FOREIGN DOCUMENTS                     Number 7
  ANNOUNCEMENTS
             SUMMARIES  OF
      FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
           ENVIRONMENTAL
                  REPORTS
                    MARCH, 1973
                       '\ PRtffc0
                        Library Systems Branch,
                        Office of Planning and Management

                        Office of Internationa! Activities
              !U 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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                          FOREWORD


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  seventh  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, sffould be requested only when essential for
operation of EPA programs.  Translation Services  Requisition Form
#1350-1 is used to request translations.

A computerized search system is being developed which  will  allow
future retrieval of these summaries by:

     a.  country
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     c.  type of document

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         scientific/technical
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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:

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         SWIRS
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         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.

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                     TABLE  OF  CONTENTS
                                   AIR

Belgium
     Law of December 28, 1964 Regarding the Fight Against Atmospheric
       Pollution 	      1
     March 9, 1962 -- Royal Decree Modifying Title III of the General
       Regulations for the Protection of Labor  	      1
     Royal Decree of March 14, 1968 Regarding General Regulations on
       Road Police	      1
Canada
     Canada Clean Air Act, Can. Stat. c. 47 (1970-1971)  	      2
     Motor Vehicle Act, Can. Rev. Stat. c. 26 (1st Supp. 1970), Motor
       Vehicle Safety Regulations, S.O.R./70-487 104 Can. Gaz.
       Pt. II	      2
     Saskatchewan (Canada) Air Pollution Control Act, Saskatchewan Rev.
       Stat. c.  267 (1965)	      2
France
     Circular Letter on Atmospheric Pollution   	      3
     Composition of Exhaust Gases Discharged by Motor Vehicles Equipped
       with Gasoline Engines 	      3
     The Coordination of Measures to Prevent Air Pollution 	      3
     Decree Regulating Instruments Used to Measure the Content of
       Carbon Oxides in Gases Emitted by Engines 	      4
     Exhausts Produced by Motor Vehicles 	      4
     Implementation of Law No. 61-842 for the Prevention of Atmospheric
       Pollution and Odors 	      4
     Limitation of the Carbon Monoxide Content of Exhaust Gases from
       Motor Vehicles Set in the Idling Position	      5
     The Prevention of Atmospheric Pollution and Odors and the Amending
       of the Law of Dec 19, 1917	      5
     Rules on the Management and Operation of Treatment Factories for
       Crude Oil Derivatives and Residues	      5
West Germany
     Clean Air Law	      6
     Second (Bavarian) State Ordinance for the Implementation of Art.
       18b of the State's Criminal Law and Ordinances (Ordinance to
       Prevent Air Pollution by Furnace Installations) of Jul 16,
       1969	      6
     Third (Bavarian) State Ordinance for Implementing Article 18b of
       the State's Criminal Law and Ordinances  (Ordinance to Prevent
       Air Pollution by Chemical (Dry) Cleaning Plants) of Aug 24,
       1970	      7
     North Rhine-Westphalia:  1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th,  7th, and 8th
       Ordinances Implementing the Immission Protection Law  	      7

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                                 NOISE

Japan
     Environmental Standards Related to Noise
                           SOLID  WASTE

Switzerland
     See WATER  (Switzerland)  --  Control  No.  00362  	       9

                                  WATER

Switzerland
     Directives Applicable to the Discharge  of Residual  Waters   ....       8
     Directives of the  Federal Department of the Interior Concerning
       Technical Rules  to be  Applied  and the Dimensions  to be
       Ascribed Installations Serving the Discharge and  Purification
       of  Waste Water,  May  1, 1967	       8
     Swiss Federal Assembly Law on the  Protection  of Water Against
       Pollution, October 8,  1971 	       9

                                GENERAL

Canada
     Alberta (Canada)  Clean Air Act and the  Department of the Environ-
       ment  Act, Alberta Stat. c. 16  and 24  (1971)  	       9
     Alberta (Canada)  Environment (Conservation  Act, Alberta Stat.
       c.  36 (1970) Amended by the Department of Environment Act,
       Alberta  Stat. c. 24  (1971) 	       9
     Canada  Shipping Act, Can. Rev. Stat. c. S-9,  Part IX (1970)   ...      10
     Manitoba (Canada)  Clean  Environment Act, Manitoba Rev.  Stat.
       c.  C130  (1970);  Amended by 1970,  c. 62	      10
     New Brunswick (Canada) Clean Environment Act, New Brunswick
       Stat. c. 3 (1971)  	      10
     Newfoundland (Canada)  Clean Air, Water  and  Soil Authority  Act
       1970, Newfoundland Stat. c. 81 (1970)	      11
     Nova Scotia (Canada) Environmental Pollution Control Act,  Nova
       Scotia Stat. c.  4 (1970)	      11
     Ontario (Canada) Environmental Protection Act, 1971, Ontario
       Stat. c. 86 (1971)	      12
Japan
     Environmental Quality  Standards, Emission Standards, and Effluent
       Standards in Japan	      12
Switzerland
     Decree  of the Federal  Council Creating an Office for the Protec-
       tion of the Environment in the Federal Department of the
        Interior,  May 26, 1971	      12
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                           GENERAL (contd.)

