NTISUBC 135-002
                  NUMBER 54
                 FEBRUARY 1977
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
              REPORTS
  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

            •Washington,-D.C.-20460

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                              FOREWORD
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     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 ii.

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 ("FEBRUARY  4,*1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH CODE."   FOOD ANDv
 (AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, v.  20.            !
  FOOD AND^AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, .UN, COMP.
                       ENGLISH^"
                       AIR
               WATER
    12/00/71  PCS   58-60
PESTICIDES    RADIATION /
   EPA
ID//  01686A>
                       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
                                          AIR
       See GENERAL (Australia) — Control No.  04184A  ...  ......       8
       Denmark Showered by Lead From Neighboring Countries in the
          South ............................      1
       Examples of Application of a Simple Acoustic Sounder for
          Observation of Meteorological Parameters  ..........      1
Finland
       Air Protection Law Should Be Expedited ..............      2

       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667P ..........     19
       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667Q ..........     19
       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667R ..........     20
         F&d R&p ofi
       July 31, 1974 Official Notification of the General Conditions
          for the Award of ERP Funds As Well As Guidelines for
          Granting ERP Loans  .....................      3
       The Availability of Credits From the ERP-Fund for the
          Construction of Facilities for the Maintenance of Air
          Purity  ...........................      3
       When the Air Gets Too Thick  ..................      3
       Much Better Air Due To Leaded Gasoline Law ...........      4
       April 22, 1974 Promulgation of the Agreement for Implementation
          of a European Action on the Topic "Physical-Chemical
          Behavior of Sulfur Dioxide" .................      4
       Environmental Protection in the Balance  ............      5
India.
       See GENERAL (India) — Control No. 04162A  ...........     11

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Japan
       Revised Standards for Sulfur Oxide Discharges   .........       5
       Emission Controls Set for April 1978  ..............       6
       Japan, EC To Negotiate Delay of Automobile Emission  Code  ....       6
       Resources Council Report to STA Director on Monitor
          System and Thermal Pollution Problem  ............       6
       Oslo Will Have To Live With Air Pollution   ...........       7
Swe.cte.Ki
       Fugitive Dust From Steel Works .................       7
       Lead, Especially Exhaust Lead, in  the Terrestrial Environment —
          Accumulation and Ecological Effects:  A  Literature  Survey .  .       7
       See WATER  (Switzerland) — Control No. 04194A   .........      36

                                        GENERAL
       The Impact on  the Australian Environment  of  the  Current
          Woodchip  Industry Program  ..................       8
European Communities
       The Environmental Policy of the European  Community  .......       8
       Minor Pollutants in the Environment   ..............       9
Etnloncf
       Environmental  Damage May Contribute  to  the Flight
          From Helsinki ........................       9

       November 19, 1975 Regulations on the  Installation and
          Operation of Crude  Oil Treatment  Plants ...........       9
       July 19, 1976  Law on Classified Installations  for the
          Protection  of the Environment ................     10
         Fed Rep o&
       Progress  of  Technological  and Economic Development in
          Harmony With Environmental Protection  ............     10
       Organization for Environmental Protection in the Federal
          Republic  of Germany,  as of August 1, 1975 ..........     10
       Environmental Protection Investments and  Economic Growth  ....     11
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India
       Standardization in Aid of Environmental Protection  .......     11
       First International Symposium on Industrial Wastes and
          Environment.  Final Report  .................     11
Japan
       Ex-Miners Seek Y300 Mil. in Arsenic Pollution Case .......     12
       Pollution Complaints Decline Slightly in '75 ..........     12
       OECD Rates Japan Pollution Control ...............     12
       Environment Policy Report Made Public   .............     13
       Pollution- Free Soda Makers Ask Compensation for Expenses ....     13
OECD
       OECD and the Environment ....................     13
Scandinavia
       Nordic Convention on the Environment ..............     14

       May 22, 1975 Ordinance No. 347 To Amend the Environment
          Protection Ordinance (1969:388) ...............     14
       May 6, 1976 Ordinance No. 330 To Amend  the 1969 Environment
          Protection Ordinance (1969:388) ...............     14
       Royal Instruction for the National Franchise Board for
          Environment Protection (As Amended)  .............     15
       New Concept for an Environmental Protection Law   ........     15
United Nation*
       Environmental Conference of the Mediterranean Countries   ....     15

                                       LAND USE
       See GENERAL  (Australia) — Control No. 04184A   .........       8

                                         NOISE

ICAO
       Increased Stringency for Noise Provisions of ICAO   .......      16
India
       See GENERAL  (India) — Control No. 04162A   ...........      11
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Japan
       JNR To Spend Y130 Bil. To Cut Noise Along  Shinkansen  Line   ...      16
Noway
       Increased Research To Reduce Noise  ...............      17
       See WATER  (Switzerland) -- Control No. 04194A   .........      36

                                      PESTICIDES
       Plant Protection Law Too Lenient — Poor Quality  Goods  Are
          Being Sold   .........................      17
Sweden
       See TOXIC SUBS  (Sweden) —  Control No. 02699C   .........      26
       See TOXIC SUBS  (Sweden) —  Control No. 02699D   .........      27
WHO
       Pesticide Residues  in  Food:   Report  of the  1975 Joint
          FAO/WHO Meeting  .......................      18

                                       RADIATION
       Nuclear  Propulsion  Starts — Will  Nuclear Waste  Be  Saved?   ....      19
 France.
       August 10,  1976  Order on the  Required  Preliminary Study  for
           Licenses for  Gaseous  Nuclear  Waste  Discharge   ........      19
       August 10,  1976  Order on General Rules for the Establishment
           of Gaseous  Radioactive  Emission  Limits   ...........      19
       August 10,  1976  Order on Rules Pertaining  Specifically to
           Gaseous  Discharges From Nuclear  Power Plants Equipped
           With  Ordinary-Water Reactors   ................      20
       August 10,  1976  Order on the  Required  Preliminary Study  for
           Licenses for  Liquid Radioactive  Discharge  ..........      20
       August 10,  1976  Order on General Rules for the Establishment
           of Liquid Radioactive Effluent Limits  ............      20
       August 10,  1976  Order on Rules Pertaining  Specifically to
           Liquid Discharges From  Plants Equipped  With Ordinary-Water
           Reactors  ..........................      21
       Birth of Nuclear Safety  Institute  ...............      21
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Japan
       AEG Maps Out Basic Policy for Radioactive Waste Management ...     21
       The Treatment of Radioactive Wastes  ..............     22

                                      SOLID WASTE

France.
       Procedure for Selecting General Council and Municipal Council
          Representatives to the National Committee for the Disposal
          and Reclamation of Wastes ..................     22
GeAmom/, Fed Rep o^
       Waste Management ........................     23
       See AIR  (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04217A .......      3
       See WATER (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04213A ......     32
Japan
       Illegal Dumping of Industrial Waste Rampant in Past Year ....     23
Scondina^ca
       Skane Will Send Chemical Waste to Denmark   ...........     24

       Act No.  343 of May 22, 1975 on the Scrapping of Cars ......     24
       Ordinance No. 348 of May 22, 1975 on the Scrapping of Cars ...     24
       Handling of Wastes in the Food Industry  ............     25

                                      TOXIC SUBS
       France:  Control of Chemical Products   .............     25
Japan
       Anti-Hexavalent Chromium Pollution Measures Inadequate:  Survey.     26
Sweden
       April 10, 1975 Order No. 137 To Amend the 1973 Ordinance
          No. 334 on Products Hazardous to Health and to the
          Environment .........................     26
       May 22, 1975 Ordinance No. 346 on Waste Hazardous to the
          Environment .........................     27
       June 26, 1975 Act No. 741 To Amend the  1973 Act No. 329 on
          Products Hazardous to Health and to  the Environment  .....     27
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                                         WATER
       See GENERAL (Australia) -- Control No. 04184A  .........      8
       Oil Sludge Flowed Into the Danube  ...............     28
Colombia.
       The St. Peter Oil Spill:  An Ecological and Socio-Economic
          Study of Effects, Colombia - Ecuador May- June 1976  .....     28
       Hydrobiological Studies 1  ...................     28
       Hydrobio logical Studies 2  ...................     29
       Environmental Protection Agency Wants 45 Million Danish
          Kroner to Fight Oil Pollution at Sea  ............     29
European
       Economic Incentives Used by EC Member States To Promote
          Water Resource Management ..................     29

       Marine Pollution and Coastline Development ...........     30
       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667T ..........     20
       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667U ..........     20
       See RADIATION (France) — Control No. 00667V ..........     21
       See GENERAL (France) — Control No. 03555C ...........      9
         Fed Rep o&
       Annual Report on Water Management for 1975 ...........     31
       Supervision of Water Quality in Coastal Waters .........     31
       April 22, 1974 Promulgation of the Agreement for Implementation
          of a European Action on the Topic of Organic Micropollution
          in Water  ..........................     32
       Promulgation of the Agreement for Implementation of a
          European Action on the Topic "Treatment of Clarification
          Sludge" ...........................     32
       1975 Annual Report of the Federal Minister of the Interior
          on Water Management .....................     33
       Water Management and Land Amelioration in 1975.  Annual
          Report of the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture
          and Forestry  ........................     33
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       See AIR (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04217A .......      3
       See AIR (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04210A .......      5
India.
       See GENERAL (India) — Control No. 04162A   ...........     11
Japan
       National Water Pollution Map Planned by Agency .........     34
       See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 04169A   ...........     13
OECV
       Mediterranean Pilot Study of Environmental Degradation and
          Pollution From Coastal Development.  Final Report  ......     35
Sweden
       Act No. 8 To Amend the 1971 Marine Dumping Prohibition Act
          No. 1154  ..........................     35
       April 3, 1975 Law No. 84 To Amend the 1972 Law No. 275
          Concerning the Prevention of Water Pollution From  Ships  ...     35
       Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea — A Chemical Analytical
          Search for Monitoring Methods ................     36
       See SOLID WASTE (Sweden) ~ Control No. 04179A .........     25
       Environmental Protection Law in the Canton of Zurich  ......      36
mo
       Community Water Supply and Excreta Disposal in Developing
          Countries.  Review of Progress  ...............      37
       Surveillance of Drinking- Water Quality  .............      37
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AIR

AUSTRALIA


      PM(B>
    THE  IMPACT ON THE  AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT OF THE CURRENT HOODCHIP
    INDUSTRY PROGRAM
    AUSTRALIA.  OEPT.  OF  ENV.. HOUSING.  AND COMMUNITY DEVEL.      EPA
    ENGLISH                  05/00/76   PGS  1-47            ID*  04184A
    *GENERAL       WATER          LAND  USE
DENMARK
     PM(B)
    •DENMARK SHOWERED  BY  LEAD FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES  IN THE SOUTH."
    BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
                                                                     EPA
    DANISH                   11/12/76   PGS  (1)3            ID*  04180A

    THE  FIGHT AGAINST  AIR POLLUTION IN DENMARK IS NOT  EXCLUSIVE.Y A DANISH PROBLEM. ACCORDING TD
THIS ARTICLE.  65 PERCENT OF THE LEAD  WHICH FALLS ON DANISH SOIL ORIGINATES FROM INDUSTRIAL AREAS
OUTSIDE  THE COUNTRY.   THE INSTITUTE OF BOTANIC ECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY  OF COPENHAGEN  AND A
WORKING  GROUP ON POLLUTION FROM THE DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOUND THAT DURING 54  DAYS AND
NIGHTS IN 1974 DURING  WHICH TIME THEY  MEASURED THE LEAD CONTENT IN PRECIPITATION AT THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF THE ISLAND LANGELAND. 1388 MICRO G LEAD WERE ACCUMULATED OF WHICH  ONLY 347 MICRO G WERE
ESTIMATED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN DEMMARK.   THE REST. THE EQUIVALENT OF  10  KILO LEAD PER  SQUARE
METER* ORIGINATED IN CENTRAL EUROPE OR ENGLAND.  THE LEAD ORIGINATING  IN  DENMARK IS ATTRIBUTED TO
CARS AND THE FIRING OF HUNTERS' RIFLES.  RESPONSIBLE = OR 900 AND 600 TONS  OF LEAD RESPECTIVELY.
THE PROHIBITION OF LEAD SHELLS IN FAVOR OF STEEL SHELLS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BECAUSE  OF THIS
SITUATION.
EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
     ST<  »
    EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF A SIMPLE  ACOUSTIC SOUNDER  FOR OBSERVATION  OF
    METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS....   ENVIRONMENTAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE.  EUR 5534E
    HASENJAEGER. H.                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS  1-25            ID*  04215*

    THE CAPABILITY OF A  SIMPLE MONOSTATIC ACOUSTIC SOUNDER IS EXPLAINED AND SOME BASIC
INFORMATION FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF  THE RECORDS IS GIVEN.   EXAMPLES OF  EXPERIMENTAL
INVESTIGATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS RELEVANT TO SPECIAL AIR POLLUTION SITUATIONS ARE SHOWN.
IT IS CONCLUDED THAT IN  SITUATIONS WHERE THE DYNAMIC OF THE  BOUNDARY LAYER IS THE BASIS  OF A
POLLUTION  PREDICTION MODEL. A CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SOUNDER SHOULD. AS A COMPLEMENTARY
METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENT.  FURNISH REAL  TIME INFORMATION  ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE ON A TIME  SC4LE
WHICH HAS  NEVER BEFORE BEEN 'AVAILABLE.   (THIS IS A PUBLICATION OF THE COMMISSION OF  THE  EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES.t

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FINLAND

     LR(B)
"AIR PROTECTION LAW SHOULD BE EXPEDITED."  HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
                                                               EPA
                                                       ID*   04205A
                          SWEDISH
                                                  11/18/76   PGS  5
                          FINLAND IS ONE OF THE FEW  INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES STILL LACKING A GENERAL  STATUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
                      PROTECTION, ACCORDING TO THIS  ARTICLE.   LEGISLATION ON AIR POLLUTION  IS  INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC
                      HEALTH ACT AND IN THE ACT CONCERNING  RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.   IN  1975,  THE MINISTRY OF THE
                      INTERIOR STARTED THE CIRCULATION  o= A LAW PROPOSAL FOR THE PROTECTION  OF THE  AIR TO 37 AUTHORITIES.
                      INSTITUTIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR REVIEW.  IF THE MORE POPULAR OF TWO PROPOSALS WERE ADOPTED. THE
                      COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WOULD GRANT PERMITS AS WELL AS SUPERVISE ENFORCEMENT  RATHER THAN LEAVING THE
                      LATTER TASK TO A SPECIALLY APPOINTED  SUPERVISORY BOARD.  INITIALLY. STANDARDS WOULD ONLY BE OF AN
                      ADVISORY NATURE.  THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL  BOARD OF HEALTH FOUND
                      THE RECOMMENDED PUNISHMENTS TOO STRINGENT.  SEVERE AIR POLLUTION. FOP  EXAMPLE.  WOULD BE PUNISHABLE
                      BY A PRISON TERM OF BETWEEN ONE TO SIX  YEARS.  EVERYONE AGREES, HOWEVER. THAT LEGISLATION WHICH
                      CONTROL ALL FACETS OF AIR POLLUTION IS  URGENTLY NEEDED.
FRANCE
     LR(A)
"AUGUST 10. 1976  ORDER  ON THE REQUIRED PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR LICENSES  FOR
GASEOUS NUCLEAR WASTE DISCHARGE."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                              EPA
FRENCH                   09/12/76  PGS  5496-98        ID»  00667P
*RADI AT I ON
FRANCE
     LR(A)
"AUGUST 10, 1976  ORDER  ON  GENERAL PULES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GASEOUS
RADIOACTIVE EMISSION LIMITS...."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                              EPA
FRENCH                   09/12/76  PGS  5498-99        ID*  00667Q
ERADIATION
FRANCE
     LR( A)
"AUGUST 10. 1976  ORDER  ON RULES  PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO GASEOUS  DISCHARGES
FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS EQUIPPED WITH ORDINARY-WATER REACTORS...."   JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                              EPA
FRENCH                   09/12/76  PGS  5499-5500      ID*  00667P
ERADIATION

