Services offered

We are happy to offer you all our services. Experience has shown that the following services may be of particular interest to you.
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Explosion protection

The automotive industry handles a wide range of hazardous substances. Quite a few of these are capable of forming a hazardous flammable atmosphere. These include not only the obvious substances such as solvents, but also a wide variety of combustible solids or flammable gases. We are happy to offer you the following services:

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Water protection

Many of the hazardous substances handled in day-to-day operations are hazardous to water. The storage rooms for these substances are usually facilities within the meaning of the AwSV. The requirements of the AwSV must therefore be met. We are happy to offer you the following services:

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Hazardous incident law

Stored waste must also be taken into account when assessing the applicability of the Major Accidents Ordinance (12. BImschV). Here, a general classification can lead to an overestimation of the hazard potential within the meaning of the StörfallV. We are happy to offer you the following services:

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Approval procedure according to BImSchG

As part of the construction or significant modification of plants requiring approval under immission control legislation, various expert opinions on plant safety are usually also required. We are happy to offer you the following services:

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Explosion protection document

according to § 6 (9) GefStoffV

According to § 6 (9) GefStoffV, you as the operator are obliged to consider explosion hazards separately in a risk assessment. If these cannot be excluded in principle, e.g. because flammable substances are handled, you are obliged to prepare an explosion protection document.

We offer you the preparation of explosion protection documents in accordance with § 6 (9) GefStoffV, taking into account the current legal situation and the state of the art.

Preparation
As part of a site inspection, we assess the local conditions and determine the potentially explosive areas. Based on this, we develop the explosion protection concept which, as the core of the explosion protection document, contains the operating concept, the primary, secondary and tertiary protective measures, the zone classification and a final assessment of explosion safety, taking into account TRGS 725. In addition, the necessary organizational measures and inspection intervals in accordance with BetrSichV are determined and recorded in the explosion protection document. If required, we can carry out an assessment of ventilation measures in accordance with DIN EN 60079-10-1.
Additional support
We are also happy to support you in drawing up the checklist for explosion-protected equipment in accordance with Directive 2014/34/EU (ATEX) and creating a zone plan.
Necessity
The explosion protection document must be prepared before commissioning, as it forms the basis for the pre-commissioning inspection in accordance with Section 15 BetrSichV and the instruction of your employees.
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Plants in planning

Preliminary explosion protection documentation

If your system is still in the planning phase, we recommend that you include explosion protection in the planning at an early stage. We will be happy to advise you here and offer to draw up a preliminary explosion protection document that can be converted into an explosion protection document once the system has been installed.

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Training courses

i. S. v. § 12 BetrSichV

As an operator of systems requiring monitoring in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 BetrSichV - systems with explosion risks - you are obliged to instruct your employees on the activity-related explosion hazards at least once a year in accordance with Section 12 BetrSichV.

We offer training for your employees that is tailored to your plant. In our training courses, your employees will not only learn the basic principles of explosion protection, they will also be trained on the specific hazards in your plant based on your explosion protection document.

Contents
The main contents of the training are Awareness of explosion protection, chemical-physical principles of explosions, regulations, operating concept, primary, secondary and tertiary protective measures, risk assessment, explosion protection document and zoning, equipment according to ATEX Directive, tests according to BetrSichV, organizational measures
Active participation
Active participation helps the content to be better internalized. In our training courses, what you learn is applied directly to your company. For example, the training can be combined with a joint site inspection.
Final examination
We can conduct a final examination on request. Independently of this, a certificate of attendance is issued for each participant, which you can use to prove that you have attended the training course.
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Overall implementation

Explosion protection

We are also happy to offer you the aforementioned services as a complete package for implementing explosion protection in your company.

