NTISUB/C/135-012
NUMBER 64
DECEMBER 1977
SUMMARIES OF
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
REPORTS
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C, 20460
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Water Toxic Substances
Noise Radiation
Solid wastes Land use
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with the EPA ID number under each of the other headings.
Explanation of the codes and abbreviations used with each summary
is on page ii.
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FOOD AND
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{"FEBRUARY 4,^1971 SUPREME DECRETT NO. 188 ISSUING THE HEALTH'CODE."
(AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, V. 20. ' +
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION, UN, COM?.
ENGLISH/* 12/00/71 PCS 58-60^'
AIR WATER PESTICIDES RADIATION^
THIS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH DECREE ASSIGNS TO THE EXECUTIVE, ACTING THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC SPHERES AS REGARDS PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE
TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERE AND IN THE FORMULATION OF DIRECTIVES AND IN ENFORCEMENT AND
EVALUATION.
LRA - LEGAL TEXT
LRB - LEGAL COMMENTARY
Each original law has the letter A following the EPA
identification number. Additional directly related
legislation will have the same identification number
and a subsequent alphabetical letter.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AIR
Automatic Air Pollution Sampling Network. Preliminary Plan . . 1
See GENERAL (Brazil) -- Control No. 04021B ........... 11
Penmo/ife
Lead Content in Blood Should Be Investigated .......... 1
Air Pollution Can Be Reduced by 90 Percent by Adding Water to
Fuel Oil ........................... 2
Organic Lead Compounds : Pollution and Toxicology ....... 2
Fed R&p o£
Land Ordinances to Prevent Harmful Environmental Influences
During Unfavorable Weather Conditions — Smog Ordinances .... 2
Japan
Group Calls for Easing NOx Emission Controls .......... 3
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 05060A ........... 18
Noxway
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05032A ........... 19
See LAND USE (Norway) — Control No. 05033A .......... 28
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05020A ........... 20
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05041A ........... 20
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05048A ........... 21
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05106A ........... 22
See WATER (Norway) -- Control No. 05112A ............ 52
Clean Air Act, 1971 ...................... 5
Sweeten
Photochemical Oxidants in the Atmosphere ............ 5
USSR
Criminal-Legal Protection of Water and Air From Pollution ... 6
Only a Part of Large Complex .................. 6
Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Harmful Substances in
the Air and Water ...................... 6
See WATER (USSR) — Control No. 05077A ............. 58
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GENERAL
The Commonwealth' s Environmental Assessment Legislation .... 7
Australian Heritage Commission Act, No. 57 of 1975 ....... 7
Agreement on Guidelines for Cooperation in Environmental
Analysis of Proposals. .. /Arrangements Concerning Cooperation
in the Environmental Assessment of Proposals ......... 7
Speech by the Minister for Environment, Housing and Community
Development on the Commonwealth Role in Environmental
Impact Assessment ...................... 8
Guidelines and Procedures for Environmental Impact Studies
(Tasmania) .......................... 8
Guidelines for Application of Environmental Impact Policy in
New South Wales ....................... 8
Provisional Procedures for Environmental Assessment of New
Projects and Proposals in Western Australia ......... 9
Provisional Working Arrangements Between the Victorian Ministry
for Conservation and the Commonwealth Dept. of Environment
in the Environmental Assessment of Proposals ......... 9
Arrangements Between the Tasmanian Department of the
Environment and the Commonwealth Department of Environment
in the Environmental Assessment of Proposals ......... 9
Arrangements Between the South Australian Department for the
Environment and the Commonwealth Department of Environment
in the Environmental Assessment of Proposals ......... 10
Guidelines for Environment Assessment (Victoria) ........ 10
Procedural Manual for Environmental Impact Studies in
Queensland .......................... 10
May 3, 1974 Federal Law no. 286 Regarding Restoration of
Residential Areas (Urban Redevelopment Act) ......... 11
National Report — Austria (to the United Nations on the Human
Environment) ......................... 11
Basic Legislation (1977) ............... ..... 11
State Foundation for Environmental Engineering (FEEMA) ..... 12
Program for Ecological Stations ................ 12
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Canada.
A Guide to the Federal Environmental Assessment and Review
Process ........................... 12
Register of Panel Projects Submitted Under the Federal
Environmental Assessment and Review Process, No. 1 ...... 13
Alaska Highway Pipeline: Interim Report of the Environmental
Assessment Panel ....................... 13
Guidelines for Preparing Initial Environmental Evaluations ... 13
Guidelines to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Eldorado Nuclear Uranium Refineries ......... 14
Organization of the National Agency of Environmental
Protection, Denmark ..................... 14
France.
How and on What Terms? ..................... 14
Implementation of the Nature Protection Law .......... 15
Municipal Federations ..................... 15
International Center for Training in the Environmental Sciences
for Spanish-Speaking Countries (Training Course Prospectuses) . 15
List of CIFCA Documents Available on Microfiche ........ 16
CIFCA and Environmental Training ................ 16
Intl. Center for Training in the Environmental Sciences .... 16
International Center for Training in the Environmental Sciences
(CIFCA) ........................... 17
Economic Evaluation of Environmental Impact .......... 17
Population, Environment and Quality of Life .......... 17
Japan
Inland Sea Bridge Plan Passes Environment Test ......... 18
Long- Term Environmental Conservation Program .......... 18
January 7, 1975 Ordinance No. 75-1 Creating the National
Agronomical Research Institute of Niger ........... 18
Norway
Product Control Act ...................... 19
Long- Term Program 1974-1977 — Special Analysis 1: Pollution . . 19
Environmental Product Control: A Comparative Study of the
United States and Norway ................... 19
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Preparedness for Handling Acute Pollution ........... 20
Nature Conservation in Norway ................. 20
Measures Against Pollution ................... 20
Norway Innovates in Environmental Planning ........... 21
Norwegian Industry's Development and Future .......... 21
National Report on Norway ................... 21
State Pollution Control Authority — Annual Report, 1976 ..... 22
State Pollution Control Authority ............... 22
PgAU.
National Office for Natural Resources Evaluation ........ 22
Environmental Public Health Act, No. 32, 1968 ......... 23
Sweeten
Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on Decomposition in Forest
Soils — III. Extended Studies and Concluding Evaluation ... 23
USSR
Decree No. 6 on the Practice of Applying Environmental
Protection Legislation by Courts ............... 23
Legal Problems of Environmental Protection in the Light of the
Decisions by the 25th Congress of the CPSU .......... 24
Basic Trends in the Development of the USSR National Economy
for 1976-1980 ........................ 24
Responsibility of Enterprises for Polluting the Environment . . 24
Principles of Forest Legislation of the USSR and the Union
Republics .......................... 25
The Object of Criminal-Legal Protection ............ 25
Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection Between
the Governments of the USSR and Belgium ........... 25
Settlements of Nature Protection Disputes in the State Boards
of Arbitration ........................ 26
Problems of Preventive Environmental Hygiene in the Light of
Decisions by the 25th Congress of the CPSU .......... 26
1/enfczu.el.a.
Armed Branch of the Ministry for Environment and Natural
Resources Is Structured ................... 26
The New Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources ..... 27
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LAND USE
See GENERAL (Austria) — Control No. 05075A .......... 11
Canada
See GENERAL (Canada) — Control No. 05061A ........... 13
Residential Area Gets a 30-Meter-High Silo for a Neighbor ... 27
Japan
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 05060A ........... 18
Environmental Protection — Technical/Economic Analysis in
General Planning ....................... 28
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05048A ........... 21
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05097A ........... 21
NOISE
See GENERAL (Austria) — Control No. 05075A .......... 11
February 24, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Acoustical Standards for
Music in Public and Private Establishments .......... 29
Japan
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 05060A ........... 18
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 04396D ........... 19
See LAND USE (Norway) — Control No. 05033A .......... 28
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05035A ........... 19
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05106A ........... 22
Supreme Court Decision: The Government Will Compensate
People Plagued by Traffic Noise ............... 30
February 2, 1960 Decree on Noise Abatement Measures in Industry. 31
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PESTICIDES
India.
September 3, 1972 Act (No. 46 of 1972) To Amend the
Insecticides Act, 1968 .................... 31
Togo
September 7, 1972 Ordinance No. 17 Regulating the Organization
for Plant Protection in Togo ................. 31
USSR
See WATER (USSR) — Control No. 05077A ............. 58
RADIATION
S-ivLQCUpOH.2.
Radiation Protection Act, No. 20 of 1973 ............ 32
Radiation Protection Regulations, 1974 ............. 32
Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials)
Regulations, 1974 ...................... 33
USSR
Basic Sanitary Regulations on Work With Radioactive Substances
and Other Sources of Ionizing Radiation ........... 33
SOLID WASTE
Good Collection Results for Used Raw Materials: Deposit
Bottle Gaining Renewed Favor ................. 33
Deposits in the Merchant's Hand — Staribacher Shoots the Can . . 34
Mr. D'Ornano Announces Budget of 40 Million Francs for the
Agency for the Recovery of Industrial Wastes ......... 34
Japan.
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 05060A ........... 18
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 04396D ........... 19
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05032A ........... 19
See LAND USE (Norway) — Control No. 05033A .......... 28
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05035 A ........... 19
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05041A ........... 20
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No . 05106A ........... 22
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TOXIC SUBS
Vwmank
Noway
Uncertain Rules for the Transportation of Poisons
See AIR (Denmark) — Control No. 05027A
Sweden
WHO
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 04396D
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05035A
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05020A
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05041A
Continuing Ban on Chlorophenols
Environmental Health Criteria 3: Lead
WATER
June 1, 1973 Treaty Relating to Navigation on the Old Rhine
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August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Wool Washing Industry 38
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Paper Industry 38
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Glass Industry 39
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Slaughterhouse Wastewater 39
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Vegetable Preservation Industry ... 39
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Distilleries and Yeast Plants 40
August 3, 1976 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Mechanical Working of Metals 40
August 3, 1976 Drown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Coking Plants 40
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Petrochemical Industry 41
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Gelatin Industry 41
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April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Fertilizer Industry Wastewater 41
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Commercial Poultry Slaughterhouses .... 42
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Meat Processing Industry 42
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Potato Processing Industry 42
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Oil Manufacturing Industry 43
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Peroxide Producing Industry 43
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Barrel Cleaning Installations 43
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Foxing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Chlorine Production Wastewater 44
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From the Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Industry . . 44
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Varnish and Paint Producing
Establishments 44
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Quarries, Cement Plants, Sand Pits and
Dredging Operations 45
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Feedlot Wastewater 45
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Starch Production and Processing 45
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Linen Retting Facilities 46
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Soap Producing Firms 46
April 22, 1977 Crown Order Fixing Sectoral Discharge Conditions
for Wastewater From Printing Offices 46
Radioisotopic Techniques Applicable to Environmental Pollution
Control Studies 47
See GENERAL (Brazil) — Control No. 04021B 11
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Fine Water for Swimming .................... 47
CommunitLeA
Data Bank on Oil Spill Prevention ............... 47
Finland
Stricter Control of Water Pollution .............. 48
F/tonce
Third Gear for Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica ........... 48
Germany, Fe.d Rep o£
Effects of the Sewage Fee Law on Investment Planning and
Development in Enterprises, Municipalities, and Water
Associations ......................... 48
June 1, 1973 Convention Relating to Navigation on Lake
Constance Together With Appendix and Supplementary Protocol . 48
Itafy
Commission in Friuli for the Protection of Water ........ 49
Japan
New Measures Suggested to Curb Water Pollution ......... 49
See GENERAL (Japan) — Control No. 05060A ........... 18
Claims for Compensation for Pollution Damages ......... 50
Water Management in Norway ................... 51
Water Use and Development in Norway : Resources , Needs and
Policy Options ........................ 51
On Preparation of a National Plan for the Use of Water
Resources .......................... 52
Pollution and Environmental Efforts in Grenland ........ 52
Extraordinary Appropriations for Reinforcement of Oil Pollution
Contingency Planning ..................... 53
What Shall We Do With Pollution From Sparsely Populated Areas
and From Agriculture? .................... 53
Lake Mjosa Must Be Saved .................... 53
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05032A ........... 19
See LAND USE (Norway) — Control No. 05033A .......... 28
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05020A ........... 20
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05041A ........... 20
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05048A ........... 21
See GENERAL (Norway) — Control No. 05106A ........... 22
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Surface Water Drainage Regulations, 1976 ............ 54
Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act, No. 29, of 1975 ... 5A
Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Systems Regulations, 1976 .... 54
Trade Effluent Regulations, 1976 ................ 55
Sewage Treatment Plants Regulations, 1976 ........... 55
Sweeten
Protection of Sea Birds When Restoring Lakes .......... 55
Sytiia.
March 26, 1972 Law No. 10 Concerning the Pollution of Syrian
Arab Regional Waters and Neighboring International Waters . . 56
March 23, 1973 Law No. 73-9 Ratifying the International
Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by
Hydrocarbons ......................... 56
March 31, 1975 Law No. 75-16 Promulgating the Water Code .... 56
USSR
On Procedure for Calculating the Amount of Fines for Harm
Caused to Fish and Other Living Resources in USSR Coastal
Zones ............................ 57
Legal Protection of Water and Fish Resources in the USSR .... 57
On Measures to Prevent Pollution of the Volga and Don Rivers by
Untreated Wastewater ..................... 57
On Measures for Stronger Protection of the Baltic Sea Basin
From Pollution ........................ 58
On Measures to Prevent Pollution of the Ivan'kovsk Reservoir
on the Volga River by Untreated Wastewater .......... 58
On Abrogation of Some Water Management Decisions of the USSR
Government .......................... 59
June 2, 1976 Decree on the Development and Ratification of a
Complex Water Protection and Utilization Scheme ....... 59
On Measures to Prevent Pollution of the River Ob1 in the Area
of Novosibirsk and the Construction of Sewerage ....... 59
Methods for Calculating the Loss to the Fishing Industry as a
Result of Wastewater and Other Waste Discharges Into
Reservoirs ... ....................... 60
The Sea Is Our Friend ..................... 60
Hygienic Aspects of Water Resources Protection in the Light
of the Decree of the CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers . 60
See AIR (USSR) — Control No. 05080A .............. 6
See AIR (USSR) — Control No. 05121A .............. 6
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AIR
BRAZIL
LR(A)
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BASIC LEGISLATION (1977)
PORTUGUESE
*GENERAL
MATER
00/00/77 PGS 1-30
10*
EPA
BRAZIL
PM(B)
REDE AUTOMATICA OE AMOSTRAGEM DC POLUENTE8 ATMOSFERICOS. PLANO PRELIHINAR
(AUTOMATIC AIR POLLUTION SAMPLING NETWORK. PRELIMINARY PLAN)
ARAUJO GUIMARAES, FERNANDO OE, AND OTHERS EPA
PORTUGUESE 00/00/75 PGS 1-53 ID* 05099A
ALSO SE, ST
THIS REPORT, PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS, HELD IN RIO DE
JANEIRO DURING DECEMBER 1975, DESCRIBES FIVE DIFFERENT METHODS AVAILABLE FOR SETTING UP AND
OPERATING AN AIR POLLUTION SAMPLING NETWORK IN THE GREATER SAO PAULO METROPOLITAN AREA AND
DISCUSSES THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED
IN SETTING UP SUCH A NETWORK, THE DISCUSSION OF THE FIVE PROPOSED NETWORK METHODS DEALS WITH THE
POLLUANTS WHICH WOULD BE SAMPLED, THE NUMBER OF SAMPLING STATIONS IN THE NETWORK, THE LOCATION
OF SAMPLING STATIONS* THE FREQUENCY AND VOLUME OF SAMPLING, THE MANNER OF INSTALLATION OF
SAMPLING STATIONS, AND FORMULAS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE STATIONS, THE TEXT OF THE REPORT IS
AMPLY ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS, TABLES AND GRAPHS, CONCLUSIONS AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SET
FORTH, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED.
DENMARK
LR(B)
-"LEAD CONTENT IN BLOOD SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED." BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
EPA
DANISH 10/11/77 PGS (1)3 ID« OS049A
ALSO PMB
THE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION OF LEAD CONTENT IN GASOLINE TO 0,40 GRAMS PER LITER AS OF
JANUARY 1, 1976 IS THE FACT THAT ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF DANISH LEAD POISONING IS CAUSED BY CAR
EXHAUST FUMES, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE. THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING A REDUCTION TO 0.15 GRAMS, THIS WOULD MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT DANISH REFINERIES WOULD
HAVE TO FINANCE EXPENSIVE CHANGES OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH IN TURN WOULD MAKE GASOLINE MORE EXPENSIVE.
ALSO, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PROPER OCTANE COUNT, LARGER AMOUNTS OF POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC
HYDROCARBONS WOULD BE USED, A RESEARCH PROJECT FINANCED JOINTLY BY THE DANISH NATIONAL AGENCY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE EC is CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDATIONS BY WHO,
AN ADULT SHOULD NOT CONSUME MORE THAN 3 MG LEAD PER WEEK.
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AIR
DENMARK
PH(B)
DENMARK
STC )
"AIR POLLUTION CAN BE REDUCED BY 90 PERCENT BV ADDING MATER TO FUEL OIL."
BERLING8KE TIDENDE
EPA
DANISH 09/06/77 PG8 (1)5 ID* 05093A
A RECENT REPORT BY THE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE CLAIMS THAT AIR POLLUTION FROM CHIMNEYS COULD
BE REDUCED BY MORE THAN 90 PERCENT IF WATER WERE ADDED TO FUEL OIL USED AT LARGE INDUSTRIAL
INSTALLATIONS AND HEATING PLANTS. THE SOOT EMITTED FROM CHIMNEYS AT THE BORUPPLANT, WHERE THIS
THEORY WAS TESTED* WAS REDUCED BY 99 PERCENT. SINCE DENMARK IS POLLUTED ANNUALLY BY 21,000 TONS
OF INCOMPLETELY COMBUSTED CARBON, THIS AMOUNT COULD BE REDUCED TO 600 TONS IF ALL BIG USERS OF
FUEL OILS WERE TO MIX IT WITH WATER, THE NATIONAL AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS NOT
READY TO ENDORSE THE METHOD AT THIS TIME* HOWEVER, SINCE SEVERAL HEAVY METALS POSSIBLY ARE
RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CARBON IS BEING BROKEN DOWN, THE SAVINGS FROM USING THE METHOD
FOR LARGE HEATING PLANTS, ETC, WOULD BE BETWEEN 0,5 TO THREE PERCENT,BUT THE METHOD WOULD ONLY BE
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR LARGE CUSTOMERS.
ORGANIC LEAD COMPOUND8I POLLUTION AND TOXICOLOGY, STATENS NATURVARDSVERK
PM879
GRANOJEAN, PHILIPPE, AND TORBEN NIELSEN EPA
DANISH 00/00/77 PG8 1-78 ID* 05027A
TOXIC SUBS
EVAPORATION AND INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION OF GASOLINE CAUSE AIR POLLUTION WHICH IS MORE STABLE IN
THE ATMOSPHERE THAN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED, ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT. ENSUING LEAD
COMPOUNDS ARE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN AND RESPIRATORY TRACT AND ACCUMULATED ESPECIALLY IN THE
LIVER, KIDNEYS AND BRAIN, HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE ANALYZED FOR VARIOUS AREAS OF DENMARK HAS SHOWN AN
ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 0.05 MICROG/G POISONOUS LEAD COMPOUNDS, WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION FOUND
IN PEOPLE RESIDING ON THE GROUND LEVEL IN COPENHAGEN. PERSONS RESIDING ON UPPER LEVELS AND
RESIDENTS OF SUBURBS AND VILLAGES HAD LOWER CONCENTRATION. AN INCREASED PERMEABILITY TO ANIONS
WAS FOUND IN THE MEMBRANES OF ERYTHROCYTE8 EXPOSED TO ORGANIC LEAD COMPOUNDS. THIS IS THOUGHT TO
HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR ERYTHROCYTE8, BUT IT IS SUPPOSED THAT NERVE CELLS ARE PARTICULARLY
SENSITIVE TO .THIS EFFECT. A REVIEW OF THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF ORGANIC LEAD COMPOUNDS IS PRESENTED.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS APPENDED. (AUTH, MOD.)
GERMANY,FED REP OP
LR(B)
•LAND ORDINANCES TO PREVENT HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES DURING
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS—SMOG ORDINANCES," UMWELT, NO, 58
GERMANY,FED REP OF. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA
GERMAN 09/26/77 PGS 19-20 ID* 05126A
ALSO PMB
SECTIONS ao AND 19 (PARAGRAPH 2) OF THE FEDERAL IMHISSIONS PROTECTION LAW EMPOWER THE LANDS
(STATES) TO ISSUE ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING AREAS IN WHICH SPECIAL MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO
PREVENT AIR POLLUTION DURING UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE LAND COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION
OF THE AMBIENT AIR, COMPOSED OF THE FEDERAL INNTERIOR MINISTER AND LAND AUTHORITIES, HAS ISSUED A
FRAMEWORK DRAFT FOR SUCH ORDINANCES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PERTINENT LAND MINISTERS USE THE
FRAMEWORK IN DEVELOPING SMOG ORDINANCES. 80 FAR THE FOLLOWING LANDS HAVE ADOPTED SMOG ORDINANCESl
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, THE 8AAR, HESSE, RHINELAND-PALATINATE, AND BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG. THESE
ORDINANCES ESTABLISH SMOG AREAS IN WHICH SPECIAL MEASURES ARE TO BE TAKEN AND, WITHIN THESE,
RESTRICTED ZONES REQUIRING MORE STRINGENT MEASURES, THEY ALSO DEFINE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND
ESTABLISH ALARM STAGES DURING WHICH INCREASINGLY SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
AND CERTAIN FUELS ARE MANDATED. NATIONAL TRAFFIC LAW HAS DESIGNATED A SMOG WARNING TRAFFIC SIGN.
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JAPAN
LRCB)
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"GROUP CALLS FOR EASING NOX EMISSION CONTROLS," JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ID* 05129A
ENGLISH
12/06/77 PCS 5
THE INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE COUNCIL'S INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION COMMITTEE* AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORV
BODY HEADED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OP THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT* HAS URGED
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO REVISE THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S TARGET CALLING FOR A REDUCTION OF THE
LEVEL OF NITROGEN OXIDES IN THE AMBIENT AIR TO 0.02 PPM BY MAY 1976. IN A REPORT SHORTLY TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTRY* THE COMMITTEE CALLS THE GOAL TOO
STRICT. .ACCORDING TO THE REPORT* THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF NITROGEN OXIDES IN 1975 WAS ABOUT 0.03 PPM*
COSTS FOR THE FURTHER REDUCTION OP THIS LEVEL WOULD COST JAPANESE INDUSTRY* WHICH INVESTED THREE
TRILLION YEN IN DENTIRIFICATION EQUIPMENT BETWEEN 1971 AND 1979 AND SPENT ABOUT 1.2 TRILLION FOR
OPERATING COSTS FOR THIS EQUIPMENT IN 1976 ALONE* ABOUT 1.9 TRILLION YEN FOR INSTALLATION AND
ABOUT 940 BILLION ANNUALLY IN OPERATING COSTS. SUCH COSTS MAY DECREASE INDUSTRY'S CAPITAL
RESERVES AND DAMAGE JAPAN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL* THE REPORT WARNS.
JAPAN
PM(B)
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PCS 1-174
ALSO PMB* 8E
ID*
EPA
05060A
•GENERAL
NOISE
WATER
SOLID WASTE LAND USE
NORWAY
PM(A)
LANGTIDSPR06RAMMET 1974-1977—3PECIALANALYSE II FORURENSNINGER (LONG-TERM
PROGRAM 1974-1977—SPECIAL ANALYSIS II POLLUTION)
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF FINANCE EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/72 PCS 1-237 ID* 05032A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
MILJOVERN—TEKNISK/OKONOMI8KE ANALYSER VED OVER8IKTSPLANLEGGING (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION—TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN GENERAL PLANNING)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOR EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/70 PGS 1-227 ID* 05033A
•LAND USE WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE
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NORWAY
PM(B)
PACE
BEREDSKAP MOT AKUTT FORUREN8NING (PREPAREDNESS FOR HANDLING ACUTE POLLUTION),
NOU 19741 25
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/7U PCS 1-50 ID* 05030*
ALSO LRB
*GENERAL WATER TOXIC SUBS
NORWAY
PM(B)
TILTAK HOT FORURENSNINGER (MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
NORWEGIAN 12/00/75 PGS 1-138 ID*
ALSO LRB, SE
•GENERAL WATER SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
EPA
05041A
NORWAY
PM(B)
NORWAY INNOVATES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
SMITH, DOUGLAS V.
ENGLISH 10/00/73 PGS 1-20
ALSO LRB
'GENERAL LAND USE WATER
EPA
ID* OS046A
NORWAY
PM(A)
STATEN8 FORUREN8NING8TIL8YN--ARS8ERETNING FOR 1976 (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL
AUTHORITY—ANNUAL REPORT, 1976)
NORWAY, STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 02/00/77 PGS 1-31 ID* 05106A
ALSO PMB
•GENERAL WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
FORURENSNINGER 06 MJLJOVERNTILTAK I GRENLAND (POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFORTS IN GRENLAND)
NORWAY. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/77 PGS 1-6 ID* 05112A
•WATER
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SINGAPORE
LR(A)
PAGE
SWEDEN
3TC )
"CLEAN AIR ACT, mi."
