FOREIGN DOCUMENTS Number 2 ANNOUNCEMENTS SUMMARIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS OCTOBER, 1972 Library Systems Branch, Office of Planning and Management an d Office of Internationa! Activities U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Washington, D C. 20460 ------- FORWARD Under a series of documents exchange agreements with environmental agencies in other countries, EPA is building a collection of environmental reports issued by foreign governments and international organizations. This is the second in a series of Announcements of foreign documents received. The original documents can be obtained through the Library Systems Branch (see back page for order form). More detailed English abstracts can be provided when required. Full text translations, which are expensive, should be requested only when essential for operation of EPA programs. Translation Services Requisition Form 11350-1 is used to request translations. A computerized search system is being developed which will allow future retrieval of these summaries by: a. country b. subject area air water noise pesticides radiation solid waste management c. type of document legal/legisiative/regulatory management/pianning scientific/technical socio-economic This series, which is devoted to summaries of government reports and concentrated on the legislative, economic and social aspects, supplements foreign scientific and technical literature abstracts covered by other EPA information services: APTIC SWIRS PIC NOISE Ultimately, EPA plans to assemble a major collection of foreign government environments documents and to develop several approaches to the dissemination of this information to EPA staff. This announcement of documents received is the first step. ------- AIR Czecho- Article/Source Title: Meteorolpgicheskiye Slovakia aspekty zagryazneniya atmosfery (Meteorologi- cal Aspects of Atmospheric Pollution). Ed. by M. E. Berlyand Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Leningrad Pages: 371 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The book contains 39 reports of specialists at the International Symposium at Leningrad with summaries of each in English (or in Russian from articles in German). The reports give an account of the present state and perspectives of the problem. The methods of calculation of industrial pollutant ' dispersion in the atmosphere, the results of theoretical and experimental investigations of pollutant distribution in the air, modern meth- ods of the estimation of contaminant concentra- tions and meteorological factors which produce an effect upon the transfer of pollutants in the atmosphere are discussed. The automation of data processing, statistical analysis of the in- formation on air pollution, investigations of the effect of terrain topography on pollutant dispersion, simulation in wind tunnels, etc., are described. Code Control No. SO-132 Denmark Article/Source Title: "Poisonous Fall-out." Sweden Now, Vol. 6, No. 5 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Stockholm Page: 26 Language: English Source Repository: LOG This item reports a Lund University re- search worker's recent discovery of a method of measuring airborne fall-out of PCB and DDT. The pollutants were collected on a specially impreg- nated net stretched over a steel frame. Fall- out of PCB, greatest in western Sweden, is at- tributed to Danish industries. DDT fall-out is greatest in the east, and is blamed on Swedish forest cultivation and on East Germany and Poland. Code Control No. SO-133 ------- AIR Denmark Article/Source Title: "Company News: Environ- ment Tours." Sweden Now, Vol. 6, No. 3 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Stockholm Page: 16 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) sched- uled special "environment tours" of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden for foreign engineers and executives during the summer of 1972. Swedish industrialists lauded SAS initiative which fa- cilitated the sale of their antipollution equip- ment. Foreign adoption of Swedish firms' tech- niques also enables them to expand pollution control investments and still remain competi- tive. Code Control No. SO-134 East See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. SO-132 Germany AIR (Denmark) — Control No. SO-133 Code France Article/Source Title: "The French Vote with Bicycles" by Justine De Lacy Keller. Not Man Apart, Vol. 2, No. 5 Date/Place of Publication: May 1972, San Francisco Page: 2 Language: English Source Repository: LOG During Paris' first ecological demonstra- tion, 10,000 "partisans of pure air" bicycled down the Champs Elysees on 23 April 1972 to