NTISUB/C/135-009
                   NUMBER 61
                 SEPTEMBER 1977
       SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
      ENVIRONMENTAL
              REPORTS
  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

            Washinaton, 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.
This publication, a monthly announcement of documents received by EPA
under the exchanges, is distributed to EPA staff and is available to
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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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("FEBRUARY 4 ,^1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO.  188 ISSUING THE HEALTH CODE."
(AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V.  20.            1            V*
 FOOD AND^AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, .UN,  COMP.          _%      EPA
                                          FOOD
ENGLISH^
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               WATER
    12/00/71
PESTICIDES
                                                                 PCS   58-60^
                                                                 RADIATION/
                                                            ID//  01686Av'
                       THIS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH DECREE ASSIGNS TO THE EXECUTIVE, ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF
                  PUBLIC HEALTH, RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC SPHERES AS REGARDS PUBLIC
                  HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE
                  TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERE AND IN THE FORMULATION OF DIRECTIVES AND IN ENFORCEMENT AND
                  EVALUATION.
                                      LRA  -  LEGAL TEXT

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

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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                         AIR

Canada.
       Metallurgical Industries Mercury Information Regulations,
         Part II  ...........................      1
Vejunank
       May 26, 1976 Act No. 259 to Amend the 1972 Law No. 135 on
         the Restriction of the Sulfur Content, Etc. of Fuels .....      1
       August 25, 1976 Order No. 436 on Restriction of Sulfur Content
         in Oils Used for Heating and Transportation  .........      1
Gesunany, Fed Rep o&
       Smog Plan for the Mannheim Area  ................      2
Japan
       See NOISE (Japan) — Control No. 04833A  ............     20
       See NOISE (Japan) — Control No. 04847A  ............     20
Noway
       Gasoline Consumption and Emissions Are Influenced Little
         by the Use of Low Beam Headlights  ..............      2
Sweden
       See GENERAL (Sweden) — Control No. 04777A ...........     15
       "No" to Sundays Without Motor Vehicles .............      3

                                       GENERAL
       Environmental Impact Assessment and the Law  ..........      3
       Views of the Environment ....... .............      4
       Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment  .........      4
       A Consultant's Views on Environmental Impact Statements
         In Australia .........................      4
       Consultants, Clients and the Community in EIS Preparation  ...      5
       Environmental Assessment in Victoria ..............      5
       Environmental Impact Statements and a "Push Me-Pull You"
         Approach ...........................      5

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       Environmental Impact Assessment and Conservation in Australia  .       6
       Environmental Impact Assessment:  Summary and Prospects  ....       6
       Environmental Problems:  Environmental Impact Statements
         and Economic Analysis  ....................       6
       Project Development and the Social Environment .........       7
       A Developer's View of Environmental Impact Assessments .....       7
       Fifty-Eight Million for Environmental Protection in Lower
         Austria  ...........................      7
&ULZJUL
       The Library Serving CETESB [State Basic Sanitation and
         Environmental Protection Company]  ..............      8
       Remuneration of Engineering Services on a Cost Plus Basis  ...      8
Canada.
       Environmental Impact Procedures:  A Critique of the
         Canadian Proposal  ......................      8
       Interpretive Materials on the Environment and Renewable
         Resources 1974 ........................      9
       March 1, 1977 Order No. 69 to Amend the Order on Rules and
         Procedures for the Environmental Appeal Board  ........      9
       Administration of Environmental Legislation II .........      9
       Draft of a New Structure for the Ministry of the Environment .  .     10
European Commu.nitieA
       Concretization of the EC Environmental Protection Program  ...     10
Bcn&ind
       November 7, 1975 Ordinance No. 841 on the Environmental
         Protection Delegations at the County Level ..........     10

       January 19, 1977 Order Designating Members to the Higher
         Council of Classified Installations  .............     11
       The Council of Ministers' Statement  ..............     11
       Meeting of the High Committee for the Environment  .......     12
       PUK Presents Its Policies and Accomplishments for the
         Protection of the Environment  ................     12
       See WATER (France) — Control No. 04809A ............     35
       See WATER (France) — Control No. 04845A ............     36
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Gesunany, Fed Rep o^
       On the Occasion of Environment Day 1977  ............      13
       The Economy Contributed 130 Million to Environmental
         Protection ..........................      13
       The Population and Environmental Protection  ..........      14
Japan
       Guide to Health and Welfare Services in Japan  .........      14
       Environment Agency Issues New Rules for Honshu-Shikoku Spans .  .      14
Noway
       Norway's Ministry of Environment:  An Introduction .......      15
       Our Industry Pollutes Increasingly Less  ............      15
Sweden
       Government Plans — Strong Emphasis on Environmental Questions .  .      15
USSR
       Legal Principles of Nature Protection in the USSR  .......      16
WHO
       Health Aspects of Human Settlements  ..............      16

                                       LAND USE
       Committee Proposal:  New National Park Net Against
         Environmental Destruction  ..................      16
       Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry:   Our Natural
         Landscapes Demand Active Protection  .............      17
France
       Satisfactory Appraisal of "Conservancy" After One Year
         in Existence .........................      17
       Shortcomings of Planning and Construction Legislation  .....      17
Noway
       Minister for Environment Invited to Elverum to Counsel
         in State Highway Conflict  ..................      18
       Large Sewer Plants Bring Undesirable Pressure to Expand  ....      18
Sweeten
       Landscape Analysis in the Municipality of Linkoping  ......      19
Stuctzet&md
       The Cantonal Directional Plan in the Making  ..........      19
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                                        NOISE

Japan
       Environment Agency's Osaka Study Shows Airbuses Produce
         Less Noise ..........................      20
       Noise, Not NOx Affects Roadside People:  Survey  ........      20
Sweden
       High Limit Values Result in Hearing Impairment .........      20
SuiUzeAland
       Compensation Because of Highway Noise  .............      21
       See AIR (Switzerland) — Control No. 04832A  ..........       3

                                      PESTICIDES
       June 27, 1974 Pesticides Control Act ..............      21
Finland
       May 16, 1975 Ordinance No. 313 Amending the Ordinance on
         Pesticides ..........................      22
       May 16, 1975 Decree by the Ministry of Agriculture and
         Forestry on the Aerial Spraying of Pesticides  ........      22
       Pesticides Are Being Used More Sensibly  ............      22
Sweden
       Political Parties Agree on Ban of Hormoslyr  ..........      23

                                      RADIATION
       February 14, 1975 Ordinance No. 103 on the Radiation Safety
         Institute  ..........................      23
       February 14, 1975 Ordinance No. 104 to Authorize the Radiation
         Safety Institute To Issue Safety Licenses in Accordance
         With the Law on Radiation Protection .............      23
InteAnatLonat
       Indispensable Nuclear Energy ..................      24
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       Transportation Rules for Radioactive Matter Discussed   .....     24
OECV
       France Participating in Research on the Deposit of
         Radioactive Wastes on the Ocean Floor   ............     24
Sweden
       Fifty Affected by Radiation — Demand for New Indictment  .....     25
       Waste From Nuclear Fuel Can Now Be Stored Without Risk  .....     25

                                     SOLID WASTE
       Study on the Separate Collection of Scrap   ...........     25
       Study of an Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Waste
         Management With Particular Attention to the Recirculation
         of Waste Substances ("Social Assessment of Recycling") ....     26
Canada.
       Land Pollution in the National Capital Region  .........     26
       Sludge From Wastewater Purification Installations   .......     27
       See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 04840A  ...........     34
       See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 04850A  ...........     34
G&unany, Fed Rep o&
       New Material From Old Synthetics  ................     27
Gtuuat
       The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (Commencement No. 8)
         Order 1977 and (Commencement No. 9) Order 1977 ........     28
       The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Amendment)
         Regulations 1977 .......................     28
Nowoay
       Results Good in the Collection of Food Wastes   .........     28
Sweden
       Waste Investigation — We Throw Away Energy Resources   ......     29

                                      TOXIC SUBS

&ULZJUL
       See WATER (Brazil) -- Control No. 04829A ............     32
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       Chemical Waste — Report From a Working Group  ..........     29
       Dioxins: Report From a Working Group ..............     30
       Hair Dyes:  Report From a Working Group  ............     30
       PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) Factory Not as Dangerous as
         20 Cigarettes Per Day  .......... ..........     31
       See WATER (Denmark) — Control No. 04773A  ...........     35

                                        WATER
       Characteristics of the Quality of Water Drained From
         Agricultural Areas ......................      31
       Use of the ABC Method in Planning and the Objective Control
         of Water Pollution ......................      31
       Levels of Mercury in Marine Organisms  .............      32
       Wastewater:  Guiding Regulations for Discharge of Wastewater .  .      32
       Revision of Wastewater Regulations ...............      33
       Fluoridation of Drinking Water .................      33
       Conflict Concerning Pollution  .................      33
       Firms Pressured on Chemical Waste  ...............      34
       City of Copenhagen Begins Roundup of Heavy Polluters —
         Environmentalists Will Stop Violations ............      34
       Danish Marine Monitoring Methods and Data:  Part I,  DDT,
         Dieldrin, PCB, and Mercury in Fish From Marine Areas,
         1968-1976  ..........................      35
France
       First Results of the Marine Environment Observation
         Network Do Not Indicate Alarming Levels of Pollution .....      35
       The Staggering of Vacations To Control Pollution ........      35
       Results of 1976 Pollution Monitoring Campaign in Alsace   ....      36
       Antipollution Agreement:  Signature of Branch Program  .....      36
Ge/tmam/, fd Re.p
       Annual Report on Water Management for 1976 ...........      37
       See SOLID WASTE (Great Britain) — Control No.  02482ZA .....      28
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InteJinationat
       Technical and Legal Aspects of Oil Pollution ..........     37
       Reduction of Oil Losses in the Effluents of European Refineries.     38
Japan
       Officials From 11 Prefectures Adopt Plan to Control Inland
         Sea Pollution  ........................     38
       Discharges Are Automatically Measured  .............     38
       See LAND USE (Norway) — Control No. 04793A  ..........     18
Sweden
       The Baltic Sea:  Current Swedish Research  ...........     39
       See LAND USE (Sweden) — Control No. 04779A  ..........     19
Swvtzesuland
       60 Percent of Sewage Purified  .................     39
USSR
       On Measures to Improve the Collection and Utilization of
         Waste Petroleum Products ...................     40
       On Measures to Prevent Pollution of the Black and Azov
         Sea Basins ......................... . .     40
mo
       International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply.
         Annual Report 1976 ......................     40
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AIR

CANADA
      LR( A)
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     •METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES  MERCURY  INFORMATION REGULATIONS. PART II. MARCH 28,
     1977."   CANADA GAZETTE ANNOUNCEMENTS	CLEAN AIR  ACT. NC.28
     CANACA.   DEPARTMENT  CF THE ENVIRONMENT                          EPA
     ENGLISH*                  04/13/77   PGS   1666-69          ID*  00356Q
      *ALSO  FRENCH
DENMARK
      LR(A)
     THE REGULATIONS. PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO  SECTION SIX OF THE CANADIAN  CLEAN  AIR ACT.  REQUIRE
THAT UPON  THE REQUEST OF  THE CANADIAN MINISTER OF  THE ENVIRONMENT.  THE OPERATOR OF A METALLURGICAL
WORK, UNDERTAKING OR BUSINESS  SHALL  SUBMIT  TO THE  MINISTER  AT THE  INDICATED ADDRESS AN  INFORMATION
REPORT DESCRIBING THE MERCURY  INPUT  AND OUTPUTS OF  THE OPERATION  IN QUESTION.   THE REPORT IS TO
FOLLOW THE FORMAT GIVEN  IN THE APPENDED SCHEDULE TO THE REGULATIONS.   THE INITIAL REPORT MUST  BE
SUBMITTED  WITHIN  FOUR TO  SEVEN MONTHS.  DEPENDING ON WHEN T>£ REQUEST  IS MADE BY THE MINISTER.  AND
SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL REPORTS MUST FOLLOW.   THE REGULATIONS ARE REPRINTED FROM THE  CANADA GAZETTE.
PART II (VOL. Ill,  NO.7)  CF APRIL 13.  1977.


     "MAY 26.  1976 ACT NO. 259  TO AMEND  THE  1972 LAW NO. 135 ON THE  RESTRICTION  OF
     THE SULFUR CONTENT. ETC. OF FUELS."  LOVTIDENDE FOR KONGERIGET  DANMARK. PART A, NO.  XXIX
                                                                          EPA
     DANISH                    05/12/76  PGS   644              ID*  01441B

     THE FIRST PARAGRAPH CF THE APRIL  26. 1972 LAW  NO. 135  ON THE RESTRICTION OF THE SULFUR CONTENT,
ETC. OF FUELS IS  AMENDED  TO READ THAT SULFUR  CONTENT IN FUEL IS NOT ONLY  RESTRICTED WHEN USED  IN
STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS  BUT ALSO FOR THE PURPOSE  OF TRANSPORTATION.   THIS ACT  IS EFFECTIVE AS OF
AUGUST 25.  1976.
DENMARK
      LR(A)
     "AUGUST 25, 1976 ORDER NO.  436 ON  RESTRICTION OF  SULFUR  CONTENT  IN OILS USED  FOR
     HEATING AND TRANSPORTATION."  LOVTIDENDE FOR KONGERIGET  OANMARK
                                                                          EPA
     DANISH                     09/10/76   PGS  1128-1129        ID*  01441C

     THIS ORDER. PURSUANT  TO THE 1976 ACT NO. 259 ON  THE RESTRICTION  OF SULFUR CONTENT,  ETC. OF
FUEL OILS,  STIPULATES THAT FUEL OILS WITH A SULFUR CONTENT  EXCEEDING 0.8  (AFTER OCTOBER 1. 1980,
0.5) PERCENT BY WEIGHT MAY NOT  BE USED FOR FUEL IN EITHER  STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS OR FOR
TRANSPORTATION.   RESIDUAL OIL WITH A SULFUR CONTENT  OF MORE  THAT 2.5 PERCENT BY WEIGHT  MAY NOT  BE
USED.  SPECIAL STIPULATICNS ARE IN EFFECT FOR  THE MUNICIPALITIES OF  COPENHAGEN AND FREOERIKSBERG.
THE  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MAY GIVE DISPENSATION  FROM THE ABOVE  REGULATIONS.   DECISIONS
MAY  BE APPEALED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL BOARD.   VIOLATIONS ARE PUNISHABLE THROUGH FINES OR
IMPRISONMENT.  THIS ORDER ABROGATES THE 1972 ORDER NC. 421  ON LIMITATIONS OF SULFUR CONTENT OF
FUEL OILS AND ITS AMENDMENTS (1973. AMENDMENTS NO. 597 AND  616, AND  1974, AMENDMFNTS  153 AND 491).

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GERMANY.FED REP OF

     LR(B)
    "SMOG PLAN FOR THE MANNHEIM AREA."   STUTTGARTEH  ZEITUNG
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  05/11/77  PGS   6               ID*   04821A
     ALSO PMB
                         THE LAND OF BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG HAS PASSED A "SMOG ORDINANCE" FOR THE AGGLOMERATION AREA 3F
                     MANNHEIM-LUOWIGSHAFEN.   ACCORDING TO THE LAND MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS, A SMOG ALARM WILL  BE
                     ISSUED DURING  TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS IN AIR UP TO 700 METERS ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WITH NO WIND  AND
                     STIPULATED CONCENTRATIONS OF  SEVERAL POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR.  FCR THIS PURPOSE, BASIC LEVELS DF
                     POLLUTANTS ARE:   0.4  MG/M3 SULFUR DIOXIDE,  15.0 MG/M3 CARBCN MONOXIDE, O.3 MG/M3 NITROGEN
                     DIOXIDE, AND 2.5  MG/M3  HYDROCARBONS WITHOUT ("ETHANE.  ALARM STAGE 1 WILL BE ISSUED AT TWICE THESE
                     BASIC LEVELS AND  WILL CONSTITUTE  A PUBLIC WARNING.  DURING ALARM STAGES 2 (FOUR TIMES BASE LEVFLS)
                     AND 3  (SIX TIMES  BASE LEVELS).  ONLY LCW-SULFUR SOLID, LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUFUS MAY QE USED IN
                     FURNACES.  MOTOR  VEHICLE TRAFFIC  WILL BE SUSPENDED IN CERTAIN AREAS DURING RUSH HOURS IN ALARM
                     STAGE 2 AND COMPLETELY  SUSPENDED  IN THOSE AREAS IN ALARM STAGE 3.  (FOR THE SMOG ALARM PLAN IN
                     NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA.  SEE ID  NG. 00907D.)
JAPAN
     PMCB)
    "ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S OSAKA STUDY SHOWS AIRBUSES  PRODUCE  LESS NOISE."  JAPAN
    TIMES
                                                                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 07/27/77  PGS  4               ID*  04833A
    *NOISE
NORWAY
     ST( )
    "GASCLINE CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS ARE  INFLUENCED LITTLE  BY  THE  USE  OF
    LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                  EPA
    NORWEGIAN               06/26/77  PGS  9               ID*   04835A

    DRIVING WITH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS LIT, RECOMMENDED FOR  TRAFFIC SAFtlTY  PURPOSES,  HAS LITTLE
INFLUENCE ON GASOLINE CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS  OF  POLLUTANTS  FROM A  CAW'S EXHAUST  SYSTEM,
ACCORDING TO AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED AT THE  STATE  TECHNCLOG1CAL INSTITUTE.   A PREVIOUSLY
PUBLISHED ARTICLE, WHICH IS INCLUDED, HAD CONTENDED THAT THE CONTINUOUS USE  OF  LOW  BEAM HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING WOULD INCREASE AIR POLLUTION EY FIVE  PERCENT.  THE  TESTS WERE  PfcRFDRMED WITH  A
1,800 CC DATSUN 1806. AN AVERAGE-SIZED CAR IN NORWAY.  tXHALST EMISSIONS  WERE  MEASURED AT 80 KM
PER HOUR. WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLING, AND DURING CITY  DRIVING.  ALTHOUGH AN  INCREASE IN NITROGEN
GASES ANC HYDROCARBONS WAS NOTICED WHEN THE  CAR  *AS IDLING, THE EMISSIONS WfcRE, GENERALLY
SPEAKING, SO MINOR THEY WERE HARDLY MEASURABLE.  THE  INSTITUTE REGRETTED  THAT  ONLY  ONE CAR  WAS
TESTED BUT STRESSED THAT THIS PROGRAM wAS NOT EUDGETEC IN  ADVANCE AND COULD  THEREFORE NOT RE
AS EXTENSIVE AS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DESIRED.