1971
ENGLISH
SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ACTS SUPPLEMENT, NO. 41,
12/31/71 PCS 287-300
10*
EPA
05039A
THIS ACT SETS FORTH THE BASIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION FROM INDUSTRIAL
PREMISES IN SINGAPORE. PART I OF THE ACT DEFINES THE PERTINENT TERMS USED IN THE ACT AND PROVIDES
FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND AUTHORIZED OFFICERS BY THE MINISTER,
PART II REQUIRES THE OPERATOR OR OCCUPIER OF ANY PREMISE OF THE TYPE LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE
ACT TO RECEIVE WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR FOR CONTINUED OPERATION. THE POWER OF THE
DIRECTOR TO ATTACH CONDITIONS TO PERMISSION IS ALSO SPECIFIED. PART XII PRESCRIBES THE
INSTALLATION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT, THE PROHIBITION OF DARK SMOKE EMISSIONS,
COMPLIANCE WITH ANY ISSUED AIR EMISSION STANDARDS, AND THE POWER TO REQUIRE WORK ON ANY PREMISES.
PART IV CONTAINS MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF ADMINISTRATORS OF
THE ACT AND THE RELATED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PREMISE OCCUPIERS. (AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT
ARE MADE BY THE CLEAN AIR (AMENDMENT) ACT, NO. 5 OF 1975, WHICH IS ATTACHED.)
FOTOKEMISKA OXIDANTER I ATMOSFAREN (PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE).
STATEN8 NATURVARD8VERK PM 867
GREENFELT, P., ED./COMP. EPA
SWEDISH 00/00/77 PCS 1-60 ID* OS01BA
THIS REPORT CONTAINS A COMPILATION OF LECTURES HELD AT A SEMINAR IN STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER l«,
1976, ON PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE INCLUDED!
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTSl BASIS FOR FORMATION OF PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
IN SCANDINAVIA! EMISSIONS OF HYDROCARBON AND NITRIC OXIDES IN SWEDEN AND INTERNATIONALLY! OZONE
AND LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS! MEASURING OF OZONE IN STOCKHOLM AND NYKOPINGl
AND THE EFFECTS OF OZONE ON VEGETATION. A SUMMARY OF A DISCUSSION HELD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
MEETINGS CONCLUDES THE PUBLICATION.
USSR
LR(A)
"ON MEASURES FOR STRONGER PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN FROM POLLUTION."
SOBRANIE POSTANOVLENIY PRAVITEL'8TVA SS8R, NO. 16
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/76 PCS 290-96 ID* 05077A
*WATER PESTICIDES
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USSR
LR(B)
PAGE
"CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION OF WATER AND AIR FROM POLLUTION,"
SOTSIALISTICHESKAYA ZAKONN08T1, NO. 6
PAKUTIN, V, EPA
RUSSIAN 06/00/77 PCS 40-48 10* 05080*
WATER
THE AUTHOR ANALYZES HOW ARTICLE 225 OF THE RSFSR CRIMINAL CODE IS APPLIED AGAINST WATER AND
AIR POLLUTERS. HE ENUMERATES VARIOUS TYPES OF POLLUTION AND SUGGESTS WHAT OTHER LAWS, IN ADDITION
TO ARTICLE 223, CAN BE USED TO INITIATE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS AGAINST ENTERPRISES, OFFICIALS AND
PRIVATE CITIZENS FOUND TO BE POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
USSR
PM(8)
"ONLY A PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX,1
RESHIDOV, I,
RUSSIAN
02/00/77
EKONOMICHE8KAYA GAZETA, NO, 9
EPA
PGS 14 ID« 05067A
PROTECTION OF THE AIR BASIN AGAINST POLLUTION BY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IS ONLY A PART OF A LARGE
COMPLEX OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE USSR, ACCORDING TO THE
AUTHOR. THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PURIFICATION OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS IN INDUSTRY AND
SANITATION OF THE USSR CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM MACHINERY BUILDING MINISTRY PLAYS A LEADING ROLE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE AIR BASIN AND FOR THE RECOVERY OF VALUABLE
PRODUCTS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES. THE INSTITUTE ANALYZES AND SYSTEMATIZES SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE PURIFICATION OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS, THE AUTHOR* WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE, ALSO DISCUSSES ITS ACTIVITIES IN COORDINATING THE NATION-WIDE EFFORTS
TO PREVENT AIR POLLUTION.
USSR
ST( )
PREDEL'NO DOPUSTIMYE KONT3ENTRAT3II VREDHYKH VESHCHESTV V VOZDUKHE I VODE
(MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR AND WATER)
BE8PAMYATNOV, G.P., AND OTHERS, ED, EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 1-546 ID« 05121A
WATER
THIS PUBLICATION IS A REFERENCE MANUAL CONSISTING OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA FROM SOVIET AND SOME
FOREIGN RESEARCH. IT DEALS WITH THE STANDARDIZATION OF CONCENTRATION LIMITS FOR OVER ONE
THOUSAND HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR AND RESERVOIRS AND WITH CURRENT METHODS FOR TREATING
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. NEW METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF HARMFUL
SUBSTANCES ARE GIVEN AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS TREATMENT SYSTEMS IS EVALUATED ACCORDING TO
ESTABLISHED SANITARY REQUIREMENTS.
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AUSTRALIA
LR(B)
THE COMMONWEALTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION
AUSTRALIA. DIRECTORATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 07/00/76 PCS 1-16 10* OSOfcflA
ALSO PMA AND PMB
THIS PAPER WAS PREPARED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTORATE FOR DELIVERY AT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP Of JULY 1976 HELD BY THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OP
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT. IT DISCUSSES THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS PROVIDED BY THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OP PROPOSALS) ACT OF 1974,
ALTHOUGH THE ACT GRANTS NO VETO POWERS OVER DEVELOPMENTAL DECISION-MAKING) IT DOES* NEVERTHELESS,
REQUIRE DECISION.MAKERS TO CONSIDER DEEPLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN A WIDE RANGE OF
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY REALIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN THIS REGARD THE PAPER ELABORATES UPON THE
SCOPE OF THE ACT) THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES WHICH PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
TECHNIQUE! THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND REVIEW) PREPARATION AND REVIEW
OF THE IMPACT STATEMENT) TIMING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
MINISTRIES) AND THE INTERFACE WITH STATE GOVERNMENTS IN ADMINISTERING THE ACT.
AUSTRALIA
LR(A)
AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION ACT, NO. 57 OF 1975
ENGLISH 00/00/75 PGS 1-17
EPA
ID* 05079A
THIS ACT, CONSISTING OF 18 ARTICLES DIVIDED INTO EIGHT PARTS, CREATES THE AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE
COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER AND PROTECT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ESTATE, PART ONE STATE THE SHORT
TITLE, GIVES THE COMMENCEMENT DATE, DEFINES PERTINENT TERMS, AND SPECIFIES THAT THE NATIONAL
ESTATE SHALL CONSIST OF THOSE PLACES OF THE NATURAL OR CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING TERRITORIAL
WATERS, WHICH HAVE AESTHETIC, HISTORIC, SCIENTIFIC OR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OR OTHER SPECIAL VALUE,
PARTS II, III, VI, AND VII PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHEMENT OF THE COMMISSION, DELINEATING ITS
FUNCTIONS, POWERS, CONSTITUTION, STAFFING, FINANCING AND OTHER FEATURES, PART IV DEFINES THE
REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE, PART V SETS FORTH ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE, AND PART VIII LISTS MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE
REPORTING, INQUIRIES, COMMITTEES, CONSULTANTS, DELEGATIONS AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE ACT'S
OPERATION, THE AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT, NO, 135 OF 1976 IS ATTACHED,
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
AGREEMENT ON GUIDELINES FOR COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS
.,,/ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING COOPERATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS.,,
ENGLISH
05/17/77 PGS 1-3
ID*
EPA
05068A
THIS AGREEMENT, SIGNED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND THE STATE
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SETS FORTH THE OBJECTIVES AND COLLABORATIVE PROCEDURES
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS REQUIRING BOTH COMMONWEALTH AND STATE APPROVAL,
SPRINGING FROM THE AGREEMENT, THE ATTACHED "ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL
PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT,..AND THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT" WERE DRAWN UP ON JULY 15, 1977. THE ARRANGEMENTS
REITERATE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AGREEMENT, CLARIFY THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN
THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT COOPERATION, AND SET
FORTH CONCRETE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR BOTH GOVERNMENTS ON THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL.'
(AN ATTACHED PRESS RELEASE EXPLAINS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE AGREEMENT AND CITES SOME OF ITS SALIENT
FEATURES.)
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
PMCB)
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MR,
KEVIN NEWMAN, ON THE COMMONWEALTH ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT A8SESS8MENT
NEWMAN, KEVIN EPA
ENGLISH 06/16/77 PCS 1-9 10* 05073A
THIS SPEECH, OEVLIVEREO BY THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE NATIONAL
CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NEW SOUTH WALES ON JUNE 16,1977, EMPHASIZES THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT'S
CONCERN OVER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CLARIFIES THE RESPECTIVE ROLES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND
STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THIS MATTER. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, THE MINISTER REVIEWS THE BACKGROUND
AND CURRENT SITUATION OF COMMONWEALTH AND STATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WHICH
HAVE SPRUNG FROM THE PASSAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1970 AND THE SUBSEQUENT
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES MADE IN 1975 UNDER THE ACT. THE MAJOR PART OF THE SPEECH CONCERNS THE
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS IN BRINGING ABOUT JOINT
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR
PROJECTS. THE COMMONWEALTH REVIEW OF ITS ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS ALSO DISCUSSED AND
ILLUSTRATED BY SOME PARTICULAR CONSERVATION ISSUES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY OF CONCERN,
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES (TASMANIA)
TASMANIA, DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/00 PCS 1-15 ID* 05076A
ALSO SE
IN VIEW OF THE TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT POLICY REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THIS MANUAL SETS FORTH
THE NECESSARY GUIDELINES FOR DECISION MAKERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND FOR
THOSE INVOLVED IN THE IMPACT STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. THE INTRODUCTION STATES THE NEED
FOR ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND DESCRIBES SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY ASSESSMENT GROUP. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY STATEMENT ON IMPACT ASSESSMENT 18 ALSO REPRINTED,
THE IMPACT PROCEDURES IN THE MANUAL SPECIFY WHEN AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES AN IMPACT STUDY IS
NEEDED, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REALIZING THE STUDY, THE CONTENTS OF THE STUDY, AND THE REVIEW AND
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR THE STUDY. A FLOW CHART OF PROCEDURES is ALSO PROVIDED, APPENDIXES
CONTAIN AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FORM AND LISTl TYPES OF PROJECTS REQUIRING IMPACT STUDIES)
CHARACTERISTICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY) AND ACTIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POLICY IN NEW SOUTH WALES
NEW SOUTH WALES. MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PCS 1-70 ID* 05078A
ALSO SE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POLICY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA REQUIRES THAT 1) THE IMPACTS
OF DEVELOPMENT UPON THE ENVIRONMENT MUST BE ASSESSED BY THE DEVELOPER) 2) THE AUTHORITY GRANTING
CONSENT TO A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MUST ASSURE AN ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN MADE) AND 3) THE DEVELOPMENT
PLAN ULTIMATELY SELECTED MUST CONTAIN ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS REFLECTING THE IMPACT
ASSESSMENT. THIS MANUAL SETS FORTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS POLICY. PART ONE OF THE MANUAL DEFINES PERTINENT IMPACT AUTHORITIES AND REPORTING
PROCEDURES) PART TWO CLARIFIES THE BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POLICY)
PART THREE DELINEATES RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPERS AND AUTHORITIES UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT POLICY) AND PART FOUR SETS FORTH THE TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT,
INCLUDING PRELIMINARY REPORTING AND PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT,
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
AUSTRALIA
PMCB)
PROVISIONAL PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF NEW PROJECTS AND
PROPOSALS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
BROWNE-COOPER, P. J. EPA
ENGLISH 07/19/76 PGS 20-37 10* 05082*
ALSO SE
THESE DRAFT PROCEDURES WERE SUBMITTED BY THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND
ENVIRONMENT AS A WORKING PAPER AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP HELD IN PERTH DURING JULY
1976. THEY ARE PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST STATE AGENCIES AND PRIVATE CONCERNS IN THE
ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS UNDER THE 1971 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT. BACKGROUND
INFORMATION IS GIVEN CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY*
THE CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT IN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT MATTERS. PROCEDURES FOR THE REFERRAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY ARE GIVEN* AND, FOR THOSE PROPOSALS
REQUIRING COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, PROCEDURES ARE SET FORTH FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (ERMP).
PROVISIONAL WORKING ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE VICTORIAN MINISTRY FOR CONSERVATION
AND THE COMMONWEALTH DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT,..IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-6 ID* 05085A
THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH (FEDERAL) GOVERNMENT AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF VICTORIA TO COORDINATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS IN VICTORIA WHICH REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF BOTH THE FEDERAL AND VICTORIAN GOVERNMENTS.
THE ARRANGEMENTS ALSO SEEK TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY IN CARRYING OUT JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT IN VICTORIA, CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CLARIFIED IN WHICH DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE STATE
SHOULD BE ASSESSED EXCLUSIVELY BY EITHER GOVERNMENT OR JOINTLY BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS. ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES ARE DELINEATED INVOLVING! JOINT ACTION OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS IN THE
EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS* CONTENT AND PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT! PUBLIC
REVIEWf FORM AND CHARACTER OF THE INQUIRY! EXCHANGE OF ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS)
AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTING ASSESSMENTS. IT IS AGREED THAT THESE ARE INITIAL ARRANGEMENTS
WHICH MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME,
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE TASMANIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT,,,IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-8 ID* 05086*
THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH (FEDERAL) GOVERNMENT AND
THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA TO COORDINATE THE ENVIRONMENAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSALS IN TASMANIA WHICH REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF BOTH THE FEDERAL AND TASMANIAN GOVERNMENTS.
THEY ALSO SEEK TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY IN CARRYING OUT JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN
TASMANIA, CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CLARIFIED IN WHICH DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE STATE SHOULD BE
ASSESSED EXCLUSIVELY BY EITHER GOVERNMENT OR JOINTLY BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS. ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES ARE DELINEATED INVOLVING! JOINT ACTION OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS IN THE
EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS) CONTENT AND PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT) PUBLIC
REVIEW) FORM AND CHARACTER OF THE INQUIRY! EXCHANGE OF ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS)
AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTING ASSESSMENTS, THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE INITIAL PROVISIONS AND MAY BE
AMENDED 'OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME,
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GENERAL
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND
THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT..,IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PG8 1-6 ID* 05087A
THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH (FEDERAL) GOVERNMENT AND
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE GOVERNMENT FOR COORDINATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
PROP80SALS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA WHICH REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF BOTH THE FEDERAL AND SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENTS. THE ARRANGEMENTS ALSO SEEK TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY IN CARRYING OUT JOINT
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CLARIFIED IN WHICH PROPOSALS IN
THE STATE SHOULD BE ASSESSED EXCLUSIVELY BY EITHER GOVERNMENT OR JOINTLY BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES ARE DELINEATED INVOLVING! JOINT ACTION OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS
IN THE EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS? CONTENT AND PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT!
PUBLIC REVIEW} FORM AND CHARACTER OF THE INQUIRY* EXCHANGE OF ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO
GOVERNMENTS} AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTING ASSESSMENTS, IT IS AGREED THAT THESE ARE INITIAL
ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME.
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT
AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA. MINISTRY FOR CONSERVATION
ENGLISH 01/00/77 PGS 1-15
ALSO LRB
EPA
ID* 05090A
THESE GUIDELINES, DIRECTED TO ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND AGENCIES
IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA SET FORTH THE PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF STATE DEVELOPMENTAL PROPOSALS. THEY ARE BASED ON THE SEPT, 2, 1976
DIRECTIVE OF THE STATE PREMIER* WHICH PRESCRIBES THE BASIC STEPS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND
THE ROLE OF THE STATE DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION IN THIS AREA, THE DIRECTIVE IS REPRINTED IN THE
GUIDELINES, THE GUIDELINES THEMSELVES STATE THE REQUIREMENTS OP STATE AGENCIES IN IMPACT
ASSESSMENT, DEFINE WHERE THE GUIDELINES ARE APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE CONCERNS, DESCRIBE THE RELATION
BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRIES, AND DETERMINE WHEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT IS NEEDED AND WHAT THE RESPON8I8LITIES OF THE DEVELOPER AND THE MINISTRY ARE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING. APPENDIXES TO THE GUIDELINES LISTl 1) PROPOSALS WHICH REQUIRE AN IMPACT
REPORT; 2) FORM OF A PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENT REPORT} AND 3) FORM OF AN IMPACT STATEMENT,
AUSTRALIA
PM(B)
PROCEDURAL MANUAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES IN QUEENSLAND
EPA
ENGLISH Oil/31/75 PCS 1-39 ID* 05103A
SINCE NOVEMBER, 1972 THE POLCIY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND* AUSTRALIA HAS REQUIRED
THE EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE DECISION
MAKING PROCESS. THIS PROCEDURAL MANUAL INDICATES THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS EVALUATION SHOULD BE
REALIZED. SECTION ONE OF THE MANUAL CLARIFIES THE FUNCTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES AND
DEFINES THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES OF THE ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY* THE DEVELOPER, THE ADVISORY
BODIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COUNCIL IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. PROVISIONS ARE ALSO
GIVEN FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THIS AREA. SECTION TWO OF THE MANUAL DELINEATES THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STUDY PROCEDURES* INCLUDINGl INITIAL AND ADVISORY PROCEDURES) PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING AN
IMPACT STUDY} PROCEDURES FOR ASSESSING THE STUDY* AND PROCEDURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INQUIRIES.
THE MANUAL ALSO DEFINES PERTINENT TERMS AND PROVIDES A FLOW DIAGRAM OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY PROCEDURES.
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AUSTRIA
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AUSTRIA
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"MAY 3, 1974 FEDERAL LAM NO. 206 REGARDING RESTORATION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS
(URBAN REDEVELOPMENT ACT)." BUNDE3GE3ETZBLATT FUER DIE REPUBLIK OESTERREICH
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GERMAN 05/26/74 PCS 1455-71 ID* OS075A
NOISE LAND USE
UNDER PROVISIONS OF THIS LAW* CERTAIN COMMUNITY AREAS OR PARTS OF THESE AREAS HAY BE DECLARED
REDEVELOPMENT AREAS BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IF THEY SHOW STIPULATED DEFECTS OF TOWN PLANNING,
WHICH ARC SAID TO EXIST IF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA ARE NOT GUARANTEED SAFE AND HEALTHY LIVING
CONDITIONS. AMONG CONDITIONS DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTH OR SAFETY ARE THE EFFECTS ON INHABITANTS OF
NOISES* VIBRATIONS, SMOKE, DUST, EXHAUST GASES, ODORS AND WATER EMANATING FROM PIECES OF REAL
PROPERTY, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, OTHER INSTALLATIONS AND TRAFFIC FACILITIES (SECTION 6.1 AND
6,2(4). BY DEFINITION OF THE LAW, A NORMAL EQUIPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES SHOULD INCLUDE
PROTECTION AGAINST NOISE, MOISTURE, EXHAUST FUMES, AND LOSS OF HEAT.
NATIONAL REPORT«"AU8TRIA(TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT)
EPA
ENGLISH PCS 1-65 ID* 05074A
DATEl CA. 1972
SECTION 1 OF THIS REPORT INITIALLY DISCUSSES DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF HUMAN
SETTLEMENT, FOLLOWED BY A REVIEW OF THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN
SETTLEMENT. THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH WATER SUPPLY, WA8TEWATER PURIFICATION,
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL* LAND USE, AND NATURE AND THE LANDSCAPE. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE APPROPRIATE
USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES, SUCH AS WATER AND MINERALS. THE SOURCES OF, AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY,
AIR, WATER AND NOISE POLLUTION AND POLLUTION FROM PLANT PROTECTIVES ARE BRIEFLY ANALYZED.
SUPERVISION SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO POLLUTION ARE ALSO MENTIONED. SECTION 2
DISCUSSES MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND AT THE INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL RELEVANT TO AUSTRIA. PLANNED OR EXISTING MEASURES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ARE DISCUSSED IN
REGARD TO ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, LEGISLATION, FISCAL POLICIES, RESEARCH, APPLICATION OF
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND INFORMATION, AND PUBLIC INFORMATION,
BRAZIL
LRCA)
BASIC LEGISLATION (1977)
PORTUGUESE
WATER
AIR
00/00/77 PCS 1-30
EPA
ID* 04021B
THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED BY THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (8EMA) IS A
UPDATED VERSION OF THE 1976 ISSUE OF "BASIC LEGISLATION." IT REPRINTS THE BASIC BRAZILIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS CONTAINED IN THE 1976 VERSION (SEE ID NO, 04021A) AND IN ADDITION REPRINTS
THE TEXT OF THE "DECEMBER 7, 1976 REGULATION NO. 0536 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BATHING WATERS
IN BRAZIL" (SEE ID NO. 03046H),
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BRAZIL
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BRAZIL
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STATE FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (FEEMA)
RIO DE JANEIRO, STATE FOUNDATION FOR ENV. ENGINEERING EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PCS 11-16 ID* 05066A
ALSO SE
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE STATE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL CCECA) AND THE STATE
FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (FEEMA) OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO. IN
THIS CONNECTION, BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATE ARE ALSO GIVEN, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER AND AIR POLLUTION, TOURISM AND RECREATION, PEST CONTROL, URBAN
GROWTH, DEFORESTATION AND EROSION, AND INDUSTRIAL AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ARE DISCUSSED, CEC* HAS
REGULATORY FUNCTIONS IN IMPLEMENTING STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, WHICH PARALLELS THAT OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! DEVELOPMENT WITH LOW ECOLOGICAL COSTS. FEEMA, WITH ROUGHLY soo EMPLOYEES, is
THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY OF CECA, THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THESE AGENCIES IS EXPLAINED AND
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS ARE GIVEN, PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ACTIVITIES INVOLVE DEVELOPMENT OF
A PERMIT SYSTEM FOR POLLUTING ACTIVITIES, POLLUTION CONTROL* PEST CONTROL, NATURE CONSERVATION,
TOURISM AND RESEARCH,
PROGRAMA DE ESTACOES ECOLOGICAS (PROGRAM FOR ECOLOGICAL STATIONS)
BRAZIL. SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT EPA
PORTUGUESE 00/00/77 PGS i-«i ID* OSIOZA
ALSO SE
THIS PUBLICATION, ISSUED BY THE BRAZILIAN SPECIAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT (SEMA),
DESCRIBES THE AREA, LOCATION, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 16 ECOLOGICAL STATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE
CREATED IN THE VARIOUS ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF BRAZIL BEGINING IN 1978. THE PROGRAM OF ECOLOGICAL
STATIONS, SANCTIONED BY THE SECOND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE SECOND NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO PRESERVE REPRESENTATIVE ECOSYSTEMS OF
BRAZIL 80 THAT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CAN BE REALIZED AND COMPARISONS MADE WITH NEIGHBORING
INHABITED AREAS, IN THIS MANNER, MAN'S IMPACT UPON THE BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENT CAN BE BETTER
EVALUATED. THE 16 STATIONS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 272 HECTARES TO 500,000 HECTARES, THE PUBLICATION
MAPS OUT THE AREA AND LOCATION OF EACH STATION, GIVING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. TOPOLOGICAL
FEATURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FLORA AND FAUNA ARE BRIEFLY STATED. OTHER INFORMATION DESCRIBES
NEIGHBORING ROADS, RIVERS AND URBAN AREAS, WHERE APPLICABLE, LAWS CREATING THE STATIONS ARE CITED,
CANADA
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A GUIDE TO THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS
CANADA. ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH 02/00/77 PGS 1-21 ID* OSOSJA
THIS BROCHURE IS DESIGNED TO EXPLAIN CANADA'S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS,
WHICH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CABINET DECISION OF DECEMBER 20, 1973, APPLIES TO ALL PROJECTS
INITIATED OR SPONSORED BY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES, THE BROCHURE COVERS! A BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE PROCESS; THE INITIAL SCREENING OF PROJECTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY CONCERNED? THE
INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION PROCEDURE REQUIRED OF PROJECTS FOR WHICH A DEPARTMENT IS UNABLE
TO IDENTIFY THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES! THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANELS FORMED TO
REVIEW THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS! ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS!
PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC REVIEW OF SUCH STATEMENTS! AND THE FINAL DECISION ON A PROJECT SUBJECTED TO
THE EXTENDED REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH FALLS TO THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AN
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL TAKES NOTE OF
SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROCESS AS APPROVED BY THE CABINET IN FEBRUARY 1977,
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CANADA
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CANADA
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REGISTER OP PANEL PROJECTS SUBMITTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS* NO. 1
CANADA. FISHERIES AND.ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH 07/00/77 PCS 1-3S I0« 050SUA
UNDER THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS, CERTAIN GOVERNMENT
AND GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED PROJECTS MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR A FORMAL IN-DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED UNDER GUIDELINES ISSUED FOR THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED BY A PANEL FORMED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
A PROJECT. THIS REGISTER* THE FIRST ISSUE OF A PLANNED QUARTERLY SERIES* IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES* INTEREST GROUPS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH CURRENT
INFORMATION ON PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY PANELS. THE FIRST SECTION CONTAINS INFORMATION ON
EIGHTEEN PANEL PROJECTS* INCLUDINGl PROJECT TITLE* PROJECT LOCATION* IDENTIFICATION OF PROPONENT
AND/OR INITIATOR* PROJECT DESCRIPTION* POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAPCTS* PRESENT STATUS UNDER THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW (EAR) PROCESS* AND FUTURE PANEL EVENTS, SECTION TWO PROVIDES
INFORMATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EAR PROCESS) FEDERAL EAR OFFICE STAFF IS LISTED,
ALASKA HIGHWAY PlPELINEl INTERIM REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL
CANADA, ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH* 07/27/77 PCS 1-55 ID* 05061A
*ALSO FRENCH
LAND USE
THE ALASKA HIGHWAY PIPELINE PROJECT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A BURIED GAS-TRANSMISSION PIPELINE
AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTHERN YUKON TO CARRY ALASKAN GAS TO THE LOWER U8 STATES, SINCE
THE PROJECT INVOLVES TRAVERSAL OF FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED LANDS AND ALSO HAS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT* IT WAS REFERRED TO THE MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR REVIEW
BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL IN MARCH 1977. VARIOUS FACTORS* INCLUDING A TIME SHORTAGE AND
THE EXISTENCE OF COMPETING PIPELINE PROJECTS, MEANT THE PANEL COULD NOT FOLLOW NORMAL PROCEDURES!
IT WAS INSTEAD INSTRUCTED TO REVIEW EXISTING DATA* SEEK PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND SUBMIT
AN INTERIM REPORT BY AUGUST 1977, THE RESULTING REPORT COVERSi PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING CONCERNS*
BIOLOGICAL CONCERNS! SENSITIVE AREAS) ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENTSl AND ALTERNATIVE PIPELINE ROUTES,
THE PANEL CONCLUDED THAT THE PROPOSED PIPELINE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED IN AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER* CONTINGENT ON THE MEETING OF CERTAIN LISTED CONDITIONS,
CANADA
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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS
CANADA, ENVIRONMENT CANADA. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL EPA
ENGLISH 10/00/76 PCS 1-182 10* 05070A
UNDER THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS* INITIATORS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORED PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE NATURE OF POTENTIALLY ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS IS NOT FULLY KNOWN MUST PRODUCE AN INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION (I.E.E) IDENTIFYING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AND ASSESSING THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, SUCH I.E.E.'3 ARE THEN REVIEWED* AND
A DECISION IS REACHED AS TO WHETHER A PANEL IS TO BE ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW A PROJECT AND DEVELOP
GUIDELINES FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, THE PRESENT PUBLICATION CONTAINS "GENERIC"
GUIDELINES DESIGNED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS PREPARING I.E.E.'8 FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTSl OIL
AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION) OIL AND GAS PIPELINES* ELECTRICAL POWER LINES* HIGHWAYS AND
RAILWAYS) HYDROELECTRIC AND OTHER WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS) FOSSIL FUEL POWER GENERATION) NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS) AIRPORTS) PORTS) MINING DEVELOPMENTS) AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS, THESE GUIDELINES
ARE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED* AND "GENERAL* GUIDELINES COVERING OTHER PROJECTS ARE ALSO TO BE ISSUED,
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CANADA
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DENMARK
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GUIDELINES TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED
ELDORADO NUCLEAR URANIUM REFINERIES
CANADA, ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH 06/00/76 PCS 1-10 ID* 05073A
THESE GUIDELINES* PREPARED BY THE GUIDELINES TASK FORCE, PROVIDE AN OUTLINE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TO BE PREPARED BY ELDORADO NUCLEAR LIMITED FOR ITS PROPOSED
EXPANSON IN ONTARIO. THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED IN A MANNER INTENDED TO
LEAD TO A "TOTALLY OBJECTIVE REVIEW OF THE ANTICIPATED EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT ON THE RECOMMENDED
SITE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT," IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES, THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IS TO BE PRESENTED! RATIONALE FOR THE PROJECT; CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVE SITES)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON WASTE DISCHARGES FROM THE EXPANDED FACILITY; AN
INVENTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES OR FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN DETAIL FOR THE SITE;
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BASED ON THE DATA CONTAINED IN THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND AN
OVERVIEW SUMMARY CONSOLIDATING THE IMPORTANT FINDINGS OF THE REPORT,
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DENMARK
DENMARK. NATIONAL AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EPA
ENGLISH 11/00/76 PCS 103 ID* 05091A
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL DANISH AGENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS OUTLINED IN
THIS PUBLICATION, THE AGENCY IS HEADED BY A DIRECTOR GENERAL ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY DIRECTOR
GENERAL. THE FOLLOWING OF ITS OFFICES ARE REVIEWED! THE SECRETARIAT; THE LAW OFFICE; ECONOMY
AND LAW; DOCUMENTATION AND ARCHIVES; ECOLOGY AND HYGIENE; WATER RESOURCES AND SUPPLY; RESEARCH
OFFICE; PUBLIC WASTEWATER PLANTS; TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL OFFICE;
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT; AND POISONS AND PESTICIDES, IN ADDITION, A CONTINGENCY UNIT DEVELOPS
CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL AND CHEMICALS AND INCIDENTS ON LAND INVOLVING
POISONS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, ETC, THE NAME OF EACH OFFICE HEAD IS ALSO
INCLUDED,
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"HOW AND ON WHAT TERMS?"
AMBROISE-RENDU, MARC
FRENCH
LE MONDE
09/13/77 PGS 17
EPA
ID* 05042*
THIS DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT DECREE IMPLEMENTING THE FRENCH NATURE PROTECTION LAW'S IMAPCT
STUDY ARTICLE POINTS OUT WHAT ARE PRESENTED AS SHORTCOMINGS BY THE AUTHOR, THESE ARE AS
FOLLOWS! l) THE ABSENCE OF AN EXACT CHECK-LIST DESIGNATING THE CONTENTS OF THE STUDY; 2) THE
FAILURE TO SPECIFY THAT THE STUDY IS TO ENCOMPASS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AS WELL AS THE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT; 3) THE INEQUITABLE DETERMINATION OF THE PROJECTS WHICH ARE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE
PRELIMINARY STUDY;
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FRANCE
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"IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATURE PROTECTION LAW," LE MONDE
EPA
FRENCH 09/13/77 PCS 17 ID* 05043A
ON JULY 10, 1976 THE FRENCH LAN ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE MAS APPROVED. AMONG ITS ARTICLES
IS THE CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES. THE IMPLEMENTING DECREE
PERTAINING TO THIS PROVISION IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS ITS MAKE-UP.
DESIGNATED ARE THE PROJECTS AND WORKS WHICH ARE TO REQUIRE PRELIMINARY IMPACT STUDIES. SPECIFIED
ARE THE CONTENTS OF THE IMPACT DOSSIER. THESE INCLUDEl AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON THE
PRE-PROJECT SITE| AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PLANNED PROJECT) AND A LIST OF THE MEASURES
WHICH ARE INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE OR REMEDY ANY DAMAGING EFFECTS. ALSO COVERED AREl THE
ASSUMPTION OF COSTS) THE EXEMPTION OF NON-QUALIFYING PROJECTS) AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE
DOSSIER TO THE PUBLIC.
"MUNICIPAL FEDERATIONS," NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 63
EPA
ID* 05115*
FRENCH
09/00/77 PGS 65-67
THE FEDERATION OP MUNICIPALITIES, ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE, IS AN OLD FRENCH INSTITUTION
ESTABLISHED TO MAKE COOPERATION AMONG MUNICIPALITIES POSSIBLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES
ADJUDGED OF JOINT INTEREST. THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE EXAMINES THE ROLE OF INTERMUNICIPAL
FEDERATIONS IN THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ERADICATION OF POLLUTION, A ROLE WHOSE
ORIGIN IS TRACED TO MAYORAL POLICE POWERS RELATIVE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. THE LEGAL BASES OF
MUNICIPAL FEDERATIONS ARE OUTLINED IN THE FIRST SECTION, AND THEIR FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION, AS
DEFINED BY THE CODE OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, ARE DISCUSSED. PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
FEDERATIONS' WORKINGS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELDS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND
WA8TEWATER TREATMENT ARE PRESENTED IN THE CONCLUDING SECTION.
INTERNATIONAL
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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR
SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES (TRAINING COURSE PROSPECTUSES)
INT CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES,,, EPA
SPANISH 00/00/77 PGS ID* OS05SA
VARIOUSLY PAGINATED
THESE 25 BOOKLETS REPRESENT THE PROSPECTUSES OF THE TRAINING COURSES OFFERED BETWEEN 1976
AND 1977 BY THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR SPANISH-
SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CIFCA), EACH PROSPECTUS CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION, A COURSE CALENDAR, AND AN
EXPLANATION OF THE COURSE OBJECTIVES AND OTHER FEATURES, FOURTEEN COURSES, INCLUDING THE
CIFCA INAUGURAL SEMINAR, WERE HELD IN SPAIN, FOUR COURSES WERE HELD IN ARGENTINA, TWO WERE HELD
IN MEXICO, TWO IN PERU, AND ONE EACH IN CHILE, COSTA RICA AND COLOMBIA. COURSE TITLES INCLUDEl
INAUGURAL SEMINAR) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT) MARINE DETERIORATION) GROUNDWATER
POLLUTION) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT) LOCAL CORPORATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT) SOLID WASTE PROBLEMS)
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING OF TOWNS) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF LARGE DAMS) WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES) HUMAN HABITAT) ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT)
ECOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT) ARID AND 8EMIARIO ECOSYSTEMS IN LATIN AMERICA.
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INTERNATIONAL
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RELACION DE OOCUMENT03 CIFCA DI8PONIBLE3 EN MICROFICHA (LIST OF CIFCA DOCUMENTS
AVAILABLE ON MICROFICHE)
INTL. CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES,.. EPA
SPANISH 00/00/00 PCS 0077 1-32 ID* 05059A
THIS LIST NAMES THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON MICROFICHE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CIFCA). THE LISTED
DOCUMENTS INCLUDE THE INFORMATIVE AND WORKING DOCUMENTS GENERATED 8Y CIFCA'S INAUGURAL SEMINAR,
CONFERENCES AND TRAINING COURSES HELD BETWEEN MAV 1976 AND MAY 1977. THE DOCUMENTS DEAL WITH
SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS. THE TRAINING COURSES HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS
DOCUMENTS DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT! GROUNDWATER POLLUTION! ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT! LOCAL CORPORATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT! SOLID WASTE PROBLEMS!
ENERGY, DEVELOPMENT ANO THE ENVIRONMENT! AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE VALENCIA REGION.
THE TITLE, CODE NUMBER AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE AUTHOR OF EACH DOCUMENT IN THE LIST ARE GIVEN.
EL CIFCA Y LA FORMACION AMBIENTAL (CIFCA AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING)
INTL. CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EPA
SPANISH* 00/00/77 PCS 1-63 ID* 05111A
*ALSO ENGLISH
THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR
SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CIFCA), WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN MADRID. FOLLOWING A CONSIDERATION
OF THE NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES, THE
BACKGROUND TO THE CREATION OF CIFCA IS EXPLAINED AS WELL AS CIFCA'S PRESENT ROLE IN PROMOTING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN DECISION MAKERS THROUGH THE OFFERING OF
COURSES AND SEMINARS ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS. DISCUSSED ARE THE STATUS OF CIFCA, ITS
FUTURE PLANS, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF ITS COURSES AND SEMINARS. A LIST OF COURSES OFFERED BY
CIFCA AND COOPERATING SPANISH ANO LATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS IS APPENDED, ALSO APPENDED ARE THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING ON HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, SPONSORED BY CIFCA. (THE ATTACHED
ENGLISH VERSION OF THE BOOKLET OMITS THE LAST APPENDED ITEM OF THE SPANISH VERSION.)
INTERNATIONAL
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CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE FORMACION EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES PARA RAISES OE HABLA
ESPANOLA (INTL. CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES....)
INTL, CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EPA
SPANISH 00/00/77 PGS 1*10 ID* 05123*
THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES, AND PROGRAMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER
FOR TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CIFCA), WHICH WAS CREATED
BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNEP ANO THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING TO THE
INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION MAKERS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, WITH THE AIM OF MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMPATIBLE WITH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, THE PROGRAM AREAS OF
CIFCA ARE 1) THE PROGRAM FOR BASIC TRAINING COURSES, INCLUDING GENERAL THREE-MONTH COURSES,
TWO-WEEK TRAINING COURSES FOR DECISION MAKERS, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINARS! 2) SPECIAL COURSE
PROGRAM, WHICH INVOLVES MORE SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES! 3) DOCTORAL PROGRAM,
WHICH is INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTITUTING DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN UNIVERSITIES! «) THE
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AIMED AT THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL, PUBLICATION AND
DISSEMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS! AND S) ADVISORY SERVICES TO SOLICITING GOVERNMENTS.
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INTERNATIONAL
SEC )
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CCIFCA)
INTL. CENTER FOR TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-6 ID* 0513UA
THIS BOOKLET SUMMARIZES EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
TRAINING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (CIFCA) AND DESCRIBES THE GOALS AND PROGRAMS OF THIS
CENTER. CIFCA WAS CREATED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNEP AND THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE
TRAINING TO THE INSTITUTIONS AND DECISIONS MAKERS OF SPANISH.SPEAKING COUNTRIES SO THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS COULD BE ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. THE
TRAINING IS OFFERED THROUGH PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED COURSES IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AS WELL AS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. OTHER PROGRAMS OF
CIFCA WILL OPERATE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO LATIN AMERICAN
GOVERNMENTS WHICH REQUEST AID IN THE TRAINING OF PERSONNEL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. CIFCA,
HEADQUARTERED IN MADRID, WILL WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS* ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES
AND WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
EVALUACION ECONOMICA DEL IMPACTO AMBIENTAL (ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT)
LOPEZ DE SEBASTIAN Y GOMEZ DE AGUERO* JOSE EPA
SPANISH 00/00/77 PGS 1-85 ID* 05081A
THIS PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES ANALYZES THE METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. PART ONE OF THE PUBLICATION DISCUSSES SOME GENERAL ECONOMIC CONCEPTS!
THE COST/BENEFIT METHOD) EXTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS ARISING OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS
ILLUSTRATED IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF SPAIN) REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT)
AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. PART TWO OF THE PUBLICATION APPLIES SOME OF THE METHODS
DISCUSSED IN PART ONE TO TWO CONCRETE PROJECTSl 1) THE LAS MARISMAS METROPOLITAN PARK OF MADRID
LOCATED ALONG THE GUADAQUIVIR RIVER, AND 2) THE DELAWARE RIVER WATER QUALITY CONTROL PROJECT.
SEVERAL TABLES, CHARTS AND GRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE TEXT OF THE PUBLICATION.
INTERNATIONAL
SEC )
POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
LEVI, LENNART, AND LARS ANDERSSON
ENGLISH 03/00/72 PGS 1-142
ALSO ST
ID*
EPA
05118A
THIS REPORT, PRESENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS* WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE IN MARCH 1972,
SURVEYS EXISTING RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE, WITH EMPHASIS ON MEDICAL
ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH ON HUMAN BEINGS, CHAPTERS DISCUSSl DELINEATION OF
THE PROBLEM, DEFINITIONS, AND SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT) STIMULI GENERATED BY POPULATION STRUCTURE
AND PROCESSES) THE TARGET—HIGH RISK GROUPS) INTERACTING VARIABLES—THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGf THE
OUTCOME IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE) THE INTERRELATEDNE8S OF TOTAL CI.E. PHYSICALi MENTAL, AND
SOCIAL) MAN AND TOTAL ENVIRONMENT—CONCLUDING REMARKS! MONITORING CI.E, USING AN EARLY WARNING
SYSTEM FOR IMPENDING TROUBLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE OR
MONITORING FOR EVALUATION) AND RESEARCH FOR AN INTEGRATED WORLO PLAN OF ACTIONJ AND SUMMARY AND
CONCLUSION, AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS ARE APPENDED, (THIS IS A
PUBLICATION OF THE SWEDISH ROYAL MINISTR* FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.)
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JAPAN
PM(B)
JAPAN
PM(B)
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18
"INLAND SEA BRIDGE PLAN PASSES ENVIRONMENT TEST,1
ENGLISH 11/20/77 PCS 2
JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ID* 05052A
THE HONSHU-8HIKOKU BRIDGE AUTHORITY* A JAPANESE GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, IN A 780-PAGE DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AND CONCERNED LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS* HAS DECLARED THAT THE PLANNED PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT A COMBINATION RAILWAY-HIGHWAY
BRIDGE ACROSS THE INLAND SEA HILL CAUSE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION. THE DRAFT* COMPILED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ENVIRONMENT ASENCY GUIDELINES AND TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY LOCAL
RESIDENTS FOR THREE WEEKS* IS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS TO BE COMPLETED BY
SPRING 1978 WITH THE INCLUSION OF OPINIONS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE REPORT*
WHICH DEALS WITH AIR AND WATER POLLUTION* NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION* FOR8EES LEVELS OF
NITROGEN OXIDES EXCEEDING THE PRESENT STRINGENT JAPANESE STANDARD OF 0.02 PPM* STATES THAT NOISE
PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY THE USE OF SOUND BAFFLES* AND ANTICIPATES NO SIGNIFICANT WATER
CONTAMINATION FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE PILLARS,
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PCS 1-174
ALSO PMB* SE
ID*
EPA
05060*
AIR
NOISE
WATER
SOLID WASTE LAND USE
ALTHOUGH JAPAN HAS MADE MUCH PROGRESS IN POLLUTION CONTROL SINCE THE LATE 1960'S, MANY PROBLEM
AREAS STILL EXIST* AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS HAS BEEN CHANGING! FOR EXAMPLE*
THE COST OF POLLUTION CONTROL IS INCREASING* AND PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO DEMAND A HIGHER QUALITY OF
LIFE. IN RESPONSE TO THESE CHANGED CONCERNS* A LONG-TERM PROGRAM COVERING BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION CONTROL AND NATURE CONSERVATION WAS JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND THE NATURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL TO SERVE AS A GUIDELINE FOR JAPANESE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY THROUGH 1985, PART I* "PREVENTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION," CONSIDERS!
FACTORS INFLUENCING BASIC POLICIES! THE TARGETS AND DIRECTION OF COUNTER MEASURES INVOLVING, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, WASTE DISPOSAL AND NOISE CONTROL* THE NECESSITY FOR
COORDINATION AMONG RELATED POLICIES! THE COST OF ACHIEVING POLICY TARGETS! AND THE IMPACT OF THE
POLICIES ON THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. PART II PRESENTS THE PROGRAM AFFECTING NATURAL CONSERVATION.
NICER
LR(A)
"JANUARY 7, 1975 ORDINANCE NO, 75-1 CREATING THE NATIONAL AGRONOMICAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF NIGER," JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE OU NIGER
EPA
FRENCH 01/15/75 PCS 39 ID* 05028A
THIS ORDINANCE* PROMULGATED BY THE SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL OF NIGER* PROVIDES FOR THE
CREATION OF THE NATIONAL AGRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGER (INRAN) AS A STATE AGENCY UNDER
THE SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL. WITH A VIEW TOWARD FINDING AND APPLYING SOLUTIONS TO RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS* THE INRAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING AND COORDINATING SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL RESEARCH ON ECOLOGY* AGRICULTURE* HUSBANDRY* FORESTRY AND RURAL ECONOMY, IT IS TO
PREPARE SHORT* MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE RESEARCH PROGRAMS* ESTABLISH EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS AND
RESEARCH LABORATORIES* AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ITS RESEARCH TO INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS.
THE COMPOSITION* ORGANIZATION, AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF INRAN ARE TO BE SPECIFIED BY DECREE OF
THE COUNDIL OF MINISTERS. FUNDS FOR THE OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF IRAN ARE TO BE MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS* FEES CHARGED FOR SERVICES* DONATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC
SOURCES,
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NORWAY
LR(B)
NORWAY
PM(A)
LOV ON PRODUCTKONTROLL--OT. PRP. NO, 51 (PRODUCT CONTROL ACT--ODELSTING
BILL NO. 51)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
NORWEGIAN* 04/16/75 PCS 1-136 ID* 0*13960
•ALSO ENGLISH ALSO PMA, 8E
NOISE SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
PARLIAMENTARY BILL NO. 15 TO INTRODUCE THE PRODUCT CONTROL ACT (SUBSEQUENTLY ENACTED ON
JUNE 11, 1976 AND GOING INTO FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1977) GIVES THE BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
FOR THE PROPOSED ACT. CHAPTERS COVER! THE NEED FOR A PRODUCT CONTROL ACT| THE CONTENTS OF THE
PROPOSED LAW AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LEGISLATION! COMPARABLE LEGISLATION IN OTHER
COUNTRIES! ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTlONSl AND THE IMPACT OF THE ACT ON ECONOMICS AND
BUSINESS POLICY, APPENDIXES COVERl A SURVEY OF INSTITUTIONS WHICH MAY BE CHARGED WITH
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL) A SURVEY OF INSTITUTIONS WHICH MAY BE CHARGED WITH RESEARCH, ANALYSIS,
ETC.I AND A SURVEY OF EXISTING LEGISLATION ARRANGED ACCORDING TO MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AN
EXTENSIVE ENGLISH TRANSLATION SUMMARIZING THE BACKGROUND AND MAIN CHAPTERS OF THE DOCUMENT IS
ATTACHED,
LANGTID8PROGRAMMET 1974-1977--SPECIALANALY3E It FORURENSNINGER (LONG-TERM
PROGRAM 1974-1977—SPECIAL ANALYSIS II POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OP FINANCE EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/72 PGS 1*237 ID* OS032A
ALSO LRB
AIR WATER SOLID WASTE
THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS A SPECIAL ANALYSIS OF POLLUTION AS IT AFFECTS THE GOVERNMENT'S
LONG RANGE FOUR YEAR PROGRAM, FINANCIAL MATTERS ARE EMPHASIZED. THE INTRODUCTION DEALS WITH
POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN GENERAL FROM AN ECONOMIC AND LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. CHAPTERS COVERl
PRINCIPAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMSl PUBLIC MEASURES TO CONTROL
POLLUTION! PRINCIPLES AND POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES) THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON ORGANISMS AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT) SURVEY OF EMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES OF POLLUTED WASTE DURING 1970) MUNICIPAL SEWAGE
AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL! THE ATMOSPHERE, GROUND, AND WATER AS RECIPIENTS OF POLLUTION! AND THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND DISCHARGE OF WASTE, AN EXTENSIVE APPENDIX DISCUSSES
DISCHARGES OF POLLUTED WASTE ARISING FROM AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, INDSUTRY, HEATING SYSTEMS,
TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH AND VETERINARY SYSTEMS, AND HOUSEHOLDS, DEPRECIATION OF BUILDINGS,
MACHINERY, AND MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ARE ALSO CONSIDERED,
NORWAY
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT CONTROLl A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES AND
NORWAY
GULDEN, PER A, EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/76 PGS 1-104 ID* 05035A
ALSO LRB
TOXIC SUBS NOISE SOLID WASTE
THIS REVIEW, PREPARED'BY A SENIOR OFFICIAL AT THE NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, BROADLY
DESCRIBES AND COMPARES THE STATUS OF PRODUCT CONTROL IN NORWAY AND THE U.S.A. THE STUDY IS
DIVIDED INTO CHAPTERS COVERING THE FOLLOWING AREASl CONCEPTS AND ISSUES OF PRODUCT CONTROL!
PRODUCTS WITH CHEMICAL EFFECTS! NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTS) WASTES RELATED TO PRODUCTS, AND
OTHER TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE. MAJOR NORWEGIAN AND U.S. LEGISLATION IN EACH AREA IS LISTED AND
APPROACHES AND ACTIONS DISCUSSED, A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS APPENDED.
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GENERAL
NORWAY
PM(B)
BEREDSKAP HOT AKUTT FORURENSNINQ (PREPAREDNESS FOR HANDLING ACUTE POLLUTION).