West Germany
     Baden-Wuerttemburg:  Law on Protection Against Air Pollution,
       Noise and Vibrations (Immission Protection Law) of
       February 4, 1970	       13
     Bavarian Building Ordinance in the Promulgation Version of
       August 21, 1969	       13
     Bavarian State Criminal Law and Ordinances Dealing with Public
       Security and Order in the Promulgation Version of November 19,
       1970, as amended February 19, 1971	       13
     Berlin Building Ordinance in the Version of February 13, 1971   .       14
     Hamburg Building Ordinance of December 10, 1969	       14
     Hesse:  Building Ordinance of July 6,  1957, as Amended October
       5,  1970	       15
     Schleswig-Holstein Building Ordinance   	       15
     Thirtieth Law Amending the Constitution (Article 74 - Environ-
       mental Protection),  April 12, 1972	       15
     Lower Saxony State Law for Protection  Against Air Pollution,
       Noise, and Vibration (Immission Protection Law) of January
       6,  1966	       16
     North Rhine-Westphalia:  Law for Protection Against Air Pollu-
       tion, Noise and Vibration — Immission Protection Law in the
       Promulgation Version of April 1, 1970	       16
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                                   AIR

Belgium       Article/Source Title: "Law of December 28, 1964         Control
                Regarding the Fight Against Atmospheric Pollu-        No.  00456
                t ion.''  Les codes et les lois speciales les plus
                usuelles en vigueur en Belgique.  52d ed., v. 3.
              Date/Place of Publication:1969, Brussels
              Pages:  996-998         Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The law empowers the Belgian government to take steps to prohibit
or control atmospheric pollution by requiring the use of antipollution devices.
The law defines pollution as any discharge into the air that is liable to have
a deleterious effect on human health, on animals or plants, or to cause damage
to monuments or scenic landscape.  The Minister of Health is responsible for
coordinating activities with other agencies, for the analysis of emitted sub-
stances, for researching the effects of air pollution and means for curbing it,
and for educating the public on antipollution measures.  The law further provides
for the banning of unsuitable devices and sets penalties for violations.

Belgium       Article/Source Title:  "March 9, 1962 -- Royal         Control
                Decree Modifying Title III of the General Regula-    No. 00454
                tions for the Protection of Labor."  Bulletin
                usuel des lois et arretes concernant 1'administration
                gen erale.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1962,  Brussels
              Pages:  160-161         Language:   French
              Source Repository:  EPA	
              Articles 364 and 574 of .this decree extend its provisions to cover
the handling of zinc and lead ores and to the manufacture, assembly, and distri-
bution of electrical lead batteries in structures regarded as dangerous to health.

Belgium       Article/Source Title:  "Royal Decree of March 14,      Control
                1968 Regarding General Regulations on Road           No.  00455
                Police."  Les codes et les lois speciales les
                plus usuelles en vigueur en Belgique.  32d ed., v.  2.
              Date/Place of Publication:1969, Brussels
              Pages:  1168, 1191      Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This decree bans the throwing or abandoning on public roads of any
object that may emit smoke or steam.   It also requires that motor vehicles be
maintained and operated in such a way as not to spread oil and other combustibles
in an unacceptable manner or to emit  smoke that may impair traffic  safety or
disturb other road users.  The degree also sets penalties for violations.

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                                   AIR

Canada        Article/Source Title:  Canada Clean Air Act, Can.      Control
                Stat. c. 47  C1970-1971).   In force Nov 1, 1971.      No. 00556
                S.O.R./71-569.
              Date/Place of Publication:   1971, Ottawa
              Pages:  951-979         Language:  English/French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              Act, "relating to ambient air quality and to the control of air
pollution," empowers the Minister of Fisheries and Forestry  to establish,
operate, and maintain a system of air pollution monitoring stations throughout
Canada, to collect air pollution data for  publication, conduct research and
draw up plans for the control and abatement of air pollution.  The act also au-
thorizes the Governor in Council to prescribe as national ambient air quality
objectives those formulated  by the Minister and to establish national emission
standards and set standards  for fuels and  additives used in  the  operation of
federal enterprises.

Canada        Article/'Source Title:  Motor Vehicle Act, Can. Rev.    Control
                Stat. c. 26  (1st Supp.  1970), Motor Vehicle          No. 00358
                Safety  Regulations, S.O.R./70-487  104 Can. Gaz.
                Pt.  II.
              Date/Place of  Publication:   Nov 25,  1970, Ottawa
              Pages:  1245-1247, 1320-1322 Language: English/French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              Schedule  E of  this regulation defines crankc'ase emissions, ex-
haust  emissions, and evaporative emissions.   It proscribes the discharge of
crankcase emissions  into the atmosphere and limits evaporative emissions from
a gasoline-powered  light-duty vehicle to  6 grams of hydrocarbons.  The regula-
tion further  limits  hydrocarbon exhaust emissions  to 2.2 grams per mile for a
light-duty vehicle  and  275 parts per million by volume for a heavy-duty vehicle
and 1.5 percent per volume for a heavy-duty vehicle.  The opacity of the ex-
haust  emissions of  a diesel-powered vehicle should not exceed 40 percent during
acceleration  and 20 percent  during lugging.  The regulation  also provides for
the determination of compliance by means  of approved test methods.