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GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LRCA)
    -JULY 31.  1974 OFFICIAL  NOTIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE  AWARD  OF
    ERP FUNDS  AS WELL  AS  THE GUIDE-INES FOR GRANTING ERP LOANS."  BUNDESANZEI G"ER.  NO.  142
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   08/03/74  PGS  1-4            ID*  04217A
     WATER         SOLID  WASTE
    ERP (EUROPEAN RECOVERY  PROGRAM)  FUND LOANS ARE GRANTED ACCORDING TO GENERAL  GUIDELINES.  LISTED
IN APPENDIX 1  OF THIS  NOTIFICATION OF THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR THE ECONOMY.  AND  ACCORDING TO
ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC  GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF PROJECT.  AMONG GENERAL REQUIREMENTS  FOR
AN ERP LOAN ARE THAT THE  PROJECT BE  OF VALUE TO THE GENERAL ECONOMY, THAT IT BE  A NEW.  UNSTARTED
PROJECT. AND THAT PROJECTS  OF SMALLER AND MEDIUM SIZED UNDERTAKINGS THAT PROMOTE  COOPERATION ARE
TO BE GIVEN PREFERENCE.   RELEVANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SPECIAL GUIDELINES ARE  PROVIDED FOR
THE LENDING OF ERP FUNDS  TO  PROMOTE  SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES (APPENDIX 14).  AIR  PURIFICATION
FACILITIES (APPENDIX 15». AND WASTE  REMOVAL FACILITIES (APPENDIX 16).  THE  INDIVIDUAL  GUIDELINES
SPECIFY WHICH  PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BODIES MAY APPLY FOR FUNDS AND CONDITIONS THE PROJECTS  MUST
SATISFY; CONDITIONS  OF THE  LOANS (SUCH AS INTEREST. LENGTH OF LOAN PERIOD.  AND MAXIMUM  AMOUNT);
AND THE" APPLICATION  PROCEDURE.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     LR( A)
    "THE AVAILABILITY  OF  CREDITS FROM THE ERP-FUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
    FACILITIES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AIR PURITY."  GEMEINSAMES MINISTERIALBLATT.  NO.
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR        EPA
    GERMAN                   09/12/74  PGS  464            ID*  04217B
                                                                                                             25
                          THIS  AUGUST 8. 1974 CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE  FEDERAL  INTERIOR MINISTRY IS DIRECTED TO THz
                      HIGHEST LAND AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR AIR QUALITY.   IT REFERS TO THE JULY 21. 1974 OFFICIAL
                      NOTIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE  AWARD OF ERP  (EUROPEAN RECOVER.Y PROGRAM) FUSDS AS
                      WELL AS GUIDELINES FOR GRANTING ERP LOANS.  IN  THE  FISCAL YEAR 1974, 30 MILLION MARKS WILL BE
                      AVAILABLE FROM THE FUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND  EXPANSION OF AIR PURIFICATION FACILITIES.  AN
                      ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION MARKS MAY BE COMMITTED FROM  THE 1975 ERP BUDGET.  LAND AUTHORITIES. WHO WILL
                      INITIALLY PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS. ARE REMINDED OF APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND ARE
                      GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPENDING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS  RELATIVE TO APPLICATIONS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF

     PM(B)
    "WHEN THE AIR GETS  TOO  THICK."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   10/16/76  PGS  8              ID*  O4200A
    ALSO LRB

    ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE.  THE AGRICULTURAL MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL  LAND  (STATE) OP HESSE HAS
ISSUED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE  PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION FROM SMOG DANGER  IN  AGGLOMERATION AREAS
DUE TO ENTER INTO FORCE AT  THE  END OF OCTOBER 1976.  IN GENERAL. IT FOLLOWS GUIDELINES AGREED UPON
BY ALL THE FEDERAL LANDS.   THE  ORDINANCE WOULD ESTABLISH THREE ALARM STAGES IN CASE OF SMOS DANGER.
IN STAGE 1. DRIVERS WOULD BE ASKED TO VOLUNTARILY LIMIT TRAVEL. AND COAL.  OIL AND GAS FURNACES
COULD ONLY BE USED IF INDISPENSABLE.  DURING ALARM STAGE 2. DRIVERS WOULD  BE  REQUIRED TO USE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION DURING RUSH  HOURS  (6-1O AM AND 3-8 PM), AND LARGE FURNACES  IN  INDUSTRY AND DISTRICT
HEATING WORKS WOULD HAVE TO  USE LOH-SULFUR FUEL.  DURING ALARM STAGE 3,  WHICH WOULD RARELY OCCUR.
MOST TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC  BUSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WOULD BE PROHIBITED AND LARGE CURNACES
WOULD HAVE TO BE SWITCHED TO LOW-EMISSION FUELS.  MORE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL  AND THE DEVEL3PMENT. OF
SUCH LOW-EMISSION FUEL  POSSIBILITIES WILL BE NECESSARY BEFORE THE ORDINANCE CAN BE FULLY EFFECTIVE.

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GERMANY.FED REP OF

     PM(B)
    "MUCH  BETTER AIR DUE  TO LEADED GASOUINE LAW."
    BENEKE-KRACHTt GUENTER
    GERMAN                   11/24/76   PCS  9
    ALSO LRB
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
               EPA
        ID*   04206A
                           THE REDUCTION OF LEAD IN  GASOLINE. PRESCRIBED BY LAW SINCE THE BEGINNING  OF 1976.
                       HAS RESULTED  IN  SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF LEAD  IN THE AIR IN  THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.
                       ACCORDING TO  A REPORT OF THE  FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY    1972.  THE SIGNATORIES AGREE TO  COORDINATE THEIR  WORK
IN THE PROJECT. THE GENERAL  NATURE OF  WHICH IS DESCRIBED  IN THE APPENDIX.  THE PROJECT  IS TO LAST
ABOUT FOUR  YEARS AND WORK  IS TO BE CARRIED OUT PRIMARILY  BY PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES  PREPARED
FOR MULTINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. AND FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT.  THE SIGNATORIES ARE TO ESTABLISH
AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE  TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING PROPOSED  RESEARCH, PROMOTE
COOPERATION. FOLLOW THE  PROGRESS OF RESEARCH. AND PREPARE INTERIM AND FINAL  PROGRESS REPORTS.  THE
MONEY TO  BE SUPPLIED BY  EACH COUNTRY EVERY YEAR AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXCHANGE OF  FINDINGS AND
THE DISPOSITION OF PATENTS IS ALSO CONTAINED IN THE AGREEMENT.

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GERMANYiFED REP OF

     SEC  )
    -ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE BALANCE."  SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                    11/06/76   PCS  3O              ID*  04210*
    ALSO  PMB
     HATER

    STATISTICS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS AND THEIR RESULTS  IN  NORTH RHINE-HESTPHALIA
WERE PRESENTED AT A MEETING OF IRON FOUNDRY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CITY  OF DUESSELDORF.   IT HAS
REPORTED  THAT ABOUT 63.3  BILLION MARKS HERE INVESTED  IN  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION TO 1974.  25.2
BILLION BY  INDUSTRY AND 38.1 BILLION BY GOVERNMENT.   TO  1979. A FURTHER  INVESTMENT OF  AROUND
35.6 BILLION MARKS IS EXPECTED. FUNDS  COMING ALMOST EQUALLY FROM GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.
OPERATING COSTS FOR 1974  FOR SUCH PROTECTION MEASURES HERE 10.7 BILLION  MARKS; TO 1979 THEY ARE
ESTIMATED AT NOT LESS THAN  77.2 BILLION.   OTHER REMARKS  INDICATED THAT HHILE THE MANY  PUBLICATION
PLANTS BUILT ON THE RHINE RIVER HAVE NOT  MADE THE RIVER  CLEANER. POLLUTION IN THE RHINE  HAS ALSO
NOT INCREASED.  CONTINUOUS  MEASUREMENTS HAVE INDICATED THAT DUST PRECIPITATION AND THE SULFUR
DIOXIDE CONTENT OF THE AIR  HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. VET LOHER  THRESHOLDS FOR THESE
SUBSTANCES  ADOPTED IN 1974  STILL HAVE  NOT BEEN ACHIEVED  IN SOME AREAS.
INDIA
     LR(B)
    "STANDARDIZATION  IN  AID OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."  SCAVENGER.
    SAXENA.  G. M.                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                   07/OO/76   PGS  7-15            ID*  04162A
    *GENERAL       HATER         NOISE
                                                                                                 VOL,
                                                                                                          NO.
JAPAN
     LR
                           "REVISED STANDARDS FOR SULFUR  OXIDE DISCHARGES."
                           VOL. 4. NO.  11
                           JAPAN.  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
                           ENGLISH                  11/10/76  PGS  1
                                                                                JAPAN ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY.
                                                                                    ID*
                                                                     EPA
                                                                   041S7A
                           REVISED CABINET  ORDERS AND PRIME MINISTER'S  ORDERS TO REINFORCE STANDARDS  FOR SULFUR OXIDE
                      DISCHARGES IN JAPAN  HERE ANNOUNCED  SEPTEMBER 22  BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AND  HERE PUT INTO  EFFECT
                      SEPTEMBER 28.  IN  MAY 1973. STANDARDS HERE ISSUED TO LIMIT SULFUR  DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN  THE
                      AIR  TO 0.04 PPM OR BELOH* HITH AN HOURLY READING NOT TO EXCEED  0.1 PPM.  THE STANDARDS HERE  TO BE
                      MET  HITHIN FIVE YEARS.  THE REVISED ORDERS. ISSUED UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAM. ARE  TO
                      TIGHTEN CONTROLS IN  THOSE AREAS  HHERE STANDARDS  HAVE NOT YET BEEN  ACHIEVED SO  AS  TO MEET THE
                      FIVE-YEAR DEADLINE.   THESE NEH SULFUR OXIDE REGULATIONS INVOLVE:   1) A STRICTED  K-VALUE CONTROL
                      (DISCHARGE STANDARDS); 21 TIGHTER OVERALL CONTROL PLANS IN AREAS HHERE DISCHARGE  REQUIREMENTS ARE
                      NOT  CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT OR HHERE  FACTORIES AND HORKSHOPS ARE  CLUSTERED: AND  3)  FUEL CONTROL IN
                      AREAS HHERE FUEL AMOUNTS USED VARY  HITH THE SEASON.

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JAPAN
     LR
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AIR

NORWAY

      PM(B>
SWEDEN
      ST(  )
     "OSLO WILL HAVE TO LIVE  WITH AIR POLLUTION."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                       EPA
     NORWEGIAN                 10/30/76  PCS  2               ID*  O4219A
                           THE  STEADY IMPROVEMENT OF  THE MR QUALITY AROUND OSLO DURING THE LAST THREE  OR FOUR YEARS
                       CANNOT BE  EXPECTED  TO CONTINUE.  ACCORDING  TO  A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN OSLO.
                       OIL-HEATED INSTALLATIONS ARE PARTLY TO BLAME  FOR THE FACT THAT THE  HIGHEST CONCENTRATION O-  SOO.T
                       AND SULFUR IS NOTED IN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER THROUGH  FEBRUARY.  THE LAST SEVERAL WINTERS  HAVE
                       BEEN MILD. WHICH HAS  HELPED REDUCE THE SULFUR CONTENT  IN THE AIR.   THE LEVEL OF  SULFUR IN  THE
                       AIR AROUND OSLO* WHICH IS REGULARLY MEASURED  BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH AT 5-6 STATIONS. IS* H3WEVER.
                       HIGHER THAN IN MOST OTHER NORWEGIAN CITIES.
                           FUGITIVE DUST  FROM STEEL  WORKS.
                           BOARD PM 746
                           LINDAU.  LARS.  AND OTHERS
                           ENGLISH                   06/00/76
                                                               NATIONAL SWEDISH  ENVIRONMENT  PROTECTION
                                         PCS  1-11
                                                                                      ID*
                                                                       EPA
                                                                    04182A
                           CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF  DUST ARE EMITTED AS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS FROM STEEL  WORKS.   A
                       MEASURING METHOD FOR  THESE EMISSIONS IS PRESENTED IN THIS BOOKLET.   THE MEASUREMENTS SHOW THAT
                       THE FUGITIVE EMISSION OF DUST FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF  STEEL PROCESSES IS OF SIGNIFICANT  IMPORTANCE.
                       THE AVERAGE FUGITIVE  DUST EMISSION IS 85  TO 95 PERCENT  OF THE TOTAL EMISSION  FROM OVENS  WITHOUT
                       A SECONDARY EXHAUST  SYSTEM WITH ARRESTMENT  FACILITIES  BUT WITH ARRESTORS ON THE  PRIMARY  EXHAUST
                       SYSTEM.   MEASURES TO  SOLVE THE  PROBLEM ARE  PRESENTED FOR  BLAST FURNACES. CONVERTERS, AND  ELECTRIC
                       ARC FURNACES.  SWEDISH GUIDELINES = OR EMISSIONS OF DUST FROM STEEL  WORKS ARE  INCLUDED.
SWEDEN
      ST<  )
    LEAD.  ESPECIALLY EXHAUST  LEAD. IN THE  TERRESTRIAL  ENVIRONMENT—ACCUMULATION
    AND ECOLOGICAL  EFFECTS:   A  LITERATURE  SURVEY.  NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BD. PM  79»
    FOLKESON. LENNART                                               EPA
    SWEDISH                  00/00/76  PCS   1-103           ID*  04183A

    GLOBAL EMISSION OF MOTOR  EXHAUST LEAD  IS ONE FOURTH MILLION  METRIC TONS  ANNUALLY.   MOST OF THE
LEAD DEPOSITED ON VEGETATION  REMAINS ON  THE SURFACE.   THE LITERATURE ON THE  EFFECTS OF  EXHAUST
LEAD ON VEGETATION  AND ON THE  MICROBIOLOGICAL DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER  IS, HOWEVER. STILL
SCANTY.  IT IS KNOWN THAT ENZYMES ARE SENSITIVE TO LEAD, PHYSIOLOGICAL DISTURBANCES ARE CAJSED BY
LEAD AND THAT IN SOLUTION, LEAD IOMS INHIBIT GROWTH. CHLOROPHYLL SYNTHESIS.  PHOTOEXCHANGES. AND
STOMATAL FUNCTIONS.  SMALL MAMMALS. INSECTS. SPIDERS.  AND ESPECIALLY EARTHWORMS INHABITING
ROADSIDES  ACCUMULATE LEAD.  THE NORMAL HUMAN INTAKE OF LEAD IS CIRCA 300  (80-500) MICRO G DAILY.
OF WHICH TEN PERCENT IS ABSORBED.  IN RURAL ENVIRONMENTS. 20-30  PERCENT OF ALL ABSORBED LEAD COMES
FROM THE AIR.  THE  CORRESPONDING FIGURE  FOR CITIES IS  MORE THAN  50 PERCENT.   MORE THAN  90 »ERCENT
OF THE  CONCENTRATION OF LEAD  IN THE HUMAN  BODY IS FOUND IN BONE.  A HIGH  LEAD  INTAKE  IS REFLECTED
IN HIGHER  LEAD CONCENTRATION  IN THE BLOOD.  REFERENCE  LIST IS APPENDED.   (AUTHOR ABSTRACT.)