NOU 19741 25
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/7U PCS 1-50 ID* 05020A
ALSO LRB
WATER TOXIC SUBS AIR
A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY ROYAL RESOLUTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINISTRY OF
ENVIRONMENT IN 1973 TO MAP OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES OF AND REASONS FOR ACUTE POLLUTION,
EVALUATE CURRENT LEGISLATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING
POLLUTION, EXPLORE SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE DEFICIENCIES, AND SURVEY ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY AND
•NEED FOR PUBLIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN REALIZING SPECIFIC PROPOSALS. THE COMMITTEE REPORT
COVERS! SOURCES AND CAUSES OF ACUTE POLLUTION) SURVEY OF CURRENT SAFETY MEASURES! SURVEY OF
CURRENT EMERGENCY MEASURES) COMMITTEE EVALUATION OF CURRENT SAFETY REGULATIONS AMD EMERGENCY
MEASURES; MAIN DIRECTIVES FOR LEGISLATION AND ORGANIZATION) A CLOSER LOOK AT ORGANIZATIONAL
QUESTIONS) ECONOMY AND RESPONSIBILITY) AND A SUMMARY OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AN
APPENDIX LISTS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY CAUSE POLLUTION WHEN TRANSPORTED IN NORWAY,
NORWAY
PM(B)
NATURVERN I NORGE (NATURE CONSERVATION IN NORWAY)
NORWEGIAN 00/00/70 PCS 1-49
ALSO LRB
EPA
ID* 05025A
THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS A NUMBER OF CHAPTERS BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS
OF NATURE CONSERVATION IN NORWAY. THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE DEALT WITH) BACKGROUND AND GOALS OF
THE EUROPEAN NATURE CONSERVATION YEAR 1970| NATURE CONSERVATION IN NORWAY AND ITS PLACE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY) GOALS, ASSIGNMENTS, AND METHODS IN NATURE CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN THE
PRIMARY GRADES) NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EDUCATION IN NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITIES) A NEW
PERSPECTIVE ON BIOLOGY) THE TEXTBOOK—AN ANACHRONISM IN CURRENT BIOLOGY EDUCATION) NATURE
PROTECTION—AN ALL OUT EFFORT OR AN ABNEGATION) AND NORWAYS'S NATURE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION—AN
EXPONENT OF A MODERN REALISTIC NATURE CONSERVATION POINT OF VIEW, PERTINENT NATURE CONSERVATION
LEGISLATION IS OUTLINED AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IN THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "NATURE CONSERVATION
UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT,"
NORWAY
PM(B)
TILTAK MOT FORURENSNINGER (MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
NORWEGIAN 12/00/7S PCS 1-138 ID*
ALSO LRB, SE
AIR WATER SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
EPA
05041A
THIS BOOKLET OUTLINES GENERAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN NORWAY, GOALS AND PRINCIPLES FOR MEASURES
AGAINST POLLUTION EMPHASIZE THAT NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE AND, IF POLLUTION OCCURS, THE
POLLUTER MUST PAY. ECONOMIC COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERTAKINGS ARE DISCUSSED. CHAPTER FOUR
COVERS MORE SPECIFIC AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE! A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO FIGHT POLLUTION, INDUSTRIAL
EMISSIONS, DEMANDS ON NEW INDUSTRY, FINANCIAL AID TO ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY, THE S02 PROBLEM,
AGRICULTURAL AND OIL POLLUTION, AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL MEASURES. DELEGATION OF
AUTHORITY FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE
QUESTIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER FIVE. CHAPTER SIX DEALS NlTH LEGISLATION AND JURIDICAL
PROBLEMS. CHAPTER SEVEN CONSIDERS ECONOMIC MATTERS, INCLUDING SUBSIDIES AND FEES. CHAPTER EIGHT
COVERS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CONCERNING POLLUTION. REPORTS FROM THE SMOKE CONTROL COUNCIL AND
THE COUNCIL ON OIL POLLUTION ARE APPENDED ALONG WITH A LIST OF WASTEWATER PROJECTS.
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NORWAY
PM(B)
NORWAY
PM(8)
NORWAY INNOVATES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
SMITH, DOUGLAS V.
ENGLISH 10/00/73 PCS 1-20
ALSO LRB
LAND USE WATER AIR
EPA
ID* 050U8A
THIS PAPER, PREPARED BY A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF URBAN AND REGIONAL
RESEARCH FOLLOWING THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, DEALS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING IN NORWAY. AFTER A SUMMARY OF GENERAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS, THE TOPICS OF HYDROPOWER PLANT
CONSTRUCTION, LAND USE PLANNING, AND MOVEMENT TO THE CITIES ARE DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD
TO HOW THEY MAY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CONSIDERATIONS OF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPROACHES
COVERS THE 1965 PLANNING AND BUILDING ACT IN PARTICULAR BUT ALSO INCLUDES LEGISLATION PERTAINING
TO RECREATION AND CONSERVATION AS WELL AS TO AIR AND WATER POLLUTION. A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT CONCLUDES THE PAPER.
NORWEGIAN INDUSTRY'S DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE,
(1974-75)
NOKWAY. ROYAL NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY
ENGLISH 04/OU/75 PCS 1-33
ALSO SE
REPORT NO, 67 FOR THE STORTING
ID*
EPA
05051A
THIS GOVERNMENT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN NORWAY
DURING THE DECADE PRIOR TO 1975 AND PROVIDES A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES WHICH
TOOK PLACE DURING THIS TIME. CHAPTER TWO, SECTION EIGHT, DEALS PARTICULARLY WITH INDUSTRY
FROM THE ASPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. MAIN PRINCIPLES EMPHASIZED AREl ANTI-POLLUTION
MEASURES SHALL PRIMARILY BE PREVENTATIVEI ATTEMPTS MUST BE MADE TO STOP POLLUTION AT THE SOURCEI
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE) AND THE POLLUTER MUST PAY. THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS INVOLVED IN
REDUCING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION ARE CONSIDERED, A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
CONCLUDES THE SECTION.
NORWAY
PM(A)
NATIONAL REPORT ON NORWAY
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PG8
LAND USE
1-31
EPA
10* 05097A
THIS PUBLICATION, PREPARED FOR THE U.N. CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENT, BEGINS WITH A GENERAL
VIEW OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE
NORWEGIAN POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS. THE CHAPTER COVERING NATIONAL SETTLEMENT POLICY
AND IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDES BRIEF DISCUSSIONS ON LAND USE, LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION POLICY. THE SECTION ON INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS DEALS WITH NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, A MAP OF NORWAY
DEPICTING THE MAIN REGIONAL PARTS AS WELL AS TOWN REGIONS AND COUNTIES IS INCLUDED. APPENDED
TABLES SHOW POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS IN NORWAY DURING mo-i97o AND STATE EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM
AREA FOR 1975.
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NORWAY
PM(A)
STATEN3 FORURENSNINGSTIL3YN««AR8BERETNING FOR 1976 (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL
AUTHORITY—ANNUAL REPORT* 1976)
NORWAY, STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 02/00/77 PCS 1-31 ID* OS106A
ALSO PHB
WATER AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE
THE 1976 ANNUAt REPORT ANNOUNCES THE REORGANIZATION OF THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
INTO THREE DEPARTMENTS SUPPORTED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL STAFF HEADED BY A DIRECTOR
GENERAL AND AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL. THE REPORT GRAPHICALLY OUTLINES THE NEW ORGANIZATION,
MAPS OUT POLLUTION FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, AND SURVEYS MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT OIL POLLUTION.
IT ALSO DISCUSSES CONTROL MEASURES FOR AIR AND MATER POLLUTION, WASTE, AND NOISE, AS WELL AS
VIOLATIONS OF PERMITS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
TO PREVENT POLLUTION, DURING 1975 THE AUTHORITY BECAME MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MATTERS
CONCERNING OIL POLLUTION AND PRODUCT CONTROL. TASKS PERFORMED FOR THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
ALSO INCREASED, TO FACILITATE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND REPORTS, THE AUTHORITY LEANS.HEAVILY ON
CONSULTANTS AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS.
NORWAY
PM(A)
STATENS FORUREN8NING3TILSYN (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY)
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/77 PCS 1-2 ID* 05107A
THIS LEAFLET DEPICTS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY IN GRAPHIC
FORM, NAMING ITS TOP OFFICIALS AND OUTLINING THE FUNCTIONS OF ITS THREE DEPARTMENTS! THE
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, DIVIDED INTO THREE INDUSTRIAL SECTIONS AND A CONTROL SECTION FOR INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTION IN NEDRE TELEMARKf THE MUNICIPAL AND OIL POLLUTION DEPARTMENT, CONSISTING OF AN ACCOUNT
AND RECIPIENT SECTION AND OIL POLLUTION SECTION* AND THE PRODUCT CONTROL DEPARTMENT, WITH TWO
PRODUCT CONTROL OFFICES, ONE HANDLING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND THE OTHER, MATTERS CONCERNING NOISE,
WASTE, AND OIL POLLUTION. THE AUTHORITY GUARDS AGAINST AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, HANDLES WASTE AND
NOISE PROBLEMS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEASURES TAKEN TO ELIMINATE INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, IT
SUPERVISES NORWAY'S CONTROL OF OIL POLLUTION AND IMPLEMENTS THE LAW ON PRODUCT CONTROL. IT IS
ALSO THE REPORTING ORGAN FOR THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND ACTS AS SECRETARIAT FOR THE SMOKE
CONTROL COUNCIL* THE COUNCIL ON OIL POLLUTION, ANO THE PRODUCT CONTROL COUNCIL,
PERU
PM(A)
OFICINA NACIONAL DE EVALUACION DE RECURS08 NATURALES (NATIONAL OFFICE FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES EVALUATION)
PERU. NATIONAL OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES EVALUATION EPA
SPANISH 11/00/75 PCS 1-5 ID* 05108*
ALSO PMB
THIS BROCHURE EXPLAINS THE CREATION, OBJECTIVES, ORGANIZATION AND WORK OF THE NATIONAL OFFICE
FOR NATURAL RESOURCES EVALUATION (ONERN) OF PERU, ONERN, UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, WORKS
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL PLANNING INSTITUTE AND IS THE STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ENDS. IT ASSISTS IN THE
FORMULATION OF POLICIES ON RESOURCES USE AND CONSERVATION, CARRIES OUT STUDIES CONCERNING THE
RELATIONSHIP OF MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT, AND PROPOSES ALTERNATIVES TO DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. THE
BROCHURE LISTS AND MAPS THE 50 STUDIES AND INVENTORIES, COVERING 32 PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL
TERRITORY, WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR INITIATED BY ONERN, ONERN IS ALSO INVOLVED CONDUCTING
THE "MAN ANO THE BIOSPHERE" PROGRAM OF THE UNITED NATIONS, IN THE PUBLICATION OF AN ECOLOGICAL MAP
OF PERU, ANO IN THE INVESTIGATION OF REGULATING REGIONAL WATER BASINS. THE BROCHURE ALSO INCLUDES
AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF ONERN,
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SINGAPORE
LR(A)
•ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, NO. 32, 1968." REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ACTS SUPPLEMENT, NO, 32, 1966
EPA
ENGLISH 12/26/66 PCS 315-403 ID« 05045A
THIS ACT SETS FORTH THE BASIC FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
PROTECTION IN SINGAPORE. THE 146 ARTICLES OF THE ACT, CONTAINED IN 10 PARTS, DEAL WITH LEGAL
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO 1) PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION! 2) PUBLIC CLEANLINESS WITH REGARD TO
STREET CLEANING AND THE REMOVAL OF REFUSE AND NIGHT-SOIL! 3) MARKET PLACESl 4) PUBLIC VENDORS!
5) FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS! 6) PUBLIC NUISANCES! 7) UNSANITARY PREMISES AND OBSTRUCTIVE BUILDINGS!
6) SANITARY CONVENIENCES, DRAINS, SEWERS AND HELLS) 9) GENERAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS!
10) OFFENSIVE TRADES! 11) SHIMMING POOLS! 12) FUNERAL PARLORS, CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA! AND
13) MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS DEALING WITH INSPECTIONS, LICENSING, FEES, SANCTIONS, LEGAL PROCEDURES,
FORMS AND REGULATIONS. (THE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACTS, NO. 32 OF 1972 AND
NO. 7 OF 1974 ARE ATTACHED,)
SWEDEN
ST(
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION ON DECOMPOSITION IN FOREST SOILS—HI. EXTENDED
STUDIES AND CONCLUDING EVALUATION. STATEN3 NATURVARDSVERK PM 661
TYLER, GERMUNO EPA
SWEDISH* 07/00/77 PCS i-tos ID* 051 ISA
*8UMMARY IN ENGLISH
THIS PROJECT DESCRIBED HERE, FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD, AIMED TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION ON
DECOMPOSITION IN FOREST SOILS. CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS HEREl DECOMPOSITION OF INERT LITTER
COMPONENTS IS INHIBITED BY COPPER-ZINC POLLUTION! A STRONG POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WAS OBTAINED
BETWEEN DECOMPOSITION RATE AND THE CHANGE OF PHOSPHATA8E ACTIVITY* NO SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION HAS
FOUND BETWEEN EITHER METAL CONTENT AND NITROGEN MINERALIZATION OR BETWEEN METAL CONTENT AND
DECOMPOSITION RATEt EXPERIMENTS WITH INACTIVATION OF SOIL ENZYMES BY METAL SALTS DEMONSTRATED THAT
UREASE ACTIVITY IS ONLY SLIGHTLY INHIBITED BY ADDITION OF COPPER AND/OR ZINC IONS AT A RATE OF
ABOUT TWO PER THOUSAND OF SOIL ORGANIC DRY MATTER, BUT THAT EXCEEDING THIS LEVEL CAN CAUSE
COMPLETE INHIBITION! AND A GREAT SENSITIVITY TO VANDIUM IN VARIOUS FORMS HAS DEMONSTRATED. THE
LAST CHAPTER OF THE REPORT IS A SURVEY WITH A CONCLUDING EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED.
USSR
LR(A)
"DECREE NO, 6 ON THE PRACTICE OF APPLYING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION
BY COURTS." BYULLETIN' VERKHOVNOGO SUDA 8SSR, NO.4
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/77 PCS 11-17 100 04442B
THIS JUNE 3, 1977 DECREE BY THE USSR SUPREME COURT PLENUM WAS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
DECISIONS OF THE 25TH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES AND
RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IT OBLIGES THE COURTS TO STRENGTHEN THE LEGAL ENFORCEMENT OF
NATURE PROTECTION, KEEPING IN MIND THAT STRICT ADHERENCE TO THIS LEGISLATION IS ONE OF THE
CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE SUCCESSFUL FULFILLMENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY PLANS DEPENDS, THE DECREE ALSO
OBLIGES THE COURTS TO TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO PREVENT CRIMINAL ENCROACHMENT ON OBJECTS OF NATURE
AND TO INCREASE THE LIABILITY OF ENTERPRISE AND ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAYS, IT FURTHER STATES THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF OFFICIALS AND OTHER
CITIZENS ENGAGED IN PROTECTING NATURE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE LAWFUL AND CARRY NO CRIMINAL OR OTHER
LIABILITIES. THIS DECREE SUPERSEDES THE APRIL It, 1972 DECREE OF THE SAME TITLE,
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USSR
LR(B)
USSR
LR(A)
"LEGAL PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECISIONS BV
THE 25TH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU." SOVETSKOE GOSUDAR8TVO I PRAVO, NO, 2
KOLBASOV, 0. S. EPA
RUSSIAN 02/00/77 PG3 131-39 ID* 05024A
THE AUTHOR FORMULATES AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS IN ORDER TO STUDY THE LEGAL
PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONI THE ROLE OF LAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WHICH,
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, HAS REACHED A HIGH LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION AND OPERATES
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT* GUARANTEES OF COMPLIANCE
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION, AS STIPULATED MAINLY IN THE TENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN, THE
SEPTEMBER 20, 1972 DECREE OF THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET AND THE DECEMBER 29, 1972 DECREE OF THE
CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS) THE STRUGGLE AGAINST OFFENDERS) AND
JURIDICAL LIABILITY A3 SPECIFIED IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CODES OF ALL UNION REPUBLICS.
BASIC TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR NATIONAL ECONOMY FOR 1976-1960
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/76 PGS 1-94 10* OS026A
ALSO PMA
THIS MARCH 3, 1976 DECREE OF THE CPSU 25TH CONGRESS DEALS WITH THE TENTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR NATIONAL ECONOMY, PART 2, SECTION 6 OF THE DECREE PROVIDES FOR THE
ENTIRE SOVIET UNION BOTH CURRENT AND LONG-RANGE MEASURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RATIONAL
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IT RECOMMENDS THAT THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC METHODS BE APPLIED TO
COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND THAT FORECASTING OF THE INFLUENCE AND POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF
PRODUCTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT BE PERFECTED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION
STAGES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY PROJECTS.
USSR
LR(B)
•RESPONSIBILITY OF ENTERPRISES FOR POLLUTING THE ENVIRONMENT,* SOVETSKOE
G08UDAR8TVO I PRAVO, NO, 8
R08ZOVSKIY, B. G. EPA
RUSSIAN 06/00/77 PGS 64-69 ID* 05030*
IT IS ESSENTIAL* ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, TO FURTHER MOTIVATE ENTERPRISES AND ECONOMIC
BODIES TO COMPLY FULLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION. THIS SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED
BY CREATING A SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND BY ESTABLISHING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE
FOUND GUILTY OF DESTROYING OBJECTS OF NATURE, SANCTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION MUST BE
EVALUATED PRIMARILY AS FINES THAT MOULD ACT AS A STIMULUS FOR THE RATIONAL USE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND ONLY SECONDARILY AS A SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL FINANCING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION MEASURES. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLLUTION SHOULD BE SHARED BY BOTH THE ECONOMIC
AGENCIES AND BY ENTERPRISES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPRAISE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES AND ECONOMIC BODIES IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND TO
IMPOSE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY VIOLATE THE ESTABLISHED LAWS.
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GENERAL
US3R
LRCA)
USSR
LR(B)
"PRINCIPLES OF FOREST LEGISLATION OF THE USSR AND UNION REPUBLICS."
VERKHOVNOGO SOVETA 8SSR, NO. 25
EPA
RUSSIAN 06/22/77 PCS 399-424 ID* 05044A
VEOOMOSTI
THE BASIC TASKS OF THE NEW FOREST LEGISLATION ARE ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 1. ARTICLE 4 STATES
THAT ALL USSR FORESTS CONSTITUTE A SINGLE STATE FUND. ALL USSR FORESTS ARE DIVIDED INTO STATE
AND COLLECTIVE FARM FORESTS* ACCORDING TO ARTICLE IS. STATE FORESTS PERFORM MAINLY THE
FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS! WATER PROTECTION, CONSISTING OF FOREST BELTS AROUND RIVERS, LAKES,
RESERVOIRS AND OTHER MATER BODIESI SANITARY-HYGIENIC PROTECTION, SUCH AS GREEN BELTS AROUND
POPULATED AREAS, INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AND SURFACE FRESHWATER RESOURCES) AND PROTECTION FROM
EROSION. ARTICLE 47 DEFINES FOREST PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITY OF VARIOUS USSR STATE AGENCIES.
THE NEW FOREST LEGISLATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY t, 1976.
"THE OBJECT OF CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION," SOVET8KOE GOSUNDARSTVO I PRAVO,
NO. 8
8USHUEVA, T. A., AND P. S. DAGEL1 EPA
RUSSIAN 06/00/77 PCS 77-83 I0« OS050A
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS, RATIONAL CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BY
ACHIEVED ONLY IF THE OBJECT OF CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION, I.E. THE OBJECT OF CRIMINAL
ENCROACHMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, IS PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, THIS IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THE
CRIMINAL-LEGAL NORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUNCTION CORRECTLY WITHIN THE SOVIET SYSTEM OF
CRIMINAL LAW. THE AUTHORS BELIEVE THAT A NEW APPROACH SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR INTERPRETING THE
OBJECTS OF CRIMES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FIELD BECAUSE OF THE DANGER THAT THESE
ENCROACHMENTS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT, SINCE ALL CRIMES IN THE FIELD OF
ENVIRONMENTAL USE HAVE A SINGLE GENERIC OBJECT, THEY SHOULD BE COMPILED INTO A SPECIAL CHAPTER OF
THE CRIMINAL LAW LABELED "CRIMES IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL USE." FURTHERMORE, THIS CHAPTER
SHOULD INCLUDE NORMS CONCERNING PROTECTION OF THE AIR, SOIL, MATER AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES,
NORMS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF A NORMAL RADIATION BALANCE, AND NORMS LIMITING NOISE AND VIBRATION.
USSR
LR(A)
"AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS
OF THE USSR AND BELGIUM." 30BRANIE POSTANOVLENI Y PRAVITEL ' STVA SSSR, NO. 17
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/76 PCS 320-22 ID* 05096A
ALSO PMA
THIS JUNE 25, 1975 AGREEMENT BETWEEN BELGIUM AfcD THE USSR IS BASED ON THE JULY 26, 1969 AND
NOVEMBER 19, 1974 AGREEMENTS ON ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE USSR AND THE BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG ECONOMIC UNION. IT PROVIDES BASIC GUIDELINES FOR COOPERATION
IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE AGREEMENT, RENEWABLE EVERY FIVE YEARS BY MUTUAL
CONSENT, BECAME EFFECTIVE ON MARCH 23, 1976,
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26
GENERAL
USSR
LR(B)
"SETTLEMENTS OF NATURE PROTECTION DISPUTES IN THE STATE BOARDS OP ARBITRATION,"
SOVET8KAYA YUSTITSIYA, NO, 12
OSTANNIY, I, EPA
RUSSIAN 06/00/77 PCS 6-7 ID* 05117A
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE DEPUTY CHEIF ARBITRATOR OF THE USSR STATE BOARD Of ARBITRATION
(GOSARBITRAZH), THE AGENCY IS CALLED UPON TO DEFEND THE STATE INTERESTS, AND IN SETTLEMENTS OF
ECONOMIC DISPUTES MUST ACTIVELY INFLUENCE ENTERPRISES, ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT
PERMIT VIOLATIONS OF LEGISLATION DEALING WITH NATURE PROTECTION AND RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT THE GOSARBITRAZH DATA SHOWS THAT SOME ENTERPRISES AND
ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT FROM POLLUTION OR
WITH IMPROVING METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PURIFICATION OF GASEOUS WASTES,
ETC, MANY ENTERPRISES, CITIES AND OTHER POPULATED AREAS EITHER LACK THE NECESSARY TREATMENT
FACILITIES OR USE THEM IMPROPERLY. HE ENUMERATES VARIOUS CASES DEALT WITH BY GOSARBITRAZH
AGENCIES AND ADVISES WHAT LAWS SHOULD BE USED IN ECONOMIC DISPUTES DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION,
USSR
PM(B)
"PROBLEMS OF PREVENTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE LIGHT OF DECISIONS BY THE
2STH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU," GIGIENA I 8ANITARIYA, NO, 6
CHERKINSKIY, 8, N. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/77 PGS 3-7 ID* 05095A
ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PREVENTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAVE BEEN ELEVATED TO THE
NATIONAL LEVEL IN THE USSR, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, MORE SPECIFICALLY, PART 2, SECTION 6 OF THE
MARCH 3, 1976 DECREE ON THE BASIC TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR NATIONAL ECONOMY FOR
1976-1960, ISSUED BY THE 25TH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU, REFERS IN PART TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES
FOR FORECASTING THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF PRODUCTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE INCLUSION
OF THE FORECASTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTION STAGES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY PROJECTS, THE AUTHOR
GIVES A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE GROWTH OF HYGIENIC SCIENCE IN THE USSR, ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NORMS FOR MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS
FUTURE ACTIVITIES, AS SPECIFIED IN THE DECISIONS OF THE 2STH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU,
VENEZUELA
LRCB)
"ARMED BRANCH OF THE MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IS
STRUCTURED," EL NACIONAL
CASTELLANOS, JOSE EMILIO EPA
SPANISH 09/20/77 PGS Cll ID* 05122A
ALSO PMB
THIS ARTICLE, BASED ON AN INTERVIEW WITH THE REGION FIVE ARMED FORCES COMMANDER OF VENEZUELA,
DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND INITIAL OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD'S ARMED BRANCH
FOR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, CREATED TO WORK IN
COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT IN ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS,
THIS BRANCH, CONSISTING OP OVER 400 SOLDIERS, ONE ENGINEER AND THREE EXPERTS, WILL CONTINUOUSLY
MONITOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN REGION FIVE (THE FEDERAL DISTRICT), THE STATE OF MIRANDA AND PART OF
THE STATE OF ARAGUA. IT WILL ESPECIALLY COMBAT THE USE OF PERMITS BY DEVELOPERS TO CIRCUMVENT
THE REQUIREMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. ALTHOUGH INTENDED TO EVENTUALLY ACT IN A PREVENTIVE
RATHER THAN CORRECTIVE CAPACITY, THE BRANCH HAS ALREADY TAKEN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE
AND PENAL ACTIONS AGAINST VIOLATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, INCLUDING FINES, ARRESTS, AND THE
HALTING OF ILLEGAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. (ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ARTICLE IS ATTACHED,)
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27
GENERAL
VENEZUELA
PM(A)
LAND USE
AUSTRIA
"THE NEW MINISTRY OP ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES."