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SWEDEN
      PMC A)
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     •GOVERNMENT PLANS	STRONG EMPHASIS  ON ENVIRONMENTAL  QUESTIONS."
     SVENSKA  OAGSLAOET
                                                                          EPA
     SWEDISH                    06/03/77  PGS  5                ID*   04777A
     ^GENERAL
SWITZERLAND

      PMiBI
     "•NO*  TO SUNDAYS WITHOUT MOTOR VEHICLE."  NEUE ZUERCHER  ZEITUNG
                                                                          EPA
     GERMAN                    05/27/77  PGS  21               ID*   04832A
      NOISE

     THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL HAS  RECOMMENDED REJECTION OF A CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE  (BURGOORFER
INITIATIVE)  WHICH  WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED  ALL PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC
ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH.  SUPPORTERS  OF THE  PROPOSAL FELT  IT WOULD PROMOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THE  SAVING  OF ENERGY.  THE FEDERAL COUNCIL
FOUND. HOWEVER. THAT THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE PLAN OUTWEIGHED  THE POTENTIAL  ADVANTAGES.  SUCH
A  PROVISION  WOULD  WORK A HARDSHIP  ON CITIZENS OF REMOTE. PARTICULARLY MOUNTAINOUS.  RFGIONS  WHERE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS INADEQUATE.  MOREOVER.  AREAS WHICH  DEPEND ECONOMICALLY ON  THE TOURIST
TRADE WOULD  HAVE SUFFERED.  AND PROBLEMS  WOULD HAVE ARISEN IN REGARD TO FOREIGN TOURISTS TRYING
TO ENTER SWITZERLAND ON THESE DAYS.  THE COUNCIL ALSO FELT THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
EXCEPTIONS TO THE  GENERAL  RULING WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY SO  THAT ENERGY ECONOMY  AND THE
REDUCTION  OF ACCIDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT AS  ADVOCATES OF THE PLAN ANTICIPATED.
GENERAL

AUSTRALIA

      LR IN THE UNITED STATES.  AUSTRALIA, AND  NEW SOUTH WALES, POINTING UP  THE WEAKNESSES
                        BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF El A.  ALTHOUGH THE AUSTRALIAN  LAW REQUIRES THE PREPARATION  OF AN
                        ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BY  GOVERNMENT AGENCIES  FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY,  IT DOES  NOT
                        ASSURE THE  IMPLEMENTATION  NOR THE  QUALITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
                        STATEMENT.   GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIONS IN THIS REGARD ARE NOT  SUBJECT TO INDEPENDENT
                        JUDICIAL CONTROL.  AND THIS ABSENCE OF CONTROL IS SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE  ABSENCE OF A
                        LEGAL RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE  IN DETERMINING  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY.   THEREFORE.
                        GOVERNMENT  COMPLIANCE WITH EIA LAWS TENDS TO BE NO MORE THAN  A JUSTIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL
                        DECISIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

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GENERAL

AUSTRALIA

     PM(B)
    "VIEWS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
    LINARCE. EDWARD
    ENGLISH                  06X00/76
     ALSC SE
                                  SEARCH. VOL. 7. NO.6
                                                             PGS  227-230
       EPA
ID*  0«d39A
                          THIS ARTICLE SERVES  AS  AN  INTRODUCTION TO THE JUNE 1976  ISSUE OF  SEARCH MAGAZINE. WHICH IS
                      DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT  ASSESSMENT (El A) IN AUSTRALIA.   IT  BRIEFLY  DESCRIBES THE
                      AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN  EXPERIENCES  IN EIA AND DISCUSSES IN  GENERAL THE  PROS AND CONS OF EIA.
                      THE DEFINED PURPOSE OF EIA,  IF PROPERLY CONDUCTED. IS TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND
                      CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER DESIGN  AND  WORKING WITH NATURE IN DEVELOPMENTAL  ACTIVITIES.  THF SCOPE OF
                      F.I A I S SUBJECT TO MANY INTERPRETATIONS, BUT IT SHOULD CONSIDER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
                      AS  WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACTS.   THE ARTICLE ALSO DISCUSSES PROCEDURES FOR EIA. COMMUNITY
                      INVOLVEMENT IN EIA AND THE  RELATIONSHIP OF EIA TO PLANNING.  THE FINAL SECTION OF THt ARTICLE
                      CITES THE FORMIDABLE CRITICISMS  OF  EIA AS IT IS PRESENTLY PRACTICED BUT  POINTS OUT THAT EIA
                      WILL IMPROVE GIVEN TIME.  GOODWILL AND RATIONAL DISCUSSION.
AUSTRALIA

     PM(8>
    "PRINCIPLES OF  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT."
    HAR, BARRY T..  AND  PETER CULLEN
    ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PGS  231-235
     ALSO SE
                                                                             SEARCH
    VOL. 7.
       EPA
ID*  O4339B
                                                                                              NO.
                          THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE  METHODOLOGIES PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR ASSESSING  ENVIRONMENTAL
                      CHANGES.  STRESSING THE NEED  FOR  A  WELL-ROUNDED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH  TO ENVIRONMENTAL
                      IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA). THE  ARTICLE DESCRIBES THF FOLLOWING FOUR STEPS  IN  THE  FIA PROCESS:
                      1>  BOUNDARY DEFINITION, INCLUDING THE SPATIAL BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS TIME SCALE  OF A STUDY AREA;
                      2)  IMPACT IDENTIFICATION* REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION OF ALL POSSIBLE IMPACTS  OF A PROJECT. BOTH
                      DURING AND AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION PHASF!  3) IMPACT PREDICTION, INVOLVING A  BASELINE STUDY OF THE
                      TARGET ENVIRONMENT FROM WHICH AN  EXPLICIT MODEL CAN BE FORMULATED TO PREDICT  THE MAGNITUDE OF
                      IMPACTS; AND «» IMPACT EVALUATION,  ASSIGNING VALUES TO EACH OF THE PREDICATED IMPACTS AND
                      IDENTIFYING DEVELOPMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE-OFFS FOR THE DECISION  MAKER.   THE ARTICLE
                      CONCLUDES THERE IS NO SINGLE  BEST METHOD  OF EIA AND THAT COMBINATIONS OF METHODS MUST BE USED.
AUSTRALIA
     PMtB)
    "A CONSULTANT'S  VIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS  IN  AUSTRALIA."
    SEARCH. VOL. 7,  NO.  6
    SPRY. ALAN                                                     EPA
    ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PGS  252-255         ID*  O4839G

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THF PROBLEMS. USES AND POSSIBLE  IMPROVEMENTS  IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS (EIS) IN  AUSTRALIA FROM A CONSULTANT'S POIKT OF  VIEW.   CURRENT  PROBLEMS WITH EIS
INCLUDE COSTS. LACK  OF TRAINED TECHNICIANS. UNCOORDINATED  IMPACT  STUDIES.  AND DISTORTIONS OF
ASSESSMENT.  THE CONCEPT OF EIS AS AN IMPARTIAL OR AS A PARTISAN  DOCUMENT  ON ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS
IS ALSO DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC INQUIRY IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
TH= ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH FIS IS STILL THE BEST  MEANS FOR CONTROLING THE DETRIMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THE MANY PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN PREPARATION,
INTERPRETATION AND  IMPLEMENTATION OF EIS'S SELDOM SEEM TO  JUSTIFY THEIR  USE.  SOLUTIONS TO THE
PROBLEMS OF EIS CAN  POSSIBLE BE SOUGHT THROUGH MORE PHOFES ISONAL  PREPARATION AND ASSESSMENT.

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AUSTRALIA


     PM( B)
     "ENVIRONMENTAL
     VOL. 7, NO.  6
     MOSLEY. J.G.
     ENGLISH
     ALSO SE
                     IMPACT  ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION  IN AUSTRALIA."   SfcAUCH,
                                                      0^/00/76  PGS   267-272
                                                                                       10*
  EPA
04U39L
                            THIS ARTICLE SUMWAKIZES THE  PRACTICE  OF ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)  IN AUSTRALIA ON
                       BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LEVELS.  IT  IS  ARGUED  THAT EIA MUST FIT  INTO  EFFECTIVE
                       NATIONAL AND  REGIONAL  PLANNING POLICIES AND INTO THE  POLITICAL  DECISION-MAKING  PROCESS.  FEDERAL
                       LAWS AND PROCEDURES FOR  EIA SHOULD 3F FOLLOWED AS  A  MINIMUM  APPROACH, ANL> THE  STATES SHOULD
                       FURTHER IMPLEMENT AND  DEVELOP THEIR O»N 6IA PROCEDURES.  CURRENT EIA PRACTICES  IN AUSTRALIA FALL
                       SHCRT OF THESE GOALS DUE TO LACK OF PLANNING POLICIES,  INADEQUATE COORDINATION  BETWFFN FEDERAL
                       AND  STATE GOVERNMENTS  AND FAILURE TO ADEUUATELY DEFINE  THE SCOPE OF £IA.   SUGGESTIONS FOR
                       IMPROVING THE EIA PROCESS IN AUSTRALIA ARE  GIVEN.
AUSTRALIA
     PM( B)
    "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  ASSESSMENT:
    NO. 6
    TALBCT, FKANK
    ENGLISH                   06/00/76
      ALSC SE
                                                                  SUMMARY AND  FRCSPECTS."   SEARCH,  VOL. 7,
                                                                 PGS   273-274
                                                                                       ID*
                                                                                               EPA
                                                                                             04839M
                            THIS ARTICLE  SUMMARIZES OPINIONS AND  CRITICISMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)
                       AS VOICED IN SEVERAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN  THE JUNE 1976 ISSUF  OF SEARCH   MAGAZINE.  DEVOTED
                       TO EIA IN AUSTRALIA.   IT  DISCUSSES  EIA AND  SOCIOECONCMIC FACTORS; EIA AND  ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING;
                       COMMUNICATION  BETWEEN  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, DEVELCPER AND  PLANNER; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION  IN
                       EI/>;  METHODOLOGY  OF EIA;  AND THE  FUTURE OF  EIA.  THE  ARTICLE CONCLUDES WITH THE FOLLOWING
                       OBSERVATIONS:   i)  EIA  is  STILL  IN THE PRIMITIVE STAGE IN AUSTRALIA; 2) PRESENT ADMINISTRATION
                       ANO  LAWS FAVOR  THE DEVELOPER OVER THE ENVIRONMENTALIST;  3) EIA  IS TAKING PLACE TOO LATE IN THE
                       PLANNING PROCESS  OF PROPOSED PROJECTS; 4) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN EIA IS TOO SLIGHT; 5)  EIA MAY
                       BE FORCED FROM  A  PRIVATE  TO A PUBLIC ENDEAVCR, ESPECIALLY FCR  LARGE PROJECTS; AND 6)  THE RAPID
                       DEVELOPMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SHOULD AID IN THE  IMPLEMENTATION OF  EIA.
AUSTRALIA
     SEC  )
    "ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS:   ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT STATEMENTS AND  ECONOMIC
    ANALYSIS."   SEARCH.  VOL.  7, NO.  6
    ABELSON, PETER                                                   EPA
    ENGLISH                   06/00/76  PGS  240-245         ID*  04S39D

    THIS ARTICLE COMPARES  THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  STATEMENTS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
(COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS!  IN APPRAISING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.  GENERAL CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS OF
APPRAISAL ARE OUTLINED  AND THE FAILURE OF  IMPACT STATEMENTS OR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO SOLVE THEM  IS
FULLY  DISCUSSED.   THE SYDNEY AIRPORT STUDY IS  USED TO  ILLUSTRATE THESE PROBLEMS.  IT  IS  POINTED
OUT THAT WHILE  IMPACT STATEMENTS AND ECONOMIC  ANALYSIS  ARE TO SOME EXTENT COMPLEMENTARY. THEY ALSO
OVERLAP EACH OTHER.  IT  IS THUS URGED THAT WHEN BOTH ARE  REQUIRED,  THE RESULTS BE CAREFULLY
INTERPRETED.

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     SE( )
    "PROJECT DEVELOPMENT  AND  THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT."
    KING. ROSS
    ENGLISH                 06/00/76  PCS  246-249
SEARCH. VOL. 7, NO. 6
          EPA
   ID*  04S39E
                          THIS ARTICLE  EXAMINES THE ECONOMIC CONCEPTS OF INTERNAL  AND EXTERNAL  COSTS  OF  DEVELOPMENT
                      PROJECTS AND  DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  STATEMENT IN  CLARIFYING  THE  EXTERNAL
                      OR  INTANGIBLE COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT BY CHANGING SOCIAL VALUES REGARDING  THE ENVIRONMENT.   MEANS OF
                      MEASURING EXTERNAL  COSTS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION EFFECTS OF  PROJECTS ARE  ANALYZED.   THE  ARTICLE
                      EMPHASIZES THAT AN  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE  CONFLICTING  SETS  OF
                      OBJECTIVES IN THE COMMUNITY BUT MERELY CLARIFIES THEM AND GENERATES ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES WHICH
                      COULD  MOST NEARLY SATISFY THE CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES AND CHANGING ATTITUDES  REGARDING  DEVELOPMENT
                      AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
AUSTRALIA

     SE( )
    "A DEVELOPER'S VIEW  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT ASSESSMENTS."  SEARCH, VOL. 7, NO. 6
    JENNINGS. V.E.                                                EPA
    ENGLISH                  06/00/76  PGS  250-252        ID*  04S39F
    ALSO LRB

    THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE  RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OEVELCPER AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT
STATEMENT (EIS).  THE DEVELOPER  IS  SEEN AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE, WHILE THE EIS IS CONSIDERED A
FORECAST OF THAT CHANGE.  EACH CAN  BE  MUTUALLY HINOERSOME WHEN NARROW VIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS ARE  IN  CONFLICT.  ONE THE OTHER HAND. EIS AND DEVELOPERS CAN BE MUTUALLY
HELPFUL IF BOTH WORK TOWARDS THE TOTAL COMMUNITY GOOD AND FOLLOW ESTABLISHED GUIDES.  GUIDELINES
IN THIS ARTICLE SUGGEST  THAT:  I)  SMALL PROJECT PROPCSALS BE DEALT WITH PROMPTLY AND LARGE
PROPOSALS COMPREHENSIVELY;  21  THE EIS  EXPRESS ADEQUATELY COMMUNITY OPINION ABOUT UNUSUAL PROJECTS;
3> COSTS OF DELAYS BE CONSIDERED; 4» JUSTIFIED DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 8E MET 5 5) RETROSPECTIVE EIS'S
BE PREPARED FOR COMPARISON  WITH  INITIAL EIS'S TO IMPROVE FCTURE FORECASTS; AND 6) RESEARCH ON
HUMAN REACTIONS TO VARIOUS  ASPECTS  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT BE CONDUCTED.
AUSTRIA


     SEC )
    "FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN LOfeER AUSTRIA."  DIE
    PRESSE
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  04/01/77  PGS   4               ID*  04794A

    THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRCTECTION  OFFICE  OF THE PROVINCE OF LOWER AUSTRIA HAS ANNOUNCED  ITS
BUDGET OF 58 MILLION SCHILLINGS FOR  THE  COMING YEAR.   THE FUNDS ARE TO BE SPENT PRIMARILY ON
DUMPS AND COMPOSTING FACILITIES.   A  DUMP FOR  SPECIAL  WASTES. WHICH COULD SERVF AS A MODEL FOR
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IS ALSO  BEING CONSIDERED.   SCME OF THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED TO
EXPAND L ABOR ATORY F ACILIT IES .

