION  ON  THE INITIATION OF THE  PROPOSED PROJECT.

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LAND USE

NEW ZEALAND              NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS' NEW PLYMOUTH FREIGHT TERMINAL.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
                         REPORT; SUBMISSIONS; AND AUDIT
                         NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
     PM(B)               ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS  1-100          ID*  0401
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                                                                                                                                   PAGF
LAND USE

NEW ZEALAND


     PM(B)
    PORT  CHALMERS RECLAMATION AND CONTAINER TFRMINAL  DEVELOPMENT.   ENVIRONMENTAL
    IMPACT REPORT,  SUBMISSIONS, AND  AUDIT
    NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PCS  1-100           ID*  04016A
     WATER          NOISE

    THESE TWO VOLUMES  ILLUSTRATE THE NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS  REQUIRED OF
ALL PROPOSED GOVERNMENT PROJECTS HAVING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND.  THE
CTAGO  HARBOUR BOARD, HAVING PROPOSED THE RECLAMATION  OF FOUR HECTARES  OF LAND AT PORT CHALMERS  AS
PART OF ITS PROPOSED CONTAINER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT,  PREPARED THE  IMPACT REPORT DESCRIBING
THE PROJECT, ALTERNATIVES. COMMITMENTS, THE EXISTING  ENVIRONMENT.  PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
AND OTHER PERTINENT ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.   THE PUBLICATION OF THE
REPORT (VOLUME 1) ELICITED THE SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS.  BOTH PRO AND CON, FROM THE  PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE GROUPS AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT.  THE COMMISSION FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT COMPILED
THESE  SUBMISSIONS.  ALONG WITH ITS AUDIT OF THE REPORT.  IN A SEPARATE VOLUME (VOLUME  2)  WHICH HAS
BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE  MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, WHO WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THE PROJECT.  THE
AUDIT  APPROVES OF THE  PROJECT PROVIDING THAT SAFEGUARDS PROPOSED IN THE  IMPACT REPORT ARE TAKEN.
NEW  ZEALAND
      PM(B)
    AUCKLAND RAPID  TRANSIT SCHEME:   STAGE ONE.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  REPORT;
    SUBMISSIONS; AND  AUDIT
    NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-120           ID*  04017A
    ^GENERAL        NOISE         WATER         AIR
NEW  ZEALAND

      PM(B>
    LOWRY BAY BOAT  HARBOUR.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT;  SUBMISSIONS;  AND AUDIT
    NEW  ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75   PGS  1-200           ID*  040 ISA
      WATER          NOISE

    THESE THREE VOLUMES ILLUSTRATE THE NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS  REQUIRED OF ALL
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS HAVING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE  ENVIRONMENT.  THE WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD,
HAVING APPLIED TC THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT FOR PERMISSION TO BUILD A BOAT HARBOR AT LOWRY BAY,
PREPARED THE IMPACT REPORT DESCRIBING THE PROJECT, ITS ALTERNATIVES, OBJECTIVES, EXISTING
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS,  PREDICTED IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON  THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
RAMIFICATIONS OF THE PROJECT.  THE PUBLICATION OF THE  REPORT (VOLUME 1) ELICITED THE SUBMISSION OF
COMMENTS (VOLUME 21  FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GROUPS WHICH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT.
CONSIDERING THESE SUBMISSIONS AND OTHER DATA. THE COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AUDITED THE
IMPACT REPORT (VOLUME 3), WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT FOR THE
FINAL DECISION ON THE PROJECT.  SHOULD THE PROJECT BE  INITIATED. THE AUDIT FAVORS THE COMPLETION OF
THE BOAT HARBOR IN  THE REDUCED FORM OUTLINED IN THE IMPACT REPORT.

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LAND  USE

SOUTH APR I CA

      LR(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               21
     SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.   IFCOL 1
     RABIE. ANDRE
     ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PGS   1-199
     *GENERAl_        AIR            NOISE          WATER
       EPA
10*  04048A
   PESTICIDES
                                                                                                         SOLID WASTE
SWITZERLAND

      LR(B)
     "LAND USE:   NEW DECREE."  JOURNAL DE GENEVE
     STAUFFER. PIERRE-ANDRE
     FRENCH                    07/01/76  PGS  9
                                                                                       ID*
       EPA
     04005A
                            WITH THE REJECTION  OF THE LAND  USE LAW  IN  THE POPULAR  REFERENDUM OF JUNE  1976 AND  THE UPCOMING
                       EXPIRATION OF  A 1972 "URGENT" DECREE IN THIS AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION,  SWITZERLAND IS
                       REPORTED TO BE THREATENED WITH A  "LEGISLATIVE  VOID."   BECAUSE THE PREPARATION OF A NEW ACCEPTABLE
                       FEDERAL LAW WOULD REQUIRE LONGER  THAN THE SEVERAL MONTHS  PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION TIME.  THE
                       FEDERAL COUNCIL IS EXAMINING PROVISIONAL FORMS OF REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION.  ITS  RECENT
                       PROPOSAL TO PARLIAMENT  SUGGESTS THE ISSUANCE OF A "UNIVERSALLY BINDING" (THEREFORE SUBJECT TO
                       REFERENDUM) DECREE, PROVIDED WITH A TWO-YEAR LIFE SPAN TO  ALLOW A CONTINUATION OF THE  PROVISIONAL
                       PROTECTION AFFORDED BY  THE "URGENT" DECREE.  THE NEW DECREE CONTAINS AN INNOVATION WITH REGARD TO
                       CANTONAL JURISDICTION DESIGNED TO APPEASE THE  OPPOSITION OF FEDERALISTS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE
                       "CENTRALIZING" LAND USE LAW.  THE ENACTMENT OF THIS DECREE WOULD PREVENT ARBITRARY DECISIONS
                       WHICH COULD PROVE DETRIMENTAL TO  THE TERRITOTY OF THE  NATION.
NOISE

DENMARK
      PMtB)
     "DANISH ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AGENCY GETS DIRECT CONTROL OF  THE AIRPORTS OF
     KASTRUP AND  AALBORG."   BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
                                                                       EPA
     DANISH                    08/03/76   PGS  6
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NOISE

GERMANY,FED  REP OF

     PMC A)
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                                                                                                                                        22
UMWELTBERICHT  "76 (ENVIRONMENTAL  REPORT  •76)
GERMANY.FED  REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF  THE  INTERIOR
GERMAN                   00/00/76  PGS   1-293           ID*
ALSO PMB. LRB
*GENERAL        WATER         AIR            SOLID WASTE   TOXIC  SUBS
  EPA
04033A
GREAT BRITAIN
     ST(  )
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT REGISTER OF RESEARCH 1976. PART  IV:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
GREAT  BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-255          ID*  030C5C
^GENERAL        AIR           WATER         RADIATION     TOXIC SUBS
NEW  ZEALAND
      PM(B)
PORT CHALMERS RECLAMATION AND CONTAINER  TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT.   ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT  REPORT.  SUBMISSIONS.  AND  AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.   COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PGS   1-100          ID*  04016A
*LAND USE       WATER
NEW  ZEALAND
      PMtB)
AUCKLAND  RAPID TRANSIT SCHEME:   STAGE  ONE.   ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  REPORT;
SUBMISSIONS;  AND AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.   COMMISSION FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/74   PGS   1-120          ID*  04017A
^GENERAL        LAND USE      WATER         AIR
NEW  ZEALAND

      PM(B)
LOWRY  BAY BOAT HARBOUR.  ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT REPORT; SUBMISSIONS;  AND AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.   COMMISSION FOR  THE  ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/75   PGS  1-20C          ID*  04018A
*LAND  USE      WATER

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NOISE

SOUTH AFRICA

     LR«B>
SOUTH AFRICAN  ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.  IFCOL  1
RABIE. ANDRE                                                   EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PCS  1-199           ID*  04048A
*GENERAL        AIR           WATER         PESTICIDES    LAND USE
                                                                                                                             PAGE
                                                                                                                                     ?3
                                                                                                   SOLID  WASTE
UNITED NATIONS

     SE(  )
"UNESCO CONCERNED  ABOUT AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION."  LE FIGARO
SCHWEITZER. GENEVIEVE                                        EPA
FRENCH                   10/05/76  PCS  8               ID*  0405SA
*AIR
PESTICIDES

INTERNATIONAL


     PM(BI
"INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF AN INLAND  SEA:   THE  BALTIC."
IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
LANDNER. LARS                                                  EPA
ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PCS  1-18            ID*   04019A
*WATER          TOXIC  SUBS
SOUTH AFRICA

     LR(B)
SOUTH AFRICAN  ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.  IFCOL 1
RABIE. ANDRE
ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-199
*GENERAL        AIR            NOISE         WATER
       EPA
ID*  04048A
   LAND USE
                                                                                                   SOLID  WASTE
RADIATION

