Submit measurement report on continuous measurements of air pollutants at cremation facilities

As the operator of a cremation facility for human corpses, you must continuously determine the air pollutant emissions for certain air pollutants by means of continuous measurements.

If you operate a cremation facility for human corpses, you must continuously measure and record the air pollutant emissions for certain air pollutants.

You must prepare a measurement report on the evaluation of the measurements every year or have it prepared by an accredited measuring institute.

The environmental departments of the regional councils are responsible.

Please contact the environmental department of the regional council responsible for you.

Complete measurement report

• You are the operator of a facility for the cremation of human corpses.
• You have put your facility into operation.

None. The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.

• You evaluate the continuous measurements of each calendar year.
• You prepare a measurement report on the results.
• You send the measurement report to the responsible immission control authority within the prescribed period.

• You must submit the measurement report to the responsible immission control authority within 3 months of the end of each calendar year.
• You must keep the records of the measuring devices for 5 years.

In Hesse, fees for the official inspection of measurement reports are charged on a time basis.

Fee free of charge

• If you operate your crematorium without continuous measurements, you are committing an administrative offense.
• This administrative service does not apply to animal crematoria.

You can use the following website to search for accredited measuring institutes that can certify the correct installation of the measuring devices you use:

• certify proper installation,
• carry out the calibration,
• test the functionality.