Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture

Submit a measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants in medium-sized combustion plants

Prerequisites

• You operate a medium-sized combustion, gas turbine or combustion engine plant.
• You have put your system into operation or made emissions-relevant changes.
• The measurements are carried out by an accredited measuring institute or an expert.
  • If you operate a combustion plant that does not require a permit and has a thermal output of less than 10 megawatts, you can have the measurement carried out by a chimney sweep.

Documents required

• Complete measurement report with information on:
  • Measurement planning
  • Measurement results
  • measurement methods used
  • Operating conditions that are important for the assessment of the measurement results
• If you operate a combustion plant that does not require a permit and has a thermal output of less than 10 megawatts and the measurement was carried out by a chimney sweep:
  • Certificate from the chimney sweep about the measurement

Please note

• If you want to have the individual measurements carried out for a combustion plant that does not require a permit and has a thermal output of less than 10 megawatts,
  You can also have the measurements carried out by a chimney sweep instead of a measuring institute or an expert.
• The content of the measurement report must comply with Annex A of the guideline VDI 4220 Part 2 (2018 edition).
• If you do not submit the measurement report or certificate, or do not submit it correctly, completely or on time, you are committing an administrative offence which may be punished with a fine.

Deadlines

• Have the first measurement carried out no later than 4 months after commissioning of your system or after a change that affects emissions.


• After that, the measurements must be repeated regularly. How often this happens depends on the fuel, the performance of your system, and the specific pollutant.


• Submit the measurement report or certificate immediately or within the deadline specified in the approval notice.

Procedure

• You should contact an accredited measuring institute or an expert.
  • Alternatively, you can have measurements carried out by a chimney sweep for a combustion system that does not require a permit and has a thermal output of less than 10 megawatts.
• You provide the necessary information for the measurement and arrange a measurement appointment.
• The measuring institute, the expert, the chimney sweep or the chimney sweep will prepare the measurement plan for you and report it to the responsible authority together with the measurement date.
• At the measurement appointment, the emission values will be determined on site and compared with the legally prescribed emission values for your system.
• Once the measurements are completed, you will receive a measurement report or certificate.
• You check the measurement report or certificate and send it along with the necessary documents to the responsible authority.
• You will receive confirmation that your measurement report has been received.

Processing time

There is no statutory processing time.


The processing time depends on the individual case.

Fees

There are no costs involved.

Legal remedies

No legal remedy is provided.

Legal basis

Section 26 Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschg/__26.html




Section 28 Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschg/__28.html




Section 31 Ordinance on Medium-Sized Combustion Plants, Gas Turbines and Combustion Engines (44th BImSchV)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschv_44/__31.html