AUSTRIA


     PM(B)
BEITRAEGE:  UMWELTSCHUTZ.  LEBENSMITTELANGELEGENHEITEN, VETERINAERVERWALTUNG
(REPORTS:  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. MATTERS RELATED TO FOODSTUFFS.  VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION)
AUSTRIA.  FED.MIN.  FOR  HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION    EPA
GERMAN                   01/00/76  PGS  1-147           ID*  04056A
*AIR           TOXIC  SUBS

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RADIAT I ON

DENMARK


     LRIA)
    "NOVEMBER 20.  1975  ORDER ON SAFETY MEASURES IN THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE
    SUBSTANCES."   LQVTIDENDE FOR KONGERIGET DANMARK. PART A, NO. 60
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                   11/20/75  PGS  1689-1691      ID*  01461C

    THIS ORDER, WHICH IS  AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, STIPULATES  THAT  CERTAIN
SAFETY MEASURES MUST BE OBSERVED IN CONNECTION WITH IMPORT,  PRODUCTION, USE. STORAGE,  TRANSPORT,
AND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS USED FOR MEDICAL, INDUSTRIAL. AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC.  AND
OTHER PURPOSES.  THE MEASURES MUST COMPLY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL  COMMISSION
ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION CLCRP), WHOSE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE RADIATION DOSES MAY NOT BE  EXCEEDED.
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE  HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GENERAL REGULATIONS AND TO GRANT  LICENSES.
THE LICENSING SUSTEM AS AMENDED IN 1974 RELATING TO THE USE  OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  FOR  MEDICAL
PURPOSES is. HOWEVER. NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ORDER.  THE ORDER GOES INTO EFFECT AT THE TIME  OF
PUBLICATION AND REPEALS ORDER NO. 192 OF JUNE is. 1955.  RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES MAY BE TRANSPORTED
FOR UP TO ANOTHER  THREE YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS RULES.  VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER  IS
PUNISHABLE BY FINES.
FINLAND
     LR(A)
    "JUNE 20.  1974  ACT  NO. 536 ON THE INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY."  FINLANDS
    FORFATTNINCSSAMLING 1974.  NO. 536
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/20/74  PGS  997            ID*  04047A

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY WAS ESTABLISHED ON JUNE 2O, 1974 BY ACT NO.  536  IN  ORDER
TO LIMIT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF RADIATION. INVESTIGATE TREATMENT WITH RADIATION, AND SUPERVISE SAFETY
RULES FOR ATOMIC REACTORS.  IT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTIONS IN THESE  FIELDS.  THE INSTITUTE,  WHICH is SUBORDINATE TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL  AFFAIRS
AND HEALTH. IS TO BE  HEADED BY A STEERING COMMITTEE WHOSE STRUCTURE AND DUTIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED
BY SPECIAL ORDER.   THE  INSTITUTE WAY CALL UPON EXPERTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND CONCLUDE
AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES AND IS ALLOWED TO CHARGE A FEE FOR SERVICES RENDERED.
THE ACT WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 1. 1975,
FRANCE
      PM<8)
    RAPPORT  ANNUEL  1975.   COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (ATOMIC
    ENERGY COMMISSARIAT 1975 ANNUAL REPORT)
    FRANCE.  ATOMIC  ENERGY COMMISSARIAT                          EPA
    FRENCH                   00/00/76  PGS  1-108          ID*  04046A
    THIS  ANNUAL  REPORT FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSARIAT 
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RADIATION

FRANCE


      ST( )
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               25
ACTIVITES SCIENTIFIQUES ET TECHNIQUES 1975—COMMISSARIAT  A  L'ENERGIE
ATOMIQUE  (1975  TECHNICAL  AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OF THE  ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSARIAT)
FRANCE.  ATOMIC  ENERGY COMMISSARIAT                             EPA
FRENCH                   00/00/76  PGS  1-242           ID*   04045A
ALSO PMB
                            THIS SUPPLEMENT TO  ITS 1975 ANNUAL REPORT  DESCRIBES  BY  PROGRAM  AREA THE PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC
                       AND  TECHNICAL  ACTIVITIES OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY  COMMISSARIAT  DURING  1975.  THIS  PUBLICATION IS
                       INTENDED FOR A MORE SPECIALIZED READERSHIP THAN THE ANNUAL  REPORT  AND CONSEQUENTLY PROVIDES MORE
                       DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS  ON THE ACTIVITIES CONCERNED WITH  THE PRODUCTION AND HANDLING
                       OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS? BASIC RESEARCH; NUCLEAR  PROTECTION AND SAFETY; AND
                       INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS.   EACH ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION IS ACCOMPANIED BY  THE NAME  AND ADDRESS
                       OF THE OPERATIONAL UNIT  OR DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS PERFORMANCE.
GERMANY.FED REP  OF
     LR(B)
SURVEY OF RULES  AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY  THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  IN THE
FIELD  OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
GERMANY.FED REP  OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF THE  INTERIOR         EPA
ENGLISH                  09/10/74  PGS   1-18            ID»   D4060A
•GENERAL       AIR            SOLID WASTE   WATER
GREAT  BRITAIN
      ST(  )
DEPARTMENT OF  THE ENVIRONMENT REGISTER OF RESEARCH 1976.  PART IV.
ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION
GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT  OF THE ENVIRONMENT                  EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS   1-255           ID*   03QOSC
•GENERAL        AIR            WATER          NOISE           TOXIC SUBS
GREAT  BRITAIN
                            RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION.   BIBLIOGRAPHY NO.  148F
     ST<  )
GREAT  BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT  OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PGS   1-13
ALSO PMB
                                                                                       ID*
                                                                                              EPA
                                                                                            03989A
                           THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY,  ISSUED BY THE  HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY  OF THE BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF  THE
                       ENVIRONMENT, LISTS 116  TITLES DEALING WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION.  THE TITLES
                       ARE ARRANGED UNDER SIX  SECTIONS:   1)  PUBLICATIONS OF THE  INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC  ENERGY AGENCY,
                       2) BRITISH OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.  3}  BOOKS AND  PAMPHLETS  (INCLUDING  FOREIGN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS),
                       4) PERIODICAL  ARTICLES.  5)  MICROFICHES ISSUED BY  THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE OF
                       THE UNITED STATES. AND  6)  LEGISLATION.

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RADIATION

JAPAN


     LR(B)
                                                                                                                                       PAGE
                                                                                                                                               26
    "1975 ACT ON  THE REORGANIZATION  OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  AGENCY."
    NUCLEAR'LAW BULLETIN,  NO. 17
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   04/00/76  PCS  14               ID*  03999A
                            A  BILL WAS PASSED  BY THE JAPANESE DIET  ON DECEMBER  22, 1975  REORGANIZING THE SCIENCE AND
                       TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (STA)  INTO TWO  MAIN BRANCHES.  THIS REORGANIZATION TOOK  PLACE IN  THE CONTEXT  OF
                       THE  REFORM OF  THE NUCLEAR SAFETY  ADMINISTRATION PLANNED BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON  NUCLEAR
                       ADMINISTRATION.  ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN, THE  MINISTRY OF TPADE AND INDUSTRY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
                       FOR  REGULATING LAND-BASED NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, THE MINISTRY OF  TRANSPORT FOR MARINE REACTORS,
                       AND  STA WILL DEAL WITH REGULATIONS COVERING RESEARCH REACTORS.   EACH MINISTRY WILL  RETAIN
                       RESPONSIBILITY FOR LICENSING PROCEDURES IN  ITS RESPECTIVE AREAS  OF RESPONSIBILITY.   THE NEW
                       LEGISLATION  IS ALSO  REPORTED TO HAVE CREATED  WITHIN STA A NUCLEAR  SAFETY BUREAU, WHICH IS TO  BE
                       IN CHARGE OF THE PREVENTION OF RADIATION HAZARDS, AS WELL AS REGULATION OF NUCLEAR  FUEL
                       MATERIALS AND  REACTORS.
TURKEY

      LRIB)
SOLID WASTE

FRANCE


      PM(B)
    "RADIATION  PROTECTION."  NUCLEAR  LAW BULLETIN, NO.  17
                                                                       EPA
    ENGLISH                   04/00/76   PCS  17               ID»  03997A

