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Submit a measurement report on continuous measurements of air pollutants at biological waste treatment plants

Do you operate a biological waste treatment facility? Learn how to submit continuous air pollutant measurements here.

Detailed description

If you operate a biological waste treatment plant, you must continuously determine, record and evaluate the air pollutant emissions for certain air pollutants through continuous measurements using special measuring devices.


You must prepare a measurement report on the evaluation of the measurements and send it to the responsible authority.

 

Information

Prerequisites

  • They operate a plant for the biological treatment of waste.
  • You have put the system into operation.

Documents required

  • complete measurement report

Please note

You commit an administrative offence if you:

  • Do not evaluate measurements, do not evaluate them correctly or do not evaluate them completely,
  • do not submit the measurement report on time,
  • do not keep the records of the measuring instruments used for at least 5 years after the measurement report has been drawn up.

Deadlines


  • Send the measurement report to the responsible authority within 3 months of the end of each calendar year.

  • Keep the measurement report for at least 5 years.

Procedure

  • You continuously measure the air pollutants in your facility.
  • Based on the measurement results, you create a measurement report.
  • You check the measurement report and submit it to the responsible authority.
  • The responsible agency will review your report and request additional documents or information from you if necessary.

Processing time

There is no statutory processing time.

Fees

no

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 29 Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschg/__29.html




Section 9 Ordinance on Facilities for the Biological Treatment of Waste (30th BImSchV)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bimschv_30/__9.html

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Last updated: 06.02.2026