Have the emissions declaration recognized in accordance with the 11th BlmSchV

Prerequisites

You operated a facility requiring approval during the declaration period.
Your system does not fall within the scope of § 1 of the 11th BImSchV as a system that is exempt from the obligation to declare.
If your system is put into operation, shut down or temporarily not operated during the declaration period, the declaration period includes the parts of the calendar year in which the system was operated.

Documents required

Please note

Air pollutant emissions affect air quality, can form acids in the environment or drive excessive accumulation of nutrients (eutrophication) in ecosystems. This can also put a strain on human health.

In the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) you can find out which companies have to submit an emissions declaration.

To simplify electronic reporting on environmental data, you as a reporting company can submit your data online via the “Company Environmental Data Reporting” (BUBE). BUBE is operated as a cooperation between the 16 states and the federal government under the administrative agreement for the development and operation of environmental information systems (VKoopUIS).

• Attachment

· Corporate environmental data reporting
· BlmSchG
· BANN
· Federal Immission Control Act
· Emission
· Emissions declaration
· Facility requiring approval
· Immission
· Industry
· Industrial company
· Agriculture
· Agricultural business
· Air emissions
· Air pollutant
· Air pollution
· Air pollution

Deadlines

You must submit the emissions declaration every 4 years by May 31st. of the year following the year of declaration in electronic form to the competent authority.


In individual cases, the deadline for submission can be extended to June 30th upon request. be extended.


The application must be submitted by April 30th. be submitted to the responsible authority.

Procedure

Submit your emissions declaration to the responsible authority on time.
Use the company environmental data reporting “BUBE online” to submit your emissions declaration electronically.
The authority will check your data and, if necessary, request documents or further information from you.

Fees

no

Legal remedies

This is a report from you. There is no legal remedy provided.

Legal basis

§ 27 Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)



§ 3 of the 11th Federal Immission Control Ordinance (11th BImSchV)



Appendix to the 11th Federal Immission Control Ordinance (11th BImSchV)



§ 6 of the 11th Federal Immission Control Ordinance (11th BImSchV)

As an operator of certain industrial systems, you must regularly declare the air pollutant emissions from your systems to the responsible authorities.

You submit the emissions declaration to the responsible authority every 4 years.

The emissions declaration contains information about relevant air pollutants, i.e. about the
· Type,
· Quantity as well
· Spatial and temporal distribution of emissions.

As the operator of certain industrial and agricultural operations that require approval, you are obliged to regularly submit an emissions declaration (Section 27 BImSchG).

If your system only emits insignificant air pollution, you can apply to the responsible authority to be exempted from the obligation to submit an emissions declaration.