    RADIATION PROTECTION  IN TURKEY HAS RECENTLY  BENEFITED  FROM THE  ENACTMENT OF  TWO DECREES.
DECREE  NO. 7/9038 OF NOVEMBER 30,  1974.  WHICH REPLACES  DECREE NO. 6/7946 OF APRIL 24,  1967, LAYS
DOWN  THE STANDARDS APPLICABLE FOR  RADIATION PROTECTION.  DECREE NO.  15372 OF SEPTEMBER  30, 1975.
ISSUED  IN PURSUANCE OF THE  1974 DECREE.  CONTAINS NEW TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH
PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION.  IT  IS  INTENDED TO FACILITATE APPLICATION BY THE PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
OF EARLIER REGULATIONS IN THIS FIELD.  THE DECREE CONTAINS PROVISIONS ON REGISTRATION  AND
LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS. RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS. RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
FOR OPERATORS HANDLING HADIOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IN INDUSTRY, REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE  USE  OF
X-RAYS  AND RADIOACTIVE SEALED SOURCES FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS  TO BE MET FOR
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS AND X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES.
    "WEST SOON  TO BE PILOT REGION FOR  THE RECOVERY OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES."
    LE  FIGARO
    CRESSARD,  JEAN-PIERRE                                            EPA
    FRENCH                    09/10/76   PGS  11               ID*  040S9A

    THE FRENCH  NATIONAL  AGENCY FOR THE RECOVERY  AND DISPOSAL  OF WASTE  IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
OPERATIONS IN  1977 FROM  ITS HEADQUARTERS IN ANGERS.  THIS  AGENCY. WHICH IN MANY  RESPECTS  RESEMBLES
THE WATER BASIN AGENCIES.  WILL BE MANAGED BY AN  ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL COMPOSED  EQUALLY OF
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL AND  LOCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS CONCERNED PROFESSIONAL
CIRCLES.  THE  AGENCY'S DIRECTOR IS TO  BE MR. AFFHOLDER AND THE 200 PERSON STAFF  IS EXPECTED TO
CONTRIBUTE TO  RESEARCH AND STUDIES DEALING WITH  THE DISPOSAL  AND RECOVERY OF WASTES. PRIMARILY IN
INDUSTRY. BUT  ALSO IN THE  PUBLIC DOMAIN.  INITIALLY THE  AGENCY WILL OPERATE ON A BUDGET OF 30
MILLION FRANCS. WHICH IS LATER TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY SERVICE  FEES AND  SPECIAL TAXES.  THE AGENCY'S
FIRST TASK WILL BE TO EXAMINE WASTE DISPOSAL NEEDS AND POSSIBILITIES.  A TASK WHICH ANOTHER NEW
ORGANIZATION TO THIS AREA. THE WESTERN REGION  ANTIPOLLUTION ASSOCIATION. HAS ALSO SET FOR
ITSELF.

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SOLID  WASTE

GERMANY.FED REP  OF


     LR(B)
     SURVEY OF  RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE
     FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION
     GERMANY.FED REP OF.   FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR         EPA
     ENGLISH                   09/10/74  PCS  1-18             ID*   04060 A
     •GENERAL        AIR            RADIATION     WATER
GERMANY.FED REP OF

      PM(A)
    UMWELTBERICHT "76 (ENVIRONMENTAL  REPORT '76)
    GERMANY.FED  REP OF.   FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR
    GERMAN                    00/00/76   PCS  1-293
    ALSO PMB. LRB
    •GENERAL        WATER          AIR            NOISE
                                                                                       ID*
    EPA
  04033A

TOXIC  SUBS
GREAT  BRITAIN
      PM(B>
    REPORT ON WASTE PAPER  COLLECTION  BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.   WASTE MANAGEMENT
    ADVISORY COUNCIL PAPER NO. 2
    GREAT BRITAIN.   WASTE  MANAGEMENT  ADVISORY COUNCIL             EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/76   PGS  1-25             ID*   04001A
    ALSO SE

    THIS REPORT  EXAMINES THE FACTORS  WHICH AFFECT  THE FEASIBILITY OF WASTE PAPER  RECYCLING
OPERATIONS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING WASTE
PAPER  RECYCLING  A  MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE OPERATION.  BASED ON A SURVEY OF CERTAIN LOCAL
AUTHORITIES, THE REPORT ANALYSES FACTORS SUCH AS POTENTIAL YIELDS OF WASTE PAPER.  RECYCLING
CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISES. COLLECTION SYSTEMS, CONTAINERS, BALING PLANTS.  STORAGE OF
WASTE  PAPER. SORTING AND GRADING OF WASTE PAPER. FINANCES AND  COSTING  PRINCIPLES.  CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. ALL OF WHICH AFFECT THE RECYCLING OPERATIONS CARRIED
ON BY  LOCAL AUTHORITIES.   THE REPORT  CONCLUDES THAT RECYCLING  IS OFTEN A LOSS-MAKING OPERATION
BUT OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING WASTE PAPER  RECYCLING  MORE PROFITABLE THAN  AT PRESENT;
THESE  RELATE TO  ADEQUATE PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF RECYCLING  SCHEMES  AS WELL AS  PROPER
COORDINATION AMONG  ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
HUNGARY

      PM(A)
    BRIEF INFORMATION ON  THE  PROTECTION  OF ENVIRONMENT IN HUNGARY
    HUNGARY.   SECRETARIAT.  NATL. COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENT PROT.    EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-11            ID*   04024A
    ALSO LRB.  PMB
    •GENERAL        AIR            WATER         LAND USE

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SOLID WASTE

MEXICO

     PM(B)
                                                                                                                                    PAGE
                                                                                                                                            28
    "30.000 WILLICN  SPENT AGAINST  THE AFFLICTION."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                      EPA
    SPANISH                  C6/05/76  PCS  4A               ID*   03994A
    *AIR            WATER
NORWAY
      PM(B)
    "WILL  FLOATING  ENVIRONMENTAL  PLANT BE THE  SOLUTION FOR FUTURE WASTE  DISPOSAL?"
    AFTENPOSTEN
    PARMANN. GEORG                                                   EPA
    NORWEGIAN                06/08/76  PGS   13              ID*   040I1A
     WATER

    THE  INSTITUTION FOR STEAM AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY AT THE  STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NTH)
AND THE  A/S HJELLNES  CONSULTING FIRM HAVE PRESENTED A NEW PROJECT FOR WASTE DISPOSAL.   THE PROPOSED
METHOD MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO ROCKY  COASTAL AREAS. WHERE TRADITIONAL GARBAGE  DUMPS ARE
DIFFICULT  TO ESTABLISH.  WASTE WOULD BE COLLECTED BY 1000-TON  SHIPS EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL FLUIDIZEO
BED INCINERATORS.   THESE VESSELS  WOULD TRAVEL  BETWEEN SEVERAL  PICK-UP POINTS ALONG THE  COAST
PROCESSING THE COLLECTED WASTE BETWEEN STOPS.   EACH SHIP WOULD  BE ABLE TO  SERVE 8-10  COMMUNITIES
AND COULD  ALSO. WITH  SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, BE  USEFUL IN THE FIGHT  AGAINST OIL POLLUTION  AT SEA.
ENERGY RELEASED FROM  THE PROCESS  COULD BE USED TO FUEL THE SHIPS OR TO STERILIZE SORTED FOOD WASTES
INTENDED FOR ANIMAL FEED.  THE METHOD HAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED  PROBLEM WASTES FROM THE  CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY AS WELL AS OIL WASTES.   IT IS HOPED THAT THE CENTRAL  AUTHORITIES  WILL INVEST  IN THE
PROJECT. WHICH HAS  ALREADY STIRRED UP CONSIDERABLE INTEREST.
NORWAY

      PM(B)
    "96  KILOS PACKAGING PER PERSON.   INCREASING  CONSUMPTION  IN  NORWAY."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                      EPA
    NORWEGIAN                10/15/76  PGS  29               ID*   04053A

    A PILOT STUDY  AT  THE CHR. MICHELSEN INSTITUTE IN BERGEN  HAS ESTIMATED  THAT THE NORWEGIAN ANNUAL
USE OF PACKAGING IS  385.000 TONS  OR  96 KILOS PER PERSON.   OF THIS.  PAPER.  CARDBOARD, AND  PASTEBOARD
CONSTITUTE 53 PERCENT;  METALS 17  PERCENT: GLASS  12 PERCENT;  PLASTICS 11 PERCENT; AND WOOD AND
TEXTILES 8 PERCENT.   INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING EXPENDITURES HAVE  INCREASED  165  PERCENT OVER  THE LAST
23 YEARS IN TERMS  OF  1974 KRONER.   IN THE FOODSTUFF INDUSTRY THE INCREASE  WAS 254 PERCENT.
PLASTICS HAVE BECOME  INCREASINGLY  POPULAR IN THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY SINCE  THEY WERE INTRODUCED IN
THE LATE 1950'S.   DUE TO POLLUTICN PROBLEMS, DISSOLVABLE PLASTICS ARE NOT  PRODUCED IN NORWAY AND
PLASTIC  PRODUCTION IS HELD BACK.   IN 1974. 860 MILLION BEER  AND MINFRAL WATER BOTTLES WERE SOLD, OF
WHI.CH 99 PERCENT WERE RETURNED TO  INDUSTRY AFTER USE.  AT  THE STATE LIQUOR MONOPOLY ONLY  21.8
MILLION  OF 49.5 MILLION BOTTLES SOLD WERE RETURNED IN 1975.  IT IS  PROJECTED  THAT STANDARDIZATION
OF PACKAGING WILL  LEAD  TO A HIGHER DEGREE OF EFFICIENCY AND  INCREASE THE RECYCLING OF BOTTLES.