Inventory analysis
First of all, we carry out an analysis of the existing documentation. As part of a site inspection, we work with you to identify potentially explosive areas.
Implementation
We create an explosion protection document for you in accordance with § 6 (9) GefStoffV. Based on this, we train you and your employees. We support you in the training of qualified persons in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 No. 3.1 BetrSichV for the tests in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 No. 5.2 BetrSichV. For the tests in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 No. 5.2 BetrSichV, we work together with the trained qualified persons in accordance with No. 3.1 to draw up a test plan (incl. checklist of explosion-protected equipment in accordance with Directive 2014/34/EU (ATEX) and test report). We are also happy to carry out pre-commissioning inspections or periodic inspections of your systems in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 No. 5.1 BetrSichV.
Long-term cooperation
Building on this, we can also carry out training courses and periodic inspections in accordance with Annex 2 Section 3 No. 5.1 BetrSichV (every 6 years) in the following years. We are of course also available for the explosion protection processing of new systems.
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Consulting

Do you have a specific question about explosion protection?

Feel free to contact us, we will of course also advise you on all individual questions relating to explosion protection.

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Suitability assessment

Expert opinion according to § 41 AwSV

According to § 63 WHG, the suitability of facilities for storage, filling and handling (LAU facilities) must be determined before construction and operation as well as after significant changes.

We will be happy to provide you with the relevant reports for submission to the competent authority.

Exemption from the requirement for a suitability assessment
As the operator, you have the option of making use of the exemption from the requirement for a suitability assessment (§ 41 AwSV) and having the suitability of your system determined by an AwSV expert by submitting the necessary evidence of the system components together with a water protection report.
Content of the expert opinion
Taking into account the evidence in accordance with § 41 (2) sentence 1 (e.g. general design approvals), it is demonstrated that the installation as a whole meets the water protection requirements.
Deadline of the authority
The installation may be constructed and operated as planned if the competent authority has neither prohibited the construction or operation nor specified requirements for the construction or operation within a period of six weeks after submission of the relevant evidence and the water protection expert opinion.
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Suitability assessment

Expert opinion according to § 42 AwSV

As part of the suitability assessment in accordance with Section 63 WHG, authorities may require the submission of an additional water protection expert opinion from an AwSV expert.

We will be happy to support you in communicating with the authorities to clarify the scope of the expert opinion and prepare the required expert opinion for submission to the authority responsible for you.

Content of the report
The content of the report can include all water protection-related content for which the authority requires the opinion of an AwSV expert.
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Plant documentation

Plant documentation according to § 43 AwSV

According to § 43 AwSV, as the operator of an AwSV plant you are obliged to keep plant documentation.

We will be happy to support you in creating your documentation by providing sample templates, checking for completeness or creating a complete registe

Contents of the system documentation
In particular, information on the structure and delimitation of the system, the substances used, the design and materials of the individual system components, safety equipment and protective measures, extinguishing water retention and stability must be included in the system documentation.
Necessity
System documentation in accordance with Section 43 AwSV must be kept for all AwSV systems (not only for AwSV systems subject to mandatory testing).
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Tests

according to § 47 AwSV

Systems that fall within the scope of the AwSV must be inspected by an expert within the meaning of the AwSV in accordance with Section 47 AwSV.

We are happy to offer to carry out the necessary inspections for your AwSV systems.

Obligation to inspect according to location
Annex 5 of the AwSV specifies the inspection dates for systems outside protected areas or provisionally secured flood areas. Annex 6 lists the inspection dates for installations within the aforementioned areas.
Inspection dates and intervals
AwSV installations must be inspected before commissioning, after significant modification, periodically and when decommissioned
Obligation to inspect
The inspection obligation for the various types of system is specified in Annex 5 and Annex 6 of the AwSV. We would be happy to check the obligation to inspect your systems for you.
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Consulting

Do you have a specific question about the AwSV?

Feel free to contact us, we will be happy to advise you on all your questions about plant-related water protection.

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Classification of residual materials

i. As defined by the Major Accidents Ordinance (12. BImSchV)

Waste (residual substances) must be assigned to the most similar hazard category or the most similar named substance in accordance with the Major Accidents Ordinance in terms of their major-accident potential.

The KAS-61 guideline provides both a general assessment option and the option of classification with detailed knowledge. However, as the blanket classifications are necessarily conservative, it is often worth classifying your waste fractions using detailed knowledge. We would be happy to classify your waste for assessment in accordance with the Hazardous Incident Ordinance.

