Ordinance on facilities for cremation
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Twenty-seventh ordinance for the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act |
| Short title: | Ordinance on facilities for cremation |
| Abbreviation: | 27. BImSchV |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Section 4 (1), Section 19 (1), Section 23 (1) BImSchG a. F. |
| Legal matter: | Environmental law |
| References : | 2129-8-27 |
| Issued on: | March 19, 1997 ( BGBl. I p. 545 ) |
| Entry into force on: | May 1, 1997 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 10 Regulation of May 2, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 973, 1020 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
May 2, 2013 (Art. 11 of May 2, 2013) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The ordinance on cremation facilities (27th BImSchV) contains immission control regulations for air pollution control when operating crematoria . It only applies to facilities for the cremation of the human corpse. Animal crematories are not covered by this ordinance.
The main aim of the regulation is to reduce the emission of air pollutants from the chimneys of the crematoria. To achieve this, it prescribes binding emission limits for dust , carbon monoxide and organic substances as well as for dioxins and furans . Crematoria in Germany are therefore equipped with modern flue gas cleaning systems. In addition, the regulation provides for regular measurements and monitoring obligations.
Mercury from crematoria
At the cremation of the Zahnplombenträgern in the volatilized amalgam fillings contained mercury . The amount of mercury per corpse varies greatly: the mass fraction of individual amalgam fillings is usually between 0.1 and 1 g of mercury, in individual cases up to 2 g. The regulation does not provide for a limit value for mercury, i. H. In principle, no mercury filters are required in the construction and operation of crematoriums, and without these, mercury can escape from the chimney into the ambient air.
In the case of planned new buildings, environmental protection associations, citizens' groups, residents and other stakeholders sometimes express concern about increased levels of mercury.
The Federal Environment Ministry , which is responsible for the regulation, sees no need for a mercury limit value for various reasons, including the increasing use of other dental materials . If the licensing authority (usually the municipality) nevertheless considers the use of mercury filters to be necessary due to the local conditions, it can, however, prescribe such filters or other further requirements for the construction and operation of crematoriums ( Section 13 of the Ordinance).
Such mercury filters are prescribed for a large number of municipal crematoria. In addition to entrained flow processes with various adsorbents (e.g. activated carbon ), fixed bed filters and washers are used. Simpler exhaust gas cleaning devices, such as B. Bag filters do not hold back mercury.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Association of Austrian Environmental Advice Centers, January 17, 2011. Accessed October 16, 2011.
- ↑ [2] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Bund Naturschutz in Bayern eV, press release from January 28, 2005. Accessed October 16, 2011.
- ↑ [3] ATV , uploaded to YouTube on October 13, 2010.
- ↑ [4] Durchblick - newspaper for the Lautertal of October 27, 2009. Accessed on October 26, 2011.
- ^ [5] Free Voting Group Vilseck, press archive. Retrieved October 16, 2011
- ^ [6] Website of the citizens' initiative "Crematorium in Lindenberg - no thanks!". June 3, 2011.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Literature research on choosing a location for a crematorium in Bergisch Gladbach . Retrieved May 8, 2011.
- ^ [7] Protests against the construction of a new crematorium in Vöhringen . In: Augsburger Allgemeine, May 7, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ↑ [8] Crematorium (in Sinsheim rows ) heats up feelings . In Heilbronn's voice on June 30, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Private site of the peasantry Dernekamp . Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ↑ [9] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Entsorga magazine of the Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Raw Materials Management from June 8, 2010. Accessed on August 14, 2011.
- ↑ [10] (PDF file; 123 kB) Letter from the BMU to Europ. Commission , question no.9. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