Canada       Article/'Source Title:  Saskatchewan  (Canada) Air       Control
                Pollution  Control Act,  Saskatchewan Rev. Stat.       No. 00557
                c.  267  (1965).
              Date/Place of Publication:   1965, Regina
              Pages:  4358-4365       Language:  English
              Source Repository:  EPA   	

              This  Act  empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make
regulations  for the control  of air pollution.  These regulations may prescribe
the permissible density of air pollution,  prohibit or  limit  any  type of in-
cineration,  as  well as  control the operation  of  internal combustion engines.
The Act provides that the  Minister of Health may assist municipal officials in
developing  appropriate  programs,  investigate problems  of pollution control, and

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                                   AIR

Canada.  (Control No. 00357) continued:

recommended procedures for determining amounts of pollution and necessary con-
trol.  The Act also provides for an Air Pollution Advisory Committee  to  give
counsel on the regulation, control, and effects of air pollution.

France        Article/Source Title:  "Circular Letter on Atmo-        Control
                spheric Pollution."  Hygiene § Securite:  lois        No.  00576
              .  et textes reglementaires, llth ed.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1971,,Paris
              Page:  1238             Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This letter, dated Aug 4, 1965, from the Minister of the Interior,
to prefects, emphasizes-the extent of the powers vested in them, in collabora-
tion with local authorities, to prevent air pollution.  The letter points up
the advantage of immediacy that local authorities havein the detection and re-
porting of incidents of excessive air pollution.

France        Article/Source Title: "Composition of Exhaust           Control
                Gases Discharged by Motor Vehicles Equipped with     Ilo. 00374
                Gasoline Engines."  Journal officiel de la
                Republique francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication:  May 17,  1969, Paris
              Pages::  4930-4934       Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This order issued by the Minister for Social Affairs and the
Minister for Equipment and Housing, requires that  the mass of carbon monoxide
and ..hydro carbons contained in the exhaust gases from motor vehicles equipped
with gasoline engines, 'subject to the provisions  of the Traffic Code and having
a total authorized loaded weight not exceeding 3.5 metric tons, must not exceed,
when measured in accordance with instructions given in Appendix I of this
order, the threshold values specified in Appendix II. .The appendixes contain
tables and diagrams.

France        Article/'Source Title:  "The Coordination of            Control
                Measures to Prevent Air Pollution."  Journal         No.  00380
                officiel de la Republique francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication:  Aug <3,  1960, Paris
              Page:  7185>             Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This decree,  No. 60-789, dated July 28, 1960,  assigns to the
Minister of Public Health and Population the responsibility of coordinating
measures to prevent air pollution in concert with  other concerned ministers.
It also establishes a consultative commission to  advise the  Minister of Public
Health and Population on proposals submitted to him.

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                                   AIR

France        Article/Source Title:   "Decree Regulating  Instru-     Control
                ments Used to Measure the Content of Carbon          No. 00581
                Oxides in Gases Emitted by Engines."  Journal
                officiel de la Republique francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication: Mar 22, 1972, Paris
              Page:  2979             Language:  French
              Source Repository:   EPA	

              Decree No. 72-212,  dated Mar 6, 1972, sets  the maximum permissi-
ble degree of error for devices used to measure  carbon-oxide gas  emissions  from
combustion engines and provides for the establishment of  regulations concerning
the manufacture,  testing, and operation of these devices.

France        Article/Source Title:  "Exhausts Produced by Motor    Control
                Vehicles."  Journal officiel de  la  Republique        No. 00575
                francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication:  Nov 19, 1975, Paris
              Pages:                  Language:  French
              Source Repository:   EPA	
               This order of Nov 12,  1965,  issued by the Minister of Public
 Works and Transport,  requires that automotive engines be designed,  constructed,
 adjusted, maintained  and operated in such  a way as not to cause the emission  of
 harmful or unpleasant exhausts.  The order proscribes, with appropriate excep-
 tions, dense exhaust  discharges while the  vehicle is in motion or parked and
 specifies an opacity-test procedure  for new-model vehicles.  It further sets
 emission thresholds for various categories of motor vehicles.

 France        Article/Source Title:    "Implementation of Law         Control
                 No. 61-842 for the Prevention of Atmospheric         No.  00578
                 Pollution and Odors."  Journal officiel de la
                 Republique francaise.
               Date/Place of Publication:  Sep 21, 1965, Paris
               Pages:   8559-8540       Language:  French
               Source Repo si tory:  EPA	^	
               This decree, No. 65-965, dated Sep 17, 1965-, authorizes the
 Minister of Public Health and Population and the Minister of Industry to issue
 specifications for the manufacture, importation and sale in France of equipment
 that produces heat by combustion.  The decree grants to the prefect the author-
 ity to take corrective action in the event of noncompliance.  It also makes
 provisions for the establishment of special air-pollution-free zones and the
 setting of emission threshold within them.

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                                   AIR

France        Article/Source Title:   "Limitation of the Carbon      Control
                Monoxide Content of Exhaust Gases from Motor         No.  00575
                Vehicles Set in the Idling Position."  Journal
                officiel de la Republique francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication:May 17, 1969, Paris
              Pages:  4929-4930       Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This order issued Mar 31, 1969 by the Minister for Social Affairs
and by the Minister for Equipment and Housing requires that motor vehicles,
subject to the provisions of the Traffic Code, equipped with four-stroke  gaso-
line engines not exceeding 3.5 metric tons authorized total weight when loaded
must be adjusted and maintained in such a way as not to discharge, when idling
without a load, exhaust gases having a carbon monoxide content exceeding  4.5
percent by volume.  This order is not applicable to vehicles whose power  does
not exceed one horsepower.  The order further sets standards and methods  for
the testing of vehicles for exhaust emissions.

