10.2190/HNM6-2B9R-VA6E-0W95 HNM62B9RVA6E0W95 1 State Environmental Management in West Germany: Air Pollution Control in North Rhine-Westphalia 209 222 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 HNM62B9RVA6E0W95.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=HNM62B9RVA6E0W95 3 William R. Mangun Division of Program Plans, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D. C. North Rhine Westphalia was one of the first states of West Germany to adopt vigorous air pollution control legislation and implementation strategies. Its air pollution control research laboratories have long been among the best in the world. The strategies for air quality maintenance are a combination of state and local planning, building inspection regulations, and technical measures for emission reduction. Through such strategies North Rhine-Westphalia has achieved a significant reduction in sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and nitrogen oxide pollutants. This article reviews the organizational structure for environmental management in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and some of the strategies which it has adopted to control air pollution. European Communities, <i>Policies and Programs for the Prevention of Air Pollution</i> (Document E/ECE/AIR POLL/1), Annex I, 1968. Ministry of the Interior, <i>Report of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Human Environment</i>, Bonn, 1972. W. A. Rosenbaum, <i>The Politics of Environmental Concern</i>, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, Section 110. Ministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit and Soziales, <i>Umweltbericht-Nordrhein-Westfalen</i>, Düsseldorf, 1974. Ministry of the Interior, <i>Program for the Human Environment</i>, Bonn, 1971. Das Gesetz zum Schutz vor Luftverunreinigungen, Geräuschen und Erschutterungen Immissionsschutz gesetz, G. V. Nordrhein-Westfalen, S. 225, 1962. Ministerium fur Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales, <i>Jahresbericht-1973 der Gewerbeaufsicht des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen</i>, Düsseldorf, 1973. Landes Anstalt fur Immissions — und Bodennutzenschutz, <i>LIB</i>, Essen, 1973. <i>Umwelt: forschung, Gestaltung, Schutz, 5</i>, p. 23, 1974. B. Prinz and G. Scholl, Messprogram des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen Zwölfte Mitteilung Über die Ergebnisse der Staubniederschlagmessungen für die Zeit von Oktober 1974, bis September 1975, in <i>Heft 38 des Landesanstalt für Immissions — und Bodennutzenschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen</i>, Essen, 1973.