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SOLID WASTE

SOUTH AFRICA

     LR(B)
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                                                                                                                                    29
    SOUTH  AFRICAN  ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION*  IFCOL 1
    RABIE.  ANDRE
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PCS  1-199
    * GENERAL        AIR            NGISE         WATER
       EPA
ID*  04048A
   PESTICIDES
                                                                                                  LAND USE
SOUTH AFRICA
     PH(B)
    SOLID WASTES  RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES REPORT NO. 4
    NOBLE. R. G.
    ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PGS
    ALSO SE
                                                                  SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL
                                                                 1-13
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                     04009A
                         THIS  REPORT,  COMPILED AND ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC  PROGRAMS  UNIT OF THE SOUTH
                     AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. REFLECTS THE PRELIMINARY  THOUGHTS OF THE
                     COMMITTEE FOR SOLID WASTES ON RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES  RELATING TO SOLID WASTE
                     MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL.  IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED ARE RESEARCH  NEEDS.  AS WELL AS RECENT
                     STUDIES IN THE AREAS OF AGRICULTURAL. INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN WASTE.   CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO
                     ECONOMIC  CONCERNS.   EXAMINED INDEPENDENTLY AS SEPARATE SOLID WASTE  COMPONENTS ARE PAPER AND
                     PLASTIC WASTES.  THREE TABLES, WHICH ARE APPENDED TO THE REPORT, CONTAIN:   PRELIMINARY GUIDELINES
                     FOR THE DISPOSAL  OF SOLID WASTES TO DUMPS; A LIST OF WASTE PRODUCTS  AND SOURCES AND THE
                     CORRESPONDING MEANS OF DISPOSAL; AND A LIST INDICATING THE APPROXIMATE  RESALE VALUE OF A TON OF
                     VARIOUS TYPES OF  REFUSE.
VENEZUELA

     PMCB)
    "INVESTIGATIONS  IN  PROGRESS."  NOTICIERO DISCA, NO. 3
    VENEZUELA.   MINISTRY  OF HEALTH                               EPA
    SPANISH                  07/00/76  PGS  1-5            ID*  03991A
    THIS ISSUE OF NOTICIERO DISCA, THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE DIVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION RESEARCH OF THE VENEZUELAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH. DESCRIBES THE "INTEGRAL STUDY  ON  THE
COLLECTION. TREATMENT AND FINAL  DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE IN THE STATE OF NEW SPARTA,"  WHICH WILL
SERVE AS A PILOT STUDY  IN ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN AREAS  OF
VENEZUELA.  REASONS  FOR THE SELECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW SPARTA FOR THE STUDY APE CITED.  AND  THE
BASIC STAGES OF  THE  STUDY ARE  DESCRIBED.  THESE INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF PRELIMINARY PHYSICAL AND
SOCIOECONOMIC DATA IN THE STUDIED AREA AND THE CONSIDERATION OF:  DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF  SOLID
WASTES; STREET COLLECTION AND  TRANSPORT; STORAGE AND TREATMENT; DISPOSAL; LEGAL  AND ECONOMIC
ASPECTS; AND PUBLIC  EDUCATION  IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.

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TOXIC SUBS

AUSTRIA


     PM
BEITRAEGE:   UMWELTSCHUTZ. LEeENSMiTTELANGELEGENHEiTEN, VETERINAERVERWALTUNG
(REPORTS:   ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  MATTERS RELATED TO FOODSTUFFS.  VETERINARY ADMINISTRATION)
AUSTRIA.   FED.MIN. FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION    EPA
GERMAN                    01/00/76  PGS  1-147           ID*  04056A
*AIR            RADIATION
FRANCE
      LR(B)
                           "PROPOSED TOXIC SUBSTANCES LEGISLATION."
                           AIRGRAM  NO.  A-397
                                                                        DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                           ENGLISH
                                                     09/28/76   PGS  1-2
                                                                                     ID*
                                                                 EPA
                                                               04035A
                           ON SEPTEMBER 16.  1976  THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR THE  QUALITY OF LIFE.  VINCENT ANSQUER. ANNOUNCED
                       HIS INTENTION TO SUBMIT  TO PARLIAMENT  NEW  TOXIC SUBSTANCES LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD  CONTROL THE
                       IMPORTATION AND MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL  PRODUCTS SUCH  AS FERTILIZERS.  COSMETICS.  AND CLEANING
                       AGENTS. WHICH CONTAIN  POTENTIALLY TOXIC  SUBSTANCES.  MANUFACTURERS  AND IMPORTERS  OF BROAD
                       CATEGORIES  OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS WOULD  BE REQUIRED. UNDER THE PROPOSED  LEGISLATION,  TO SUBMIT
                       STATEMENTS  TO THE MINISTER WHICH ASSESS  THE IMPACT OF  THE CONSUMPTION  OR USE OF SUCH PRODUCTS ON
                       THE ENVIRONMENT.  NEW  PRODUCTS WOULD HAVE  TO BE TESTED AND APPROVED BEFORE THEY ARE MARKETED.
                       THE MINISTRY FOR THE  QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO WITHDRAW FROM THE MARKET
                       SUSPECT CHEMICAL PRODUCTS  ALREADY MARKETED. WHERE SUCH PRODUCTS CONTAIN CONTROLLED  TOXIC
                       SUBSTANCES.
GERMANY.FED REP OF

      PM(A)
UMWELTBERICHT •76  (ENVIRONMENTAL  REPORT "76)
GERMANY.FED REP OF.   FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
GERMAN                    00/00/76   PGS  1-293
ALSO  PMB.  LRB
*GENERAL        WATER          AIR            NOISE
                                                                                     ID*
  EPA
04033A
                                                                                        SOLID  WASTE
GREAT  BRITAIN
      ST( )
DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT REGISTER OF RESEARCH  1976. PART  IV:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
GREAT BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-255           ID*  03005C
*GENERAL       AIR           WATER         NOISE          RADIATION

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TOXIC  SUBS

INTERNATIONAL


     PM(B)
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               31
"INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION FOR THE  PROTECTION  OF AN INLAND SEA:  THE  BALTIC."
IVL  -  SWEDISH WATER AND  AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
LANONER, LARS                                                     EPA
ENGLISH                   06/00/76  PGS  1-18            ID*  04019A
*WATER          PESTICIDES
WATER

BRAZIL

     LR(A)
LEGISLACAO BASICA (BASIC  LEGISLATION)
BRAZIL.   SECRETARIA ESPECIAL DO MEIO AMBIENTE
PORTUGUESE               00/00/76  PGS   1-27
^GENERAL        AIR
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
04021 A
CANADA
     LRl A)
                            "ARCTIC WATERS POLLUTION PREVENTION REGULATIONS."
                            OF ACTS AND REGULATIONS
                            CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT  CANADA
                            ENGLISH                   08/23/76  PGS  1-8
                                                                                   DEPARTMENTAL  MANUAL
                                                                                       ID*
                                                                   EPA
                                                                 00514E
                            THESE ARCTIC WATERS  POLLUTICN  PREVENTION  REGULATIONS,  ISSUED  IN  PURSUANCE  OF THE  ARCTIC WATERS
                       POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT,  ARE COMPOSED OF TWO PARTS.  THE  FIRST.  APPLICABLE  TO THE DEPOSIT OF
                       DOMESTIC AND  INDUSTRIAL  WASTES  IN  ARCTIC WATERS,  REQUIRES  THE REPORTING OF ALL DEPOSITS  EFFECTUATED
                       IN VIOLATION  OF  THE PROVISIONS OF  THE ACT TO  DESIGNATED  POLLUTION  PREVENTION OFFICERS.   ALSO
                       INCLUDED IS A DESCRIPTION  OF THE MANNER FOR DETERMINING  THE AMOUNT OF THE LIABILITY OF A
                       DEPOSITOR.  THE  SECOND PART. WHICH CONCERNS THE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR  THE DEPOSIT OF WASTES BY
                       SHIPS.  REQUIRES  THE FILING OF A DECLARATION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY ALL SHIPOWNERS AND
                       SPECIFIES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LIABILITY OF  A SHIPOWNER IN THE EVENT OF A DAMAGING DEPOSIT.
CANADA