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BRAZIL

      PM(A)
BRAZIL
      S3(  )
     A  BIBLIOTECA  A SERVICO DA  EMPRESA—CETESB (THE LIBRARY SERVING  CETESB)
     TALAMO,  IVONE. AND  OTHERS                                          EPA
     PORTUGUESE                 12/19/75   PCS   1-23              ID*   04825A

     THIS PAPER. PRESENTED AT  THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONFERENCE.  HELD IN RIO OE
JANEIRO IN  DECEMBER 1975. DESCRIBES  THE FUNCTIONS AND  ATTRIBUTES OF  THE LIBRARY  OF  THE  STATE
BASIC  SANITATION  AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRCTECTICN COMPANY  (CETESB)  OF THE STATE OF SAO  PAULO,  BRAZIL.
THE  PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS LIBRARY,- IS  TO DISSEMINATE  INFORMATION CONTAINED  IN  ITS  COLLECTION
TO USERS INTERESTED IN  ENVIRONMENTAL  SANITATION.   THE  LIBRARY'S COLLECTIONS AND  SERVICES OFFERED
BY THE LIBRARY ARE DESCRIBED  AS WELL  AS PROGRAMS  TO BE IMPLEMENTED  IN THE FUTURE.   OTHER
BRIEF  INFORMATION CONTAINED  IN THE PAPER  INCLUDES THE  HISTORY  OF THE  LIBRARY. ITS  LOCATION. ITS
OBJECTIVES.  AND ITS AREA OF  COMPETENCY.  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES  ARE GIVEN AS WELL AS CHARTS.
TABLES AND  GRAPHS.


     REMUNERACAO DE SERVICOS  OE ENGENHARIA PELO SISTEPA COST  PLUS (REMUNERATION OF
     ENGINEERING SERVICES ON  A  COST PLUS BASIS)
     HIRSCHFELD. HENRIQUE                                               EPA
     PORTUGUESE                 12/19/75   PCS   1-28              ID*   04831A

     THIS PAPER WAS ISSUED BY  THE STATE COMPANY FOR BASIC SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
OF SAO PAULO. BRAZIL. FOR PRESENTATION AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN  SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS.  HELD
IN RIO OE JANEIRO IN DECEMBER  1975.   IT INDICATES THE  WAYS IN  WHICH ENGINEERING  SERVICES
CONTRACTED  ON A "COST PLUS"  BASIS CAN BE REMUNERATED.   IN THIS  REGARD.  THE  GENERIC  CONCEPT OF
REMUNERATION IS DISCUSSED AS  WELL AS  THE FUNCTION OF SALARY  PAYMENTS. EXPENSES DIRECTLY  AND
INDIHECTLY  RELATED TO THE PERFORMFD  SERVICES. AND THE  CALCULATION OF  A K FACTOR  AS  A TOTAL COST
INDICATOR.
CANADA
      LRf B)
     "ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURES:   A CRITIQUE  OF THE CANADIAN PROPOSAL."
     EARTh LAW JOURNAL.  VOL.  1.  NO.  4
     MCCALLUM, SANDRA K.                                                EPA
     ENGLISH                    11/00/75  PCS   275-299         ID*   04838A
      ALSC PMB

     THIS ARTICLE  EXAMINES THE  EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ON  THE ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT
ASSESSMENT  PROCESS IN CANADA.   IT RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT  IN THE
INITIAL STAGES OF ANY DECISICN-MAKING  PROCESS AND  ANALYZES THE  STRONG  POINTS  AND  WEAKNESSES OF
VARIOUS PROPOSED  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT  ASSESSMENT PROCESSES.  THE INVOLVEMENT  AND  PARTICIPATION OF
THE  PUBLIC  IN ENVIRONMENTAL  IMPACT  ASSESSMENT IS ALSO EMPHASIZED.  THE MAJOR  PROBLEM WITH  ANY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS IS  FOUND TO BE THE LACK OF CONSCIENTIOUS  APPLICATION.
FINALLY. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE  CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL ANNOUNCED  IN
THF  HOUSE OF COMMONS IN EARLY  1974.   THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF  THIS PROPOSAL  IN RELATION TO
THE  CANADIAN POLITICAL  SYSTEM  ARE EXAMINED  IN SOME DETAIL.

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CANADA

      STI  )
     INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS ON THE ENVIRONMENT  AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES 1974
     ENVIRONMENT CANADA.   INF. REFERRAL  CENTRE                       EPA
     ENGLISH*                  00/00/74  PGS  1-67            ID*   04S13A
     *ALSC FRENCH
DENMARK
      LR(A)
     THIS COMPREHENSIVE LISTING  OF TOPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLICATIONS  AND PROJECTS  WAS COMPILED
BY  THE INFORMATION BRANCH OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA IN ORDER TO  INCREASE  GENERAL AWARENESS OF
CANADIAN ACTIVITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPHERE.  CITIZENS*  ENVIRONMENTAL  GROUPS*  COMMERCIAL
PUBLISHERS.  FEDERAL AND  PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT  AGENCIES. UNIVERSITIES  WITH  INTERESTS IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. MUNICIPAL  DEPARTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED  PROFESSIONAL AGENCIES  WERE ASKED TO
CONTRIBUTE  TO THE  ENVIRONMENT  INFORMATION REFERRAL CENTER  A  COPY AND  A BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
OF  ANY PUBLICATION OR AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS THEY ORIGINATED. OR TO  SUPPLY  DETAILS  OF WORK
BEING PLANNED OR IN PRODUCTION.   THIS LISTING  OF 699  FRENCH  AND ENGLISH ITEMS* ORGANIZED AND
CROSS-REFERENCED BY SUBJECT. WAS  PRODUCED FROM THE RESPONSES.   INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF
EACH ITEH ARE DETAILS ON ITS AVAILABILITY. PRICE. AND SOURCE OF SUPPLY.  APPENDED  IS A TITLE
INDEX.


     "MARCH  1. 1977 CRDER NO. 69 TO AMEND THE ORDER ON RULES  AND PROCEDURES FOR THE
     ENVIRONMENTAL  APPEAL BOARD."   LOVTIOENDE FOR KONGERIGET  OANMARK.  PART  A.  NO. 9
                                                                          EPA
     DANISH                     02/25/77  PGS  248              ID*   01742S

     THIS ORDER AMENDS ORDER NO. 372 ON  RULES AND PROCEDURES  FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL  APPEAL BOARD
BY  ADDING A  NEW SECTION  TO PARAGRAPH ONE.  THIS AUTHORIZES THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
APPEAL BOARD TO APPOINT  AN •EXPEDITIONSSEKRETAER*  (OFFICIAL IN THE GOVERNMENT OR  MUNICIPAL
SERVICE).   THE • EXPEDITICNSSEKRETAER* IS TO BE ASSOCIATED  In ITH THE BOARD AND  TO FULFILL THE
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF  A JUSTICE TO BECOME A  TEMPORARY MEMBER PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS  ON
APPEALS AS  A STAND-IN FOR THE CHAIRMAN.   THE ORDER IS-EFFECTIVE AS OF MARCH 15. 1977.
DENMARK
      LR(B)
    •ADMINISTRATION  OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION II.
    NO. 5.  (1976)
    DENMARK.   AGENCY OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    DANISH                '    '09/00/76  PGS  1-36
                                                                                      NYT  FRA MILJOSTYRELSEN.
                                                                                           ID*
                                                                                                   EPA
                                                                                                047S4A
                             THIS  PAMPHLET  SURVEYS GENERAL AS  WELL AS  SPECIFIC INTERPRETATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  LEGISLATION
                        BY  THE NATIONAL AGENCY  FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE  INTERPRETATIONS OF
                        SECTIONS  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT,  FOR EXAMPLE:   SECTION 72* WHICH STATES THAT EVEN
                        THOSE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE CBTAINED PERMITS  MAY NOT  BE STARTED IF  COMPLAINTS HAVE
                        BEEN FILED  AND IF  THE TIME LIMIT FOR  FILING COMPLAINTS IS  NOT YET  UP; SECTION 21.  WHICH REQUIRES
                        THF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TO PHESFNT AN OVERALL PLAN FOR  WASTEWATER PLANTS WITHIN THE  MUNICIPALITY;
                        AND SECTION 25. WHICH GIVES THE  COUNTY  OR MUNICIPAL  CCUNCIL  THE AUTHORITY  TO REQUIRF
                        ENVIRONMENTALLY DETRIMENTAL WASTEWATER  PLANTS TO UNDERTAKE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS.  QUESTIONS ON
                        APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES  IN MATTERS REQUIRING THE APPROVAL OF  THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND CONCERNING
                        PAYMENTS  FOR POLLUTION  INVESTIGATIONS ARE CLARIFIED.   ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH POLLUTE SEVERELY AS
                        WELL AS LAWS. ORDERS, ETC., PERTAINING  TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE LISTED.

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DENMARK
     PM( A)
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     PMCB)
    OPLAEGG TIL EN NY STRUKTUR FOR MILJOMINISTERIET  (DRAFT  OF  A  NEW  STRUCTURE FOR
    THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT)
    DENMARK.  MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT                         EPA
    DANISH                  05/00/75  PGS   1-258           ID*  04791A

    IN 1974, A STRUCTURE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED  AT THE  MINISTRY  OF  THE ENVIRONMENT  TO  EVALUATE  AND
CLARIFY THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE  MINISTRY.   THE FIRST PART  OF  THIS ROCK CONTAINS
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS COMMITTEE.  APPENDIXES,  WHICH CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST  PART OF THE
PUBLICATION, DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:   A SURVEY  OF LEGISLATION  FOR WHICH THE MINISTRY
is RESPONSIBLE; AN OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY'S CENTRAL  ADMINISTRATION; THE COMPOSITION OF  THF
STRUCTURE COMMITTEE; AN CUTLINE OF THE STRUCTURE OF  A PLANMNG COMMITTEE?  A ROUGH DRAFT  OF THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE CONSERVATION SECTOR; A ROUGH DRAFT OF  THE  CENTRAL  ADMINISTRATION OF  THE
FOREST SECTOR; THE STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL FOODSTUFFS INSTITUTE; A REPORT ON PLANNING  AND
DEVELOPMENT TASKS; A REPORT ON WORKING CONDITIONS AND COOPERATIVE EFFORTS;  RECOMMENDATIONS
CONCERNING THE MINISTRY'S LOCAL AND REGIONAL STRUCTURE! AND VIEWS ON THE INCORPORATION CF
COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PLANNING TASKS IN THE STRUCTURE  OF THE MINISTRY.


    "CONCRETIZATION OF THE EC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM."  NEUE ZUERCHER
    ZEITUNG
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  06/15/77  PGS  7               ID#  04834A

    THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS  IN EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES COUNTRIES
WILL MEET IN LUXEMBOURG TO DISCUSS HOW THE GENERAL GUIDELINES  OF  THE 1973 EC  ACTION  PROGRAM FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CAN BE MADE MORE CONCRETE.   THE  EC COMMISSION HAS  SUGGESTED FOUR A3EAS
FOR EC GUIDELINES. WHICH WOULD HARMONIZE MEMBER  STATES' LAV* DEALING  WITH:   1)  WASTES FROM THE
PRODUCTION OF TITANIUM DICXIDE; 2) POISONOUS AND OANGFROUS  PASTES! 3)  THE REDUCTION  OF POLLUTION
FROM CELLULOSE FACTORIES; AND 4) THE DUALITY OF RESIDENTIAL WATER.   THE  MINISTERS MLL ALSO
CONSIDER A SUGGESTION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF  A COMMON PROCEDURE  FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
ON THE QUALITY OF SURFACE FRESHWATER: THE HELSINKI CONVENTION  FOR PROTECTION  OF THE  MARINE
ENVIRONMENT IN THE BALTIC; AND A COMMISSION REPORT ON THE  NCRTH SEA  OIL  ACCIDENT.
FINLAND
     LR< A)
    "NOVEMBER 7, 1975 ORDINANCE NO. 841 ON THE ENVIRCNMENTAL PROTECTION  DELEGATIONS
    AT THE COUNTY LEVEL."  FINLANDS FORTATTNINGSSAML ING. NO. 841-850
                                                                 EPA
    SWEDISH                 11/12/75  PGS  1657-1658      ID*  04822A

    THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO APPOINT DELEGATIONS  WHOSE FUNCTIONS
INCLUDE:  REVIEWING AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES  IN PUBLIC PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT WORK AFFECTING THE COUNTY; ENCOURAGING THE CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL P^OTTCTION
FACTORS IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION CF PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON
NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMITTING PROPOSALS TO THE COLNTY ADMINISTRATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION MATTERS WHICH ARE OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE OR ARE IMPORTANT MATTERS OF  PRINCIPLE; AND
PERFORMING TASKS ASSIGNED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WHICH FALL WITHIN THE DELEGATIONS'
JURISDICTION.  THE 12 TO 18 MEMBERS OF A DELEGATION, WHOSC fcORKINJ PROCEDURES Af
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FRANCE
      LRCAI
     "JANUARY 19.  1977 ORDER DESIGNATING  MEMBERS TO THE HIGHER COUNCIL OF
     CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS."   JOURNAL  OFFICIEL
                                                                          EPA
     FRENCH                     01/22/77   PCS  541-42          ID*  04158C

     THIS DECREE.  ISSUED  BY THE  MINISTER  FOR THE QUALITY OF  LIFE IN  PURSUANCE OF THE DECEMBER 29.
1976 DECREE  ON THE  COMPOSITION  AND OPERATION  OF THE  HIGHER  COUNCIL  OF CLASSIFIED  INSTALLATIONS
(ID  H04158B).  DESIGNATES THE 25 PERSONS  NOMINATED BY THE MINISTER FOR MEMBERSHIP  ON THE
COUNCIL.  MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:   PERSONS CHOSEN BY VIRTUE OF
THEIR EXPERTISE IN  MATTERS OF NUISANCES  AND PUBLIC HEALTH;  PERSONS  REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS
OF CLASSIFIED  INSTALLATION OPERATORS;  INSPECTORS OF  CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS; MEMBERS OF  THE
HIGHER COUNCIL OF PUBLIC HEALTH;  AND MEMBERS  OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  ASSOCIATIONS.
FRANCE
      PM(B)
     "THE STAGGERING OF VACATIONS  TO CONTROL POLLUTION."
     ENVIRONNEMENT,  NO. 235
                                                                                         PRESSE
    FRENCH
      ALSO SE
    *M AT ER
                                                        04/28/77   PGS  NEETS I
                                                                                           ID*
                                                                                                  EPA
                                                                                                04809A
FRANCE

      PMf Bl
     "THE COUNCIL OF  MINISTERS*  STATEMENT."  LE  MONDE

     FRENCH                     05/27/77  PGS  12
        EPA
ID*  04818A
                             THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT WHICH WAS RELEASED  SUBSEQUENT TO  THE MAY 25.  1977 MEETING OF  THE FRENCH
                        COUNCIL OF  MINISTERS IS  SUMMARIZED IN  THIS ARTICLE.   ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSIDERATIONS.  AS REPORTED  BY
                        THE MINISTER OF CULTURE  AND THE  ENVIRONMENT • CONCERNED THE  PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED  WITH, AND MEASURES
                        FOR DEALING WITH,  MARINE POLLUTION.  ALTHOUGH  ONLY SIX PERCENT OF MARINE  POLLUTION WAS  REPORTED TO
                        ORIGINATE FROM ACCIDENTAL SPILLS, SPILLS WERE  NEVERTHELESS  DESCRIBED AS  THE MOST  SERIOUS TYPE OF
                        POLLUTION REQUIRING THE  MOST EXCEPTIONAL MEANS OF PREVENTION.   THE  GOVERNMENT ACCORDINGLY DECIDED
                        TO  UNDERTAKE BOTH  NATIONAL AND  INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS  AIMED  AT  ITS CONTROL.   INTERNATIONAL MEASURES
                        CONCERNED A RENEWAL OF EFFORTS  WITHIN  THE EC AND UN FOR THE  CONTROL OF BLACK TIDES.  EFFORTS ON
                        THE NATIONAL LEVEL CENTERED ON  THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE POLMAR SURVEILLANCE PROJECT AND THE CREATION
                        OF  A 10 MILLION FRAKC INTERVENTION FUND.

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FRANCE
     SEC  )
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM(B>
    "PUK PRESENTS  ITS POLICIES  AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
    ENVIRONMENT."  PRESSE  ENVIRONNEMENT,  NO.  245
                                                                  EPA
    FRENCH                   07/01/77   PCS  PETN 4-6       ID*  04817A

    A BOOKLET ENTITLED  "WHAT  ARE WE DOING ABOUT POLLUTION?" IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED
BY THE FRENCH PECHINFY  UGINE  KUHLMANN (PUK) COMPANY TO PUBLICIZE ITS POLICIES  TOWARD, AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS  IN, THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE PUBLICATION IS DESCRIBED BY  THE
COMPANY'S DIRECTOR CF PUBLIC  RELATIONS AS A PRACTICAL COLLECTION OF FACTS AND  IDEAS FOR  THE
BENEFIT OF PUK EMPLOYEES.   THE  BOOKLET IS ALSO SAID TO CONTAIN AN OUTLINE FOR PROPOSED  INDUSTRY/
ECOLOGY RELATIONS.  A REVIEW  OF THE COMPANY'S TWO ANTI POLLliTI ON PROGRAM CONTRACTS  WITH  THE
MINISTRY IN CHARGE OF THE  ENVIRONMENT is  FOLLOWED UP BY A SERIES OF REPLIES TO VARIOUS  CHARGES
AND ACCUSATIONS  WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST PUK BY FRENCH ECOLOGISTS.


