Construction and operation of an installation requiring monitoring in accordance with the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health Authorization of filling stations

If you wish to set up or operate a filling station or make certain changes to it, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority.

Filling stations are fixed installations that refuel land, water and air vehicles with flammable liquids. They are installations requiring monitoring.

You require a permit from the competent authority if you:

• wish to set up and operate a filling station
• wish to make changes to the design or mode of operation that affect the safety of the installation.

Permission may be granted subject to the following restrictions:

• limited,
• limited in time,
• subject to conditions or
• with conditions.

If the installation requiring a permit is part of an installation requiring a permit no separate permit is issued. The approval includes the permit.

The occupational health and safety departments of the Darmstadt, Giessen and Kassel regional councils are responsible.

Informal application with the following details:

• Surname, first name, company name
• Address of the applicant
• Contact information (e-mail, telephone number, fax)
• Type of permit:
  • Establishment and operation
  • Modification and operation or
  • Partial permit
• Specification of the operating site

Documents required to assess the installation:

• Subject of the application
• Description of the system
• Description of the system technology and interaction with other systems, e.g. washing systems
• Piping and instrument flow diagram (P&I flow diagram)
• Safety data sheets
• Description of the mode of operation
• Permanently manned position for operation without supervision
• Overview plan
• Site plan
• Floor plan or technical plan
• Ex-zone plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Information on fire protection
• Description of liquid-tight roadway with drainage and effective areas
• Calculation of production costs
• Other installations
• Test report from an approved inspection body (ZÜS)
  • The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the specified measures are complied with.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: No

• The facility for which you are applying for a permit must be a facility requiring a permit.
• You must construct and operate the filling station in accordance with the state of the art.
• Your documentation must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report from the approved inspection body (ZÜS) must confirm that the system applied for can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are complied with.

Appeal:

• You can appeal against the decision within one month of notification.
• You must submit the appeal to the competent authority in writing or for the record.

• Submit the application for approval of the system requiring monitoring with the required documents including the test report from the approved monitoring body (ZÜS) to the responsible authority.
• If a permit is required in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act, you will receive the application documents back, as a permit in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance will then also be checked as part of the necessary permit in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The competent authority will make its decision after examination and inform you.

A permit issued expires if:

• you have not commenced construction of the installation within two years of the permit being issued,
• you have interrupted the construction of the installation for two years or longer or
• you have not operated the installation for a period of three years.

You can apply to the licensing authority for an extension of the deadlines for important reasons.

The processing time applies from receipt of the complete application documents. An extension of the processing period is possible in justified cases.

The publication (LV 49) contains a list of the required application documents for filling stations in Annex 6.