      PM(B)
MONOGRAPH ON COMPREHENSIVE RIVER BASIN PLANNING
CANADA.   ENVIRONMENT CANADA
ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-246
                                                                                       ID*
  EPA
04049A
                            THIS TREATISE ON COMPREHENSIVE  RIVER BASIN  PLANNING  IS CONCERNED  WITH THE  RANGE OF  SOCIAL,
                       POLITICAL AND  BIOLOGICAL  PROBLEMS WHICH ARISE  IN A RIVER  BASIN AS  THE POPULATION AND LEVEL OF
                       DEVELOPMENT  IN  THAT BASIN INCREASE.  THE INTRODUCTION TO  THE MONOGRAPH DEALS  WITH THE
                       NATO/CCMS INLAND WATER POLLUTION PROJECT, AND DESCRIBES  THE ST. JOHN  RIVER BASIN AND SOME OF THE
                       WATER  QUALITY  AND RELATED RESOURCE  PROBLEMS  IN  THE BASIN.   THIS PART  MAKES POSSIBLE SUBSEQUENT
                       ILLUSTRATIVE REFERRALS TO THE ST. JOHN RIVER BASIN PLANNING PROGRAM.   THE MONOGRAPH IS  FURTHER
                       ARRANGED TO REFLECT THE THREE MAIN  STAGES OF THE PLANNING  PROCESS:  THE PRELIMINARY STAGE, THE
                       SUBSTANTIVE PLANNING STAGE,  AND THE  TRANSITIONAL STAGE FROM PLANNING  TO ACTION.   ACCORDINGLY.
                       PART  II  EXAMINES THE BACKGROUND OF THE ACTUAL PLANNING PROCESS; PART  III ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE
                       KEY  TECHNICAL  ELEMENTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS; AND PART  IV 'iS CONCERNED WITH  THE TRANSLATION OF
                       THE  PLAN INTO  ACTION AND  ANY NECESSARY FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS.

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                                                                                                                                               32
WATER

CANADA

      PM(B)
    CANADA CENTRE FOR INLAND WATERS—1974
    CANADA.  ENVIRONMENT  CANADA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75   PGS  1-138
    ALSO ST
       EPA
I0»  04050A
                            THIS PUBLICATION,  CONTAINING  AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART  OF THE  CANADA CENTER FOR INLAND WATERS.
                       GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF EACH SECTION'S FUNCTIONS AND DESCRIBES ITS  ACTIVITIES  AND PROGRAMS DURING  THE
                       COURSE OF  1974.   THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT. ON  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE.
                       ANALYZES AND  EXAMINES  THE INLAND  WATER DIRECTORATE AND  THE INLAND  WATER DIRECTORATE.  ONTARIO
                       REGION.  THE  SECOND SECTION TAKES A LOOK AT  THE TECHNOLOGY AND DEMONSTRATION  DIVISION AND ITS
                       ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY BRANCH.   THE THIRD SECTION. ON  THE FISHERIES AND MARINE SERVICE. INCLUDES
                       A  DESCRIPTION OF THE FISHERIES RESEARCH AND  DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE AND THE MARINE SCIENCES
                       DIRECTORATE.  CENTRAL REGION. OCEAN AND AQUATIC AFFAIRS.  THE ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY COORDINATION
                       UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION OF  RESEARCH  RESULTS FROM  THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE
                       CENTER. AND THE  PUBLIC RELATIONS  UNIT GENERATES NEWS  AND  REPORTS FOR THE MASS MEDIA.   APPENDED  ARE
                       A  STAFF LIST  AND PUBLICATION COLLECTION.
FRANCE
      LR
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                                                                                                                                   33
WATER


GERMANY.FEO REP OF



     UR(A)
    DECEMBER 23.  1968 LAW  CONCERNING MEASURES TO  ASSURE  THE  DISPOSAL  OF  WASTE OIL
    (WASTE OIL LAW)
    GERMANY,FED REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR         EPA
    ENGLISH*                08/00/71  PGS   1-19            ID*   C2028E
    ALSO GERMAN

    THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS GERMAN AND ENGLISH  TEXTS OF  THE  FEDERAL WASTE  OIL  LAW.   THE LAW
CREATES A RESERVE FUND FROM WHICH  PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL  BODIES THAT DISPOSE  OF WASTE  OILS FOR
OTHER PERSONS MAY RECEIVE  CONTINUAL PAYMENTS FOP  COSTS OTHERWISE  UNCOVERED.  PROVIDED  THAT THE
WASTE OILS ARE DISPOSED OF IN ENVIRONMENTTALLY COMPATIBLE  WAYS.   THE  RESERVE FUND.  TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE FOR TRADE AND  INDUSTRY,  IS  TO  BE FINANCED BY  A  "COMPENSATION
TAX" ON LUBRICATING OILS,  GAS OILS USED AS  LUBRICATING OILS  AND GREASES  WITH THEIR  HEAVY OIL
COMPONENTS.  THOSE POSSESSSING WASTE OILS MAY REQUIRE THAT QUANTITIES OVER  2OC LITERS BE PICKED
UP, WHILE LATER PICKUP WILL BE ARRANGED FOR AMOUNTS UNDER  200  LITERS. TRADE AND OTHER
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES MUST KEEP A RECORD BOOK IF THEY ACCUMULATE MORE THAN  500  KILOGRAMS OF
WASTE OILS THAT MAY NOT BE PICKED UP PER YEAR TO  INDICATE THE  QUANTITY.  NATURE AND  DISPOSITION OF
THE MATERIALS.  (THE GERMAN TEXT OF THIS LAW WAS  ABSTRACTED  AS ID NO. 02028A.)
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     LR(B)
    "MOST VIOLATIONS AGAINST WATER PROTECTION."  UMWELT:   FORSCHUNG.  GESTALTUNG,
    SCHUTZ. NO. 5
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  10/00/75  PGS  6               ID»  04025A
    *GENERAL
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR(B)
    SURVEY OF RULES AND REGULATICNS PROMULGATED BY THE FEDERAL  GOVERNME-NT  IN  THE
    FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    GERMANY,FED REP OF,  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE  INTERIOR        EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/10/74  PGS  1-18            ID*   04060A
    ^GENERAL       AIR           RADIATION     SOLID  WASTE
GERMANY.FED REP OF


     PM(A>
    UMWELTBERICHT •76 (ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT  '76)
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR        EPA
    GERMAN                  00/00/76  PGS  1-293           ID*  04033A
    ALSO PMB, LRB
    *GENERAL       AIR           NOISE         SOLID WASTE   TOXIC  SUBS

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                                                                                                                                        34
WATER

GREAT BRJT4IN


     PM(B)
PROGRESS  SUSTAINED:  CHANGES  IN  THE  BRITISH ENVIRONMENTAL SCENE.  REPORT  TO
THE SECOND  SESSION OF THE GOVERNING  COUNCIL OF THE U.N.  ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
GREAT BRITAIN.   DEPARTMENT OF THE  ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/74  PGS  1-39            ID*  03993A
ALSO PMA, LRB
*GENERAL        AIR
GREAT BRITAIN
     PM(B)
LIVERPOOL  BAY:   AN ASSESSMENT  OF  PRESENT KNOWLEDGE.
RESEARCH COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS  SERIES Ct NO. 14
LIVERPOOL  BAY STUDY GROUP. COMP.
ENGLISH                  04/00/75   PGS  1-72
ALSO ST
                                                                                  NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
                                                                                   ID*
  EPA
03998A
                          THIS  PUBLICATION IS  A  COMPILATION AND SYNOPSIS OF  20  PAPERS DISCUSSING  THE  PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL
                      AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS  OF LIVERPOOL BAY  IN ENGLAND.   AS EXPLAINED  IN  THE PREFACE, THE
                      PUBLICATION REPRESENTS PART OF  A NATIONAL EFFORT TO  FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE  SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS
                      OF PARTICULAR ESTUARIES  BY  INCREASING DATA EXCHANGE  BETWEEN  RESEARCHERS  IN  THIS FIELD AND
                      IDENTIFYING AREAS IN WHICH RESEARCH IS NEEDED.   THE  FIRST PAPER DISCUSSES THE GEOLOGY OF
                      LIVERPOOL  BAY, AND THE SEVEN  FOLLOWING PAPERS DEAL WITH WATER MOVEMENTS  IN  THE  BAY AND OTHER
                      PHYSICAL  ASPECTS, INCLUDING DISCHARGES OF WASTES INTO  THE BAY.  PAPERS NOS. 9 TO 19 TREAT THE
                      VARIOUS CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS  OF THE BAY.  AND THE LAST PAPER  REVIEWS THF HUMAN
                      INFLUENCE ON THE BAY IN  TERMS OF INCREASING POLLUTION.
GREAT  BRITAIN
     ST(  )
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT  REGISTER OF RESEARCH  1976.  PART IV:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
GREAT  BRITAIN.  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/76  PGS  1-255           ID*  030C5C
*GENERAL        AIR           NOISE         RADIATION      TOXIC SUBS
HUNGARY