    "ON THE OCCASION OF ENVIRONMENT DAY 1977."  UMWELT, NO. 56
    GERMANY.FED  REP OF. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF  THE INTERIOR        EPA
    GERMAN                   06/08/77   PGS  1               ID*  04797A
     ALSO LRB

    THIS APPEAL  OF THE  FEDERAL  MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR ON THE OCCASION OF ENVIRONMENT  DAY,  JUNE
5, 1977, RECOUNTS  THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION SINCE THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED ITS FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM IN 1971.  SINCE THEN
NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL  L*WS HAVE BEEN PASSED.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEADED GASOLINE LAW REDUCES  THE
LEAD CONTENT OF  GASOLINE MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER EUROPEAN CCUNTRY.  THE FEDERAL NUISANCES CONTROL
LAW PROTECTS AGAINST NOISE AND  DIRT.   THE APPOINTMENT OF IMMISSIONS CONTROL OFFICERS IN  POLLUTING
INDUSTRIES WORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY  COMPATIBLE PRODUCTION PROCEDURES.  THE NEW WATER MANAGEMENT
LAW PROVIDES FOR WATER  QUALITY  REGULATIONS.  THE 1975 WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS INTERNATIONALLY WITHOUT EQUAL AND PROVIDES FOR THE REDUCTION, RECLAMATION AND  SAFE
REMOVAL OF WASTES.  IN  SPITE  OF RELATIVELY HIGH CONCENTRATICNS OF INDUSTRY, POPULATION AND
TRAFFIC. GERMAN  CITIES  ARE MORE PLEASANT  TO LIVE IN AS A RESULT OF SUCH ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.
GERMANY.FED REP OF
     SE<  )
    "THE ECONOMY CONTRIBUTED  130  MILLION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
    SUEOOEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
    SCHNEIDER, CHRISTIAN                                          EPA
    GERMAN                  04/14/77  PGS  22             ID*  04795A
    BAVARIAN  INDUSTRY  INVESTED  ABOUT 130 MILLION MARKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN
1976, ACCORDING TO  THE  BAVARIAN ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY.  THIS SUM WAS OBTAINED FROM INFORMATION
REGARDING THOSE INDUSTRIES  CLAIMING INCREASED TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS.
THE LARGEST PORTION OF  THESE  FUNDS, AMOUNTING TO 84 MILLION MARKS. WAS SPENT ON WATER PROTECTION,
WHILE 41 MILLION MARKS  WERE INVESTED IN AIR PROTECTION MEASURES.  THE REMAINING FUNDS WERE
SPENT FOR WASTE REMOVAL. AND NOISE ABATEMENT.  A BREAKDOWN OF THE FIGURES ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIAL
SECTOR REVEALS THAT THE WOOD, PAPER AND PRINTING INDUSTRIES INVESTED MOST IN ENVIRONMENTAL
MEASURES, SPENDING  33  MILLION MARKS FOR WATER PROTECTION AND 4 MILLION FOR AIR PROTECTION.
AMOUNTS SPENT BY OTHER  INDUSTRIAL AREAS WERE:  CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM PROCESSING, 29 MILLION
MARKS FOR WATER AND AIR:  FOODSTUFFS, 16 MILLION FOR WATER,  5 MILLION FOR AIR, AND 4 MILLION FOR
WASTE REMOVAL; ENERGY  AND WATER SUPPLY, 16 MILLION FOR WATER AND 3 MILLION FOR AIR.

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GENERAL

GERMANY. FED .REP OF

     SE(  >
                                                                                                                                   13
    "THE POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."   WASSER.  LUFT  UNO  BETRIEB
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                  05/00/77  PCS  3O4             10*   04812A

    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES A PUBLIC OPINION POLL TAKEN FROM  OCTOBER  12-29,  1976  IN  THE  FEDERAL
REPUBLIC AMONG 1,009 PERSONS. REPRESENTING A CROSS-SECTION OF THE POPULATION.  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THE
POLL WAS TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL  AWARENESS AND  TO  COMPARE PRESENT
AWARENESS WITH THAT REVEALED BY EARLIER SURVEYS.  MOST PERSONS  SURVEYED BELIEVED INDUSTRIAL
SEWAGE AND GASEOUS EMISSIONS TO BE MAJOR SOURCES OF  POLLUTION.  ON THE  OTHER  HAND.  ONLY 10  PERCENT
OF ALL RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT EMISSIONS FROM RESIDENTIAL FURNACES POSED  SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
COMPARED WITH A SURVEY FRCM 1972, AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL  DANGERS PRESENTED  BY RADIATION,
CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND AIRCRAFT NOISE HAD INCREASED MOST.  FEWER PERSONS  NAMED AUTO EXHAUST
EMISSIONS AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION THAN IN 1972.  AS TO SOLUTION  OF  THE  PROBLEMS, 57
PERCENT OF THOSE QUERIED FELT IT MAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE  INDIVIDUAL,  AND 38 PERCENT PLACED
RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
JAPAN
     PM( AJ
    GUIDE TO HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES IN JAPAN
    JAPAN.  MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE
    ENGLISH                 01/00/77  PGS  1-57
     ALSO PMB
                                                                                ID*
                                                                                       EPA
                                                                                     04814A
                         THIS  PUBLICATION DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE, OPERATIONS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF JAPAN*S
                     MINISTRY  OF HEALTH  AND  WELFARE (KOSEISHO).  THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
                     WELFARE  ARE HEALTH  AND  MEDICAL SERVICE.  SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE. AND SOCIAL INSURANCE.  THE
                     PUBLICATION EXPANDS ON  THESE FUNCTIONS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS:  STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION;
                     BUDGET; PUBLIC  HEALTH;  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION;
                     MEDICAL CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL AFFAIRS; SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE, WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES;
                     SOCIAL INSURANCE; AND AID FOR WAR VICTIMS.  THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THESE CHAPTERS is
                     ILLUSTRATED THROUGH NUMEROUS CHARTS, TABLES AND GRAPHS.  THE NINE BUREAUS, TWO DEPARTMENTS
                     AND ONE SEPARATE AGENCY OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ARE ILLUSTRATED BY AN ORGANIZATIONAL
                     CHART APPENDED  TO THE PUELICATION.
NORWAY

     PM( A)
    NORWAY'S MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT:  AN INTRODUCTION

    NORWEGIAN               09/00/75  PGS   1-2
       EPA
1C*  04790 A
                         THIS PAMPHLET  PRESENTS  A  CHART  OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WAS
                     FOUNDED BY ROYAL DECREE  ON  MAY  5.  1972.   THE MINISTRY IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS:
                     THE GENERAL COORDINATION DEPARTMENT,  THE  POLLUTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT, THE NATURE CONSERVATION
                     AN OPEN-AIR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.  THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT,  AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
                     RESOURCES.  EACH DEPARTMENT IS  DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL SECTIONS.  INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE
                     SUBORDINATE TO OR  AFFILIATED  WITH  THE MINISTRY ARE ALSO LISTED.  THE MINISTRY'S RESPONSIBILITIES
                     INCLUDE:  COORDINATED PLANNING  OF  THE USE OF WATER AND LAND  RESOURCES; POLLUTION CONTROL AND
                     NGISE ABATEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS OF FLORA AND FAUNA AND OF
                     HUNTING AND FISHING RESOURCES;  OPEN-AIR RECREATION AREAS; PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS
                     IN TOWNS AND COUNTRY; COORDINATION  OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON
                     F.NVIHONIKtNTAL MATTERS.

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                                                                                                                                   1 4
GENERAL

SWEDEN
     PM( A)
    "GOVERNMENT PLANS	STRONG EMPHASIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL  QUESTIONS."
    SVENSKA OAGBLAOET
                                                                  EPA
    SWEDISH                 06/03/77  PGS  5               ID*  04777A
     AIR

    THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO EXAMINE THE PREREQUISITES  FOR  A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY TO  BE
IN EFFECT UNTIL AROUND THE YEAR 2000.  PROBLEMS WILL  BE  DIVIDED  INTO THOSE WHICH  NEED IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION AND THOSE WHICH SHOULD BE STUDIED BY A SPECIAL COMMITTEE -OVER  A LONGER  PERIOD  OF TIME.
A MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE MEMORANDUM RECENTLY ADVOCATED  THE  FOLLOWING:   INDUSfHY  MUST BE
STIMULATED TO DEVELOP AND USE TECHNIQUES WHICH ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND; SPFCIAL MEASURES MAY
BE NECESSARY TO DIMINISH EMISSIONS OF SULFUR INTO THE  AIR  AND  TO  RESTORE LAND  AND WATER  AFFECTED
BY ACIDITY; AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION MCST BE ENFORCED MORE  STRICTLY.  OTHER  QUESTIONS RAISED
FOR DEBATE INCLUDED WHETHER SWEDEN SHOULD HAVE A CENTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, WHETHER  ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY DIFFERENT AGENCIES  CR  WHETHER  A SEPARATE MINISTRY  SHOULD BE
FORMED.  SINCE CAR EMISSIONS CAUSE THE MOST SERIOUS POLLUTION  PROBLEMS IN THE  CITIES,  IT IS
EXPECTED THAT THE CONTENT OF LEAD IN GASOLINE WILL BE LOWERED  FROM 0.4 TO 0.14 GRAMS PER LITER.
WHO
     ST( >
    HEALTH ASPECTS OF HU*AN SETTLEMENTS.  PUBLIC HEALTH PAPERS, NO. 66
    MARTIN. A. E.. ED.                                           EPA
    ENGLISH                 00/00/77  PGS  1-57           ID*  04801 A
    ALSO SE
                         THIS PAPER. PUBLISHED BY  THE  WORLD HEALTH  ORGANIZATION,  PRESENTS  A  REVIEW  OF  THE  HEALTH
                     ASPECTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS,  BASED  ON TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS HELD  BY  255  DELFGATFS  ATTFNDING  THE
                     29TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY  IN  1976.   IT  SERVES AS  A  BEGINNING REFERENCE TO  THE LOCAL  AND  NATIONAL
                     PRIORITIES AND CAPABILITIES IN THE AREA  OF  HEALTH  AND  SANITATION  IN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS THROUGHOUT
                     THE WORLD.  CHAPTERS COVER  THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:   SOME  BASIC CONCEPTS AND A TYPOLOGY  OF HUMAN
                     SETTLEMENTS; HEALTH IN  HUMAN  SETTLEMENTS; PRIORITY NEEDS  IN  THE PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES;
                     RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF  INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCES ON HFALTH; AND  THE ROLE  OF THE WORLD HEALTH
                     ORGANIZATION.
LAND USE

FINLAND



     PM(B»
    "COMMITTEE PROPOSAL:
    HUFVUDSTADSBLADET

    SWEDISH
                          NEW NATIONAL PARK NET AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION."
                                                  06/21/77  PGS   1.  11
                                                                                ID*
  EPA
04789A
                         IN PARTS OF FINLAND.  FLORA  AND  FAUNA  ARE THREATENED BY EXTINCTION  THROUGH  UNLIMITED
                     CONSTRUCTION EXPANSION AND  INDUSTRIAL  GROWTH,  ACCORDING TO THIS  ARTICLE.   A CUVWITTFE  ON  NATIONAL
                     PARKS RECENTLY SUBMITTED  A  PROPOSAL  TO THE  MINISTRY  CF AGRICULTURE  AND FORESTRY RECOMMENDING  THAT
                     42 NATIONAL AND 16 NATURE PARKS BE  DEVELOPED AND  THAT NINE EXISTING  NATIONAL AND  SIX NATURE PAKK3
                     BE ENLARGED.  NATURE PARKS.  WHICH ARE  ALMOST ALWAYS  SITUATED  IN  THE  WILDERNESS AND  USED MOSTLY
                     FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. AND  NATIONAL  PARKS,  WHICH  ARE ESTABLISHED CHIEFLY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES,
                     WOULD CONSIST OF 433.000  HECTARES AND  1.051,000 HECTARES, RESPECTIVELY, A  TOTAL OF  4 . B PERCENT
                     OF FINLAND'S TOTAL AREA.  ABOUT 13  PERCENT  OF  THIS LAND IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND WILL  BE DEVELOPED
                     AFTER THE PART OF THE PROJECT INVOLVING GOVERNMCNT-ChNED LAND  IS COMPLETED.  THE  WHOLE PROJECT
                     IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED  IN THE 2010«S  AND WILL COST AT LEAST  940  MILLION MARKS.

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                                                                                                                                      15
LAND USE

FINLAND


     PM<8>
FRANCE
     PMCB)
    "MINISTRY  OF  AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY:
    PROTECTION."   HUFVUOSTACBLAOET
                                              OUR  NATURAL LANDSCAPES DEMAND ACTIVE
                          SWEDISH
                           ALSC LRB
                             06X27/77  PCS
                                                            ID*
                                                                   EPA
                                                                 04792A
    PRESENT  FINNISH LEGISLATION DOES NOT PRCVIDE  ENOUGH PROTECTION OF VALUABLE  NATURAL  AREAS.
ACCORDING TO AN  INVESTIGATION COMPLETED BY  THE NATURE  PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE  MINISTRY OF
AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY.  THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY INCLUDE THE  FOLLOWING:   THE
NATURE PROTECTION  LAW PROTECTS ONLY A SMALL PART  OF  THE LANDSCAPE; PLANNING REGULATIONS OF THE
BUILDING ACT ARE ADEQUATE BUT LACK OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS AUTHORITIES HAS RENDERED
THE ACT INEFFECTIVE: THE MOST CRITICAL ABUSED AREAS  ARE THE FORESTS OF LAPLAND  AND  THE  FINNISH
ARCHIPELAGO;  NATURAL LANDSCAPES ARE DESTROYED BECAUSE  OF CHANGE IN GROUND CONDITIONS AS WELL AS
IN ROCK FORMATIONS; IT is ESSENTIAL THAT PROTECTION  SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EVEN IN  THE PLANNING
STAGES*  THE INVESTIGATION ALSO ADVOCATES THAT ABANDONED OLD FARMHOUSES. ETC. WHICH PORTRAY
DIFFERENT PERIODS  OF STYLES AND SOCIAL HISTORY SHOULD  BE PRESERVED.


    "SATISFACTORY  APPRAISAL OF 'CONSERVANCY' AFTER ONE YEAR IN EXISTENCE."
    PRESSE ENVIRONNEMENT. NO. 242
                                                                   EPA
    FRENCH                   06/10/77  PGS   NE ET  SI        ID*  04830A

    THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL OF THE FRENCH SHORELINE CONSERVANCY HELD ITS FIFTH MEETING ON JUNE
2. 1977.  MR.  R. POUJADE. WHO PRESIDED OVER THE MEETING. REVIEWED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
CONSERVANCY  SINCE  ITS ESTABLISHMENT ON MAY  31. 1976.  CITEC WERE THE EIGHT ACQUISITIONS THUS FAR
CONCLUDED FOR  A  TOTAL OF 12.2 MILLION FRANCS.  APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL WAS A LIST OF SUPPLEMENTARY
OPERATIONS FOR UPCOMING IMPLEMENTATION.  THE EXAMINATION BY THE SHORE COUNCILS  OF ALL THE PURCHASE
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL WAS  POINTED OUT WITH COMMENDATION BY  THE
CHAIRMAN.  OF  THE  TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR  1977.  12.1  MILLION FRANCS REMAIN AVAILABLE  IN PAYMENT
FUNDSt AND 16.1  MILLION FRANCS REMAIN AVAILABLE  IN PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS.  FINALLY. THE COUNCIL
APPROVED A DRAFT CONVENTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF  ITS LAND HOLDINGS WHICH INCORPORATES THE
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS OF THE SHORE COUNCILS.
INTERNATIONAL

     LRCB)
    "SHORTCOMINGS  OF  PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION LEGISLATION."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
                                                                   EPA
    GERMAN                   06/07/77  PGS   11. 12          ID*  04804 A

    IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT DEFEAT OF A NEW  NATIONAL  LAND PLANNING LAW IN SWITZERLAND,  THIS
ARTICLE SURVEYS LAND  PLANNING IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC  OF GERMANY. AUSTRIA. AND  THE  SWISS CANTONS
OF ST. GALL AND ZURICH.  THERE IS NO FEDERAL LAND-PLANNING LEGISLATION IN THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC,
AND PRIMARY FEDERAL INFLUENCE RESULTS FROM  NATIONAL  FUNDING.  THE RELATIONSHIP  BtTWEEN LANDS AND
MUNICIPALITIES IS  SATISFACTORY IN REGARD TO PLANNING.   IN AUSTRIA. THE FEDERAL  CHANCELLOR HAS A
COORDINATING FUNCTION IN THE AREA OF LAND PLANN ING.   HOWEVER. THE PROVINCES HAVE  A  GREAT DFAL OF
AUTHORITY IN THIS  AREA. AND THE FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL RELATIONSHIP IS NOT COMPLETELY EFFECTIVE.  ST.
GALL HAS HAD A LAW ON LAND PLANNING AND PUBLIC CONSTRtCTI O t> SINCE 1972.  IT PLACES  EMPHASIS ON
LOCAL PLANNING. ZURICH'S LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION HAS EXISTED ONLY SINCE  1975.  IT
PROVIDES FOR COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLANNING THAT ENCOMPASSES THE CANTONAL. REGIONAL  AND LOCAL LEVELS
AND IS COORDINATED ON BOTH A HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BASIS.