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AIR


SWITZERLAND


     LR(B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW  IN  THE  CANTON OF ZURICH."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
    WEBER. GUIOO                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  10/15/76   PCS  51.52          ID*  04194A

    ALSO PMB

    *NATER         NOISE
GENERAL


AUSTRALIA




     PMC B)
    THE IMPACT ON THE AUSTRALIAN  ENVIRONMENT  OF THE CURRENT WOODCHIP
    INDUSTRY PROGRAM
    AUSTRALIA.  OEPT. OF ENV.. HOUSING.  AND COMMUNITY  DEVEL.      EPA
    ENGLISH                 05/00/76   PGS  1-4T           ID*  041 84A
     AIR           WATER          LAND  USE

    JAPAN HAS DEVELOPED A MARKET  FOR HARDWOOD WOODCHIPS FROM  AUSTRALIAN FORESTS FOR USE IN PAPER
AND OTHER WOODFIBER PROODUCTS.  PROCESSES  IN  THE WODDCHIP INDUSTRY  DO NOT DIFFER MARKEDLY FROM THE
PRODUCTION OF SAWLOGS. BUT THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF  LOGGING OPERATIONS IS MUCH GREATER.
THUS THERE IS GREATER POTENTIAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.  AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WOODCHIP INDUSTRY
MUST SHOW IT IS ECONOMICALLY  VIABLE AND  CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.  THIS BOOKLET* SUBMITTED TO
THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON  SCIENCE AND  THE ENVIRONMENT  IN MAY 1976. CONSIDERS THE FOLLOWING
FACTORS:  MAINTENANCE OF WATER QUALITY AND YIELD. AIR  POLLUTION.  SOIL AND SOIL NUTRIENT STATUS.
CONSERVATION OF FAUNA AND FLORA.  SCENIC  VALUES* RECREATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES AND TOURISM, INFLUENCE
ON THE INCIDENCE OF DISEASES  AND  PESTS.  PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL USES OF FORESTS.
WILDFIRES AND PRESCRIBED BURNING. CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND SOCIAL BENEFITS AND
COSTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.  RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     PM(A)
    DIE UMWELTPOLITIK DER EUROPAEISCHEN  GEMEINSCHAFT  (THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF
    THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY).  ARBEI TSPAPIERE  ZUR  INTERNATIONALEN POLITIK B

    BUNGARTEN. HARALO H.                                          EPA
    GERMAN                  10/00/76   PGS   1-196           ID*  04189A

    ALSO LRB


    THIS STUDY WAS PREPARED BY THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE  OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN PO.ICY AS

PART OF A LARGER PROJECT ON THE  INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN EUROPE.  THE
STUDY ATTEMPTS A TOTAL ANALYSIS  OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S  ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:  ITS ORIGIN.
PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE.   IT INVESTIGATES  THE LEGAL BASES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY IN THE EC AND ANALYZES THE GRADUAL GROWTH  OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FROM THE EC'S ECONOMIC
GOALS.  ALSO CONSIDERED IS WHETHER AND.  IF  SO.  HOW ENVIRONMENTAL COMPETENCES SHOULD BE DELEGATED
TO THE VARIOUS ORGANS OF THE EC.  THE  EFFECTIVENESS OF EC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TO DATE IS
EVALUATED. AND THE LEVEL (NATIONAL. REGIONAL  OR COMMUNITY-WIDE) AT WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
SHOULD BE HANDLED IS STUDIED.  INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS DEAL WITH:  LEGAL BASES. PREPARATION OF AN EC
PROGRAM. THE EC ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM. PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS OF A COMMON PROGRAM. NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY INTERESTS. POLICY HARMONIZATION.  CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. AND PROGRAM CONTINUATION.

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GENERAL

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES



     ST< I
FINLAND
     PM(B)
    MINOR POLLUTANTS  IN THE  ENVIRONMENT.
    LIFE. EUR S533E
    BIGLIOCCA. C.. AND OTHERS
    ENGLISH                  00/00/76   PGS
                                           ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF
1-35
                                                           ID*
                      EPA
                    0*214*
    A SELECTION OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC  DATA  WAS CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL
RESEARCH ON THE TRANSFER OF  HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO
MAN.  THE DISTRIBUTION OF:   F.  AS.  SE. TE* MO.  V. TL . BI. BE WAS EXAMINED IN TYPICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS FRESH AND SALT WATER. DRINKING WATER. AIR. FOODSTUFFS. SOILS.
AND THE HUMAN BODY.  THE ANALYTICAL METHODS OF  DETECTION FOR HEAVY METALS. THEIR POSSIBLE SOURCES
OF POLLUTION AND SOME TOXICOLOGICAL DATA ARE ALSO REPORTED.  (THIS IS A PUBLICATION OF THE
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.)


    •ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLIGHT FROM HELSINKI."
    HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH                  11/10/76  PGS  10             ID*  04178A

    THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE OF  HUFVUOSTADSREGIONENS SAMARBETSDELEGATION. SAD. (JOINT COUNCIL
OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA) HAS INTRODUCED ITS NEW ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM, WHICH COVERS EVERY ASPECT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE  PROGRAM CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS:  THE SHARING OF
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES  UNDER A COORDINATED ADMINISTRATION; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF -OREST
PARKS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS;  AIR  PROTECTION THROUGH REMOTE CENTRAL HEATING: NOISE ABATEMENT
THROUGH THE COORDINATION OF  TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND A MORE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;
TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR  TOXIC PROBLEM WASTES FROM THE INSTALLATIONS WHERE THEY ORIGINATE TO
THE MUNICIPALITIES. WITH PRODUCERS  STILL BEARING ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY; INCREASED RECYCLING OF
SOLID WASTE; MORE EFFECTIVE  PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATER: AND DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENTS FURTHER OUT TO
SEA.  SAD CONCLUDES THAT THE FLIGHT FROM HELSINKI MAY WELL BE ATTRIBUTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
CAUSED BY URBANIZATION.
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    •NOVEMBER 19. 1975 REGULATIONS  ON THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF CRUDE
    OIL TREATMENT PLANTS."  JOURNAL  OFFICIEL.  N.C. NO. 7
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  01/23/76  PGS  230-31          ID*  03555C
     WATER


    THIS ORDER FROM THE MINISTER OF  INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH AMENDS A NUMBER OF THE PROVISIONS
CONTAINED IN THE SEPTEMBER 4.  1967  REGULATIONS ON  THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PLANTS FOR
THE TREATMENT OF CRUDE OIL AND ITS  BY-PRODUCTS AND RESIDUES.  ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS CONCERN:
MINIMAL DISTANCES BETWEEN VARIOUS BUILDINGS OR LOCATIONS; CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOP HYDROCARBON
TANKS AND FACILITIES; AND ELECTRIC  RAILWAY CONNECTIONS.

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GENERAL

FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "JULY 19. 1976 LAW  ON  CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION  OF  THE
    ENVIRONMENT."  POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE. NO. 71
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                   07/00/76  PCS  267-70         ID*  04158A

    THE PROVISIONS OF THIS LAW APPLY TO ALL FACTORIES. WORKSHOPS. SITES.  STORAGE DEPOTS. QUARRIES,
AND OTHER PUBLIC OR  PRIVATE INSTALLATIONS WHICH MAY PRESENT A DANGER OR ANNOYANCE TO ADJOINING
AREAS. TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. TO AGRICULTURE OR TO ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  A
DEFINITION OF THESE  INSTALLATIONS IS PROVIDED IN THE NOMENCLATURE OF CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS,
INSTITUTED BY A STATE COUNCIL DECREE SUBJECTING SUCH INSTALLATIONS  TO  LICENSING OR DECLARATION
PROCEDURES.  ACCORDING  TO  THIS LAW.  THE GRAVITY OF THE DANGER PRESENTED BY  THE  INSTALLATION IS TO
BE REGARDED AS THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN RULING WHETHER A DECLARATION  OR  LICENSE IS REQUIRED.
LICENSING IS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE  PREFECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Of THE
LAW. AND INSTALLATIONS  ARE TO BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO QUALIFIED INSPECTORS.  A SYSTEM OF TAXATION.
ALONG WITH PENAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE  PROVISIONS. IS CONTAINED IN THE LAW.  THE LAW ABROGATES THE
DECEMBER 19. 1917 LAW ON DANGEROUS ESTABLISHMENTS. AS AMENDED.
GERMANY.FED  REP  OF
     PM(BI
                          PROGRESS OF TECHNOLOGICAL
                          PROTECTION
                               AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HARMONY WITH  ENVIRONMENTAL
                          ENGLISH
                                                  00/00/72  PGS   1-64
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                  EPA
                                                                04174A
                          THIS PUBLICATION WAS PREPARED AS A SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTION BY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY  TO
                      THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION HELD AT STOCKHOLM IN 1972.  IT CONSISTS
                      OF FIVE CASE-STUDIES. INDIVIDUALLY DEALING WITH:   II  PROGRESSIVE AMBIENT AIR QUALITY CONTROL  IN
                      TRADE AND INDUSTRY. JOINING ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL  GOALS; 2)  COOPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY
                      AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. USING AS AN EXAMPLE THE LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY FOR THE DISPOSAL
                      OF SPECIAL REFUSE IN BAVARIA: 3) THE WATER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION  IN THE RHENISH-WESTPHALIAN INDUSTRIAL
                      AREA AS AN EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY COOPERATION; 4) REGIONAL WATER CONSERVATION METHODS IN
                      THE BAVARIAN LAKE DISTRICT; AND 51 REDUCING THE OCCURENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS IN REGARD  TO
                      PESTICIDES.
GERMANY.FED  REP  OF
     PM(A)
    ORGANIZATION FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
    GERMANY. AS OF AUGUST  1.  1975
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  08/O1/75  PGS  1-27           ID*  04176A
    THIS PUBLICATION  DIAGRAMS THE  =EDERAL GERMAN CABINET IN TERMS OF THE COMMITTEE  OF  MINISTERS
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS AND THE PERMANENT BOARD OF THE HEADS OF DIVISIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
QUESTIONS.  OTHER PAGES LIST  THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL DUTIES OF THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL MINISTRIES:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS; INTERIOR; FINANCE; ECONOMICS; FOOD. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY;  LABOR AND SOCIAL
AFFAIRS: DEFENSE; YOUTH. FAMILY AFFAIRS.  AND HEALTH; TRANSPORT; REGIONAL PLANNING.  BUILOINS  AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY; AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION.   INFORMATION  GIVEN FOR EACH
INCLUDES:  ADDRESS. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES. SENIOR OFFICIALS. AND. WHERE RELEVANT. RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS DEALING  WITH  ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.  COORDINATION OF FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. REACTOR SAFETY AND RADIATION PROTECTION. WATER  MANAGEMENT.  CONTROL OF AIR
POLLUTION AND NOISE.  AND WASTE MANAGEMENT REST WITH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.  AN  ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART FOP ENVIRONMENTAL SECTIONS OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY IS INCLUDED.

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GENERAL

GERMANY.FED REP OF


     SEC  )
    UMWELTSCHUTZ-INVESTITIONEN UNO MIRTSCHAFTSVACHSTUM  (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    INVESTMENTS AND  ECONOMIC GROWTH).  8EITRAEGE ZUR UMWELTGESTALTUNG.  NO. A28
    KUNZE. JUERGEN                                                 LOC      HC 290.5.ES K86
    GERMAN                   00/OO/75  PGS  1-4B            ID*   04192A

    THIS STUDY. PREPARED BY THE GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC  RESEARCH IN BERLIN. IS SUBTITLED:
THE SUITABILITY OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AS AN INDICATOR  OF GROWTH WITH REGARD TO
ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION AND INCREASED MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  IN 197*. VARIOUS
GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC SHOWED AN  INTENSIFICATION OF BOTH
FEDERAL AND LAND  EFFORTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   AT THE SAME TIME. VARIOUS THEORETICIANS
HAVE QUESTIONED THE  VALIDITY OF GNP AS AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF  THE WELL-BEING OF THE POPULATION.
REQUIRING CONSIDERATION OF THE "QUALITY OF LIFE."  THE  CURRENT INVESTIGATION SEEKS. BY MEANS OF
MODEL CALCULATIONS.  TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TYPES  OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ON GNP. IN
ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.  THE SUBJECT IS CONSIDERED UNDER THESE  HEADINGS:  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AS A PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: COST-S OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EFFECTS OF INCREASED
PROTECTION MEASURES  ON GNP—MODEL CALCULATIONS FOR THE  PERIOD  1970-85;  AND CONCLUSIONS.
INDIA
     LR(B>
    "STANDARDIZATION  IN AID OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    SAXENA. G.  M.
    ENGLISH
     AIR            WATER
07/OO/76  PGS
     NOISE
                                                                  7-15
                                SCAVENGER.
                                      EPA
                               ID*  04162A
                                                                                             VOL.
                                                                                                     NO.
                          AFTER A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.  THIS  ARTICLE
                      DEALS WITH MEASURES AIMED AT CONTROLLING  AIR.  WATER AND NOISE POLLUTION IN INDIA. WITH CHIEF
                      EMPHASIS ON STANDARDS DEVELOPED OR  BEING  DEVELOPED BY THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF THE INDIAN
                      STANDARDS INSTITUTION.  EFFORTS TO  COORDINATE  THE STANDARDIZATION WORK OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES
                      UNDER THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE ALSO CONSIDERED.
                      AN APPENDIX LISTS. FOR SEVERAL AREAS  OF ENVIRONMENTAL'CONCERN. STANDARDS PUBLISHED.OR ABOUT  TO BE
                      PUBLISHED. FINALIZED DRAFT STANDARDS.  AND DRAFT INDIAN STANDARDS UNDEQ WIDE CIRCULATION.   MOST AIR
                      AND NOISE POLLUTION STANDARDS LISTED  DEAL WITH MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTION STANDARDS
                      CONTAIN TOLERANCE LIMITS FOR EFFLUENTS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES: AND SEWAGE TREATMENT STANDARDS
                      PRESENT CODES OF PRACTICE FOR COMPONENTS  OF WATER PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS.
INTERNATIONAL
     PM(B)
    FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND  ENVIRONMENT.  FINAL
    REPORT
                                                                   EPA
    SPANISH                  11/00/76  PGS  1-72           ID*   0*187*

    THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE OPENI1G AND CLOSING ADDRESSES  AND THE  CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE FIRST  INTERNATIONAL  SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND  ENVIRONMENT, HELD IN CARACAS.
VENEZUELA DURING NOVEMBER 1976.  THE SYMPOSIUM. SPONSORED BY THE  VENEZUELAN SECTION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE AND  BIOLOGY.  WAS CONVENED TO STUDY THE EFFECT
OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES  ON THE ENVIRONMENT USING BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CRITERIA.  THE REPORT
CONTAINS THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS ON THE INDUSTRIAL
WASTES OF THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES:   HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEAR  ENERGY,  GAS AND ELECTRICITY: COAL  AND
OTHER MINERAL INDUSTRIES;  CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING PESTICIDES, FERTILIZERS. DETERGENTS.
DYES, ETC); PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES: RUBBER AND PLASTICS;  GLASS. BRICK,  CEMENT AND CERAMICS;
PULP AND PAPER; TEXTILES;  TANNERIES; AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK; FOOD PRODUCTION: CONSTRUCTION;
AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

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GENERAL

JAPAN

     LR(B)
JAPAN
     PM(B»
    "EX-MINERS SEEK Y300 MIL.  IN  ARSENIC POLLUTION CASE."  THE JAPAN TIMES
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  01/30/77   PCS  2              ID*  04195A

    FOUR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF AN ARSENIC MINE.  TOGETHER WITH THE WIVES OF TWO DORMER EMPLOYEES.  ARE
SEEKING 300 MILLION YEN IN DAMAGES  FROM THE NIPPON MINING COMPANY. LTD.. HEADQUARTERED  IN  TOKYO.
THE FORMER EMPLOYEES AND ONE OF THE WIVES ARE  SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF ARSENIC POISONING.   THE
SUIT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE  MIYAZAKI DISTRICT COURT.  THE MINE. CLOSED YEARS AGO BUT  -AST
OPERATED BY NIPPON MINING. WAS LOCATED IN KIYJO.  KOYU-GUN. MIYAZAKI PREFECTURE.  ALTHOUGH  THE FOUR
FORMER EMPLOYEES RECEIVE WORKMEN'S  COMPENSATION,  THEY ARGUE THAT THEY SHOULD RECEIVE COMPENSATION
FOR THE POLLUTION DAMAGES AS WELL.   THE LAWYER FOR THE COMPANY. ON THE OTHER HAND. MAINTAINS THAT
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS ALREADY EXPIRED FOR THE POLLUTION CASE.


    "POLLUTION COMPLAINTS DECLINE SLIGHTLY IN  -75."  THE JAPAN TIMES
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                  01/31/77   PCS  2              ID*  0*175*

    THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT GRIEVANCES ABOUT POLLUTION BROUGHT TO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY CITIZENS DECLINED  BY 3 PERCENT IN FISCAL 1975 FROM FISCAL 197*.  THIS  MAS THE
THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR THAT POLLUTION  COMPLAINTS  HAVE DECLINED.  THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 76.531
COMPLAINTS. OF WHICH 31 PERCENT.  OR 23.612. WERE  AGAINST NOISE AND VIBRATIONS.  SUCH COMPLAINTS
WERE DOWN 1.6 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.   THERE WERE 13.453 COMPLAINTS AGAINST WATER POLLUTION. A
DECREASE OF 7.2 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. AND 11.863 ON AIR POLLUTION. DOWN 2.2 PERCENT FROM LAST
YEAR.  ONLY COMPLAINTS ABOUT OFFENSIVE ODORS ROSE FROM THE LAST  FISCAL YEAR.  THEY AMOUNTED TO
17.516 REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF  2.2 PERCENT.  THESE FOUR TYPES OF POLLUTION CONSTITUTED ABOUT
90 PERCENT OF ALL COMPLAINTS MADE*   THE MOST FREQUENT OFFENDERS WERE:  PRODUCTION PLANTS.  42
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL: DAIRY FARMS.  SWINERIES.  AND POULTRY FARMS,  12 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL;  AND
CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING  WORKS.
JAPAN
     PM(B)
                          "OECD RATES  JAPAN POLLUTION CONTROL."  THE JAPAN TIMES
ENGLISH
ALSO LRB
                                                  11/21/76  PCS  2
                                                                  EPA
                                                           ID*  04198A
                         THE  ORGANIZATION FOP  ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) HELD A FIVE-DAY  CONFERENCE
                      IN TOKYO AT  WHICH  ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN JAPAN. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POLLUTED COUNTRIES.
                      WERE REVIEWED.   ABOUT 100 DELEGATES DISCUSSED JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS  IN  FOUR  GROUPS.
                      CONCERNED WITH:  ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO POLLUTION  VICTIMS;  INDUSTRIAL
                      PLANT  SITING:  AND  EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY OF POLLUTION PREVENTION MEASURES.  PARTICIPANTS  PRAISED
                      JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. WHICH HAS PLACED POLLUTION CONTROL  ABOVE ECONOMIC
                      GROWTH.   THEY  NOTED THAT  THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED TIGHT CONTROLS ON SPECIFIC SOURCES OF  POLLUTION
                      BY MEANS OF  OFFICIAL STANDARDS.  JAPAN ALSO HAS A UNIQUE LAW PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION
                      TO POLLUTION VICTIMS.  IN GENERAL. THEY FELT POLLUTION CONTROL HAD NOT  ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE
                      NATIONAL ECONOMY.   JAPAN  WAS FELT TO HAVE THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED POLLUTION CONTROL POLICIES.
                      RESULTS  OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE COMPILED BY SUMMER 1977 FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL OECD MEMBERS.

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                                                                                                                                   13
GENERAL

JAPAN

     PMCB)
JAPAN
     SE( 1
    •ENVIRONMENT POLICY REPORT MADE PUBLIC."  THE JAPAN TIMES
                                                                 EPA
                                                          ID*  04199*
    ENGLISH
                            11/15/76  PGS  2
    THE JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY HAS MADE PUBLIC A 155-PAGE REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY IN
JAPAN. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SINCE THE ONE PREPARED FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE  ON  THE
ENVIRONMENT IN STOCKHOLM IN 1972.  THE REPORT WAS  SUBMITTED TO THE ORGANIZATION  FOR  ECONOMIC
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT'S SECRETARIAT AND IS TO BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR AN  OECD MEETING.  IT
DEALS WITH MEASURES TO PREVENT AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND AIRCRAFT NOISIE. AS WELL  AS  WITH
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. CONTROL MEASURES. COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION DAMAGE TO HUMAN HEALTH.  AND
EXPENSES FOR POLLUTION PROTECTION.  THE REPORT REFERS TO THE ABSOLUTE LEGAL LIABILITY OF THE
POLLUTER FOR DAMAGE TO HUMAN HEALTH ARISING FROM AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND REAFFIRMS  NATIONAL
COMMITMENT TO THE "POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE."  PRIORITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ARE PROTECTION
OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND OF HUMAN HEALTH.  IN RECENT YEARS. ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS HAVE BEEN
INTENSIFIED AND MORE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY HAS  BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM CENTRAL  TO LOCAL LEVELS.


    "POLLUTION-FREE SODA MAKERS ASK COMPENSATION FOR EXPENSES."  THE JAPAN TIMES
                                                                 EPA
    ENGLISH                 11/09/76  PGS  5              ID*  04169A
     WATER

    THE JAPAN SODA INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HAS PROPOSED LEVYING A FEE ON MEMBER COMPANIES  THAT ARE
STILL USING THE POLLUTING MERCURY METHOD OF PROCESSING.  THE FEES THUS COLLECTED WOULD  BE  PAID
THROUGH THE JAPAN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TO COMPANIES THAT HAVE SWITCHED TO THE MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT
NON-POLLUTING "DIAPHRAGM CELL" METHOD.  THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECREED THAT ALL MANUFACTURERS  MUST
SWITCH TO THIS METHOD BY MARCH 1973.  ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF SODA MANUFACTURERS HAVE ALREADY
SWITCHED. BUT THEIR COSTS EXCEED THOSE OF MERCURY-METHOD MANUFACTURERS BY 25.000 YEN PER T3N  OF
SODA.  THE CAUSTIC SODA THUS PRODUCED IS ALSO LESS PURE THAN THE MERCURY-METHOD  'SODA AND IS THUS
UNSUITABLE AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF  CHEMICAL FIBER.  UNDER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.
THE MERCURY-METHOD PRODUCERS WOULD PAY 5000 YEN PER TON OF SODA PRODUCED RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER
1976 WHICH WOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DIAPHRAGM-CELL MANUFACTURERS.  THE SODA ASSOCIATION HAS ASKED
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN THE MATTER.
OECD
     PMC A)
    OECD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS  1-84
                                                                                ID*
                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                     04164A
                         THE INITIAL CHAPTER OF THIS BOOKLET  CITES  THE ESTABLISHMENT  IN 1970  OF THE ENVIRONMENT
                     COMMITTEE OF THE OECO AND DESCRIBES BRIEFLY  THE  COMMITTEE'S  GOALS. ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
                     THE TEXT OF THE OECD'S DECLARATION OF  ENVIRONMENT POLICY  FOLLOWS TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF CJRRENT
                     OECD PROJECTS IN VARIOUS PROGRAM AREAS.  SEVERAL ACTS  OF  THE OECD COUNCIL RELATING TO THE
                     ENVIRONMENT ARE REPRINTED; FOR EXAMPLE.  THE  DECISION ON "PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY CONTROL
                     OF POLYCMLORINATED BIPHENYLS" AND THE  RESOLUTION ON A  "PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION
                     ON MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES  AFFECTING  MAN AND HIS  ENVIRONMENT."  THE BOOKLET ALSO
                     CONTAINS SEVENTEEN COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS.  THE REMAINDER OF THE PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF A
                     BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OECD DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS  ON THE ENVIRONMENT WITH  BRIEF ABSTRACTS.  SUBJECTS
                     IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDE:  ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY;  INDUSTRY AND
                     ENVIRONMENT: AND ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY AND LAND  USE.

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                                                                                                                                           14
GENERAL

SCANDINAVIA

     LR(B)
SWEDEN


     LR
    "NORDIC  CONVENTION  ON  THE ENVIRONMENT."  HUFVUOSTADSBLADET
                                                                     EPA
                                                              10*  04222A
                           SWEDISH
                                                     10/04/76  PGS
    THIS  ARTICLE REPORTS  THAT THE NORDIC ENVIRONMENTAL  CONVENTION WENT INTO EFFECT  ON OCTOBER 5.
1976.  THE  CONVENTION  STIPULATES THAT  AN INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RIGHT TO  PROTECTION AGAINST
ENVIRONMENTALLY DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITIES REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER THE DAMAGE ORIGINATES  IN HIS OWN
COUNTRY OR  IN A NEIGHBORING NORDIC COUNTRY.   THE AUTHORITIES IN DENMARK. FINLAND. NORWAY. AND
SWEDEN MUST APPOINT A  CONTROLLING AUTHORITY TO GUARD  AGAINST DISTURBANCES FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY
DETRIMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.  ACCORDING TO THE CONVENTION.   THE NORDIC
MINISTERS WHO SIGNED THE  CONVENTION ON FEBRUARY 17. 1974 CONSIDER IT  A SIGNIFICANT  STEP FORWARD
FOR NORDIC  COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  JUDGED FROM AN  INTERNATIONAL
POINT OF  VIEW. THE CONVENTION IS UNIQUE. AND IT IS HOPED THAT THIS  KIND OF COOPERATION MAY SET A
PRECEDENT IN OTHER PARTS  OF THE WORLD. SINCE ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS  AND PROBLEMS HAVE NO RESPECT
FOR NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.


    "MAY  22. 1975 ORDINANCE NO. 347 TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ORDINANCE
    (1969:388)."  SVENSK  FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1975:347
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/17/75   PGS  1               ID*  00129D

    THIS  AMENDMENT REPRINTS PARAGRAPHS 28 AND 35 OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ORDINANCE NO. 388.
PARAGRAPH 28 STIPULATES THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION  MUST CONSULT WITH THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION  BOARD BEFORE GIVING ADVICE  OR ISSUING GUIDELINES ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH  39 OF THE
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT NO. 387 OF  1969.   CONSULTATION BETWEEN THESE TWO BODIES  MUST ALSO TAKE
PLACE BEFORE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ASKS  FOR ASSISTANCE ACCORDING  TO PARAGRAPH 47 OF THE SAME
ACT IF THE  COSTS OF THE ASSISTANCE CANNOT BE PAID  BY  THE PARTY WHO  WAS DERELICT IN  HIS DUTY.  THIS
CLAUSE MAY  BE PUT ASIDE.  HOWEVER. IF THE MATTER IS URGENT.  PARAGRAPH 35 STIPULATES THAT THE COST
OF ASSISTANCE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 47 OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT MAY ON  REQUEST OF THE
DISTRAINOR  BE PAID FOR BY PUBLIC FUNDS IF A GOVERNMENT  AUTHORITY INITIATED THE ASSISTANCE.
SWEDEN
     LRCA)
    "MAY  6.  1976 ORDINANCE NO. 330 TO  AMEND THE 1969 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
    ORDINANCE (1969:388)."  SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING  1976:330
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                   06/15/76   PGS  1-3             ID*  00129E

    THIS  ORDINANCE REPRINTS PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 8 OF THE 1969 ENVIRONMENT  PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
WHICH  IT  AMENDS.  PARAGRAPH 2 LISTS FACTORIES AND INSTALLATIONS WHICH MAY NOT BE SET  UP  WITHOUT
A PERMIT  OR  EXEMPTION.   PARAGRAPH 8 LISTS FACTORIES AND INSTALLATIONS WHICH MUST SUBMIT  A
NOTIFICATION TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WELL IN ADVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION.  GLASS-PRODUCING
FACTORIES ARE TRANSFERRED BY THIS AMENDMENT FROM THE CATEGORY DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH  8 TO THE
CATAGORY  DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2.