Assessment on the basis of waste genesis
The general classifications according to waste code numbers given in the KAS-61 guideline are based on a conservative assessment of all wastes to be classified under this waste code. By knowing the history of the waste, hazardous characteristics can already be excluded here.
Assessment based on analysis results
Based on e.g. element analyses, a technically sound estimate of the maximum hazard potential to be expected can be made in the sense of a conservative assessment with fictitious (but real) compounds. Although this approach is also conservative, as a rule it is still possible to exclude generally assumed hazard characteristics.
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Applicability test

Major Accidents Ordinance (12. BImSchV)

An establishment falls within the scope of the 12th BImSchV (StörfallV) if the hazardous substances present in the establishment within the meaning of the StörfallV fulfill the criteria of Annex I of the StörfallV.

We will check your information as part of a permit application. We are also happy to support you in advance with the preparation of the application documents for the applicability of the StörfallV.

Procedure
To check whether an establishment falls within the scope of the Major Accidents Ordinance, the entire area under the supervision of an operator must first be determined. All hazardous substances within the meaning of the StörfallV present in this area must then be identified. In accordance with the requirements of Annex I of the Major Accidents Ordinance, the relevant substances and their quantities must be used to calculate whether the quantity thresholds in Annex I of the Major Accidents Ordinance are reached or exceeded.
Classification of waste KAS-61
The KAS-61 guideline is particularly relevant for the classification of waste. This gives you the option of classifying waste on a general basis or with the help of detailed knowledge. However, as the blanket classifications are necessarily conservative, it is often worth considering your waste fractions on a case-by-case basis (classification with detailed knowledge). We would be happy to classify your waste for assessment in accordance with the Hazardous Incident Ordinance. See also “Classification of residual materials as defined by the Hazardous Incident Ordinance (12th BImSchV)” at the bottom of the page.
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Impact assessments

e.g. according to KAS-18, § 50 BImSchG

The appropriate safety distance for the construction of a hazardous incident facility must be determined as part of immission control approval procedures.

For Ex zones, it may be necessary to determine their dispersion by calculation.

We calculate and evaluate the spread and impact of these scenarios for you.

Appropriate safety distance
The appropriate safety distance according to § 3 (5c) BImSchG is the distance between an operating area and a neighboring protected object and is particularly relevant for spatially significant planning according to § 50 BImSchG. The Commission for Plant Safety has published the guidelines KAS-18 and the working aid KAS-32 for calculating the appropriate safety distance. The scenarios described there serve as a guide for determining the appropriate safety distance for your company.
Extension of explosion protection zones
As part of the creation of an explosion protection document, it may be necessary to determine the extent of explosion protection zones. We will be happy to carry out this calculation for you and also support you with other explosion protection issues.
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Explosion protection

Explosion protection is an important point to consider when evaluating possible operational malfunctions and the associated technical and organizational measures.

Procedure
As the level of detail of the plant design does not always allow for a final explosion protection assessment at the time of the application, we prepare a preliminary explosion protection document for you that meets all the requirements of § 6 (9) GefStoffV and is suitable for submission to the competent authority. In the further course of planning, we remain your partner for the explosion protection assessment of the system and prepare the final explosion protection documentation for you or support you with further requirements such as tests in accordance with BetrSichV or training of your employees (see also Explosion protection).
Necessity
The explosion protection document must be prepared before commissioning, as it forms the basis for the pre-commissioning test in accordance with Section 15 BetrSichV and the training of your employees.
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Plant-related water protection (AwSV)

The “Checklist for application documents in immission control approval procedures” must be used for approval procedures in Bavaria. Chapter 12.4 contains the information for facilities handling substances hazardous to water in accordance with § 62 WHG.

We will be happy to assist you with the preparation of the required documents or review your application documents.

Contents
Information is required on compliance with the requirements of plant-related water protection. In principle, all planned facilities must be included and assessed with regard to their suitability under water protection law.
Additional support
We are happy to support you beyond the approval procedure with further water protection expert opinions in accordance with Sections 41 and 42 AwSV or inspections prior to commissioning (see also Water Protection / AwSV).
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Do you have questions about our services or need a quote? Feel free to contact us by phone, e-mail or via our contact form.

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