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                                                                                                                                                      16
LAND USE

NORWAY


      PM(B)
     "MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT  INVITED TO ELVERUM  TO COUNSEL  IN  STATE  HIGHWAY
     CONFLICT."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                           EPA
     NORWEGIAN                  06/29/77  PCS   40               ID*   04799A

     THE LABOR PARTY AT  THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN ELVERUM  IS DETERMINED TO CARRY OUT  THE
CONSTRUCTION OF  A NEK STATE  HIGHWAY  AS PLANNED  IN SPITE  OF THE  FACT THAT IT  IS TO GO THROUGH THE
CENTER OF  THE COMMUNITY AND  IS  OPPOSED BY ALL OTHER PARTIES.  A SCANFACT POLL HAS VERIFIED THAT
SO  PERCENT OF THE POPULATION FAVCRS  A NEW  ASSESSMENT OF  THE  HIGHWAY PLAN.  THE LABOR PARTY
MAINTAINS. HOWEVER. THAT A TIME-CONSUMING ASSESSMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN CONDUCTED. THUS MAKING
ANOTHER CNE SUPERFLUOUS. AND ALSO CHARGES THAT THE ALTERNATE PLAN OF  CONSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF  THE CITY fcOULD MEAN STAGNATION OF ITS CENTER.   THE OPPOSITION. CITING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS.  MAINTAINS THAT THE  ALTERNATE PLAN IS ESSENTIAL  AND HAS INVITED THE
MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT (WHO  ALSO BELONGS  TO THE LABOR  PARTY)  TO COME AND PERSONALLY REVIEW THE
SITUATION.  A SPOKESMAN FOR  THE LABOR PARTY HAS STATED.  HOWEVER. THAT THE MINISTER  WILL  NOT BE
ABLE TG CHANGE THE KIND CF A SINGLE  PARTY MEMBER.
NORWAY

      SEI  )
     "LARGE SEWER  PLANTS  BRING  UNDESIRABLE PRESSURE  TO EXPAND."   AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                           EPA
     NORWEGIAN                  06/25/77   PGS   14               1C*   04793A
      WATER
                             THE  MUNICIPALITY  OF NESODDEN HAS A PROBLEM  FACED  EY  MANY  SMALLER  MUNICIPALITIES. AS  REPORTED
                         BY  THIS  ARTICLE.  THE  PRESENT SEWER SYSTEM AT FJORDVANGEN. AN AREA OF ABOUT  4O PERMANENT DWELLINGS!
                         IS  CLEARLY INADEQUATE BUT DIFFICULT GROUND CONDITIONS MAKE A  SATISFACTORY  CONVENTIONAL TYPE
                         SEWERAGE PLANT  EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. WITH  THE MAIN PIPE ALCNE  ESTIMATED AT  8.6 MILLION KRONER.   TO
                         AFFORD THIS. HEAVY DEVELOPMENT OF  THE AREA IS ESSENTIAL. A FACT WHICH IS RESENTED  BY THE
                         POPULATION.  NESOODEN'S NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT  ASSOCIATION  IS NOW TRYING TO  FIND AN ALTERNATE
                         SOLUTION.  RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD HAVE  BEEN CONSULTED  AND IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT A SYSTEM
                         WHICH USES ARTIFICIAL SANDFILTERS  WOULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE IT SAVES ON  WATER. IS
                         RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE. AND  CAN BE EXPANDED AS  NEEDED.   THIS  WAY. THE AREA WILL RETAIN ITS RURAL
                         ATMOSPHERE AND  BE ABLE TO GROW AT  A NATURAL RATE  RATHER  THAN  HAVING  ITS GROWTH DICTATED  BY OUTSIDE
                         FORCES.

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                                                                                                                                                     17
LAND USE

SWEDEN


      PMf B)
     LANDSKAPSANALYS I LINKCPINS KOMMUN (LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS  IN THE  MUNICIPALITY  OF
     LINKOPING).  STATENS  KATURVAROSVERK PM 80*
     SWEDEN.   NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD                 EPA
     SWEDISH*                  00/00/77   PGS   1-90             ID*  04779A
      *ALSO ENGLISH
      HATER

     THIS LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. FINANCED  8Y THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  PROTECTION BOARD AND  THE
MUNICIPALITY OF  LINKOPING* AIMS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR  THE PHYSICAL PLANNING  OF THF
MUNICIPALITY.  NATURAL CONDITIONS FOP  VARIOUS  LAND USES AND THE RELATED CONSEQUENCES ARE ANALYZED.
AN OBJECTIVE SURVEY CONCERNING  CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.  GEOLOGY AND SOIL FACTORS. VEGETATION AND LAND
USE. AM PAL  LIFE.  HYDROLCGY. AND THE OVERALL PICTURE OF THE MUNICIPALITY  IS PRESFNTFD.   BASED  ON
THIS DATA* THE SUITABILITY OF LAND FOR CERTAIN USES  AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL FRAGILITY  OF
PARTICULAR  AREAS  AND THEIR STABILITY OR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO  CHANGE UNDER DIFFERENT TYPES  OF LAND USE
ARE  ANALYZED AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE  MADE.   TWO AREAS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SERIOUS
PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR AN IN-DEPTH STUDY.   A LIST  CF NUMEROUS MAPS AND  ILLUSTRATIONS
WHICH FORM THE BACKBONE  CF THE  REPORT  IS TRANSLATED  INTO ENGLISH.
SWITZERLAND

      PMCB)
     "THE CANTONAL  DIRECTIONAL  PLAN IN  THE MAKING."   NEUE ZLERCHER  ZEITUNG
                                                                          EPA
     GERMAN                     04/17/77   PGS  23                10*  04S08A

     PARTS OF THE ZURICH  CANTONAL PLANNING AND  CONSTRUCTION  LAW CAME  INTO EFFECT  APRIL  I.  1976.
REQUIRING THE PREPARATION OF A CANTONAL DIRECTIONAL  PLAN.   A TOTAL PLAN FOR THE  CANTON  IS TO BE
READY- BY APRIL 1.  1978.   REGIONAL PLANS ARE  TO BE FINISHED  BY 1980 AND COMMUNITY PLANS  BY 1981.
CANTONAL. REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES.  UNDER  THE LEADERSHIP OF THE  CANTON'S BUILDING
DIRECTORATE. ARE ALREADY CONFERRING IN THE PREPARATION OF  THE DIRECTIONAL  PLAN.   IT IS  HOPED
THAT EFFORTS AT ALL LEVELS CAN BE COORDINATED  AND MAJOR CONFLICTS  ELIMINATED AT  THIS STAGE BEFORE
THE  PRELIMINARY PLAN IS  SUBMITTED TO COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES  FOR COMMENT FROM MID-AUGUST  TO
MIO-SEPTEMBER.  THE PLAN CAN THEN BE PASSED  BY THE ZURICH COUNCIL  AND BE READY FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT IN  DECEMBER 1977 OR JANUARY IS78.  THE CCMHUMTY CF UET1KON  PROVIDES AN  EXAMPLE OF AN
"OVERBUILT" AREA THAT NEEDS REDIMENSI ONING.  TO BE ACHIEVED  BY PROHIBITING  CONSTRUCTION  IN
CERTAIN AREAS FOR  A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

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                                                                                                                                                     1 8
NOISE

JAPAN
      PM(B)
SWEDEN

      LR(B)
     "ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S  OSAKA  STUDY  SHOWS  AIRBUSES  PRODUCE  LESS NOISE."   JAPAN
     TIMES
                                                                          EPA
     ENGLISH                    07/27/77   PCS  4                 ID*  04833A
      AIR

     THIS NEWS ARTICLE CITES THE  CONCERN  CENTERING AROUND THE  DECISION OF THE JAPANESE  TRANSPORT
MINISTRY TO  PERMIT  AIRBUSES TO LAND AND  TAKE  OFF AT  OSAKA  AIRPORT.   THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S
ASSESSMENT OF STUDIES CARRIED OUT BY THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY ON 20 DAILY AIRBUS FLIGHTS  INDICATES
THAT NO SERIOUS INCREASES  IN NOISE OR  AIR POLLUTION WILL BE PRODUCED! HOWEVER. ENVIRONMENTALISTS'
CONCERNS HAVE BEEN  AROUSED 8Y THE MINISTRY'S  INTENTION TO  INCREASE  DAILY AIRBUS FLIGHTS  FROM  16 TO
100.   TESTS  AND ASSESSMENTS BASED ON 100 DAILY  AIRBUS FLIGHTS HAVE  NOT BEEN MADE.


     "HIGH LIMIT VALUES RESULT IN HEARING IMPAIRMENT."  SVENSKA DAGBLADET
                                                                          EPA
     SWEDISH                    Oft/27/77   PGS  17               1C*  04782A

     A LEADING EXPERT ON  NOISE  IN SWEDEN, AAGE MOLLER. HAS, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE,  STATED  THAT
OVER  HALF A  MILLION SWEDES MAY SUFFER  HEARING IMPAIRMENTS  DUE TO NOISE.  THE PERMITTED NOISE LEVEL
OF 85 DECIBELS COULD DAMAGE NORMAL HEARING UP TO 25  PERCENT.   EVEN  THOUGH  THIS CONDITION OFTEN
DOES NOT LAST MORE  THAN  18 TO 20 HOURS,  IT IS ENOUGH  TO SPOIL PART  OF SOMEONE'S WEEKEND,  FOR
INSTANCE.   IF PROVISIONS WERE MADE TO  LOWER  THE LEVEL OF NOISE AT THE TIME  MACHINERY WAS
CONSTRUCTED, THE PROCEDURE WOULD NOT BF  TOO  EXPENSIVE.  THE COST OF  LOWERING THE NOISF LEVEL OF
A PAPER MACHINE AT  ONE OF  THE SWEDISH  PAPER  MILLS FRCM 110 DECIBELS  TO BETWEEN 82  AND 85 DECIBELS.
FOR  EXAMPLE. WAS ONLY 1.1  PERCENT OF THE TOTAL  CONSTRUCTION COST.
SWITZERLAND

      LRCB)
     "COMPENSATION  BECAUSE OF HIGHWAY NOISE."  NEUE ZUEKCHER  2EITUNG
                                                                          EPA
     GERMAN                     02/22/77   PGS  11                IC#  04815A

     THE CWNER OF  A DUPLEX BUILT  IN 1953  ON A  RURAL STREET  IN  A VILLAGE OF  THE CANTON OF SCHWYZ
DEMANDED CANTONAL  COMPENSATION FOR HIS PROPERTY'S LOSS IN  VALUE DUE  TO NOISE  ORIGINATING  ON A
NEARBY NATIONAL ROAD OPENED IN  1973.   THE FEDERAL CCLKT (ELNDESGERICHT) GRANTED COMPENSATION
UPON APPEAL.   THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES  THE COURT'S DECISION.   TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION IN SUCH
INSTANCES.  THE DAMAGE FRCK DISTURBANCES  MUST  EE SERIOUS AND  INTENSE,  AFFECT  THE OWNER IN  SPECIAL
OR  UNUSUAL  FASHION,  AND  BE UNFORESEEABLE.  NOISE DISTURBANCES AFFECT  THE OWNER IN  UNUSUAL FASHION
IF  THEY ARE STOCHASTIC AND CLEARLY EXCEED GUIDELINES  ESTABLISHED BY  THE FEDERAL EXPERT
COMMISSION  FOR NOISE QUESTIONS.   THE CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT OR REPAIR OF  ROADS  IS NOT
UNFORESEEABLE IN  OR NEAR AN AGGLOMERATION AREA, BUT THE ABOVE CASE DID NOT OCCUR IN SUCH  AN
AREA.  THE  INTENSITY OF  THE DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED IN  THIS  CASE BY AN  EXPERT  ASSESSMENT OF THE
DECREASE  IN PROPERTY VALUE.

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 NOISE

 SWITZERLAND

      PM(B)
     -«NO«  TO SUNDAYS  WITHOUT  MOTOR  VEHICLE."  NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG
                                                                           EPA
     GERMAN                    05/37/77  PGS   21               ID*   04832A
     *AIR
PESTICIDES

DOMINICA

      LR( A)
     JUNE  27. 1974 PESTICIDES  CONTROL ACT.  NO. 15.  1974

     ENGLISH                   00/00/74  PGS   51-62
        EPA
ID*  04816A
                             THIS ACT PROVIDES  FOR THE CONTROL OF THE IMPORTATION,  SALE.  STORAGE  AND  USE OF PESTICIDES
                         IN THE  CARIBBEAN ISLAND CF  DOMINICA.  USEFUL DEFINITIONS  PERTAINING TO PESTICIDES ARE  LISTED
                         AND THE ATTRIBUTES OF  THE PESTICIDES CONTROL BOARD AND  OF INSPECTORS  ARE DESCRIBED.   PROVISIONS
                         ARE ALSC GIVEN  REGARDING THE FURTHER REGULATION OF THE  ACT. OFFENSES  AND PENALTIES,  AND THE
                         POWER  TO TAKE SAMPLES.   THE  LICENSING OF PESTICIDES REGULATIONS  ARE APPENDED  TO THE  ACT.   IN
                         ADDITION TO LICENSING  REQUIREMENTS  FOR PESTICIDES. THE  REGULATIONS ALSO  SET FORTH PROVISIONS
                         CONCERNING LABELLING OF PESTICIDES,  EXPERIMENTATION WITH  PESTICIDES,  SALES OF  PESTICIDES.
                         INFERIOR PESTICIDES AND FALSE ADVERTISING,  PESTICIDE CONTAINERS.  AND  THE STORAGE AND TRANSPORT
                         OF PESTICIDES.
FINLAND
      LRCA)
     "MAY  16. 1975  ORDINANCE NO.  313  AMENDING  THE ORDINANCE  ON PESTICIDES."  FINLANDS
     FORFATTNINGSSAMLING.  NO.  311-318
                                                                           EPA
     SWEDISH                   05/19/75   PGS   644              ID*  01110F

     THIS  ORDINANCE AMENDS SECTION 25  OF THE JANUARY  30. 1970 ORDIANANCE NO. 93  ON PESTICIDES  BY
THE INSERTION OF THE FOLLOWING  PARAGRAPH:   PESTICIDES MAY  BE SPRAYED FROM AIRCRAFT ONLY  UNDER
THE CONDITIONS AND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS LAID  DOWN BY THE  MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE  AND
FORESTRY.
FINLAND
      LRIA)
     "MAY  16, 1975  DECREE GY THE MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY ON  THE AERIAL
     SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES."  FINLANOS FORFATTNINGSSAMLING. NO. 311-318
                                                                           EPA
     SWEDISH                   05/19/75   PGS  €45-646          ID*  01110G

     THIS  DECREE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN PURSUANCE  OF SECTION 25  CF THE 1970 ORDINANCE NO. 93  ON
PESTICIDES  AS AMENDED.   IT STIPULATES  THAT PESTICIDES (WHOSE NAMES.  COMPOSITIONS AND AMOUNTS
SPRAYED PER HA MUST BE  SUBMITTED)  MAY  BE SPRAYED FRCM AIRCPAFT ONLY  ONTO SPECIFIED WOODED AREAS.
THE  BOUNDARIES OF  THE SPRAYED AREA MUST BE AT LEAST  400 M FROM THE  NEAREST INHABITED BUILDING  AND
AT LEAST  100 M FROM ANY  WATERCOURSE. LAKE. MARSH. WATER CATCHMENT INSTALLATION,  OR NATURE
PROTECTION  AREA.   THE SPRAYED AREA MUST NOT  BE LARGER THAN  150 HA WITHOUT SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION BY
THE  INSTITUTE OF PLANT  PROTECTION.  ANY PERSON INTENDING TO UNDERTAKE AERIAL SPRAYING  MUST NOTIFY
THE  MUNICIPALITY CONCERNED IN WRITING  AT LEAST ONE  MCNTH PRIOR TO THE SPRAYING  AND LOCAL POLICE
AUTHORITIES AND PERSONS  LIVING  CLOSE TO THE  AREA TO  BE SPRAYED AT LEAST  ONE WEEK AHFAD OF TIMF.
REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF  THE PILOT, EQUIPMENT USED,  WIND CONDITIONS, ETC.
ARE  STIPULATED.  SPECIFIC RECORDS  OF THE SPRAYING MUST BE RETAINED FOR THREE YEARS.

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RADIATION

FINLAND


      LR( A)
FINLAND
      LR( A)
     "FEBRUARY 14.  1975  ORDINANCE NO.  103 ON  THE RADIATION  SAFETY  INSTITUTE."
     FINLANDS FORTFATTNINGSSAMLING. NO.  100-109
                                                                           EPA
     SWEDISH                   02/18/75   PGS  27O-273          ID*  04047B

     THIS ORDINANCE. ISSUED PURSUANT TO  THE  1974 ACT  ON THE  RADIATION SAFETY INSTITUTE,  REPEALS THE
1961  ORDINANCE ON  THE  INSTITUTE OF RADIOPHYSICS.   THE INSTITUTE  CONSISTS OF AN  INSPECTION
DIVISION.  A REACTOR SAFETY DIVISION.  AND A RESEARCH  DIVISION.  FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE  INCLUDE:
SUPERVISING COMPLIANCE  WITH THE 1957  LAWS ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND ATOMIC ENERGY AS  WELL  AS
WITH  REGULATIONS.  ETC.  PURSUANT THERETO; ISSUING  INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF
THESE REGULATIONS  AS THEY RELATE TO THE SUPERVISORY  DUTIES  OF THE INSTITUTE; CARRYING  OUT  OF
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK  RELATING  TO RADIATION  SAFETY  AND THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
TESTING AND MONITORING  THE OCCURRENCE OF RADIOACTIVITY; TESTING  THE RADIATION DOSES RECEIVED BY
INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS  THE POPULATION AT LARGE; AND  TAKING  PART  IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS.   OTHER PROVISIONS DEAL WITH THE DUTIES  OF  THE ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICE AND THE BOARD  OF THE
INSTITUTE.  THE QUALIFICATICNS  REQUIRED  BY PERSONNEL. ETC.