France        Article/Source Title:   "The Prevention of Atmo-       Control
                spheric Pollution and Odors and the Amending of      No.  00379
                the Law of Dec 19, 1917."  Journal officiel de
                la Republique francaise.
              Date/Place of Publication:  Aug 3, 1961,  Paris
              Pages:  7195-7197       Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	-   •	

              This law, No. 61-842, dated Aug 2, 1961,  requires that all build-
ings, industrial, commercial, handicraft, or agricultural establishments,
vehicles or other movable objects, be constructed, operated or used by natural
or legal persons in such a manner as to prevent pollution of the atmosphere
and the discharge of odors which constitute a public nuisance or a menace  to
health.  Implementing decrees will set permissible limitations on discharge
into the atmosphere of smoke, soot, dust, poisonous gases and of corrosive,
malodorous, or radioactive substances.  The law grants  to the prefect extensive
authority to take measures to eliminate serious dangers of nuisances to health
or comfort.

France        Article/Source Title:   "Rules on the Management       Control
                and Operation of Treatment Factories for Crude       No.  00377
                Oil Derivatives and Residues."  Hygiene § Securite:
                lois et textes reglementaires, llth ed.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Paris
              Page:  1287             Language:  French
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              These rules define management procedures  for the construction and
safe operation of treatment plants for crude oil derivatives and residues.
Articles 50-52, designed as a guide in the prevention of air pollution,  describe

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                                   AIR

France  (Control No. 00377) continued:

the desirable features of furnaces,  chimneys,  and flue  holes  in curtailing harm-
ful emissions, designate devices  for measuring sulfur dioxide,  and mention other
useful means for the reduction  of harmful  or malodorous vapors, and flue  and
other gases.

West          Article/Source  Title:    "Clean Air  Law."                Control
Germany         Umweltschutz, Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaempung,      No.  00383
                Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften des  Bundes
                und der  Laender mit  einer  systematischen
                Einfuehrung.  Gerhard  Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:   1971, Cologne
              Pages:   285-287         Language:  German
              Source Repository:   EPA	

              The  Law  on precautionary measures for clean air conservation of
May 17,  1965, as  amended May  24,  1968  (BGB1. I: 413;  BGBI.  I: 503), provides
for air pollution  monitoring  programs, control areas, evaluation procedures,
administering and  reporting guidelines and sets areas of competence and
penalties  for violations.  The  law is  also applicable to West Berlin.  It
enters  into force  following its promulgation.

West         Article/Source  Title:  "Second (Bavarian) State        Control
Germany        Ordinance  for the Implementation  of Art. 18b  of      No.  00390
                the  State's Criminal Law and Ordinances (Ordinance
                to Prevent Air  Pollution by Furnace Installations)
                of Jul 16, 1969(GVB1. S.  299)." Umweltschutz,
                Luftreinhaltung,  Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und
                Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes und  der Laender
                mit einer  systematischen Einfuehrung. Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
               Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
               Pages:   332-335         Language:  German
               Source Repository:   EPA	

               The Second (Bavarian)  state ordinance for the implementation of
Art. 18b of the state's criminal  law and ordinances  (ordinance to prevent air
pollution by furnace installations) of Jul 16,  1969 (GVB1. S.  299) sets forth
mandatory technical provisions for the construction, operation and maintenance
 of furnace installations using solid or liquid fuels and enumerates and
 illustrates quantitative standards.

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                                   AIR

West          Article/Source Title:    "Third  (Bavarian)  State        Control
Germany         Ordinance for  Implementing Article  18b of the        No.  00392^
                State's Criminal Law and Ordinances  (Ordinance
                to Prevent Air Pollution by Chemical  (Dry)
                Cleaning Plants) of August 24, 1970.   (GVB1.  S.
                440)." Umweltschutz, Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaemp-
                fung.  Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften des
                Bundes und der Laender mit einer systematischen
                Einfuehrung.  Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1971, Cologne
              Pages:  336-337 '•        Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The Third (Bavarian) state ordinance for implementing Article  ISb
of the state's criminal law and ordinances (ordinance to prevent air pollution
by chemical (dry) cleaning plants) of August 24, 1970 (GVB1.  S. 440) specifies
procedures for reducing air pollution emanating from plants engaged in the clean-
ing, drying, or other treatment of textiles and leather when those processes  make
use of agents containing trichloroethyl or perchloroethyl.

West          Article/Source Title:   "North Rhine-Westphalia:       Control
Germany         1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th,  7th, and 8th Ordinances       No. 00450
                Implementing the Immission Protection Law."
                (Feb 26, 1963; Jun 24,  1963; Oct 25, 1965; Jul 25,
                1967; Oct 17, 1967; Oct 1, 1968; Feb 6, 1970,
                respectively.)  Umweltschutz,  Luftreinhaltung,
                Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und Verwaltungsvor-
                schriften des Bundes und der Laender mit einer
                systematischen Einfuehrung. Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
              Pages:  400-406         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The North Rhine-Westphalia 1st,  2d,  3d, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th
ordinances implementing the immission protection law (Feb 26, 1963; Jun 24,  1963;
Oct 25, 1965;  Jul 25, 1967; Oct 17, 1967;  Oct  1,  1968; Feb 6, 1970, respectively)
(GV. NW S. 118, 234, 370,  137, 184, 320, 172, respectively) set limitations on
smoke emissions, the operation of refuse incineration, emissions from oil-
burning facilities, dry-cleaning plants, from  bituminous road-building materials,
from kilns, and on emissions from furnaces consuming solid fuels.   The last-
named ordinance contains t\vo appendixes; one on a  method for the determination
of the dust, soot, and tar content of waste fumes  from central heating plants
with a nominal heating capacity of more than 20,000 kilocalories per hour; the
second on the determination of these substances in waste fumes from home furnaces
and small central heating plants.