pro- test air pollution from automobiles and other forms of urban discontent such as noise and traffic jams. Their demands included creation of pedestrian streets, one million free bicycles for Parisians, development of free nonpolluting public transportation, and a halt to creation of innercity expressways. Code Control No. SO-135 ------- AIR France Article/Source Title: "The EEC Pushes Pollution Curbs." Business Week, No. 2231 Date/Place of Publication: June 3, 1972, Rightstown, N. J. Pages: 51-52 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The heavily-industrialized nations of the European Economic Community (EEC) are moving toward tighter antipollution controls. The EEC hopes for approval by 1974 of proposals setting forth air and water pollution standards, common measuring and sampling methodology, uniform en- forcement procedures, and controls on dumping of wastes. Currently, Italy has no water pollution control law, West German industry expenditures 'for antipollution control equipment are on a par with those of U.S. industry, and France's newly formed Environment Ministry is fining companies caught polluting French waterways. Code Control No. SO-136 Hungary See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No..SO-132 Code Italy Article/Source Title: "Italy --An Environ- mental Disaster Area?" by John Navone. America, Vol. 126, No. 22 Date/Place of Publication: June 3, 1972, New York Pages: 592-594 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Concerned over Italy's image as Europe's most polluted country, a militant conservation group called Italia Nostra has taken its case to regional governments to demand environmental protection actions applicable to agriculture and forests, urban agglomerations, and locations of industry and recreation. The group expects that regional authorities will cope with the pollu- tion problem more effectively than the central government. Code Control No. SO-137 ------- AIR Italy Article/Source Title: Facts on File. Vol. 32, Code No. 1645, 5-3 Date/Place of Publication: May 3, 1972, Control New York No. SO-138 Page: 355B3 Language: English Source Repository: LOG An Italian industrialist, Alberto Redaelli, was arrested and jailed in Milan on May 3 after failing to comply with an order to install anti- pollution devices in his steel plant. Italy See AIR (France) — Control No. SO-136 Code_ Japan Article/Source Title: Facts on File. Vol. 32, Code No. 1648, 5-26 Date/Place of Publication: May 26, 1972, Control New York No. 50-139 Page: 413C Language: English Source Repository: LOG A government white paper urged sweeping re- forms to counter Japan's critical pollution problem. Some 6,376 persons were listed as victims of air pollution, and another 304 were suffering froai mercury or cadmium poisoning from polluted waters. Among the emergency measures, motor vehicle traffic was restricted in Tokyo's inner city to curb smog, and the Maritime Safety Agency hired 1,000 persons to monitor illegal discharge of oil and industrial wastes in Japanese waters. 4 ------- AIR Japan Article/Source Title: "Business Leaders Discuss Economic Prospects and Tasks of New Year." Keidanren Review, No. 17. KEIDANREN (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations) Date/Place of Publication: Winter 1971, Tokyo Page: 7 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Commenting on pollution, the President of Toyota Motor Co. admitted that, at present tech- nology levels, antipollution standards for auto- mobile exhaust gas are difficult to achieve. In his view, environmental pollution in heavily in- dustrialized areas would be reduced if Japan re- vised her industrial map to eliminate regional imbalances by relocating some industries in 'relatively isolated or undeveloped sectors. Code Control No. SO-140 Norway See AIR (Denmark) — Control No. SO-134 Poland See AIR (Czechoslovakia) -- Control No...50-132 AD? (Denmark) — Control No. SO-133 Code_ Code Romania See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. SO-132 Code Sweden Article/Source Title: "Clean Heat: A Modern System for an Entire City." Sweden Now, Vol. 6, No. 3 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Stockholm Pages: 42-3 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The article briefly describes the central- ized heating system which provides hot water heating for 98% of the 120,000 residents of Vasteras, which boasts "Sweden's purest city air." Elimination of individual household, apartment, and office furnaces offers other ad- vantages: lower heating costs, no need to trans- port oil or coal in the streets, and use of sub- surface return water pipes to keep downtown streets