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GENERAL

SWEDEN
     LR(A)
SWITZERLAND

     LRIBI
    •JUNE 13. 1969 ROYAL  INSTRUCTION.  NO.  389. FOR THE NATIONAL FRANCHISE BOARD
    FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  (AS  AMENDED)."  SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/24/69  PGS   921-923        ID*  04201A

    THIS INSTRUCTION  ESTABLISHES  THE NATIONAL FRANCHISE BOARD FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

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LAND USE

AUSTRALIA


     PMtB)
    THE  IMPACT ON THE AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT OF THE CURRENT  WOODCHIP
    INDUSTRY PROGRAM
    AUSTRALIA.  OEPT. Of ENV. , HOUSING.  AND  COMMUNITY OEVEL.      EPA
    ENGLISH                   05/00/76  PCS  1-47            ID*  04184A
    *GENERAL       AIR            WATER
                                                                                                                                  PAGE
                                                                                                                                           16
NOISE

ICAO
     LR(B)
    "INCREASED STRINGENCY FOR NOISE PROVISIONS OF ICAO."   NEUE ZUERCHER  ZEITUNG
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                    11/16/76  PGS   45              ID*  04207A

    THE  INTERNATIONAL CIVIL  AVIATION ORGANIZATION 
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                                                                                                                                          17
NOISE

NORWAY

     PM(B)
"INCREASED  RESEARCH TO REDUCE NOISE."  AFTENPOSTEN

NORWEGIAN                 11/18/76  PCS  11
                            EPA
                     ID*  04196A
                           THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN COUNCIL FOR  SCIENTIFIC AND  INDUSTRIIAL RESEARCH (NTNF). WHICH  IS ATTACHED
                      TO THE MINISTRY OF  INDUSTRY. WILL  ALLOCATE 3OO.OOO  KRONER FOP. NOISE  RESEARCH IN NORWEGIAN SOCIETY
                      WHICH IS TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE ACOUSTICS LABORATORY  OF THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF  TECHNOLOGY
                      (NTH).  NTNF AND  THE  MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT ARE  SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS  NATIONAL
                      RESEARCH CENTER FOR  NOISE ABATEMENT.   500,000 NORWEGIANS ARE ALREADY DISTURBED BY TRAFFIC SOISE.
                      A  NUMBER WHICH IS INCREASING ANNUALLY BY 25.000.  THEREFORE. A PROJECT TO REDUCE NOISE FORM
                      COMBUSTION ENGINES  HAS PRIORITY. NOT  ONLY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT  IS  POSSIBLE TO REACH  A
                      CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION OF NOISE BUT  ALSO TO PROMOTE MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR SUCH  ENGINES.
                      PROJECTS TO STUDY NOISE DISTURBANCE  IN GENERAL AS WELL  AS THE TRANSMISSION OF NOISE ARE ALSO
                      PLANNED.  COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONAL EXPERTS ON MEDICINE. SOCIOLOGY.  AND PSYCHOLOGY  IS EXPECTED.
                      PROGRAMS WILL BE  COORDINATED WITH  SIMILAR RESEARCH  CONDUCTED ABROAD.
SWITZERLAND
     LR(B)
"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  LAW IN THE CANTON OF ZURICH."  NEUE  ZUERCHER ZEITUN6
WEBER. GUIDO                                                   EPA
GERMAN                    10/15/76  PCS  51.52          ID*   04194A
ALSO PMB
*WATER          AIR
PESTICIDES

FINLAND


     LR
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PESTICIDES

SWEDEN                   -APRIL 10. 1975 ORDER MO. 137 TD AMEND THE  1^73 ORDINANCE NO. 334 ON  PRODUCTS
                         HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT."   SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAML ING  1975:137
                                                                                      EPA
     LRiAl               SWEDISH                 OSXO7/7S  PCS  1              ID*  O2699C
                         *TOXIC SUBS



SWEDEN                   -MAY zz, 1975 ORDINANCE NO. 34* ON WASTE HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.*   SVENSK
                         FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1975:34*
                                                                                      EPA
     t-RCAl               SWEDISH                 06X17/75  PGS  1-5            ID*  02699O
                         *TOXIC SUBS



WHO                      PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD:  REPORT OF THE  1S7S JOINT PAD/WHO MEETING.
                         TECHNICAL. REPORT SERIES 592
                         WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION                                    EPA
     PMIB)               ENGLISH                 00/OO/76  PGS  1-45           ID*  O418SA
                         ALSO ST

                         THIS MONOGRAPH WAS PREPARED BY THE 1975 ANNUAL JOINT MEETING Of THE FOOD  AND AGRICULTURE
                     ORGANIZATION WORKING PARTY OF EXPERTS ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
                     EXPERT COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES.  THE EXPERTS EXAMINED TOXICOLOGICAL. DATA TO ESTABLISH
                     ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES tADT'SI FOR MAN AND TO RECOMMEND LIMITS OF CERTAIN PESTICIDE RESIDUES  IN
                     FOODS.  CHAPTERS CONTAIN:  1) ADI DATA ON PESTICIDES EVALUATED FOR THE FIRST  TIME AND ON SOME
                     PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED AND 21 DATA ON RESIDUE LIMITS OF PESTICIDES NOT PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED -OR THIS
                     PURPOSE. PESTICIDES REVIEWED IN LIGHT OF NEW INFORMATION. AND DATA ON COMPOUNDS NOT EVALUATED*
                     SPECIFIC PROBLEMS CONSIDERED ARE:  DELAYED NEUROTOXICITV. 3HARNACOKIHETIC STUDIES. MUTAGENICITY
                     DUE TO PESTICIDES. AND ANTIBIOTICS USED AS PESTICIDES.  THERE IS ALSO A COMPARISON OF POTENTIAL
                     DAILY INTAKES OF PERSTtCIDE RESIDUES WITH ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES.  ANNEXES  CONTAIN:
                     RECOMMENDATIONS: * LIST OF SUBSTANCES FOR WHICH MORE INFORMATION is REQUIRED; AND A GLOSSARY.

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RADIATION

FINLAND                    -NUCLEAR PROPULSION STARTS	MILL  NUCLEAR HASTE BE SAVED?-  HUFVUOSTADSBLADET
                                                                                              EPA
      PMfB)                 SWEDISH                   11/19/76   PCS  1.  13           ID*  OA173A

                            APPROVAL OF FINLAND'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER  PLANT WAS  ISSUED NOT BY  THE MINISTRY OF TRADE  AND
                        INDUSTRY AS STIPULATED BY LAW BUT BY  THE COUNCIL OF STATE.   THIS EXCEPTIONAL PROCEDURE WAS TAKEN
                        IN ORDER TO EMPHASIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT  IN MATTERS  CONCERNING  NUCLEAR ENERGY.
                        NUCLEAR HASTE  HILL PROBABLY BE STORED IN UNDERGROUND CAVERNS. ACCORDING TO A WORKING GROUP
                        CURRENTLY STUDYING THIS PROBLEM.  FINNISH LEGISLATION REQUIRES THE PRODUCER OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TO
                        TAKE CARE OF THE HASTE AS HELL* A FACT WHICH IS CONSIDERED  A LEGAL DEFICIENCY SINCE NUCLEA3  HASTE
                        MAY  REMAIN RADIOACTIVE FOR  TENS OF  THOUSANDS OF YEARS WHILE THE PRODUCER. A LEGAL PERSON. «AY
                        CEASE TO EXIST MUCH EARLIER.  THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE TO  VOUCH FOR TH% STORING  AND
                        FINAL DISPOSAL OF THE HASTE.  IMATRAN VOIMA. FINLAND'S ELECTRIC POWER  INDUSTRY. HAS OBTAINED AN
                        OPERATING AS HELL AS A SECURITY PERMIT AND IS  ONLY AWAITING APPROVAL O= A CHARGING PERMIT BEFORE
                        LOVISA I. THE  FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN FINLAND. CAN START OPERATION.


FRANCE                     -AUGUST 1O. 1976 ORDER  ON THE REQUIRED PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR LICENSES FOR
                            GASEOUS NUCLEAR HASTE DISCHARGE.-  JOURNAL OFF1CIEL
                                                                                              EPA
      LRfAI                 FRENCH                    O9/12/76   PGS  5496-98         ID*  OO667P
                             AIR

                            THIS ORDER ESTABLISHES  THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PRELIMINARY  STUDY. PRESCRIBED IN ARTICLE
                        3 OF THE NOVEMBER 1974 DECREE NO. 74-9*5. IS TO BE CONDUCTED FOR THE REQUEST OF A DISCHARGE
                        AUTHORIZATION  FOR GASEOUS RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS FROM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS.  THE  PRELIMINARY
                        STUDY WHICH IS TO BE PROVIDED MUST  CONTAIN ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION ON:  1} THE  EFFLUENTS WHICH
                        ARE  TO BE DISCHARHED AND THE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF DISCHARGE: 2> THE CHARACTERISTICS 0=  THE
                        SURROUNDINGS.  THE USE THAT  IS TO BE MADE OF THEM. AS HELL AS THE TRANSFER OF R ADI ONUCLIDES INTO
                        THE  AREA; AND  3t  THE CHARACTERISTICS  OF THE CONCERNED POPULATION.  SET FORTH IN AN APPENDIX  TO
                        THE  ORDER IS THE  STANDARDIZED FORMAT  TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE  PREPARATION OF THE STUDY COR SUBMISSION.
                        DATA BEING FURNISHED MUST PERMIT CONCERNED SERVICES OF THE  PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY TO EVALUATE THE
                        LEVEL OF IRRADIATION.


FRANCE                     -AUGUST 1O. 1976 ORDER  ON GENERAL RULES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GASEOUS
                            RADIOACTIVE EMISSION LIMITS....-   JOURNAL  OFFICIEL
                                                                                              EPA
      LRfAI                 FRENCH                    O9/12/76   PGS  5498-99         ID*  OO667O
                             AIR

                            THIS ORDER DEFINES THE  GENERAL  RULES WHICH ARE TO BE APPLIED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
                       DISCHARGE LIMITS  AND CONDITIONS FO9 GASEOUS RADIOACTIVE  EFFLUENTS F4OM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS. IN
                       THE  SELECTION  OF  SURVEILLANCE MEASURES FOR THESE INSTALLATIONS* SURROUNDINGS. AND IN THE
                        INSPECTION OF  THESE INSTALLATIONS BY  THE CENTRAL SERVICE FOP IONIZING  3 AD I ATI ON PROTECTION.
                       PROVIDED IN THE ORDER ARE ALTERNATIVE METHODS  FOR CALCULATING AUTHORIZED DISCHARGE METHODS.
                       DEFINED ARE THE TWO TYPES OF AUTHORIZED DISCHARGE METHODS.   SPECIFIED  ARE VARIOUS PROCEDURES OF
                       ANALYSIS AND SAMPLE-TAKING  WHICH ARE  TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY EITHER THE INSTALLATION  OR THE PROPER
                        INSPECTION SERVICE FOR THE  PROTECTION OF THE SURROUNDING SITE.

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RADIATION

FRANCE


     LR( A)
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "AUGUST 10, 1976 ORDER  ON  RULES  PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO GASEOUS DISCHARGES
    FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS  EQUIPPED WITH ORDINARY-WATER REACTORS...."  JOURNAL  OFFICIEL
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                   09/12/76  PGS  5*99-5500      ID*  O0667R
     AIR

    THE ORDER SETS FORTH THE RULES  WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT  3F
DISCHARGE LIMITS AND CONDITIONS  FOR  GASEOUS RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS FROM NUCLEAR  POWER  PLANTS
EQUIPPED WITH ORDINARY-WATER REACTORS. IN THE SELECTION OF SURVEILLANCE MEASURES FOR  THESE PLANTS'
SURROUNDINGS. AND IN THE INSPECTION  OF THESE PLANTS BY THE CENTRAL SERVICE FOR  IONIZING  RADIATION
PROTECTION.  THE ORDER SPECIFIES MAXIMUM TOTAL GAMMA AND BETA ACTIVITY LIMITS FOP  REACTORS OF
VARYING CAPACITIES.  FURTHER PROVISIONS CONCERN IN-PLANT RADIATION CONTROL EQUIPMENT,  AMBIENT
AIR MONITORING PROCEDURES.  THE ROLE  OF THE PLANT'S ANALYSIS LABORATORY. THE MAINTENANCE  OF
DISCHARGE RECORDS BY THE PLANT.  AND  THE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRAL SERVICE  FOR IONIZING
RADIATION PROTECTION.


    "AUGUST 10. 1976 ORDER  ON  THE REQUIRED PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR LICENSES FOR LIQUID
    RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE." JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                   09/12/76  PGS  5501-02        ID*  00667T
     WATER

    THIS ORDER ESTABLISHES  THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE PRELIMINARY STUDY. PRESCRIBED  IN ARTICLE
16 OF THE DECEMBER 1974 DECREE NO.  74-1181.  IS TO BE CONDUCTED FOR THE REQUEST  OF  A DISCHARGE
AUTHORIZATION FOR LIQUID RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS FROM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS.  THE PRELIMINARY
STUDY WHICH IS TO BE PROVIDED  MUST  CONTAIN ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION ON:  1) THE EFFLUENTS WHICH
ARE TO BE DISCHARGED AND THE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF DISCHARGE; 2) THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
SURROUNDINGS. THE USE THAT  IS  TO BE  MADE OF THEM. AS WELL AS THE TRANSFER OF RADIONUCLIDES INTO
THE AREA: AND 31 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCERNED POPULATION.  SET FORTH IN AN APPENDIX TO
THE ORDER IS THE STANDARDIZED  FORMAT TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE STUDY FOR
SUBMISSION.  DATA BEING FURNISHED MUST PERMIT CONCERNED SERVICES OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH MINISTRY TO
EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF IRRADIATION.
FRANCE
     LR( A)
    "AUGUST 10, 1976 ORDER ON  GENERAL  RULES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
    LIQUID RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENT  LIMITS...."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                  O9/12/76   PGS  5502-03        ID*  00667U
     WATER

    THIS ORDER DEFINES THE GENERAL  RULES WHICH ARE TO BE APPLIED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
DISCHARGE LIMITS AND CONDITIONS  FOR LIQUID RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS FROM NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS*  IN
THE SELECTION OF SURVEILLANCE  MEASURES IN AREAS SURROUNDING THESE INSTALLATIONS. AND IN THE
INSPECTION OF THESE INSTALLATIONS BY THE CENTRAL SERVICE FOR IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION.
PROVIDED IN THE ORDER ARE ALTERNATIVE  METHODS FOR CALCULATING AUTHORIZED DISCHARGE METHODS.
DEFINED ARE THE TWO TYPES OF AUTHORIZED DISCHARGE METHODS.  SPECIFIED ARE VARIOUS PROCEDURES  FOR
ANALYSIS AND SAMPLE-TAKING TO  BE UNDERTAKEN BY EITHER THE INSTALLATION OR THE PROPER
INSPECTION SERVICE FOR THE PROTECTION  OF THE SURROUNDING SITE.

