Ensuring operational safety - applying for a permit to construct and operate storage facilities

• Submit the application for permission for the installation requiring monitoring to the competent authority with the necessary documents, including the test report of the approved inspection body (ZÜS).
• If there is a permit requirement under the Federal Immission Control Act, you will receive the application documents back, as a permit under the Industrial Safety Ordinance will then be checked as part of the necessary permit under the Federal Immission Control Act.
• The competent authority shall take its decision after examination and shall inform you thereof.

The competent authorities in Rhineland-Palatinate are the Labour Supervision Departments of the Structural and Licensing Authorities North and South.

Regional Offices Trade Inspectorate of the Structure and Approval Directorate North (SGD North) or South (SGD South)

• The plant for which you are applying for the permit must be an installation requiring a permit.
• They must construct and operate state-of-the-art storage facilities.
• Your documentation must be complete, plausible and meaningful.
• The test report of the approved inspection body (ZÜS) must confirm that the requested installation can be operated safely if the measures specified in the documents, including the tests, are complied with.

Informal application with the following information:

• Last name, first name, company name
• Address of the applicant
• Contact information (e-mail, telephone, fax)
• Type of permit
  • Construction and operation
  • modification and operation, or
  • Partial permission
• Indication of the place of operation

Documents to be able to assess the plant:

• Subject matter of the application
• Description of the system and filling station
• Description of the plant technology and interaction with other plants
• Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID diagram)
• Safety Data Sheets
• Description of the mode of operation
• Description of the aggregation and establishment of the requested storage classes
• Lay-out
• Site plan
• Floor plan/technical plan
• Ex zone plan
• Explosion protection concept
• Information on fire protection
• Description of the permanent retention volume
• Calculation of manufacturing costs
• Other installations
• Test report of an approved inspection body (ZÜS)
  • The test report must confirm that the system can be operated safely if the above measures are observed.

• file number and details of the approval authority of a building permit that has already been granted, or
• to the approval authority in the case of a building permit that has yet to be applied for or has already been applied for

The permit expires if:

• you have not started the construction of the installation within two years of the permit being granted,
• you have interrupted the construction of the installation for two years or more, or
• You have not operated the system for a period of two years.

For important reasons, you can apply to the licensing authority for an extension of the deadlines.

• § 18 (1) No. 4 Industrial Safety and Health Ordinance (BetrSichV)

Contradiction:

• You may appeal against the decision within one month of notification.
• You must submit the objection to the competent authority in writing or for a record.

• In Rhineland-Palatinate, objections can also be filed in electronic form.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance required: No

Online services available: No

The publication (LV 49) contains a list of the required application documents for storage facilities under Annex 4.

• LV 49 Publication of the State Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (LASI)

The permit of the SGD North or South does not include the building permit. This must be applied for separately.

• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Structure and Approval Directorate South Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP)
• Framework conditions for electronic communication at the Structure and Approval Directorate North Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP)

11.01.2023