Operators of certain installations subject to authorisation must appoint one or more immission control officers.
Annex I of the Ordinance on Immission Control and Major Accidents Officers (5th BImSchV) contains a list of the installations to which this obligation applies.
You must inform your immission control authority of the appointment.
The most important tasks of immission control officers include
- Advising the operator and company employees
- Immission control matters
- Encouraging the introduction of environmentally friendly processes and products and assisting in their introduction through assessments
- Monitoring compliance with legal immission control regulations (e.g. by inspecting facilities and carrying out measurements)
- Informing company employees about harmful environmental effects emanating from the facilities, as well as the measures taken against them and obligations under immission control law
- annual reporting to the operator on the measures taken and planned
Legal basis
Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz (BImSchG)
- §§ 53 - 58 Betriebsbeauftragter für Immissionsschutz
Fünfte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über Immissionsschutz- und Störfallbeauftragte – 5. BImSchV)
Zwölfte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Störfall-Verordnung - 12. BImSchV)
Anhang I der Richtlinie 2010/75/EU