Immission control; notification of the operation of a medium-sized combustion, gas turbine and internal combustion engine plant

If you operate a medium-sized combustion plant, gas turbine or internal combustion engine plant, you must notify the competent authority.

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As the operator of a combustion plant (medium-sized combustion plant, gas turbine and internal combustion engine plant) within the meaning of the Forty-Fourth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (44th BImSchV) with a rated thermal input of at least 1 MW and less than 50 MW, you are obliged to notify the competent authority in writing or electronically of the intended operation before commissioning.

The operation of an existing combustion plant must be notified to the competent authority in writing or electronically by December 1, 2023.

The notification must contain the following information

Thermal input of the combustion plant (in megawatts)
Type of firing installation (diesel engine installation, gas turbine, dual-fuel engine installation, other engine installation, other firing installation)
Type of fuel used and respective share of total energy input
Date of commissioning of the combustion plant
the NACE code to which the other activity is assigned in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006
the estimated number of annual operating hours of the combustion plant and the average operating load
if a scheme for installations with few operating hours is used: a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will not be in operation for more than the number of hours referred to in those paragraphs
if use is made of a scheme for emergency operation: a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will only operate in an emergency;
the name and registered office of the operator and the location of the installation with address
Geo-coordinates of the chimney and height above ground level

where applicable, a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will not be in operation for more than the number of hours referred to above
where applicable, a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will be operated only in case of emergency

The notification must be submitted in writing by post or electronically to the competent authority.

Once the notification has been checked, it will be entered into a register of installations (this can also be found under the heading "Forms and information sheets"). The information contained in the register of installations is made publicly accessible in accordance with Section 36 of the 44th BImSchV and the provisions on access to environmental information (Environmental Information Act - UIG).