Genehmigung für störfallrelevante Änderung einer genehmigungsbedürftigen Anlage beantragen

If you intend to make changes to an installation that requires approval that are relevant to an incident, you must first apply for approval from the responsible authority.

Do you operate an installation that is subject to immission control licensing and constitutes an operating area or is part of an operating area and are you planning to make changes to the installation that are relevant to incidents?

These projects can lead to a significant increase in risk being triggered by the plant as a result of the change or other immission control requirements can no longer be guaranteed.

Against this background, the immission control authority must review these changes.

To do this, you must submit an application for a modification permit and submit all the documents required for the assessment. The application can be made in writing or electronically.

However, approval is not required if and insofar as the obligation to maintain the appropriate safety distance is already guaranteed at the level of a spatially significant plan or measure by binding specifications.

• Required drawings, plans, expert opinions
• explanations and
• other documents (if necessary, ask the responsible authority).

The modification permit is granted if:

• it is ensured that the obligations arising from the requirements of the Federal Immission Control Act and the Federal Immission Control Ordinance are fulfilled and
• other public law regulations and occupational health and safety concerns do not conflict with the construction and operation of the plant.

You submit the application for approval of the incident-relevant changes to the responsible authority. You can submit the application electronically or in writing.

The application must be accompanied by the documents required to assess the facts of the case. Upon receipt of the application and the complete documentation, the competent authority will check whether the changes meet the requirements of immission control legislation.

Depending on whether or not public participation is required, the authority will decide on your application within 3 or 7 months of receiving all the necessary documents. After final assessment by the competent authority, you will receive the decision in the form of an official notification.

Before making the changes

• Objection
• Complaint

• Modification of an installation requiring approval according to BImSchG Approval for accident-relevant modification
• Approval is required for accident-relevant changes to installations requiring approval that are an operating area or part of an operating area:
  • if the appropriate safety distance to neighboring protected objects is undercut for the first time as a result of the accident-relevant change,
  • the safety distance, which has already been undercut, is undercut even further, or
  • a significant increase in risk is triggered and
  • the change is not already covered by Section 16 (1) BImSchG.
• Approval is not required if and insofar as the requirement to maintain an appropriate safety distance is already taken into account by other binding regulations.
• Application: EliA or in writing

Responsibility lies with the immission control authorities of the districts and independent cities or with the State Administration Office. For matters subject to mining supervision, please contact the State Office for Geology and Mining (LAGB). You can obtain detailed information from the relevant authorities.