Immissions in the sense of the Federal Immission Control Act are air pollution, noise, vibrations, light, heat, radiation and similar environmental effects affecting humans, animals and plants, the soil, water, the atmosphere and cultural and other material assets. Thus, immission control refers to all measures to prevent harmful immissions caused by air pollution, noise, vibrations and the like. These are such immissions which, by their nature, extent or duration, are likely to cause danger, considerable disadvantages or considerable nuisance to the general public or the neighborhood.
Depending on the type of plant, the responsibilities for immission control permits and complaints are divided between the State Trade Inspectorate or the immission control authority of the City of Wolfsburg. Plant approval and monitoring is carried out by the respective competent authority.
As the operator of a combustion plant (medium-sized combustion plant, gas turbine and internal combustion engine plant) with a rated thermal input of at least 1 MW and less than 50 MW, you are obliged to notify the competent authority in writing or electronically of the intended operation prior to commissioning.
The operation of an existing combustion plant must be notified to the competent authority in writing or electronically by December 1, 2023. The notification must contain the information specified in Annex 1 of the 44th BImSchV. The competent authority will include the installation in its register of installations. You will be informed of the registration by the competent authority.
You can use the table for registration, which you can access via the link below.
Information on chimney fires and associated nuisances in the neighborhood caused by flue gases is the responsibility of the Lower Immission Control Authority of the Environmental Protection Agency.
To apply for night work at construction sites, you need an exemption in accordance with Section 7 (2) of the 32nd Federal Immission Control Ordinance or an order in accordance with Section 24 of the Federal Immission Control Act. You can apply for this using the form below.
A permit is only possible if there is a public interest or imminent danger.
To ensure a smooth process, the application must be submitted at least two weeks in advance.
Contact
City of Wolfsburg
Citizen Services Division
Environmental Agency
Lower Immission Control Authority
Andreas Gebauer
City Hall B, Room B 433
Porschestrasse 49
38440 Wolfsburg
Telephone: 05361 28-1873
Fax: 05361 28-1877