Submit a complaint regarding noise or odour emissions from commercial premises

Responsibilities in the field of air pollution control are set out in the Air Pollution Control Responsibilities Ordinance of the State of Baden-Württemberg.

In most cases, the competent authority is the locally responsible lower air pollution control authority:

• the district office, if the site on which the installation is located is within a district,
• the city council, if the site on which the installation is located is within a city district.

A different allocation of responsibilities applies in the following cases (including, amongst others, establishments subject to the European Industrial Emissions Directive, the Major Accidents Ordinance or mining law):

Departments 5 – Environment of the relevant regional councils are the competent air pollution control authorities for premises on which:

• at least one installation, marked with the letter E in column d of Annex 1 to the Ordinance on Installations Requiring Authorisation,
• at least one operational area as defined in Section 3(5a) of the Federal Immission Control Act (major accident site),
• at least one installation requiring authorisation under Section 60(3), first sentence, point 2 or point 3 of the Water Resources Act, or
• at least one landfill site in accordance with Article 10 in conjunction with Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control), as amended

exists or is to be constructed.

Department 9 – State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining of the Freiburg Regional Council is also the competent state-wide air pollution control authority for:

• operating sites, including the installations and activities located thereon, which are subject to mining supervision,
• premises with cable cars and funicular railways used for passenger transport,
• premises with high-pressure gas pipelines which, as energy installations within the meaning of the Energy Industry Act, serve to supply gas and are designed for a maximum permissible operating pressure of more than 16 bar,
• facilities for underground waste disposal; and
• Premises with installations used for the creation, substantial extension or substantial alteration of underground cavities.