snow-free in, winter. Code Control No. SO-141 ------- AIR Sweden Article/Source Title: Nucleonics Week, Vol. 11, Code. No. 27 Date/Place of Publication: July 9, 1970, Control New York No. SO-142 Pages: 1 Language: English Source Repo-sitory: LOG Tliis newsletter briefly describes one of Sweden's most ambitious heating plans, the erec- tion of a nuclear heating station for the greater Stockholm area. The plan reflects Sweden's progress in district heating and satis- factory experience with a nuclear reactor used to supply heat to a Stockholm suburb. If ap- proved for operation by 1977, the planned nuclear station will consolidate existing net- works, add new ones, and eliminate air pollution caused by small, private heating plants. Sweden See AIR (Denmark) — Control Nos. SO-133 and SO-134 Code USSR Article/Source Title: Ochistka vybrosnykh gazov Code (Purification of Waste Gases) by N. G. Vilesov and A. A. Kostyukovskaya Control Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Kharkov No. SO-143 Pages: 196 Source Repository: LOG Language: Rus s ian. The book describes means for various in- dustries to clean waste gases of sulphur an- hydride for utilization. Attention is devoted to various methods of extracting SC>2 with a separate chapter on the physicochemical pro- cesses involved. Schemes and apparata used for the various methods both in the USSR and other countries are discussed. ------- AIR USSR Article/Source Title: Elektricheskaya Code izolyatsiya v rayonakh s zagryaznennoy atmos- feroy (Electrical Insulation in Areas with Air Control Pollution) by V. F. Voskresenskiy No. 50-144 Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow Pages: 78 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The characteristics and mechanism of pollu- tion are given as well as data on selected samples of polluted air and examples of insula- tors for polluted regions. There are recommen- dations for selecting insulation according to the conditions of the atmosphere. Particular attention is paid to conditions • in metallurgical, machine, and metal-working in- dustries . USSR See AIR (Czechoslovakia) — Control No. SO-132 Code West Article/Source Title: "Companies' Efforts to Code Germany Control Environment." Europe § Oil, Vol. 11, No. 1 Control Date/Place of Publication: January 1972, Munich No. SO-145 Page: 30 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Various purification plants manufactured by a Frankfurt firm are described. These catalytic and thermal combustion plants are used to purify toxic and odorous waste gases and liquids emit- ted in the fish meal, plastics, and chemical in- dustries, and nuclear power stations. ------- AIR West Article/Source Title: "Do Cattle Eat Pollu- Germany tion?" German International, Vol. 16, No. 6 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Bonn Pages: 34-35 Language'- English Source Repository: LOG This article describes air pollution mea- surements undertaken near Freiburg involving the use of an X-ray spectrometer. The device is used on cattle to determine the presence of lead and other foreign components ingested from graz- ing areas near heavily-traveled roadways. The X-ray is also used to analyze sample deposits and sedimentation from the air at a nearby moun- taintop station, headquarters for the German Re- search Association's network of air pollution measurement stations. Code Control No. SO-146 West Germany See AIR (France) — Control No. SO-136 Code NOISE Denmark See AIR (Denmark) -- Control No. SO-134 France See AIR (France) -- Control No. SO-135 Norway See AIR (Denmark) -- Control No. SO-134 Sweden See AIR (Denmark) -- Control No. SO-134 Code_ Code_ Code_ Code 8 ------- NOISE USSR Article/Source Title: Shum preobrazovatel'nykh Code agregatov i metody bor'by s nini (Conversion Noise and Methods of Combatting It) by A. A. Control Poskrobko, Yu. A. Fomin, and V. G. Chuvilin No. SO-147 Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow Pages: 109 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The book contains data of noise level studies for ventilator and transformer equipment in conversion apparata. Means for lessening noise at its immediate source are discussed, and a large section is devoted to methods of measur- ing noise level of electrical equipment. USSR Article/Source Title: Bor'ba s shumom i Code zvukovoy vibratsiyey na sudakh (Combatting Noise and Sonic Vibration on Ships) by I. I. Control Klyukin No. SO-148 Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Leningrad Pages: 403 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA Short notes are given on physical, physio- logical, and constructive acoustics as well as