     "FEBRUARY 14.  1975  ORDINANCE NO.  104 TO  AUTHORIZE THE  RADIATION SAFETY INSTITUTE
     TO ISSUE SAFETY LICENSES  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  LAW ON  RADIATION PROTECTION."  FINLANDS  FORF. SAML.
                                                                           EPA
     SWEDISH                   02/16/77  PGS  274              ID*  04047C

     THE ORDINANCE  TO AUTHORIZE  THE RADIATION SAFETY  INSTITUTE TO  ISSUE  SAFETY LICENCES  IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW ON RADIATION  PROTECTION WAS  ISSUED  IN PURSUANCE  OF SECTION THREE OF  THE
APRIL 26.  1957 LAW NO.  17A ON  RADIATICN PROTECTION.  IT STIPULATES THAT  THE SAFETY LICENSES
PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION TWO OF  THIS LAW COVERING  PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION,  TRANSPORTATION,  IMPORT,
EXPORT. POSSESSION AND  MARKETING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES  AND THE USE  OF RADIATION-EMITTING
APPARATUS  AND INSTALLATICNS ARE TO BE ISSUED BY THE  RADIATION SAFETY INSTITUTE  WITH THE  EXCEPTION
OF MATTERS INVOLVING MEDICAL ACTIVITIES.  LICENSES FOR ACTIVITIES COVERED BY SECTIONS TWO AND
THREE OF LAW NO. 356 OF CCTORER 25, 1957 ON  ATOMIC ENERGY ARE, HOWEVER,  TO CONTINUE BEING  ISSUED
9Y THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND  INDUSTRY.
INTERNATIONAL

      PM(E)
                             •INDISPENSABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY."   NEUE  ZUERCHER  ZEITUNG
                             GERMAN
                                                         05/19/77  PGS   3.4
                                                                           EPA
                                                                   ID*  04S07A
                             THIS ARTICLE  SUMMARIZES  PARTS OF  A TALK CN NUCLEAR  ENERGY AND ITS FUEL CYCLE GIVEN BY THE
                        GENERAL  DIRECTOR  OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) ON THE LAST  DAY OF  A TWO-WEEK
                        CONFERENCE IN SALZBURG.  HE  STATED  THAT ATOMIC ENERGY IS  INDISPENSABLE.   BY THE YEAR  2000.
                        APPROXIMATELY 35  PERCENT OF  THE DEMAND FOR  ELECTRICITY  AND 15 PERCENT OF THE DEMAND FOR PRIMARY
                        ENERGY MAY BE PROVIDED  BY NUCLEAR ENERGY.   BECAUSE  OF THE  LIMITED QUANTITIES OF HIGH-GRADE
                        URANIUM  ORE, THE  FAST BREEDER REACTOR IS NECESSARY.  OVER  1400  ACCIDENT-FREE "REACTOR YEARS"
                        SHOW THAT NUCLEAR ENERGY IS  ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE.   MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE IN THE AREA OF
                        RFPROCESSING AND  FINALLY DISPOSING  OF NUCLEAR WASTES. HOWEVER.   IT IS ALSO FELT THAT  THE NUCLEAR
                        ENERGY INDUSTRY MUST SUBMIT  ITSELF  TO STRICT NATIONAL AND  INTERNATIONAL  CONTROLS, PERHAPS
                        CONTROLS OY SUPRAREGIONAL CENTERS UNDER THE IAEA,  IN THE  INTERESTS OF SAFETY.   IN GENERAL,
                        NUCLEAR  ENERGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH EXTREME CARE TO  PROTECT  THE PUBLIC FROM  RADIATION.

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RADIATION

NORWAY

      PMCB)
OECD
      ST(  )
     "TRANSPORTATION RULES FOR RADIOACTIVE MATTER DISCUSSED."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                          EPA
     NORWEGIAN                 06/29/77   PCS  40                ID*  04798A

     THIS  ARTICLE  RELATES  THAT A  SIXTEEN TON CONTAINER  WITH  2.3 KG RADIOACTIVE URANIUM OXIDE FELL
OFF  A TRUCK BETWEEN MYSEN AND RAKKESTAD BECAUSE THE CHAINS  USED TO SECURE  IT  WERE  NOT STRONG
ENOUGH.   FORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE RADIOACTIVE  MATERIAL ESCAPED.  THIS ACCIDENT, THE FIRST  OF ITS
KINO IN NORWAY, HAS NEVERTHELESS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE CONCERN.  AT A MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES
FOR  THE INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE
INSTRUCTIONS AND  ROUTINE  PERTAINING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SHOULD  BE
REVIEWED.   THE  INSTITUTE  TRANSPORTS NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM  ITS PLANT AT KJELLER TO  HALDEN ABOUT
15 TIMES  ANNUALLY.


     "FRANCE PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH  ON THE DEPOSIT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES ON
     THE OCEAN FLOOR."  PRESSE ENVtRONNEMENT. NO. 231
                                                                          EPA
     FRENCH                     04/01/77   PGS  PETN 2   .        100  04806A

     UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OECD'S ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.  FRENCH. ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND JAPANESE
EXPERTS ARE COOPERATING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF  A RESEARCH PROGRAM WITH REGARD  TO THE BURIAL OF
HIGH LEVEL  RADIOACTIVE WASTES WITHIN THE OCEAN'S FLOOR.  PRELIMINARY  RESEARCH IS PRESENTLY
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN DURING THE COURSE OF 1977.   COOPERATIVE  EFFORTS AMONG THE  FOUR  NATIONS  ARE
INITIALLY TO CONSIST OF THE APPORTIONMENT OF RESEARCH  ZONES. TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN  EXCHANGE OF
THE  DATA  WHICH  IS OBTAINED.  RESEARCH  IS TO FOCUS ON THE LOCATION OF  GEOLOGICALLY  STABLE ZONES
PROPITIOUS  FOR  THE DEPOSIT OF SEALED RADIOACTIVE WASTE CONTAINERS.  LEGAL CONTROVERSIES ARE
EXPECTED  TO REMAIN UNSETTLED EVEN AFTER THE LOCATION CF SAFE GEOLOGICAL ZONES.
SWEDEN

      LRCB)
     "FIFTY  AFFECTED  BY RADIATION	DEMAND FOR NEW INDICTMENT."   SVENSKA DAGBLADET
                                                                          EPA
     SWEDISH                   06/29/77  PGS  7                ID*   04787A

     DURING  THE FALL  OF 1S7S,  ABOUT FIFTY PEOPLE  EMPLOYED AT  THE IGGESUND INDUSTRIAL  ESTATE  WERE
INADVERTENTLY  SUBJECTED TO RADIATION WHICH SURPASSED  THE PERMITTED LIMITS.   THE ACCIDENT WAS
BLAMED ON INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE  OF THE  PARTICULAR TASK  ON THE  PART OF THE PERSON  IN CHARGE.
NO ONE WAS  HURT.   THE CASE WAS REPORTED  TO THE COUNTY  PROSECUTOR. WHO  EVENTUALLY DECIDED NOT TO
PROSECUTE THE  CASE.   THE  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIATION PROTECTION HAS NOW  STRONGLY PROTESTED
AGAINST THIS DECISION.  THE INSTITUTE.  WHICH IS  IN CHARGE CF CHECKING  THAT ALL RADIATION WORK
COMPLIES WITH  NATIONAL AS  WELL AS INTERNATIONAL  REGULATIONS. MAINTAINS THAT  THE CREDIBILITY OF
THE  STATUTE ON PROTECTION  AGAINST RADIATION IS  IN JEOPARDY WHEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT LIKE THIS
IS DISREGARDED.

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RADIATION

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SOLID HASTE


CANADA


     ST( I
DENMARK


     ST<
    LAND POLLUTION IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.
    BLACK. W.A.. AND DOUGLAS STEWART
    ENGLISH                 00/00/00  PCS  1-30
OCCASICNAL PAPER NO.
             EPA
      ID*  04819A
    THIS REPORT PROVIDES A SYNOPSIS OF RESEARCH ON LAND POLLUTANTS CONDUCTED  UNDER  THE  JOINT
SPONSORSHIP OF THE CANADIAN LANDS DIRECTORATE  AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION.   THE  MAIN
OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH MAS TO IDENTIFY AND  ASSESS SELECTED GROUPS  OF  LAND  POLLUTANTS.  WHICH
ARE DEFINED BY THE RESEARCHERS AS THE RESIDUALS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SERVICES  TO  MAN.   THE
POLLUTING AGENTS SURVEYED ARE PITS AND QUARRIES. SOLID WASTES (DUMPS). DERELICT AUTOMOBILES.
RUINS* WOOD WASTES AND RUBBLE.  THESE WERE FOUND TO OCCUPY A TOTAL AREA  IN  THE NATIONAL  CAPITAL
REGION OF 4.400 TO 4.700 ACRES.  THE DISTRIBUTION OF EACH RESIDUAL. ITS  EFFECT ON THE QUALITY
OF THE LAND IT OCCUPIES AND ON THE SURROUNDING LAND. AND THE SIZE AND SEVERITY OF THE POLLUTED
SITES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED IN THE STUDY.


    SLAM FRA SPILDEVANDSANLAEG (SLUDGE FROM WASTEWATER PURIFICATION INSTALLATIONS)
    DENMARK.  AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                 EPA
    DANISH                  02/00/75  PCS  1-49           ID*  04778A

    THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY A WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED BY THE AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION TO MAP OUT ACTUAL AS WELL AS ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE FROM PUBLIC PURIFICATION
PLANTS. DETERMINE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SLUDGE. STUDY CURRENT METHODS. AND ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR
FUTURE REMOVAL OF SLUDGE.  THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS:  AMOUNT OF  SLUDGE.
SAND. AND GRIT: CHARACTERIZATION OF SLUDGE; METHODS OF TREATMENT; FINAL  DISPOSAL OF  SLUDGE;
HANDLING AND FINAL DISPOSAL OF GRIT. SCREEN INGS• AND SAND; CTHER TYPES OF SLUDGE AND SOLID MATTER
FROM WASTEWATER; AND LEGISLATION. ETC. PERTINENT TO THE DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE.   APPENDED ARTICLES BY
EXPERTS IN THE FIELD COVER:  TERMINOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION; AMOUNTS  OF  SLUDGE. SAND. AND GRIT TO
BE EXPECTED FROM PUBLIC PURIFICATION PLANTS; EXPOSURE HAZARCS IN CONNECTION WITH SLUDGE DISPOSAL
ON CULTIVATED LAND; AND DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE FROM MUNICIPAL INSTALLATIONS.
GERMANY.FED REP OF


     PMCB)
    •NEW MATERIAL FROM OLD SYNTHETICS."  FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG
                                                                 EPA
    GERMAN                  04/20/77  PCS  8              ID*  04810A


    SCIENTISTS AT AACHEN HAVE DEMONSTRATED HOW SYNTHETIC WASTES. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS  OF WHICH
ARE PRODUCED YEARLY IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC. CAN BE RECYCLED.  SUCH WASTES CAN  Bf RFPROCFSSED. FOR
EXAMPLE* FOR USE IN INJECTION MOLDING. AS AN ADDITIVE TO BITUMEN FOR STREET-COVERING. AS A  BINDING
AGENT FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OR PRESSED INTO PLATES.  GROUPS OF EXPERIMENTS  BEING CONDUCTED  AT
THE INSTITUTE FOR SYNTHETIC PROCESSING AT ThE RHENO-WESTPHALIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE RECLAIMED MATERIALS AS  WELL AS THE
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF RECLAMATION METHODOLOGY.  THE INSTITUTE HAS ALSO  INTRODUCED  INSTRUCTION IN
"SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGY" FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND SERVES AS A DIRECTING CENTER FOR THE PRACTICAL
APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC TECHNOLOGY IN COURSE WORK FOR CRAFTSMEN ACROSS  THE NATION.  MUCH OF  THE
FUNDING FOR SUCH RESEARCH CENTERS FOR SYNTHETICS HAS COME FROM THE INDUSTRIES PRODUCING AND
PROCESSING SYNTHETIC MATERIALS.

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                                                                                                                                                     24
SOLID  WASTE

GREAT  BRITAIN


     LRtA)
     "THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION  ACT 1974  
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TOXIC SUBS

BRAZIL


      ST(  )
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                                                                                                                                                  25
     TEORES OE  MERCURIC EM ORGANISMQS  MARINHOS (LEVELS  CF MERCURY IN MARINE
     ORGANISMS)
     FILHC, PAULO SALVADOR                                             EPA
     PORTUGUESE                 12/19/75   PCS   1-17            ID*   04829A
     ALSO PMB
     *WATER
DENMARK
      PMf B)
     KEMIKALIEAFFALO—RAPPORT  FRA EN  ARBEJDSGRUPPE (CHEMICAL WASTE	REPORT FROM  A
     WORKING GROUP)
     DENMARK.   AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION                   EPA
     DANISH                    02X00/75   PGS  1-151           ID*   04774A
      ALSO ST

     IN ORDER  TO ESTABLISH A BASIS FOR  ISSUING  ORDINANCES.  ETC..  UNDER  THE 1972  LAW ON THE DISPOSAL
OF OIL AND CHEMICAL WASTE. THE  AGENCY  OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION APPOINTED A WORKING GROUP TO
CLASSIFY CHEMICAL WASTE. TO STUDY CURRENT AND  PROPOSE FUTURE METHODS OF  TREATMENT AND TO EVALUATE
METHODS OF PACKAGING.  COLLECTION. AND  TRANSPORTATION  AS WELL AS FINAL  DISPOSAL  OF CHEMICAL WASTE.
THIS WASTE IS ESTIMATED TO INCREASE  FROM 57.000 TONS  IN 1973 TO 78.00O TONS IN  1978.  THE GROUP
MADE SEVERAL  RECOMMENDATIONS.  INCLUDING THE  ISSUANCE  OF INFORMATION CARDS FOR SPECIFYING PROPER
HANDLING OF DIFFERENT  TYPES OF  CHEMICAL WASTE.  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL RECEIVING  STATIONS.
AND  THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DUTY TO REPORT CHEMICAL WASTE.   APPENDIXES  INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
TOXICITY CLASS OF CHEMICAL PESTICIDES: MERCURY  WASTE; SAMPLE OF DECLARATION OF  WASTE; TRANSPORT  OF
FIRE-HAZARDOUS FLUIDS  AND POISONOUS  MATERIALS;  AND GENERAL GUIDELINES  FOR THE TREATMENT  OF DAMAGES
CAUSED BY CHEMICALS.
DENMARK
      STC )
    DANISH MARINE MONITORING  METHODS  AND DATA:   PART
    MERCURY  IN  FISH FROM MARINE AREAS.  1968-1976
    DENMARK.  AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    ENGLISH                   03/00/77  PGS  1-79
    *WATER
                                                                                   I. DDT. DIELDRIN. PCS. AND
                                                                                         ID*
                                                                                                 EPA
                                                                                              04773A

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TOXIC SUBS

DENMARK

     ST{ )
DENMARK

     ST<  I
    OIOXINS:  REPORT FROM A WORKING GROUP
    DENMARK.  AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    DANISH*                 07/00/77  PCS   1-51
    ^BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH
                                                                                ID*
  EPA
04783A
                          AS  A  RESULT  OF  THE SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN SEVESO. ITALY. WHERE A CHEMICAL COMPOUND  OF  DIOXIN  WAS
                      SPREAD  OVER  A  LARGE AREA, A WORKING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL
                      PROTECTICN TO  CLARIFY  THE USE OF DIOXINS IN DENMARK AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY  OF THEIR SPREADING
                      INTO THE  ENVIRONMENT.   CHAPTERS OF THE REPORT DEAL WITH:  PREVALENCE OF DIOXIN  USE.  FOR EXAMPLE.
                      FOR  THE PROTECTION  OF  WOOD. AS CUTTING OIL OR PESTICIDES. AND IN COSMETOLOGY: FORMATION OF  DIOXINS
                      IN CONNECTION  WITH  AN  ACCIDENT; AND SUCH ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF DIOXIN USE AS PERSISTENCE.
                      BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION, ABSORPTION BY PLANTS AND ANIMALS. AND TOXICITY.  IT  IS
                      CONCLUDED THAT INTENSIFIED RESEARCH ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE EFFECTS AND DECOMPOSITION OF  DIOXINS
                      IS NEEDED.   RECOMMENDAT ICNS FOR SPECIFIC DIOXINS ARE MADE.  AN APPENDIX ON THE  TOXICOLOGICAL
                      EFFECTS OF DIOXINS  IS  INCLUDED AS WELL AS A BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH.
    HAIR DYES:  REPORT FRGM A WORKING GROUP
    DENMARK.  AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    DANISH*                 02/00/77  PCS   1-164
    *SUMMARY IN ENGLISH
                                                                                ID*
  EPA
047S5A
                         THE  FOLLOWING  WAS  CONCLUDED BY A WORKING GROUP FORMED TO EXAMINE THE CARCINOGENIC RISKS OF
                     HAIR DYES  AND  OTHER COSMETIC PRODUCTS:  THE EVALUATION OF THE CARCINOGENIC RISKS INVOLVED BY THE
                     PRACTICAL  USE  OF HAIR  DYES IS UNCERTAIN; THE CARCINOGENIC RISK TO PEOPLE IN A GIVEN OCCUPATION
                     OFTEN  WILL NOT MANIFEST  ITSELF UNTIL DECADES AFTER THF EXPOSURE TO THE CARCINOGENS; THE INCIDENCE
                     OF CANCER  IN FEMALE HAIRDRESSERS IS SUCH THAT ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROCURED FOR AN
                     IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS;  FEW RESULTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS REGARDING CARCINOGENIC
                     RISKS  INVOLVING HAIR DYES; THE ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF THE SUBSTANCES USED MUST BE FURTHER
                     EXAMINED;  THE  USE  OF SCREENING TESTS SHOULD BE PROMOTED; THE USE AS HAIR DYES OF MANY SUBSTANCES
                     THAT HAVE  NOT  8FEN TESTED TOXICOLOGICALLY IS INADVISABLE.  THE GROUP FURTHER RECOMMENDED THE
                     COMPILATION OF A LIST  OF SUBSTANCES USED IN HAIR DYES AND CTHER COSMETICS PROVEN SAFE ON THE BASIS
                     OF EXPERT  ASSESSMENT.   THE USE OF ALL OTHER SUBSTANCES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED.
DENMARK
     STC  )
    "PVC (POLYVINYL CHLORIDE) FACTORY NOT AS DANGEROUS  AS  20  CIGARETTES  PER  DAY."
    BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
                                                                  EPA
    DANISH                  07/04/77  PGS   (1)3            ID*  04837A

    ACCORDING TO INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE AGENCY OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  BY  THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE OF THE DANISH PARLIAMENT (FOLKETING).  IT  WOULD BE MORE DANGEROUS  TO  SMOKE
20 CIGARETTES PER DAY THAN TO WORK AT THE PLANNED PVC (POLVVINYL  CHLORIDE) FACTORY  AT SKAELSKOR.
THE SMOKER WOULD ALSO BE MORE APT TO CONTRACT CANCER THAN  A PERSON LIVING WITHIN 5OO METERS  FROM
THE PLANNED FACTORY.