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                                 NOISE

Japan          Article/Source Title:   "Environmental Standards       Control
                 Related to Noise."  Translated by Dept of State:    Ho.  00559
                 LSNO 24512 T-121/R-35..
               Date/Place of Publication:  Washington, D.C.
               Pages:  7               Language:   English/Japanese
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               The  document is  a proposal decided on at a Cabinet meeting May 25,
1971, concerning environmental  standards related  to noise.   The  standards are
established  in accordance with  Article 9 of  the Basic  Law to Prevent Harming
the Public.  The document discusses  the classification of time periods  and  of
areas, methods of measurements, and  policies for  attaining the environmental
standards  for noise level in terms of  phons.

                           SOLID  WASTE

Switzerland    See  WATER '(Switzerland) — Control No.  00362

                                 WATER

Switzerland    Article/Source Title:  Directives  applicables au  de-  Control
                 versement des  eaux  residuaires du  ler septembre    No.  00361
                  1966    (Directives  Applicable to the  Discharge  of
                  Residual Waters).
               Date/Place of Publication:   September  1, 1966
               Pages:   8               Language:   French
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               Directives of the  Swiss Federal Department of the Interior appli-
 cable to the discharge  of residual waters,  September  1, 1966, establish certain
 requirements of  such residual  waters including temperature,  odor, color,  trans-
 parency, toxicity,  salinity^  total  content  of suspended materials, pH  range,
 oxygen content,  chemical  content,  and others.

 Switzerland   Article/Source  Title:  Directives  du departement      Control
                  federal  de  1'interieur  concemant  les regies tech-  No.  00360
                  niques a appliquer  et les  dimensions  a donner aux
                  installations servant a 1'evacuation et  a  1'epura-
                  tion des eaux usee  du ler  mai 1967   (Directives of
                  the Federal Department  of  the Interior Concerning
                  Technical  Rules  to  be Applied and : the Dimensions to
                  be Ascribed Installations  Serving  the Discharge and
                  Purification of Waste Water, May 1,  1967).
                Date/Place of Publication:   May 1, 1967
                Pages:   8               'Language:   French
                Source Repository:   EPA    	'  '    	

                Included are  directives concerning the implementation of a plan;
 technical problems of intercommunal  wastewater installations; directives in re-
 gard to the discharge and the  volume of wastewater;  overflow and flooding of
 reservoirs caused by heavy rains;  and directives  relating to wastewater purifi-
 cation installations.

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                                 WATER

Switzerland    Article/Source Title:  Loi federale sur la protec-    Control
                 tion des eaux contre la pollution du 8 octobre      No. 00562
                 1971 (Swiss Federal Assembly Law on the Protection
                 of Water Against Pollution.  October 8, 1971).
               Date/Place of Publication:  October 8, 1971
               Pages:  17             Language:  French
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               The 45 articles of this law spell out the tasks and obligations
of the Confederation as well as those of the Cantons and sets forth measures
for implementation of the law, including coercive and expropriation measures.
The law covers inter-Cantonal and international waters, the control of discharge
from industry, agriculture, boats, etc., and measures to treat wastes in order
to assure water purity.   It also deals with pollutants, reservoirs, the dispo-
sition of solid waste, debris accumulating near hydroelectric centers, and the
protection of subterranean waters.  It covers Federal subsidies as well as
penal arrangements, offenses, and general provisions of the Swiss penal code.

                               GENERAL

Canada         Article/Source Title:  Alberta (Canada)  Clean Air     Control
                 Act and the Department of the Environment Act,      No.  00565
                 Alberta Stat., c. 16 and 24 (1971).
               Date/Place of Publication:1971, Edmonton
               Pages:  65-75, 98-111      Language:   English
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               The Clean Air Act authorizes the Minister of the Environment to
make regulations providing for maximum density levels of air contaminants in
Alberta and authorizes his director of pollution control to approve all plans
for the construction of any structure which might be a source of air pollution.
The director may order construction stopped in the case of deviation from ap-
proved plans, issue emission control orders, and direct limitation or stoppage
of pollutant emissions.   The Minister of the Environment may close plants con-
stituting a health problem.  The Environment Act establishes a provincial de-
partment to handle matters concerning:  conservation and use of natural resources,
prevention and control of their pollution, prevention and control of noise levels,
economic factors and other activities adversely affecting natural resources, and
the preservation of natural resources for their esthetic value.

Canada         Article/Source Title:  Alberta (Canada)  Environ-      Control
                 ment (Conservation Act, Alberta Stat.,  c.  56        No.  00564
                 (1970)  Amended by the Department of Environment
                 Act, Alberta Stat., c. 24 (1971).
               Date/Place of Publication:1971, Edmonton
               Pages:                 Language:  Engli sh
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               This act establishes the Environment  Conservation Authority and
sets as its responsibility the reviewing of provincial  governmental policies

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and prograns on environmental  conservation, making recommendations to the
Lieutenant Governor in  Council,  holding public  hearings,  referring pertinent
environmental matters to the Department of the  Environment.   The authority may
make such rules as necessary for the  carrying out of its  functions.

