NTISUBC 135-008
NUMBER 60
AUGUST 1977
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTS
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20460
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FOREWORD
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, under a series of
documents exchanges with foreign governments and international organi-
zations, is collecting environmental reports from around the world.
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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.
SOURCE DOCUMENTS
The documents cited in this publication are housed in the reference
collection of the EPA Headquarters Library.
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ECUADOR I
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LRA/GENERAL
EXPLANATION
Editor,
Author,
or
Compiler
EPA
Identification
Number
Additional
Subject
Areas
("FEBRUARY 4,^1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH CODE."
(AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V. 20. " V
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, .UN, COMP. v EPA
ENGLISH^
AIR
WATER
12/00/71
PESTICIDES
PCS 58-60^
RADIATION /
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FOOD ANDv
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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
Page
AIR
Cameroon
Characteristics of Atmospheric Pollution in Yaounde During
the Long Dry Season 1974-75: Consequences for Health .... 1
See WATER (Denmark) ~ Control No. 01445B ........... 36
EuAopeon CommmuXceA
See TOXIC SUBS (European Communities) — Control No. 04699A . . 21
, Fed Rfcp o&
Pollen and Spores As Air Pollutants .............. 1
See SOLID WASTE (Fed Rep of Germany) ~ Control No. 04734A ... 19
The Practical Application of a Proposed Uniform Technique
for the Assessment of Smoke Leakage From Coke Ovens During
Carbonization ........................ 2
Int&unatiovuJL
Books on Air Pollution, Noise and Solid Wastes ......... 2
Paper Abstracts for the Fourth International Clean Air
Congress (16-20 May, 1977) .................. 3
Japan
Government- Set NOx Emission Curbs Not Met by Passenger Cars
Running in Tokyo ....................... 3
South
Statistics on Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide Pollution in South
Africa. Period: October 1974 to September 1976 ....... 3
Health Hazards Even With Coal and Oil ............. 4
Car Exhaust Fumes — Pollute More Than Industry . . ....... 4
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 04702A ........... 11
Gasoline and the Environment .................. 5
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GENERAL
Canada.
Legal Framework for Public Participation in Canadian Water
Management .......................... 5
An Environmental Ethic — Its Formulation and Implications .... 6
Environmental Applications of Input-Output Analysis ...... 6
Environmental Studies — James Bay Territory and Surrounding
Area ............................. 6
EuA.ope.an Communi£ieA
Environmental Strategy of European Industry .......... 7
Environmental Protection Cooperation: EC- Switzerland ..... 7
Future Availability and Needs for Phosphate Ores in Light
of the Antipollution Campaign and New Possible Applications . 7
Unclear How To 'Punish Environmental Damage ........... 8
January 10, 1977 Circular Concerning Department-Level
Environmental Meetings .................... 8
A Letter of Mr. Ansquer on the 1978 Environmental Budget .... 8
, Fed Rep o^
Twenty Years of Environmental Protection ............ 9
Positive Economic Aspects of Environmental Protection ..... 9
Environmental Protection and Economic Growth — Conflict
or Opportunity? ....................... 9
India.
Ecology and Environment of Urban Areas ............. 10
NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) :
Annual Report 1975 ...................... 10
Japan
Procedural Aspects of Environmental Impact Analysis in
Japan: A Proposal of Legal Policy .............. 10
Sweden
Environmental Policy in Sweden ................. 11
United Nation*
Difficulties With Global Environmental Protection ....... 11
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LAND USE
Urban Land Use Controls in Asia and the Far East: Legal
and Administrative Framework ................. 12
Land Use Planning Measures ................... 12
Sweden
Project Hjartfjallet (Destruction of Countryside, Future of
Lapland Area Outlined) .................... 13
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 04702A ........... 11
t/enezuela
Tropical Rain Forest Use and Preservation: A Study of
Problems and Practices in Venezuela ............. 13
NOISE
, Fed Rep oft
Builder Must Take Noise Protection Into Account ........ 14
See SOLID WASTE (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 047 34A ... 19
See AIR (International) — Control No. 04700A ......... 2
PESTICIDES
Sweden
April 28, 1977 Order No. 246 To Amend the Royal Ordinance
(1973:334) on Products Hazardous to Health and to the
Environment ......................... 14
RADIATION
Zwentendorf Becomes Vienna's Atomic Vexation .......... 15
Nuclear Waste Will Be Stored for a Long Time .......... 15
F/iance
February 12, 1973 Decree No. 73-138 Implementing the Law
of August 1, 1905 on the Prevention of Fraudulent Practices . 15
July 29, 1974 Order on Telegamma therapy Devices ........ 16
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Sconctoiauia
The Nordic Council on Nuclear Power — The Waste Risk Must
Be Eliminated ........................ 16
Sweden
April 21, 1977 Law No. 140 Concerning Special Permission
to Supply Nuclear Reactors With Nuclear Fuel, Etc ....... 16
Barseback II Has Reached an Agreement for the Processing of
Nuclear Waste ........................ 17
Protection of Livestock and Agricultural Products in Case of
Reactor Accidents ...................... 17
WHO
Wholesomeness of Irradiated Food ................ 18
SOLID WASTE
See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 01445B . .......... 36
Germany, Fed Kep o£
Examples From General Practice of the Deposit of Special
Wastes in the FRG ...................... 18
Criticism of the Waste Management Program ........... 19
Preliminary Studies on the Municipal Engineering Research
Programme .......................... 19
India.
Towards a Waste Utilisation Policy ............... 19
International.
See AIR (International) — Control No. 04700A ......... 2
Sweden
Environmental Problems Connected With Solid Waste Disposal ... 20
See WATER (Sweden) — Control No. 04737A . ........... 40
See GENERAL (Sweden) ~ Control No. 04702A ........... 11
TOXIC SUBS
Canada.
Arsenic: A Bibliography of Recent Literature ......... 21
See WATER (Canada) — Control No. 04739A ............ 36
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Vznmastk.
See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 01445B ........... 36
European Commaj'uXt.eA
Pathway of Mercury and the Impact of Different Environmental
Policies on the Future Mercury Content in Soil, Air and
Sediments in Europe ..................... 21
Germany, Fed Rep o^
Air Quality Criteria for Cadmium ................ 22
.Sweden
See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 04702A ........... 11
Un£te.d Nation*
UNEP Toxic Chemicals Register ................. 22
WHO
Environmental Health Criteria 2: Polychlorinated Biphenyls
and Terphenyls ........................ 23
Environmental Health Criteria 1: Mercury ........... 23
WATER
Design Criteria for Ocean Discharge ...... ........ 24
Treatment Processes for Water Pollution Control in New South
Wales ............................ 24
Product Quality Control for Basic Sanitation. Retrospect
and Prospect . ' ........................ 25
Basic Elements for a Preliminary Study of Submarine Sewage
Discharge .......................... 25
Studies in Santos Bay To Assess the Future Impact of Underwater
Sewage Discharges on Ecological and Sanitary Conditions ... 25
Practical Solutions for the Disinfection of Water ....... 26
Simplified Statistical Criteria for the Colimetric
Classification of Beaches .................. 26
Correlative Studies Between Fecal and Pathogenic Organisms
Indicative of Pollution ................... 26
Canada.
February 25, 1977 Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations ... 27
Guidelines for the Measurement of Acute Lethality in Liquid
Effluents From Metal Mines .................. 27
Guidelines for the Control of Liquid Effluents From
Existing Metal Mines ..................... 28
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Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations and Guidelines .... 28
Techniques and Methods of Public Participation 29
Storm Water Management Model Study. Volume I 29
Storm Water Management Model Study. Volume II 29
Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) 30
Study on the Quality of the Water of Lake Memphremagog 30
The Effectiveness and Toxicity of the Oil Dispersant,
Oilsperse 43, in Large Outdoor Tanks 30
Chemical and Biological Characteristics of Seepages From
Tailings Areas at Giant Yellowknife Mines, Ltd., Into
Great Slave Lake, N.W.T., in 1974 31
Chemical and Biological Characteristics of Seepages From
Tailings Areas at Cominco Con Mine Into Kam Laek, N.W.T.,
in 1974 31
An Assessment of Kraft Bleachery Effluent Toxicity Reduction
Using Activated Sludge 31
Controlled Combustion Tests Carried Out Near Rimouski 32
Urban Drainage Model Comparison for a Catchment in Halifax,
Nova Scotia 32
Phosphorus Removal Within Existing Wastewater Treatment
Facilities 32
Practices, Policies and Technology of Storm and Combined
Sewers in Foreign Countries 33
Computer-Aided Planning of Regional Sludge Disposal Systems.
User's Manual 33
Examination of Sewage and Sewage Sludge for Enteroviruses ... 33
Upgrading of Sewage Lagoon Effluents 34
To Establish Viable Methods of Maintaining Waste Treatment
Facility Efficiencies With Reference to Flow Variations ... 34
Design and Performance Criteria for Settling Tanks for the
Removal of Physical-Chemical Floes 34
Malvern Urban Test Catchment 35
Aerobic Digestion of Organic Sludges Containing Inorganic
Phosphorus Precipitates 35
Aquatic Environmental Quality: Problems and Proposals 35
Aquatic Environmental Quality: Toxicology 36
Urban Hydrological Modeling and Catchment Research in Canada . . 36
See GENERAL (Canada) ~ Control No. 04706A 5
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March 17, 1976 Order No. 121 on Chemical Waste ......... 36
European Communitlu
See TOXIC SUBS (European Communities) — Control No. 04699A . . 21
Board of Waters : Environment and Water Protection Belong
Together ........................... 37
France.
Tests Show 77 Percent of French Coastal Waters To Be of
Good or Very Good Quality and Only 4 Percent To Be of
Bad Quality ......................... 37
Germany, Fed Rep o^
Water Protection in the Federal Republic ............ 38
The Station for Continuous Monitoring of Rhine Water Quality
in Mainz ........................... 38
See SOLID WASTE (Fed Rep of Germany) — Control No. 04734A ... 19
India
See SOLID WASTE (India) — Control No. 04760A ......... 19
Metallic Effluents of Industrial Origin in the Marine
Environment ......................... 39
Subsidy for the Cleanup of Lake Mjosa ............. 39
Sweden
Don't Forget the Danger From Phosphorus ............ 40
Sediments as Indicators of Contamination — Investigations
in the Four Largest Swedish Lakes .............. 40
United NattonA
Third World and Environmental Interests in the Law of the Sea . 41
Cleaning Up World's Biggest Sewer 41
USSR
On Supplementary Measures To Assure the Rational Use and
Preservation of Natural Resources of Lake Baykal Basin .... 41
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PAGfc
AIR
CAMERON
ST4 1
"CHARACTERISTICS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION IN YAOUNDE DURING THE LONG DRY
SEASON 1974-75; CONSEQJENCES FOR HEALTH.- BULLETIN OF MHO* VOL. 54* NO. S
PELASSY. PIERRE EPA
FRENCH 00/00/76 PCS 507-512 ID* 04704A
DUST CONCENTRATIONS IN YAOUNDE. CAMEROON MERE STUDIED DURING THE 16-WEEK DRV SEASON OF
1974-75. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE CONCENTRATIONS FOLLOWS A LOG-NORMAL PATTERN. APPLICATION OF
MCGUIRE'S EQUATION MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM MEAN CONCENTRATION OVER 24
HOURS. WHICH IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED PERIOD FOR SETTING AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. DESPITE THE
ABSENCE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIALIZATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT. DURING 9 PERCENT OF THE STUDY
PERIOD. ATMOSPHERIC DUST POLLUTION WAS ABOVE THE PRIMARY STANDARD LAID DOWN BY U.S. FEDERAL
REGULATIONS AS THE LEVEL CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. AND DURING 35 PERCENT
(40 DAYS) OF THE STJDY P=RI03. IT EXCEEDED THE U.S. SECONDARY STANDARD NECESSARY FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC WELL-BEING AGAINST EXPECTED HARMFUL EFFECTS. RESULTS INDICATE THAT ANY
FUTUTE INDUSTRIALIZATION CAUSING HARMFUL EMISSIONS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RIGUROUS CONTROL.
(AUTHOR ABSTRACT.)
DENMARK
LR AN AEHUBI OLU*I CAL EVALUATION OFFICE
THAT MEASURES *I R POLLUTANTS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN IN SEVERAL ARtAS Uf- MIDDLE EUROPE. THIS
PUBLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AStNCV. SUBTITLED "AEROBIOLOGY AND bUNE OF ITS ARtAS OF
APPLICATION." DESCRIBES AERU3IOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND DISCUSSES MAJUR
GOALS FOR THE YEAR 1977. A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE AEROB1OLOGICAL EVALUATION OFFICE
COMPLETES THE TKtATMfcNT. TH£ INTRODUCTION INDICATES SOME OF THc TYPES (M- PROBLEMS 1 NVE*T1(.ATt£>
BY AEROBIOLOGY. FOR EXAMPLE. THE GROWING NUMBER OF PERSONS SUFF-EKINU FRUM ALLERGIES IN
INDUSTRIAL NATIONS LEADS TO THE ASSUMPTION THAT AIR QUALITY CAN NEGATIVELY INFLUENCE MAN'S
REACTION TO POLLEN AND SPORES. AIR POLLUTANTS MAY ALSO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THfc CAPACITY Uf-
BIOLO&ICAL ORGANISMS IN THE AIR TO GERMINATE.
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PAoE
AIR
GERMANY.FED REP OF
STl )
PRE_I*INARY STUDIES ON THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAMME.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV TK-1230
GERMANY,FED OF. MINISTRY UF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EPA
ENG-1SH 30/00/77 PGS 1-31 ID* 04734A
ALSO PMB
*50LIO WASTE WATER NOISE
GREAT BRITAIN
ST( >
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF A PROPOSED JNIFORM TECHNIQUE FUR THE ASSESSMENT
OF SM3KE LEAKAGE f-ROM COKE OVENS DURING CARBONIZATION. CARBONIZATION RESEARCH REPORT >4L» . H*
BRITISH CARBONIZATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION EPA
ENGLISH 06/00/76 PGS 1-Z7 ID* 04746A
A RECENTLY PROPOSED JNIF3RM TECHNIQUE FOR THE ASSESSMENT UF SMOKb LEAKAGE FROM COKE OVENS
DURING CARBONIZATION WAS APPLIED IN SOME SIX COKING PLANTS CONSIDERED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE UF
THOSE AT RESENT IN OPERATION IN THE U.K. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THESE TRIAL APPLICATIONS JF THE
TECHNIQUE AND ANALYZES THE DATA COLLECTED. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE
ON-PLANT INSSTRUCTION OF PERSONNEL IN THE TECHNIOUE IS ALSO DISCUSSED. IT IS GENERALLY
CONCLUDED THAT THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT IS UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE SINCE NO PROBLEMS HERE
ENCOUNTERED WITH THE MONITORING TECHNIQUE OVER THE B-iOAb SPECTRUM UF PLANTS VISITED AND
SURVEYED. THE TECHNIQUE IS REGARDED AS A USEFUL AID TO POLLUTION CONTROL. ENABLING CHANGES IN
SMOKE LEAKAGE TO BE REALISTICALLY FOLLOWED AND ASSESSED.
INTERNATIONAL
ST( )
BOOKS ON AIR POLLUTION. NOISE AND SOLID WASTES
NAT«L. CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
ENGLISH 09/10/76 PGS 1-151 ID*
ALSO PMB, LRd
NOISE SOLID WASTE
EPA
04700A
THIS LIST OF BUCKS* MONOGRAPHS. AND REPORTS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF BOOK-GUIDES ON
ENVIRONMENTAL PRO3LEMS. OVER 1000 FULL REFERENCES IN THE FIELDS OF AIR POLLUTION. NUISE. AND
SOLID WASTES ARE CITED. THESE ARE CLASSIFIED. WITHIN EACH OF THE MENTIONED FIELDS. ALPHABETICALLY
BY AUTHOR OR INSTITUTION. A SUBJECT INDEX IS PROVIDED FOR EACH FIELD. AN ADDENDUM. WITH
REFERENCES TO »lVIR3NMENTAL LEGISLATION. IS ALSO INCLUDED. AN AUTHOR INDEX COMPLETES THE
PUBLICATION.
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PAGt
AIR
INTERNATIONAL
ST( )
JAPAN
LR(B)
PAPER ABSTRACTS FUR THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CLEAN AIR CONGRhSS <16 - 20 WAV.
1977)
JAPANESE UNION UF AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSOCIATIONS EPA
ENGLISH 03/15/77 PCS 1-273 ID* 04707A
ALSO PMB. SE
THIS PUBLICATION. COMPILED BY THE JAPANESE UNION OF AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSOCIATIONS.
CONTAINS THE ABSTRACTS OF 273 OF T-»E 360 PAPERS" PRESENTED AT THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CLEAN AIR
CONGRESS HELD IN TOKYO DJRING MAY 1977. THE ABSTRACTS ARE GROUPED UNDER SIX SUBJECT AREAS WHICH
CORRESPOND TO THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS OF THE CONGRESS. THESE SUBJECT AREAS ARE: 1) THE MEDICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS (36 ABSTRACTS); 2) METEOROLOGICAL AND DIFFUSION ASPECTS
OF POLLUTANTS (52 ABSTRACTS); 3) AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS (28 ABSTRACTS; 4) RESEARCH AND
SURVEY F03 AIR POLLUTION (50 ABSTRACTS); St AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (55 ABSTRACTS);
AND 6) AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PALNNING (52 ABSTRACTS. MOST ABSTRACTS ARE IN ENGLISH HITH THE
TITLE GIVEN IN 8UTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH. AN AUTHOR INDEX IS APPENDED TU THE VOLUME.
•GOVERNMENT-SET NOX EMISSION CURBS NOT MET BY PASSENGER CARS RUNNING IN TOKYO."
JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 07/09/77 PCS 2 ID* 04762A
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY TAKEN BETWEEN APRIL AND MARCH 1976 BY THE TOKYO BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. PASSbSGER CARS MADE TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S 1976 AUTO EMISSION CONTROL
STANDARDS EMIT NITROGEN OXIDES ABOVE THE OFFICIAL TOLERANCE LEVELS WHEN THEY OPERATE IN TUKYO.
UNDER THE 1976 STANDARDS. PASSENGER CARS OF LESS THAN 1000 KG EQUIVALENT INERTIA WEIGHT. O«
THE CAR'S ACTUAL WEIGHT PLUS 110 K5. ARE TO LIMIT EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES TO 0.6 GRAMS
UR LESS PER KM. WHEN DRIVEN UNDER THE TEN-MODE TESTING METHOD ADOPTED BY THE MINISTRY OF
TRANSPORT. THESE CARS DISCHARGE AN AVERAGE 0.51V GRAMS NITROGEN OXIDES PER KM. IN TOKYO.