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RADIATION

FRANCE


     LRtAI
    •AUGUST 10. 1976  ORDER ON RULES PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY  TO LIQUID DISCHARGES
    FROM PLANTS EQUIPPED  WITH ORDINARY-HATER REACTORS."   JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                     EPA
    FRENCH                   09/12/76   PGS  5503-04         ID*  OO667V
      HATER

    THE  ORDER SETS FORTH  THE RULES WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED IN  THE ESTABLISHMENT  OF
DISCHARGE LIMITS AND  CONDITIONS FOR LIQUID RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
EQUIPPED WITH ORDINARY-WATER REACTORS.  IN THE SELECTION  OF SURVEILLANCE  MEASURES FOR THESE
PLANTS*  SURROUNDINGS. AND IN THE INSPECTION OF THESE PLANTS  BY THE CENTRAL  SERVICE FOR  IONIZING
RADIATION PROTECTION.   THE ORDER SPECIFIES MAXIMUM RADIOELEMENT ACTIVITY LIMITS FOR REACTORS  OF
VARYING  CAPACITIES.   EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. HOWEVER. IS THE DISCHARGE OF  EFFLUENTS CONTAINING
RADIUM 226 OR 228.  FURTHER PROVISIONS  CONCERN LIQUID EFFLUENT TREATMENT FACILITIES. EFFLUENT
ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT  PROCESSES. THE MAINTENANCE OF DISCHARGE RECORDS BY THE PLANT.  AND THE
INSPECTION ACTIVITIES OF  THE CENTRAL  SERVICE FOR IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION.
FRANCE

     PMC A)
     •BIRTH OF NUCLEAR  SAFETY INSTITUTE."  LE FIGARO
     CROIZE. JEAN-PAUL
     FRENCH                   11/05/76   PGS  10
       EPA
ID*  04208A
                           THE LONG AWAITED CREATION OF THE  INSTITUTE OF  NUCLEAR PROTECTION  AND SAFETY UPESN)  WILL
                       HENCEFORTH PREVENT  THE ATOMIC ENERGY  COMMISSARIAT  (CEA)  FROM PLAYING  THE JUDGE IN ITS  OWN CASES.
                       OR  FROM PASSING JUDGEMENT ON THE SAFETY OF SELF-PROPOSED NUCLEAR PROJECTS.  IN SPITE OF  ITS
                       AFFILIATION WITH CEA.  IPESN IS BEING  GUARANTEED  INDEPENDENCE THROUGH  A  SEPARATE BUDGET 
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RADIATION

SWITZERLAND

     PMIB)
SOLID  WASTE

FRANCE


     LR( A)
    "THE TREATMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                    09/12/76   PCS  18              ID*  04193A
                           IN A REPORT  OF THE SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE  FOR ENERGY ON  RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR
                       ENERGY PRODUCTION. THE MOST  IMPORTANT IMMEDIATE NATIONAL TASK IS SAID TO  BE  FINDING FINAL  STORAGE
                       SITES FOR WASTES OF WEAK AND MEDIUM RADIOACTIVITY.  IT IS  ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT SWITZERLAND SEEK
                       LOCATIONS FOR LONG-TERM INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTES ABOVE OR BELOW GROUND
                       AND INVESTTGTE THE SUITABILITY OF GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS  IN SWITZERLAND AS FINAL DEPOSITORIES.
                       HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTES ARE  CURRENTLY POCESSED OUTSIDE THE  COUNTRY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IN
                       THE FUTURE FOREIGN REPROCESSING PLANTS WILL  ONLY ACCEPT  SUCH  WASTES IF THE CONTRACTOR AGREES TO
                       TAKE THEM BACK.   THE REPORT  ALSO RECOMMENDS  THAT SWITZERLAND  PARTICIPATE  IN  INTERNATIONAL
                       AGREEMENTS TO FORM SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE STORAGE AND REMOVAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES AND TAKE PART
                       IN FUTURE REGIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL REPROCESS I ING PLANTS  FOR NUCLEAR FUELS.  FINALLY. THE FEDERAL
                       GOVERNMENT SHOULD DETERMINE  IF IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING  UP AND OPERATING DISPOSAL STATIONS.
    "PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING GENERAL  COUNCIL AND MUNICIPAL  COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
    TO THE  NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE DISPOSAL AND RECLAMATION OF WASTES."  JOURNAL OFFICIAL
                                                                     EPA
    FRENCH                    08/31/76  PGS  5259-60         ID*  02626B

    THIS  DECREE FROM THE  MINISTER DF  THE  INTERIOR AND  THE MINISTER FOR  THE QUALITY OF  LIFE.  DATED
AUGUST 2. 1976. CONTAINS  THE TERMS AND  CONDITIONS FOR  THE SELECTION OF  REPRESENTATIVES FROM  THE
GENERAL AND MUNICIPAL  COUNCILS TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE  FOR THE DISPOSAL AND RECLAMATION OF
WASTES.   THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN A MUNICIPALITY DETERMINES. ACCORDING TO THE DECREE, WHETHER A
REPRESENTATIVE IS TO ELECTED BY HIS PEERS OR APPOINTED BY THE INTERIOR  MINISTER.  A FOLLOW-UP
DECREE ESTABLISHES THE FINAL DATE FOR A DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
      LRC A)
    "JULY  31. 197* OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE GENERAL  CONDITIONS FOR  THE AWARD OF
    ERP FUNDS AS WELL  AS  THE GUIDELINES  FOR GRANTING ERP LOANS."  BUNDESANZEIGER. NO.
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                   O8/03/74   PGS  1-4             ID*  04217A
    *AIR            WATER
                                                                                                                  142

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SOLID  HASTE
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     PMCBI
    WASTE  MANAGEMENT.  LITERATOR INFORMATIONSDIENST UMHELT.  VOL. 1/76
    GERMANY.FED REP OF.   FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY             EPA
    GERMAN                   00/00/76   PCS  1-48            ID*  042O2A

    THIS PUBLICATION LISTS  AND ABSTRACTS  LITERATURE IN THE FIELD OF WASTE  MANAGEMENT.   IT  IS
ISSUED  BY  THE GERMAN FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY AS PART  OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE  AND
INFORMATION SERVICE (LITERATUR-INFORMATIONSDIENST UMWELT:  LIDUM).  THE SERVICE ALSO PUBLISHES
SUCH GUIDES TO TECHNICAL  LITERATURE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL  AREAS OF AIR AND NOISE.  THE  VOLUME
IS DIVIDED INTO A MAIN SECTION WITH THE BIBIOLGRAPHIC DATA AND ABSTRACT  AND AN INDEX SECTION.
ENTRIES ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SUBJECT HEADINGS. SUCH AS  GENERAL. LEGAL. PLANNING. SORTING.
COLLECTION, REMOVAL. RECYCLING AND HANDLING.  WORKS WHICH  COVER SEVERAL  SUCH SUBJECTS ARE  LISTED
UNDER THE  HEADING OF GREATEST EMPHASIS AND ARE SUBSEQUENTLY  CROSS-REFERENCED.   MATERIAL  IS
INDEXED ACCORDING TO AUTHOR. REPORT NUMBER. SUBJECT, CORPORATE ENTRIES.  AND PERIODICALS  AND
SERIALS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    •PROMULGATION OF THE  AGREEMENT FOR  IMPLEMENTATION OF  A  EUROPEAN ACTION...ON THE
    TOPIC  'TREATMENT OF CLARIFICATION SLUDGE.'"  BUNDESGESETZBLATT. II
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                   05/15/74  PCS  639-643         ID*  04213A
    *WATER
JAPAN
     PM«B)
    "ILLEGAL DUMPING OF  INDUSTRIAL HASTE  RAMPANT IN PAST  YEAR."  THE JAPAN  TIMES
                                                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  12/27/76  PCS  2               ID*  04197A

    THE  ILLEGAL DUMPING  OF  WASTES HAS INCREASED GREATLY  IN JAPAN IN THE PAST  YEAR. ACCORDING TO
THE NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY  (NPA).  MANY FIRMS HAVE TRIED  TO REDUCE COSTS  IN THE FACE OF  THE
RECESSION  IN THIS MANNER.   BY THE END OF  NOVEMBER 1976. THE POLICE HAD  INVESTIGATED 417B CASES OF
ILLEGAL  INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, AN INCREASE OF 17 PERCENT FROM 1975'S 3572  CASES.  OF THOSE.
2074 HERE  CASES OF ILLEGAL  WASTE DJMPING. EQUAL TO 49.7 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL.  IN 1975 ONLY
1329 CASES OF ILLEGAL DUMPING HERE REPORTED.  BY THE END  OF OCTOBER 1976. 520.000 TONS OF ILLEGAL
HASTES HAD BEEN DISPOSED OF.   HASTE FROM  CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTED FOR 36 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL.
FOLLOWED BY SLUDGE. HASTE PLASTICS AND SLAG. IN THAT ORDER.  CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS ACCOUNTED
FOR 52 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ILLEGAL DISPOSERS.   MANY INDUSTRIES ALSO DISCHARGED WASTE
THROUGH  SECRET OUTLETS INTO DRAINAGE SYSTEMS OR RIVERS.   NPA ALSO REPORTED  1049 CASES OF HATER
POLLUTION. 510 CASES OF  OFFENSIVE ODOR. AND 237 SOIL CONTAMINATION CASES  IN 1976.

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SOLID  HASTE

SCANDINAVIA

     PM(B)
    "SKANE  MILL SEND  CHEMICAL WASTE  TO DENMARK."   BERLINGSKE  TIDENDE
                                                                      EPA
    DANISH                    11/11/76  PCS  2(1)            ID*  04181A

    ABOUT 22.000 TONS OF CHEMICAL  *ASTE ANNUALLY  WILL BE SENT TO BE DESTROYED AT THE KOMMUNEKEMI
PLANT AT NYBORG IN DENMARK FROM SKANE. SWEDEN'S SOUTHERNMOST  PROVINCE.  A  GOVERNMENT-AUTHOR I ZED
CORPORATION IN SWEDEN. WHICH HAS A MONOPOLY FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF DANGEROUS WASTES. HAS
NEGOTIATED  THE DEAL.   SWEDEN PLANS ON BUILDING  ITS OWN FACILITIES TO HANDLE WASTE WHICH  CASNOT BE
DISPOSED OF IN DENMARK.  THE SERVICE NOW RENDERED BY DENMARK  COULD THEN BE RECIPROCATED.   IN
THE FUTURE. NORDIC COOPERATION AND SPECIALIZATION IN THE HANDLING OF VARIOUS PROBLEM WASTES IS
EXPECTED. REPORTS THIS ARTICLE.
SWEDEN
      LRCA)
                           •ACT NO.  343 OF MAY  22.  1975 OM  THE SCRAPPING  OF  CARS."
                           FORFATTNINGSSAMLING  1975:343
                           SWEDISH
                                                     06/17/75   PGS  1-2
                                                                                     ID*
                                                                  SVENSK

                                                                      EPA
                                                                    04218A
                           ACT NO.  343 ON THE  SCRAPPING O=  CARS STIPULATES  THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR THE  ADMINISTRATIVE
                       AUTHORITY  APPOINTED BY  THE GOVERNMENT  MAY ISSUE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AUTHORIZATION OF  PERSONS.
                       NATURAL OR LEGAL, TO SCRAP CARS.  CERTIFICATES FOR THE SCRAPPING  OF CARS MAY BE ISSUED ONLY  BY
                       PERSONS SO AUTHORIZED OR  BY THE MUNICIPALITIES WHICH HAVE PROVIDED STORAGE AREAS FOR CARS READY
                       TO BE SCRAPPED.  THE PROVISIONS FOR  PAYMENTS OR PREMIUMS AS WELL  AS THEIR SIZE  AND RELATED
                       CONDITIONS ARE AS STIPULATED AND ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT.  A FUND FOR CAR SCRAPPING IS SET  UP
                       AND GUIDELINES ARE GIVEN  ON HOW THIS FUND IS TO BE USED.  THE ACT WENT FULLY INTO EFFECT ON
                       JANUARY 1. 1976.  PARTS OF THE ACT MAY. HOWEVER. BE  DEEMED NOT APPLICABLE IF THE GOVERNMENT  OR A
                       GOVERNMENT-AUTHORIZED ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION DECIDES THEY MAY LEAD TO TRANSITIONAL
                       DIFFICULTIES FOR THE ECONOMY.
SWEDEN
     LRIAl
    •ORDINANCE NO. 348  OF MAY 22.  1975 ON THE SCRAPPING OF CARS."   SVENSK
    FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1975:348
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/17/75   PGS  1-6             ID*   0421 SB
                           THIS ORDINANCE STIPULATES REGULATIONS FOR THE  SCRAPPING OF CARS.  IDENTIFYING  A CAR READY  TO
                       SCRAP AS A  DISCARDED CAR  WHOSE TOTAL  WEIGHT DOES NOT  EXCEED 3.500  KG.   GUIDELINES CONCERN:
                       AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONS  WHO SCRAP  CARS;  REVOCATION OF AUTHORIZATION;  SCRAPPING  CERTIFICATES:
                       MUNICIPAL RECEIVING INSTALLATIONS;  LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO SCRAP  CARS; SCRAPPING PREMIUMS;
                       CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A CAR  SCRAPPING  FUND:  SCRAPPING FEES;  AND LIABILITIES AND APPEALS. ETC.  FURTHER
                       REGULATIONS MAY 8E STIPULATED BY THE  NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION  BOARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
                       MATTERS CONCERNING THE  ISSUANCE OF  SCRAPPING CERTIFICATES. THE PAYMENT  OF SCRAPPING PREMIUMS. AND
                       OTHER QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CAR REGISTRATION. WHICH ARE REGULATED BY  THE NATIONAL BOARD ON  ROAD
                       SAFETY. AND MATTERS CONCERNING THE  SCRAPPING FEES. WHICH  ARE REGULATE?  BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF
                       INTERNAL REVENUE.

