Submit measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants in large combustion plants, gas turbines and internal combustion engines

• You contact an accredited measuring institute or an expert, provide the necessary information for the measurement and arrange a measurement date.
• The measuring institute or expert then confirms the measurement plan for you and reports it together with the measurement date to the immission control authority responsible for you.
• On the measurement date, the measuring institute or expert determines the emission values and compares them with the legally prescribed emission limit values of the plant you operate.
• Once the measurement has been completed, you will receive a measurement report from the measuring institute or expert.
• You must check the measurement report and send it together with the measurement planning, the result of each individual measurement, the measurement method used and the operating conditions during the measurement to the immission control authority responsible for you after the measurement.
• You will then receive confirmation from the authority that your measurement report has been received.

Please contact the responsible structural and licensing directorate.

• You are the operator of a large combustion, gas turbine or internal combustion engine system.
• You have newly constructed or significantly modified your plant.
• You have put your plant into operation.

Complete measurement report with details of:

• Measurement planning
• measurement result
• Measurement methods used
• Operating conditions that are important for assessing the measurement results

If you have put your system into operation for the first time or have made significant changes to it, you must have the measurements carried out for the first time after 3 months at the earliest and after 6 months at the latest. Subsequently, the measurements must be carried out at least every 3 years after the last measurement.

The measurement report must be submitted to the responsible immission control authority within 12 weeks of the measurement together with all documents.

There is no statutory processing time.

• § Section 26 of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
• § Section 28 of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
• § Section 20 Ordinance on Large Combustion, Gas Turbine and Internal Combustion Engine Plants (13th BImSchV)
• § 1 State ordinance on responsibilities in the field of immission control (ImSchZuVO)
• § 2 State ordinance on responsibilities in the field of immission control (ImSchZuVO)
• § Section 7 of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)
• § Section 8 of the Administrative Organization Reform Act (VwORG)

The administrative service is a real act against which no legal remedy is possible.

• The content of the measurement report must comply with Annex A of Guideline VDI 4220 Sheet 2 (2018 edition).
• If you do not submit the measurement report or the certificate, or do not submit it correctly, completely or on time, you are committing an administrative offense that can be punished with a fine.

18.08.2023