HOWtVER. THE SAME CARS EMITTED AN AVERAGE 0.793 GRAMS NITROGEN OX1DfcS HER KM. 0.194 GRAMS ABOVE
THE OFFICIAL TOLERANCE LEVAL. AS A RESULT. THE TOKYO BUREAU WILL URGE THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
AGENCY T3 RE-EXAMINE AND IMPROVE THE TESTING MODE USED TO DETERMINE CONFORMANCE TO NITROGEN
OXIDES STANDARDS.
SOUTH AFRICA
PM(B)
STATISTICS UN SMOKE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA. PERIOD:
OCTOBER 1974 TO SEPTEMBER 1976. CSIR SPECIAL RtPURT APRG/77/3
KEMENY. ETEL EPA
ENGLISH 02/00/77 PGS 1-25 ID* 04701A
ALSO ST
THIS REPORT. ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.
PRESENTS SEVERAL STATISTICAL. TABLES SHOWING THfc MONTHLY AVERAGES ANO MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS Of
SMOKE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE IN VARIOUS SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES AND TOWNS DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER
1474 TO SEPTEMBER 1976. STATISTICS ARE ALSO TABULATED SHOWING THE LONG-TERM TRENDS AT SAMPLING
SITES WHICH HAVE 3EEN IN OPERATION FOR OVER FOUR WINTER SEASONS. THE BODY OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES
METHODS UF MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATIONS OF SAMPLING SITES. AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS.
CONCLUSIONS SHOW 3OWNWAK3 L3NG-TERM TRENDS IN SMOKb AND SULFUR CNCENTRATIONS AT MOST SAMPLING
SITES.
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PAGt
AIR
SWEDEN
PM(D)
"HEALTH HAZARD^ EVCN WITH COAL AND OIL." SVfcNSKA DAGULAOET
EPA
SWEDISH 04/18/77 PGS 27 ID* 04O94A
THE NATIONAL. ENVIRONMENT PRLiTtCT I ON BOAHO HAS WARNED THAT AN INCREASE OF Oil. AND COAL
COMBUSTION IN SwtJfcS MAY HAVc SERIOUS HEALTH AND tNVI RONMENTAL CONStUUENCES. THt BOARD HAb
PRIMARILY STUOItO POLLUTION WHICH ORIGINATED IN SWEDEN IN RELATION To PRESENT PURIFICATION
METHODS. THE BOARD PREDICTS THAT IF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE REPLACED BY POWER PLANTS
USING COAL. SERIDJS HEALTH HAZARDS MAY OCCUR. EMISSIONS FROM CARS ALKLAOY MAK.E THE SITUATION
HIGHLY UNSATISFACTORY. ANO THE BOARD BELIEVES THAT I HE ADDITUNAL USE OF FOSSIL FUELS MAY EVEN
PRODUCE LUNG CANCER. IF OIL WERk USED AS A SUBSTITUTE. THE EMISSIONS OF NITRIC OXIDtS WOU.-D
DOUBLE. THE EMISSION OF MERCURY WOUuD BE THrtEE TIMES As HIGH. WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN
THE POLLUTION CF NUMEROUS LAKES.
SWEDEN
PM( A )
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN SWEDEN
00/00/77 PGS 1-444
TOXIC SUBS LAND USE
fcPA
ENGLISH
ALSO LHB. SE
^GENERAL SOLIDWASTE
ID* 04702A
SWEDEN
PM(B)
"CAR EXHAUST FUMES—POLLUTE MORE THAT INJSUTKY." SVENSKA OAGBLAOET
EPA
SWEDISH 05/18/77 PGS 5 IO« 04738A
THE NATIONAL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BUAHD HAS CONCLUDED AFTER SURVEYING 26 LARGER
MUNICIPALITIES THAT CAR EXHAUST FUMES CAUSE MORh AIR POLLUTION THAN 1>O INDUSTRY. HEATING Pi-ANTS.
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION. AND WASTE INCINERATORS COMBINet). IN MANY OF THE LOCATIONS INVESTIGATED.
THE STANDARD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EXHAUST LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED; FUR INSTANCE. IN GUTH=NBURG«
STOCKHOLM. KINGS3ACKA. UMEA. LUND. ESKILSTUNA. HARNOSANO. AND NORRKUPING. POLLUTION WAS MtASWREO
LOCALLY ON CERTAIN STREETS SO THIS DUES NOT MEAN THAI THESE CITIES ARE ENTIRELY POLLUTED* THE
OZONE LEVEL WAS ALSO MEASURED IN GOTHENBURG. STOCKHOLM. AND NORHKOP1NG. ACCORDING TO U.S.
SSTANDARDS. THE OZ3NE LEVELS IN STOCKHOLM AND NORRKOP1NG WERE WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. BUT IN
GOTHENBUR3 THESE «ERE EXCEEDED SEVERAL TIMES. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT EVEN IF EXHAUST STANDARDS
WERE TO BE STICTLY ENFORCED. IT MIGHT STILL NOT PREVENT AIR POLLUTION SINCE THE NUMBER UF CARS
IS CONTINUALLY INCREASING.
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PAGt
AIR
SWITZERLAND
PM(B)
GENERAL
CANADA
R8( )
"GASOLINE AND THE ENVIRONMENT." NEUE 2UERCHER ZEiTUNG
EPA
GERMAN OS/11/77 PCS 35 ID* 04757A
THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE FINAL REPORT OF A WORKING GROUP APPOINTED BY THE FEDERAL INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER REDUCING THE LEAD CONTENT OF GASOLINE IN
SWITZERLAND. STUDIED WERE TOXICOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LEAD. ASPECTS OF VEHICLE
ENGINE A^D REFINERY TECHNOLOGY* SUPPLY • PROFITABILITY AND TRADE POLICY. IN VIEW OF CURRENT
TECHNOLOGICAL LEVELS AND SWITZERLAND'S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN REFINERIES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT A
REDUCTION OF LEAD IN GASOLINE MUST OCCUR GRADUALLY AND IN HARMONY WITH SWITZERLAND'S MOST
IMPORTANT COUNTRIES OF SUPPLY. A RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF LEAD CAN MOST RtAOILY OCCUR
IN REGULAR GASOLINE. THE USE OF WHICH CAN BE PROMOTED BY PUBLICITY AND FAVORABLE PRICE. A
PROGRAM FOR THE REDUCTION OF LEAD IN GASOLINE IS PROPOSED WHICH WOULD LEAD TO UNLEADED REGULAR
GASOLINE IN 1986 AND UNLEADED SUPER GASOLINE BV 1990. CURRENTLY 0.4 PERCENT LEAD IS ALLOWED.
THE REDUCTION OF LEAD WOU-D REQUIRE INCREASED ADDITIVES TO PRESERVE ANTIKNOCK CHARACTERISTICS.
ETUDE NO. 14
LE CADRE JURID1QUE DE LA PARTICIPATION DU PUBLIC.... (LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CANADIAN WATER MANAGEMENT). SERIE OES SCIENCES SUCIALES.
MORLEY. C. G. EPA
FRENCH 00/00/76 PGS 1-68 ID* 04706A
ALSO SE
WATER
THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON TH= LEGAL BASES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THE. REPORT
EXAMINES THE BODY OF COMMON LAW. AS WELL AS FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION FOR SUCH LEGAL
GROUNDS. ITS FINDINGS INDICATE THAT THE CANADIAN LEGAL SYSTEM DUES NOT GUARANTEE THE CITIZEN A
RIGHT TO PARTICIA'TE IN PU3I.IC AND PRIVATE DECISIONS. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. WHICH ARE ALLOWED
BY COMMON LAW. CAN ONLY OCCUR AFTER THE FACT AND HAVE. THEREFORE. NOT PROVED EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR
PARTICIAPTION. THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ITS VIEWS DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS. BUT
THEY ARE -4OT CONSIDERED AN ADEQUATE FORUM FOR THE ASSERTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS. BASED ON
THESE FINDINGS AND ON A FJLLER DISCJSSION OF THEM. THE CENTRAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE REPORT IS
THAT EFFECTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BE ESTABLISHED BY LEGISLATION AS A LEGAL
RIGHT AND NO T AS A PRIVELEGE.
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GENERAL
CANADA
SEC >
AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC ITS FORMULATION AND IMPLICATIONS. CANADIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT NO. 2
MORSE. NORMAN H. tPA
ENGLISH 01/00/75 PCS 1-20 ID* 0469JA
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAPER IS TO FORMULATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC FOrf OUR TIME ANU TU
EXAMINE SOME OF ITS IMPLICATIONS. THE NEED FOR THIS MEM ETHIC IS POINTED OUT IN A SECTION WHICH
DISCUSSES THE ESCALATING ASSAULT BY MAN ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ETHIC
IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO A REVISION IN THE STANDARDS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR TOnARD MAN AND THE
LIVING WORLD. THE ETHIC WHICH IS FORMULATED IS AS FOLLOWS; "EVERY PERSON SHALL STRIVE To
PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE BEAUTIFUL EVERYWHERE HIS OR HER IMPACT IS FfcLT. AND TO MAINTAIN UR
INCREASE THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY 3F THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL." STRATEGIES THAT WILL
FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING. ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC ARE
DISCUSSED AND SOME COMMENTS ON THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE ARE INCLUDED. (A FRENCH TRANSLATION
OF THE REPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED.)
CANADA
ST< >
ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS. ENVIRONMENT CANADA
PLANNING AND FINANCE SERVICE REPORT NO. 3
EMMETT. BRIAN EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-71 ID* 04740A
THIS PAPER PRESENTS A BALANCED ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
APPLICATIONS 3F IM»UT-OUT?UT ANALYSIS BASED UPON A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE MODEL AND ITS
UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS. ENVIRONMENTAL EXTENSIONS OF INPUT-OUTPUT TECHNIQUES AME REPORTED TO
SHARE THE PROBLEMS OF TRADITIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS AND. IN ADDITION. TO HAVE MANY OF THEIR
OWN. TWO OF THE KAJOR PROBLEMS ARE THE NEED TO USE REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS IN ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE INPUT-OUTPUT FRAMEWORK FOR HANDLING ECOLOGICAL
INTERACTIONS. THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND THE
INSIGHT IT PR3VIDES INOT ECONOMIC-ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS MUST BE WEIGHTED AGAINST THE
RESTKICTIVENESS OF THE MODEL'S BASIC ASSUMPTIONS. N3 FINAL ASSESSMENT CAN BE MADE SOLELY ON
THEORETICAL GROUNDS. HOWEVER. THE VALUE OF THESE MODELS CAN ONLY BE ESTABLISHED BY THEIR
PERFORMANCE OVER TIME AS ANALYTICAL AND PREDICTIVE TOOLS.
CANADA
ST( I
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES JAMES BAY TERRITORY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
FISCAL YEAR OF 1975-1976
CANADA. ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH OO/OO/OO PGS 1-151 ID* 04756A
IN 1972. ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE SOCIETY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAMES BAY SIGNED AN
AGREEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT A JOINT FOJR-YEAR PROGRAM OF BIOPHYSICAL INVENTORIES
AND STUDIES. THESE STUDIES WERE AIMED AT PROVIDING A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR
ELEMENTS AND WERE DESIGNED TO PERMIT THE EVENTUAL ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THAT WERE
LIKELY TO RESULT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES. THE PURPOSE OF
THIS REPORT IS TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES AND INVENTORIES CARRIED
OUT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1975-76 UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT* AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE AN
INDICATION OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED TO DATE. THE STUDIES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES!
PROGRAMS OF A NATIONAL INTEREST AND PROGRAMS OF A MUTUAL AND PROVINCIAL INTEREST. INCLUDED IN THE
FIRST CATEGORY ARE PROJECTS DEALING WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT* HYDROGRAPHY AND
OCEANOGRAPHY. IN THE SECOND ARE PROJECTS ON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT AND SMALL FAUNA.
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GENERAL
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PH(B>
-ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY 3F EUR3PEAN INDUSTRY."
SCHUTZ. NO. 2
KABELITZ, KLAUS ROBERT
GERMAN 04/OO/77 PGS 172-175
UMWELT. FORSCHUNG. GESTALTUNG.
10*
fcPA
04704A
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(B)
IN DECEMBER 1976. THE UNION OF INDUSTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (UNICE) PRESENTED ITS
BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THESE PRINCIPLES ARE INTENDED TO APPLY TO THE
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN EUROPE. IN GENERAL. UNICE AGREES WITH THE
IDEAS EXPRESSED IN JUNE 1974 BY THE INTERNAITONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE DOCUMENT.
"ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES FOR WORLD INDUSTRY.- HOWEVER. CERTAIN POINTS ARE EXPANDED AND
DISCUSSED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS! 1) GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; 21 HARMONIZATION (OF
PROGRAMS AND POLICIES. LEGISLATION, AND PROCEDURES); 3) DESIDERATA REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL SYSTEMS; ») GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR EMISSIONS; &) THE COST UF MEASURES FOR POLLUTION
ABATEMENT; e> TECHNJLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; AND 7) COOPERATION WITH THE
AUTHORITIES.
•ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COOPERATION: EC-SWITZERLAND." NEUE ZJEKCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 06/1O/77 PGS 17 ID* 04766A
A THIRD MEETING OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS FROM SWITZERLAND ANU THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
NATIONS *AS HELD IN JUNE 1977 IN BURSSELS. PARTICIPANTS IN SPECIALIZED GROUPS ENGAGED IN
TECHNICALLY DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TUP1CS. AMONG THfc SUBJECTS
DISCUSSED WERE: DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND A FIRST ACCOUNTING OF THE CATASTROPE AT
SEVESO; THE PROBLEMS OF AUTO EXHAUSTS; AND EXPERIENCES WITH STATIONARY MEASURING NETWORKS AND THE
COMPARABILITY OF VARYING MONITUKING RESULTS. IN ADDITION. BOTH PARTIES TO THE DISCUSSIONS AGREED
TO COMPILE LISTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS BEING CONDUCTED BY PUBLIC ANU PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS IN OkDEK TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORT^ AND TO FACILITATE DIRECT CONTACTS BETWEEN
INSTITUTIONS WORKING ON SIMILAR PROJECTS. THE EC COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER A S»ISS REQUEST FOR
DIRECT ACCESS TO EC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE ON THE bASlS OF A
DOEC. 1975 SWISS-EC INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
ST( )
OISPQNIBIL ITE ET BESOINS FUTURS EN MINERAIS PHOSPHATES (FUTURE AVAILABILITY AND
NEEJS FOR PHOSPHATE ORES IN LIGHT OF THE AN1TPOLLJTION CAMPAIGN AND NEW POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS)
SLANSKY, M. EPA
FRENCH OO/00/77 PGS 1-66 ID* O4772A
THIS STUDY. UNDERTAKEN AT THE REQUEST OF T ht EC COMMISSION 'a OFUCL UF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSUMER PROTECTI3N. EXAMINES THE PRINCIPAL TYPES OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. THE LEVELS OF THE MAINTYPES OF PRODUCTION. AND EC PHOSPHATE CONSUMPTIUN. BOTH ON A
COMPREHENSIVE AND ON AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATE BASIS. THE USb OF PHOSPHATES IS ANALYZED BY
INDUSTR1A- SECTORS. AND THE PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION RELATED TO THLIR USE ARE DlsCUSSEU WITH KtSPECT
TO FUTURE DEMAND AND NE» TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES. A FINAL SECT1UN DEALS WITH P41C1NG AND
HLUCTUATION THEREIN ARISING HROM CHANGES IN PRODUCTION LEVELS. (THE FULL FkcNCH TlT^t ISJ
DISPONI8ILITE ET 3ESOINS FUTJRS EN MINERAIS PHOSPHATca COMPTE TENU ut LA LUTTE ANT1-POLLU11 ON ET
E NUUVELLES APPLICATIONS POSSIBLES.)
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GENERAL
FINLAND
LR1A )
FRANCE
LR(A)
"UNC.EAR HOW T3 PUNISH ENVIRONME NTAL DAMAGE." HuhVUDSTADSBLADET
EPA
SWEDISH 05/27/77 PCS 17 ID* 047IOA
THE FINNISH MINISTRY OF JUSTICt INDICATES. ACCORDING TU THIS ARTICLE. THAT THt PRESENT SYSTEM
UP INDEMNITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE NEEDS TO BE SCWJT1NIIED. A CLARIFICATION UP MHO IS IN
CHARGE OF COMPENSATION AND WHICH BENEFIT LOSSES SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AS WELL AS A BETTER SYSTEM
OF PROCESSING INDEMNITY O-AIMS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. WATER LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATION DEALING
WITH NEIGHBORS, BUTH OF WHICH COME UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICc. ARt U(-
PARTICU-AR INTB1EST. A SPECIAL COMMITTEE STUDYING THIS PROBLEM HAS ALREADY CONCLUDED THAT
PRESENT REGULATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME ARE INSUFFICIENT. IT FINDS THAT AN APPROPRIATE
PUNISHMENT MOULD INCLUDE RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT TU ITS EARLltk STAGE. SEVERAL NEW GUIDELINES
HAVE BEE* SUGGESTED AS A RESULT OF THE COMMITTEE'S WOAK BUT THE QUESTION. FOR INSTANCE. OF WHO
BEARS RESPONSIBILITY IN CASE OF Oil. POLLUTION REMAINS UNCLEAR. THE PROCESS OF REIMBURSEMENT
ALSO TAKES TOO LONG AT THE PRESENT TIME.
"JANUARY 10, 1977 CIRCULAR CONCERNING DEPARTMENT-LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL
MEETINGS." POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE. NO. 73
EPA
FRENCH 01/00/77 PGS 76 ID* U4770A
THIS CIRCULAR F4OM T-IE PRIME MINISTER TO FRENCH DEPARTMENT PREFfcCTS CALLS FOK THE INSTITUTION
OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT-LEVE- ENVIRONMENTAL MEETINGS Wl H THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING FRENCH CITIZENS TO
PARTICIPATE MORE DIRECTLY IN THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMETAT ION OF DECISIONS BEARING ON THEIR
ENVIRONMENT. TOWARD THAT GOAL. THE MEETINGS WOULD ASSEMBLE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS. AND VARIOUS EXPERTS, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT JFFICIALS. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE YEAR'S
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MOULD BE HKESbNTED BY THE PREFECT. THIS REVIEW WOULD SEEK TO SHOW
HOW A. CONCERN FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE HAD AFFECTED THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THIS OCCASION WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC THE PRINCIPAL
IMPACT STUDIES WHICH HAD BEEN CONDUCTED. A BROAD EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS
ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS WOULD GENERALLY BE MADE POSSIBLE. THE REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DELEGATE IS INSTRUCTED TO ASSIST IN THE: INSTITUTION OF THE MEETINGS.