SPANISH 06/00/77 PGS 37-36
ALSO PHB
NATURA
EPA
ID* OS127A
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE OBJECTIVES, ORGANIZATION AND BASIC PROGRAMS OP THE VENEZUELAN
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (HARNR) WHICH *AS CREATED BY THE CENTRAL
ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION LAW AND ENTERED INTO OPERATION ON APRIL 1, 1977, THE PURPOSE OF THE
NEW MINISTRY, WHICH IS A REGULATORY AGENCY EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE THE 1976 ORGANIC ENVIRONMENT LAW
(ID *0«533A), IS TO COORDINATE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
VENEZUELA'S NEEDS AND CHARACTER, THE INTEGRAL UNITS OF MARNR, NAMED IN THE ARTICLE, HAVE BEEN
ORGANIZED FROM UNITS PREVIOUSLY UNDER OTHER MINISTRIES, INITIAL STAFFING CONSISTS OF ABOUT 1,300
PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICIANS FROM ALL DISCIPLINES, BUT A LACK OF TRAINED PERSONNEL IS AMONG THE
MINISTRY'S URGENT PROBLEMS. MARNR'S RELATIONSHIP TO UNEP IS ALSO BRIEFLY NOTED, THE ARTICLE
CONCLUDES WITH A LIST OF BASIC PROGRAM AREAS OF MARNR, WHICH DEAL WITH! RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
POLLUTION CONTROL, REFUSE DISPOSAL, SANITATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH, REGULATIONS, ETC.
•MAY 3, 1974 FEDERAL LAW NO. 286 REGARDING RESTORATION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS
(URBAN REDEVELOPMENT ACT)," BUNDE8GE8ETZBLATT FUER DIE HEPUBLIK OESTERREICH
EPA
GERMAN OS/26/74 PGS 1455-71 ID* 05075A
•GENERAL NOISE
CANADA
PMCB)
ALASKA HIGHWAY PIPELINE! INTERIM REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PANEL
CANADA, ENVIRONMENT CANADA EPA
ENGLISH* 07/27/77 PGS 1-55 ID* 05061A
*AL80 FRENCH
•GENERAL
DENMARK
LR(B)
"RESIDENTIAL AREA GETS A JO-METER-HIGH SILO FOR A NEIGHBOR," BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
EPA
DANISH 10/12/77 PGS (1)5 ID* 05056A
AFTER A LENGTHY DEBATE, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF GLADSAXE HAS GRANTED THE NOVO CORPORATION
DISPENSATION TO CONSTRUCT A 30 METERS HIGH SILO NEXT TO ITS FACTORY. HOWEVER, THE MUNICIPAL
PLANNING LAW ONLY PERMITS A HEIGHT OF 9.5 METERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE SILO
MAY CAUSE POLLUTION AND NOISE, THE COUNCIL'S DECISION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL, WHOSE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY ISSUED CERTAIN STIPULATIONS REGARDING SMOKE,
DUST, NOISE, AND THE REMOVAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE IF THE SILO IS CONSTRUCTED, THREE MONTHS AFTER ITS
COMPLETION, AT THE LATEST, A REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO SHOW THAT THE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN
OBEYED,
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JAPAN
PM(B)
PAGE
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PGS 1-171
ALSO PMB, SE
•GENERAL AIR NOISE MATER
ID*
EPA
05060A
SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
MILJOVERN—TEKNISK/OKONOMISKE ANALYSER VED OVERSIKTSPLANLEGGING (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION—TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN GENERAL PLANNING)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOR EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/70 PGS 1-287 ID* 05035A
AIR WATER NOISE SOLID WASTE
THIS PUBLICATION, INTENDED AS A SOURCE of INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SUMMARIZES THE
MOST IMPORTANT TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF LAND USE PLANNING,
WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CITIES, DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.
ENVIRONMENTALLY DETRIMENTAL SOURCES, I.E. AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, WASTE, NOISE, AND TRAFFIC
CONDITIONS AS WELL AS GEOPHYSICAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ARE .DISCUSSED, AND
PRINCIPLES AND EXAMPLES FOR DEALING WITH THEM ARE GIVEN. ALSO COVERED AREl INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION,
ECONOMIC PLANNING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES. A LIST OF TECHNICAL TERMS WITH
DEFINITIONS IS INCLUDED. APPENDED AREl A SAMPLE CONSULTANT'S CONTRACT! CIRCULAR LETTERS AND
GUIDELINES! LISTS OF POLLUTING INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN STANDARDS! AND A DISCUSSION OF THE USE OF
SYMBOLS AND COLORS ON PLANNING MAPS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. THE PUBLICATION CONTAINS NUMEROUS MAPS,
CHARTS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
NORWAY
PM(B)
NORWAY INNOVATES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
SMITH, DOUGLAS V.
ENGLISH 10/00/73 PGS 1-20
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL WATER AIR
EPA
ID* 0504BA
NORWAY
PM(A)
NATIONAL REPORT ON NORWAY
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PCS
•GENERAL
1-31
EPA
ID* 05097A
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AUSTRIA
LR(A)
PAGE
29
"MAY 3, 1974 FEDERAL LAM NO. 266 REGARDING RESTORATION Of RESIDENTIAL AREAS
(URBAN REDEVELOPMENT ACT)," BUNDCSGESETZBLATT FUER DIE REPUBLIK OESTERREICH
EPA
GERMAN 05/28/7(1 PCS 1455-71 ID* 05075A
""GENERAL LAND USE
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"FEBRUARY 24, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING ACOUSTICAL STANDARDS FOR MUSIC IN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS." MQNITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 04/26/77 PCS 5371-73 ID* 014720
*AL80 FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE JULY 18,1973 NOISE CONTROL LAM, FIXES
PERMISSIBLE ACOUSTICAL LIMITS FOR AMPLIFIED ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
ESTABLISHMENTS. MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DECIBEL LEVEL OP MUSIC IS SET AT 90 DB. THE SOUND LEVEL
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS IS NOT TO EXCEED BACKGROUND NOISE LEVEL BY MORE THAN
5 DB WHEN THE LATTER IS LESS THAN 30 DB AND BY MORE THAN 30 DB WHEN BACKGROUND NOISE LEVEL IS
BETWEEN 30 AND 35 DB. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE THE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES AND INSTRUMENTATION TO BE
USED. OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF VIOLATIONS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE ORDER.
JAPAN
PM(B)
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PCS 1-174
ALSO PMB, SE
EPA
05060A
'GENERAL
AIR
MATER
SOLID MASTE LAND USE
NORWAY
LR(B)
LOV ON PRODUCTKONTROLL—OT. PRP, NO, 51 (PRODUCT CONTROL ACT—ODELSTING
BILL NO. 51)
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
NORWEGIAN* 04/16/75 PCS 1-136 ID* 04J96D
*AL80 ENGLISH ALSO PMA, SE
*GENERAL SOLID MASTE TOXIC SUBS
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NORMAY
PM(B)
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30
MILJOVERN--TEKNI9K/OKONOMISKE ANALYSER VEO OVERSIKTSPLANLEGGING (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION--TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN GENERAL PLANNING)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OP LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOR EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/70 PCS 1-237 ID* 0303JA
*LANO USE AIR WATER SOLID WASTE
NORMAY
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT CONTROLl A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES AND
NORWAY
GULDEN, PER A, EPA
ENGLISH OS/00/76 POS 1-10U ID* OS035A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL TOXIC SUBS SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(A)
STATENS FORUREN8NINGSTIL8YN--ARSBERETNING FOR 1976 (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL
AUTHORITY—ANNUAL REPORT, 1976)
NORWAY, STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 02/00/77 PCS 1-31 ID* 05106A
ALSO PMB
•GENERAL WATER AIR SOLID WASTE
SWEDEN
LR(B)
"SUPREME COURT DECISION! THE GOVERNMENT WILL COMPENSATE PEOPLE PLAGUED BY
TRAFFIC NOISE." 8VENSKA DAGBLADET
EPA
SWEDISH 07/33/77 PCS 1 ID* 05089A
A RECENT VERDICT IN THE SUPREME COURT STIPULATES THAT IN CERTAIN CASES PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR DISTURBANCES CAUSED BY TRAFFIC NOISE. THE CASE
INVOLVED FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DEMANDED COMPENSATION BECAUSE NOISE DISTURBANCES HAD CAUSED A
DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY ALONG THE VARMDO MOTORWAY EAST OF STOCKHOLM. NOW THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAS LOST ITS CASE IN THE HIGHEST COURT, COMPENSATION RANGING FROM 6,000 TO 35,000
SWEDISH KRONOR WILL BE PAID. IT IS STILL TO EARLY TO ASSESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS CASE, 8UT
IT IS EXPECTED THAT A RASH OF N£w COMPENSATION CLAIMS WILL BE FILED.
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NOISE
USSR
LR(A)
PESTICIDES
INDIA
LR(A)
"FEBRUARY 2, 1960 DECREE ON NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES IN INDUSTRY."
PARTII I PRAVITEL'STVA PO KHOZVAYSTVENNYM VOPR03AM, VOL. 4
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/60 PGS 605*47 ID« OS110A
RESHENIYA
THIS DECREE* ISSUED BY THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS* INSTRUCTS ALL NATIONAL AGENCIES
CONCERNED TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS FOR COMBATING NOISE IN INDUSTRY AND TO CONFORM TO
THE TEMPORARY SANITARY NORMS AND REGULATIONS ON NOISE ABATEMENT ISSUED BY THE STATE SANITARY
INSPECTORATE OF THE USSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH,
"SEPTEMBER 3, 1973 ACT (NO. 46 OF 1972) TO AMEND THE INSECTICIDES ACT, 1966,"
INT. DIG. OF HLTH. LEG., VOL. 27, NO. 3
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PGS 577 ID* 019288
THIS ACT, THE SUBSTANTIVE PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE REPRODUCED HERE, AMENDS THE 1968 INDIAN
INSECTICIDES ACT (SEE ID NO, 01926A) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR INSECTICIDES
IS EXTENDED FROM SIX TO SEVENTEEN MONTHS. MINOR RELATED AMENDMENTS ARE ALSO MADE. THE FULL TEXT
OF THE INSECTICIDES (AMENDMENT) ACT APPEARS IN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, 1972,
TOGO
LR(A)
"SEPTEMBER 7, 1972 ORDINANCE NO. 17 REGULATING THE ORGANIZATION FOR PLANT
PROTECTION IN TOGO." JOURNAL OFFICIEL DEL LA REPUBLIOUE TOGOLAISE, NO. 22
EPA
FRENCH 09/16/72 PGS 1-3 ID* 05040A
THIS ORDINANCE, PROMULGATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF TOGO, SETS FORTH THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS FOR PLANT PROTECTION AND PHYTOSANITARY CONTROL IN TOGO. IN PARTICULAR THESE
PROVISIONS ARE AIMED AT COMBATING PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS) PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL
PLANTS OR PLANT PESTS INTO THE COUNTRYl PREVENTING FIRESl AND CONTROLLING THE IMPORT, SALE AND
USE OF PESTICIDES. PLANTS AND PESTICIDES DEALERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE PLANT PROTECTION
DIVISION} THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE COUNTRY OF INIMICAL PLANTS IS PROHIBITED! THE INSPECTION
AND ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF THE PLANT PROTECTION DIVISION ARE DELINEATED) PROVISIONS FOR
PHYTOSANITARY PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS ARE GIVEN) AND PENALTIES RANGING UP TO 25,999 FRANCS AND 60-DAY
PRISON SENTENCES ARE PRESCRIBED. THE FURTHER REGULATION OF THESE PROVISIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT
IS ALSO PRESCRIBED.
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USSR
LR(A)
PACE
52
"ON MEASURES FOR STRONGER PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN FROM POLLUTION,"
SOBRANIE P03TANOVLENIY PRAVITEL'STVA SS8R, NO, 16
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/76 PCS 390-96 100 05077*
*WATER AIR
RADIATION
SINGAPORE
LR(A)
"RADIATION PROTECTION ACT, NO, 30 OF 1973," SINGAPORE STATUTES, ANNUAL
SUPPLEMENT 1973
EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/73 PCS 375-96 I0« 05037A
THIS ACT SETS FORTH THE BASIC LEGAL PROVISIONS IN SINGAPORE FOR THE PROTECTION AGAINST
IONIZING RADIATIONS AND THE CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES. PART ONE OF THE ACT
STATES COMMENCEMENT PROCEDURES AND GIVES DIFINITIONS OF PERTINENT TERMS USED IN THE ACT,
PART TWO PROVIDES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR OF RADIATION PROTECTION FOR THE GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT* PART THREE SETS FORTH GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE USE,
MANUFACTURE, AND DEALINGS WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND IRRADIATING APPARATUSES; PART FOUR
PRESCRIBES THE FORMS AND PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING USERS OR HANDLERS OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES OR
IRRADIATING DEVICES! PART FIVE CONTAINS PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS AGAINST IONIZING
RADIATIONS* PART SIX DEALS WITH THE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES* AND PART SEVEN CONTAINS
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPEALS, INSPECTIONS, TESTING, REPORTING, OFFENSES, SANCTIONS,
ATTRIBUTES OF THE RADIATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS,
SINGAPORE
LR(A)
"RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS, 1974." REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE, SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO. 40, 1974
EPA
ENGLISH OB/30/74 PGS 573-615 IDS OS037B
THESE REGULATIONS, PASSED PURSUANT TO THE SINGAPORE RADIATION PROTECTION ACT OF 1973, CONTAIN
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS CONCERNING RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND
DEVICES. PART I DEFINES PERTINENT TERMS AND SETS SEPTEMBER 1, 1974 AS THE DATE ON WHICH THE
REGULATIONS ARE TO COME INTO FORCE, SUBSEQUENT PARTS GOVERNi EXEMPTIONS) LICENSING PROCEDURES)
GENERAL WORKER REQUIREMENTS* CONTROL OF RADIATION EXPOSURE* MEDICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL SUPERVISION*
LABELING OF MATERIAL AND DEVICES) STORAGE OF MATERIALS) ACCOUNTING, CHECKING AND INTERNAL TRANSPORT
OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS* AND THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR INDUSTRIAL,
MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. SCHEDULES TO THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH STANDARDS
REGARDING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES, INCLUDING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSES AND MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES IN AIR AND WATER.
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SINGAPORE
LR(A)
"RADIATION PROTECTION (TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS) REGULATIONS* 1974,"
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO. 40, 1974
EPA
ENGLISH 06/30/74 PCS 616-79 ID« 05037C
THESE REGULATIONS, PASSED PURSUANT TO THE SINGAPORE RADIATION PROTECTION ACT OF 1973, GOVERN
THE TRANSPORT BY AIR, LAND OR MATER OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, PART I EXPLAINS THE SCOPE OF THE
REGULATIONS, DEFINES PERTINENT TERMS AND DETERMINES THAT THE REGULATIONS ARE TO COME INTO FORCE ON
SEPTEMBER I, 1974. PART II SETS FORTH PROVISIONS DEALING WITH EXPOSURE LIMIT8f CUSTOMS
EXAMINATIONS AND ACCIDENTS! PART III SPECIFIES MATERIALS TO BE EXEMPTED UNDER THESE REGULATIONS}
PART IV COVERS THE GENERAL PACKAGING AND PACKAGING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS! PART V LISTS THE
ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORT OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS! PART vi SETS FORTH
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PACKAGING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ACCORDING TO ACTIVITY LIMITS; PART VII
CONTAINS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE IN TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS)
PART VIII DEALS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS} AND PART IX SPECIFIES THE CONSIGNOR'S
RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.
USSR
LR(A)
SOLID WASTE
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
BASIC SANITARY REGULATIONS ON WORK WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND OTHER
SOURCES OF IONIZING RADIATION. OSP-72
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/73 PCS 1-55 ID« 01490E
THESE APRIL 10, 1972 REGULATIONS, APPROVED BY THE CHIEF SANITARY OFFICER OF THE USSR MINISTRY
OF HEALTH, SUPERSEDE THE JUNE 25, I960 REGULATIONS ON WORK WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, THEY ARE
ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUGUST 25, 1969 RADIATION SAFETY STANDARDS (NRB-69, NO, 62l»l«69),
THE DECEMBER 19, 1969 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION, AND THE 1971 SANITARY DESIGN
STANDARDS (SN 245-71), THEY CONTAIN THE BASIC RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH APPLY TO ALL
ENTERPRISES, INSTITUTIONS, ETC. THAT DEAL WITH RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF
IONIZING RADIATION.
"GOOD COLLECTION RESULTS FOR USED RAW MATERIALS!
RENEWED FAVOR," DIE PRESSE
DEPOSIT BOTTLE GAINING
GERMAN
09/13/77 PGS 10
IDs
EPA
OS100A
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, AUSTRIAN MINISTER OF TRADE 8TARIBACHER REPORTED THAT THE COLLECTION
PROGRAM FOR WASTE SUBSTANCES INITIATED BY THE MINISTRY HAS SHOWN CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS TO DATE,
THE AUSTRIAN SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF PRODUCTION, WHICH ORGANIZED THE MUNICIPAL COLLECTION
ACTIVITIES, HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 700,000 KILOGRAMS OF USED GLASS FROM ABOUT 1SOO COLLECTION
SITES, COLLECTION OF USED PAPER HAS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS WITH 17 MILLION KILOGRAMS, IN AUTUMN
1977, 1000 ADDITIONAL SPECIAL CONTAINERS FOR GLASS AND PAPER WILL BE INSTALLED TO INCREASE THE
QUANTITIES COLLECTED. AT THE SAME PRESS CONFERENCE, MINISTER STARIBACHER EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT THE TREND IN AUSTRIA TOWARDS PLASTIC AND METAL DISPOSABLE CONTAINERS FOR BEVERAGES,
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SOtlD WASTE
AUSTRIA
PM(B)
PRANCE
SEC )
"DEPOSITS IN THE MERCHANT'S HANO--STARI8ACHER SHOOTS THE CAN,* DIE PRESSE
ZERNATTO, VERONIKA EPA
GERMAN 09/16/77 PCS 3 ID* 05101A
MINISTER OF TRADE STARIBACHER is WORKING FOR THE USE OF RETURN-DEPOSIT BOTTLES FOR BEVERAGES
IN AUSTRIA IN PLACE OF THROWAWAY BOTTLES AND CANS IN ORDER TO REDUCE WASTE, IN PACKAGING, ONLY
WASTE GLASS is NOW RECLAIMED, THREE STUDIES ON THE DEPOSIT BOTTLE ARE NOW UNDERWAY UNDER THE
SPONSORSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND SEVERAL PACKAGING COMPANIES, A MAJOR GOAL OF SUCH
STUDIES IS TO MAKE THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM SIMPLER AND MORE UNIFORM, SO THAT THE CONSUMER WILL PAY THE
SAME DEPOSIT REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE PURCHASES HIS BEVERAGE, THE FEE IS ALSO TO BE SET HIGH
ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE THE CONSUMER TO RETURN THE BOTTLE AND TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE PRODUCER SHOULD
BOTTLES NOT BE RETURNED. BEVERAGE MAKERS SUPPORT THE RETURNABLE BOTTLE BECAUSE FILLING MACHINERY
IS CURRENTLY ADAPTED TO IT, MERCHANTS HANDLING THE DRINKS PREFER THE THRONAHAYS BECAUSE OF THE
TIME AND EFFORT INVOLVED IN TAKING BACK AND SORTING BOTTLES, IT SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT
ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE MOST POPULAR BEVERAGES, BEER, SOFT DRINKS AND MINERAL WATER, COME IN CANS.
•MR, D'ORNANO ANNOUNCES BUDGET OF 40 MILLION FRANCS FOR THE AGENCY
FOR THE RECOVERY OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES,* LE FIGARO
EPA
FRENCH 10/29/77 PCS 9 ID« 05057A
THE FRENCH AGENCY FOR THE DISPOSAL AND RECOVERY OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES IS REPORTED TO HAVE
ANNOUNCED THE MAJOR DIRECTIONS OF ITS PROGRAM FOR THE UPCOMING MONTHS, IN THE CLOSING OF THE
AGENCY'S SECOND SESSION, THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT STATED THAT THE ABENCY HAS ESPOUSED
AS ITS GOAL THE PROMOTION OF ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT KEEPING FRANCE CLEAN. CREATED BY THE JULY
IS, 1975 LAN, THE AGENCY IS A PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL NATURE WITH
AN ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL HEADED BY MR. ALAIN DANGEARO AND COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, AND VARIOUS INTEREST GROUPS, ACCORDING TO MR, O'ORNANO,
THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE BUDGET OF THE AGENCY is TO TOTAL 40 MILLION FRANCS,
JAPAN
PM(B)
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PGS 1»174
ALSO PMB, SE
•GENERAL AIR NOISE WATER
EPA
OS060A
LAND USE
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SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
LR(B)
PAGE
UOV ON PRODUCTKONTROLL--OT. PRP. NO. 51 (PRODUCT CONTROL ACT--OOELSTING
BILL NO, 51)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
NORWEGIAN* 04/18/75 PGS 1-136 ID* 005960
•ALSO ENGLISH ALSO PMA, 8E
•GENERAL NOISE TOXIC SUBS
NORWAY
PM(A)
LANGTIDSPROGRAHMET 1974-1977--SPECIALANALYSE It FORURENSNINGER (LONG-TERM
PROGRAM 1974-1977—SPECIAL ANALYSIS It POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/73 PGS 1-237 ID* 05032A
ALSO L<*B
•GENERAL AIR WATER
NORWAY
PM(B)
TEKNISK/OKONOMISKE ANALYSER VED OVERSIKTSPLANLEGGING (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION--TECHNICAL/ECONOHK ANALYSIS IN GENERAL PLANNING)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOR EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/70 PGS 1-227 ID* OSOSSA
•LAND USE AIR WATER NOISE
NORWAY
PM(B)
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT CONTROL! A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES AND
NORWAY
GULDEN, PER A, EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/76 PGS 1-104 ID* 05035A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL TOXIC SUBS NOISE
NORWAY
PM(B)
TILTAK MOT FORURENSNINGER (MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION)
NORWAY* MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
NORWEGIAN 12/00/75 PGS 1-136 ID*
ALSO LRB, SE
•GENERAL AIR WATER TOXIC SUBS
KPA
05041A
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SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(A)
3TATEN5 FORURENSNINGSTILSYN««AR3BERETNING FOR 1976 (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL
AUTHORITY—ANNUAL REPORT. 1976)
NORWAY, STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 02/00/77 PCS 1-31 ID* 05106A
ALSO PMB
•GENERAL WATER AIR NOISE
TOXIC SUBS
DENMARK
LR(B)
"UNCERTAIN RULES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF POISONS," BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
EPA
DANISH 09/32/77 PCS (I) 9 ID« OSJOflA
POISONOUS AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ARE DAILY BEING TRANSPORTED ON DANISH ROADS UNDER INADEQUATE
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS, REPORTS THIS ARTICLE, A WORKING GROUP WHICH HAS BEEN STUDYING THE SITUATION
FOR A YEAR REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH STRICT INTERNATIONAL RULES EXIST ON HOW TO HANDLE AND TRANSPORT
SUBSTANCES WHICH COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CORRESPONDING
DANISH REGULATIONS ARE AMBIGUOUS AND NEED CLARIFICATION. THE GROUP THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THAT
DENMARK ADOPT THE INTERNATIONAL RULES ADHERED TO BY THE MAJORITY OF WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
CONTROL COULD BE EXERCISED THROUGH A DOCUMENT CONTAINING INFORMATION ON PROPER HANDLING, ETC., TO
ACCOMPANY THE SUBSTANCE FROM PRODUCER TO RECIPIENT, PREFERABLY IN CONNECTION WITH PHYSICAL
CONTROL BY THE POLICE. THE DEBATE ON TRANSPORTATION OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES WAS STARTED IN
DENMARK IN 1972 WHEN A TRAILER TRUCK OVERTURNED DUMPING 23 TONS OF PHENOL INTO A WATERWORKS.
DRINKING WATER MAS POLLUTED AND FISH AND BIRDS WERE KILLED OVER A SO KM RADIUS.