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 WATER

 BRAZIL
      STC  I
     CARACTERIZACAQ DA  QUALIDADE DE  AGUA  OE DRENAGEM DE  AREA  AGRICOLA
     (CHARACTERISTICS OF THE  QUALITY OF WATER DRAINED  FROM AGRICULTURAL AREAS)
     CABRAL, DEMETRIC                                                    EPA
     PORTUGUESE                 12/19/75  PCS  1-45             10*   04S26A
     ALSO  PMB

     THIS  PAPER.  PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH  BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS.  HELD  IN  RIO DE
JANEIRO  IN DECEMBER 1975. DESCRIBES A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY A UNIT OF THE  STATE COMPANY  FOR BASIC
SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  (CETESB)  OF SAO PAULO.  BRAZIL, AS PART OF  THE EFFORT TO
GAIN BASIC DATA  ON HYDROGRAPHIC BASINS IN ORDER  TO ESTABLISH REALISTIC WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
THE  OBJECTIVE OF THIS  PARTICULAR STUDY WAS TO INDICATE  THE DEGREE TO WHICH  WATER  CAN BECOME
POLLUTED  WITH TOXIC SUBSTANCES. ESPECIALLY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS. WHEN IT  IS USED FOR  IRRIGATION
PURPOSES.  THE METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY  CONSISTED OF  SAMPLING  RUNOFF WATER  FROM IRRIGATED
VEGETABLE FIF.LDS AND CORRELATING THE DEGREE CF POLLUTION OF  THE WATER WITH  THE FACTORS  WHICH
CAUSE IT  TO BECOME POLLUTED.  INCLUDING THE DEGREE OF  POLLUTION  OF THE WATER BEFORE ITS  USE IN
IRRIGATION.  THE DATA  OBTAINED FROM SAMPLING IS  ANALYZED AND PRESENTED IN NUMFRCUS TABLES IN THE
PAPER.
BRAZIL
      STC  )
     UTILIZACAO DO METODO ABC  PARA O  PLANEJAMENTO  E  CONTROLE OBJETIVO  DA POLUICAO
     DAS AGUAS EC METHOD IN  WATER  POLLUTION CONTROL.   TABLES  AND
GRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE  TEXT OF THE PAPER.

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WATER

BRAZIL
     ST( I
    TEORES OE MERCURIC EH ORGANISMOS  MARINHOS  (LEVELS  OF  MERCURY  IN  MARINE
    ORGANISMS)
    FILHCt PAULO SALVADOR                                         EPA
    PORTUGUESE               12/19/75  PGS   1-17            ID*   04829 A
    ALSO PMB
     TOXIC SUBS

    THIS PAPER WAS PREPARED BY THE STATE COMPANY FOR BASIC  SANITATION  AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
OF SAO PAULO. BRAZILi FOR PRESENTATION  AT THE  EIGHTH BRAZILIAN  SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS.
HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN DECEMBER 1975.  WITH REFERENCE  TO THE STUDIES BEING REALIZED BY THE
STATE COMPANY (CETESB) TO DETERMINE THE LEVELS OF  MERCURY IN MARINE  ORGANISMS IN ESTUARINE AND
COASTAL HATERS OF SANTOS BAY. THE PAPER REVIEWS THE OCCURRENCE  OF MERCURY IN MARINE ORGANISMS.
ITS EFFECTS ON HUMANS. AND THE MERCURY LEVELS  THAT WERE FOCNO  IN  MARINE ORGANISMS RESPONSIBLE  FOR
THE MERCURY POISONING CASES  IN MINAMATA. JAPAN.  RECOMMENDED LIMITS  OF MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS  IN
MARINE ORGANISMS. IN WATER BODIES. AND  IN DAILY HUMAN  INTAKES  AS  ESPOUSED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES
AN ORGANIZATIONS ARE GIVEN.  AND THE LEVELS  OF  MERCURY  FOUND IN  CERTAIN FISH. MOLLUSKS AND
CRUSTACEANS TESTED IN CERTAIN AREAS OF SANTOS  BAY  ARE  TABULATED.
DENMARK
     LRC B)
    WASTEWATER:  GUIDING REGULATIONS FOR DISCHARGE  OF  WASTEWATER.  GUIDELINE  NO.  6.
    1974
    DENMARK. AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                  EPA
    ENGLISH                 09/00/75  PGS   1-42            ID*   02700B
    THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE  1974  GUIDELINES  FOR THE DISCHARGE  OF
WASTEWATER PUBLISHED BY THE DANISH AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION.  THE  GUIDELINES  ARE
INTENDED TO ASSIST MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITIES ISSUING PERMITS FOR THE  DISCHARGE OF  EFFLUENTS
AS WELL AS THOSE ENTERPRISES WHICH DISCHARGE WASTEWATER.   IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT  ONE  OF  THE  BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF THE REGULATIONS IS THAT INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS  SHOULD BE APPLIED  FOR  THE PROTECTION
OF INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING WATERS.  SECTIONS OF THE BOOKLET  DEAL  WITH OR PRESENT  INSTRUCTIONS
COVERING:  THE PROTECTION OF WATERS RECEIVING DISCHARGES;  PROTECTION OF SOIL INTO WHICH DISCHARGES
ARE MADE; PROTECTION OF HASTEWATER PURIFICATION PLANTS; ANC A  DISCUSSION  OF  CONTROL  AND ANALYSIS
METHODS.  AN EXAMPLE OF A MASS BALANCE CALCULATION  FOR SEWERAGE SYSTEMS IS APPENDED.  (FOR  THE
ORIGINAL DANISH SOURCE. SEE ID NUMBER 02700A.)

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                                                                                                                                                     29
WATER

DENMARK

      LR(Bi
DENMARK

      PM(Bi
     "REVISION OF  MASTEWATER REGULATIONS."   NVT FRA  MILJGSTYRELSEN.  NO.  10  (1977)
     DENMARK.  AGENCY OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                    EPA
     DANISH                    05/00/77   PGS   1-28             10*  04776A

     THE  AGENCY FCR ENVIRCNMENTAL PROTECTION EXPLAINS IN THIS PAMPHLET WHY  THE PROMISED  REVISION
OF  THE 1974 GUIDELINES FOR WASTEWATER HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE.   DENMARK'S MEMBERSHIP
IN  THE EEC. FOR INSTANCE* AS  WELL AS  ITS PARTICIPATION IN  SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS HAS
NECESSITATED MORE TIME FCR A  CAREFUL  STUDY  OF PERTINENT POLICIES.  THREE EEC DIRECTIVES DEALING
WITH WATER QUALITY ARE  INCLUDED:  THE JUNE  16. 1975 DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF SURFACE
WATER WHICH IS USED AS DRINKING WATER IN MEMBERSHIP COUNTRIES; THE  DECEMBER 8.  1975 DIRECTIVE
CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF BATHING WATER; AND THE MAY 4. 1976 DIRECTIVE  ON  POLLUTION CAUSED BY
EMISSION  OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.


     FLUORIDATION  OF DRINKING  WATER.   NYT FRA MILJOSTYRELSEN. SPECIAL ISSUE
     DENMARK.  NATIONAL AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION          EPA
     ENGLISH                   02/00/77   PGS   1-8              ID*  04796A
      ALSC LRB

     THIS  PUBLICATION CONTAINS A LETTER FROM THE MINISTER FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT TO THE PARLIAMENTARY
COMMITTEE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE  MINISTER EXPLAINS WHY. IN HIS OPINION.  THE POWER
CONFERRED BY SECTION 48  CF THE  WATER  SUPPLY ACT SHOULD NOT  BE USED  TO ALLOW THE FLUORIDATION OF
DRINKING  WATER AS ADVOCATED BY  THE NATIONAL SERVICE. THE DANISH DENTAL  ASSOCIATION, AND THE
ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL  COUNCILS.  THE NATIONAL AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS. HOWEVER.
ALSO RECOMMENDED  THAT FLUORIDATICN NCT BE USED DUE  TO  THE FACT THAT PERTINENT QUESTIONS ON HUMAN
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE PROVEN DIFFICULT TO CLARIFY AND BECAUSE IT  WOULD ALSO  BE A  VERY COSTLY
PROGRAM.   THE DANISH WATER SUPPLY CONSISTS  MAINLY OF GROUNDWATER  AND FLUORIDATION  OF THIS SOURCE
IS  SEEN AS DIFFICULT NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF VARIATIONS IN THE  NATURAL  CONTENT OF FLUORIDE  BUT ALSO
BECAUSE THIS WATER IS USED FOR  INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL  PURPOSES AS  WELL.  IMPROPER
FLUORIOATION MAY  ALSO UPSET A SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEM.
DENMARK

      PM(B)
"CONFLICT CONCERNING POLLUTION."   BERLINGSKE  TIDENDE

DANISH                     07/04/77   PGS   (1)3
                                                                          EPA
                                                                        04823A
                             VIDEBAECK MUNICIPALITY AND THE COUNTY OF RINGKOPING HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY  IN GETTING
                        FORENINGEN  FORSOGSDAMBRUG (THE ASSOCIATION FOR EXPERIMENTAL FISH  FARMING)  TO COMPLY  WITH
                        REGULATIONS STIPULATED  BY THE  AGENCY  OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  REGARDING POLLUTION OF WATRR.
                        THE  ASSOCIATION  REFUSES TO INTRODUCE  MEASURES TO LIMIT POLLUTION,  ACCORDING TO  THIS  ARTICLE.
                        THE  ASSOCIATION  ALSO OPERATES  ABILOTRUP DAMBRUG (FISH FARM) AT THE VORGOD RIVER.  THE PROCEEDS
                        EARNED AT THIS PLANT ARE USED  TO RUN  AN EXPERIMENTAL FISH  FARM AT BRONS. WHFRE  SALARIES OF
                        RESEARCH PERSONNEL  ARE  PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT.  TESTS AT THIS FISH FARM  INVOLVE AMONG OTHER
                        THINGS EFFORTS TO  LIMIT POLLUTION.

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                                                                                                                                                      30
MATER

DENMARK
      ST<  )
FRANCE


      PMCB)
     DANISH  MARINE  MONITORING  METHODS  AND DATA:  PART  I.  DDT. DIELORIN.  PCB,  AND
     MERCURY IN FISH FROM MARINE AREASt  1968-1976
     DENMARK.   AGENCY OF  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                    EPA
     ENGLISH                   03/00/77   PCS   1-79             I D»   04773A
      TOXIC  SUBS

     THIS REPORT. THE FIRST IN A PLANNED SERIES. AIMS  AT  RECORDING THE  MARINE MONITORING
ACTIVITIES  CARRIED OUT BY DANISH INSTITUTES IN ORDER  TO  ESTABLISH THE  STATE  OF POLLUTION  OF THE
COASTAL AND OPEN WATERS  ARCUND DENMARK.  THE FIRST  CHAPTER DEALS WITH  LEVELS OF DDT,  DIELDRIN.
AND  PCB FOUND IN HERRING. FLOUNDER. COD. AND COD  HVEH FROM THE BALTIC SEA,  THE SOUND. THE
KATTEGATT.  AND THE NORTH SEA  FROM 1969 TO  1975.   THE  SECOND CHAPTER REPORTS  ON THE  CONTENT OF
MERCURY IN  FISH FROM MARINE AREAS FROM 1968 TO 1976.  METHODS  OF SAMPLING  AND ANALYSIS AS WELL
AS CONSISTENCY OF  DATA  ARE DISCUSSED.  APPENDED MAPS  AND CHARTS ILLUSTRATE THE AMOUNT OF  TOXIC
SUBSTANCES  FOUND IN FISH TESTED AT VARIOUS  LOCATIONS.


     "FIRST  RESULTS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OBSERVATION NETWORK DO NOT INDICATE
     ALARMING  LEVELS OF POLLUTION."  PRESSE  ENVIRONNEMENT.  NO.  231
                                                                           EPA
     FRENCH                     04/01/77   PGS   PETN 2-3        ID*   04802A

     A REVIEW  OF THE TWO-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY OBSERVATION  NETWORK WAS PRESENTED
BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE  OFFICE OF THE  PREVENTION OF  POLLUTION AND NUISANCES (SPPN) WITHIN  THE
MINISTRY  IN CHARGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRESIDENT  OF ThE  NATIONAL CENTER FOR  THE USE OF
OCEANS (CNEXO).  SIXTEEN METROPOLITAN SHORELINE ZONES ARE  CURRENTLY THE OBJECT OF CONTINUOUS
SURVEILLANCE. INCLUDING  THE BAY OF THE SEINE* BREST HARBOR. THE LOIRE  ESTUARY. CANNES AND
VILLEFRANCHE  BAYS. THE  GULF OF FOS, AND THAU POND.   THE  PUPFCSE OF THE NETWORK IS TO  PROVIDE
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES WITH  INFORMATION ON THE "QUALITY  OF COASTAL  WATFRS.   CNEXO.  RFSPONSIBLE FOR THE
COORDINATION  OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES.  SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE  OPERATION OF
THE  NETWORK WITH OPPN.   ALTHOUGH DEPENDENT  ON THE ANTIPOLLOTION EFFORTS OF.  AMCNG OTHERS.  THE
EQUIPMENT MINISTRY. THF  PCRT  AUTHORITIES, AND THE MINISTRY OF  HEALTH,  THE NETWORK IS  FINANCED BY
THE  MINISTRY  IN CHARGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE INTERMINISTERIAL ACTION FUND.
FRANCE
      PMCB)
                             "THE  STAGGERING OF  VACATIONS TO  CCNTROL POLLUTICN."
                             ENVIRONNEMENT, NO.  235
                                                                                          PRESSE
                             FRENCH
                              ALSO SE
                              GENERAL
                                                         04/28/77  PGS   NEETS  1
                                                                                           1C*
                                                                                                   EPA
                                                                                                 04809A
                             THE  CONCENTRATION  OF VACATION HOLIDAYS  IN TIME AND  SPACE  IS  REPORTED TO  BE PRDDUCING  A  NUMBER
                        OF  UNDESIRABLE  CONSEQUENCES  FOR FRENCH VACATIONERS.  CITED BY  THE STATE SECRETARY  FOR TOURISM
                        ALONG WITH POLLUTION ARE HEAVY TRAFFIC. CRIMINALITY, AND  INFLATION.   OPERATION NORTH-SOUTH/
                        EAST-WEST IS ACCORDINGLY BEING PROLONGED DURING  1977. WITH THF  SUPPORT  OF THE MINISTER OF
                        CULTURE  AND THE ENVIRONMENT,  TO PROMOTE STAGGERED VACATIONS IN LESS FREQUFNTFO REGIONS CF FRANCE.
                        THE CROWDING OF VACATIONERS  IN A LIMITED NUWEER  OF SPOTS,  PARTICULARLY  IN CHASTAl.  AREAS,  IS
                        STATED TO GIVE  RISE TO A LEVFL OF POLLUITON *ITH WHICH  EXISTING  FACILITIES CANNOT  ALWAYS
                        CONTEND.   THE DETER IOR AT ICN  OF WATER DUALITY THROUGH INCREASED DISCHARGES OF  WASTE.WATER AND THC
                        GENERAL  DETERIORATION  OF THE  LANDSCAPE ARE  TWO SPECIFIC PRCBLEMS WHICH  ARE MENTIONED.  A  BETTFP
                        USE OF TIME, SPACE. AND INSTALLATIONS IS THEREFORE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM OPERATION NORTH-SOUTH/
                        EAST-WEST.