FRANCE
St( )
"A LETTER OF MR. ANSQUER ON THE 1978 ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET."
PRESSE ENVIRONNEMENT . NO. 245
FRENCH
07/01/77 PGS QV4
ID*
fcPA
04764A
A LETTER OF FEBRUARY 23. 1977 FROM THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR THt QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE PRIME
MINISTER ON THE SU3JECT OF THE 1978 ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET WAS CITED IN THE FRENCH PRESS* THE
MINISTER IS REPORTED TU HAVE WRITTEN THAT. ACCORDING TO COMPLETED COMPUTATIONS. ENVIRONMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS. OTHER THAN THOSE PERTAINING TO RESEARCH. WOULD UNDERGO A THREE PERCENT REDUCTION.
PASSING FROM 276.5 MILLION TO 268 MILLION FRANCS. THE MINISTER FURTHER STATED THAT THE ADOPTION
OF SUCH A BUDGET WOULD BRING ABOUT A LOSS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND CREDIBILITY IN ALL ENVIRONMENTALLY
RELATED GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. FURTHERMORE. THE PROPOSED l«*7tt BUDGET WOULD NOT ONLY CURTAIL
NEW ENDEAVORS BUT WOULD EVEN HINDER THE CONTINUATION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. FINALLY. MR. ANSQUER
REQUESTED THAT THE MINISTRY BE DISASSOCIATED FROM FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION (TOTALING 113 MILLION
FRANCS) IN THE EC3_DGICALLY CONTESTED NAUSSAC AND VILLEREST DAMS.
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GENERAL
GERMANY.FED REP OF
PMC B)
GERMANY.FED REP DF
SEC )
"TWENTY YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
LERSNER. HEINRICH FREIHERR VON
GERMAN O5/00/77 PCS 266-267
WASScR. LUFT
10*
UNO BETfUEB
EPA
047S1A
THIS ARTICLE 3Y THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN THE PAST 20 YEARS. IN 1957. THE FEDERAL DIET PASSED THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC'S FIRST NATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT LAM. WHICH CAME INTO FORCE IN 1960. AIR AND
NOISE POLLUTION WERE REGULATED UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL CODE AND THE CIVIL CODE. ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS MERE DEALT WITH PRIMARILY BY HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES. AND POLLUTION PROBLEMS HERE
APPROACHED ON AN INDIVIDJAL MEDIUM (AIR. MATER. SOIL) BASIS MITHOUT REGARD TO CUMMULAT1VE EFFECTS
OF POLLUTANTS. TODAY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BECOME A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERN.
THE FEDERAu REPUBLIC HAS PASSED NUMEROUS SPECIALIZED ENVIRONMENTAL LAMS. SUCH AS THE FEDERAL
NUISANCES CONTROL LAW. THE AIRCRAFT NOISE LAW. AND THE MASTE REMOVAL LAM. PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS HAS ALSO GREATLY INCREASED. NEVERTHELESS. MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE; FOR EXAMPLE. NfcJI
PROBLEMS. SUCH AS THE DANGERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS. AWE CONTINUALLY BECOMING EVIDENT.
POSITIVE OEKONOMISCHE ASPEKTE DES UMWELTSCHUTZES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION). BERICHTE 3/77
MEISSNER. WERNER. AND ERICH HOEDL
GERMAN 00/00/77 PGS 1-140
(POSITIVE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF
ID*
EPA
04693A
THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED UNOEH CONTRACT TU THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY IN TriE FRAMEWORK.
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PLAN OF THE FEDERAL INTERIOR MINISTRY. THE AUTHORS APPROACH THE
PROBLEM ON A MACR3ECONOM1C LEVEL. ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION LEADS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
INVESTMENTS AND CONTINUING COSTS. «H1CH BECAUSE OF THE1H MULTIPLIER EFFECT. INFLUENCE ECONOMIC
GOALS AND STRUCTURAL DATA. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF INDIVIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL
COSTS LOSE MEANING IN THE MACROECONOM1C SENSE AND ARE MORE THAT COMPENSATED FOR BY POSITIVE
ECONOMIC EFFECTS. THE EXTENT TO WHICH GENERALLY ACCENTED ECONOMIC GOALS COULD 3E ENDANGERED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES IS ALSO INVESTIGATED. CHAPTERS DEAL WITH: THE BENEFIT SIDE OF THE
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS! DETERMINATION OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THROUGH
SOCIAL INDICATORS; TPTA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; AND A CATALOG OF CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES
DISCUSSED.
GERMANY,FED REP Or
SE( )
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH—CONFLICT OR OPPORTUNITY?
INTER NATI ONES SONDER)IENST SO 3-77 (E)
KEIM. WALT HER EPA
ENGLISH 03/00/77 PGS 1-22 ID* 04696A
ALSO PMB
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COVERS A MIDE AREA FROM REGIONAL PLANNING TO NU1SE ABATEMENT.
SINCE 1971. THE FEJERAL AND LAND GOVERNMENTS HAVE DEVELOPED A VARIETY OF LAWS TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. FOR EXAMPLE. THE FEDERAL REFUSE DISPOSAL LAW. THE GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO ITS
BELIEF THAT THE POLLUTER SHOULD PAY THE COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP. WITH THIS IN MIND.
SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARE BEING TACKLED AT THE LAND AND NATIONAL LEVELS. INCLUDING
THE PROVISION OF PURE WATER. REGULATION OF REFUSE DISPOSAL AND PROMOTION UF RECYCLING. THE
PROTECTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND THE REDUCTION OF NCISE THROUGH RESEARC AND TECHNOLOGY. THE DEBATE
ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY CONTINUES. IT IS FELT THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ARE NOT CONTRADICTORY GOALS. GROWTH IN AN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY. SUCH AS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC.
MUST BE B3TH QUANTITATIVE AND (QUALITATIVE. AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS IS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THIS REGARD SHOULD BE PROMOTED.
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INDIA
PM(8)
"ECOLOGY AN) ENVIRONMENT OF URBAN AREAS.*1 SCAVENGER. VOL. 7. NO. 1
GHOSE. SANKAR tPA
ENGLISH 01/00/77 PGS 16-23 ID* O4759A
ALSO SE
THIS ARTICLE. PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOC1ETV FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. REPRINTS
A SPEECH MADE BY THE INDIAN MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING AT THE SEMINAR ON ECOLOGY AND
ENVIRONMENT IN URBAN AREAS. HELD BV THE INDIAN WARCHANT'S CHAMBER IN BOMBAY ON JANUARV 6. IV77.
IT SUMMARIZES THE CHANGING CONCEPTS OF MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO NATURE AND THE GROWING AWARENESS OF
THE NEED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS REGARD. IT REVIEWS WHAT IS BEING DONE IN INDIA TU
MAKE UR3AN AREAS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH ECOLOGICAL AND HUMA NEEDS. CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. COSTS AND
PROGRAMS ARE LISTED WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY. IN STATE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PLANS. AND IN THE FIFTH NATIONAL PALAN 13 CONTEND WITH THfc PROBLEMS OF POPULATION
GROWTH. URBAN IMMIGRATION. URBAN SPRAWL. INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION. HOUSING SHORTAGES. WATER SUPPLY.
SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT THE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF
INDIA REQUIRE INDIGENOUS SOLUTIONS WHICH EQUALLY CONSIDER ALL NATIONAL PRIORITIES.
INDIA
ST( )
NEERi: ANNJAL REPORT 1975
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-72 ID*
ALSO SE
EPA
04747A
THIS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NLEKI> PROVIDES
AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE YEAR 1975. AN ORGANISATIONAL CHART ANO A
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR ARE FOLLOWED 6V A SUMMARY OF COMPLETED AND CONTINUING RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH OF THE RESEARCH DIVISIONS AT HEADQUARTERS AND WITHIN EIGHT ZONAL
LABORATORIES. RESEARCH ENCOMPASSES AREAS OF AIR POLLUTION. INDUSTRIAL WASTES. SEWAGE SOLID
WASTES AND WATER. OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE INCLUDE CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO VARIOUS
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; SYMPOSIA AND SEMINARS! TRAINING. INFORMATION. LIBRARY ANU
EXTENSION SERVICES; AND A WORKSHOP FOR THE PRODUCTION of NECESSARY RESEARCH AND MAINTENANCE
EQUIPMENT. FURTHER ENUMERATED OR SUMMARIZED ARE PUBLICATIONS ANO SPECIAL REPORTS! COMMERCIAL
EXPLOITATION DF KNOW-HOW; BUDGET ALLOCATIONS; PILOT PLANTS IN OPERATION! AND PERSONNEL.
JAPAN
PM(8 )
"PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS IN JAPAN: A PROPOSAL
OF -5GAL 3OLICV." EARTH LAW JOURNAL. VOL. Z, NO. 3
YAMAMURA. TSUNETOSHI EPA
ENGLISH 08/00/76 PGS 255-271 ID* 047SOA
ALSO LRB
AFTER DISCUSSING THE CURRENT LACK OF EFFECTIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ANALYSIS (EIA) IN JAPAN. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE PRESENT OPERATIONS. TRENDS. AND
WEAKNESS OF EIA AS IT IS PRACTICED IN THAT COUNTRY. ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION DUE TO ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT JUSTIFIES THE USE OF EIA IN JAPAN. THE ARTICLE THERE EXPLAINS JAPAN'S
PRESENT EIA PROCESSAS IT RELATES TO POLLUTION CONTROL PLANS AND LAWS. CABINET AGREEMENT. AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE. SOME SAMPLES OF THE PRESENT EIA PROCESS APPLIED TO DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN ARE GIVEN. AND SOME ESSENTIAL POINTS AND DESIRABLE FEATURES OF A SUITABLE EIA
PROCESS FOR JAPAN ARE OUTLINED. A PROPOSAL FOR AN EIA SYSTEM FROM AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE IS ALSO GIVEN.
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GENERAL
SWEDEN
PM(A)
ENVIRONMENTAL. POLICY IN SWEDEN
00/00/77 PCS 1-444
LAND USE AIR
EPA
ENGLISM
ALSO LRB. SE
SOLIDWASTE TOXIC SUBS
ID* 04702A
THIS BOOKLET MAS PUBLISHED BY THE ORGANIZATION FO4 ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
IN AN EFrORT TO REVIEW THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYt ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. FROM THIS REVIEW AND CONTRIBJTIONS MADE BY OTHER COUNTRIES. A FEW
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ISSUES WILL BE IDENTIFIED WHICH CAN BE USEFULLY COMPARED INTERNATIONALLY.
CHAPTERS COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT AND RELATED LEGISLATION; THE
ACT ON PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS TO MAN AND TO THE ENVICONMENTi NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLANNING IN SWEDEN;
PRINCIPA. GUIDB.INES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SWEDISH EXPERIENCE OF TRADE
PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES OF SWEDEN AND OTHER OECD COUNTRIES; RECENT
LEGISLATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PERTAINING TO SULFUR AND SOLID WASTES; AND EMPLOYMENT
EFFECTS OF THE SWEDISH SCHEME FOR SUBSIDIZATION OF EMISSION CONTROL INVESTMENTS.
UNITED NATIONS
PMtA)
"DIFFICULTIES WITH GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION." NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 05/26/77 PCS 5 ID* 04761A
THIS ARTICLE DEFENDS ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) AFTER
SUMMARIZING CERTAIN CRITICISMS LEVELED AGAINST THE URBANIZATION. CRITICS HAVE FOUND BOTH ONEH'S
BUDGET AND STAFF LEVELS TOO HIGH AND HAVE LABELEDITS ACTIVITIES TOU AMBITIOUS AND INEFFECTIVE.
OTHER UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RESENTED WHAT THEY REGARD AS UNEP INTERFERENCE IN
THEIR ACTIVITIES. IN RESPONSE. UNEP'S ACTING GENERAL DIRECTOR STATES THAT THE INCREASED BUDGET
SIMPLY KEEPS PACd WITH INFLATION AND THAT THE STAFF WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE MUCH LARGER IF
UNEP WERE REPRESENTED IN ALL ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS FALLING WITHIN THL PURVIEW OF THE UNITED
NATIONS. UNEP IS CONDUCTING MANY JSEFUL PROGRAMS IN THE THIRD WORLD TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF
THE ENVIRONMENT I-RQM ACCOMPANYING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION. MANY UNEP-SPONSORED
CONFERENCES PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND COORDINATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. THE
RECENT CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN IS CITED AS A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE.
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LAND USE
INTERNATIONAL
LR(B»
"URBAN LAND USE CONTR3LS IN ASIA AND THE FAR fcAST: LEGAL AMU ADMI NlSTRATIVE
FRAMEWORK." EARTH LAW JOURNAL. VOL. 2. NO. 2
SHAH, S.M. EPA
ENGLISH 05/OO/76 PGS 111-119 1D« 04717A
ALSO PMB AND St
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THt PROBLEMS OF URBAN LAND USE CONTROL IN ASIA AND NUTtb IHfc. MEASURES
• HIGH HAVE BEEN TAKtN OR NEED TO BE TAKtN TO RESULVE THE.Sk PROButMS. AMONG THE FACTORS
PREVENTING EFFECTIVE LAN3 USE MANAGEMENT ARE HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES. POOR FANNING MfcTHOUS.
HIGH URBAN GROWTH RATES. UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN POPULATIONS. URBAN ENCROACHMENT. ACUTE
HOUSING CONGESTIONS. HIGH URUAN LAND VALUES. AND INTtNSt LAND SPECULATION. SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES
HAVE TA METHODS OF EXPROPRIATION AND COMPENSATION OF LAND. VARIOUS NEW CONCEPTS OF URBAN
DEVELOPMENT CAN UE SEEN REUUIRING THE RATIONAL. DEVELOPMENT OF LAND AS A DUTY RATHER THAN A R16HT
OF THE INDIVIDUAL. AMONG THE COUNTRIES REVIEWED TO VARIOUS DEGREES FOR URBAN LAND POLICIES ARE
FRANCE. GERMANY. ITALY. NETHERLANDS. SPAIN. SWEDEN. JENMARK. UNITED KINGDOM. INDIA. INDONESIA.
SINGAPORE. VENEZUELA. CHILE. URUGUAY. SWITZERLAND. JAPAN. SRI-LANKA. SYRIA. BELGIUM AND KOREA.
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13
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN SWEDEN
ENGLISH 00/OO/77 PCS 1-44*
ALSO LRB. SE
•GENERAL SOLIOHASTE T3XIC SUBS AIR
EPA
IO* 047O2A
SWEDEN
PMCB)
•PROJECT HJARTFJALLET (OBSTRUCTION OF COUNTRYSIDE. FUTURE OF LAPLAND AREA
OUTLINED)." SVENSKA DAGBLAOET
EPA
SWEDISH 04/06/77 PGS 3 ID* 04731A
ALSO SE
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOKKMOKK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SWEDEN. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT
BY 1981 HALF OF THE PRESENT POPULATION. THAT IS 3.SOO PEOPLE. WILL HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE OF LACK
MPLOYMENT. THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROPOSED POWER STATION DEVELOPED. THIS
PROJECT WOULD. HOWEVER. ALSO INVOLVE SITOJAURE AND SITOETNO. TWO BODIES OF MATER WHICH HAVE SEEN
PLACED IN THE HIGHEST PROTECTION CLASSIFICATION BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF THE AREA'S UNIQUE
VALUE FOR NATURE PROTECTION. RECREATION. SCIENCE. CULTURE. AND REINDEER MANAGEMENT. IF A PUwEK
STATION «ERE BUILT; WATER WOULD FLOOD HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF VALUABLE LAND IN SAREK NATIONAL
PARK; PART OF 'KUNGSLEDEN*. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST FAMOUS HIKING TRAILS. WOULD BE DESTROYED;
FAUNA WOULD BE DAMAGED; CULTURAL LANDMARKS WOULD BE LOST; AND THE LIFESTYLE OF MANY i_APPS WUULD
BE DISTURBED. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT OTHER ALTERNATIVE MUST BE EXPLORED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT
FOR THE PEOPLE UF JOKKMOKK. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE IS INCLUDED.
VENEZUELA
PM(B)
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST USE AND PRESERVATION. A STUDY OF PROBLEMS AND PRACTICES
IN VENEZUELA. SIERRA CLUB SPECIAL PUBLICATION. INTERNATIONAL SfcKIES NO. 4
HAMILTON. LAWRENCE S. EPA
ENGLISH 03/00/76 PGS 1-100 ID* 04746A
IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL CONCERN OVER THE RAPID DESTRUCTION OF TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS. THIS
REPORT. PREPARED BY THE JNITED STATES SIERRA CLUB UNJER CONTRACT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENI
PROGRAM. EXAMINES THE PROBLEMS AND PRACTICES RELATING TO RAIN FOREST USE AND CONSERVATION IN
VENEZUELA WITH A VIEW TOWARDS IDENTIFYING THOSE ASPECTS OF RAIN FOREST CONCERN WHICH ARE COMMON
TO ALL TROPICAL REGIONS AS WELL AS THOSE WHICH ARE UNIQUE TO VENEZUELA. BASED ON A TWO-YEAk
STUDY AND ON INFORMATION DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. THE REPORT ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT A CONSENSUS
OF OPINION ON RAIM FOREST CONSERVATIONAND MANAGEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY VENEZUELAN DECISION
MAKERS. SPECIFIC CHAPTERS OF THE REPORT INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION. RECOMMENDATIONS APPLICABLE TO
OTHER COUNTRIES. THE DISPOSITION OF VENEZUELA'S RAIN FOREST. NATIONAL PARKS. RAIN FOREST WluDLlFE.
RAIN FOREST NATIVE PEOPLES. AND A SUMMARY AND COMMENTS ON THE VENEZUELA STUDY. SEVERAL SUPPORTIVE
APPENDIXES AND MAPS ARE INCLUDED.
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14
NOISE
GERMANY,FED RfcP OF
LRIBI
"BUILDER MUST TAKE N3ISE PROTECTION INTO ACCOUNT."
GERMAN
04/00/76 PGS 62-53
KAMPF OEM LAERM
EPA
U4771A
ACCORDING TO A MULING OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT. A BUILDER MHO CONSTRUCTS HOUSES ON SUES
PAKTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO NOISE MUST TAKE SOUNDPROOFING MEASURES, hVEN IF THIS IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY STIPULATEO IN THE CONTRACT. THE BUILDER IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIUt A MANNER UF
CONSTRUCTION THAT DEFLECTS STREET MO ISE TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT WITHIN REASONABLE COiT
LIMITS. IN THE CASE CITED. THE PLAINTIFF CONTRACTED FOR A HOUSE TO BE BUILT 50 MtTERS FhUM A
HIGHWAY THEN IN CONSTRUCTION. HE INQUIRED AND WAS RbASSURED ABOUT POSSIBLE NOISE DISTURBANCES.