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SOLID WASTE

SWEDEN



     PM(B)
    HANDLING OF WASTES IN THE FOOD  INDUSTRY.   NATIONAL  SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT
    PROTECTION BOARD PM 815
    SWEDEN.  NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD                EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/14/77  PCS  1-12            ID*   O4179A
     WATER

    A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 7 MIL.ION TONS OF DOMESTIC RAW  MATERIALS  ARE ANNUALLY PROCESSED IN THE
SWEDISH FOOD INDUSTRY.  RESIDUAL PRODUCTS AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 3.2  MILLION TONS PER YEAR WITH A
DRY MATTER CONTENT OF ABOUT 0.5 MILLION TONS.  ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE RESIDUAL PRODUCTS ARE
UTILIZED AT PRESENT.  TECHNIQUES AHE AVAILABLE FOR DEALING WITH THE REMAINING WASTE AS WELL BUT THE
WASTE-HANDLING COSTS OFTEN EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS  OBTAINED ON RECOVERY.  THUS MAKING IT
UNPROFITABLE.  THIS PAPER DISCUSSES MEASURES FOR RECOVERING  WASTE FROM THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES:
DAIRY; MEAT; POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSES: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE; POTATO STARCH; FISH AND FISH-CANNING;
SUGAR; AND MALTED DRINK PRODUCTION.  CHARTS PERTAINING  TO  THE  UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS AND WASTE
FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENT SUBSTANCES AND WASTE ARE  ENCLOSED.
APPENDED FIGURES ILLUSTRATE 1) THE  SYMBA PROCESS TO TAKE CARE  OF WASTEWATER IN POTATO PROCESSING
AND 2) THE WATER SYSTEM IN A SUGAR  FACTORY.
TOXIC SUBS


FRANCE


     LR
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TOXIC  SUBS

JAPAN


     PM(B)
"ANTI -HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM POLLUTION  MEASURES INADEQUATE:
TIMES
                           ENGLISH
                                                     11/25/76  PCS   2
                                                                                     I Of
                                                                  SURVEY."  THE JAPAN

                                                                     EPA
                                                                   0416BA
                           ACCORDING  TO A REPORT OF  THE JAPANESE  ENVIRONMENT AGENCY. MORE THAN  70 PERCENT OF  THE SITES
                       FOR CHROMIUM DROSS LANDFILL  IN JAPAN REQUIRE  FURTHER MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION BY  TOXIC
                       HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM.  A SURVEY CONDUCTED SINCE SUMMER OF  1975 REVEALED THAT HARMFUL  AMOUNTS
                       OF HEXAVALENT  CHROMIUM HAD PENETRATED GROUNDWATER AND RIVERS UNDER AND AROUND SEVERAL  SUCH
                       LANDFILL SITES.   THE SURVEY.  PROMPTED BY VARIOUS INCIDENTS  OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM POLLUTION. WAS
                       CONDUCTED IN A TOTAL OF 368  CHROMIUM DROSS LANDFILL SITES IN 10 PREFECTURES. INCLUDING TOKYO AND
                       HOKKAIDO.  ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE SURVEYED
                       LANDFILL SITES.  BUT THEY WERE INSUFFICIENT IN A NUMBER OF CASES.  SUCH MEASURES INCLUDE SPRAYING
                       WITH DEOXIDIZING AGENTS. COVERING WITH FRESH  EARTH OR PAVING WITH ASPHALT.  THE POLLUTION WAS
                       GREATEST IN TOKYO AND HOKKAIDO PREFECTURES.   THE GOVERNMENT-SET MAXIMUM  FOR HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IN
                       SOIL IS l.S PPM.  FOR DRINKING WATER. THE  MAXIMUM IS 0.05 PPM.
SWEDEN
      LR(A)
    •APRIL  10. 1975 ORDER NO. 137 TO  AMEND THE 1973 ORDINANCE NO. 334  ON PRODUCTS
    HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH  AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT."  SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1975:137
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  05/07/75   PCS  1               ID*  02699C
     PESTICIDES

    THIS  ORDER AMENDS  THE 1973 ORDINANCE 33* BY CHANGING THE WORDS "THE  CROWN" TO  "THE GOVERNMENT"
IN PARAGRAPHS 62 AND 65.   PARAGRAPH 46 DEALS WITH CERTAIN GOODS WHICH  MAY NOT BE SOLD  OR
TRANSFERRED IF THEY CONTAIN.  OR HAVE  BEEN TREATED WITH.  CERTAIN SUBSTANCES CAPABLE OF  CAUSING
DAMAGE TO PEOPLE; THESE  ARE ENUMERATED IN PARAGRAPH 1  OF THE 1973 ORDINANCE ON PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS
TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT.  HOUSEHOLD GOODS HAVE  BEEN ADDED TO  THIS LIST, WHICH ALREADY
INCLUDES  MEDICAL AND SANITARY ARTICLES;  CLOTHES AND MATERIALS FOR CLOTHES; CHILDREN'S  TOYS?  AND
MATCHES WHOSE HEADS CONTAIN WHITE OR  YELLOW PHOSPHORUS.   A NEW PARAGRAPH. 37A. STIPULATES THAT
CONIFER PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH PESTICIDES NOT REGISTERED  WITH THE PRODUCTS CONTROL
BOARD MAY NOT BE IMPORTED? UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  HOWEVER. THE PRODUCTS CONTROL  BOARD MAY
GRANT EXCEPTION TO THIS  REGULATION.

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TOXIC  SUBS

SWEDEN


     LR( A)
SWEDEN
     LR(A>
    "MAY  22,  1975 ORDINANCE NO. 346 ON  HASTE HAZARDOUS  TO THE ENVIRONMENT."  SVENSK
    FORFATTNINGSSAMLING  1975:346
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  06/17/75  PGS  1-5             ID*  02699D
     PESTICIDES

    THIS  ORDER ON WASTE  HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT SUPPLEMENTS THE 1973 ORDINANCE  ON PRODUCTS
HAZARDOUS TO  HEALTH AND  TO THE ENVIRONMENT.   SOLID AS WELL AS FLUID WASTES TO WHICH  IT APPLIES ARE
LISTED  IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.  THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD MAY. HOWEVER. ADD TO
THIS LIST AS  WELL AS  GRANT EXCEPTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  THE ORDINANCE  ALSO SPECIFIES  AN
ANNUAL  REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT PARTICULARS ON TYPES. COMPOSITION. AMOUNT. AND HANDLING OF WASTES TO
THE PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD.  A PERMIT TO TRANSPORT THESE WASTES ISSUED BY THE COUNTY  ADMINISTRATION
IS REQUIRED BY ANYONE OTHER THAN A MUNICIPALITY OR ENTERPRISE OPERATED BY A MUNICIPALITY.  FINAL
HANDLING  OR EXPORT OF SAID WASTES IS PERMITTED ONLY BY  GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED CORPORATIONS OR THROUGH
SPECIAL PERMITS.  REGULATIONS REGARDING SUPERVISION AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE STIPULATED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE  ACT  AND ORDINANCE ON PRODUCTS  HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE  ENVIRONMENT  (1973:329 AND
1973:334) AND THE ACT ON PUNISHMENT FOR THE SMUGGLING OF GOODS (1960:418).


    •JUNE 26. 1975 ACT NO. 741 TO AMEND THE 1973 ACT NO. 329 ON PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS
    TO  HEALTH AND TO  THE ENVIRONMENT."   SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1975:741
                                                                     EPA
    SWEDISH                  09/03/75  PGS  1               ID*  02699E

    IN  ORDER  TO COMPLY WITH A GOVERNMENT DECISION, PARAGRAPH 17 Of THE 1973 ACT ON PRODUCTS
HAZARDOUS TO  HEALTH AND  TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED TO READ:   HE WHO TAKES NOTICE OF
MATTERS REFERRED TO IN THIS ACT MAY NOT DISCLOSE OR USE WHAT HE HAS LEARNED CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL
SECRETS OR BUSINESS AFFAIRS.  THIS AMENDMENT WENT INTO  EFFECT ON JANUARY 1. 1976.
WATER

AUSTRALIA


     PM(B)
    THE  IMPACT ON THE  AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT OF THE CURRENT WOODCHIP
    INDUSTRY PROGRAM
    AUSTRALIA.  DEPT.  OF  ENV.. HOUSING.  AND COMMUNITY  DEVEL.     EPA
    ENGLISH                   05/00/76   PGS  1-47            ID*  041B4A
    *GENERAL       AIR           LAND  USE

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WATER

AUSTRI A
     LR(B)
COLOMBIA
     SEC  )
                          "OIL SLUDGE FLOWED INTO THE DANUBE
                          DIE PRESSE
                                                               ONLY  THE CHAUFFEUR WAS CONVICTED."
                          GERMAN
                                                  11/25/76  PCS   12
                                                                                 ID*
                                                                  EPA
                                                                04203A
    A VIENNESE CRIMINAL COURT  HAS FINED A CHAUFFEUR AND A LABORER  27.000  AND 18.000 AUSTRIAN
SCHILLINGS. RESPECTIVELY.  FOR  POLLUTION OF WATER.  THEY HAD RELEASED  ABOUT 1600 LITERS OF 3IL
SLUDGE INTO A SEWER  SHAFT.  WHICH LED TO AN OIL SLICK ON THE DANUBE RIVER  ABOUT FOUR KILOMETERS
LONG AND THREE METERS  WIDE.  THE TWO CONVICTED PERSONS MAINTAINED  THAT  THEY HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO DISPOSE OF THE OIL  IN  THIS  MANNER AND TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY  FOR IT  BY THEIR EMPLOYER. A
FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING  GARAGES. OIL TANKS AND BOILERS.  THE FIRM,  ON THE OTHER HAND. HAS
DENIED PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE  OF THE ACTIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.  AN INVESTIGATION IS PLANNED.


    "THE ST. PETER OIL SPILL:   AN ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY OF  EFFECTS.
    COLOMBIA — ECUADOR, HAY-JUNE 1976."  IVL - SWEDISH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY
    JERNELOV. ARNE.  AND OTHERS                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                  10/00/76  PCS  1-38           ID*  04209A
    ALSO ST

    IN CONNECTION WITH AN  OIL  SPILL WHICH ADVERSELY AFFECTED MANGROVE SWAMPS IN COLOMBIA. A TEAM
FROM THE SWEDISH WATER AND  AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH LABORATORY 
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WATER

CZECHOSOLVAKIA


     STC  )
DENMARK
     PM
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WATER

FRANCE
     LR(A)
                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                    30
    "AUGUST 10. 1976 ORDER ON THE REQUIRED PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR LICENSES  FOR  LIQUID
    RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  09/12/76  PCS  5501-02        ID*   00667T
    ERADIATION
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "AUGUST 10. 1976 ORDER ON GENERAL RULES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT  OF
    LIQUID RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENT LIMITS...."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  09/12/76  PCS  5502-03         ID*  00667U
    ERADIATION
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "AUGUST 10. 1976 ORDER ON RULES PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO LIQUID DISCHARGES
    FROM PLANTS EQUIPPED WITH ORDINARY-HATER REACTORS."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  09/12/76  PCS  5503-O4        ID*  00667V
    ERADIATION
FRANCE
     LR(A)
    "NOVEMBER 19, 1975 REGULATIONS ON THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF CRUDE
    OIL TREATMENT PLANTS."  JOURNAL OFFICIEL, N.C. NO. 7
                                                                 EPA
    FRENCH                  01/23/76  PCS  230-31         10*  03555C
    EGENERAL
FRANCE
     ST<  )
    POLLUTION MARINE ET AMENAGEMENT DES RIVAGES   (MARINE POLLUTION AND
    COASTLINE DEVELOPMENT)
    AUBERT. MAURICE, AND JACQUELINE AUBERT                        EPA
    FRENCH                  00/00/73  PCS  1-309          ID*  04216A
    THIS PUBLICATION WAS PREPARED BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROVIDE  THE  STAFF OF
THE MARINE POLLUTION PREVENTION SERVICES WITHIN THE MINISTRIES OF LAND USE PLANNING,  EQUIPMENT.
AND HOUSING AND TOURISM WITH A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT ON MARINE POLLUTION.  THE PUBLICATION  IS
COMPOSED OF THREE PARTS:  THE FIRST SECTION DEFINING THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF VARIOUS
MARINE POLLUTANTS INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF THERMAL. BACTERIAL, RADIOACTIVE. CHEMICAL,  AND ORGANIC
POLLUTANTS: THE SECOND SECTION ON THE TECHNIQUES  OF OCEANOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE  STUDY  OF
MARINE POLLUTION DESCRIBES METHODS OF SEAWATER. SEDIMENT AND MARINE ORGANISM SAMPLE-TAKING.  AS
WELL AS THE MOST PREVALENT METHODS OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; THE FINAL SECTION  DEALING
WITH THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF COASTLINE
DEVELOPMENTS,

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HATER

GERMANYtFED REP OF


     LR(A)
                                                                                                                                   PAGE
                                                                                                                                           31
    "JULY 31, 1974 OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE  GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AWARD OF
    ERP  FUNDS AS WELL  AS THE GUIDELINES FOR GRANTING ERP LOANS."   BUNDESANZEIGER. NO.
                                                                      EPA
    GERMAN                   08/03/74   PGS  1-4             ID*   04217A
    •AIR           SOLID WASTE
142
GERMANY.FED REP OF

     PM(B)
    ANNUAL REPORT ON  WATER MANAGEMENT  FOR 1975.   WASSER UND BODEN
                                                                      EPA
    GERMAN                   06/00/76  PGS  127-176        ID*   04188A

    THIS  COLLECTION CONTAINS ANNUAL  REPORTS ON  WATER MANAGEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL  MINISTRY
FOOD.  AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. THE  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, AND THE  FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
ECONOMICS.  THERE IS  ALSO A REPORT FROM THE LAND  WORKING GROUP  FOR WATER (LAWA).   THERE ARE
REPORTS ON WATER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE NINE FEDERAL LANDS OF BAVARIA. BERLIN. BREMEN.
HAMBURG.  HESSE. LOWER SAXONY. NORTH  RHINE-WESTPHALIA. RHINELAND-PALATINATE. THE SAAR. AND
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.   THE REPORT FROM THE MINISTRY FOR FOOD. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY CONTAINS
FIGURES ON THE COST AND FINANCING 3F WATER MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTIONS.  THE INTERIOR MINISTRY
REVIEW HAS SECTIONS ON WATER LAW. RESEARCH. PROTECTION. PREVENTIVE MEASURES. AND  INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION.  THE ECONOMIC MINISTRY  REPORT IS CONCERNED PARTICULARLY WITH THE  COSTS AND SOURCES
OF INVESTMENT IN WATER SUPPLY.  THE  LAWA REPORT DEALS WITH GUIDELINES FOR WATER PROTECTION
DEVELOPED BY THE GROUP.  THE LAND REPORTS INCLUDE SECTIONS ON SEWAGE REMOVAL AND  WATER PROTECTION.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

      PMCB)
    "SUPERVISION OF  WATER QUALITY  IN  COASTAL WATERS."  WASSER  UND  BODEN
                                                                     EPA
    GERMAN                   06/00/76   PGS  184-185        ID*   04190A

    THE  WATER MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF THE COASTAL STATES  (LANDS)  AND OF THE
FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT OF  THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FORMED A WORK GROUP  IN  1974  DESIGNATED
WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL WATERS. WHICH IS TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY  OF THE EXISTING  MEASUREMENTS
AND STUDIES OF COASTAL WATERS DEALING WITH OBSERVATION AND SUPERVISION OF  THESE WATERS.  OV
THE BASIS  OF THIS DATA. A COMMON WATER QUALITY  MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING  PROGRAM  FOR THE  COASTAL
LANDS AND  THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT IS TO BE DEVELOPED.  THE LANDS OF BREMEN.  HAMBURG, AND
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AS  WELL AS THE  FEDERAL WATER  AND SHIPPING AUTHORITY. THE FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR
HYDROLOGY. AND THE COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH IN COASTAL ENGINEERING ARE REPRESENTED IN THE WORKING
GROUP.   THEY WILL CONSIDER HYDROLOGICAL. PHYSICAL. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL  DATA IN GERMAN
SOVEREIGN  COASTAL WATERS AND IN TIDAL RIVERS AS  FAR AS THE DAMS AND FLOODGATES SEALING OFF THE
UPPER RIVER.

