Show construction, significant modification or decommissioning of a slurry, liquid manure and silage slurry plant (JGS plant)
If you have a
- A facility for storing silage leachate with a volume of more than 25 cubic metres,
- a facility for the storage of solid manure or silage with a volume of more than 1,000 cubic metres
- or any other JGS facility with a total volume of more than 500 cubic metres, you must notify the competent authority.
You must submit your notification of the construction, significant modification or decommissioning of a JGS facility to the competent authority at least 6 weeks in advance.
Notification is not required if the measure is the subject of an authorisation procedure in accordance with the Baden-Württemberg State Building Regulations or the Federal Immission Control Act.
Forms/Online Services
Responsible authority
Please ensure that you send your notification to the responsible water authority.
The respective local regional councils are responsible as higher water authorities if the notification relates to a company site on which at least one installation exists or is planned,
- which is subject to the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (installation in Annex 1 column d of the Ordinance on Installations Subject to Authorisation, marked with the letter E),
- which constitutes an operating area pursuant to Section 3 (5a) of the Federal Immission Control Act (hazardous incident facility) or
- which is subject to authorisation pursuant to Section 60 (3) sentence 1 numbers 2 and 3 of the Federal Water Act.
In all other cases:
in an urban district: the city administration,
in a rural district: the district office,
as the lower water authority.
Contact
Details
Prerequisite
The systems must fulfil the requirements of the Ordinance on Systems for Handling Substances Hazardous to Water (AwSV). This must be verified with the documents to be submitted.
Procedure
If you want to submit the advert online:
- You submit the notification via the online service.
- The competent authority will check your documents for completeness and request any missing information or documents.
- The content requirements are also checked, which may also result in additional requirements.
- The authority may temporarily or definitively prohibit the project or issue a decision with conditions.
If you wish to send the notification by letter or e-mail:
- You fill out the forms required for the notification and send them to the competent authority .
- The further procedural steps correspond to the online procedure.
Deadlines
You must notify the competent authority in writing or online at least six weeks in advance.
Required documents
- Completed notification form
- Detailed documents describing the project (site plan, drawings, certificates, descriptions)
- Expert opinion, if applicable
Costs
Fees are only due if the competent authority has to order additional measures. Fees are calculated on the basis of the legal ordinance and statutes of the relevant competent authority and the provisions of the Baden-Württemberg State Fees Act.
Processing time
Processing takes between 2 and 6 weeks.
Miscellaneous
You can find out about water or medicinal spring protection areas and floodplains on the Internet at the map service of the Baden-Württemberg State Institute for the Environment. You can do this here: View flood hazard maps.
Legal basis
Landesbauordnung (LBO)
Gesetz zum Schutz vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen durch Luftverunreinigungen, Geräusche, Erschütterungen und ähnliche Vorgänge
Verordnung über Anlagen zum Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen 1 2
- § 40 Anzeigepflicht
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 01.12.2025