WWHEN THE HIGHWAY OPENED TO TRAFFIC. NOISE LEVELS IN THE HOUSE NEVERTHELESS EXCEEDED MAXIMUM
PERMISSIBLE LEVELS. THE PLAINTIFF SUED AND WAS AWARDED BY THE COURT THE COSTS FOR
SOUNDPROQFING IN EXCESS OF THOSE TriAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCURRED HAD IT BEEN DONE AT THfc TIMt OF
CONSTRUCTION. THE COURT RJLED THAT IT WAS PART OF THE BUILDER'S BUSINESS TU HAVE OR TO ACUU1RE
KNOWLEDGE OF POSSIBLE NOISE NUISANCE AND TO OFFER THE BUYER THE OPTION OF SOUNDPROOFING.
GERMANY.FEU REP OF
ST( )
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAMME.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV TR-1230
GERMANY.FED OF. MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-31 ID* 04734A
ALSO PMB
•SOLID WASTE WATER AIR
1NTERNATIQNAL
ST( )
BOOKS ON AIR POLLUTION. NOISE AND SOLID WASTES
NAT>L. CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
ENGLISH 09/10/76 PGS 1-151 ID*
ALSO PMB. LRB
*AIR SOLID WASTE
EPA
04700A
PESTICIDES
SWEDEN
LR(A)
"APRIL 28. 1977 ORDER N3 . 246 TO AMEND THE ROYAL ORDINANCE 11973:334) ON PRODUCTS
HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT." SVENSK FORFATTNINGSSAMLING 19771246
EPA
SWEDISH OS/17/77 PGS 1 ID* 02699J
THIS ORDER AMENDS PARAGRAPH 27. SECTIONS 2 AND 3. OF THE ROYAL ORDINANCE (1973:334)
ON PRODUCTS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THESE SECTIONS STIPULATE THAT PESTICIDES
MAY NOT BE REGISTERED IF THE SUBSTANCE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INSECT CONTROL DUE TO LACK UF
EFFICIENCY; IF THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT COULD BE MISUNDERSTOOD IN CONNECTION WITH ITS COMPOSITION.
EFFECT. OR QUALITY; IF IT COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR ANOTHER PESTICIDE; UR IF THE PRODUCT CONTAINS
2.4.5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID (2.4.5 -T) . ITS DERVIVATIVES OR SALTS. II- ANY OF THESE
SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OLDER REGULATIONS. THEY ARE NOW PROHIBITED.
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RADIATION
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
FINLANO
PM(B)
"ZWENTENDORF BECOMES VIENNA'S ATOMIC VEXATION." FRANKFURTER ALLENGEMEINE
ZEITUNG
KONITZER. HANNI EPA
GERMAN OS/23/77 PGS 1U ID* 04742A
THIS ARTICLE *EVlEwS DISPUTES IN AUSTRIA'S RULING SOCIALIST PARTV REGARDING THE USE OF NUCLEAR
ENERGY. THE COUNTRY'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER Pi_ANT. LOCATED IN ZWENTENDORF. IS NEAKI NO COMPLETION.
BUT THERi IS DEBATE AS TO WHETHER IT WILL BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE. FEDERAL CHANCELLOR KREI SK.Y
HAS SAID THAT HIS CHIEF CONCERN IS THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTES. PARTY OPPONENTS Of- SUCH
PLANTS EMPHASIZE DOUBTS ABOJT THEIR SAFETY AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH. PROPONENTS POINT TO
ENERGY NEEDS AND THE EXISTENCE OF A NEARBY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN CAECHOSLOVAKI A. THE QUESTION
OF ZWENTENDORF KILL PROBABLY COME BEFORE THE AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT BEFORE SUMMER. BUT THE
GOVERNMENT MI3HT POSTPONE THE OPENING OF THE PLANT UNTIL AFTER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN 1979.
ANOTHER ARTIC-E DATED JUNE 25. 1977 STATES THAT SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERSHIP MAY RECOMMEND ALLOWING
ZWENTENDORF TO OPERATE BUT NOT GRANTING ANOTHER FURT-IER CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR NUCLEAR PUWER
PLANTS IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
••NUCLEAR HASTE w ILL BE STORED FOR A LONG TIME." -IUF VUOSTADSBLAUE T
EPA
SWEDISH 04/06/77 PGS 1. 18 ID* 04718A
FINNISH NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ARE PREPARED TO STORE THEIR RADIOACTIVE WASTES FOR A LUNG TIME.
ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE. THE WASTE COULD LATER BE PROCESSED ABROAD AND RETURNED TO FINLAND
ALTHOUGH NO SUCH 3LANS EXIST AT THE PRESENT TIME. CURRENTLY. USED FUEL FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IN LOVISA IS NO PROCESSED IN FINLAND BUT SHIPPED TO THE SOVIET UNION. A MUDEL HAS BcbN SET
UP UN THE INITIATIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY WHICH SUGGESTS THAT POWER PLANTS WOULD
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HANDLING OF NUCLEAR WASTE AS L.ONG AS IT REMAINED ON THEIR PREMISES.
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, NOT YET IN EXISTENCE. WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOK THE TRANSPORTATION,
PROCESSING. A •JO FINAL DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE. THE COMPETENCE AND DEPANDAB1LITY OF SUCH
AN ORGANZATION WOULD BE OF JTMOST IMPORTANCE.
FRANCE
LR( A)
"FEBRUARY 12. 1973 UECRiS NO. 73-136 IMPLEMENTING THE LAW OF- AUGUST 1. 1905
ON THE PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT PRACTICES.» JOURNAL OFFICIEL
EPA
FRENCH 02/15/73 PGS 1726-30 ID* 04754A
THIS DECREE WAS ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN IMPLEMENTATION UF THE AUGUST 1. 190£> LAW ON
THE PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO CHEMICALS IN HUMAN FOOD AND MATERIALS
AND OBJECTS COMING INTO CONTACT WITH FOODS. PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES INTENDED FOK HUMAN ANU ANIMAL
CONSUMPTION. AS WELL AS PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS USED IN THE CLEANSING OF SUCH MATERIALS AND
OBJECTS. THE DECREE PROVIDES IN PARTICULAR THAT COMPONENTS. MATERIALS AND OBJECTS WHICH WILL
COME INTO CONTACT WITH FOODS. PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES FOR HUMAN CUNSUMPT1ON MAY BE SUBMITTED IU
ICNIZINU RADIATIUN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND LIMITS DETERMINED BY THE
REGULATIONS I <4 FO)Cb. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO CLEANSING PROCESSES FOR SUCH MATERIALS AND OBJECTS.
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RADIATION
FRANCE
LK( A)
SCANO(NAVIA
PM(ES)
"JULY 29. 197* ORDER UN TELEliAMMATHERAPY DEVICES." JUURNAL OFFICIEL
EPA
FRENCH OU/13/77 PGS aSIS ID* 047t>5A
THIS ORDER. ISSUED BY THE MINISTER Ut= HEALTH. EMPOWERS OFFICIALS OF THE CENTRAL SEfcVl Ct FOR
PROTECTION FROM IONIZING RADIATION (SCPRI) TO DETERMINE WHETHER A TELEGAMMATHERAPY DEVICE IS
BEING USED ILuEGALi-Y OR WHETHER IT IS BEING MISUSED. SHOULD THtY ESTABLISH THAT THt LICLNit f-OR
THE USE OF A TELEGAMMATHERAPY SOURCE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN OR HAS LAPSED, SCPRi OFFICIALS MAY SEAL
THt FACILITY TO PROHIBIT ITS FURTHER USE. THE GENERA. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE HEAD OF iCPRJ
ARE CHAR3E0 WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDER.
"THE NORDIC COUNCIL ON NUCLEAR POWER THE HASTE RISK MUST bt ELIMINATED."
HUF VUDSTAD SBLADE T
EPA
SWEDISH 04/03/77 PGS 12 ID* 04719A
THE NORDIC COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED THE HANDLING Of- NUCLEAR WASTE AS A RESULT OF THc RAPID
hXPANSIDM OF NUCLEAR POWER IN FINLAND AND SWtiOEN. TWO CATEGORIES OF WASTE ARE RECUGNIZtu IN THIS
CONTEXT: WASTE RESULTING FROM REACTOR OPERATIONS. AND WASTE RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF
IRRADIATED REACTOR FUEL TO BE USED FOR URANIUM. THE FIRST CATEGORY CONSISTS OF LUW AND MEDIUM
ACTIVATED WASTE. AND THE NORDIC COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AGREED TU COOPERATE CONCERNING ITS TREATMENT.
HIGHLY ACTIVATED WASTE. I.E. THE SECOND CATEGORY. WI_L BE A PROBLEM IN SCANDINAVIA AT THE EARLIEST
BY 1990. THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD IS UP UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND ALSO
URGES NORDIC COOPERATION *HEN SOLVING HANDLING AND STORAGE PROBLEMS INVOLVING NUCLEAR WASTE.
SINCE NORWAY HAS NOT YET DECIDED IF NUCLEAR POWER WILL BE AUTHORIZED WITHIN ITS BORDERS. IT HAS
VOICED CERTAIN RESERVATIONS ABOUT FORMALIZING. FURTHER COOPERATION ON THIS SUBJECT AT THE PKtStNT
TIME,
SWEDEN
LR(AI
"APRIL 21. 1977 LAW NO. 140 CONCERNING SPECIAL PERMISSION TO SUPPLY NUCLEAR
REACTORS KITH NJCLEAR FUEL. ETC." SVENSK FORFAT TNI NGSSAMLING 1977J140
EPA
SWEDISH 05/03/77 PGS 1-2 ID* 04695A
THIS LAW STIPJLATES THAT A GOVERNMENT PERMIT MUST BE ISSUED FOR THE SUPPLY OF NUCLEAK FUEL
TO NUCLEAR REACTORS WHICH WERE NOT SUPPLIED WITH THIS TYPb Of FJEL PRIOR TO OCTOBER 6. 197t>. EVEN
THOUGH PERMISSION MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH TWO OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY LAW
(1956:306). THE OWNER OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR MUST OBTAIN A CONTRACT GUARANTEEING THE PROCESSING
AS WELL AS THE FINAL STORAGE AREA 3F THE HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR WASTE OR MUST DEDICATE A
SAFE STORAGE AREA FOR NON-PROCESSED NUCLEAR WASTE. IF THE REJECTION OF A PERMIT APPLICATION
REPEALS A FORMER APPROVAL ISSUED ACCORDING TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY LAW. WHICH IN TURN RESULTS IN
FINANCIAL LOSS FUR THE OWNER. HE MAY RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR THIS LOSS. DELIBERATE VIOLATION
OF THIS LAW WILL RESULT IN FINES OR A MAXIMUM PRISON TEkM OF TWO YEARS.
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17
RADIATION
SWEDEN
PMIB1
"BARSEBACK II HAS REAC-iED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PROCESSING OF NUCLEAR HASTE."
SVENSKA DAGBLADET
EPA
SWEDISH 04/23/77 PCS 4 ID* O4703A
ALSO LRB
THE SWEDISH COMPANY SYDKRAFT REPORTS THAT A CONTRACT* VALID UNTIL 1979. HAS BEEN WORKED OUT
HITH THE FRENCH FIRM CO6ENA TO PROCsSS BETWEEN 25-30 TONS OF NUCLEAR WASTE EACH FROM THE REACTORS
BARSEBACK II AN> RINGHALS III AT A PRICE OF 80 MILLION KRONOR. IT IS PROJECTED THAT THE WASTE
WILL BE RETURNED TO SWEDEN EMBEDDED IN GLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PENDING FRENCH SAFETY STANDARDS
SOMETIME BETWEEN 1985 AND 1990. SWEDISH LAW (APRIL 21. 1977 LAW NO. 140 CONCERNING SPECIAL
PERMISSION TO SUPPLY NUCLEAR REACTORS WITH NUCLEAR FUEL* ETC.* STATES THAT PLANS FOR SAFE.
PROCESSING. HANDLING. AND FINAL DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT. A
CONTRACT FOR THE PROCESSING OF NUCLEAR WASTE AFTER 1979 IS UNDER NEGOTIATION BETWEEN SKBF
(SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY) AND UNITED PROCESSORS. AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO
ESTABLISH A PERMANENT STORASE AREA FOR WASTE FROM THE FIVE REACTORS ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE
GOVERNMENT CHANGEOVER IN 1976.
SWITZERLAND
PM(BI
"PR3TECTI3N OF LIVESTOCK ANi> A3RICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN CASE OF REACTOR
ACCIDENTS." NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
EPA
GERMAN 06/02/77 PGS 19 ID* 04768A
THE FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR MONITORING RADIOACTIVITY (KUER) IN SWITZERLAND HAS DEVELOPED
MEASURES TO PROTECT LIVESTOCK AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING
NUCLEAR REACTDRS. THE PJBLIC WOULJ BE WARNED OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EMERGENCY* AND IN MOST
CASES. FARMERS WOULD HAVE TIME TO DRIVE CATTLE INTO STALLS WHERE THEIR EXPOSURE TO
RADIATION WOULD BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF3-5. TO AVOID CONTAMINATION FROM GRAZING LAND. CATTLE
WOULD HAVE TO BE FED FROM STORED FEED SUPPLIES FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS. FOLLOWED BY THE USE OF
FEEDSTUFFS FROM UNAFFECTED NEIGHBORING AREAS. WATER FROM PUBLIC SUPPLIES WOULD Bt UNCONTAMI MATED.
CROPS MIGHT HAVE TO BE DESTROYED IS THE WORST IMAGINABLE SITUATION. BUT IN MUST CASES.
RADIOACTIVITY WOULD DECREASE SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW THE SAFE USE OF SUCH END PRODUCTS AS MEAL AND
DAIRY GDODS. ALL SUCH PRODUCTS WOULD BE MONITORED BEFORE USE THE SAFETY OF OTHEK AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS WOULD BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING RADIOACTIVITY IN REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES.
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RADIATION
WHO
ST( )
SOLID WASTE
DENMARK
LR(A >
WHOLESOMENESS OF IRRADIATED FOOD. TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES 604
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PliS 1-44 ID* O4715A
THE REDUCTION OP FOOD LOSS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE EFFORT TO MEET THE NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF
THE WORuD'S EXPANDING POPJLATION. IT IS USUALLY MINIMIZED 8V HE USE OF CHEMICALS. BUT IHtSE HAVE
PROVED TO BE A SOURCE OF HAZARD. INCREASING ATTENTION HAS THEREFORE BEEN PAID TO THE USE OF
IRRADIATION WITH 3AMMA-RAVS OF FAST ELECTRONS FO* FOCJL> PROTECTION AND TO DETERMINE THE
WHOLSQMENESS OF SUCH FOOD. THIS REPORT REVIEWS THE ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE ANO THt DATA THAT HAVE
BECOME AVAILABLE DURING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS; RADIATION
CHEMISTRY; THE NUTRITIONAL. MICROBIOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLUGICAL ASPECTS; AND THE METHOD OF
EVALUATION IS PRESENTED. A NUMBER OF FOOD ITEMS ARE EVALUATED Uk RE-EVALUATED. SUGGESTED
TOPICS F3R FUTURE RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES ARE. INCLUDED.
•MARCri 17. 1976 ORDER NO. 131 ON CHEMICAL WASTE." LOVTIDENDE FOR KUNGtRIGET
DANMARK. PART A. NO. XVII
EPA
DANISH 03/27/76 PCS 320-324 ID* Ol44bb
*WATER AIR TOXIC SUBS
GERMANY.FED REP OF
PM( )
SEISPIELE AUS OER PKAXIS DER ABLAGERUNG VON SOWERABFAELLEN IN DER BKO
(EXAMPLES FRO<4 GENERAL PRACTICE OF THE DEPOSIT OF SPECIAL WASTES IN THE FRG>. bERICHTE 2/77
WIEDcMANN. H. U. EPA
GERMAN 00/00/77 PCS 1-60 ID* 04692A
ALSO ST
THIS REPORT* PUBLISHED BY THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCYt REVIEWS THE PRACTICES REGARDING
THE DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL WASTES IN TrIE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY SEVERAL YEARS AFTER PASSAGE OF
THE FEDERAL WASTE DISPOSAL LAW. THIS is DONE BY PRESENTING NUMEROUS EXAMPLE. OFTEN IN
CONSIOEMABLE DETAIL. FROM CURRENT TECHNICAL LITERATURE. IN PARTICULAR. CHAPTERS DtAL WITH
REMOVAL Of LIQUID AND SLIMY WASTES AT TEFUSk DUMPS; STORAGE OF SLUDGES CONTAINING METAL IN
MONO-DUMPS; SPECIAL WASTE OJMPS WITHOUT WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES; SPECIAL WASTE DUMPS WITH
FILIATED WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES; AND DISPOSAL OF LIQUID SLUDGES IN SLUDGE BEDS.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DRAWN FROM THE REVIEW. WHICH MAY BE USEFUL IN PLANNING NtW
DUMPS AND IN EVALUATING EXISTING ONES. FINA_LV A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PRESENTED TO ALLOW
ADDITIONAL STUDY OF THE PROBLEM.
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SOLID WASTE
GERMANY.FED RtP OF
PHI a I
GERMANY.FED REP OF
ST( I
"CRITICISM OF THE HASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM." UMWELT: FORSCHUNG. GESTALTUNG.
SCHUTZ. NO. 2
EPA
GERMAN 04/00/77 PGS 138-139 ID* 0473SA
THE FEDERATION OF GERMAN INDUSTRIES (8DI)AGREES FOR THE MOST PART WITH THE GOALS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S 197S WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 3UT DISAGREES WITH SOME OF THE PROPOSED
MEASURES TO ACCOMPLISH THEM. IN GENERAL THE PRCGRAM WILL ATTEMPT TO REDUCE HASTE. PROMOTE
RECYCLING. AND REVIEW PRODUCTION AND USE PRACTICES IN REGARD TO MATERIALS. AMONG THE GOVERNMENT'S
SUGGESTIONS TO ACHIEVE THESE ENDS ARE: A DIALOGUE WITH INDUSTRY. SYSTEMATIC PLANNING THAT MIGHT'
INCLUDE A CERTAIN STANDARDIZATION OF PRODUCTS. AND THE POSSIBLE RESTRICTION OR PROHIBITION OF
CERTAIN PRODUCTION PROCESSES OR PRODUCTS. THE FEDERATION FEELS THAT HASTE MANAGEMENT
SHCULD BE REGARDED AS A PART OF THE LARGER PROBLEM OF RAW MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND THAT ECONOMIC
FACTORS NOT BE OVERLOOKED. IT FEELS THAT THE GOVERNMENT TENDS TO PLACE TOO LITTLE FAITH IN THE
COMPETITIVE MARKET SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO SOLVE THE HASTE PROBLEM ANO THAT INCREASED REGULATION IS
NOT THE ANSWER. GREATER SUPPORT OF INDUSTRY'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE MORE PRODUCTIVE.