measurement. Contemporary means of sound- and vibration-proofing and absorption are described. In comparison with the first edition, this one has an expanded treatment of vibration and phys- ical acoustics. ------- PESTICIDES Italy Article/Source Title: "Pesticides -- A Problem Code for Present-day Society" by Bruno Versino. Euro Spectra. Vol. 10, No. 1 Control Date/Place of Publication: March 1971, No. 50-149 Brussels, Belgium Pages: 2-10 Language: English Source Repository: LOG This article by a staff member of the European Community's Joint Research Center at Ispra, Italy graphically traces the worldwide propagation of pesticides, identifies those found in man and the food chain, and indicates acceptable daily intake levels. He reviews progress of international cooperation at Euro- pean levels in analytical methodology and tolerance limits, and assesses future develop- ments involving new weapons in the war on in- sects: hormones, sex attractants, genetic changes, sterilization, and integrated pest con- trol methods. RADIATION Denmark Article/Source Title: Danish Atomic Energy Com- Code mission, 1970-71: 15th Annual Report Date /Place of Publication: November 1971, Control Copenhagen No. SO-150 Pages: 58 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The booklet is devoted mainly to the ac- tivities, international exchanges, services, and facilities of the Research Establishment Riso, an atomic reactor installation near Copenhagen. Radiation surveillance is discussed briefly with selected staff publications on this and other research aspects listed in the appendix. Danish and Swedish authorities participated in joint safety investigations at the atomic power re- actor station at Barseback, 12 miles from Copen- hagen on the south coast of Sweden. Safety cri- teria for reactor installations are due in 1972 from a Nordic Working Group on Reactor Safety (NARS), representing Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. 10 ------- RADIATION Denmark Article/Source Title: "Productive, and Protec- tive Aspects of the Work of OECD's European Nuclear Energy Agency." The OECD Observer, No. 57. OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Date/Place of Publication: May 1972, Paris Pages: 9-13 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The first part of this article describes the significance of the 12-nation OECD High Temperature Reactor Project "Dragon" in the UK. The second part discusses a Specialist Group's report on the problem of radioactive waste management. The Group concludes that radio- active waste management practices should be the subject of continuing cooperation at the Western European level. Code Control No. SO-151 France See RADIATION (Denmark) Italy See RADIATION (Denmark) — Code_ Code Japan Article/Source Title: "World Digest: Japan." Nuclear Engineering International, Vol. 17, No. 190 Date/Place of Publication: March 1972, London Page: 135 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Increasing concern expressed by the local population is making the siting of nuclear power stations throughout Japan more difficult. In- creased local participation in radiation moni- toring is another indication of such concern. Construction permit applicants are now having to wait longer for plant safety analysis by the Atomic Energy Commission. Code Control No. 11 ------- RADIATION Norway See RADIATION (Denmark) -- Control Nos. SO-150 Code and SO-151 Sweden Article/Source Title: "Nuclear Power Station Code Coolants Bigger Risk than Radiation." Byggnads Industrin, Vol. 42, No. 19 Control Date/Place of Publication: June 2, 1972, No. SO-155 Stockholm Page: 67 Language: English (normally Swedish) Source Repository: LOG Article in this special English language issue, dedicated to UN environmental conference, stresses Swedish oceanographer's view that the most serious effect nuclear power plants can have upon the environment is that caused by large-scale discharges of heated coolants into adjacent waters. He remains pessimistic about solving the problem of water temperature fluc- tuations and warns of this threat to fish life. In his estimation, stringent safety requirements, both international and local, tend to minimize radiation risks from present and planned nuclear power facilities in Sweden. Sweden Article/Source Title: Annual Report, 1970: Code National Institute of Radiation Protection. Date/Place, of Publication:1971, Stockholm Control Pages: 130 Language: Swedish No. SO-154 Source Repository: National Technical Informa- tion Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Va. 22151 An account is given of the National Insti- tute of Radiation Protection in Sweden during 1970, including statistical data in 27 tables with headings in English. 