Immission control department

If the chimney sweeping work to be carried out is not performed or is not proven to the authorized district chimney sweep within the deadline, the latter shall report this to the responsible district administrative authority.

If immission limit values for air pollutants are exceeded, clean air plans must be drawn up with suitable measures to permanently reduce air pollution.

Operators of evaporative cooling systems, cooling towers and wet separators are obliged, among other things, to apply the state of the art during construction and operation and to implement organizational measures.

In particular, systems requiring approval are regularly inspected to ensure that they comply with the legal regulations and the approval notice. They can also be inspected for special reasons.

The competent authority can also issue subsequent orders for approved installations.

If you need to appoint a new immission control and/or hazardous incident officer for your company or operating area, or if there are changes in their area of responsibility, you must notify the responsible immission control authority.

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

Certain companies with a particularly high hazard potential (operating areas) are subject to the Major Accidents Ordinance.

Facilities that, due to their nature or operations, are particularly likely to cause harmful environmental impacts on the air, soil, or water are regularly monitored by the relevant authorities.