apply for a permit for waste disposal facilities

Newly planned facility
If a facility is to be newly constructed and operated and this is listed as a facility in the Fourth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act, a licensing procedure is required. In this process, the types of facilities are described and the performance thresholds and facility sizes are defined, which are decisive for the waste disposal facilities requiring a permit. If, for example, a certain quantity threshold or plant size is not exceeded, a permit is not required under the BImSchG.

Modification of a facility
Any modification to a facility that may have an impact on protected goods such as humans, animals, plants, water or soil requires notification or approval. If it is a "substantial" change in the sense of § 16 BImSchG, a corresponding approval procedure is required. Other changes must be notified in writing by the operator to the competent authority at least one month before the start of the measure in accordance with § 15 BImSchG. Due to the difficulty in interpreting whether and with what intensity there may be effects on objects of protection as a result of planned changes and whether a significant change is involved, contact should always be made in advance with the competent authority (see "Service").

If a plant is to be operated in accordance with the Industrial Emissions Directive in which relevant hazardous substances are used, produced or released, an initial status report must be submitted if and to the extent that pollution of the soil and or groundwater on the plant site by the relevant hazardous substances is possible (§ 10 Paragraph 1a BImSchG).

Partial approval, early start, preliminary decision
These procedures are subject to special requirements, which are regulated in §§ 8 to 9 of the BImSchG.

For further information on the possibilities of these types of procedure, please contact the responsible contact persons (see "Service").

The 4th BImSchV provides for public participation in certain licensing procedures. This includes, among other things, the public display of the application documents and the possibility of raising objections. In other cases, an environmental impact assessment may have to be carried out.

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How long does it take to process

Depending on:

- the type of procedure (large-scale procedure according to § 10 BImSchG with public participation, if applicable EIA examination and, if applicable, plant according to the Industrial Emissions Directive or simplified procedure according to § 19 BImSchG),

- the scope of the planned measure or amendment (the more extensive the measure or amendment, the greater, for example, the number of specialised agencies to be involved)

- Quality of the application documents

• Gesetz zur Förderung der Kreislaufwirtschaft und Sicherung der umweltverträglichen Bewirtschaftung von Abfällen (KrWG
• Gesetz zum Schutz vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen durch Luftverunreinigungen, Geräusche, Erschütterungen und ähnliche Vorgänge (BImSchG)
• Gesetz zur Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVPG)