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Immission control; transmission of information prior to accident-relevant changes to an upper-tier operating area in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance
Would you like to make an accident-relevant change to an upper-tier operating area? Then you must provide the competent authority with the information required to create external alarm and emergency plans in advance.
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Procedure details
Description
If you wish to commission an upper-tier operating area, you must provide the competent authority with the necessary information for the preparation of external alarm and emergency plans in advance.
The information is required by the competent disaster control authority for the preparation of emergency plans.
Bavaria-wide supplement
If you are setting up an upper-tier operating area for the first time, there is a change of tier or there may be a significant impact on major accident hazards, you must submit the required information to the competent authority at least one month in advance.
The information is required, among other things, by the competent disaster control authority for the preparation of external emergency plans.
Requirements
- You are the operator of an upper class operating area
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You want to make an accident-relevant change to your operating area.
Required documents
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Required document/s
Information required to create external alarm and hazard plans.
Proceedings
- You submit the required information to the competent authority.
- The competent authority receives your information and checks it.
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If further information is required, the authority will contact you.
Fees
There are no costs.
Deadlines
The information must be submitted to the competent authority no later than one month before the accident-relevant change is made to the operating area.
Processing time
There is no statutory processing time.
Special notes
If you do not provide the information or do not provide it correctly, completely or on time, you are committing an administrative offense.
Appeal
None. The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.
Related issues
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Immission control; notification of the establishment of an incident-relevant operating area
Would you like to set up and operate an operating area in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance? Then you must notify the competent authority.
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Immission control; transmission of information before commissioning an upper-tier operating area in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance
Do you want to put an upper-tier operating area into operation? Then you must provide the competent authority with the information required to draw up external alarm and emergency plans in advance.
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Emergency planning; creation of external emergency plans
As part of preventive disaster control, the district administrative authorities draw up alarm and deployment plans for certain hazardous incident operations on the basis of corresponding operator information.
Status: 02.06.2026
Editorially responsible for procedure description:
Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie und Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz
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Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz (Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection)
Source:
Federal Portal
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