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MATER
GERMANYtFEO REP OF
     PM(B)
    "APRIL  22. 1974 PROMULGATION OF  THE AGREEMENT  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION OF A EUROPEAN
    ACTION...ON THE TOPIC OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTION IN WATER."   BUNDESGESETZBLATT.
                                                                      EPA
    GERMAN                    05/15/74  PGS  644-648        ID*  04211A
                                                                                                                II
                           THIS PROMULGATION OF THE  AGREEMENT FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  OF A EUROPEAN  ACTION IN THE  AREA OF
                       ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION ON THE TOPIC 'ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTION IN WATER*  NOTES THAT
                       THE AGREEMENT.  SIGNED IN BRUSSELS NOVEMBER  23.  1971. CAME  INTO FORCE FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
                       GERMANY NOVEMBER  1, 1972.  THE AGREEMENT  IS REPRINTED HERE TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF
                       NATIONS FOR WHICH IT HAS ALSO COME INTO FORCE.   THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT  IS TO DEVELOP  TECHNICAL
                       PROCEDURES FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTION IN WATER.   THE
                       APPENDIX DESCRIBES IN GENERAL TERMS THE FACETS  OF THE WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT.  WORK  IS TO BE DONE
                       PRIMARILY BY PUBLIC RESEARCH  BODIES IN THE  COUNTRIES CONCERNED WITH GOVERNMENT MONETARY SUPPORT.
                       THE PROJECT IS TO LAST AT MOST THREE YEARS.  THE SIGNATORIES ARE TO FORM A COMMITTEE TO MAKE
                       R*ECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING PROPOSALS FOR  RESEARCH.  THE AGREEMENT LISTS  THE FINANCIAL  SUPPORT TO
                       BE SUPPLIED BY EACH AND INCLUDES PARAGRAPHS PERTAINING TO  THE DISPOSITION OF PATENTS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    "PROMULGATION OF  THE AGREEMENT  FOR IMPLEMENTATION  OF A EUROPEAN  ACTION...ON  THE
    TOPIC  "TREATMENT  OF  CLARIFICATION SLUDGE.*"  BUNDESGESETZBLATT,  II
                                                                      EPA
    GERMAN                   05/15/74   PGS  639-643         ID*  04213A
     SOLID WASTE

    ACCORDING TO THIS  PROMULGATION  OF THE AGREEMENT  FOR IMPLEMENTATION  OF A EUROPEAN ACTION IN  THE
AREA OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION ON THE TOPIC 'TREATMENT OF CLARIFICATION SLUDGE.*  THE AGREEMENT.
SIGNED  IN  BRUSSELS NOV.  23. 1971. ENTERED FORCE FOR  THE FEDERAL REPUBLC OF GERMANY  AUG. 1. 1972.
THE GOAL OF THE ACTION IS TO PRODUCE  A COMPARISON OF THE PROCEDURES  USED IN THE  VARIOUS COUNTRIES
FOR THE  TREATMENT AND  REMOVAL OF CLARIFICATION SLUDGE  IN AN INDUSTRIAL  CONTEXT.   THE SIGNATORIES
AGREE TO COORDINATE THEIR WORK IN THIS FIELD.  THE WORK. DESCRIBED IN GENERAL TERMS IN THE
APPENDIX.  CONSISTS OF  DEVLOPING UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR  THE EVALUATION OF PROCEDURES  AS WELL AS IN
COLLECTING DATA ABOUT  SUCH PROCEDURES.  THE WORK IS  TO BE CARRIED OUT PRIMARILY  BY  PUBLIC RESEARCH
INSTITUTES WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT  AND IS TO LAST AT MOST THREE  YEARS.  THE
AGREEMENT  SPECIFIES MAXIMUM YEARLY  SUMS TO BE SUPPLIED BY EACH GOVERNMENT AND CONTAINS PARAGRAPHS
PERTAINING TO PATENTS  ARISING FROM  THE WORK.

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WATER
GERMANY,FED REP OF
      PM(B)
    "1975 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FEDERAL. MINISTER OF THE  INTERIOR ON  WATER
    MANAGEMENT."   WASSERWIRTSCHAFT
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                    09/00/76   PCS   257             ID*  OA223A
    ALSO SE

    THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES ACTIVITIES  IN THE AREAS OF  WATER LAW,  WATER RESEARCH,  WATER PROTECTION,
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, AND  INTERNATIONAL  COOPERATION.   ON SEPT.  1. 1975, THE  LAW ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY  OF WASHING AND CLEANING  AGENTS TOOK EFFECT.   IN  1975. 71 RESEARCH
PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED WITH 5.9 MILLION MARKS.  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND  THE LANDS COMPLETED AN
INVENTORY OF THE CURRENT NUMBER OF AND NEED FOR TECHNICAL PERSONNEL IN WATER MANAGEMENT.   IN THE
FRAMEWORK OF A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM. THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE AVAILABLE 150  MILLION MARKS  FOR
COMMUNAL SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES OF A SUPPAREGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ON THE RHINE AND ON  LAKE
CONSTANCE.  IN 1975,  3O MILLION MARKS  FROM THIS FUND WERE GRANTED IN ADDITION  TO 30 MILLION  FROM
A SPECIAL FEDERAL  ECONOMIC FUND.  THESE FUNDS SPURRED  A TOTAL INVESTMENT  OF  272 MILLION MARKS IN
MEASURES TO CLEAN  UP  THE RHINE AND LAKE CONSTANCE.   IN  THE INTERNATIONAL  SPHERE.  BOTH THE  EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF THE RHINE DEVELOPED WATER PROTECTION GUIDELINES.
GERMANY,FED REP OF
     PM(B)
    "WATER MANAGEMENT AND LAND  AMELIORATION IN 1975.   ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
    FEDERAL MINISTER FOR FOOD,  AGRICULTURE  AND FORESTRY."  WASSERWIRTSCHAFT
                                                                       EPA
    GERMAN                   09/00/76  PCS   262-264         ID*  04224A
    ALSO SE

    THIS REPORT COVERS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION,  CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS.  BARRAGES
AND DIKES, RIVER REGULATION.  PROTECTION OF  THE COASTS.  PROVISION  OF DRINKING  WATER. SEWAGE
TREATMENT. CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL  ROADS. MAINTENANCE OF WATERS, AND  FLOOD CONTROL.  IN THE AREAS
OF DRINKING WATER  SUPPLY AND  SEWAGE PURIFICATION. A TOTAL OF 4,443  BILLION MARKS WERE INVESTED
IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN 1975.  THIS IS  EQUAL TO 70 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
INVESTMENT IN ACTIVITIES HANDLED  BY THE REPORT.  IN 1975. ABOUT 12  PERCENT MORE WAS INVESTED IN
WATER  SUPPLY FACILITIES THAN  IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND ABOUT 5.6  PERCENT MORE WAS INVESTED IN
PURIFICATION PLANTS.  IN CONTRAST. APPROXIMATELY 7.6 PERCENT LESS WAS INVESTED IN CANALIZATION.
TABLES IN THE REPORT BREAK DOWN THE FINANCING OF VARIOUS PROJECTS.   IN 1975 THERE WAS A SMALLER
PERCENTAGE OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES AND LOW-INTEREST LOANS AVAILABLE FOR THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAN
IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.  THE DIFFERENCE WAS SUPPLIED BY  PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

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WATER

GERMANY.FED REP OF

     SE<  )
                                                                                                                                    PAGE
                                                                                                                                            34
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE BALANCE."   SUEDDEUTSCHE  ZEITUNG
                                                                      EPA
    GERMAN                   11/06X76  PGS  3O               ID*  04210A
    ALSO  PMB
    *AIR
INDIA
     LR
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WATER

OECD
      PMC 6)
    MEDITERRANEAN PILOT STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL  DEGRADATION AND  POLLUTION FROM
    COASTAL DEVELOPMENT.  FINAL REPORT
    OECO.   ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE                                  LOC     TD  171,
    ENGLISH                  00/00/75  PCS  1-58           ID*   04221A
    ALSO SE
                                                                                                             5.M43 073  I97S
                           IN 1972  THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE  OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
                       AUTHORIZED  A PILOT STUDY  OF THE PR3BLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POLLUTION CAUSED  BY
                       RAPID COASTAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE MEDITERRANEAN.  THE  STUDY WAS TO BE CARRIED  OUT JOINTLY BY
                       INTERESTED  MEDITERRANEAN  MEMBER COUNTRIES (FRANCE.  GREECE. ITALY  AND SPAIN) AND YUGOSLAVIA.  ITS
                       TWO BASIC PURPOSES WERE   1) TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY  OF ECONOMIC  ANALYSIS AND  PLANNING TO SHOW
                       THE TRADE-OFFS NECESSARY  BETWEEN LAND-USE DEVELOPMENTS. COASTAL POLLUTION AND  COSTS OF TREATMENTS
                       AND 2) TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS REGARDING PUBLIC POLICY  TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL AREAS AND THE
                       TREATMENT OF COASTAL POLLUTION.  THE CURRENT REPORT DESCRIBES THE PROJECT. ANALYZES THE PROBLEMS
                       AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.  ANNEX I REPRINTS THE MANDATE ESTABLISHING THE STUDY.  ANNEX II  LISTS
                       THE REPORTS  PREPARED BY EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTRY.  ANNEX III IN 33 PAGES SUMMARIZES THE CONTENT
                       OF THE VARIOUS REPORTS.   FINAL PAGES CONTAIN CHARTS AND A MAP ON  POPULATION.  POLLUTION AND  COSTS.
SWEDEN
     LR(A)
    •ACT  NO. 8 TO AMEND THE 1971  MARINE DUMPING  PROHIBITION  ACT NO. 1154."   SVENSK
    FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 1976:8
                                                                      EPA
    SWEDISH                  02/04/76   PCS  1               ID*   00466B

    THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE 1971  MARINE DUMPING PROHIBITION ACT NO. 1154 HAS BEEN AMENDED TO
EXCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:   EJECTION  OF OIL OR MIXTURE CONTAINING  OIL WHICH IS  COVERED BY THE 1972 ACT
NO. 275 CONCERNING THE  PROTECTION OF  WATER POLLUTION FROM SHIPS: THE 1976 ACT NO. 6 ON  MEASURES
AGAINST WATER POLLUTION FROM SHIPS WITHIN THE BALTIC AREA; AND WASTE WHICH  RESULTS FROM THE
OPERATION OF A SHIP.
SWEDEN
     LR(A)
    "APRIL  3, 1975 LAW NO. 84 TO AMEND THE 1972  LAW NO. 275  CONCERNING THE
    PREVENTION OF WATER POLLUTION  =ROM SHIPS."   SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING  1975:84
                                                                      EPA
    SWEDISH                  04/15/75   PGS  1               ID*   03347B
                           THIS LAW  AMENDS THE  1972 LAW CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF  WATER POLLUTION  FROM SHIPS.   IN
                       ALL PARAGRAPHS WHERE "THE  CROWN" IS REFERRED TO.  IT WILL BE REPLACED BY "THE GOVERNMENT."
                       PARAGRAPH 15  WILL STIPULATE THAT THE  GOVERNMENT OR  AN AUTHORITY  APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT  MAY
                       ISSUE GUIDELINES ON HOW  TO MARK OIL IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ITS  ORIGIN IN CASE IT IS INVOLVED  IN
                       POLLUTION.

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WATER

SWEDEN
     PM(B>
                                                                                                                           PAGE
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    HANDLING OF WASTES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY.  NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT
    PROTECTION BOARD PM 815
    SWEDEN.  NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD               EPA
    ENGLISH                 01/14/77  PGS  1-12           ID*  04179A
    *SOLID WASTE
SWEDEN
     ST(  )
    OIL POLLUTION IN THE BALTIC SEA—A CHEMICAL ANALYTICAL SEARCH FOR MONITORING
    METHODS.  NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD PM 783
    RUDLING. LARS                                                EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76  PGS  1-80           ID*  0
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WATER

WHO
     PMtBJ
    "COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY AND EXCRETA  DISPOSAL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.  REVIEW
    OF PROGRESS."  WORLD HEALTH STATISTICS  REPORT,  VOL.  29,  NO. 10
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION                                     EPA
    ENGLISH*                00/00/76   PCS   544-631       ID*  04165A
    *ALSO FRENCH

    THIS SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE  WHO WORLD  HEALTH STATISTIC REPORT CONSIDERS THE PROGRESS OF
COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY AND EXCRETA  DISPOSAL SERVICES IN  DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FROM 197O-1975 AND
ESTIMATES THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO MEET WHO TARGETS FOR 1980.  IT OUTLINES THE COURSES OF ACTION
NEEDED TO REACH THESE GOALS.   THE REPORT CONTAINS IN ESSENCE THE MID-DECADE REVIEW OF WHO GLOBAL
TARGETS PRESENTED AT THE 29TH  WORLD HEALTH  ASSEMBLY IN 1976. SUPPLEMENTED BY DATA FROM ADDITIONAL
COUNTRIES AND INFORMATION ON  INVESTMENTS FROM 1971-1975  WITH A BRIEF ANALYSIS.  AFTER THE
INTRODUCTION, THE REPORT CONSISTS OF  REVIEWS OF PROGRESS.  THE FIRST, A GLOBAL REVIEW, CONSIDERS
COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY AND EXCRETA  REMOVAL  FOR URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.  SUCCEEDING SECTIONS REVIEW
PROGRESS IN:  AFRICA, THE AMERICAS. THE  EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, EUROPE. SOUTHEAST ASIA. AND THE
WESTERN PACIFIC.  THE LAST SECTION  DEALS WITH COURSES OF ACTION, INCLUDING NATIONAL STRATEGIES
AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.  DATA  ARE ALSO PRESENTED  IN 34 PAGES OF TABLES AND FIGURES.
WHO
     PM(B)
    SURVEILLANCE OF DRINKING-WATER QUALITY
    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
    ENGLISH                 00/00/76   PGS   1-135
                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                ID*  04168A
                         THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING. ORGANIZING. AND OPERATING
                     PROGRAMS FOR  SURVEILLANCE OF DRINKING WATER AT VARIOUS JURISDICTIONAL LEVELS IN DEVELOPING
                     COUNTRIES.  SURVEILLANCE  IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT DANGERS TO HEALTH BORNE BY WATER.   ELEMENTS  OF
                     THE SURVEILLANCE  PROGRAM  INCLUDE AN ENGINEERING EXAMINATION OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, REGULAR
                     PHYSICAL. BIOLOGICAL AND  CHEMICAL EXAMINATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE WATER SAMPLES, AND  INSTITUTIONAL
                     CHECKS ON THE EFFICIENCY  OF THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM.  THE BOOKLET INCLUDES IN
                     NINE CHAPTERS CONSIDERATION OF A SURVEILLANCE AGENCY; LAWS. REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS ON WATER
                     QUALITY; PERSONNEL  REQUIREMENTS; SANITARY SURVEYS; SAMPLING OF DRINKING WATER; ANALYSIS OF
                     SAMPLES: REMEDIAL ACTION: AND SURVEILLANCE OF SPECIAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS RURAL AND VILLAGE SUPPLIES,
                     WATER SUPPLIES FOR  SLUMS. ICE MANUFACTURE AND BOTTLED WATER.  NINE ANNEXES CONTAIN SPECIFIC
                     INFORMATION ON CERTAIN PROCESSES.  THERE IS AN INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
                                                                                            * U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1977—240-848/142

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