DENMARK
8T{
ORGANIC LEAD COMPOUNDS! POLLUTION AND TOXICOLOGY, 8TATENS NATURVARD8VERK
PM879
GRANDJEAN, PHILIPPE, AND TORBEN NIELSEN EPA
DANISH 00/00/77 PG3 1-78 ID* 05027A
*AIR
NORWAY
LR(B)
LOV ON PRODUCTKONTROLL"OT. PRP. NO, 51 (PRODUCT CONTROL ACT--ODELSTING
BILL NO, 51)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
NORWEGIAN* 04/18/75 PGS 1*136 ID« 04396D
*ALSO ENGLISH ALSO PMA, SE
•GENERAL NOISE SOLID WASTE
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NORWAY
PM(B)
PAGE
37
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT CONTROLl A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE UNHID STATES AND
NORWAY
GULDEN, PER A. EPA
ENGLISH 05/00/76 PCS t-104 ID# 05035A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL NOISE SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
8EREDSKAP MOT AKUTT PORURENSNING (PREPAREDNESS FOR HANDLING ACUTE POLLUTION),
NOU 19711 25
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/74 PGS 1-50 ID« 05020A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL WATER AIR
NORWAY
PM(B)
TILTAK MOT FORURENSNINGER (MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
NORWEGIAN 12/00/75 PCS i-ne ID«
ALSO LRB, SE
•GENERAL AIR WATER SOLID WASTE
EPA
OS011A
SWEDEN
LRCB)
"CONTINUING BAN ON CHLOROPHENOL8." SVEN8KA DAGBLADET
SWEDISH
09/18/77 PGS 17
EPA
ID* 05058A
A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE DECISION BY THE PRODUCT
CONTROL BOARD IN THE SPRING OF 1977 TO BAN MOOD PRESERVATION COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CHLOROPHENOLS
HAS CAUSED THEM CONSIDERABLE HARDSHIP. THE BOARD IS, HOWEVER, UNRELENTING. IT MAINTAINS THAT
SINCE THERE ARE MANY SUBSTITUTES ON THE MARKET TODAY WHICH ARE NOT DANGEROUS, THERE IS NO REASON
TO USE A SUBSTANCE WHICH IS PROVEN TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO HUMAN HEALTH.
WHO
ST( )
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 31 LEAD
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ENGLISH 00/00/77 PGS t-160
EPA
ID« OS071A
THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA SERIES REVIEWS AND EVALUATES THE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR OF LEAD WHICH MAY INFLUENCE HEALTH, BASED ON
ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS WELL AS ON MATERIAL FROM A NUMBER OF RECENT REVIEWS AND FROM THE PROCEEDINGS
OF SEVERAL RECENT SYMPOSIA AND MEETINGS, FOLLOWING A SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTING MAJOR ISSUES AND MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, SUBSTANTIVE CHAPTERS, CONTAINING THE RESULTS ON WHICH THE
EVALUATION OF HEALTH RISKS IS BASED, COVER! PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF LEAD AND
PROCEDURES FOR ANALYZING THEM) SOURCES OF LEAD IN THE ENVIRONMENT) ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEAD) ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS AND EXPOSURES) METABOLISM OF LEAD) EXPERIMENTAL
STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF LEAD) EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF LEAD ON
MAN) AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH RISKS TO MAN FROM EXPOSURE TO LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS. A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEARLY 600 REFERENCES IS INCLUDED,
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AUSTRIA
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"JUNE 1, 1973 TREATY RELATING TO NAVIGATION ON THE OLD RHINE."
BUNOESGESETZBLATT FUER DIE REPUBLIK OESTERREICH
GERMAN
12/30/75 PCS 2817-19
ID*
EPA
05066A
THIS TREATY MAS SIGNED BY SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA WITH REGARD TO PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION
RELATING TO NAVIGATION ON LAKE CONSTANCE AND TO PROVIDE UNIFORM NAVIGATION PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE
OLD RHINE FROM THE MOUTH TO THE BRIDGE AT RHEINECK-GAI8SAU. THE TREATY STATES THAT THE PARTY
NATIONS ARE TO APPLY PRESCRIPTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE LAKE CONSTANCE CONVENTION EXCEPT THAT
SPECIAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE OLD RHINE MAY BE PASSED WHERE LOCAL CONDITIONS REQUIRE THEM. THE
TREATY COMES INTO FORCE JAN, 1, 1976,
"AUGUST 3i 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE WOOL WASHING INDUSTRY," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PGS 12328-29 ID* 00549NM
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEwATERS FROM THE FOLLOWING RAW WOOL TREATMENT
OPERATIONSl WASHING* CARDING AND CARBONIZATION, PRESCRIPTIONS REQUIRE EFFLUENT INTENDED FOR
DISCHARGE INTO PUBLIC SEWERS TO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIAI BODS MUST NOT EXCEED 4,000
MG/LI coo MUST BE LESS THAN 16,000 MG/L» SULFATE LEVEL MUST NOT EXCEED 3,000 MG/LI SUSPENDED
SOLIDS ARE LIMITED TO 2,5 GR/Ll AND FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS ORDER,
DETERGENTS ARE EXPECTED TO UNDERGO A MINIMAL 80 PERCENT BIODEGRADABILITY WITHIN A 24-HOUR
PERIOD,
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE PAPER INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PGS 12330-33 ID* 00549NN
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROMt 1) WOOD PULP MILLS (EXCLUSIVE OF
SULFITE PROCESS MILLS)I 2) PAPER MILLS) J) COMPOSITION BOARD MILLS* AND 4) COMBINATION CPULP AND
PAPER) MILLS, EXPRESSELY PROHIBITED BY THE ORDER IS THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT FROM ANY OF THESE
OPERATIONS INTO PUBLIC SEWERS, ADDITIONAL PRESCRIPTIONS RESTRICT THE LEVEL OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES
IN THE EFFLUENT, REQUIREMENTS PERTAIN TO BODS, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, PHOSPHORUS, MERCURY, COD,
AND SULFUR. (AN ATTACHED APRIL 22, 1977 AMENDMENT MODIFIES ARTICLES 5, 7, 9, AND 11 OF THE
ORDER, CALLING FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE 1976 ORDER ON THE GENERAL REGULATION OF WASTEWATER
DISCHARGES.)
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WATER
BELGIUM
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LRCA)
"AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE GLASS INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/7(> PCS 1233-35 ID* 005<*9NP
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM THE GLASS INDUSTRY. THE ORDER
DISTINGUISHES AMONG THREE CATEGORIES OF EFFLUENT FOR WHICH IT STIPULATES DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS
REGARDING THE LEVEL OF POLLUTANTS, THE THREE CATEGORIES ARE I EFFLUENT FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND
USE OF PLATE GLASS! EFFLUENT FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF HOLLOW SLASSi AND EFFLUENT FROM THE
MANUFACTURE AND USE OF GLASS DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS. POLLUTANT-LEVEL RESTRICTIONS APPLY TOl
DETERGENTS! NON-POLAR HYDROCARBONS EXTRACTABLE BY MEANS OF CARBON TETRACHLDRIOE) PHOSPHORUS! COD|
PHENOLS! CERIUM! COPPER) NICKEL! CADMIUM) LEAD* AND FLUORIDES.
"AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PGS 12336-57 ID* 00549NO
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAM AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND
FROM SPECIAL SLAUGHTERS OF MEAT-PRODUCING ANIMALS. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE EFFLUENT FOR DISCHARGE
INTO BOTH PUBLIC SEWERS AND SURFACE WATER TO BE FREE OF PORK BRISTLE, STERCORACEOUS SUBSTANCES,
AND, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS FEASIBLE, BLOOD, ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH ALTERNATIVE
POLLUTANT-LEVEL RESTRICTIONS ACCORDING TO WHETHER EFFLUENT IS INTENDED FOR DISCHARGE INTO
PUBLIC SEWERS OR SURFACE WATER, THESE RESTRICTIONS PERTAIN TO BODS, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, COD, AND
NITROGEN, CAN ATTACHED APRIL 22, 1977 AMENDMENT MODIFIES THE TERMINOLOGY USED TO DESIGNATE
ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE ORDER.)
BELGIUM
LRC*)
"AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE VEGETABLE PRESERVATION INDUSTRY." MQNITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PGS 12338-39 10 a OOS49NR
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRESERVATION BY
MEANS OF EVAPORATION, DEHYDRATION, FREEZE-DRYING, OR FREEZING. PROVISIONS CONTAIN TWO
SEPARATE SETS OF POLLUTANT-LEVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR APPLICABILITY TO EFFLUENT INTENDED FOR
DISCHARGE EITHER IN PUBLIC SEWERS OR IN SURFACE WATER. RESTRICTIONS PERTAIN TO BOOS, SUSPENDED
SOLIDS, SEDIMENTARY MATERIALS, COD, AND PH VALUE.
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WATER
BELGIUM
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
•AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM DISTILLERIES AND YEAST PLANTS," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PCS 12340-41 ID* 00549NS
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAM AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM DISTILLERIES AND YEAST PLANTS. THE
ORDER TREATS THE EFFLUENT FROM DISTILLERIES AND YEAST PLANTS INDIVIDUALLY WITH RESPECT TO
SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES. PROVISIONS DEALING WITH PUBLIC SEwER DISCHARGES, HOWEVER, APPLY
INDISCRIMINATELY TO DISTILLERIES AND YEAST PLANTS. ALL PRESCRIPTIONS SET LIMITS TO THE POLLUTANT
LEVEL OF THE EFFLUENT. SUCH RESTRICTIONS PERTAIN TO BODS, SULFATES, NITROGEN, AND COD,
•AUGUST 3* 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE MECHANICAL WORKING OF METALS." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PCS 12342-44 ID* 00549NT
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER8 FROM THE INDUSTRIES WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MECHANICAL WORKING* COLD WORKING, AND SURFACE FINISHING OF METALS. THE ORDER
DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN DISCHARGES CARRIED OUT INTO SURFACE WATER AND THOSE CARRIED OUT INTO
PUBLIC SEWERS* AND IT SETS FORTH* IN EACH INSTANCE* PERMISSIBLE LIMITS FOR THE POLLUTANT LEVEL
OF THE VARIOUS EFFLUENTS. RESTRICTIONS PERTAIN TO COO, SULFATES* FLUORIDES* CHLORINE* CYANIDES*
PHOSPHORUS* AND HEAVY METALS.
BELGIUM
LR(A)
•AUGUST 3, 1976 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM COKING PLANTS." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 09/29/76 PCS 12344-45 ID* 00549NU
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE MATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER8 FROM EXISTING COKING PLANTS, PRESCRIPTIONS
LIMIT EFFLUENT PARAMETERS TO THE FOLLOWING LESSER VALUESl BODS SHOULD BE EITHER 100 MG/L OR
20 G/TON OF COKE PRODUCED! COD, 500 MG/L OR 100 G/TONf AND N-NH4, 250 MG/L OR 50 G/TON. PHENOLS
ARE RESTRICTED TO 5 MG/L AND CYANIDES TO 1 MG/L.
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BELGIUM
PAGE
til
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
MASTEWATER FROM THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7512-13 ID* 00549NV
•ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAM AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE HATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR WASTEWATER DISCHARGES FOR THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND ITS DEPENDENT
ORGANIC CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES. DESIGNATED WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS PRESCRIBE A PH VALUE BETWEEN
6 AND 9 AND A BOD5 BELOW 300 MG/L. WASTEWATER CONCENTRATIONS ARE NOT TO EXCEEDl 1.0 MG/L FOR
SEDIMENTARY MATTER! 300 MG/L FOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS! AND 25 MG/L FOR NON-POLAR HYDROCARBONS,
TEMPERATURE IS NOT TO EXCEED 35 DEGREES C,
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE GELATIN INDUSTRY," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/OU/77 PGS 7514-15 ID* 005«9NW
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER) ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR THE WASTEWATER WHICH IS GENERATED BY THE GELATIN INDUSTRY. BODS
IS NOT PERMITTED TO EXCEED 100 MG/L. PERMISSIBLE LIMITS OF 1 MG/L ARE DESIGNATED FOR SEDIMENTARY
CONCENTRATIONS! OF 100 MG/L FOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS! AND OF 50 MG/L FOR PETROLEUM-ETHER EXTRACTABLE
MATERIALS. LIMITS ARE ALSO SPECIFIED FOR COD (600 MG/L)| PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATIONS (10 MG/L)!
AND AMMONIUM NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS (100 MG/L).
BELGIUM
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
FERTILIZER INDUSTRY WASTEWATER," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7515-16 ID* 00549NX
•ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY. PROVISIONS ARE
GROUPED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING THREE INDUSTRY SUB-BRANCHES) PHOSPHORIC ACID AND
SUPERPHOSPHATES) NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS! AND MIXED FERTILIZERS, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
PARAMETERS ARE SPECIFIED BY THE ORDER FOR EACH OF THESE THREE BRANCHES. PROSCRIBED CATEGORICALLY
ARE DISCHARGES OF THE FIRST TYPE INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE,
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WATER
BELGIUM
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER PROM COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSES," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7518-19 ID* 00549NY
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE HATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WA3TEWATERS FROM COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
PRESCRIBED VALUES PERTAIN TOl BODS (LIMITED TO SO MG/L)| PETROLEUM-ETHER EXTRACTABLE MATERIALS
(LIMITED TO SO HG/L)I COD (LIMITED TO 200 MG/L)| AND NITROGEN (LIMITED TO 600 M6/L). ALL
PRESCRIBED VALUES ARE VALID FOR A WATER CONSUMPTION OF 15 LITER PER ANIMAL SLAUGHTERED.
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR WASTEWATER
FROM THE MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7520«21 ID* 00549NZ
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM THE MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY.
STIPULATED WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS PERTAIN TO BODS* CONCENTRATIONS OF SEDIMENTS AND
PETROLEUM-ETHER EXTRACTABLE MATERIALS! AND COD,
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR WASTEWATER
FROM THE POTATO PROCESSING INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PG8 7521-22 ID* 00549PA
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM TH£ POTATO PROCESSING INDUSTRY,
PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS ARE THOSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 19 OF THE CROWN ORDER OF AUGUST 3, 1976
ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES (SEE ID «00549N) AND PERTAIN TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
PH LEVEL, TEMPERATURE, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, ODOR, AND PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF MATERIALS,
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43
MATER
BELGIUM
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LRCA)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR WASTEWATER
FROM THE OIL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7523*24 ID« 00549PB
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE MATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM THE MANUFACTURE AND PROCESSING OF OILS
AND ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS, EXCLUSIVE OF SOAP MAKING, MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUES SET FORTH BY
THE ORDER FOR SURFACE MATER DISCHARGES AREl 9.S FOR PHj THE EQUIVALENT OF 1,5 KG/TON OF FINISHED
PRODUCT FOR BODSj 0.5 KG/TON FOR SUBSTANCES EXTRACTABLE BY PETROLEUM ETHER} 7,5 KG/TON FOR COD|
AND 20 KG/TON FOR SULPHATES, MOREOVER, EFFLUENT TEMPERATURE IS NOT TO EXCEED THE TEMPERATURE OF
THE RECEIVING MATER BY MORE THAN 7 DEGREES C IF RECEIVING MATER TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 23 DEGREES C.
PERMISSIBLE VALUES FOR DISCHARGES INTO SEWERAGE RESTRICTS BODS TO 1200 MG/L| COD TO 2500 MG/Ll
AND SULPHATES TO THE EQUIVALENT OF 20 KG/TON.
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEMATER FROM THE PEROXIDE PRODUCING INDUSTRY." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7525 ID* 00549PC
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAM AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF MASTEMATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WA8TEWATERS FROM THE PEROXIDE PRODUCING INDUSTRY. THE
STIPULATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLES 7 AND 19 OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED 1976 GENERAL ORDER ON THE
REGULATION OF DISCHARGES (SEE ID NO, 00549N) ARE STATED TO BE APPLICABLE TO THIS PARTICULAR
INDUSTRY.
BELGIUM
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
MA8TEWATER FROM BARREL CLEANING INSTALLLATIONS," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7526-27 ID« OOS49PD
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE OR SURFACE MATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEMATERS FROM BARREL CLEANING INSTALLATIONS,
PRESCRIPTIONS SET FORTH MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION LEVELS FOR A VARIETY OF POLLUTANTS.
THESE INCLUOEl FLUORIDES, CHLORINE, CYANIDES, PHOSPHORUS, PHENOLS, AND HEAVY METALS,
ALTERNATIVE CONCENTRATION LEVELS ARE PROVIDED ACCORDING TO WHETHER EFFLUENT IS INTENDED FOR
DISCHARGE INTO SURFACE MATER OR PUBLIC SEWERS,
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WATER
BELGIUM
LR(A)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
CHLORINE PRODUCTION KASTEWATER," MQNITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7528-39 ID* 00549PE
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE J976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF CHLORINE BOTH BY
ELECTROLYSIS AND BY THE MERCURY OR DIAPHRAGM PROCESSES, AS WELL AS FROM THE PREPARATION AND
PURIFICATION OF BRINE NECESSARY TO THE PRODUCTION OP SUCH CHLORINE. PROHIBITED BY THE ORDER ARC
ANY DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERS, PRESCRIPTIONS GOVERNING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGE INTO
SURFACE WATER PERTAIN TO PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS* ACTIVE AND ORGANIC CHLORINE,
PH, AND MERCURY, MADE MANDATORY BY THE ORDER is THE EVACUATION OF ALL EFFLUENT VIA A CONTROL
DEVICE DESIGNED TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS! 1) THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF AFFLUENT
FLOW RATEl 2) THE INDICATION OF THE DAILY EFFLUENT OUTFLOW) AND 3) THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING
OF MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS,
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM THE CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS INDUSTRY," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7530-51 ID* 00549PF
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE MATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF CHLORINATED
HYDROCARBONS ANO CERTAIN DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR
POLYMERIZATION, EXCLUDED FROM REGULATION BY THE ORDER, HOWEVER, IS THE PRODUCTION OF
CHLORINATED PESTICIDES, PRESCRIBED BY THE PROVISION ARE THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE
CONCENTRATION LEVELS FOR THE EFFLUENT! 5 MG/L FOR CHLOROFORM AND CARBON TETRACHLORIDEl 30 MG/L
FOR CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS! 1 MG/L FOR ACTIVE CHLORINEj 300 MG/L FOR CODj 50 MG/L FOR TOC| AND
2 MG/L FOR COPPER. BODS REQUIREMENTS ARE STATED TO BE NON-APPLICABLE TO THIS INDUSTRY,
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM VARNISH AND PAINT PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENTS," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PG8 7531-33 ID* 00549PG
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM VARNISH AND PAINT PRODUCING
ESTABLISHMENTS, PRESCRIBED BY THE ORDER ARE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUES FOR VARIOUS SUBSTANCES
CONTAINED WITHIN THE EFFLUENT, THESE PRESCRIPTIONS PERTAIN TO CYANIDES, PHENOLS, COD, AND HEAVY
METALS AND DIFFER ACCORDING TO WHETHER THE EFFLUENT IS INTENDED FOR SEWER OR SURFACE HATER
DISCHARGE,
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WATER
BELGIUM
PACE
LR(A)
BELGIUM
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
NASTEWATER PROM QUARRIES, CEMENT PLANTS, SAND PITS AND DREDGING OPERATIONS."
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PCS 7533-34 10* 00549PH
*ALSO FLEMISH
MONITEUR BELGE
THIS CROWN ORDER/ ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATERS FROM QUARRIES, CEMENT PLANTS, SAND-PITS
AND DREDGING OPERATIONS (EXCLUSIVE OF THOSE CARRIED OUT IN RIVERS), THE ORDER REQUIRES EFFLUENT
INTENDED FOR DISCHARGE INTO SURFACE WATER TO CONTAIN NO MORE 200 MG/L OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS
AND 2 ML/L OF SEDIMENTARY MATERIALS WHENEVER WIND SPEED, MEASURED AT 1,5 M FROM GROUND LEVEL,
IS GREATER THAN 28 KM/H OR WHENEVER THE EFFLUENT FLOW-RATE IS GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM DRY
PERIOD RATE PROVIDED FOR IN THE AUTHORIZATION ACT. STIPULATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE
ABOVE MENTIONED 1976 GENERAL ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF DISCHARGES (SEE ID NO. 00549N) ARE
LIKEWISE MADE APPLICABLE UNDER IDENTICAL WIND AND FLOW-RATE CONDITIONS.
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
FEEDLOT WASTEWATER," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7535-36 ID* OOS49PJ
*AL80 FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM CATTLE FEEDLOTS. PRESCRIBED ARE MAXIMUM
PERMISSIBLE VALUES FOR VARIOUS POLLUTANTS IN THE EFFLUENT, TWO VALUES ARE INDICATED FOR EACH OF
THE PRESCRIBED PARAMETERS, THE LESSER OP THE TWO TAKING PRECEDENCE. VALUES PERTAIN TO BOOS,
SUSPENDED SOLIDS, COO, NITROGEN, NITRITES, NITRATES, AND PHOSPHATES,
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM STARCH PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7536-37 ID* 00549PK
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER, ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF NASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER, LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM STARCH PRODUCING AND PROCESSING
FACILITIES. PRESCRIBED ARE THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONTENT LEVELS FOR THE EFFLUENTl
BODS—SO MG/L; SUSPENDED SOLIDS--IOO MG/LI AND COD--SOO
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06
WATER
BELGIUM
LRCA)
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM LINEN RETTING FACILITIES." MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7536-39 ID* 005«9PL
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORD£R» ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE HATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE (976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF wASTEwATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAVS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM LINEN RETTING FACILITIES. PROHIBITED
BY THE ORDER IS THE DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT INTO PUBLIC SEWERS, PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO DISCHARGES
INTO SURFACE WATER PRESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONTENT LEVELS FOR THE EFFLUENT!
BODS—300 MG/LlSUSPENDED SOLIDS--100 MG/Lj SEDIMENTARY MATTER—1,5 ML/Ll COD—1000 MG/Ll
NITROGEN—SO MG/LI AND PHOSPHORUS—SO MG/L.
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR
WASTEWATER FROM SOAP PRODUCING FIRMS," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7539-41 ID» 00519PM
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM SOAP FACTORIES AND FROM FIRMS WHICH
PRODUCE THE RAW MATERIALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS AND/OR PROCESS SUCH RAW
MATERIALS TOWARD TECHNICAL ENDS, PROVISIONS CONCERNED WITH SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES REQUIRE THE
PH LEVEL OF THE EFFLUENT TO FALL WITHIN THE 6,5 TO 9,5 RANGE AND LIMIT THE BOOS TO A LEVEL
CORRESPONDING TO ISO G/TON OF MANUFACTURED PRODUCT, PRESCRIPTIONS RELATIVE TO DISCHARGES INTO
PUBLIC SEWERS RESTRICT THE RATIO BETWEEN THE COD AND THE BODS OF THE EFFLUENT TO 15.
BELGIUM
LR(A)
"APRIL 22, 1977 CROWN ORDER FIXING SECTORAL DISCHARGE CONDITIONS FOR WASTEWATER
FROM PRINTING OFFICES," MONITEUR BELGE
EPA
FRENCH* 06/04/77 PGS 7541-43 ID« 00549PN
*ALSO FLEMISH
THIS CROWN ORDER* ISSUED IN PURSUANCE OF THE 1971 SURFACE WATER PROTECTION LAW AND THE 1976
ORDER ON THE REGULATION OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SURFACE WATER* LAYS
DOWN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM PRINTING OFFICES. THE PRINTING OFFICES
ARE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS, TYPOGRAPHY, BINONG AND OFFSETTING CONSTITUTING THE FIRST GROUP*
AND HELIOGRAPHY* PHOTOENGRAVING* AND SERIOGRAPHY* THE SECOND. THE ORDER PROHIBITS DISCHARGES BY
BOTH GROUPS OF INK AND DEVELOPMENT BATH RESIDUES. SUCH EFFLUENT IS REQUIRED TO UNDERGO PROCESSING
AT A RECOVERY OR DISPOSAL CENTER, NO FURTHER REQUIREMENT'S ARE PRESCRIBED FOR GROUP 1 OTHER THAN
THOSE CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED 1976 GENERAL DISCHARGE ORDER (ID »00549N), PRESCRIPTIONS
RELATIVE TO GROUP 2 APPLY TO BOTH SEWER AND SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES AND SET FORTH MAXIMUM
PERMISSIBLE CONTENT LEVELS FOR COPPER* CHROME* ZINC* AND SILVER,
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HATER
BRAZIL
UR(A)
PACE
BASIC LEGISLATION (1977)
PORTUGUESE
•GENERAL
AIR
00/00/77 PCS i-30
EPA
ID« OU021B
BRAZIL
ST(
TECNICAS RADIOISOTOPICAS APLICAOA3 A ESTUOOS OE CONTROLS OA POLUICAO 00 MEIO
AMBIENTE (RADIOI80TOPIC TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL STUDIES)
SANCHEZ, WLADIMYR, AND OTHERS EPA
PORTUGUESE 00/00/75 PCS l-5« ID* 05094A
ALSO PMB
THIS REPORT, PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH BRAZILIAN SANITARY ENGINEERING CONGRESS, HELD IN RIO DC
JANEIRO DURING DECEMBER 1975, DESCRIBES METHODS TO DETERMINE THE FLOW AND DILUTION OP SEWAGE AND
OTHER LIQUID AND SOLID DISCHARGES IN RECEIVING MATERS BY USING RADIOACTIVE TRACERS. INTEGRAL
COUNT AND CONTINUOUS INJECTION METHODS ARE DESCRIBED AS WELL AS METHODS FQR MEASURING THE
TRANSIT TIME OF WATERS IN POLLUTED LAKES AND RIVERS FOR STUDYING THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
DIFFUSION RATES. THESE METHODS ARE AMPLY ILLUSTRATED IN THE TEXT OF THE REPORT WITH FORMULAS,
FIGURES AND GRAPHS. THE PARTICULAR APPLICABILITY OF THESE METHODS TO STUDIES RELATING TO THE
SITING OF COASTAL SUBMARINE SEWAGE DISCHARGE TUBES IS ALSO DISCUSSED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER
FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF THESE METHODS IN BRAZIL.
