Construction and operation of a system requiring monitoring in accordance with the Industrial Safety Ordinance Permit for steam boiler systems

If you have a category IV steam boiler system or wish to make certain changes to it, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority.

Steam boiler systems (Category IV Annex II Diagram 5 of Directive 2014/68/EC) are heated pressure equipment at risk of overheating for the production of steam or hot water at a temperature of more than 110 degrees Celsius. These are systems that require monitoring.

You require a permit from the competent authority if you wish to install and operate a steam boiler system of category IV

• wish to erect and put into operation or
• wish to change the design or operating mode in such a way that the safety of the system is affected.

Permission can 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 will be issued. The authorization 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 installation
• Description of the system technology and interaction with other systems
• Piping and instrument flow diagram (P&I flow diagram)
• Description of boiler installation room (ventilation and venting, pressure relief areas)
• Description of operating mode
• Description of the flue gas system
• Overview plan
• Site plan
• Floor plan or technical plan
• Description of assembly
• Description of conformity assessment procedure
• Information on fire protection
• Calculation of manufacturing costs
• Supplements from TÜV Verband e.V. for boiler approval procedures
• Other systems
• 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 system for which you are applying for a permit must be a system requiring a permit.
• You must construct and operate steam boiler systems 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.

The permit 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.

Administrative fees will be charged in accordance with the applicable administrative cost regulations.

The publication (LV 49) contains a list of the required application documents for steam boiler systems in Annex 1.