Canada.        Article/Source Title:    Canada  Shipping Act, Can.       Control
                Rev.  Stat.-, c.  S-9, Part IX (1970).                  No.  00370
              Date/Place of Publication:  1970, Ottawa
              Pages:  6981-6983        Language:  English/French  .
              Source  Repository:  EPA     	•      	 -  -
               Act  authorizes the Governor in Council ".-to carry out the provisions
of the  International  Convention for the "Prevention -of Pollution of. the: Sea by
Oil  and thus  to  regulate arid prevent" the  pollution of Canadian waters, by oil,
chemicals,  garbage,  sewage and any other  substances from -ships.  It further
authorizes  the Governor in Council to regulate and prevent the pollution of the
air  by  combustible products from ships _and_, when necessary, to order the destruc-
tion or rcnoval  of ships that, by reason  of their distress or abandonment, are
liable  to  pollute  Canadian -waters. j The act sets penalties for violations. '•

Canada.         Article/ Source. Title:   Manitoba (Canada) Clean        Control
                 Environment Act, Manitoba Rev. Stat., c. C150        No. 00565
                 (1970); Amended by "1970,  c.-62. •
               Date/Place, of Publication:  •:.•.! 97 Oj_. Winnipeg
               Pages:                   Language:  English
  ' "  . •     "   Source Repository:  EPA          _ - •-  •  _

      "         This Act and its amendment  assign to the Clean Environment -Com-
mission "general supervision arid control  over all matters relating to"; the pre-
 servation  of the natural environment and  ' the ; prevention- and control -of contami-
nation  of  the environment" by any substance, gaseous, liquid or solid.   The Act
provides ' that" no contaminant may be introduced1 into the air, soil or -water with-
 out  a license, but exempts from this provision domestic family residences,
 locally authorized activities, and certain other' contaminating; activities. : The
 general powers! and duties of the Commission, including the appointment and re-;
 sponsibilities Of inspectors , are delineated1.

 Canada_ _       Article/ Sour c,e Title:   New Brunswick  (Canada)         Control
                 -Clean Environment Act, -New Brunswick Stat., c. 5     No. 00566
               Bate'/Place of ^u^L^aat^on:  ryyi, h'rederictori-
               Pages:  4-10            'Language:.-  English
               Source Repository:'  "EPA _ '•  •- ' _
                                           r\ '    - -  - '
               The Act- assigns-responsibility for environmental matters to the
 Minister of Fisheries and Environment and authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in
 Council to prohibit, restrict > or limit contamination of the air, soil, or


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Canada  (Control No. 00366) continued:

waters.  The latter is directed to establish an environmental council  to  study,
investigate and report on any matter coming within the purview of this Act.
The Minister may designate an inspector and analyst to aid in the enforcement
of the act or to examine samples submitted by an inspector.  The Governor may
make regulations prescribing contaminants and wastes, standards for their dis-
charge, emission or deposit, and the form of and manner in ivhich licenses may
be issued or withdrawn.

Canada        Article/Source Title:   Newfoundland (Canada) Clean    Control
                Air, Water and Soil Authority Act 1970, Newfound-    No.  00569
                land Stat., c. 81 (1970).
              Date/Place of Publication:  1970, St. John's
              Pages:  437-458         Language:  English
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This Act is designed "to provide for the abatement and control of
pollution of air, soil and water and for the conservation and use of water as a
natural resource of the province; to provide an aid towards the centralization
and coordination of multiform controls over the use of water generally by the
creation of an authority as an arm of government."  The Minister of Mines,
Agriculture and Resources is charged with the administration of this Act.  The
Lieutenant Governor in Council is granted the power,  hereunder,  to issue regu-
lations for the inspecting and testing of soil, air,  and bodies  of water, to
set pollution standards, to make rules on sewage and industrial  waste effluents,
to conduct investigations of complaints of air and water pollution,  and to pro-
vide for water-use licenses.  Contamination by radioactive substances also come
under the purview of this Act.

Canada        Article/Source Title:    Nova Scotia (Canada) Environ-   Control
                mental Pollution Control Act,  Nova Scotia Stat.,      No.  00367
                c.  4 (1970).
              Date/Place of Publication:  1970, Halifax
              Pages:  17-21           Language:  English
              Source Repository:   EPA	

              The Act establishes the Environmental Pollution Council and charges
it with investigating any activity or situation that  causes or appears to cause
pollution, preparing plans and programs to eliminate  or reduce pollution, and to
coordinate pollution control efforts with other Provincial offices  and with
public and private bodies.  Under the provisions of this Act,  the appropriate
Minister in the Executive Council may direct the Nova Scotia Water Resources
Commission to investigate the incidence or likelihood of pollution and to take
remedial action.
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Canada         Artiele/Source Title:  Ontario  (Canada) Environ-      Control
                 mental Protection Act, 1971, Ontario Stat.,         No. 00568
                 c. 86  (1971).
               Date/Place of Publication:  1971, Toronto
               Pages:   705-740        Language:  English
               Source Repository:  EPA	

               Under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of the Environment
is responsible for the  protection and conservation of the natural environment
and the air, land, and  water of the Province.  His duty is to investigate
problems of pollution,  waste management, waste disposal, and litter management
and disposal; to conduct research pertinent to contaminants and pollution; to
collect and publish relevant data; and to enter into agreements for the protec-
tion and conservation of the environment.  The Act specifies the amount of con-
taminants that may be added to the environment and prohibits the construction
or modification of plants and processes likely to contaminate the environment,
without approval of such plans.  It further requires motors and motor vehicles
to be equipped with anti-pollution devices.  The Environmental Council is di-
rected to advise the Minister on current research.