DENMARK
PM(B)
"FINE WATER FOR SWIMMING." BERLINGSKE TIDENDE
DANISH 09/08/77 PCS (I) 7
EPA
ID* 05088A
THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE OP THE (COPENHAGEN) METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT
FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE 1,600 KM OF COASTAL AREA IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION ARE NOW FIT FOR SWJMMING
AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ONLY TEN YEARS AGO MANY OF THESE BEACH AREAS WERE 80 POLLUTED
THAT THEY MERE NOT AT ALL SUITABLE FOR SWIMMING. ALTHOUGH BATHING CONDITIONS CAN NOW BE CALLED
GENERALLY GOOD, THEY ARE STILL OPEN TO FURTHER IMPROVEMENT, AND IT IS NOTED THAT NEW PURIFICATION
PLANTS HAVE GONE INTO OPERATION SINCE THE 1976 SUMMER SEASON. IT IS HOPED THAT INVESTIGATIONS
PRESENTLY BEING CONDUCTED AT KOGE BAY, ARRESO, MOLLEASYSTEMET, AND NIVA BAY WILL REVEAL THE
EXTENT TO WHICH AN AREA OF WATER CAN BE BURDENED BY PURIFIED WASTEWATER,
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PM(B)
"DATA BANK ON OIL SPILL PREVENTION,"
FRENCH 09/00/77
NUISANCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT, NO. 63
EPA
PCS 15 ID* 05098A
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IS REPORTED TO HAVE FORWARDED PROPOSALS TO THE EC COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS CONCERNING! n THE CREATION OF A DATA BANK ON POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION IN THE WAKE
OF AN OIL SPILL, AND 2) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL SLICK
COLLECTION AND DISPERSION TECHNOLOGIES. THE COMMISSION ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A STUDY OF
THE EFFECTS OF OIL ON MARINE LIFE. IN ADDITION, CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A GROUP OF EXPERTS DEVOTED TO THE EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES, CIRCUMSTANCES, AND
EFFECTS OF RECENT SPILLS. SUCH A GROUP IS REGARDED AS A SUITABLE ORGAN FOR THE ANALYSIS OF
DATA GATHERED BY THE DANISH AUTHORITIES ON THE CAUSES OF THE EKOFISK INCIDENT AND POSSIBLE
MEANS OF PREVENTION,
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MATER
FINLAND
LRCB)
PRANCE
PM(B)
"STRICTER CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION." HUFVUDSTADSBLADET
SWEDISH 08/30/77 PCS 9 ID*
ALSO
EPA
05019A
IN THE SPRING OF 1976 THE FINNISH SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN A PREJUDICATIVE DECISION AGAINST
KEMIRA OY'S FACTORY AT NYSTAD STIPULATING THAT HARMFUL SUBSTANCES PRECIPITATED THROUGH THE AIR
MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION. THE FINNISH BOARD OF WATERS HAS NOW ISSUED
DIRECTIVES TO ALL WATER DISTRICTS TO ENFORCE STRICTER WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IN THIS REGARD*
PARTICULARLY WHEN ISSUING PERMITS, ETC, ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES MUST BE CHECKED WITH REGARD TO AIR
EMISSIONS WHICH MAY CAUSE WATER POLLUTION, AND THE BOARD MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS BEFORE
.THE END OF 1977. FIVE CATEGORIES OF POLLUTANTS HAVE BEEN LISTEDl POISONOUS AND DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCES (I.E. M6RCURY, LEAD, CADMIUM, ETC.)* HARMFUL SUBSTANCES (I.E. FLUORINE COMPOUNDS,
AMMONIA, ETC.)! NUTRITIVE SUBSTANCES (I.E, PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN, ETC.)) SUBSTANCES WHICH
CONTRIBUTE TO ACIDIFICATION (I.E. SULFUR DIOXIDE, MINERAL ACIDS, ETC,)l AND SUBSTANCES WHICH
INCREASE THE CONTENTS OF SALT OR THE TURBIDITY OF WATER (I.E. LIME, CEMENT, ETC.),
"THIRD GEAR FOR RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN-CORSICA,1
ENVIRONNEMENT, NO, 63
NUISANCES ET
FRENCH
09/00/77 PCS 63
ID*
EPA
05116A
THE RECENT IMPLEMENTATION BY THE RHONE-MEDITERRANEAN.CORSICA BASIN FINANCE AGENCY OF ITS
THIRD PROGRAM, COVERING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1977 AND 1961, PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AUTHOR
OF THIS ARTICLE TO BRIEFLY EXAMINE PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE OBECTIVES OF THE AGENCY.
PREVIOUS PROGRAMS ARE CREDITED WITH THE CURRENT 60 PERCENT RATE OF POLLUTION TREATMENT. 75
PERCENT OF THE BASIN POLLUTION, HOWEVER, IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO TREATMENT BY 1963, AN OVERVIEW
OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE THIRD PROGRAM ESTIMATES TOTAL AGENCY EXPENSES AT 1166 MILLION
FRANCS, WITH 80 PERCENT OF THIS AMOUNT EARMARKED FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION, A SURVEY OF THE
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WHICH THE NEW PROGRAM EXPECTS TO SOLVE COVERS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT TREATMENT,
LINKAGE TO URBAN NETWORKS, AND MAINTENANCE OF TREATMENT FACILITIES ON THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.
SOLUTIONS PROPOSED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAM ARE CITED,
PAGE
GERMANY,FED REP OF
SEC )
"EFFECTS OF THE SEWAGE FEE LAW. ON INVESTMENT PLANNNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN
ENTERPRISES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND WATER ASSOCIATIONS," UMWELT, NO, SB
GERMANY,FED REP OF. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR EPA
GERMAN 09/86/77 PCS 9 ID* 05125A
UNDER CONTRACT TO THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, THE PUBLIC FINANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE HAS JUST ISSUED A REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF THE SEWAGE FEE LAW, PASSED
IN SEPTEMBER 1976 BY THE FEDERAL DIET, AFTER A DISCUSSION OF THE METHODOLOGY EVOLVED FOR THE
STUDY, THE REPORT REVEALS RESULTS OF AN INITIAL SURVEY OF AFFECTED GROUPS, THE CLEAREST RESULTS
OF THE ANTICIPATED FEE, TO BE IMPOSED IN FOUR YEARS, ARE OBSERVABLE IN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE,
INFORMATION IS LESS CLEAR IN REGARD TO COMMUNITIES AND WATER ASSOCIATIONS, EFFECTS OF THE LAW
INCLUDE A GREATER READINESS TO INVEST IN SEWAGE PURIFICATION MEASURES, MOKE INTENSIVE INVESTMENT
PLANS, AND ACCELERATED INVESTMENT OR BUILDING PLANS, MORE THAN so PERCENT OF THOSE QUESTIONED
WERE FINISHING SEWAGE PURIFICATION FACILITIES PLANNED OR IN CONSTRUCTION MORE RAPIDLY,
FURTHERMORE, MANY ENTERPRISES ANTICIPATE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PROCEDURES,
THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT NO INCREASE IN THE FEE IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
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WATER
INTERNATIONAL
LR(A)
"JUNE 1, 1973 CONVENTION RELATING TO NAVIGATION ON LAKE CONSTANCE TOGETHER WITH
APPENDIX AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL." 8UNDESGE8TEZBLATT FUER DIE REPU6LIK OE3TERREICH
EPA
GERMAN 12/30/75 PCS 2811-17 ID* 05065*
THIS CONVENTION, SIGNED BY AUSTRIA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, AND SWITZERLAND, RELATES
TO THE UPPER LAKE AND UEBERLINGER LAKE AREAS OF LAKE CONSTANCE, IT PROVIDES THAT THE PARTY
STATES WILL PASS SIMILAR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NAVIGATION ON THE LAKE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND EASE
OF TRAFFIC AND TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, REGULATIONS FOR FLOATING INSTALLATIONS WILL
ALSO BE MADE INSOFAR AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THESE ENDS. TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, STATES MAY
FORBID TRAFFIC WITH SPECIFIC TYPES OF VEHICLES OR PROHIBIT NAVIGATION ON CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
LAKE OR AT GIVEN TIMES, SHIPS REQUIRE APPROVAL TO OPERATE ON THE LAKE, AND SHIP'S OPERATORS
REQUIRE PERMITS OR LICENSES, THE CONVENTION PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION
AND PURSUANT REGULATIONS. IN ADDITION IT ESTABLISHES AN INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMMISSION FOR
LAKE CONSTANCE, COMPOSED OF PARTY STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND PROVIDES FOR A COMMISSION OF
ARBITRATION TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENTS. THE CONVENTION COMES INTO FORCE JAN. 1, 1976.
ITALY
PM(B)
"COMMISSION IN FRIULI FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATER."
DELLA SERA
CORRIERE
ITALIAN
ALSO LRB
07/07/77 PCS 11
ID*
EPA
05046A
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF FRIULl-VENEZI* GIULI* IS REPORTED TO HAVE
ESTABLISHED A REGIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATER FROM POLLUTION WHICH IS TO BE IN
CHARGE OF RESEARCH AND THE COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES DEALING WITH WATER PROTECTION, THIS
COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF NATIONAL LAW NO, 319, WHICH ASSIGNED TO THE REGIONS,
AMONG OTHERS, THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIBILITIES! THE MAINTENANCE OF A DISCHARGE MONITORING
SYSTEM) THE PERFORMANCE OF SAMPLING OPERATIONS) AND THE PREPARATION OF PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF WATER QUALITY, THE CONCERN OF THE FRIULl-VENEZIA GIULIA REGION WITH MATTERS OF WATER
RESOURCES HAS BEEN APPARENT IN ITS PAST UNDERTAKINGS, WHICH THE AUTHOR BRIEFLY DESCRIBES, AS
LONG AGO AS 1970 THE REGION IS REPORTED TO HAVE ENACTED A U« WHICH CHARGED THE LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND WHICH MADE FUNDING
AVAILABLE FOR OPERATIONS AMOUNTING TO 11 BILLION LIRE.
JAPAN
LRCB)
"NEW MEASURES SUGGESTED TO CURB WATER POLLUTION," JAPAN TIMES
EPA
ENGLISH 12/10/77 PCS 2 ID* 05128A
THE ADVISORY CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION HAS SUBMITTED A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FOR A NEW WATER POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURE UNDER WHICH
WATER POLLUTANTS WOULD BE RESTRICTED BY QUANTITY INSTEAD OF aY DENSITY AS AT PRESENT. THE COUNCIL
REPORTS THAT BECAUSE THE PRESENT SYSTEM ALLOWS SOURCES TO DISCHARGE LARGE QUANTITIES OF POLLUTANTS
IF THEY ARE DILUTED WITH WATER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS IN AREAS WITH
ONLY A FEW OUTLETS SUCH AS THE INLAND SEA. AFFECTED BY THE QUANTITATIVE CONTROLS, WHICH WOULD
COVER COASTAL AS WELL AS UPPER STREAM AREAS, WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND OTHER POLLUTION SOURCES
SUBJECT TO THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LAW. TOTAL AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS FOR EACH AREA WOULD BE
BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS) CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND WOULD BE USED AS A POLLUTION INDEX, THE
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BILL PROVIDING FOR THIS NEW CONTROL IN THE NEXT DIET, WITH
THE HOPE OF BEGINNING ITS GRADUAL IMPLEMENTING BY THE END OF 1979 IN AREAS SUCH AS THE INLAND SEA,
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PM(B)
PAGE
SO
LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
JAPAN. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
ENGLISH 06/00/77 PCS 1-174
ALSO PMB, SE
EPA
05060A
"GENERAL
AIR
NOISE
SOLID WASTE LAND USE
NORWAY
LR(B)
ERSTATNINGSANSVAR FOR FORUREN8ING3SKADER (CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION
DAMAGES). NOU 19731 6
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/73 PG8 1-44 ID« 05022A
ALSO PMB
THIS OFFICIAL REPORT PRESENTS A DRAFT LAW CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FOR POLLUTION
CAUSED BY THE SEARCH FOR OR EXTRACTION OF SUBOCEANIC NATURAL RESOURCES. THE BACKGROUND AND NEED
FOR SUCH LEGISLATION IS SURVEYED IN THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT, CHAPTERS COVER! OPERATIONS ON
THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF I SURVEY OF FOREIGN CLAIMS LEGISLATION! CURRENT NORWEGIAN
LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE OPERATIONS ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELFl RISK OF POLLUTION! NORWEGIAN
ACTIONS AGAINST OIL POLLUTION! CLAIMS LEGISLATION PRESENTLY IN FORCEI INTERNATIONAL RULES
CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION CAUSED BY TANKER TRANSPORTATION! THE NEED FOR
REGULATIONS! THE QUESTION OF OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY) THE QUESTION OF WHICH
DAMAGES THE LAW SHOULD COVER! THE LAW'S GEOGRAPHIC FIELD OF ACTION! EXEMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS!
DUTY TO POST SECURTIYl QUESTIONS OF JOINT RESPONSIBILITY AND LEGAL REMEDY! PROCESSING OF CLAIMS!
NOTICE TO CREDITORS! AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO COMPENSATION.
NORWAY
PM(A)
LANGTIDSPROGRAMHET 1974-1977--3PECIALANALYSE ll FORURENSNINGER (LONG-TERM
PROGRAM 1974-1977—SPECIAL ANALYSIS 11 POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF FINANCE EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/72 PCS 1-237 ID* 05032A
ALSO LRB
'GENERAL AIR SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
MILJOVERN—TEKNISK/OKONOMISKE ANALYSER VED OVERSIKTSPLANI.EGGING (ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION--TECHNICAL/ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN GENERAL PLANNING)
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOR EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/70 PGS 1-227 ID* OS033A
*LAND USE AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE
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PM(B)
PAGE
51
8EREOSKAP MOT AKUTT FORUREN8NIN5 (PREPAREDNESS FOR HANDLING ACUTE POLLUTION).
NOU 19741 25
EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/74 PCS 1-50 10* 05020A
ALSO LRB
•GENERAL TOXIC SUBS AIR
NORWAY
PH(B)
NORWAY
PM(B)
WATER MANAGEMENT IN NORWAY
SAMDAL, J.E,
ENGLISH 00/00/75
PG3 1-50
EPA
10* 05021A
THIS REPORT WAS PRESENTED AT A MEETING ARRANGED BY NORDFORSK (SCANDINAVIAN COUNCIL FOR APPLIED
SCIENCE) IN ICELAND IN SEPTEMBER 1973, GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NORWAY PERTAINING TO AREA,
POPULATION, CLIMATE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS AND ECONOMY IS CAPSULIZED, A SURVEY OF WATER
RESOURCES COVERS AVAILABLE WATER, THE CHARACTER OF WATER, ANO WATER USE. LEGISLATION,
ADMINISTRATION, AND HATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING ARE BRIEFLY OUTLINED, A CHAPTER DEALING WITH
WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICE INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND SPECIAL POLLUTION
PROBLEMS. WATER RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS ARE SUMMARIZED, A LITERATURE COMPILATION AND
NUMEROUS CHARTS AND TABLES ARE APPENDED,
WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORWAYl RESOURCES,
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PCS 1-24
NEEDS AMD POLICY OPTIONS
EPA
ID* 05023A
THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE NORWEGIAN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS
WATER CONFERENCE IN MARCH 1977. IT ASSESSES THE NORWEGIAN WATER SITUATION BY SURVEYING PRESENT
WATER RESOURCES, NEEDS AND POLICY OPTIONS. FUNCTIONS ANO RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS MINISTRIES
ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL AS PROGRESS MADE IN EXPANDING THE FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THESE AUTHORITIES.
RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ANO WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ASPECTS OF WATER MANAGEMENT ARE COVERED. IT IS NOTED THAT ACID PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN
NORWAY HAS INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS, THE QUALITY OF NORWEGIAN WATER IS EVALUATED, TWO TABLES
DEPICT THE WATER QUALITY OF SOME NORWEGIAN WATER COURSES AS INDICATED BY THE MEANS OF MONTHLY
SAMPLES IN 1966-1970, ANO THE WATER QUALITY OF SOME NORWEGIAN LAKES AS INDICATED BY THE MEANS OF
MONTHLY SAMPLES IN 1966-1969.
NORWAY
PM(8)
TILTAK MOT FORURENSNINGER (MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION)
NORWAY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
NORWEGIAN 12/00/75 PGS 1-136 ID*
ALSO LRB, SE
•GENERAL AIR SOLID WASTE TOXIC SUBS
EPA
05041A
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52
NORWAY INNOVATES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
SMITH, DOUGLAS V.
ENGLISH 10/00/7J PCS 1-80
ALSO LRB
"GENERAL LAND USE AIR
EPA
ID* 0504BA
NORWAY
PM(B)
OM ARBEIDET MED EN LANDSPLAN FOR BRUKEN AV VANNRESSURENE (ON PREPARATION OF A
NATIONAL PLAN FOR THE USE OF WATER RESOURCES). PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NO. 107, 197«-75
EPA
NORWEGIAN 05/02/75 PCS 1-104 ID# 05092A
THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS IN THIS PARLIAMENTARY REPORT A NATIONAL PLAN FOR THE USE
OF HATER RESOURCES, EMPHASIZING CONCRETE MEASURES TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO REDUCE WATER
POLLUTION. THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "WATER RESOURCES IN TODAY'S SOCIETY! AVAILABILITY, NEED, AND
CONFLICT" COVERS! INTERACTION BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIETY AND WATER NEEDS AND WATER
POLLUTION^ INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES OF IMPORTANCE FOR THE UTILIZATION OF WATER RESOURCES!
POLLUTION IN NORWAY? AND THE INDIVIDUAL USER'S NEEDS AND DEMANDS FOR WATER QUALITY. THE CHAPTER
DEALING WITH ALTERNATIVE MEASURES AND CONSEQUENCES DISCUSSES MEASURES TO CONTROL POLLUTION IN
CITIES, VILLAGES, INDUSTRY, AND AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS GENERAL TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL MAYS TO DO
90. THE REPORT CONCLUDES WITH A SUGGESTED PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE WATER CONDITIONS IN NORWAY. SPECIAL REPORTS AND NUMEROUS MAPS SURVEYING THE WATER
POLLUTION SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY ARE APPENDED.
NORWAY
PM(A)
STATENS FORUREN8NING8TILSYN--ARSBERETNING FOR 1976 (STATE POLLUTION CONTROL
AUTHORITY—ANNUAL REPORT, 1976)
NORWAY, STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 02/00/77 PCS 1-31 ID* 05106A
ALSO PMB
•GENERAL AIR NOISE SOLID WASTE
NORWAY
PM(B)
FORURENSNINGER 06 MILJOVERNTILTAK I GRENLAND (POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFORTS IN GRENLAND)
NORWAY. STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY EPA
NORWEGIAN 10/00/77 PCS 1-6 ID* 05112A
AIR
THIS REPORT BY THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY OUTLINES THE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION
SITUATION IN GRENLANO, THE HOST HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED AREA IN NORWAY. SOURCES AND CAUSES OF
POLLUTION ARE DISCUSSED AND IMPORTANT EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM ESTABLISHED AS WELL AS
PLANNED INSTALLATIONS ARE SURVEYED, THE CONTROL SECTION OF THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY
HANDLES THE SYSTEM OF CONTROL AND SUPERVISION IN COOPERATION WITH THE FYLKE8MAN (CHIEF COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER) AND THE CONTROL BOARD FOR INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION FOR TELEMARK.
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WATER
NORWAY
PM(B)
NORWAY
PM(B)
EXTRAORDINARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF THE OIL POLLUTION CONTINGENCY
PLANNINGI PARLIAMENTARY BILL NO, tea (1975-76)
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
ENGLISH 00/00/76 PCS 1-49 10* 0511JA
ALSO LRB
THE PARLIAMENTARY BILL DISCUSSED HERE INTRODUCES PROPOSALS FOR REINFORCEMENT MEASURES
CONCERNING NATIONAL OIL POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLANNING, TO COME INTO EFFECT IN 1977, WITH THE
OBJECTIVE OF BRINGING THE OIL POLLUTION CONTINGENCY ARRANGEMENTS UP TO A SATISFACTORY LEVEL BY
THE SUMMER OF 1978. THE PRESENT SITUATION IS TRACED WITH REGARD TO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT,
AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT, AND POSSIBLE DIVISION OF AUTHORITY CONCERNING OIL POLLUTION. INDIVIDUAL
CHAPTERS COVER! OIL EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION ACTIVITIES ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND RELATED
POLLUTION HAZARDS! OIL SPILLS FROM SHIPS) LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE! ORGANIZATION OF OIL
POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLANNING! OIL POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT! THE NEED FOR REINFORMCEMENT OF
CONTINGENCY PLANNING! RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT! AND EXTRAORDINARY APPROPRIATIONS, A SURVEY OF
AVAILABLE OIL POLLUTION CLEAN-UP EQUIPMENT AND CHARTS AND MAPS OUTLINING CONSUMPTION OF OIL AND
TRANSPORT OF OIL BY TANKERS IN NORWAY ARE APPENDED.
HVO SKAL VI GJORE MED FORURENSNING FRA SPREDT BEBYGELLSE OF FRA LANDBRUKET?
(WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH POLLUTION FROM SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS AND FROM AGRICULTURE?)
NORWAY. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EPA
NORWEGIAN 00/00/77 PGS 1-7 ID« 0511UA
THIS PUBLICATION INFORMS THE PUBLIC OF THE POLLUTION OF LAKE MJOSA AND OFFERS CONCRETE
SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING THE SITUATION. 360 TONS OF PHOSPHORUS ARE EMITTED INTO THE LAKE ANNUALLY,
AN AMOUNT WHICH MUST BE REDUCED BY HALF wJTHIN THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LAKE, ALTHOUGH
POLLUTION COMES FROM THE LAKE'S ENTIRE PRECIPITIATION FIELD, THIS PAMPHLET DEALS ONLY WITH
POLLUTION FROM CATTLE FARMING AND FROM SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS NOT CONNECTED TO A MUNICIPAL
SEWERAGE INSTALLATION, THE SOURCES OF ONE-THIRD OF PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION. AS EXPLAINED HERE,
OFFICIALS ARE TO INVESTIGATE AND MAP OUT POLLUTION FROM EACH HOUSEHOLD, REGISTERING SEWERAGE
FACILITIES, ETC, IF EXTREME POLLUTION EXISTS, OWNERS WILL BE ORDERED TO INSTALL A PURIFICATION
PLANT OF THE TYPE ILLUSTRATED HERE, INFORMATION AND ADVICE ARE ALSO INCLUDED COVERING! THE
STORING AND SPREADING OF MANURE! SEWAGE FROM MILKING FACILITIES! EMISSIONS FROM SILOS! AND HELP IN
PLANNING AND FINANCING.
NORWAY
PM(B)
MJOSA SKAL REDOES (LAKE MJOSA MUST BE SAVED)
NORWEGIAN 00/00/77 PCS 1-3
EPA
ID* 05130A
THIS PAMPHLET, PUBLISHED BY THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL AUTORITY AND THE MINISTRY OF
ENVIRONMENT, AIMS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE ACUTE POLLUTION OF LAKE MJOSA, AFTER A SHORT
REVIEW OF CURRENT INCREASES IN ALGAE AND PHOSPHATE CONTENTS, THE PAMPHLET OUTLINES MEASURES
UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO STEM AND REVERSE THIS TREND. IN 1973, THE 8TORTINQ
(NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT) ALLOCATED 60 MILLION NORWEGIAN KRONER TO IMPROVE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE
INSTALLATIONS, AND INDUSTRIAL PURIFICATION PLANTS MUST COMPLY WITH STANDARDS BY THE END OF 1977.
THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO HELP SAVE THE LAKE BY USING PHOSPHATE FREE DETERGENTS, BY REGULARLY, AT
LEAST ONCE A YEAR, EMPTYING SEPTIC TANKS OR SLUDGE FILTERS IF THEY ARE BEING USED, AND BY
FOLLOWING OFFICIAL GUIDELINES IF INSTALLATION OF A PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM IS NECESSARY.
