You must apply for an immission control permit for the construction and operation of environmentally relevant installations. Environmentally relevant installations are listed exhaustively in Annex 1 of the Ordinance on Installations Requiring a Permit - 4th BImSchV. If you wish to make significant changes to such an installation or its operation, you must apply for a modification permit under immission control law. The (modification) permit must be obtained prior to the construction and commissioning of such an installation or prior to the implementation of the modification and must therefore be applied for in good time beforehand from the Lower Immission Control Authority.
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You can apply for (change) approval online. Please follow the instructions for online application.
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You have questions? Call us: from any network, without an area code. Authorities number 115: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can usually reach the authorities number 115 at fixed network tariffs and thus free of charge via flat rates. Sign language telephone: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.