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAMME.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV TR-I230
GERMANY.FED OF. MINISTRY OF RESEARCH ANO TECHNOLOGY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-31 ID* 04734A
ALSO PMB
WATER AIR NOISE
THIS TRANSLATION OF AN EXTRACT FROM THE BOOKLET ON MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING DEALS WITH WA^TE
DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY, DEFINE AS THAT AREA OF TECHNOLOGY CONCERNED WITH ELIMINATING
THE NEGATIVE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ITSELF. THE EXTRACT TREATS SOLIDS WASTE! WASTE
HEAT AND WASTEHATER! AIR POLLUTION! ANO NOISE AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS THAT IT CAUSES.
DATA ARE PROVIDED ON THE PRESENT WASTE ACCUMULATION/POLLUTION LEVELS. AND A DESCRIPTION OF THt
PRESENT STATUS OF WASTE DISPOSAL ENGINEERING IS GIVEN. FROM THIS BACKGROUND. MEASURES Akt
DERIVED FOR IMPROVING WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY AT THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING LEVEL.
INDIA
PM(B)
"TOWARDS A WASTE UTILISAITON POLICY." SCAVENGER. VOL. 7. NO. 1
RAMACSANORAN, A. EPA
ENGLISH 01/00/77 PGS 6-10 ID* 04760A
ALSO SE
WATER
THIS ARTICLE. PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. SUMMARIZED
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MODERN WASTE-PRODUCING SOCIETY AND THh STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO UTILIZE
WASTES. IT ALSO LISTS THE CONSIDERATIONS TAKEN BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SCltNCL AND
TECHNOLOGY OF INDIA IN MAKING WASTE UTILIZATION AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PLAN AND REPORTS THAT ABQJT 90 PROJECTS HAVE bEfcN IDENTIFIED IN WASTE UTILISATION RESEARCH ANO
DEVELOPMENT. THESE PROJECTS FALL INTO ONt UF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: AGRICULTURAL WASTLS.
ANIMAL WASTES. COMMUNITY WASTES. AND WASTES ARISING FROM THE CHEMICAL. MINERAL ANO METALLURGICAL
INDUSTRIES. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH WASTE UTILIZATION POLICIES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH
THE HELP OF NEW AND IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY. MUCH WILL HAVE TO Bt DONE IN THE SOC1OECONOM1C AM LA TO
IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF RAW MATERIALS. AND THIS WIL»- REQUIRE JOINT COOPERATION
BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.
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SOLID MAS re
INTERNATICNAL
STC I
BOOKS ON AIR POLLUTION. NOISE AND SOLID WASTES
NAT'L. CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION EPA
ENGLISH 09/10/76 PCS 1-1 SI ID* 04700A
ALSO PMB. L*B
*AIR NOISE
SWEDEN
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH SOi-IO WASTE DISPOSAL. STATENb
NATURVARDSVEKK PUBL1KATIONER 1976:13
SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA
SWEDISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-152 ID* 04709A
THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS A REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH SOLID WASTE TRtATMENT,
SUBMITTED BY A WD3&ING GROU3 WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD.
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED: LOCATING A WASTE DUMP; PLANNING, CARE AND CONTROL OF A WASTE
DUMP, INCLUDING MEASURES TAKEN TO ELIMINATE DISTURBANCES OF THE ENVIRONMENT; MEASURES FOk
RETURNING THE DUMP TO A USEFUL PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT; TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SOLID WASTES;
PHYSIOLOGICAL. CHEMICAL. AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF SOLID WASTE AND ITS HYDROLOGY;
HYDROEOL3GICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF A DUMPING SITE; AND QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO
WATER PROTECTION. APPENDED ARE THE FOLLWOING SPECIAL. REPORTS: TREATMENT METHODS FOK WASlEi
REGIONAL TREATMENT OF WASTE; LAWS. REGULATIONS. AND bASfcS FOR APPEALS; AND A LIST Ot- REf-EKi-NCES.
THE BOOKLET ALSO CONTAINS NUMEROUS CHARTS AND MAPS.
SWEDEN
PM(B)
"DON'T FORGET THE DANGER FROM PHOSPHORUS." HUFVUDSTADSBLAUET
EPA
S.WEOISH 04/06/77 PCS 9 ID* 04737A
ALSO LRB
*WATER
SQLIDWASTE
SWEDEN
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN SWEDEN
OO/00/77 PGS 1-444
TOXIC SUBS LAND USE AIR
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•GENERAL
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ST( I
ARSENIC: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT LITERATURE. EPS3-NW-75-2
WALLACE. RON R. EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PCS 1-134 ID* 04663A
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT LITERATURE ON ARSENIC AND ITS COMPOUNDS MAS PREPARED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA TO ASSIST THE SEVERAL RESEARCHERS MHO ARE
TO INVESTIGATE THE ASPECTS OF ARSENIC POLLUTION AFFECTING THE AIR. WATER. SOILS. SEDIMENTS AND
BIOTA C INCLUDING HUMANS) NEAR YELLOWKNIFE. N.W.T. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO THE PAPAERS
AND TEXTS CITED. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO TOPIC HEADINGS WHICH ROUGHLY CORRESPOND
TO THE BROAD AREAS OF CONCERN TO BE INVESTIGATED. THE EIGHT SUBDIVISIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ANALYTICAL METHODS; REVIEWS; BIOLOGICAL GENERAL AQUATIC: BIOLOGICAL SOILS/SEDIMENTS: HUMAN
HEALTH; AIR POLLUTION; AND STUDIES IN AND AROUND YELLOWKNIFE.
CANADA
STC )
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY! TOXICOLOGY. FISHERIES RESEARCH OF CANADA
REPORT NO. 13
HAMILTON. R.D.
ENGLISH* 11/00/76 PGS 1-16
*ALSO FRENCH
*WATER
EPA
ID* 04 739 A
DENMARK
LR(At
"MARCH 17. 1976 ORDER NO. 121
OANMARK. PART A. NO. XVII
ON CHEMICAL WASTE." LOVTIDENDE FOR KUNGERIGET
DANISH
*WATER
AIR
03/27/76 PGS 320-324
S3LID WASTE
ID*
EPA
0144SB
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
ST( )
PATHWAY Of MERCURY AND THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ON
THE FJTURE MERCURY CONTENT IN SOIL. AIR AND SEDIMENTS IN EUROPE. EUR 5£>8E
VAN ENK, R.H.. AND P. ZEGERS EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-61 ID* 04699A
WATER AIR
THIS REPORT DEALS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TIME-DEPENDENT COMPUTER MODEL FOR THE PREDICTION
OF THE FUTURE MERCURY POLLUTION OF AIR. SOIL AND SEDIMENTS IN EUROPE. INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES UNDERLYING THE MERCURY PATHWAY IN THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM
A LITERATURE STUDY PUBLISHED PREVIOUSLY AND USED IN A NATURAL MODEL FOR EUROPE TO EVALUATE THE
TIME-CONSTANTS FUR THE VARIOUS PROCESSED IN THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL. VALUES FOR THE MERCURY LEVELS
IN THE ENVIRONMENT. AS A FUNCTION OF TIMES. BETWEEN 1900 AND 2050. GIVEN BY THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL
ARE AVERAGES AND ONLY INDICATE THE GENERAL TREND. NO LOCALIZED POLLUTION PREDICTION CAN BE
OBTAINED FROM THIS MODEL. FINALLY IT DEALS WITH THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL DECISIONS
CONCERNING MERCURY DISCHARGE MEASURES TODAY ON THE FUTURE MERCURY POLLUTION OF AIR. SOIL AND
SEDIMENTS IN EUROPE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT.)
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GERMANY.FED REP OF
ST( )
LUFTQUALITAESitRlTERIEN FUER CADMIUM (AIFt QUALITY CRITERIA FUR CADMIUM).
BERICHTE 4/77
GERMANY.FED REP OF. FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY tPA
GERMAN 00/00/77 PCS 1-1 SB ID* 04744A
ALSO PMB
THE FEDERAL NJISANCES CONTROL _AW EMPOWERS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET MAXIMUM AMBIENT
LEVELS FOR SUBSTANCES POTENTIALLY HARMFUL TO MAN. ANIMALS. PLANTS AND MATERIALS. IT IS THE
TASK OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT.FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
SUCH MAXIMUM VALUES. THIS VOLUME IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND FOR LEGALLY
LIMITING THE QUANTITY OF CADMIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TO REVIEW THE CURRENT SITUATION
REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CADMIUM. INITIALLY REVIEWED ARE CAOMIUM*S PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE THE SOURCES AND
MEANS OF REDUCING CADMIUMEMISSIONSi THE CURRENT AMBIENT AIR QUALITY SITUATION: AND CADMIUM
POLLUTION OF FOOD AND DRINKING WATER. THE EFFECTS OF CADMIUM ON MAN. ANIMALS AND MATERIALS ARE
INVESTIGATED. FINALLY. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO CADMIUM IN THE ECOSPHERE AND TO NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO LIMIT CADMIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
SWEDEN
PM«A)
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN SWEDEN
00X00/77 PCS 1-444
SOLIDWASTE LAND USE AIR
EPA
ENGLISH
ALSO LRB. SE
•GENERAL
ID* 04702A
UNITED NATIONS
PM(B)
"UNEP TOXIC CHEMICALS REGISTER.** MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. VOL. 7. NO. 4
EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/77 PCS SO-60 ID* 04767A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE NEWLY CHEATED INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF
POTENTIALLY TOXIC CHEMICALS (IRPTC) OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM (UNEP). TOGETHER
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL REFERRAL SYSTEM (IRS) AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM
(GEMS). THE REGISTER FORMS THE THIRD COMPONENT CF •EARTHWATCH." A NEW UNEP PROGRAM. THE
ARTICLE BRIEFLY DESCRIBES HOW TOXIC CHEMICAL INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED AND ASSIMILATED INTO
THE REGISTER AS WELL AS THE INTENDED USE OF THE INFORMATION. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF DATA.
AND THE PROCESSIN3 OF INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE INTENDED USER OF THE IRPTC ARE MEMBER STATES
OF THE UNITED NATIONS. PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. RESEARCH WORKERS. AND INDUSTRIES WHICH USE
PRODUCTS OF POTENTIAL DANCER TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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WHO
PM(B)
ENVIR3NMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 2:
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ENGLISH 00/00/76
ALSO ST
POLVCHLORINTEO BIPHENVLS AND TERPHENYLS
EPA
PGS 1-eS ID* 04714A
THIS VOLUME* PUBLISHED UNDER THE JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
AND THE W3RLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. REVIEWS AND EVALUATES INFORMATION ON PCBS AND PCTS WITH RfcSARD
TO BIOLOGICAL AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE HUMAN HEALTH. AN INITIAL SUMMAAY
DISCUSSES THE MAJD3 ISSUES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. THE FOLLOWING CHARTERS
CONTAINS THE INFORMATION ON WHICH THE EVALUATION OF HEALTH RISKS WAS BASED. THEY DEAL WITH: THE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PCBS AND PCTS; DETERMINATION OF RESIDUES; SOURCES OF POLLUTION! THEIR
TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS IN AIR. SOIL. WATER AND LIVING ORGANISMS. WITH PARTICULAR
REFERENCE TO FOOD CHAINS OH WEBS; TrtE EXTEND OF HUMAN EXPOSURE THROUGH FOOD. OCCUPATION OR OTHEK
SOURCES: THE METABOLISMS OF THESE SJSTANCES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THEIR EFFECTS ON ANIMALS: AND
EPIDEMIOL3GICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF THEIR EFFECTS ON MAN. THE FINAL CHAPTER EVALUATES THE
HEALTH RISKS TO MAN OF EXPOSURE TO PCBS AND PCTS.
WHO
PMIB)
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA i: MERCURY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PGS 1-131
ALSO ST
EPA
ID* 94713A
THE WHO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA PROGRAMME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973 TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS
ON HUMAN HEALTH Or TOTAL EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS FROM VARIOUS MEDIA. THIS BOOKLET ON MERLURV.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AND THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION. IS A RESULT OF THE PROGRAM. IT OPENS WITH A SUMMARY OUTLINING THE MAJOR
ISSUES AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. THE SECOND PART OF THE PUBLICATION
CONTAINS THE FINDINGS ON THE BASIS OF WHICH THE HEALTH RISKS WRE EVALUATED. THERE ARE CHAPTERS
UN: CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS. SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND
ANALYTICA_ METHODS; SOURCES UF POLLUTION; TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY; EXPERIMENTAL
STUDIES ON ITS EFFECT ON ANIMALS; AND EP IDEM IOLOGICAL. AND CHEMICAL STUDIES OF ITS EFFECT ON MAN.
THE FINAL CHAPTER PROVIDES AN EXPERT EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH RISKS TO MAN FROM EXPOSURE TO
MERCURY AND PROVIDES GUIDELINES ON EXPOSURE AND DOSE LIMITS.
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AUSTRALIA
LR( A)
DESIGN CRITERIA FOR OCEAN DISCHARGE. fcNVIHONMENTAL DESIGN GUIDE WP-1
AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMM. hPA
ENGLISH 00/00/00 PGS 1-5 JO* 04736A
ALSO PMB
THIS DESIGN GJIDE PAMPHLET OUT.INES THE CRITERIA THAT TrIE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION
OF NEW SOUTH WALES. AUSTRALIA. IS TO CONSIDER BEFUHE ISSUING AN OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMIT PURSUANT TO
THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1970. THESE CRITERIA PERTAIN TOi THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE RECEIVING
WATERS; THE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN OCEAN WATERS VISUALLY FREE 01- OIL. GREASE AND OTHER FLOATABLE
MATTERS; MAINTENANCE OF A VARIETY OF MARINE LIFE; AND THE PROTECTION OF BEACHES IN THE INTCRE&T OF
PUBLIC HEALTH. TJ ACHIEVE THESE ENDS. MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF iPEClFltD SUBSTANCES
AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE INITIAL DILJTION ZONE ARE GIVEN AS WELL AS MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE COLIFOKM
CONCENTRATIONS AT SPECIFIED DISTANCES FROM BEACHES. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVE THt REMOVAL OF
SETT ABLE MATTER FROM DISCHARGES, THt PROVISION OF INFORMATION FROM INDIVIDUAL DISCHARGE WORKS TO
THE COMMISSION. ANO THE DISCHARGE CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION BEFORE ISSUING
INDIVIDUAL LICENSES.
AUSTRALIA
ST« I
TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN GUIDE WP-3
AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALtS. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMM. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PGS 3-21 ID* 04743A
THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN GUIDE. PUBLISHED BY THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION OF NEW
SOUTH WALES. AUSTRAuIA. DESCRIBES THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES WHICH CAN BE APPLIED UNDER
THE NEW SOUTH HALES CLEAN WATER ACT. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES ARE DESCRIBED
FOR PRIMARY. SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TREATMENT STATES. PRIMARY TREATMENT IS DESCRIBED AS THE
PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF SETTLEABLE. FLOATING SUSPENDED SOLIDS FROM WASTEWATER. UNDER SECONDARY
TREATMENT PROCESSES. ACTIVATED SLUDGE. TRICKLING FILTRATION AND WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS ARE
DESCRIBED. UNDER TERTIARY TREATMENT PROCESSES. SURFACES AND IN-DEPTH FILTRATION ARE DESCRIBED AS
WELL AS MATURATION PONDS. CHEMICAL CLARIFICATION. NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATE REMOVAL* CARBON
ADSORPTION AND DISINFECTION. SPECIAL TREATMENT METHODS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AND INCLUDE FOAM
FRACTIONATION. DISTILLATION. REVERSE OSMOSIS. hLECTROOIALYSIS. FREEZING AND HYDRAT1NG. AND
SOLVENT EXTRACTION.
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•ATER
BRAZIL
PMIBI
BRAZIL
PMCB)
CONTROL OE OUALIOAOE DE PRODUTO PARA SANEAMENTO BASICO. RETROSPECTIVA E
PRESPECTIVA (PRODUCT QJAL1TY CONTROL FOR BASIC SANITATION. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT)
CUNHA ANDRA3E. LUIZ. AND LUIZ PAULO OE ABREU OLIVEIRA EPA
PORTJGUESE 00/00/75 PCS 1-16 ID* 04685A
THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN RIO OE
JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975. DISCUSSES THE EVOLUTION AND CONCEPT OF PRODUCT QUALITY CONTROL AS A
MEANS OF ENSURING SANITARY MATER SJPPLV AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN BRAZIL. ESPECIALLY IN THE SAO BAULO
REGION. THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BASIC SANITATION LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF THE
STATE COMPANY FOR TECHNOLOGY. BASIC SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CETESB) AS NELL AS
RELATED AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF QUALITY CONTROL EMPLOYED BY
CETESB. TOGETHER WITH ITS SHORTCOMINGS. IS DESCRIBED. AND THE POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF NEM
TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL IN SANITARY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IS DISCUSSED.
ELEMENTOS BASICOS PARA O ESTUOO PRELIMINAR OE UM LANCAMENTO DE ESGOTOS
SUBMARINO (BASIC ELEMENTS FOR A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF SUBMARINE SEWAGE DISCHARGE)
VICTORETTI. BENOIT ALMEIDA ' EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/00/75 PCS 1-31 ID* 04687A
ALSO ST
THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN
RIO DE JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975. IN VIEW OF THE GROWING TENDENCY OF BRAZILIAN URBAN COASTAL
AREAS TO DISPOSE OF SEWAGE THROUGH SUBMARINE DISCHARGE PIPES. THE PAPER ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY SOME
OF THE FACTORS WHIC-I NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FROM A SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW.
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED: CONSEQUENCES OF SEWAGE ON THt RECEIVING WATERS! HYDRAULIC.