      PMf B)
MAIN  FEATURES OF WATER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN HUNGARY
                                                                EPA
ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PGS  1-37            ID*   04023A
                           RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH  IN  THE PAST 25 YEARS HAS LEAD TO INCREASED WATER DEMAND  AND INCREASED
                      KINDS  AND QUANTITIES OF WASTEWATER IN HUNGARY.   INDUSTRIALIZATION, ACCELERATED  URBANIZATION,
                      AND  POLLUTED WATERS FLOWING INTO HUNGARY'S RIVERS AND  WATERWAYS FROM OUTSIDE  ITS  BORDERS HAVE
                      CONTRIBUTED TO WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS.  THIS PAMPHLET DISCUSSES TASKS AND GOALS  OF THE MAJOR
                      BRANCHES OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY, INCLUDING THOSE INVOLVED  IN  POLLUTION CONTROL.
                      SECTIONS OF THE PAMPHLET DEAL WITH:   1)MUNICIPAL WATER  SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE. 2)  WATER MANAGEMENT
                      IN INDUSTRY. 3) USE OF THERMAL WATER RESOURCES,  4) WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE,  5)  WATER SUPPLY
                      FOR  IRRIGATION AND FISH PONDS, 6) LAND DRAINAGE, 7)  FLOOD CONTROL, 8) REGULATION  OF  RIVERS,
                      WATERWAYS AND LAKES, 9) DEVELOPMENT  OF WATER POWER,  10) WATER RESOURCES AND WATER  DEMAND AND 11)
                      PROTECTION PF WATER QUALITY.   OTHER  SECTIONS OF  THE  PAMPHLET OUTLINE THE HUNGARIAN ADMINISTRATIVE
                      ORGANIZATION FOR WATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCUSS TRAINING, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND  CONSTRUCTION.

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WATER

HUNGARY

     PM(A)
    BRIEF INFORMATION ON  THE PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT  IN  HUNGARY
    HUNGARY.   SECRETARIAT,  NATL. COUNCIL FOR  ENVIRONMENT PROT.   EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PCS  1-11             ID*  04024A
    ALSO LRB.  PMB
    *GENERAL        AIR            LAND USE       SOLID WASTE
                                                                                                                                      PAGE
                                                                                                                                               35
HUNGARY

      PMIB)
    WATER MANAGEMENT AND LCNG-RANGE  PLANNING  IN HUNGARY
    HUNGARY.  NATIONAL WATER AUTHORITY                             EPA
    ENGLISH                   00/00/75  PGS  1-50            ID*  04055A

    THIS BOOKLET  CONSISTS  OF 38 PAGES OF TEXT  AND 12 PAGES  OF MAPS.  CHARTS AND  DIAGRAMS.   FOUR
MAJOR  SECTIONS  DEAL WITH:   1) THE SIGNIFICANCE  OF WATER MANAGEMENT,  2)  THE DEVELOPMENT  OF WATER
MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY, 3)  LONG-RANGE WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING, AND  4)  THE MASTER PLAN  FOR WATER
MANAGEMENT.  THE  SECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF  WATER MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY INCLUDES SUBSECTIONS ON
AN  INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION AND THE ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS SECTORS OF  WATER
MANAGEMENT.  AMONG OTHER THINGS, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY AND  SEWERAGE.  INDUSTRIAL WATER MANAGEMENT,
AND POLLUTION CONTROL ARE  DISCUSSED.   DIAGRAMS  FOLLOWING  THE TEXT REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION OF
AJ  THE HUNGARIAN  WATER ADMINISTRATION AND B) THE ORGANIZATIONAL SCHEME  OF THE DISTRICT  WATER
AUTHORITIES.  MAPS ILLUSTRATE SUCH THINGS AS TOPOGRAPHY,  DRAINAGE, PRECIPITATION AND THE  AREAL
BOUNDARIES OF VARIOUS WATER MANAGEMENT UNITS.   CHARTS DEAL  WITH WATER DEMAND  IN HUNGARY AND OTHER
SELECTED COUNTRIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE HUNGARIAN ECONOMY.
INTERNATIONAL
      PM(B>
    "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR  THE PROTECTION OF AN  INLAND SEA:   THE BALTIC."
    IVL  - SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    LANDNER, LARS                                                    EPA
    ENGLISH                   06/00/76   PGS  1-18             ID*  04019A
     TOXIC SUBS     PESTICIDES

    THIS PAPER,  PRESENTED  AT THE 24TH IRANIAN  MEDICAL CONGRESS ON  "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH,"
SEPTEMBER 5-12,  1975 AT  RAMSAR. IRAN. GIVES PHYSICAL BACKGROUND DATA  ON THE BALTIC AS  WELL AS
SOME RECENT FIGURES ON AMOUNTS OF WASTES DISCHARGED INTO COASTAL WATERS FROM  SURROUNDING  COUNTRIES
AND INTO THE OPEN SEA FROM SHIPS AND  BY ATMOSPHERIC FALLPUT.   A FEW EXAMPLES  OF THE NUMEROUS
RESEARCH PROJECTS CONCERNED WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF POLLUTION OF THE BALTIC SEA ARE  PRESENTED
WITH ATTEMPTS TO COORDINATE THIS RESEARCH AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.  THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTIONS FOR  THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT IS DISCUSSED. AND THE AIM AND CONTENT OF
THE HELSINKI CONVENTION  FOR THE PROTECTION OF  THE BALTIC SEA  ARE DESCRIBED IN SOME DETAIL.  IT
IS HOPED THAT EFFORTS TO CONTROL POLLUTION IN  THE BALTIC SEA  MAY SERVE AS AN  EXAMPLE FOR  WHAT
COULD BE DONE ELSEWHERE, UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, E.G.  IN THE  CASPIAN SEA OR THE PERSIAN GULF.

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WATER

ITALY
     LR
    "NO RESPITE FOR NE»  DISCHARGES."
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO
    ITALIAN                  06/02/76
                                                             CORRIERE OELLA SERA
                                                             PGS  16
                                                                                  ID*
  EPA
04030A
                          THE NEW ITALIAN LAW  AGAINST  WATER POLLUTION MAKES SEVERAL DISTINCTIONS WITH REGARD TO EFFLUENT
                      DISCHARGES, DIFFERENTIATING  BETWEEN EFFLUENTS FROM CIVIL AND  INDUSTRIAL  INSTALLATIONS AS WELL AS
                      BETWEEN NEW ITHOSE WHICH' ARE RELEASED AFTER THE LAW'S COMING  INTO  FORCE)  AND EXISTING EFFLUENT
                      DISCHARGES.  THIS ARTICLE  EXAMINES THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW  WHICH  REGULATE NEW DISCHARGES.
                      INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES  INTC SURFACE WATERS OTHER THAN MARINE WATERS  ARE  REQUIRED TO MEET THE MORE
                      STRINGENT STANDARDS OF TABLE A.   PRODUCTIVE DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC  SEWERAGE ARE TO CONFORM TO
                      MUNICIPAL LIMITS IF A  CENTRALIZED PURIFICATION PLANT EXISTS OR  MEET THE  REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE C.
                      DISCHARGES INTO THE GRCUND OR UNDERGROUND ARE TO COMPLY WITH  SANITARY PULES OF LOCAL SANITARY
                      AUTHORITIES.  MARINE WATER DISCHARGES ARE PLACED UNDER THE JURISDICTION  OF THE HARBOR MASTER'S
                      OFFICE.  'PENAL PROVISIONS  OF THE LAW ARE ALSO EXAMINED IN DETAIL.
ITALY
     LR(B)
    "ALL ACQUITTED  IN  APPEAL  OF POLLUTION CONVICTION FOR RED  SLUDGES."
    CORRIERE DELLA  SERA
                                                                   EPA
    ITALIAN                  07/09/76  PGS  9               ID*   04034A
                          THE APPEAL OF  A POLLUTION CONVICTION BY A GROUP OF MONTEDISON  COMPANY OFFICIALS HAS CONCLUDED
                      WITH A WHOLESALE ACQUITTAL,  ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  APPEAL PROCEEDINGS BEGAN ON MARCH 24,
                      1976 ON CHARGES OF POLLUTION RESULTING FROM THE DISCHARGE OF RED  SLUDGES INTO MARINE WATERS.
                      BECAUSE THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT WAS THEN CONCLUDING DEBATES ON A NEW  WATER PROTECTION LAW, THE
                      DEFENSE ADOPTED DILATORY  TACTICS.   BUT WHEN THE MERLI WATER PROTECTION LAW WAS STILL UNDER
                      CONSIDERATION IN MAY, THE COURT OF LIVORNO DECIDED TO ADJOURN UNTIL  THE PROMULGATION OF THE LAW.
                      AT ISSUE WERE TWO  ARTICLES OF THE  LAW, ARTICLE 25 AND 26. WHICH THE  AUTHOR CLAIMS MAY HAVE BEEN
                      INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MONTEDISON OFFICIALS.   THESE ARTICLES STIPULATE
                      THAT THE DEEDS FOR WHICH  THE OFFICIALS WERE BEING TRIED WERE NO LONGER TO RE  CONSIDERED AS CRIMES
                      OR COULD BE DECLARED NON-PUNISHABLE IN THE EVENT POLLUTION ABATEMENT MEASURES WERE ADOPTED.  ON
                      THIS BASIS AN ACQUITTAL WAS  HANDED DOWN BY THE COURT ON JULY 7, 1976.
ITALY
     LRCB)
    "AUTHORIZATION  REQUEST ENTITLES APPLICANT TO POLLUTE."   CORRIERE
    DELLA SERA
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO                                          EPA
    ITALIAN                  06/09/76  PGS  13             ID*  04036A