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SINGAPORE
LR(A)
SINGAPORE
LR(A)
"SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE REGULATIONS! 1976," SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE/
SUBISDIARY LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO, 27, 1976
EPA
ENGLISH 06/11/76 PGS 310-12 ID* OJ051C
THESE REGULATIONS* COMING INTO FORCE ON JUNE 15, 1976, WERE PROMULGATED BY THE SINGAPORE
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 66 OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE
ACT OF 1975, THE REGULATIONS SPECIFY THAT THE STANDARDS, DESIGNS* REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES
AND OTHER DETAILS PERTAINING TO SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE WORKS AND ACTIVITIES SHALL BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A CODE OF PRACTICE ON SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE
DIRECTOR OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE, FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE
NON-GOVERNMENT DRAINAGE WORKS PLANS TO BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR AND SPECIFY CERTAIN GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, LOCATION, AND BLOCKAGE OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
CONTRAVENTIONS OF THE REGULATIONS CARRY PENALTIES OF FINES OF UP TO 2,000 DOLLARS AND OF UP TO
100 DOLLARS EACH DAY THE OFFENSE CONTNUES AFTER CONVICTION,
"HATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE ACT, NO, 29, OF 1975," SINGAPORE
STATUTES, ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT 1975
EPA
05031A
ENGLISH
00/00/75 PGS 195-227
ID*
THIS ACT SETS FORTH THE BASIC LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION, DRAINAGE
AND SEWERAGE IN SINGAPORE, PART I OF THE ACT DEFINES PERTINENT TERMS USED FURTHER IN THE ACT,
PART II PROVIDES FOR THE APPOINTMENT BY THE MINISTER OF A DIRECTOR OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND
DRAINAGE AND ANY NUMBER OF DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AS NEEDED. PART III OF THE ACT DEALS
WITH THE USE, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND ADOPTION OF DRAINS AND RELATED MATTERS, PART IV,
CONCERNING WATER POLLUTION PER SE, CONTAINS TWO SECTIONS ON THE PROHIBITION OF EXTRACTION OF WATER
AND ON PENALTIES FOR POLLUTING WATER, PART V CONTAINS SEVERAL SECTIONS COVERING THE USE,
CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADOPTION OF SEWERAGE SYSTEMS AND RELATED MATTERS, THE LARGEST
PART OP THE ACT, PART VI, DELINEATES MISCELLANEOUS ENFORCEMENT AND LEGAL MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT. THESE INCLUDE PROVISIONS ON INSPECTIONS, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEEDINGS IN THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES AND COSTS, PENALTIES, APPEALS, EXEMPTIONS, REGULATIONS, ETC,
SINGAPORE
LR(A)
"SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS REGULATIONS, 1976." SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO. 27, 1976
EPA
ENGLISH 06/11/76 PGS 302-09 ID* OS031B
THESE REGULATIONS, COMING INTO FORCE ON JUNE 15, 1976, WERE PROMULGATED BY THE SINGAPORE
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 66 OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE
ACT OF 1975. THE REGULATIONS SPECIFY THAT THE STANDARDS, DESIGNS, REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES,
AND OTHER DETAILS PERTAINING TO SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CODE
OF PRACTICE ON SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, THE
REGULATIONS ALSO SET FORTH GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND RELATED
WORKS, FOR SANITARY APPLIANCES AND PLUMBING, AND FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF SANITARY WORKS.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR SANITARY WORKERS ARE ALSO LISTED. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF THE
REGULATIONS SET FORTH SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PREMISE OCCUPIERS AND OTHERS IN
THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITARY FACILITIES. THESE REGULATIONS REVOKE THE DRAINAGE AND SANITARY
PLUMBING REGULATIONS PASSED IN i96S UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT,
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WATER
SINGAPORE
LR(A)
SINGAPORE
LRCA)
"TRADE EFFLUENT REGULATIONS, 1976," SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO. 27, 1976
EPA
ENGLISH 06/11/76 PCS 313-20 10* 050310
SUBSIDIARY
THESE REGULATIONS, COMING INTO FORCE ON JUNE 15, 1976, MERE PROMULGATED BY THE SINGAPORE
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS in AND 66 OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND
DRAINAGE ACT OF 1975. THEY PROHIBIT OUTRIGHT THE DISCHARGE OF TRADE EFFLUENTS INTO THE NATURAL
CATCHMENT AREA OF THREE RESERVOIRS LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE OF THE REGULATIONS AND REQUIRE
WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FOR THE DISCHARGE OF TRADE
EFFLUENTS INTO WATERCOURSES, ONTO LAND, INTO THE SEA, OR INTO SEWERAGE SYSTEMS OTHER THAN A
TREATMENT PLANT, PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING SUCH PERMISSION AND THE CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH
MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE DIRECTOR ARE DESCRIBED, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS FOR
TRADE EFFLUENTS ARE LISTED AND ARE TO BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. METHODS. OFFENSES
CARRY INITIAL FINES OF UP TO 5,000 DOLLARS AND FURTHER FINES OF UP TO 100 DOLLARS EACH DAY THE
OFFENSE CONTINUES, THESE REGULATIONS ALSO REVOKE SIMILIAR REGULATIONS PASSED UNDER OTHER ACTS.
•SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS REGULATIONS, 1976," SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION SUPPLEMENT, NO, 32, 1976
EPA
ENGLISH 07/16/76 PCS 407-10 ID* 05031E
THESE REGULATIONS, COMING INTO FORCE ON AUGUST 1, 1976, WERE PROMULGATED BY THE SINGAPORE
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 68 OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE
ACT OF 1975. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE REGULATIONS "SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT" IS DEFINED AS "A
PRIVATELY OWNED SEPTIC TANK, OWNED BY A PERSON OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT, AND ANY OTHER PLANT FOR
THE TREATMENT OF NIGHTSOIL AND SEWAGE," THE DIRECTOR OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL IS EMPOWERED TO
MAINTAIN PRIVATELY OWNED SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AS HE SEES FIT, AND IN RETURN FOR THIS SERVICE,
HE MAY DEMAND THAT ANY NECESSARY OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE COSTS BE PAID BY PLANT
OWNERS, OR HE MAY REQUIRE OWNERS TO PERFORM ANY NECESSARY WORK OR MAINTENANCE AT THEIR OWN
EXPENSE, REGULAR MAINTENANCE FEES PAYABLE TO THE DIRECTOR ARE DETERMINED BY THE CAPACITY OF THE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AS LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE REGULATIONS, CONTRAVENOR8 OF THESE
REGULATIONS ARE LIABLE TO FINES OF UP TO 5,000 DOLLARS, EARLIER SIMILIAR REGULATIONS ARE REVOKED,
SWEDEN
PMCB)
8JOFAGELVARD VID 8JORESTAURERING (PROTECTION OF SEA BIRDS WHEN RESTORING
LAKES). STATENS NATURVARDSVERK PUBLIKATIONER 1976115
SWEDEN. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BOARD EPA
SWEDISH 12/00/76 PGS 1-63 ID* 05130A
ALSO ST
THIS PUBLICATION DISCUSSES METHODS OF RESTORING POLLUTED OR FILLED-IN LAKES WITHOUT MAKING THE
HABITAT UNSUITABLE FOR MILD BIRDS, CHAPTERS DISCUSSl THE LAKE AS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR BIRDS*
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAKES AND THEIR SPECIFIC BIRD FAUNA! PLANNING FROM AN ORNITHOLOGICAL POINT OF
VIEW! PLANNING BACKGROUND! DIFFERENT METHODS OF RESTORATION, FOR INSTANCE, VEGETATION CONTROL*
REMOVAL OF SEDIMENT, CHEMICAL DEPOSITION, OXYGEN INLET, WATER RENEWAL, LIMING, BIOLOGICAL MEANS,
AND RAISING OF THE WATER LEVEL! TREATMENT OF VEGETATION IN WATERS RICH IN VEGETATION! MEASURES TO
PRESERVE SEA BIRD HABITAT IN WATERS WHICH ARE SEVERELY FILLED IN| RESTORATION IN LOWERED WATERS
OR WATERS WHICH ARE BECOMING FILLED IN! DEVELOPMENT OF BEACH AREAS! CREATION OF PLACES SUITABLE
FOR BREEDING! DISTURBANCE WHILE THE LAKE AND SURROUNDINGS ARE BEING RESTOREDl AND POSSIBILITIES
OF OBSERVATION, A LIST OF SMALL LAKES ALREADY RESTORED IS INCLUDED AS WELL AS A LITERATURE
COMPILATION. THE PUBLICATION IS ILLUSTRATED AND CONTAINS MAPS AND CHARTS.
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SYRIA
LR(A)
TUNISIA
LRCA)
"MARCH 36, 1972 LAW NO, 10 CONCERNING THE POLLUTION OF SYRIAN ARAB REGIONAL
MATERS AND NEIGHBORING INTERNATIONAL MATERS." RECUEIL OES LOIS...DE LA REP. ARABE SYRIENNE
EPA
FRENCH 08/00/72 PGS 42-46 10* 05034A
THIS LAM, PROMULGATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF SYRIA, DEFINES OIL POLLUTION, FIXES RESPONSIBILITIES
AND PENALTIES FOR OIL POLLUTION, SETS FORTH THE RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROVISIONS, AND
PROVIDES FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM PENALTIES WHEN OIL POLLUTION IS CAUSED UNDER EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES. WATER IS TO BE CONSIDERED POLLUTED WHEN IT CONTAINS OVER ONE HUNDRED PARTS PER
MILLION OF OIL. OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF SHIPS, INSTALLATIONS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT WHICH CAUSE OIL
POLLUTION ARE LIABLE TO PENALTIES AND DAMAGES. SHIPMASTERS MUST MAINTAIN AN OIL RECORD BOOK IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA, AND
OIL INSTALLATION OWNERS MUST TAKE APPROPRIATE POLLUTION PREVENTION MEASURES. CONTRAVENORS OF THE
LAW ARE LIABLE TO FINES RANGING FROM 5,000 TO 25,000 SYRIAN POUNDS AND FROM 10,000 TO 100,000
SYRIAN POUNDS FOR RECURRING OFFENSES. THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF PORTS ACTING WITH OTHER AGENCIES
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMIISTRATION OF THIS LAW,
"MARCH 23, 1973 LAW NO, 73-9 RATIFYING THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE
PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY HYDROCARBONS,.
FRENCH
03/23/73 PGS 409
JOURNAL OFFICIEL DEL LA REPUBLIOUE TUNI8IENNE
EPA
OS047A
THIS LAW, PROMULGATED BY THE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TUNISIA, RATIFIES THE 1954
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY HYDROCARBONS, AS AMENDED IN
1961, 1969, AND 1971, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE CONVENTION, WHICH STATESl "A
DISPUTE MAY NOT BE DEFFERED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WITHOUT THE AGREEMENT OF ALL
THE PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE,"
TUNISIA
LR(A)
"MARCH 31, 1975 LAM NO, 75-16 PROMULGATING THE MATER CODE,"
DE LA REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE
FRENCH
*ALSO 04/04/75 PP 640*46
04/01/75 PGS 612-16*
ID*
JOURNAL OFFICIEL
EPA
05306A
THIS LAW, ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TUNISIA, PROMULGATES THE WATER CODE
OF TUNISIA, WHICH UNIFIES PROVISIONS CONCERNING MATER SUPPLY, USE AND PROTECTION AND ABROGATES
CERTAIN EARLIER WATER LAWS. THE CODE CONSISTS OF 160 ARTICLES DIVIDED INTO NINE CHAPTERS,
(CHAPTERS ONE TO FOUR ARE PROMULGATED IN THE JOURNAL OFFICIEL OF APRIL 1, 1975 AND CHAPTERS FIVE
TO NINE ARE IN THE JOURNAL OFFICIEL OF APRIL 4, 1975.) THE CHAPTERS DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING
TOPICSl 1) DEFINITION OF THE PUBLIC WATER DOMAIN? 2) CONSERVATION AND POLICING OF THE PUBLIC
WATER DOMAINI 3) WATER USE RIGHTS? 4) RIPARIAN FEES AND CHARGES? 5) AUTHORIZATIONS AND
CONCESSIONS? 6) WATER USE SCHEMES? 7) WATER NUISANCES, INCLUDING WATER POLLUTION AND INUNDATIONS?
6) WATER USE ASSOCIATIONS? AND 9) JURISDICTIONS AND PENALTIES CONCERNING WATER USE.
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USSR
LRCA)
"ON PROCEDURES FOR CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OP FINES FOR HARM CAUSED TO FISH AND
OTHER LIVING RESOURCES IN USSR COASTAL ZONES." 80BRANIE POSTANOVLENIY PRAVITEL' STVA SSSR, NO, 33
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/77 PCS 471-73 ID* 04393B
THIS AUGUST 6, 1977 DECREE OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT OF STATE
FISH PRESERVATION AGENCIES TO DEMAND COMPENSATION FROM STATE ENTERPRISES, ORGANIZATIONS,
INSTITUTIONS, COLLECTIVE FARMS AND USSR AND FOREIGN CITIZENS FOR HARM CAUSED TO FISH AND OTHER
LIVING RESOURCES, THIS IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECEMBER 19, 1976 EDICT OF
THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET PRESIDIUM, "ON TEMPORARY PROCEDURES TO PRESERVE LIVING RESOURCES AND TO
REGULATE FISHING IN THE USSR COASTAL ZONES," THEY ARE ALSO INSTRUCTED TO USE THE ATTACHED
FIXED RATES AS A GUIDELINE FOR CALCULATING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FINES TO BE APPLIED AGAINST
VIOLATORS OF THE DECEMBER 19, 1976 EDICT, IN CASES WHERE THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE, THE AMOUNT OF
COMPENSATION IS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE USSR MINISTRY OF FISH INDUSTRY WITH THE COOPERATION OF
THE USSR MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND OTHERS CONCERNED AGENCIES,
PRAVOVAYA OKHRANA VOD I RYBNYKH ZAPA30V V SSSR (LEGAL PROTECTION OF MATER AND
FISH RESOURCES IN THE USSR), NOVOE V ZHIZNI, NAUKE, TAKNIKE, SERIYAI GOSUOARSTVO I PRAVO, NO, 10
KOL6ASOV, O.S. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/74 PGS 1-62 ID* OS039A
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE ESTABLISHED LEGAL SYSTEM FOR THE PROTECTION OF MATER AND FISH
RESOURCES IN THE USSR, HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE BASIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
WATER FROM POLLUTION AND DEPLETION, MAYS TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE LIABILITIES INVOLVED
IN THEIR VIOLATION.
USSR
LR(A)
"ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE VOLGA AND DON RIVERS BY UNTREATED
MASTEMATER," SI8TEMATICHESKOE 80BRANIE ZAKONQV RSFSR, VOL. 6
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/66 PGS 305-06 ID* OS069A
THIS DECEMBER 31» 1964 DECREE OF THE RSFSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MAS ISSUED TO PREVENT
POLLUTION OF THE VOLSA AND DON RIVER BASINS BY UNTREATED MASTEMATER AND TO ENSURE THAT MATER
RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED RATIONALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE,
IT OBLIGES THE RSFSR MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE AND
TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC MASTEMATER AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ALLOCATED
FUNDS AND MATERIAL FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, THE RSFSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE STATE INDUSTRIAL
COMMITTEE FOR IRRIGATION FARMING AND MATER MANAGEMENT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS
DECREE AND ARE SUPPOSED TO INTENSIFY THEIR CONTROL OVER SANITARY CONDITIONS OF RESERVOIRS AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF MASTEMATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. THE SAME AGENCIES ARE TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION
OF ANY ENTERPRISE THAT DOES NOT MEET THE ESTABLISHED MASTEMATER TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS.
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USSR
LR(A)
"ON MEASURES FOR STRONGER PROTECTION OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN FROM POLLUTION,"
SOBRANIE POSTANOVLENIV PRAVITEL'STVA SSSRi NO, 16
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/76 PCS 290*96 ID* 05077A
AIR PESTICIDES
THIS JULY 16, 1976 DECREE OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS INSTRUCTS THE RSFSR* BYELORUSSIAN,
LITHUANIAN, LATVIAN AND ESTONIAN COUNCILS OF MINISTERS, AND OTHER USSR AGENCIES TO CARRY OUT A
COMPLEX PLAN FOR ELIMINATING THE DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC WAST6WATER INTO
RIVERS AND OTHER WATER BODIES OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN BY 1985, IT LISTS MAJOR ENTERPRISES,
CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE APPROPRIATE ACTION MUST BE TAKEN BY i960, THE DECREE ALSO
STIPULATES WHAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO MINIMIZE THE DISCHARGE OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE AND CALLS FOR CLOSER SUPERVISION OVER THE USE OP CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE.. A NUMBER
OF ALL-UNION AND UNION-REPUBLIC MINISTRIES ARE ASKED TO INTENSIFY THEIR CONTROL OVER THE BALTIC
SEA BASIN POLLUTION AND TO COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM REGIONAL PLAN FOR THE AREA UP
TO THE YEAR 3000, THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS DECREE IS
ASSIGNED TO THE USSR COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE'S CONTROL,
USSR
LR(B)
"CRIMINAL-LEGAL PROTECTION OF WATER AND AIR FROM POLLUTION,"
SOTSIALISTICHE8KAYA ZAKONN08T', NO. 6
PAKUTIN, V, EPA
RUSSIAN 06/00/77 PCS 40-02 ID* OSOSOA
*AIR
USSR
LR(A)
"ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE IVAN'KOVSK RESERVOIR ON THE VOLOA
RIVER BY UNTREATED WASTEWATER." 313TEMATICHESKOE SOBRANIE ZAKONOV RSFSR, VOL, 6
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/6B PCS 301-02 ID* 05085A
THIS JUNE 29, i960 DECREE, ISSUED BY THE RSFSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, IS TO PREVENT POLLUTION
OF THE IVAN'KOVSK RESERVOIR AND TO INCLUDE IT INTO THE SANITARY PROTECTION ZONE OF THE MOSCOW
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ALL CONCERNED RSFSR MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE TO CONSTRUCT REQUIRED
SEWERAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES. THE RSFSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE STATE INDUSTRIAL
COMMITTEE FOR IRRIGATION FARMING AND WATER MANAGEMENT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS
DECREE.
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USSR
LR(A)
USSR
"ON THE ABROGATION OF SOME WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS OF THE USSR GOVERNMENT."
SOBRANIE POSTANOVLENIY PRAVITEL1STVA SS3R, NO, 10
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/77 PGS 201 10* 0508<|A
THIS FEBRUARY 10, 1977 DECREE OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ABROGATES SECTIONS A, V AND G
OF PARAGRAPH 2, AND SECTION A OF PARAGRAPH 10 OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREE "ON
MEASURES TO REGULATE THE USE AND IMPROVE PROTECTION OF MATER RESOURCES IN THE USSR," ISSUED ON
APRIL 22, 1960. THESE SECTIONS DEALT MOSTLY WITH THE RECORDING OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
INDICES OF SURFACE MATER AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES.
"JUNE 2, 1976 DECREE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND RATIFICATION OF A COMPLEX WATER
PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION SCHEME," SOBRANIE POSTANOVLENIY PRAVITEL'STVA BSSR, NO, 11
RUSSIAN
00/00/76 PGS 216-18
EPA
05105A
THIS DECREE OF THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HAS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1970
PRINCIPLES OF MATER LEGISLATION. IT ASSIGNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLEX SCHEME FOR THE
PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION OF NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES TO THE USSR MINISTRY OF LAND RECLAMATION
AND MATER RESOURCES* THE USSR MINISTRY OF POWER AND ELECTRIFICATION AND TO SPECIALIZED
ORGANIZATIONS OF OTHER MINISTRIES AND DEPARTMENTS. THE UNION-REPUBLIC COUNCILS OF MINISTERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNION-REPUBLIC MATER RESOURCES AND TOGETHER WITH THE USSR MINISTRY OF LAND
RECLAMATION AND MATER RESOURCES AND THE USSR STATE PLANNING COMMITTEE (GOSPLAN) ARE TO DEVELOP
YEARLY AND LONG-RANGE PLANS FOR THE UTILIZATION AND PROTECTION OF NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES.
THIS DECREE ALSO ABROGATES PARAGRPAH 9 AND SECTION B OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE APRIL 22, i960 DECREE,
"ON MEASURES TO REGULATE THE USE AND IMPROVE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES," ISSUED BY THE USSR
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
USSR
LR(A)
"ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE RIVER OB* IN THE AREA OF NOVOSIBIRSK
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE....11 8ISTEMATICHESKOE SOBRANIE ZAKONOV RSFSR, VOL, 8
EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/68 PGS 302-03 ID* OS109A
THIS DECREE, ISSUED BY THE RSFSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON AUGUST 8, 1964, IS TO PREVENT
POLLUTION OF THE OB* RIVER WITH INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND TO IMPROVE ITS SANITARY
CONDITIONS IN THE AREA OF NOVOSIBIRSK, IT PLACES ON THE RSFSR CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BUILDING SEWERAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE AREA CONCERNED. THE RSFSR
STATE PLANNING (GOSPLAN) AND CONSTRUCTION (GOSSTROY) COMMITTEES AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE TO INCLUDE
IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANNING SEWERAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES A3 REQUIRED BY THIS DECREE.
(FULL TITLEl "ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE RIVER 08" IN THE AREA OF NOVOSIBIRSK AND
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE CITIES OF BER08K AND NOVOSIBIRSK,")
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"METHODS FOR CALCULATING THE LOSS TO THE PISHING INDUSTRY AS A RESULT OP
WASTEWATER AND OTHER WASTE DISCHARGES INTO RESERVOIRS." OKHRANA PRIRODV
BLINOV, V. M. ED. EPA
RUSSIAN 00/00/71 PCS 333-35 ID* 05131A
THIS AUGUST 16, (967 DOCUMENT, APPROVED BY THE USSR MINISTRY OP FISH INDUSTRY, PROVIDES
METHODS FOR CALCULATING THE LOSS TO THE PISHING INDUSTRY AS A RESULT OF RESERVOIR POLLUTION.
VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF RESERVOIR POLLUTION ARE GIVEN AS A GUIDE FOR DETERMINING POSSIBLE LOSSES TO
THE FISHING INDUSTRY,
USSR
PM(B)
"THE SEA IS OUR FRIEND." PRAVDA
RUSSIAN 07/17/77 PGS i
EPA
!D« 05038A
ALTHOUGH THE NATURAL COASTAL ENVIRONMENT is PROTECTED IN MANY AREAS, MUCH MORE MUST BE
ACCOMPLISHED TO ENSURE A COMPLETE HALT OF COASTLINE POLLUTION AND DETERIORATION, ACCORDING TO THIS
ARTICLE. LOCAL SOVIETS AND THE SANITATION INSPECTION SERVICE MUST INSIST THAT FACILITIES FOR
TREATING INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS ARE INSTALLED AND USED PROPERLY IN EVERY COASTAL
CITY, AGRICULTURAL AND LUMBERING PERSONNEL MUST MORE STRICTLY OBSERVE TH£ REGULATIONS COVERING
THE USE OF POISONOUS CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. THE MARITME FLEET MINISTRY, THE
MINISTRY OF FISH INDUSTRY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE VARIOUS FLOATING CRAFTS AND
INSTALLATIONS MUST PARTICIPATE MORE IN PROTECTING THE NATURAL COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. EVERY VESSEL
MUST HAVE FACILITIES FOR COLLECTING AND TREATING POLLUTED WATER, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHOULD
BE PLANNED CAREFULLY IN ORDER NOT TO CAUSE ANY SERIOUS HARM TO THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT,
USSR
PH(B)
•HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF MATER RESOURCES PROTECTION IN THE LIGHT OF THE DECREE OF
THE CC OF THE CPSU AND THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINSTERS.,,," GIGIENA I SANITARIYA, NO, 2
AKULOV, K, I, EPA
RUSSIAN 02/00/76 PGS .3-7 ID« 05063A
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE DEPUTY MINISTER AND CHIEF SANITARY OFFICER OF THE RSFSR MINISTRY
OF HEALTH, T"E IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 13, 1972 DECREE DEALING WITH POLLUTION OF THE VOLCA
AND URAL RIVER BASINS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF HYGIENI8TS AND SANITARY OFFICIALS OF THE
RSFSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH, HE POINTS OUT THAT THE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF WATER IN THE VOLGA AND
URAL RIVERS HAS IMPROVED AND THAT THE MINISTRY IS INTENSIFYING ITS SANITARY SUPERVISION OF
CITIES, ENTERPRISES, ETC. THAT HAVE NOT FULLY COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DECREE.
THE MINISTRY is CARRYING OUT RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES ON THE HUMAN ORGANISM
AND ON FASTER METHODS FOR DETERMINING ADMISSIBLE NORMS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR, WATER
AND FOOD PRODUCTS. (FULL TITLEl "HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION IN THE LIGHT
OF THE CC OF THE CPSU AND THE USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREE ON MEASURES TO PREVENT POLLUTION
OF THE VOLGA AND URAL RIVER BASINS BY UNTREATED WASTEWATER,")
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USSR PREDEL'NO DOPUSTJMYE KONTSENTRATSII VREDHYKH VE8HCHE3TV V VOZOUKHE I VOOE
(MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE AIR AND WATER)
BESPAMYATNOV, G.P., AND OTHERS* ED. EPA
ST( ) RUSSIAN 00/00/75 PGS 1-546 ID* 0512JA
*AIR
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1978--261 -238/1 8
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