12 ------- RADIATION Sweden See RADIATION (Denmark) — Control Nos. SO-150 and SO-151 Code West Article/Source Title: 1970 Annual Report of the Germany Central Division of Radiation Protection. Ed. by M. Keller and R. Tzschaschel Date/Place of Publication: September 1971, Juelich, Federal Republic of Germany Pages: 190 Language: German Source Repository: National Technical Informa- tion Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Va. 22151 Radiation protection programs for person- nel, installations, and the environment are the ' responsibility of the Central Division of Radia- tion Protection (Zentralabteilung Strahlen- schutz -- ZST) of the Nuclear Research Estab- lishment, Juelich. This report of the activi- ties and progress of the ZST during 1970 in- cludes a bibliography of its published and in- ternal literature for that year. Code Control No. SO-155 West Germany Article/Source Title: "World Digest: Germany F.R." Nuclear Engineering International, Vol. 17, No. 189 Date/Place of Publication: February 1972, London Code Control No. SO-156 Page: 74 Source Repository: LOG Language: English At the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center Dr. Ing. M. Fischer heads a new research project, Project Nucleare Sicherheit (PNS), responsible for all work on radiation protection and nuclear environmental effects. In addition to research and analysis relating to the release, transport, and deposition of fission products in nuclear plants during normal operations and under acci- dent conditions, the project will also develop means of protection, isolation, and removal of fission products. 13 ------- R.ADIATION West Article/Source Title: "World Digest: Germany." Code Germany Nuclear Engineering International. Vol 17, No. 190 Control Date/Place of Publication: March 1972, London No. SO-157 Page: 135 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The transportation and disposal of radio- active wastes from nuclear plants are new ser- vices offered jointly by two firms, NUKEM and Transnuclear. One of their initial customers is the Gundemmingen BWR (Boiling Water Reactor) Station. West Germany See RADIATION (Denmark) — Control No. SO-151 Code SOLID WASTE Japan Article/Source Title: Pollution Control Equipment. Zosen Date/Place of Publication: July 1972, Tokyo Pages: 41-56 Language: English Source Repository: LOC-FRD This article in Zosen, a Japanese trade publication, provides descriptions and operating characteristics of various kinds of pollution control equipment including waste oil burning units, sewage treatment units, oily water sepa- rators, spilled oil absorbents and pollution detecting units. Mention is made of the various companies manufacturing these devices~ Code Control No. SO-158 14 ------- SOI^ID WASTE Japan Article/'Source Title: "Outline of Regulations for Law Prohibiting Sea Contamination." Zosen Date/Place of Publication: July 1972, Tokyo Page: 40 Lcmguage: English Source Repository: LOC-FRD This article outlines the new Japanese reg- ulations concerning maritime pollution control which went into effect 25 June 1972. The gist of these new regulations touch upon the dis- charge of oil from ships, the discharge of waste from ships, and the discharge of oil and/or waste from oceanic facilities. Code Control No. SO-159 WATER Denmark See AIR (Denmark) -- Control No. SO-134 WATER (Norway) — Control No. SO-164 Code France Article/Source Title: "Preventing Deteriora- tion of the Coastal Environment." The OECD Observer, No. 57 Date/Place of Publication: April 1972, Paris Pagei 38 Language: English Soitrce Repository: LOG A resume is given- of the scope of the CECD- sponsored- six-nation group- conducting a pilot study on the environment of the northern Medi- terranean seacoast. National teams from France, Italy, Greece,. Spain, Turkey- and Yugoslavia, the sole non-OECD member, comprise the study group to examine development plans and environ- mental factors and devise a methodology to help decisionmakers make rational choices between them. Code Control No. SO-160 15 ------- WATER France Article/'Source Title: "French Fisheries: The Mediterranean." World Fishing, Vol. 21, No. 5 Date/Place of Publication: May 1972, London Page: 31 Language: English Source Pepository: LOG This article reviews poor fishing potential of the Mediterranean, citing pollution factor. The Mediterranean's enclosed nature and lack of water exchange with the Atlantic allows build-up of pollutants. Advancing technology and the in- crease of coastal population cause excessive dis- charges of sewage, pesticides, chemical ferti- lizers, and leaks and spills