    THIS ARTICLE  EXAMINES THOSE PROVISIONS OF TME ITALIAN WATER  PROTECTION LAW WHICH CONCERN
EXISTING EFFLUENT DISCHARGES FROM INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS.  AN  INDIVIDUAL IN POSSESSION OF
EFFLUENTS IS FIRST  AND  FOREMOST REQUIRED TO FILE AN AUTHORIZATION REQUEST SPECIFYING THE NATURE
AND QUANTITY OF THE EXISTING EFFLUENT, AS WELL AS THE WATER  QUANTITY NECESSARY DURING THE COURSE
OF ONE CALENDAR YEAR.   ALSO REQUIRED IS AN INDICATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY SOURCE AND THE EVENTUAL
APPROVED DISCHARGE  SITE.  COMPETENT AUTHORITIES ARE DIRECTED TO  REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND
ISSUE PROVISIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS WHICH BECOME PERMANENT AFTER  A  SIX MONTH PERIOD IF THE
APPLICATION IS ACCFPTEO.  IN ADDITION, THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE  RESTRICTIONS WHICH ARE IMPOSED
ON THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF DISCHARGES. THE PERTINENT PENAL PROVISIONS OF THE LAW AND THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THESE  PROVISIONS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL POLLUTER.

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ITALY
     LR(B)
    "SHORTCOMINGS  IN  THE LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER."  CORRIERE
    DELLA SERA
    AMENDOLA, GIANFRANCO                                          EPA
    ITALIAN                  06/30/76  PGS  19              ID#  04057A

    AFTER A  SHORT  PERIOD IN EFFECT, ITALIAN LAW NO. 319 ON THE PROTECTION OF WATER FROM POLLUTION
IS RE-EXAMINED FOR INADEQUACIES.  PROPOSALS ARE MADE BY THE  AUTHOR FOR  IMPROVEMENTS ON BOTH THE
LEGISLATIVE  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS.  IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE:  1) THE
INCLUSION OF URBAN DISCHARGES AS A SEPARATE ENTITY TO BE DISTINGUISHED  FROM INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
IN THE LAW'S PENAL SANCTIONS; 2) THE DIFFERENTIATION, ALSO IN THE PENAL PROVISIONS, BETWEEN
DISCHARGES CONDUCTED  WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND THOSE, WHETHER AUTHORIZED OR NOT, WHICH ARE
CONDUCTED OUTSIDE  OF  PRESCRIBED LIMITS'. AND 3) THE RATIFICATION  OF THE  1972 LONDON CONVENTION WITH
ITS "BLACK LIST" OF SUBSTANCES NOT TO BE DISCHARGED.  ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, SUGGESTIONS
CONCERN THE  MODIFICATION OF REGIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES FOR THE BETTER
ASSUMPTION OF THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  PROVISIONAL EMISSION LIMITS FOR
INCLUSION IN DISCHARGE AUTHORIZATIONS.
MALAGASY REPUBLIC
     LR(A)
                          "MAY 11. 1971 DECREE NO. 71-223  ON  THE INTERMINISTERIAL COORDINATION OF
                          WATER MATTERS."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA  REPUBLIQUE MALAGASY
                                                                                        EPA
                          FRENCH                  05/22/71  PGS   1078-79        ID#  04000A
                          THIS DECREE. WHICH ABROGATES  DECREE  NO.  62-148 ON THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HIGHER WATER
                      COUNCIL. PROVIDES FOR THE  INTERMINISTERIAL  COORDINATION OF WATER MATTERS RELATIVE  TO,  INTER ALIA,
                      CONSERVATION. PUBLIC HEALTH.  INDUSTRY.  AGRICULTURE. DRAINAGE, AND THE PROTECTION OF LANDSCAPES
                      AND SPORTS.  THE INTERMINISTERIAL WATER  COUNCIL IS MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEM IN THESE
                      AREAS,  AS WELL AS FOR THE  FORMULATION OF A  GENERAL WATER POLICY.  DESCRIBED IN THE DECREE  IS THE
                      INTERMINISTERIAL COMPOST ION OF THE  COUNCIL.   A  TECHNICAL WATER COMMITTEE. WHOSE MEMBERSHIP THE
                      DECREE  ALSO DESIGNATES. IS TO ASSIST THE COUNCIL IN ITS FUNCTIONS.  THE COMMITTEE  IS  TO
                      COORDINATE STUDIES CONDUCTED BY VARIOUS  MINISTRIES! STUDY SUITABLE ADAPTATIONS OF  NEW
                      TECHNOLOGIES; AND EXAMINE  AND PROPOSE TO THE INTERMINISTERIAL COUNCIL POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS AND
                      ADDITIONS TO LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS ALREADY IN EFFECT.
MEXICO

     PMIB)
    "30,000 MILLION  SPENT  AGAINST THE AFFLICTION."  EXCELSIOR
                                                                  EPA
    SPANISH                  06/05/76  PGS  4A             ID*  P3994A
    *AIR           SOLID WASTE

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NEW ZEALAND


     PM(B)
KIRKPATRICK RECLAMATION.   NAPIER BREAKWATER HARBOUR*  ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT
REPORT; SUBMISSIONS;  AND  AUDIT.
NEW ZEALAND.  COHMISSICN  FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PCS  1-55           ID*  04013A
*LAND USE
NEW ZEALAND
     PM(B)
PORT CHALMERS RECLAMATION  AND CONTAINER TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT.  ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT.  SUBMISSIONS.  AND AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PCS  1-100          ID*  OA016A
*LAND USE       NOISE
NEW ZEALAND
     PMIB)
AUCKLAND RAPID  TRANSIT  SCHEME:   STAGE ONE.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT;
SUBMISSIONS;  AND  AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION  FOR THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/74  PCS  1-12O          ID*  04017A
*GENERAL        LAND  USE      NOISE         AIR
NEW ZEALAND

     PM(B)
LOWRY BAY BOAT  HARBOUR.   ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT; SUBMISSIONS; AND AUDIT
NEW ZEALAND.  COMMISSION  FOR  THE ENVIRONMENT                 EPA
ENGLISH                 00/00/75  PCS  1-200          ID*  04018A
*LAND USE       NOISE
NORWAY
     PM
"WILL FLOATING  ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT BE THE SOLUTION FOR FUTURE WASTE DISPOSAL?*
AFTENPOSTEN
PARMANN.  GEORG                                                EPA
NORWEGIAN                06/08/76  PCS  13             ID*  04011A
*SOLID  WASTE

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WATER

SOUTH  AFRICA

     LRCB)
     SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION.   IFCOL  1
     RABIE, ANDRE
     ENGLISH                   00/00/76  PCS   1-199
                           *GENERAL
                                            AIR
                                                           NOISE
                                                                           PESTICIDES
       EPA
ID*  Q4048A
   LAND  USE
                                                                                                         SOLID  WASTE
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SWEDEN

      STC  >
     INVENTORIES OF LAKE  ACIDIFICATION.  STATENS NATURVARDSVERK SNV  PH 676
     MALMER,  NILS                                                    EPA
     SWEDISH                   00/00/75  PCS   1-134           ID*  04002A

