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Professional permit management for maximum productivity

Legal certainty and risk prevention at all times - efficiently and pragmatically.

Permit management - required by law and often underestimated

According to the Federal Immission Control Act (BImschG), a permit is required by law for certain production plants or storage facilities that may have an environmental impact such as air pollution, noise, vibrations, heat or radiation on humans, animals, plants and cultural and material assets.

The obtaining of a permit is mandatory for

  • Construction and operation
  • Modernization or expansion
  • Technical or structural changes

The resulting environmental aspects such as emissions into the air (pollutants, odor), but also waste water, waste, noise emissions and plant safety are relevant.

Even if only minor adverse or possibly even positive changes to an installation are involved, these must at least be reported in order to inform the authority of the future condition of the installation.

Even minor errors or negligence in the operation of systems requiring authorisation can have fatal consequences for the environment, life and limb as well as liability risks for those responsible and even jeopardise the existence of the entire company. Talk to our experts.

Legal certainty and productivity at a glance: Your advantages

  • Maximum investment security thanks to legally compliant approval planning
  • Delay-free utilization of production capacity thanks to ongoing advice with regard to changes and amendments
  • Quick and punctual start of production thanks to an efficient and solution-orientated approval process
  • Maximum legal certainty thanks to the broad experience gained from managing hundreds of complex systems and excellent networking with all relevant stakeholders

Infraserv Höchst's permit management services enable you to maximize productivity while reducing risks at all levels, including environmental damage, reputational damage and economic losses from (partial) shutdowns.

Approval management - increasing requirements and complexity increase the pressure to act

Around 800 laws, 2,700 ordinances and 4,700 administrative regulations govern the requirements for the operation of facilities. For small and medium-sized companies, but also for global players, permit management is a time-consuming and costly undertaking that can hardly be managed with internal resources:

  • Highly complex interplay of areas of application, as the EU and federal government as well as the authorities of the federal states, regions and municipalities interact in immission control law
  • Stricter requirements due to the climate crisis and the resulting EU targets for reducing greenhouse gases
  • A complex legal situation with constantly updated regulations at EU, federal, state and municipal level
ATTENTION: The amendment to the Industrial Emissions Directive - with significantly lowered emission limits and environmental management and chemical management systems as a prerequisite for approval - came into force on 4 August 2024. National legislators now have 22 months to transpose it into national law.

Permit management at the top level: Infraserv Höchst's expertise

The combination of broad expertise, active operating activities and comprehensive networking is unique and guarantees the best advice and rapid approval.

  • Comprehensive know-how from hundreds of managed plants
  • Our experts focus on efficiency and pragmatism to keep the approval process as short as possible,
  • Infraserv Höchst is itself a plant operator and supports dozens of companies not only in Industriepark Höchst but throughout Germany in the areas of immission control, water pollution control, incident management, waste management and energy.
  • In the course of our projects, we have established an excellent direct line to stakeholders at EU, federal, state and municipal level
  • In Brussels and Berlin, we actively influence emerging regulations in advance in order to counteract excessive bureaucracy
  • Our experts are actively involved in organizations and industry associations such as the VCI
Check box: Questions relating to approval management

✓ Have the necessary permits been obtained for all changes, modernizations and extensions to your systems and warehouses?
✓ Are the emission values of your systems still below the constantly tightening limit values?
✓ Are the permits for your facilities and warehouses generally still current and valid?
✓ Does the approved production capacity correspond to the technical capacity?
✓ Do the approved storage capacities of raw materials, preliminary products or products represent a bottleneck for production output?
✓ Can plants (parts of plants) that have been taken out of operation be restarted at short notice or must their permits first be reviewed and resubmitted on the basis of the current legal situation?

Full service: Infraserv Höchst permit management

Infraserv Höchst's range of services covers every conceivable step, from needs analysis and measurements to filing applications and monitoring implementation through to approval. Infraserv Höchst conducts formal procedures with public participation as well as simplified procedures without public participation.

  • Initial approval check of your existing facilities
  • Systematic as-is analysis of the required measurements and immission forecasts (air, odor, noise, wastewater) and comparison with current immission control requirements
  • Technical advice and preparation of your approval documents
  • Coordination and obtaining statements and expert opinions
  • Supervision of the entire approval process for applications and notifications:

    • Timely project management
    • Processing enquiries from authorities
    • Conducting discussion meetings
    • Examination of the decision
    • If necessary, support with objection and legal proceedings Preparation and implementation of meetings with/visits to authorities
  • Support in the implementation of all agreed measures
  • Handling correspondence of all kinds with authorities and experts
  • Tracking the development of legal standards with the management system database and assisting with the implementation of changes to legislation

Do you want to learn more about the challenges of obtaining facility permits? Then download our white paper, which includes a brief guidebook and an expert interview!

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