from tankers and oil refineries. Only 5 out of 14 Mediterranean oil ports have facilities for off-loading oily- residues . Code Control No. SO-161 France See AIR (France) — Control No. SO-136 WATER' (Norway) — Control No. SO-164 Code Italy See AIR (France) — Control No. SO-136 AIR (Italy) — Control Nos. SO-137 and SO-138 WATER (France) -- Control No. SO-160 Code Japan Article/Source Title: "Mercury Pollution Ravages a Japanese Village: Death Flows from a Pipe":by W. Eugene and Aileen Smith. Life, Vol. 72, No. 21 Date/Place of':Publication: June 2, 1972, Chicago Pages: 74-81 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Victims of mercury poisoning draw attention to the tragedy of unrestrained pollution by one of Japan's giant chemical firms, whose untreated waste discharges killed 52 and adversely af- fected 900 of the 3,500 inhabitants of the fish- ing village of Minamata. Code Control No. SO-162 16 ------- WATER Japan See AIR (Japan) — Control No. SO-139 SOLID WASTE (Japan) -- Control Nos. SO-158 and SO-159 Code Norway Article/Source Title: "New Boat to Fight Oil Pollution by Skuteng." Norwegian American Commerce, No. 1 Date/Place of Publication: Spring 1972, Oslo Page: 24 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The article is a sales promotion for an Oslo firm's new boat used to skim off oil slick from waterways. The 5-ton aluminum boat can pump oil directly from its skimmer into a barge • to expand its oil collection capacity. The pro- totype of this boat was used successfully at a large oil spill at a Norwegian refinery in December 1971. Code Control No. SO-163 Norway Article/Source Title: "Pollution -- A Case for Community Action?" World Fishing, Vol. 21, No. 5 Date/Place of Publication: May 1972, London Page: 35 Language: English Source Repository: LOG An account is given of the February 15, 1972 signing in Oslo of a Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft. Countries participating were Belgium, Denmark, France, and Federal Re- public of Germany, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. It covers the high seas and territorial waters in the North Atlantic region, including the North Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean, Baltic; westward to Greenland and southward to the latitude of Gibralter. It prohibits dumping of mercury and cadmium and allows dumping of less toxic substances only after a permit is granted. Code Control No. SO-164 17 ------- WATER Norway See AIR (Denmark) — Control No. SO-134 Code Sweden Article/Source Title: "Barriers Against Oil Spills." Sweden Now, Vol. 6, No. 3 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Stockholm Page: 24 Language: English Source Repository: LOG A Swedish firm has tested the effectiveness of pneumatic barriers to arrest oil spills under the influences of wind, waves, and current. A perforated plastic hose is laid down on the sea floor and supplied with compressed air in order to generate a pneumatic barrier enclosing an oil spill from tankers being loaded or unloaded at an oil port. The compressors operate at reduced capacity until a spill occurs. Code Control No. SO-165 Sweden See AIR (Denmark) — Control No. SO-134 RADIATION (Sweden) — Control No. SO-153 WATER (Norway) — Control No. SO-164 Code USSR Article/Source Title: Ochistka stochnykh vod, soderzhashchikh sinteticheskiye poverkhnostno- aktivnyye veshchestva (Purification of Waste Water Containing Synthetic Surf ace-Active Sub- stances) by N. A. Lukinykh Date/Place of Publication: 1972, Moscow Pages: 94 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA Investigations of and practical experience with problems of civil and industrial waste water are used to produce evaluations of biochem- ical acidity of synthetic surface-active sub- stances. Concrete recommendations for purifica- tion and treatment installations are given, in- cluding filtration, absorption, ion exchange, and fractionalization. Code Control No. SO-166 18 ------- WATER USSR Article/Source Title: Sanitarnyye usloviya Code spuska stochnykh vod y vodoyemy (Sanitary Conditions for Releasing Waste Water into Control Reservoirs) by S. N. Cherkinskiy No. SO-167 Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow Pages: 208 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The book presents the basis for sanitary protection of reservoirs and peculiarities of Soviet hydrosanitary legislation. The need for releasing sewage and industrial waste into reservoirs is discussed as well as conditions under which such could be done without danger to health. Some attention is paid to quantitative and qualitative characteristics of waste water. USSR Article/Source Title: Predotvrashcheniye Code zagryazneniya morya neft'yu (Prevention of Oil Pollution in Oceans) by S. M. Nunuparov Control Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow No. SO-168 Pages: 164 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The book discusses reasons for ocean pollu- tion as a result of transport operations and ways to decrease the harmful effects of this pol- lution on nature and man. A survey is given of basic international and USSR legislation for prevention of oil pollution. Practical methods applied in the USSR for decreasing the probability of accidental spill- age of oil and for prohibiting the dumping of oil-polluted water into the ocean are presented. There are descriptions of the most effective ar- rangements and devices for localizing oil spills, their removal, constructions for unload- ing tankers, and purification. 19 ------- WATER USSR Article/Source Title: Ochistka i ispol*zovanie Code stochnykh vod predpriyatiy tsvetnoy metal lurgii (Purification and Use of Waste Water from Non- Control Ferrous Metallurgy) by L. V. Milovanov No. SO-169 Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow Pages: 379 Language: Russian Source Repository: EPA The origin and physicochemical makeup of waste water from ores, concentration plants, and hydro- and pyro-metallurgical plants for non- ferrous metals are described. The discarding of waste water into reservoirs and its effects are discussed. Technological means for decreasing the quantity of waste water and pollution level, as well as physicochemical methods and typical schemes for purification are also presented. The pollutants considered are acides, cya- nides, fluorides, arsenic, oil products, phenols, phosphates, sulphides, and others. West See AIR (Frame) -- Control No. SO-136 Code Germany AIR (West Germany) -- Control No. SO-145 WATER (Norway) -- Control No. SO-164 GENERAL Japan Article/Source Title: "Investment Against Pol- Code lution" by Ago Keichi. The East, Vol. 8, No. 6 Control Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Tokyo No. SO-170 Pages: 14-16 Language: English Source Repository: LOG The author analyzes the Japanese industri- alists' switch from passive to-positive attitudes toward environmental protection measures, citing the nearly six-fold increase in their antipollu- tion investments in recent years. The major pol- luters' assumption of greater responsibility is reflected in the trend to gain advance consent from the local populace near projected factory sites. 20 ------- GENERAL Japan Article/'Source Title: "If Pollution Seems Bad Code in U.S." U.S. News and World Report, Vol. 72, No. 22 Control Date/Place of Publication: May 29, 1972, No. SO-171 Washington, D.C. Pages: 84-85 Language: English Source Repository: LOG A grim account is presented of health hazards and environmental destruction generated by Japan's postwar economic expansion. In the face of mounting public criticism of govern- ment's laxity and industrialists' indifference, Japan reaches what a top official terms "the elementary-school stage in pollution control." Sweden Article/Source Title: Ploy at Stockholm." "Sweden: The Business Business Week, No. 2233 June 17, 1972, Code Date/Place of Publication: Hightstown, N.J. Pages: 48, 50 Language: English Source Repository: LOG Swedish industrial firms, particularly those producing antipollution equipment, sub- jected visiting foreign delegations to the UN Conference on the Human Environment to a heavy promotional campaign pointing up the corporate environmental concern. At least 30 Swedish com- panies conducted tours of their plants for groups of delegates and journalists. Control No. SO-172 21 ------- GENERAL Sweden Article/Source Title: "A Country in the Plan- Code ning" by Ruth Link. Sweden Now, Vol. 6, No. 3 Date/Place of Publication: June 1972, Stockholm Control Pages: 28-35 Language: English No. SO-173 Source Repository: LOG The scope of the Ministry of Physical Plan- ning 's survey report on the Management of Land and Water Resources is outlined. The article also publicizes the Ministry's invitation to municipalities, organizations, experts, and ordinary citizens to examine the report's pro- posals .and present their comments and suggestions on the question: "How do you think we should use Sweden?" USSR Article/Source Title: Okhrana prirody (Protec- Code tion of Nature). Comp. by V. I. Pelevin Date/Place of Publication: 1971, Moscow Control Pages: 116 Language: Russian No. 50-174 Source Repository: EPA The book contains 12 articles on protection of plants, animals, and land in various regions of the USSR, fire prevention, regional planning, and groups active in conservation. 22 ------- |