Submit measurement report on continuous measurements of air pollutants at other installations

If you operate certain industrial or commercial facilities that require a permit, you may have to check compliance with limit values for pollutant emissions by means of continuous measurements and prepare a measurement report on the results.

If you operate certain industrial or commercial facilities that require a permit, you may be required by the authorities to

• to check compliance with limit values for pollutant emissions by means of continuous measurements and
• to prepare a measurement report on the results.

Details on the type and scope of the continuous measurements and the deadlines you must comply with can be found in the approval notice for your plant.

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

The environmental departments of the regional councils are responsible.

• Complete measurement report
• If applicable, further documents according to the approval notice

• You have received a notice of approval for an industrial or commercial facility that requires approval.

The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.

You can submit your measurement report in accordance with the requirements of the competent authority under national law. Submit the report as follows:

• For ongoing measurements, contact your competent immission control authority. They will provide you with details on the type and scope of the necessary investigations.
• You evaluate the continuous measurements of the respective calendar year.
• You prepare a measurement report on the results.
• You can commission an accredited measuring institute or an expert to evaluate the continuous measurements or prepare the measurement report.

You must submit the measurements and measurement report together with all documents to the responsible immission control authority within the period specified in the approval notice for your installation.

You must keep the measurement report and the records of the measuring devices for at least 5 years after the end of the respective reporting period.

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

Fee free of charge

If you do not have officially ordered measurements carried out, or do not have them carried out correctly, completely or on time, you are committing an administrative offense that can be punished with a fine.