SANITARY AND CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS OF SUBMARINE DISCHARGE WORKS; PROBLEMS OF INITIAL DILUTION OF
SEWAGE; DIFFUSION PROVIDED BY CURRENTS; AND BACTERIOLOGICAL DECAY OF SEWAGE. THE PAPER ALSO
DIAGRAMS. WITH THE USE OF SEVERAL GRAPHS AND EQUATIONS. THt APPROPRIATE DIMENSIONS OF A DISCHARGE
WORKS AND SPECIFIES THE CONSIDERATIONS WHICH SHCULD BE OBSERVED IN A PRELIMINARY PROJECT STUDY
OF SUBMARINE SEWAGE DISCHARGE.
BRAZIL
PM(B)
ESTUDOS NA BAI DE SANTOS... (STUDIES IN SANTOS BAY TO ASSfcS THE FUTUHfc IMPACT
OF UNDERWATER SEWAGE DISCHARGES ON ECOLOGICAL AND SANITAR CONDITIONS)
NAVAS PEREIRA. DENISE. AND OTHERS EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/00/75 PGS 1-1SO ID* 04689A
ALSO ST
THIS PAPER WAS DELIVERED AT THE EIGHTH SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN H1O DE JANEIRO
IN DECEMBER 1975. IT DESCRIBES THE STUDIES BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE STATE COMPANY FOR TECHNOLOGY.
BASIC SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CETESS) UF SAO PAULO. BRAZIL TO ASSESS THE PRESENT
ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF SANTOS BAY. WHERE AN UNDERWATER SEWAGE DISCHARGE SYSTEM IS BEING
CONSTRUCTED. THE DATA COLLECTED FROM THESE STUDIES WILL BE CORRELATED WITH ECOLOGICAL DATA TAKEN
AFTER THE SEWAGE SYSTEM IS IN OPERATION TO ASSESS THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THE SEWAGE ON THE SAY.
THE MATERIALS AND METHODS. RESULTS AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES ARE GIVEN.
COLLECTED DATA. PRESENTED IN NUMEROUS TABLES AND FIGURES APPENDED TO THt TEXT. DESCRIBE THE
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUALITIES OF THE BAY AND INCLUDE AN INVENTORY OF PLANKTON. BENTHOS AND
MICROORGANISMS INTHE BAY. (TITLE IN PNOTUGUESE: ESTUDOS NA ttAIA DE SANTOS PARA AVALIAR. NO
FUTURO. D IMPACTO DO LANCAMEMTO SU3MARINO DE ESGOTOS SOBRE AS CUNDICOES ECOLOGICAS E SANITARIAS.)
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BRAZIL
ST(
SOLUCQES PRACTICAS PARA DESINFECCAU OE AGU A (PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FG3 THE
DISINFECTION OF MATER)
ROSSIN. ANTONIO CARLOS. AND SILVIO JOSE 3USO EPA
PHOTU3UESE 12/00/75 PGS 1-35 ID* 04705A
THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANI TARV ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN RIO Ut
JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975. DEALS WITH THE DISINFECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES BY MEANS UF
CHLORINATION. THE INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE NECESSITY AND CONTROL UF DISINFECTION AS
WELL AS FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE DEGREE OF DISINFECTION OF DRINKING WATER. THE MAIN TfcXT UF
THE PAPER. SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL TABLES. FIGURES AND ANNEXES. DISCUSSES "THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS
OF CHLORINATI3N. THE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS USED IN CHLORINATION. DEVICES EMPLOYED IN THE APPLICATION
OF CHLORI ANTED PRODUCTS. DOSAGES OF CHLORINATION. MEASUREMENT UF RESIDUAL CHLORINE. AND FIRST
AID PROCEDURES FUR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHLORINE.
BRAZIL
ST( )
CRITERIO ESTATISTICO SIMPLIFICADO PARA CLASSIFICACAO DE PRAIAS EM TERMUS DE
COLIMETRIA (SIMPLIFIED STATISTICAL CRITERIA FOR THE COLIMETRIC CLASSIFICATION OF BEACHtS)
RIBEIRO OE ASS IS BASTOS. CARAI EPA
PORTUGUESE OO/00/75 PGS 1-10 ID* 04666A
THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN HIP DE
JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975. WAS PREPARED AS AN ATTEMPT TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS
PROMULGATED BY THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SfcMA) CONCERNING THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CLASSIFICATION OF BEACHES IN TERMS OF THE PRESENCE OF COLIFORMS IN THE WATER. (SEE ID
NO. 02037H.) POINTING OUT THE DIFFICULTIES IN TH CLASSIFICATIONS Of- BEACHES. TH PAPER TABULATES
SEMA'S COLIMETRIC CLASSIFICATIONS FOR BEACHES AND PROVIDES A SIMPLIFIED STATISTICAL METHOD FOR
DERIVING THESE COLIMETRIC CLASSIFICATIONS BASED UPON THE NUMBER AND CONTENT OF WATER SAMPLES
TAKEN.
BRAZIL
ST< )
ESTJDOS DA C043ELACAO ENTRE OR5ANISMOS IND1CADORES DE POLUICCAO DE ORIGEM FECAL
E PATOGENICOS (CORRELATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN FECAL AND PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS INDICATIVE UF PSLLMT1UN)
MARTINS. MARIA T.. AND PETRA S. SANCHES EPA
PORTUGUESE 12/00/75 PGS 1-16 ID* 04686A
ALSO PMB
THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS HELD IN RIO
OE JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975. DESCRIBES STUDIES BEINS CARRIED OUT BY THE MICROBIOLOGY DIVISION UF
THE STATE COMPANY FUR TECHNOLOGY. BASIC SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CETESBI. WHICH
ARE AIMED AT MEASURING TOTAL AND FECAL COLIFORMS IN BRAZILIAN BEACH WATERS AND CORRELATING THESt
MEASUREMENTS WITH THE OCOJRENCE OF PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS. ESPECIALLY SALMONELLA. IN THE SAME
WATERS. THE MATERIALS AND METHODS OF THE STUDIES ARE DESCRIBED. AND PRELIMINARY DATA OBTAINED
FROM THE SAMPLING OF BEACH WATERS ARE DISCUSSED AND TABULATED. RESULTS INDICATE A DIRECT
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF COLIFORMS AND SALMONELLA IN THE TESTED WATERS AND POINT OUJ THE
NEED FOR FURTHER TESTING IN THIS AREA.
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LE CADRE JURIDIQUE OE LA PARTICIPATION DJ PUBLIC.... (LEGAL FRAMENORK FOR
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CANADIAN HATER MANAGEMENT!. SENIt DES SCIENCES SQCIALES.
MORLEY. C. G. EPA
FRENCH 00/OO/76 PCS 1-68 ID* O4706A
ALSO SE
^GENERAL
ETUDE NO. 14
CANADA
LR(A)
"FEBRUARY 25. 1977 METAL MINING LIQUID EFFLUENT REGULATIONS." CANADA
GAZETTE. PART II. VOL. 111. NO. 5
EPA
ENGLISH* 03/09/77 PGS 667-674 ID* 00512G
*ALS3 FRENCH
THESE REGULATIONS. MADE PURSUANT TO THE CANADA FISHERIES ACT. SPECIFY THE MAXIUM PERMISSIBLE
:>H LEVELS AND THE MAXIUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC. COPPER. LEAD. NICKEL. ZINC.
TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER. AND RADIUM 226 IN THE EFFLUENT DISCHARGES FROM NEK MINES. EXPANDED MINES.
OR REOPENED M1N3S IN CANADA. MITH THE EXCEPTION OF GOLD MINES. THE REGULATIONS ALSO CONTAIN A
LIST OF PERTINENT DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO EFFLUENT DISCHARGES AND PROVISIONS
GCVERNIN3 THE FREQUENCY OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS. ANALYTICAL TEST METHODS. FLO* MEASUREMENT.
AND REPORTING OF TESTED RESULTS. THE PERMITTED VARIATIONS OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO GIVEN.
CANADA
LR( A)
"GUIDELINES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ACUTE LETHALITY IN LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM
METAL MINES." CANADA GAZETTE. PART 1
EPA
ENGLISH* 03/19/77 PGS 1353-56 ID* 00512H
*ALSO FRENCH
THESE GUIDELINES. APPLICABLE TO EVERY METAL MINE IN CANADA. EXCEPT GOLD MINES. MERE ISSUED BY
THE CANADIAN MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND ENVIRONMENT TO OFFER SUGGESTED PROCEDURES FOR MEASURING
THE ACUTE LETHALITY IN L1OUIJ EFFLUENT FROM METAL MINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE METAL MINING
LIQUID EFFLUENT REGULATIONS. (SEE ID NO. 00£>12G.) THE MINISTER CAN ASCERTAIN THE LETHALITY OF
EFFLUENTS ON FISH BY APPLYINo THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN SHCfcDULE 1 OF THE GUIDELINES, "FINAL
EVALUATION TEST PROCEDURE FOR ACUTE LETHALITY (56-HOUR FLO* THROUGH TEST).** MINING OPERATORS
SHOULD ALSO CONDUCT PERIODIC LETHALITY TESTS IN ACCORDANCE M1TH THE "SCREENING TEST PROCEDURE
FOR ACUTE LETHALITY (96-HOUR STATIC TEST)." AS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE II OF THE GUIDELINES. THE
TESTING PROCEDURES DELINEATED IN THESE SCHEDULES FOLLOU CLOSELY THOSE SET FORTH IN THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION'S "STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF MATER AND
WASTEWATcR." 13TH EDITION. 1971.
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CANADA
LR( A)
"GUIDELINES FOR THE CONTROL OF LIQUID EFFLUENTS FKOM EXISTING METAL
MINES." CANADA GAZETTE. PART I
EPA
ENGLISH* 03/19/77 PGS 1357-62 ID* OO512J
ALSO FRENCH*
THESE GUIDELINES OFFER SUGGESTED OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURE^ FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID tFFLUENIJ>
FKOM EXISTING METAL MINES (EXCEPT GOLD MINES) IN CANADA. ALTHOUGH NOT BINDING REGULATIONS. THE
GUIDELINES ARE SIMILAR IN PURPOSE AND INTENT TO THE METAL LIQUID EFFLUENT REGULATIONS.
WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO NE«. EXPANDED AND REOPENED MINES. (SEE ID NO. 00512G.) SCHEDULE i OF
THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHES ACCEPTABLE PH LEVELS AND MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC. CUPPER.
LEAD. NICKEL. ZINC. TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER. AND RADIUM 226 IN LIQUID MINE EFFLUENTS. SCHEDULES
II AND III SPECIF? THE FREQUENCY AND METHODS OF EFFLUENT SAMPLING AND TESTING. THE 1>UIOEL1NES
ALSO CONTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE REPORTING OF TESTED RESULTS AND ACCEPTABLE MODIFICATIONS
OF PROCEDURES. TrlE TtSTING PARAMETERS USED IN THESE GUIDELINES ARE TAKEN FRUM THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION'S "STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION Of MATER AND WASTEteATER• " 13TH
EDITION. 1971.
CANADA
LR( A)
METAL MINING LIQUID EFFLUENT REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES. REGULATIONS. CODES
AND PROTOCOLS. REPORT EPS l-WP-77-1
EPA
ENGLISH* 04/00/77 PGS 1-27 ID* OOS12K
*ALSO FRENCH. VARIOUSLY PAGINATE
THIS PUBLICATION. ISSUED BY Trie WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIRECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
REPRINTS FRCM THE CANADA GAZETTE THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES PERTAINING TO THE
CONTROL Q- LIOUJ EfFLUENTS FROM METAL MINES. EXCEPT GOLD MINES! It METAL MINING LIQUID EFFLUENT
REGULATIONS. WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO NEW. EXPANDED AND REOPENED MINES; £)GU1DELINES FOR TMfc
CONTROL O= LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM EXISTING METAL MINES! AND 3) GUIDELINES FOR THE MEASUREMENT Of
ACUTE LETHALITY IN LIQUID EFFLUENTS FROM METAL MINES. (SEE ALSO ID NOS. 00512G-00512J• *
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON EACH OF THE ABOVE REGULATIONS AN3 GUIDELINES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. LASTLY.
THE PUBLICATION SETS FORTH AN ENVIRONMENTAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR NINES. WHICH DEALS WITH
MINIMIZATION AND TREATMENT OF WATER-BORNE WASTES. MONITORING OF THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE ROCK AND
MILL TAILINGS. CONTINGENCY PLANNING. AND REHAdlLITATION OF EXHAUSTED MINING AREAS.
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TECHNIQUES ET METHODES DE LA PARTICIPATION DU PUBLIC (RESUME! (TECHNIQUES AND
METHODS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION}. SERIE DES SCIENCES SOCIALES. ETUDE NO. 12
VINDASIUS. DANA EPA
FRENCH 00/00/76 PCS 1-34 ID* 04682A
ALSO SE
THIS REPORT STEMS FROM A PRELIMINARY PHASE OF RESEARCH ANO FROM ACTION PROJECTS CONCERNING
THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OF HATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS BOTH IN THE
UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA. A REV I EH OF PAST EXPERIENCES IN PBUL1C PARTICIPATION IS CONSIDERED
AS A BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS. THELVE CASES* DEMONSTRATING
VARIOUS DEGREES OF SUCCESS IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. ARE EXAMINED. AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING AND ITS VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AND MECHANISMS ARE ANALYZED. A GENERAL
MODEL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS THEN PRESENTED. (THIS IS A PUBLICATION OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA.)
STORM HATER MANAGEMENT MODEL STUDY. VOLUME 1. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 47
PROCTOR AND REOFERN LTD.. AND JAMES F. MACLAREN LTD. EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/76 PCS 1-29S ID* 04724A
ALSO ST
THIS VOLUME. VOLUME I OF A THREE-VOLUME REPORT. DOCUMENTS THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF A
STUDY. CONDUCTED JNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL
POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES HATER QUALITY. FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A STORM MANAGEMENT MODEL. AMONG THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY HERE! THE REVIEH AND
MODIFICATION OF THE U.S. EPA'5 STORM HATER MANAGEMENT MODEL (SHMM) FOR CANADIAN CONDITIONS; THE
SELECTION AND MODIFICATION OF A SUBMODEL FOR THE SIMULATION OF QUALITY AND QUALITY OF RUNUFF
RESULTING FROM SNOHMELT; AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA ANALYSIS SUBMODEL CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING THE
SHMM METEOROLOGICAL DATA INPUT FROM EXISTING DATA BANKS. THIS STUDY HAS EXPANDED THE CAPABILITIES
OF THE SHMM AND INDICATED NEH AREAS FOR ITS USE. THt USE OF THE SHMM IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE
SIMULATION OF FLOHS IN A VARIETY OF INVESTIGATIONS.
CANADA
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STORM HATER MANAGEMENT MODEL STUDY. VOLUME II. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 48
PROCTOR AND REDFERN LTD.. AND JAMES J. MACLAREN LTD. EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/76 PGS 1-147 ID* 04724B
ALSO ST
THIS PUBLICATION. VOLJME 11 OF A THREE-VOLUME REPJST. HAS PREPARED UNDER THE AUSPICES UF THE
RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO
AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES HATER QUALITY AND CONTAINS SUPPLEMENTARY TECHNICAL MATERIAL USED IN
PREPARING THE FINAL REPORT. VOLUME I. COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF SIX STORM HATER ROUTING MODcLS AND
FOUR HATER QUALITY MODELS ARE DESCRIBED. LITERATURE SURVEYS ARE INCLUDED FOR MATERIAL DEALING
HITH URBAN RUNOFF QUALITY ANO SNOHMELT QUANTITY AND QUALITY. SOURCES OF DATA REQUIRED FUK STORM
HATER MODELING HAVE BEEN ASSESSED. AND STUDY AREAS IN CANADA AND THE U.S. ARE DESCRIBED. A
SUMMARY OF THE TREATMENT PROCESSES AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S STORM
HATER MANAGEMENT MODEL (SHMM) IS GIVEN. AND CURRENT LITERATURE AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE TREATMENT
MODEL ARE DESCRIBED.
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"ARCTIC MARINE OIL SPILL PROGRAM (AMOP)." SPILL TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER,
VOL. 2. NO. 1
ROSS. S.L. EPA
ENGLISH 02/00/77 PGS 23-30 10* XJ4741A
ALSO PMA
THIS ARTICLE. PUBLISHED IN THE BI MONTHLY SPILL TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA (SEE IO 03509A). DESCRIBES- THE. ATTRIBUTES OF THE
FIVE-YEAR ARCTIC MARINE SPILL PROGRAM (AMOP) INITIATED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IN 1976. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SEVEN-MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM IS "TO DEVELOP OIL SPILL COUNTERMEASURES FOR USE
IN OFFSHORE ARCTIC MATERS." THE PRODUCT OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE GREATER KNOWLEDGE FOK THE
OPERATIONAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD AND OIL COMPANY COOPERATIVE IN ACQUIRING
SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT TO DEAL SUCCESSFULLY WITH A (MAJOR) SPILL IN THESE HATERS. THE ARTICLE
NOTES THE JUSTIFICATION AND NEED FOR AMOP. DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE AND RESPONS1BL1LITES OF AMUP.
IDENTIFIES PROJECT DIRECTORS AND GIVES AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE PROGRAM
OPERATIONAL POLICIES. THE AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH AMOP WILL CONCENTRATE. AND
THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AMOP AND OTHER OIL SPILL CONTAINMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER OF LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG (SUMMARY OF REPORT)
QUEBEC WATER BOARD EPA
ENGLISH* PGS 1-38 ID* 009536
IN APRIL 1969 IN THE WAKE OF A SUDDEN PROLIFERATION UF ALGAE. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF
CONDITIONS IN LAKt MEMPHREMAGOG AND A SURVEY OF ITS DRAINAGE BASIN WERE UNDERTAKEN BY THE
QUEBEC WATER BOARD TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE LAKE IS USED AS A SOURCE OF
ORINKINS WATER AND AS A RECREATIONAL SITE. IT WAS CONSIDERED IMPERATIVE TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY
OF ITS WATER. THIS SUMMARY OF THE RESULTING REPORT CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RIVER BASIN! THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SURVEY (SAMPLING POINT LOCATIONS AND
SCHEDULE); THE ASPECTS OF POLLUTION (SEWAGE DISPOSAL. DRAINAGE AND TRIBUTARIES. ALONG WITH THEIR
EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY); THE EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE WATER! AND. FROM THE RESULTS. THE
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. APPENDIXES CONTAIN A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS AS WELL AS
A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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THE EFFECTIVENESS AND TOXICITY OF THE OIL OISPERSANT. OILSPERSE 43. IN LARGE
OUTDOOR TANKS. SURVEILLANCE REPORT EPS S-AR-7S-8
KEIZER. P.O.. AND P. G. WELLS EPA
ENGLISH 04/00/75 PGS 1-24 ID* O46S4A
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A 31-DAY EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE OF
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE MARINE ECOLOGY LABORATORY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND TOXICITY
OF AN OIL SPILL DISPERSANT MIXED WITH CRUDE OIL IN MARINE CONDITIONS. SIMULATED USING LARGE-VOLUME
OUTDOOR TANKS. DESCRIBED ARE THE METHODS. MATERIALS AND RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT. A GENERAL
DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS INDICATES THAT THE USE OF THE OISPERSANT. OILSPERSE 43. INCREASED THE
DISPERSION OF VENEZUELAN GUANIPA CRUDE OIL AND THAT THE RESULTING MIXTURE WAS MORE HOMOGENEOUS AND
THE OILSS-ICK LESS VISCOUS THAN IN THE OIL TANK. A WEATHERED CRUDE OIL PLUS OISPERSANT MIXTURE
WITH AN OIL CONCENTRATION OF 2SO MI CROGRAMS/H TER WAS LETHAL TO OVER SO PERCENT OF THE TEST
ORGANISMS. GREEN SEA URCHINS. WITHIN FOUR DAYS. NO MORTALITIES OCCURED AMONG URCHINS EXPOSED TO
THE CRUDE OIL TREATMENT.
