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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Display an installation requiring approval for the first time due to a change in the law

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Coal-fired power plants, industrial plants, intensive livestock farming and similar facilities cause air pollution, noise, vibrations, etc. to a particularly high degree.

In order to protect people and the environment from harmful environmental impacts and to prevent the occurrence of harmful environmental impacts, such plants require a permit for construction and operation in accordance with the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG). The installations that require a permit due to their type and size are listed exhaustively in the Ordinance on Installations Requiring a Permit (4th BIm-SchV).

An installation that does not require a permit and that has already been erected or whose erection or major modification has already begun becomes subject to a permit when it is included in the list of installations requiring a permit in the Ordinance (4th BImSchV). In this case, the installation is subject to the approval requirements under immission control law and must be notified to the competent authority within a period of three months after the respective 4th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on Installations Requiring Approval) comes into force.

Who should I contact?

Responsible authorities

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Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG)
Address: Stilleweg 2 , 30655 Hannover
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Telephone: +49 511 643-0
Fax: +49 511 643-2304
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.lbeg.niedersachsen.de
Address: Brückstraße 38 , 26725 Emden
Telephone: 04921 9217-0
Fax: 04921 9217-59
Fax: 04921 9217-58
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.gewerbeaufsicht.niedersachsen.de/master/C1891018_N1990631_L20_D0_I1717444.html

Requirements

  • This is a notification obligation. As the operator of the installation, you comply with this obligation if you submit the notification to the competent authority by the deadline.
  • If the required documents have not already been submitted with the notification, you can submit them to the competent authority within a further two months.

Applications / forms

Forms available: yes

Written form required: in writing or electronically

Informal application possible: no

Personal appearance necessary: no

Which documents are required?

  • Required notification documents, drawings, plans, expert opinions
  • explanations and
  • other documents (if necessary, ask the competent authority).

What are the fees?

The fee depends on the work involved, but is at least 1500 euros.

Process flow

  • You notify the installation to the competent authority within three months of the entry into force of the respective ordinance in which your installation was included in the catalog of installations requiring approval (4th BImSchV).
  • You can do this in writing or electronically.
  • Enclose the required documents. Alternatively, you can also submit the documents to the competent authority within a further two months of registration.
  • The competent authority will confirm receipt in writing or electronically. If necessary, the authority will request further documents.
  • The competent authority may impose additional requirements on you to ensure that your installation fulfills the obligations under the Federal Immission Control Act or that other public law regulations and concerns do not conflict with the construction and operation of the installation.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Application Deadline: 3 Months
The notification must be made within 3 months of the respective 4th BImSchV coming into force.

Processing duration

Processing Time: 1 Month
The competent authority must respond to your notification within one month of receiving it in full.

Legal basis

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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