Japan          Article/Source Title:  Environmental Quality          Control
                 Standards, Emission Standards, and Effluent         No. 00571
                 Standards in Japan.
               Date/Place of Publication:  January 1972
               Pages:   25             Language:  English
               Source Repository:  EPA	
                The  report  offers  brief remarks  on  establishing quality standards
 with respect to sulfur oxides,  carbon  monoxide,  and  general air and water pol-
 lution.   The majority of the  text is made  up  of standards relating to human
 health,  various types of bodies of water and  various pollutants.

 Switzerland    Article/Source Title:   Arrete  du Counseil federal     Control
                  creant un Office de la protection de  1'environ-     No. 00572
                  nement du 26 mai 1971 (Decree  of  the  Federal
                  Council Creating an Office for the  Protection of
                  the Environment  in the Federal Department of the
                  Interior. May 26, 1971).
                Date/Place  of  Publication:   May  26, 1971
                Pages:  2              Language:  French
                Source Repository:  EPA	

                This decree defines the 12  principal  tasks of the Office for the
 Protection of the Environment in  the Federal  Department of the Interior in terms
 of preparing legislation,  implementing laws,  coordinating arid collaborating with
 local administrative services,  informing the  public  and cooperating in the inter-
 national field toward the  protection of the natural  environment, protecting water,
 fish, maintenance of air wholesomeness, as well as participating in the struggle
 against  noise.

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West          Article/Source Title:   "Baden-Wuerttemburg:  Law      Control
Germany         on Protection Against Air Pollution, Noise and       No. 00389
                Vibrations (Immission Protection Law) of February 4,
                1970.  (GB1. S. 55; GB1. S. 111)."  Umweltschutz,
                Luftreinhaltung, Laermebekaempfung.  Rechts-und
                Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes und der Laender
                mit einer systematischen Einfuehrung.Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
              Pages:  307-311         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The Baden-Wuerttemberg law on protection against air pollution,
noise and vibrations (immission protection law) of February 4, 1964, amended
February 6, 1970 (GB1.  S. 55; GB1.  S.  Ill) requires proprietors and operators
of facilities that can cause air, noise or vibration pollution to conduct ac-
tivities associated with these facilities in such a manner that the population
is not exposed to such pollutions to the extent that the state of technology
and economic circumstances reasonably permit.  This legislation contains defini
tions, implementing ordinances, monitoring procedures, health hazards measure-
ments, and regulations pertinent to trade secrets and violations.  The law enters
into force one month following promulgation.

West          Article/Source Title:  "Bavarian Building Ordinance    Control
Germany         in the Promulgation Version of August 21, 1969.      No. 00385
                (G\?B1.  S. 263) (Extract)."  Umweltschutz,
                Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und
                Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes und der Laender
                mit einer systematischen Einfuehrung. Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
              Pages:  338-344         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The Bavarian building ordinance in the promulgation version of
August 21,1969 (GVB1. S.  263) sets  forth state requirements for the construction
or modification of buildings, storage  facilities,  garages, furnaces, and chimneys
to insure that hazards  to health and well-being from radiation, odors,  gases,
dust, vapors, smoke, soot, liquids, sewage and refuse are avoided.

West          Article/Source Title:   "Bavarian State Criminal       Control
Germany         Law and Ordinances  Dealing with Public Security      No.  00591
                and Order in the Promulgation Version of
                November 19, 1970,  as  Amended February 19, 1971.
                (GVB1.  S. 601; S. 65)."  Umweltschutz, Luftrein-
                haltung,  Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und Verwaltungs-
                vorschriften des Bundes und der Laender mit einer
                systematischen Einfuehrung.  Gerhard Feldhaus, Comp.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1971, Cologne
              Pages:  321-329         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The Bavarian state criminal law and ordinances dealing with public
security and order in the promulgation version of November 19, 1970, amended

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•Vest Germany (Control No. 00591) continued:

February 19, 1971  (GVB1. S. 601; S. 65) requires plants and  equipment  to be  con-
structed, operated, and maintained  in  a manner  as not  to  endanger  the  population
through harmful pollution, providing the prevention  of such  pollution  is economi-
cally feasible within the present state of technology.  The  law  contains regula-
tions for protection against harmful effects  from pollutants,  administrative
monitoring procedures, rules for the burning  of refuse and for noise control,
areas of the law's applicability, and  penalties for  violation.

.Vest          Article/Source 'I'ltle:  "Berlin  Building  Ordinance      Control
Gcir^ij         in the Version of February 13,  1971.  (GVB1.  S.       No. 00586
                455)  (Extract)."  Umweltschutz  Luftreinhaltung,
                Laerrabekaempfur.g.   Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften
                des  Bundes uncT der  Laender iv.it  einer systematischen
                Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place of Publication:   1971, Cologne
              Pages:  349-356          Language: German
              Source Repository:  EPA	 	

              The  Berlin building ordinance,  February 13, 1971 (GVB1.  S. 455)
 (extract) requires that  structures  be  designed, placed, built, modified and
maintained  in such a manner that  life  and  health are not  endangered.   It also
sets  forth  requirements  to be  observed in  the construction of chimneys, furnaces,
garages,  and agricultural buildings.