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CHEMICAL AMI BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEEPAGES FROM TAILINGS AREAS AT
GIANT YELLOWKMIFE MIMES. LTD.. INTO GREAT SLAVE LAKE. N.W.T.. IN 1974. EPS 5-NW-74-1
WALLACE. RON R.. AND M.J. WALLACE EPA
ENGLISH 11/00/74 PGS 1-35 ID* 0469OA
THE MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT AND CONDUCTED Bt THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE WAS CONCERNED. AS HERE SEVERAL EARLIER STUDIES. WITH THE
CONTAINMENT. TREATMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF WASTEWATERS FROM VCLLOWKNIFE MINES. LTD.
THREE MAJDR EFFLUENT SEEPAGES FROM THE MINES* TAILINGS PONDS ENTERED VELLOWKNIFE BAY DURING THE
COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION IN THE PERIOD FROM MARCH TO JULY 1974. EACH OF THESE UNCONTROLLED
RELEASED WAS STUDIED TO DETERMINE ITS CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TO ASSESS ITS POTENTIAL
IMPACT ON THE BIOTA OF THE RECEIVING WATERS. TH CONCLUSIONS STATE THAT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
OF ARSENIC. COPPER. CYANIDE. ZINC AND IRON WERE PRESENT AND THAT STATIC B1OASSAYS SHOWED THESE
WASTES TO BE EXTREMELY TOXIC TO RAINBOW TROUT. RECOMMENDATIONS CALL FOR A MODICATION OF
THE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND FOR A REDUCTION OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF TOXICANTS IN THE FINAL
EFFLUENT. (THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE REPORT OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA.)
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEEPAGES FROM TAILINGS AREAS AT
COMINCO CON MINE INTO KAM LAKE. N.W.T.. IN 1974. SURVEILLANCE REPORT EPS 5-NW-75-3
WALLACE. R. R.. AND M.J. HARDIN EPA
ENGLISH 02/00/75 PGS 1-23 ID* 04697A
THE MONITORIN3 PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT AND CONDUCTED BY THfc ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA WAS CONCERNED WITH THE ESCAPE OF EFFLUENT f-ROM THE TAILINGS DISBOSAL
AREA AT COMINCO CON MINE INTO NEARBY KAM LAKE DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1974.
SAMPLINGS WERE CO.LECTED FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO CHARACTERIZE THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF
THIS EFFLUENT AND ASSESS ITS POTENTIALLY TOXIC EFFECTS ON THE BIUTA OF KAM LAKE. THE CONCLUSIONS
STATE THAT ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC. COOPER. CYANIDE. ZINC AND IRON WERE FUUND AND THAT
ONE OF THREE SAMPLES OF EFFLUENT ANALYZED FOR TOXIC PROPERTIES WAS SHOWN TO BE ACJTELY TOXIC TO
RAINBOW TROUT IN A STATIC EXPOSURE OF 96 HOURS. RECOMMENDATIONS CALL FOR A MODIFICATION UF THE
TAILINGS DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND A REDUCTION OF THE TOXICANT CONCENTRATION IN THE FINAL DISCHARGE.
CANADA
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AN ASSESSMENT OF KRAFT BLEACHER* EFFLUENT TOXIC1TY REDUCTION USING ACTIVATED
SLUDGE. TECHNOLJGV DEVELOPMENT REPORT NO. EPS 4-WP-77-3
EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/77 PGS 1-109 ID* 04711A
ALSO PMB
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PILOT STUDY TO ASCERTAIN THE PRACTICABILITY UF A TWO-STAGE BIOLOGICAL
TREATMENT SYSTEM JSING ACTIVATED SLUDGE TO REDUCE THE TOXICITY OF KRAFT BLEACH PLANT EFFLUENT
FROM A PL,-? AND PAPER MILL 'PROCESS. FOR COMPARISON A SINGLE-STAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WAS
OPERATED. TOXICITY REDUCTION WAS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE EFFECT OF TREATED EFFLUENT UN
JUVENILE RAINBOW TROUT. RESULTS SHOWED THAT TREATMENT EFFICIENCY AND TOXICITY RtDUCTIUN HLRh
BOTH AFFECTED BY THE WOOD SPECIES USED IN THE PULP AND PAPER PROCESS. THt TWO-STAGE SYSTEM
CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVED GREATER TOXICITY REDUCTIONS AS WELL AS GREATER REMOVAL OF BOD THAN THE
SINGLE-STAGE SYSTEM. HOWEVER. EFFLUENTS FROM BOTH TREATMENT SYSTEMS FAILED TO MEtT THt
TCXICITV REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER EFFLUENT REGULATIONS OF 1971.
(THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT CANADA REPORT.)
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CONTROLLED COMBUSTION TESTS CARRIED OUT NEAR RIMOUSKi. TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT REPORT EPS-4-EC-76-2
COVJPAL. BERNARD EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PCS 1-15 ID* 04712A
THIS REPORT MAS PREPARED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA TO
REVIEW A FIELD TRIAL METHOD OF DISPOSING Of- OIL BY bJRNING. SIX COMBUSTION TESTS MEiJE PERFORMED
ON OIL IN A SHALL BAY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER NEAR RIMOUSKI. QUEBEC. CfcUTA CRUDE OIL AND
BUNKER C OIL WERE BURNED BOTH ON WATER AND ICE. THE BURNING OF THESE OILS MAS EFFECTED far USING
PEAT MOSS AS A W1CK1NG AGcNT AND DIESEL FUEL AS A PROMOTER. COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES ON THe ORDER
OF 8b PERCENT MERE ATTAINED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS COMBUSI TON TECHNIQUES IS A FEASIBLE
METHOD OF DISPOSING OF OIL SPILLS. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.
URBAN DRAINAGE MODEL COMPARISON FOR A CATCHMENT IN HALIFAX. NOVA SCOTIA.
RESEARCH REPORT NO. 43
WALLERi D. H.. AND OTHERS EPA
ENGLISH 08/00/76 PGS 1-35 ID* 04720A
THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE
CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON 3REAT _AKES WATER QCALITY FUNDED THIS COLLECTION OF RAINFALL-KJNOFF
DATA FOR A 167.2 ACRE COMBINED SEWER DRAINAGE AREA AT HALIFAX. NOVA SOCTIA. THESE DATA HERE USED
TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE U.K. ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY IRRL) RUNOFF MODEL AND THE RUNOFF
BLOCK OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY STORM MATER MANAGEMENT MODEL. CHARTS AND TABLES
PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAINAGE BASIN. RUNOFF MODELS. PROGRAM OPERATIONS. AND RESULTS. BOTH
MODELS WERE FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CREDITABLE RESULTS FOR A SEWERAGE SYSTEM THAT .
INCLUDED SURCHARGED PIPES AND YIELDED RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS AREAS IN MAJOR STORMS. CALCULATED
PEAKS WERE GENERALLY EARLIER AND HIGHER THAN OBSERVED VALUES. AGREEMENT IMPROVED WITH THE
MAGNITUDE OF STORM EVENTS. HVDROGRAPHS FROM THE MODELS WERE MORE SIMILAR THAT WERE CALCULATED
AND OBSERVED RESULTS. ESPECIALLY IN LARGER STORM EVENTS.
CANADA
ST( I
PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL MITHIM EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
RESEARCH REPORT NO. 44
BOYKO. BORIS I.. AND GERALD RUPKE EPA
ENGLISH 08/00/76 PGS 1-43 ID* 04721A
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF VARIOUS PROJECTS WHICH WERE UNDERTAKEN WITH FUNDS FROM
THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE
CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY TO IMPLEMENT ONTARIO PROVINCE'S 5-YEAfc
PROGRAM TO CONTROL PHOSPHORUS DISCHARGES FROM MORE THAN 170 EXISTING MASTEMATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
REQUIRED WERE: HE DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE BEST SUITED COAGULANT
FOR THE REMOVAL. AS WELL AS THE DETERMINATION OF ANY PHYSICAL OR PROCESS EFFECTS ON WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITIES OR PROCESS FROM THE CHEMICALS USED. COAGULATION PREDICTION AND PRIME
COAGULANT SELECTION. OPERATIONAL RESULTS. PROBLEM AREAS* AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS DERIVED FROM
THE FULL SCALE STUDIES CONDUCTED ARE DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT
PHOSPHORUS REMCVAL MAY BE READILY IMPLEMENTED WITH MINIMUM CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AT OPERATING
MUNICIPA. WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES OF ALL DESIGNS CURRENTLY IN USE IN ONTARIO.
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PRACTICES. POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGY OF STORM AND COMBINED SEHERS IN
FOREIGH COUNTRIES. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 45
ALBERY. PULLERITS. DICKSON AD ASSOCIATES LTD. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PCS 1-169 ID* O4722A
THIS PUBLICATION REPORTS ON AN INVESTIGATION. FUNDED BY THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLJTI ON UNDER PROVISOONS OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES
MATER QUALITY. MHICrl MAS UNDERTAKEN TO ASSESS THE MAGNITUDE OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED MITH
STORM SEMER DISCHARGES AND COMBINED SEMER OVERFLOMS IN A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE
U.S. ALSO EXAMINED MERE THE METHODS CURRENTLY USED TO REDUCE THIS TYPE OF POLLUTION. AS HELL AS
RESEARCH INTO DEVEL3PNENT OF NEMER METHODS. BECAUSE OF VARIANCES IN THE SCOPE OF THE
PROBLEM AND DIFFERENCES IN THE APPROACHES TO ITS SOLUTION IN EACH COUNTRY STUDIES. A REVIEM OF
THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES. HISTORICAL ASPECTS. AND PRESENT DESIGN CRITERIA IS PROVIDED. THIS
REPORT EVALUATES THE FINDINGS WHICH WERE OBTAINED IN EACH COUNTRY AND PROVIDES A COMPARATIVE
REVIEM OF THE RESULTS. PARTICULARY IN REGARD TO CANADIAN PRACTICE.
COMPUTER-AIDED PLANNING OF REGIONAL SLUDGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS. USER*S MANUAL
RESEARCH REPORT NO. 46
B AND P SILVESTON. ENGINEERS. AND OTHERS EPA
ENGLISH 09/00/76 PCS 1-409 ID* 04723A
THIS MANUAL. MHICH MAS COMPILED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOH THE ABATEMENT
OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES MATER
QUALITY. IS INTENDED TO SERVE A NUMBER OF PURPOSES. IT IS FIRST A TRAINING MANUAL .MHICH
INTRODUCES POTENTIAL USERS TO THE CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER-AIDED PLANNING. THE MANUAL IS ALSO A
SOURCE BOOK FOR SETTING UP A DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM TO BE USED IN COMPUTER-AIDED PLANNING.
THIRDLY. IT POVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THE MANUAL
IS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF A PROJECT MHICH MAS SET UP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER-BASED PLANNING
PROCEDURE AND THE WRITING OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO HANDLE THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF DISPOSAL
ALTERNATIVES. A GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER PROGRAM APPLICABLE TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF REGIONAL
SLUDGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IS DESCRIBED. THE MODEL UPON WHICH THE COMPUTER PROGRAM IS BUILT IS
ALSO DISCUSSED. A NUMBER OF APPENDIXES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
CANADA
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EXAMINATION OF SEMAGE AND SEMAGE SLUDGE FOR ENTERUVIRUSES. VOLUME II.
RESEARCH RE=»O*T NO. 52
SUBRAHMANYAN. T. P. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PCS 1-35 ID* 0472SA
THE SPREADING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ON AGRICULTURAL OR GRASSLAND IN RURAL AREAS CARRIES AN INHERENT
RISK OF POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT MITH HARMFJL VIRUSES OR HEAVY METALS CONTAINED IN THE SEWAGE.
SLUDGE UTILIZATION PROGRAMS SHOULD. THEREFORE. INCLUDE VIRUS MONITORING. IN CONJUNCTION WITH IHt
DETERMINATION OF OTHER HAZARDOUS SJBSTANCES. TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE VIRUS CONTAMINATION
OF SLUDGE AND THE VIRUS INACTIVATING EFFICIENCY OF CURRENT METHODS Of- SLUDGE FORMATION. THE
PRESENT REPORT. DEALING MITH A VIRUS MONITORING PROGRAM ON SEWAGE SLUDGE. WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS Of-
THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AT THE ENTERUVIRUS LABORATORY. ONTARIO
MINISTRY OF HEALTH. RESULTS INCLUDE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE STUDIES AT FIVE PLANTS USING DIFFERENT
PHOSPHATE REMOVAL TECHNIQUES AND RELATED LABORATORY STUDIES.
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UPGRADING OF SEWAGE HGOUN EFFLUENTS.
RUPKE. J.W. G.> AND K. CHISHOLM
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PCS
RESEARCH REPORT NO. &4
EPA
0.4726A
1-27
ID*
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS FUNDED UNDER THE RESEARCH PRUGRAM FOX THE
ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF IHfc CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT
LAKES WATER QUALITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY. UNDERTAKEN AT THE STRATHROY. ONTARIO LAGOON
FRCM JANUARY TO AUGUST 1975. WAS T3 DETERMINE IF THE EFFLUENT QUALITY OF A STANDARD LAGOON COULD
BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF A POST-TREATMENT UNIT AT T.HE EFFLUENT END OF THE
SYSTEM. THEREBY E.IM1NATING THE NEED FOR SEASONAL DISCHARGE. UNIT PROCESSES WHICH WERE
INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED INCLUDED PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL TKEATMENT FOLLOWED BY FILTRATION. AIR
FLOTATION. MICROSTRAINING AND THE ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR. IT MAS FOUND THAT A SUITABLE
SYSTEM FOR UPGRADING LAGOON EFFLUENT QUALITY WOULD INVOLVE A ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR FOR
AMMONIA NITROGEN AND SOLUBLE BOD REDUCTION. FOLLOWED BY CHEMICAL COAGULATION-SEDIMENTATION AND
MULTIMEDIA FILTRATION.
TO ESTABLISH VIABLE METHODS OF MAINTAINING WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY
EFFICIENCIES WITH REFERENCE TO FLOW VARIATIONS. VOLUME II. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 55
JAMES F. MACLAREN LIMITED EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-67 ID* 04727A
THIS VOLUME IS A CONTINUATION DF THE STUDY REPORTED IN RESEARCH REPORT NO. 11. PUBLISHED IN
1974. WHICH POINTED OUT THAT EQUALIZATION OF SEWAGE Fi-OW VARIATIONS WOULD HAVE SEVERAL POTENTIAL
BENEFITS WITH RESPECT OT MAINTAINING EFFICIENCIES IN WASTE TREATMENT FAC1LITITES. ALTERNATIVES TO
BYPASSING WERE STUDIED AND A METHODOLOGY MAS DEVELOPED TO ASSESS FLOW VARIATIONS AND PREDICT THt
EFFECT OF CYCLIC DIURNAL FLOW ON THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS. THE PRESENT
STUDY. FJNOED BY THE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POLLUTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF
THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY. SERVES AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS
STUDY TO FURTHER ANALYZE WASTE FLOW FLUCTUATIONS AND ESTABLISH A BASIS FOR SIZING EQUALIZATION
BASINS FOR DESIGN PROPOSES. SEWAGE FLOW RECORDS FROM ELEVEN INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEMS OF VARYING
SIZES WERE EXAMINED. ON THE BASIS OF THE FINDINGS A NEW AND SIMPLIFIED METHOD IS SUGGESTED
FOR SIZING AND OPERATION OF EQUALIZATION BASINS.
CANADA
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DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR SETTLING TANKS FOR THE REMOVAL OF
PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL FLOCS. VOLUME II. RESEARCH REPORT NO. 56
HEIH
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CANADA
ST( )
MALVERN URBAN TEST CATCHMENT. VOLUME 1. RESEAMCH REPORT NO. 57
MARSALEK. J. EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PCS 1-55 ID* 04729A
THE PROBLEM O= DEFINING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF URBAN RUNOFF HAS BEEN ADDRESSED
BY THE UR3AN DRAINAGE SUBCOMMITTEE (UDS) OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR THE CANADA-ONTARIO
AGREEMENT ON GREAT LAKES MATER QUALITY. UNDER THE RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE UDS. AN URGENT NEED
FOR URBAN RUNOFF DATA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ONE OF ITS PROJECTS. FUNDED BV THE RESEARCH PROGRAM
FOR THE ABATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL POt UTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO AGREEMENT ON
GREAT LAKES MATER QUALITY. IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. AN URBAN TEST CATCHMENT
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ST( )
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: TOX1CULOGY. FISHERIES RESEARCH OF CANADA
REPORT NO. 13
HAMILTON• R.D. EPA
ENGLISH* 11/00/76 PGS 1-18 ID* 04739A
*ALSO FRENCH
TOXIC SUBS
THIS REPORT REVIEWS AND ASSESSES CANADIAN ACTIVITIES REGARDING TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS ARE NUT EVALUATED HUT AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO KAISE
AND DISCUSS ISSUES COMMON TO THE PROBLEM POSED BY THE USE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS. A GENERAL
EXAMINATION OF THE SCOPE ANJ SCALE OF THE PROBLEM IS FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTIONS OF
RESPONSIBILITY AND COORDINATION IN THE AREA UP RESEARCH. THE LEVEL OF CANADIAN EFFORT IS
STUDIED IN TERMS UF MANPOWER AND FINANCES. THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY'S SETTING OF PRIORITIES IS
DISCUSSED. AS ARE' THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AMU THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESEARCH OR
CONTROL PROGRAMS.
