Immission control
Under immission is the totality of efforts, emissions to a for humans and the environment to limit long-term acceptable level, summarized. In connection with legal environmental protection regulations and measures based on them, air pollution, noise , vibrations, light , heat , radiation and similar environmental impacts affecting people, animals and plants , the soil , water , the earth's atmosphere as well as cultural and other material goods " Roger that.
The term immission protection is closely linked to the consideration of the respective protected object (e.g. people). Detrimental effects are considered with regard to the protected object, and protective measures are selected from the point of view of the possible effects on this protected object.
Immission control is part of environmental law and climate protection policy .
Germany
In Germany, the following effects are recorded by immission control through legally specified limit values:
For some areas and effects, there are no measurable limit values, but guide values and recommendations. This applies to
Immission control works together with other areas where an interaction is evident. This includes
In densely populated areas, cooperation with city and traffic planners is necessary. Immission control mainly relates to the outside area of buildings, homes and workplaces . The Occupational Safety and Health are mainly used for indoor and direct effect in the workplace. In accordance with the polluter pays principle , pollution control in Germany intervenes through numerous ordinances for permits in production and economic methods in industry and tries to limit effects at the source, e.g. B. in combustion.
Europe
Many legal regulations in Germany are based on Europe-wide guidelines and ordinances. This is particularly true in the area of emissions declarations , air pollutants and noise. On July 17, 2000, the Commission of the European Communities decided to set up a European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) with Decision 2000/479 / EC, but the decision was annulled on May 16, 2007. Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006 created a European pollutant release and transfer register.
The attempt at a Europe-wide regulation mostly extends to individual pollutants.
With the Environmental Noise Directive, an overall assessment of all noise effects is sought for the first time, for which there is no basis in German law, for example.
International
Worldwide, the focus is on limiting the effects of pollutants at the source. This can be seen in the establishment of pollutant emission registers as a requirement from Chapter 19 of Agenda 21 adopted in June 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Definition in the German Federal Immission Control Act, Section 3, Paragraph 2