Appoint company representative for immission control

If you have newly appointed or dismissed an immission control officer or if there have been changes in his area of responsibility, you must report this to the responsible immission control authority.

According to the Federal Immission Control Act, operators of certain installations requiring approval must appoint one or more operating officers for immission control (Immissionsschutzbeauftragte), provided that, with regard to the type or size of the plants, this is due to the

• emissions from installations,
• technical problems of emission limitation, or
• the ability of the products, when used as intended, to cause harmful effects on the environment by means of air pollution, noise or vibration;

is required.

Annex I of the Ordinance on Immission Control and Hazardous Incident Officers lists the installations requiring approval for which the operator must appoint an immission control officer.

The operator must immediately notify the competent authority of the appointment of the immission control officer and the description of his tasks as well as changes in his area of responsibility and his dismissal.

Immission control authorities of the federal states

The operator must immediately notify the competent immission control authority of the appointment of the immission control officer and the description of his tasks as well as changes in his area of responsibility and his dismissal.

Appointments, dismissals or changes to the scope of duties must be reported immediately.