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Immission control - Submit measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants at plants for the incineration and co-incineration of waste in accordance with 17. BImSchV

If you are the operator of a waste incineration or waste co-incineration plant, you must have the air pollutant emissions determined at regular intervals by means of individual measurements. The measurements must be carried out by a notified body (measuring centre) in accordance with Section 29b of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG). You must draw up a measurement report on the results and submit it to the immission control authority responsible for you.

Responsible department

Locally responsible regional council (Department 5 - Environment)

Details

Prerequisite

You are the operator of a plant for the incineration or co-incineration of waste in accordance with the 17th BImSchV.

Procedure

You contact a notified body (measuring centre) in accordance with § 29b BImSchG.
The exact measurement planning (measurement date, air pollutants to be measured, operating conditions of the installation to be taken into account) must be agreed between you, the measuring centre and the responsible immission control authority.
The measuring centre determines the emission values on the measurement date.
Once the measurement has been completed, you will receive a measurement report from the measuring centre which must be submitted to the responsible pollution control authority.

Deadlines

If your system has been newly installed or significantly modified, you must have the measurements carried out every 2 months in the first year after commissioning and then regularly every 6 months thereafter.
The measurement report must be submitted to the responsible authority no later than 8 weeks after the measurements.

Required documents

Complete measurement report in accordance with Annex A of Guideline VDI 4220 Sheet 2 (November 2018 edition) with information on, among other things

Measurement results,
measurement methods used,
Operating conditions that are important for the assessment of the measurement results.

Costs

None

Miscellaneous

Please ensure that you submit the measurement report to the immission control authority responsible for your plant.

Release note

Machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 06.05.2025