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Immission control - Submit measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants at cremation facilities in accordance with 27. BImSchV
If you are the operator of a facility for the cremation of human corpses, you must have the air pollutant emissions of the facility checked at regular intervals by means of individual measurements.
The measurements must be carried out by a notified body (measuring centre) in accordance with § 29b of the Federal Immission Control Act.
You must draw up a measurement report on the results and submit it to the responsible immission control authority.
Responsible authority
The local immission control authority responsible for the installation site is
- in urban districts, large district towns and in administrative communities declared to be lower administrative authorities: the municipal administration
- otherwise the district administration
Details
Prerequisite
You are the operator of a facility for the cremation of human corpses.
Procedure
- You contact a notified body (measuring centre) in accordance with Section 29b of the Federal Immission Control Act.
- The exact measurement planning (measurement date, air pollutants to be measured, operating conditions of the installation to be taken into account) must be agreed between you, the measuring centre and the responsible immission control authority.
- The measuring centre determines the emission values on the measurement date.
- Once the measurement has been completed, you will receive a measurement report from the measuring centre, which must be submitted to the responsible pollution control authority.
Deadlines
You must have the first measurement carried out within 3 to 6 months of commissioning the system. Subsequently, the measurement must be carried out every 3 years.
You must submit the measurement report to the competent authority within 3 months of carrying out the measurement and then keep it for 5 years.
Required documents
Complete measurement report in accordance with Annex A of Guideline VDI 4220 Sheet 2 (November 2018 edition) with information on, among other things
- Measurement results,
- measurement methods used,
- Operating conditions that are important for the assessment of the measurement results.
Costs
None.
Miscellaneous
This administrative service does not apply to animal crematoria.
Legal basis
Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz (BImSchG)
- § 26 Messungen aus besonderem Anlass
- § 28 Erstmalige und wiederkehrende Messungen bei genehmigungsbedürftigen Anlagen
Verordnung über Anlagen zur Feuerbestattung - 27. BImSchV
- § 9 Einzelmessungen
- § 10 Beurteilung und Berichte von Einzelmessungen
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 10.07.2025