CANADA
ST{ )
URBAN HYDROLOGICAL MODELING ANJ CATCHMENT RESEARCH IN CANADA. TECHNICAL
BULLET I N NO. 96
MAMSALEK. J. EPA
ENG-ISH 06/00/76 PGS 1-52 ID* 0«74SA
THIS PUBLICATION. THE CANADIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNESCO INTERNATIONAL HYDRULOGICAL
PROGRAM'S PROJECT 7: EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION UN THE HYUROLOGICAL REGIME AND ON THE QUALITY OF
WATERS. PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A CRITICAL SURVEY OF URBAN TEST CATCHMENT RESEARCH AND URBAN
HYDROLOGICAL MODELING IN CANADA. A CATALOG OF SELECTED URBAN TEST CATCHMENTS AND RELATED
RESEARCH PROJECTS WAS PREPARED. INFORMATION ON CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS. INSTRUMENTS. OAT A
ACQUIRED. ANALYSIS PERFORMED AND OTA APPLICATIONS WAS INCLUDED IN THE CATALOo. THE SECTION
ON URBAN HYDROLOGICAL MODELING INCLUDES DESCRIPTIONS UF NElnLY DEVELOPED MODELS. MODIFICATIONS
AND REFINEMENTS UF SOME EXISTING MODELS AND SELECTED CANADIAN ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF
URBAN RUNOFF MODELS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT.)
DENMARK
LR( A)
"MARCH 17. 1976 ORDER NO .
DANMARK. PART A. NO. XVII
121 ON CHEMICAL WASTE." LOVTIUENDE FOR KON6ERIOET
DANISH
AIR
03/27/76 PGS 320-324
SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
ID*
EPA
014458
THIS ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE 1972 ACT ON THE DISPOSAL OF OIL AND CHEMICAL WASTES AND THE 1973
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT. REGULATES THE STORAGE. TRANSPORTATION. COLLECTION. RECEPTION. AND
DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTES. A LIST OF WHICH IS APPENDED. ANYONE ENGAGED IN THESE ACTIVITIES MUST
ENSURE THAT P3LLTION OF AIR. SOIL. GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER. INCLUDING THE SEA. IS
PREVENTED. CHEMICAL WASTE POLLUTION IS TO HE REPORTED TO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES AND THE POLLUTER
MUST REMOVE THE POLLUTION. THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MAY GRANT DISPENSATION UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THEY MAY ALSO ISSUE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS. DECISIONS BY THE MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITIES MAY BE APPEALED FIRST TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THEN. If DESIRED* TO
THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL BOARD. VIOLATIONS ARE PUNISHABLE THROUGH FINES OR IMPRISONMENT. THIS
ORDER. EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 1. 1976. DOES NOT APPLY ON BOARD SHIPS.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
ST( )
PATHWAY OF MERCURY AND THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ON
THE FJTURE MERCURY CONTENT IN SOIL. AIR AND SEDIMENTS IN EuRUPE. EUR SbSE
VAN ENK, R.H.i ANO P. ZEGERS EPA
ENGLISH JO/00/77 PCS 1-61 ID* 04699A
*TOXIC SUBS AIR
FINLAND
PM(B I
"BOARD OF HATERS:
HUFYUDSTADSBLAOET
SWEDISH
ENVIRONMENT ANO WATER PROTECTION BELONG TOGETHER."
04/29/77 PCS 12
ID*
EPA
04749A
THE BOARD OF WATERS IS CRITtCA. OF PLANS TO REDUCE ITS ACTIVITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH I HE
ORGANIZATION OF A NEW MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT. THE BOARD WOULD COME UNDER THE JURISDICTION UF THE
NEW MINISTRY BUT ITS DIVISIONS OF DRAINAGE AND TIMBER FLOATING. FOR INSTANCE. WOULD BE MOVED TO
OTHER AGENCIES. THt BOARD POINTS OUT THAT A U.N. CONFERENCE ON WATERS IN ARGENTINA RECENTLY
EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE ADMINISTRATION OF WATERS WITHIN ONE AGENCY. IN AUDITION
TO ITS REGULAR OuflES. THE 33ARD HAS ALSO WORKED IN THE AREAS OF AIR AND NATURE PROTECTION ANO HAS
PROMOTED PROPER WASTE HANDLING AND FEELS THAT WITH A NOMINAL INCREASE IN FUNDS. IT WOULD BE ABLE
TO ADMINISTER MATTERS IN THESE FIELDS AS WELL. THE ALLOCATION OF THESE TASKS TO OTHER AGENCIES
WOULD. IN SOME CASES. BE A DUPLICATION OF THE BOARD'S PRESENT SERVICES AND THUS A WASTE OF MONEY.
THE PROPOSALS CONCERNING THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY SHOULD. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD. BE
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR 1979.
FRANCE
PMC B)
"TESTS SHOW 77 PERCENT OF FRENCH COASTAL WATERS TO BE OF GOOD OR VERY GOOD
QUALITY AND ONLY 4 PERCENT TO 3E OF BAD QUALITY." PRESSE ENV1RONNEMENT. NO.
EPA
FRENCH 06/17/77 PGS PETN 8-9 ID* 04763A
243
DURING A JUNE 15. 1977 PRESS CONFERENCE. THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER
WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH PRESENTED A REVIEW OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT MEASURES AIMED AT PROMOTING
THE CLEANLINESS ANO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF BEACHES. CLAIMS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CLEANLINESS
OF THE COASTLINE WERE SUBSTANTIATED WITH STATISTICS ON REDUCTIONS IN UNTREATED DOMESTIC AND
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGES. GOALS OF THE VI ITU ECONOMIC PLAN REGARDING DOMESTIC AND
INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS HERE DISCUSSED. MEASUREMENT FIGURES FOR PAST AND FUTURE EFFORTS WERE STATED
TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE CONTROL OPERATIONS OF BOTH MINISTRIES. EXAMINED WERE THE SURVEILLANCE
NETWORKS OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY} AND THE
MINISTRY 0- HEALTH (BEACH WATERS). FINALLY MENTIONED WAS THE PUBLICATION OF TWO BROCHURES FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO FRENCH MAYORS AS A MEANS OF ASSISTING THEM IN THEIR WATER PURIFICATION EFFORTS.
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GERMANY.FED RfcP OF
PM(B)
"MATER PROTECTION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC." NASSER. LUFT UNO BETR1EB
fcPA
GERMAN 05/00/77 PGS 254-255 JO* 04765A
ALSO LRB
PASSAGE OF THE 1957 HATER MANAGEMENT LAW MARKED A TURNING POINT IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT PCILICV
OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC. THIS FRAMEWORK LAW. TO BE EXPANDED BY LAND (STATE) LAWS. HAS FULLOWED BY
OTHER FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR THE REGULATION OF WATER-ENDANGERING SUBSTANCES TRANSPORTED IN
PIPELINES. THE REMOVAL OF WASTE OI-. AND THE: LIMITATION OF POLLUTING DETERGENTS. THE GOVERNMENTS
1971 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM EXPRESSED DETERMINATION TO CONQUER THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM. SINCE
THEN. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT LAW HAS ENDORSED A WATER CLEAN-UP PROGRAM WITH
A TARGET OF 1985 AND REITERATED THE POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE.. A NEW SEWAGE FEE LAW SEEKS TO
REMOVE ANY ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE FROM POLLUTING. STILL. MUCH REMAINS TO Bt DONE. IN SPITE OF
INCREASED EFFORTS TO COMBAT POLLUTION. WATER QUALITY DETERIORATED IN SOME AREAS BETWEEN 1957-4969.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO NOT ACHIEVED FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE COMPETENCE FOR WATER AFFAIRS NOR
NATIONAL WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
GERMANY.FED RtP OF
PM(B)
"THE STATION FOR CONTINJOUS MONITORING OF RHINE WATER QUALITY IN MAINZ.
WASSER UND BODEN
KALWEIT. H. EPA
GERMAN 11/00/76 PGS 283-287 ID* 04769A
ALSO ST
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES IN SOME DETAIL A STATION FOR THE CONTINUOUS AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF
RHINE RIVER WATER QUALITY WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEGUN OPERATION NEAR THE CITY OF MAINZ. UNDERWATER
PUMPS FO3CE WATER FROM FOUR MEASURING POINTS INTO THE MONITORING STATION WHERE IT IS TESTED AND
EVALUATED FOR UP TO 14 PARAMETERS ON A SEMI-CONTINUOUS BASIS. THE COLLECTION AND MEASURING
PROCEDURES ARE DIRECTED BY COMPUTER. AND RESULTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM OF THE LAND OF HESSE. THE STATION. WHICH COSTS ABOUT 2.41
MILLION MARKS. WAS PLANNED AND CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1973 AND 1976. OPERATION COSTS ARE ESTIMATED
AT APPROXIMATELY 0.2 MILLION MARKS PER YEAR PLUS THE COST OF PERSONNEL. IT IS FELT THAT THESE
EXPENSES ARE JUSTIFIED BY THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCATION AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE STATION.
MOREOVER. THE STATION WILL BE ABLE TO PROMOTE FURTHER AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF MATER BODIES
THROUGH ITS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS.
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GERMANY.FED REP OF
ST( I
PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROGRAMME.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA TRANSLATION OOENV TR-1230
GERMANY.FED OF. MINISTRY OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-31 ID* 04734A
ALSO PMB
*SOLIO WASTE AIR NOISE
INDIA
PMCBI
"TOWARDS A WASTE UTILISAITON POLICY."
RAMACHANORAN. A.
ENGLISH 01/00/77 PGS
ALSO SE
*SOLID WASTE
SCAVENGER. VOL. 7. NO. 1
EPA
6-10 10* 04760A
INTERNATIONAL
ST( )
METALLIC EFFLUENTS OF INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
EUROPEAN 3CEAMIC ORGANIZATION EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-216 ID* O4752A
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF STUDIES WHICH WERE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF A CONTRACT GRANTED TO THE EUROPEAN OCEANIC ASSOCIATION BY THE COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES. THE COMMISSION HOPED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THt STUDY OF A PREVENTIVE TECHNOLOGY
TO ARREST THE DETERIORATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT BY LIMITING AND CONTROLLING PRESENT AND
FUTURE WASTES. SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDY DEAL WITH THE ORIGINS. FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
CHROMIUM. CADMIUM-ZINC. AND CYANO-METALLIC COMPOUNDS. ALL OF WHICH CAN AFFECT THE MARINE
ENVIRONMENT. ONE REPORT ALSO DISCUSSES MEASURING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR METALLIC WASTE
PRODUCTS; THE ECO-TOXICOLOGICAL RISKS INVOLVED WITH THE VARIOUS POLLUTANTS; AND GENERAL AND
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
NORWAY
PM(B)
"SUBSIDY FOR THE CLEANUP OF LAKE MJOSA." AFTENPOSTEN
EPA
NORWEGIAN 05/04/77 PGS 20 ID* 04125B
THE = IRST PHASE OF THE CLEANUP OF LAKE NJOSA HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY
OF ENVIRONMENT. MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE LAKE HAVE BEEN GRANTED 22.9 MILLON NORWEGIAN KRONER
IN GOVERNMENT AID FOR THIS PURPOSE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. THE FUNDS WILL
BE USED PRIMARILY FOR PROJECTS WHICH WERE PLANNED OR UNDERWAY BEFORE THE INCREASE OF BLUfc ALGAE
WAS DISCOVERED DU)ING THE SUMMER OF 1976. SO FAR. TOTAL SUBSIDIES OF 95 MILLION KRONER HAVE BEEN
GRANTED. TOTAL INVESTMENTS TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE AMOUNT TO 27G MILLION KRONER.
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40
MATER
SWEDEN
PMIB1
"DON'T FORGET THE DANGER FROM PHOSPHORUS." HUFVUOSTADSBLADET
EPA
SMEDISH 04/06/77 PGS 9 ID* 04737A
ALSO LRB
SOLID WASTE
THE CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS WAGED IN THE EARLY 197O*S TO USE PHOSPHORUS-FREE DETERGENTS IN ORDER TO
DECREASE WATER POLLUTION SEEMS TO HAVE COME TO A HALT. MOST OF THESE DETERGENTS ARE NO LONGER
PRODUCED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST. EVEN MORE DISHEARTENING TO ENVIRONMENTALISTS IS THE FACT THAT
DETERGENTS NOW HAVE LISTS OF CONTENTS STATING PHOSPHORUS LEVELS. CONSUMPTION HAS INCREASED TEN
PERCENT ANNUALLY. AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSE HOLDS WITH JISWASHERS WHOSE DETERGENTS HAVE A HIGHER
CONTENT OF PHOSPHORUS HAS INCREASED. IT IS FELT THAT THE CAMPAIGN 1S TO EXPENSIVE TU CONTINUE
AND THAT THE GENERAL GOAL SHOULD Be REACHED INSTEAD THROUGH LEGISLATION. THERE IS. HOWEVtiR. NO
LAW FOR PRODUCT CONTROL WHATSOEVER IN FINLAND AT THE PRESENT TIME. A LAW PROPOSAL ON THE HANDLING
OF WASTE. CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION IN PARLIAMENT. MAY BE INDIRECTLY APPLICABLE BECAUSE
IT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO VETO THE IMPORTATION AND PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS WHOSE WASTE WOULD
HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
SWEDEN
ST( )
SEDIMENTS AS INDICATORS OF CONTAMINATION—INVESTIGATIONS IN THE FOUR LARGEST
SWEDISH LAKES. SNV PM 839; NLU REPORT 92
HAKANASON. LARS EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/77 PGS 1-159 ID* 04708A
THE AREAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS TRACE METALS, CHLDRATED HYDROCARBONS. AND
PHYSICAL SEDIMENT PARAMETERS AND CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THESE PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN
BOTTOM DEPOSITS FROM VANERN. VATTERN. MALAREN. AND HIALMAREN. THE FOUR LARGEST LAKES IN SWEDEh.
A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN SPATIAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF ELEMENTS; IN
RIVER MOUTH AREAS OR CLOSE TO POLLUTION SOURCES. AREAL VARIATIONS TEND TO BE GREAT AS DO VERTICAL
VARIATIONS AND VICE VERSA. THE CONTAMINATION STATUS AS GIVE BY THE CHEMICAL SEDIMENT PARAMETERS
IS DOMINATED BY ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS. NO GENERALLY VALID CORRELATIONS INVOLVING CHEMICAL
SEDIMENT PARAMETERS ARE APPARENT WITH THE EXCEPTION Or THAT BETWEEN NITROGEN AND ORGANIC CONTENT.
THE PHYSICAL PARAMETERS* ON THE OTHER HAND. ARE DISTRIBUTED IN PREDICTABLE MANNER IN MOST
LAKES. AN APPENDIX INCLUDES DATA ON SEDIMENT TYPES AND VARIOUS SEDIMENT PARAMETERS IN LAKE
VANERN. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED.
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UNITED NATIONS
LR(B)
PAGE
THIRD WORLD ANO ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS IN THE LA» OF THE SEA
JOHNSON. BRIA1 EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/00 PGS 1-37 ID* 04753A
ALS3 SE; PROBABLY PUBLISHED 1974
THIS BOOKLET. PUBLISHED AS AN OCCASIONAL PAP EH OF THE NON-PROFIT MAKING INSTITUTE FOR
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. DISCUSSES THE SIGNIFICANCE AND BACKGROUND OF THE 1974 UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON THE LAM OF THE SEA IN CARACAS* CHAPTERS OF THE BOOKLET L»EAL WITH: 1) SEA
RESOURCES ANO THE DEVELOPING WORLD! 2) PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; AND 3) PROPOSAL FOR
OCEAN MANAGEMENT. THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT IS CONSIDERED UNDER TITO
MAJOR HEADINGS: i) THE LIMITS TO WASTE. WHICH INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DUMPING OF TOXIC
WASTES. OIL POLLUTION. AND POLLUTING NUTRIENTS ANO ORGANIC MATTER ANO 21 THE IMPACT UF SEABED
EXPLOITATION. APPENDIXES LIST TOPICS TO BE OISCOSSEO AT THE CONFERENCE. INCLUDING THOSE
RELATING TO PRESERVATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT; A GLOSSARY OF TERMS; AND TERRITORIAL SEA
CLAIMS.
UNITED NATIONS
PM(B)
USSR
LR( A )
"CLEANING UP «ORLO«S BIGGEST SEWER." THE TIMES
ENGLISH 07/22/77 PGS 5
EPA
ID* 04758A
THIS NEWS ARTICLE DISCUSSES A 17-NATION CONFERENCE IN MONACO. SPONSORED BY THE UNITED NATIONS
TO DEVEL3P A POLLUTION INVENTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA SO THAT THE ESTIMATED COST OF CLEAN-UP
<2.SOO MILLION POUNDS OVER THE NEXT IS YEARS) CAN BE ADEQUATELY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE COASTAL
COUNTRIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE POLLUTION. THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM (UNtP) HAS
SET UP LABORATORIES ALL AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST TO MONITOR AND STUDY POLLUTION LEVELS WITH
THE AIM OF BRINGING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAWS TO CONTROL THESE LEVELS. THE THREE MAIN POLLUTIQN
PROBLEMS POSING SERIOUS THREATS TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
COUNTRIES ARE MERCURY POLLUTION. OIL POLLUTION AND SEWAGE.
"ON SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURES TO ASSURE THE RATIONAL USE ANO PRESERVATION OF
NATURAL RES3U3CES OF LAKE BAYKAL BASIN." RESHENIYA PARTII I PRAVI TEL* STVA PO KHOZ. VJPR.. VOL. tt
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/72 PGS 4BO-482 lot 04681A
THIS JUNE 16. 1971 DECREE OF H£ COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE USSR COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS OBLIGES THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT UTILIZE THE
NATURAL RESOURCES OF LAKE BAYKAL TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
THE LAKE. THE USSR MINISTRY OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY IS TO CONSTRUCT THE BAYKAL'SK SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT IN 1971 AND. TOGETHER WITH THE USSR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY. IS TO FINISH
THE SEWAGE PLANT AT THE SELENGA CELLUSE CARDBORD COMBINE IN 1972 BEFORE IT BECOMES OPERATIONAL.
THE RSFSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES HAVIN& PLANTS IN THE AREA ARE TO DRAW UP A
TIMETABLE BEFORE 1973 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES. THE CITY OF ULAN-UDE
HAS UNTI. 1973 TO COMPLETE THESE FACILITIES. THE RSFSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GUARANTEEING THE RATIONAL USE AND PRESERVATION OF LAKE BAYKAL NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE USSR
STATE COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE'S CONTROL IS TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS.
* UA MraWMEHT nunfflB OFFICE 1S77- 261-238 /381
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