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WATER


FRANCE
     PM«B)
                                                                                                                           PAGE
                                                                                                                                   31
                         "RESULTS OF  1976 POLLUTION MONITORING CAMPAIGN IN ALSACE."
                         ENVIRONNEMENT.  NO.  230
                         FRENCH
                                                  03/25X77  PGS  PETN 2-3
                                                                                ID*
                                                                 PRESSE


                                                                  EPA
                                                                04811 A
                         THE  RESULTS OF  THE  1976  POLLUTION MONITORING CAMPAIGN FOR HEAVY METALS IN THE RHINE RIVER
                     WATERSHED ARE REPORTED  TO HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN A PUBLICATION BY THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON
                     WATER. THE  REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT. AND THE ALSACE PUBLIC REGIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.
                     1976 CONCLUSIONS  WITH REGARD TO MERCURY LEVELS CONSTITUTE A CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS OBSERVATIONS.
                     WITH ALL RIVER CONTAMINATION BEING ATTRIBUTED TO WATER INFLUXES FROM THE THUR AND RHINE RIVERS.
                     A  SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN MERCURY LEVELS. HOWEVER. WAS NOTED IN THE THUR STEMMING FROM THE
                     ADOPTION OF ABATEMENT MEASURES SINCE 1973.  MEAN LEAD CONTENT WAS COMPUTED AT 5 MICROGRAMS PER
                     LITER FOR WATER AND 16  MILLIGRAMS PER KILO FOR WATER SEDIMENT.  MEAN CADMIUM VALUES WERE COMPUTED
                     AT O.4 MICROGRAMS PER LITER  OF WATER AND 1.4 MILLIGRAMS PER KILO OF SEDIMENT.  FIGURES. ALTHOUGH
                     NORMAL.  00  NOT PRECLUDE OCCASIONAL LOCAL DISCHARGES AND CONSEQUENTLY DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSITY OF
                     MAINTAINING SUCH  AN OBSERVATION NETWORK FOR BOTH SURFACE ANC GROUND WATER.
GERMANY,FED REP OF

     PM«B»
     ANNUAL REPORT ON WATER  MANAGEMENT FOR  19761.   WASSER  liND BODEN.  NO.  6X7
                                                                  EPA
    GERMAN                   06X00X77  PGS   155-201         ICO  04S24A
     ALSO PMA

    THIS COMPILATION CONTAINS ANNUAL REPORTS  ON  WATER  MANAGEMENT  ACTIVITY FOR 1976 FROM THE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FOOD. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY.  THE  FEDERAL MINISTRY  OF THE INTERIOR. THE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS. AND THE LAND WORKING  GROUP  FOR WATER  (LAWAI.  IN ADDITION. THERE
ARE REPORTS FROM THE LANDS (STATES) OF THE FEDERAL  REPUBLIC:   BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG.  BAVARIA,
BERLIN. BREMEN. HAMBURG. HESSE. LOWER SAXONY. NORTH  RHINE-WESTPHALIA, RHINELAND-PALATINATE. THE
SAAR AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.  THE MINISTRY FOR FOOD. AGRICULTURE  AND  FORESTRY PROVIDES  STATISTICS
ON INVESTMENTS IN AND FINANCING OF WATER MANAGEMENT  AND  LAND  AMELIORATION MEASURES. SUCH AS THE
CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.  THE  REPORT OF  THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR  DISCUSSES
BRIEFLY WATER LAW. RESEARCH. AND PROTECTION;  STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF WATER-ENDANGERING
SUBSTANCES: WATER SUPPLY, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.  THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS REPORT
REVIEWS WATER SUPPLY AND PROTECTION, AND THE  LAWA REPORT DISCUSSES LAND-FEDERAL COOPERATION.

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GREAT BRITAIN


      LR(A)
                                                                                                                                            PAGE
                                                                                                                                                      32
     "THE CONTROL  OF  POLLUTION  ACT 1974  (COMMENCEMENT  NO.  8)  ORDER  1977  AND
     (COMMENCEMENT NO. 9)  ORDER  1977."   STATLTCRY  INSTRUMENTS 1977.  NOS. 336  AND 476
                                                                          EPA
     ENGLISH                    00/00/77   PCS   1-4              ID*  02482ZA
     • SOLID WASTE
INTERNATIONAL

      LR(B)
    "TECHNICAL AND  LEGAL  ASPECTS OF OIL POLLUTION."
    REICHENBACHt FRANZ
    GERMAN                     06/16/77   PGS   II
      ALSO PMB
NEUE  2UERCHER ZEITUNG
              EPA
      1C*  04820A
                             PUBLIC ATTENTION HAS LCNG BEEN  DIRECTED TOWARDS THE  PROBLEM OF OIL  POLLUTION OF  THE  SEA.
                        PREVIOUSLY SUCH  POLLUTION RESULTED  PRIMARILY FROM SHIP AND TANKER ACCIDENTS  AND LOSS OF  OIL
                        DURING NORMAL SHIPPING  OPERATION.   NOW POLLUTION  MAY ALSO RESULT FROM ACCIDENTS ON  PETROLEUM
                        DRILLING  PLATFORMS AT SEA.   TECHNICAL MEASURES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS ARE CONTINUALLY  BEING
                        DEVELOPED. AND TECHNICAL AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO REDUCE  THE EFFECTS  OF SPILLED
                        OIL.  THE "LOAD  ON TOP" METHOD OF TRANSPORTING BALLAST WATER IS USED BY MANY TANKERS TO  PREVENT
                        THE RELEASE OF OILY WASTEWATERS INTO  THE SEA.  MANY INTERNATIONAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN SPONSORED
                        BY  THE INERGOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION.  AMONG SUCH MEASURES ARE THE 1957
                        INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FCR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY  OIL,  LAST REVISED IN  1973,
                        AND THE  1975  INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERVENTION  ON THE HIGH SEAS IN  CASES OF  OIL
                        POLLUTION CASUALTIES.   MANY  SIMILAR NATIONAL AND  REGIONAL LAWS  HAVE ALSO BEEN ADOPTED.
INTERNATIONAL
      ST(  )
     ••REDUCTION OF  OIL LOSSES IN  THE EFFLUENTS OF EUROPEAN  REFINERIES."
     PRESSE  ENVIRONNEMENT.  NO. 236
                                                                           EPA
     FRENCH                     05/06/77   PGS  PETN 1-2         ID*  04803A
     /
     ACCORDING TO A CONCAkE (CONSERVATION OF  CLEAN AIR AND  WATER  IN  WESTERN EUROPE)  REPORT OF
MARCH  1977.  TOTAL  OIL LOSSES IN  THE LIQUID EFFLUENTS  CF WESTERN  EUROPEAN  REFINERIES WERE REDUCED
BY 58  PERCENT DURING THE  1969-1974 PERIOD IN  SPITE OF INCREASES  OF  53 PERCENT IN  PRODUCTIVITY.
AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF OIL DISCHARGES IN  THE EFFLUENTS OF THE  112 REFINERIES  WHICH  ARE  RESPONSIBLE
FOR  80 PERCENT OF  THE TOTAL EUROPEAN  CAPACITY DECREASED FROM 153 GRAMS PER TON  OF CRUDE  IN 1969  TO
42 GRAMS  IN 1974.   DATA  COLLECTED BY  CONCAWE  INDICATE A TREND TOWARD A GENERAL  REDUCTION IN WATER
USE  AND A GREATER  USE OF  SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.   THE  COMPLETE REPORT IS
PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE  "SURVEY ON  QUALITY  OF REFINERY EFFLUENTS  IN EUROPE, A COMPARISON
BETWEEN 1969 AND  1974 PERFORMANCES."

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WATER

NORWAY

      PM(B)
 "DISCHARGES ARE  AUTOMATICALLY  MEASURED."  AFTENPOSTEN
                             NORWEGIAN
                                                        06/27/77   PCS   1.  14
                                                                      EPA
                                                              ID*   04800A
                             POLLUTION IN  WATERCOURSES  CONNECTED TO THE  UPPER  OSLOFJCRD IS BEING CONTINUOUSLY MEASURED AND
                        ANALYZED.  REPORTS  THIS  ARTICLE.   BAERUM AT OVERLANDSELVEN  IS  CITED AS  A TYPICAL MEASURING  STATIUN
                        IN  WHOSE  VICINITY  DISCHARGES ARE POURING OUT  FROM PIPELINES ALONG THE  RIVER.   THE HIGHEST
                        CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTION HAS BEEN OBSERVED  WHERE OVERLANDSELVEN AND  ENGERVANNET MERGE. ANO IT  IS
                        ESTIMATED  THAT BY  THE  198O«S THESE TWO  BODIES OF WATER  WILL BE POLLUTED BY  DISCHARGES STEMMING
                        FROM 25.COO PEOPLE, INCLUDING  INDUSTRY.  A GIGANTIC PURIFICATION PLANT IS.  HOWEVER.  SCHEDULED FOR
                        COMPLETION AT ABOUT THE  SAME TIME.  A SPOKESMAN FOR NIVA (NORWEGIAN  INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH)
                        EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCF OF MAPPING OUT POLLUTION AND  RECOMMENDS THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY MAINTAIN
                        CONSTANT  SUPERVISION OF  ITS WATERCOURSES.  MVA IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED  IN THE CONTENT OF ORGANIC
                        MATTER BUT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO  MEASURE HOW MANY  KILOGRAMS OF PHOSPHORUS. FOR EXAMPLE. ARE BEING
                        DISCHARGED PER 24-HCUR  PERIOD.
NORWAY

      SEC  )
"LARGE SEWER PLANTS EKING UNDESIRABLE  PRESSURE  TO EXPAND."  AFTENPOSTEN
                                                                      EPA
NORWEGIAN                  06/25/77  PGS   14               ID*  04793A
*LAND USE
SWEDEN
      PM(B)
LANDSKAPSANALYS  I  LINKOPINS KOMMUN (LANDSCAPE  ANALYSIS  IN THE  MUNICIPALITY
LINKOPING).  STATENS NATURVARDSVERK PM  804
SWEDEN.  NATIONAL  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD                 EPA
SWEDISH*                   00/00/77   PGS   1-90             ID*  04779A
 *ALSO ENGLISH
*LANC USE
                                                                                                                  OF
SWEDEN

      ST{
THE  BALTIC  SEA:  CURRENT  SWEDISH  RESEARCH
SWEDEN.  NATIONAL  ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD
ENGLISH                   09/00/76   PGS
LOOSE-LEAF  COMPILATION
ID*
        EPA
     04786A
                             THIS LOOSE-LEAF  PUBLICATION  CONTAINS  AN EXTENSIVE  INVENTORY  OF THE  MOST  IMPORTANT  CURRENT
                        SWEDISH PROJECTS AND INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING  THE BALTIC SEA.   THE PROJECTS  INCLUDE  BOTH THOSE
                        WHICH  ARE CARRIED  OUT UNDER RESEARCH GRANTS AND THOSE  LYING WITHIN THE  REGULAR INSTITUTIONAL
                        BUDGET.  INFORMATION IS BASED ON QUESTIONNAIRES TO RESEARCh INSTITUTES.  AUTHORITIES,  AND
                        INDIVIDUAL  SCIENTISTS.  EACH RESEARCH ENTRY LISTS. AS  APPLICABLE:  THE  NAME  OF THE PROJECT.
                        DEPARTMENT  AFFILIATION, PROJECT  LEADER,  COOPERATION. THE TIME  SPAN OF THE PROJECT, METHODS QEING
                        USED.  OBSERVATIONS  MADE.  RESEARCH AREA.  ETC.  THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE  FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
                        HYDROGRAPHY-HYDROLOGY, PHYSIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS.  GEOLOGY-SEDIMENTOLOGY.  BOTANY,  ZOOLOGY*
                        MICROBIOLOGY.  PLANKTON. ECOLOGY.  FISHERY  BIOLOGY, BICLCGICAL EFFECTS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES,  OIL
                        POLLUTION.  TRACE METALS.  TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT.  AND MISCELLANEOUS.

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•ATER

SWITZERLAND

     PM(B)
USSR
      LR( A)
     "60 PERCENT  OF SEWAGE PURIFIED."  NEUE ZUERCHER  ZEITUNG
                                                                           EPA
     GERMAN                      06/29/77  PCS   18                ID*  04805A
     THE SEWAGE OF  THREE-FOURTHS OF  THE POPULATION OF  SWITZERLAND  COULD BE  CLARIFIED  IF SEWAGE
PURIFICATION FACILITIES  EXISTING AT THE  BEGINNING OF  1577 WERE USED  TO CAPACITY.  HOWFVER,  THE
SEhAGE OF  ONLY ABOUT  58-60 PERCENT  OF THE  POPULATION  IS ACTUALLY  TREATED.  ACCORDING  TO AN
ESTIMATE OF THE  FEDERAL  OFFICE FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.   THt  GREATEST EFFORTS IN WASTEWATCR
PURIFICATION HAVE  BEEN  NAOF  BY THE  CANTONS CF  ZURICH  (98.2 PERCENT OF THE  POPULATION  SERVED  BY
SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES). GENEVA  (97.6  PERCENT). ST.  GALL  (93.2 PERCENT). AND  NFUCHATEL
(92.3  PERCENT).   THE  CANTCNS  OF SQLOTHURN, SCHAFFHAUSEN. APPENZELL INNERKHODFN,  AARGAU. AND  VAUD
HAVE THE CAPACITY  TO  PURIFY  80 PERCENT OF  DISCHARGED  VtASTE*ATERS.  THE LEAST  PROGRESS HAS BEEN
MADE IN THE CANTONS OF  GLARUS (3.6  PERCENT PURIFICATION). TICINO  (29.8 PERCENT). AND  FRI8OURG
(32.6  PERCENT).


     "ON MEASURES TO IMPROVE  THE COLLECTION AND UTILIZATION CF WASTE  PETROLEUM
     PRODUCTS."   IZVESTIYA
                                                                            EPA
     RUSSIAN                    02/05/76  PCS   2                ID*  04780A

      THIS  DECREE.  ISSUED BY  THE USSR COUNCIL OF  MINISTERS. ESTABLISHES ASSIGNMENTS FflR THF
COLLECTICN OF WASTE OIL  AND  OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS  IN 1976-1980.   THF.  USSR  MINISTRIES AND
DEPARTMENTS AND  THE UNION-REPUBLIC  COUNCILS CF MINISTERS ARE  INSTRUCTED  TO ORGANIZE  THE
COLLECTION OF WASTE OIL  AND  OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS  AND THE  TRANSFER OF THESE WASTES  TO
ASSIGNED RECEPTION CENTERS FOR PROCFSSING.  THE  USSR  MINISTRY OF HFALTH. THE USSR MINISTRY OF
LAND RECLAMATION AND  WATER RESOURCES. TOGETHER WITH THE USSR  MINISTRY OF  INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND
THE  UNION-REPUBLIC COUNCILS  OF MINISTERS.  ARE  INSTRUCTED TO  ESTABLISH STRICT CONTROL  OVER THE
FULFILLMENT OF MEASURES TO PREVENT  POLLUTION OF  THE ENVIRONMENT BY NOT ALLOWING  WASTE  OIL AND
OTHER PETROLEUM  PRODUCTS TO  BE DISPOSED  OF IN  THE SOIL. BODIES OF  WATER  AND SEWER SYSTEMS.
USSR
      LR( A)
     "ON  MEASURES TO PREVENT  POLLUTION OF  THE BLACK AND  AZOV  SEA BASINS."   PRAVDA
                                                                           EPA
     RUSSIAN                    02/04/76  PGS   1                ID*   04781A
      ALSO  PMA

     THE  CENTRAL  COMMITTEE OF THE CPSU AND  THE USSR COUNCIL CF  MINISTERS HAVE ISSUED A  JOINT
DECREE.  "ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION  OF THE BLACK  AND AZOV SEA BASINS."  THE DECRtiE INSTRUCTS
THE  COUNCILS OF  MINISTERS OF THE RSFSR. THE UKRAINIAN SSR. THE GEORGIAN SSR. THE BELORUSSIAN  SSR
AND  THE  MOLDAVIAN SSR.  TCGETHER WITH OTHER USSR  MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS.  TO CARRY OUT A
COMPLEX  CF MEASURES DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE COMPLETE I-ALT BY  1985 OF UNTREATED DOMESTIC  AND
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE DISCHARGES INTO  BODIES  OF WATER IN THE BLACK SEA AND SEA OF AZOV BASINS.  THIS
IS TO BE  ACCOMPLISHED  BY ENLISTING.  USING  A PRO  RATA SYSTEM, FUNDS OF THE  USSR'MINISTRIES.
DEPARTMENTS. ENTERPRISES ANO ORGANIZATIONS THAT  DISCHARGE SEWAGE INTO SEWER SYSTEMS OF  CITIES  AND
OTHER POPULATED  CENTERS.  THE DECREE SETS  DEADLINES FOR  THE  COMPLETE  CESSATION OF UNTREATED
SEWAGE DISCHARGES ALONG WITH SUGGESTIONS  FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOAL.

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