West          Article/Source Title: "Hamburg Building. Ordinance    Control
Germany         of December 10,  1969.   (GVB1. S. 249)."              No. 00387
                Umweltschutz,  Luftreinhaltung,  Laermbekaempfung.
                Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften  des Bundes und
                der  Laender mit  einer  systematischen Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
              Pages:   369-376          Language: German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The  Hamburg building  ordinance  of December  10, 1969  (GVB1. S.  249)
requires that  structures be situated,  built,  and maintained  in such  a  manner
that  public safety,  especially life and health, are not jeopardized  and that
the population  is  not  subjected  to  excessive  levels of pollution and noise.   It
also  sets forth regulations governing  the  construction and use of  furnaces,
chimneys,  gas  exhaust  devices,  garages and the  issuing of building permits.
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West          Article/Source Title:   "Hesse:  Building               Control
Germany         Ordinance of July 6, 1957, as Ammended October  5,     No.  00388
                1970.  GVB1. S. 101; GVB1. S. 598)."
                Umweltschutz, Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaempfung.
                Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes und
                der Laender mit einer systematischen Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971, Cologne
              Pages:  381-386         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The Hesse:  Building ordinance of July 6, 1957, amended October  5,
1970  (GVB1. S. 101; GVB1. S. 598) establishes standards for the construction,
maintenance, modification and removal of structures to assure that the public
safety is not endangered.  It further regulates the emission of smoke from
chimneys, the disposal of animal droppings and solid wastes, the heating and
ventilation of structures, and water supply, sewage, and noise  levels as they
pertain to buildings covered by the terms of the law.

West          Article/Source Title:  "Schleswig-Holstein Building    Control
Germany         Ordinance."  Umweltschutz, Luftreinhaltung,          No. 00582
                Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und Verwaltungsvor-
                schriften des Bundes und der Laender mit einer
                systematischen Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1971,  Cologne
              Pages:  463-469         Language:   German
              Source Repository:  EPA	
              The State building ordinance for Schleswig-Holstein of February 9,
1967, as amended February 25, 1971 (GVB1. S. 51; GVB1. S. 66) (extract), requires
that structures be planned, built, modified, maintained and used in a way not to
jeopardize public order, particularly life and health.  The law covers hazards
arising from excessive noise and from pollution caused by physical, chemical or
bacteriological factors.  It also sets forth regulations governing the construc-
tion and use of chimneys, furnaces, garages, and animal enclosures.

West          Article/Source Title:   "Thirtieth Law Amending the    Control
Germany         Constitution (Article 74 - Environmental Protec-     No. 00584
                tion), April 12, 1972."  Bundesgesetzblatt.  1972
                I:  593.
              Date/Place of Publication:  1972, Bonn
              Page:  593              Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              This law transfers from the laender (states) to the Federal Govern-
ment the jurisdiction for waste disposal, air pollution.control  and noise suppres-
sion.  It becomes effective following its promulgation.
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West          Article/Source Title:   "Lower Saxony  State  Law         Control
Germany         for Protection Against Air Pollution, Noise,  and     No.  00416
                Vibration  (Immission  Protection  Law) of January
                6, 1966.   (GVB1. S. 1)."  Umweltschutz,
                Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaempfung.  Rechts-und
                Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes  und der  Laender
                mit einer  systematischen  Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place of Publication:1971,  Cologne
              Pages:  387-390         Language:  German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The  Lower Saxony  state  law  for  protection against  air pollution,
noise and vibration  (immission  protection law) of January 6,  1966  (GVB1.  S. 1)
provides that the  State Ministry may  take the following measures to ensure that
the owners  and operators of facilities build, operate, and  maintain them  so as
not to  expose the  population to excessive levels of air pollution  and noise:
require the facilities to  meet  certain technical standards, have them measure
emission and immission levels according to prescribed procedures,  set emission
thresholds, limit  the use  of certain  types of fuels during  periods of severe
pollution,  and restrict the operation of  facilities in respect to  time  and place.
The law provides  for  administrative monitoring,  designates  responsible  offices,
sets measurement  standards, and establishes penalties for violations.

West          Article/Source Title:  "North Rhine-Westphalia:       Control
Germany         Law  for Protection  Against Air Pollution, Noise      No.  00415
                 and  Vibration  --  Immission Protection Law in  the
                 Promulgation Version  of April 1, 1970.    (GV  NW  S.
                 283)." Umweltschutz,  Luftreinhaltung, Laermbekaemp-
                 fung.  Rechts-und Verwaltungsvorschriften des Bundes
                 und  der  Laender in  einer  systematischen  Einfuehrung.
              Date/Place  of Publication:   1971',  Cologne
              Pages:   395-399         Language:   German
              Source Repository:  EPA	

              The North  Rhine-Westphalia  Law  for protection against  air pollu-
tion,  noise and  vibration --  immission protection law in the  promulgation version
 of April  1, 1970'  (GV NW S. 283) obligates operators of  facilities  that  can  cause
 air pollution and excessive noise to  set  up,  run and  maintain these  facilities
 so as  to  protect the population from such hazards  to  the extent  that technology
 and the nature  of the facilities  allow.   The  State government may  require builders
 of such facilities to adhere to special  construction codes  and operators  to under-
 take pollution measurements,  abide  by pollution standards,  limit the use  of certain
 fuels,  and to change times and, in  the case  of mobile facilities,  the place  of
 operation.  The law allows competent authorities to make exceptions.   It  further
 provides  for administrative monitoring and for pollution measures.
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