     THIS REPORT DEALS  ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONDITIONS IN OLIGOTROPHIC  LAKES WHERE THE EFFECTS OF
ACIDIFICATION  ARE THE  MOST SERIOUS.   ACIDIFICATION NOT ONLY CAUSES  A  DECREASE  IN PH BUT  ALSO SEEMS
TO  INFLUENCE ITS BUFFER  CAPACITY AND STABILITY  NEGATIVELY AS A RESULT OF THE DECREASE  IN HCO3.
THERE  HAS BEEN A GENERAL  DECREASE  IN PH IN THE  LAKES OF KRONOBERG'S COUNTY SINCE THE 1930•S.
CONDUCTIVITY INCREASED DURING THIS  PERIOD BUT WATER TRANSPARENCY  AND  COLOR SEEM TO BE  THE  SAME.
ALTHOUGH ACIDIFICATION HAS BEEN MOST SIGNIFICANT AMONG THE SMALL  LAKES. THE NUMBER OF  LARGER LAKES
WITH LOW PH  IS INCREASING.  THIS INDICATES THAT ACIDIFICATION OF  LAKES IS A CONTINUOUSLY ONGOING
PROCESS WHICH  SEEMS TO BE INFLUENCED BOTH BY MINOR DIFFERENCES IN THE SOIL CONDITIONS  AND  BY THE
TURNOVER TIME  FOR THE  WATER IN THE  WHOLE DRAINAGE AREA.   A SHORT  SUMMARY IN ENGLISH AND  A
BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE INCLUDED.
SWEDEN
      STI  I
     ••COMPOSTING OF BARK  AND DIGESTED  SLUDGE UNDER AERATION."  IVL -  SWEDISH  WATER
     AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
     KULANDER.  KARL-ERIK,  AND LARS-GUNNAR LINDFORS                 EPA
     SWEDISH                   '00/00/76   PGS  1-18            ID*  04027A

     TESTS HAVE  PROVEN THAT COMPOSTING OF BARK  AND DIGESTED SLUDGE UNDER AERATION LEADS TO  A HIGHER
ACTIVITY LEVEL  THAN COMPOSTING WITHOUT AERATION.   UNDER AERATION. THE PRODUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
DECREASES AFTER FIVE WEEKS AND THE  TEMPERATURE DROPS AFTER EIGHT BUT, WITHOUT  AERATION,  BOTH STILL
REMAIN UNCHANGED AFTER 20  WEEKS.  SINCE COMPOST UNDER AERATION CONTAINS A HIGHER DEGREE  OF
LEACHABLE CARBON DURING  THE FIRST 10-12 WEEKS.  THIS METHOD IS NOT RECOMMENDED  IF THE AIM IS TO
INCREASE THE ABILITY OF  DEPOSITING.   RISK OF ANAEROBIOSIS  DOES. HOWEVER, EXIST WITHOUT AERATION.
LEACHING FROM  BARK DEPOSITS HAS BEEN  SIMULATED IN A LYSIMETER.  A TOXICITY TEST OF THE LEACHING
FLUID  SHOWED THAT ALTHOUGH THE COMPOSITION OF  THE FLUID CHANGES DURING COMPOSTING. THE TOXICITY
OF THE FLUID DOES NOT INCREASE.  A  NUMBER OF DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING PROCESSES WHICH OCCUR DURING
COMPOSTING UNDER AND WITHOUT AERATION ARE APPENDED TO THE  REPORT.

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SWEDEN
     ST(  )
SWEDEN
     ST<  )
    "LAKE  VATTERN:  RECENT SEDIMENTARY  DEPOSITS AND SEDIMENT  CHEMISTRY."  STATENS
    NATURVARDSVERK SNV PM 740. NLU REPORT  88
    HAKANSON.  LARS. AND THORSTEN  AHL                               EPA
    SWEDISH*                 00/00/76  PGS   1-164           ID* 04040A
    *SUMMARY  IN ENGLISH

    THIS REPORT GIVES A BROAD PHYSICAL-LIMNOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION  OF  LAKE VATTERN, THE  SECOND
LARGEST LAKE  IN SWEDEN. WITH SPECIAL  EMPHASIS ON RECENT SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS. SEDIMENT  POLLUTION,
WATER CHEMISTRY,  AND MORPHOMETRY.  THE  SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION  OF  THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS  IS
DISCUSSED:  WATER CONTENT, BULK DENSITY. ORGANIC CONTENT,  BE.  B,  c, N,  NA, MG, P. K,  CA,  v,  CR,
MN, FE. CO. NI, CU, 2N, MO, AG, CD,  SN,  HG. PCS, AND DDT.  THE WATER  QUALITY OF THE LAKE  AND ITS
TRIBUTARIES IS ALSO DISCUSSED ON THE  BASIS OF A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND A REVIEW OF THE SOILS  OF  THE
DRAINAGE AREA  IN TERMS OF THE PARAMETERS PH. TOTAL-N, TOTAL-P. SI,  COLOR,  KMN04-VALUE,  AND MAJOR
CONSTITUENTS.   THE OLIGOTROPHIC STATE AND  THE LONG RETENTION  TIME OF  THE WATER (60 YEARS) MAKE
LAKE VATTERN  VERY SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL POISONS.  TWO OF THE MOST  IMPORTANT FACTORS  AFFECTING
THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS AND  NUTRIENTS WERE FOUND TO BE THE DISTANCE FROM THE POLLUTING
SOURCE AND THE DYNAMIC PROCESSES THAT DOMINATE THE BOTTOM  WATER  ZONE.


    "MICROBIAL ALKYLATION OF METALSS  SOME COMMENTS ON ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF
    THE PROCESS."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER  AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    JERNELOV.  ARNE                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  09/00/76  PGS   1-26            ID*  04042A

    THIS PAMPHLET DEALS WITH ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MICROBIAL AKLYLATION OF METALS  UNDER THE
FOLLOWING  MAJOR HEADINGS:  PROCESSES  OF BIOCHEMICAL ALKYLATION;  BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION  OF
ALKYL-METAL COMPOUNDS; AND ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF BIOLOGICAL FORMATION OF ALKYL-METAL COMPOUNDS.
MICROBIAL  AKLYLATION HAS TO DATE BEEN DEMONSTRATED FOR A NUMBER  OF  METALS  AND METALLOIDS, FOR
EXAMPLE MERCURY. SELENIUM TELLURIUM,  ARSENIC. AND TIN.  ON PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL GROUNDS THE  PROCESS
HAS BEEN POSTULATED FOR SEVERAL OTHERS.  INCLUDING PLATINUM AND GOLD.   A LIST OF REFERENCES AND
SEVERAL CHARTS ARE APPENDED TO THE PEPORT.
SWEDEN
      ST<  >
    "BENTHOS INVENTORIES  IN RIVERS  BY  MEANS OF THE EKMAN GRAB:  A  STUDY OF THE
    METHOD  WITH RECOMMENDATIONS."   STATENS NATURVAROSVERK 1976 SNV  PM  749
    OLSSON.  TOMMY                                                 EPA
    SWEDISH                 07/00/76   PGS  1-66           ID*  04O54A

    THIS  PUBLICATION REPORTS ON A NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD PROJECT WHICH WAS
ESTABLISHED TO EVALUATE THE USEFULNESS OF THE EKMAN GRAB TO INVESTIGATE WHEN. WHERE, AND HOW
SAMPLING  SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT  IN SLOW-RUNNING PORTIONS OF LARGE RIVERS TO GIVE GOOD QUALITATIVE
AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES OF THE BENTHOS FAUNA AND ITS ABUNDANCE.  RESEARCH AT THE IS SAMPLING
STATIONS  ALONG THE VINDELALVEN  RIVER  IN NORTHERN SWEDEN LED TO THE  FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS:  THE
GRAB  IS USEFUL IF PROVIDED WITH A SHAFT ALTHOUGH DEPTHS OF MORE THAN 4-4.5 M APE DIFFICULT TO
SAMPLE; WINTER is THE MOST SUITABLE SEASON FOR SAMPLING; SAMPLING  SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT BELOW
LAKE  OUTLETS OR CLOSE TO  DOWNSTREAM RAPIDS; THE SUBLITTORAL DEPTH  ZONE IS THE ONE BEST SUITED FOR
SAMPLING.  SINCE ABIOTIC CONDITIONS  ARE MORE STABLE AND MOST OF THE  FAUNA IS REPRESENTED HERE; AND
20 SAMPLING UNITS SEEM TO BE A  SATISFACTORY NUMBER FOR A QUANTITATIVE  ESTIMATE OF THE BENTHOS FAUNA
IN EACH DEPTH ZONE.

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