Press Release

March 31, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise in FY 2004
• Health & Chemicals
  FY 2005 Editions of Chemicals in the Environment(Japanese Edition), Chemicals in the Environment (English Edition) and Citizen's Guide for Understanding "Chemicals in the Environment"
• Waste & Recycling
  Export Confirmation and Import Permission of Wastes under the Waste Management Law in 2005
• Waste & Recycling
  2005 Enforcement Status of the Basel Law

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March 29, 2006

• Water & Soil
  Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of the Law concerning Special Measures for the Preservation of Lake Water Quality
• Global Environment
  The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) 11th Inter-Governmental Meeting (IGM) and 11th Science Planning Group (SPG) Meeting, and a Related Workshop Held
• Waste & Recycling
  Strengthening of the Monitoring Systems on Illegal Dumping of Industrial Wastes(2005)

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March 27, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Amendment to the Ordinance that Establishes a Method for the Submission of Management Plans for the Use of Motor Vehicles

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March 23, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Saga-Fukutomi Road
• Water & Soil
  Establishment of "A Guide for Quality Assurance concerning Environmental Measurement of Dioxins (for Bioassays)" and Revision of the "Manual on Bioassays for Dioxins"

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March 22, 2006

• Nature & Parks
  Result of the COP-MOP 3 on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Water & Soil
  Guidelines for the Countermeasures against Oil Contamination-Landowner`s Response Policy Concerning Oil Slick and Odor Problems from Mineral Oil Contaminated Soil, a Report of the Soil Contamination Technical Standards Expert Committee, the Soil Agricultural Chemical Committee, the Central Environmental Council

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March 20, 2006

• Global Environment
  Amount of Fluorocarbons Recovered from Motor Vehicle Air-Conditioners in FY 2004
• Air & Transportation
  The Second Meeting of the Regional EST Forum in Asia to Be Held
• Global Environment
  Announcing the ECO ASIA Foreign Students' Essay Contest

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March 16, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Cabinet Decision on the "Cabinet Order on the Effective Date of the Act on Regulation, Etc. of Non-road Special Motor Vehicles" and the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on Regulation, Etc. of Non-road Special Motor Vehicles"
• Health & Chemicals
  Citizen's Guide for Understanding FY2004 PRTR Data

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March 10, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Startup Session to Be Held
• Nature & Parks
  Administrative Guidance on the Unapproved Genetically Modified Medaka

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March 08, 2006

• Water & Soil
  Results of the Evaluation of the Eligibility of Analytical Institutions for Contractual Research Involving the Environmental Measurement of Dioxins (for the preceding term of FY2006)
• Waste & Recycling
  Senior Officials Meeting on the 3R Initiative Held

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March 06, 2006

• Nature & Parks
  Cabinet Decision on a Bill Partially Amending the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law
• Global Environment
  Cabinet Decision on a Bill Partially Amending the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law

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March 03, 2006

• Health & Chemicals
  Results of FY2004 Environmental Surveys of Chemical Substances

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March 01, 2006

• Global Environment
  The Sixth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF6) was Held between February 13 and 24, 2006
• Global Environment
  Release of and Invitation for Public Comments upon a Draft Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation (CEE) on the Construction and Operation of the New Belgian Research Station in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

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