Waste Law, Energy Law and Water Law
Mag. Elisabeth Kladiva
Office
Anita Schönberger +43 (316) 877-8755
Schillerstraße 10, 8570 Voitsberg
Phone: +43 (3142) 21520-200
Fax: +43 (3142) 21520-550
E-Mail: elisabeth.kladiva@stmk.gv.at
Written applications and getting in contact
1. Submission of documents
Office of the Styrian Provincial Government
Department 13 Environment and Regional Planning
Stempfergasse 7, 8010 Graz,01.Bez.:Innere Stadt
Telefax: +43 (316) 877-3490
E-Mail: abteilung13@stmk.gv.at
2. Online forms
Land Steiermark offers online forms for the submission of various applications. For an overview of all forms, please see https://egov.stmk.gv.at/
3. Digital submissions
You can also contact us by electronic means (e-mail, fax or online form), but please note the technical requirements. Any matters submitted by electronic means outside our office hours will only be received and processed when our office staff resume work again. This means that the submission will be deemed to have been submitted and received only at that time.
Tasks
One of the core tasks of the Unit is the assessment of the permissibility of installations from a legal perspective. This includes operational plants, machinery, equipment, devices, pipelines and land on which substances are stored or work is carried out. These projects are examined by legal and technical experts and, if the outcome is positive, approved by the authorities. Other tasks are derived from the Environmental Information Act, for example, or arise on the basis of interventions by the Ombudsman Board.
We anticipate major challenges for the coming years when weighing the promotion of Styria as a business location against spatial planning and nature conservation. Industrial plant law with its extensive activities will make an important contribution here - as it has in the past - to successfully meeting these challenges. When new facilities are built, special attention must be paid to their environmental compatibility, the conservation of land and the aspects of water, energy and waste. Moreover, the balance between the central region that is growing at a fast pace and the other regions of Styria will gain special strategic importance.
The unit comprises three areas:
Energierecht und gewerbliches Betriebsanlagenrecht
- Power current line law (plant permits including the establishment of a right of coercion)
- Electricity industry law (approval procedures for power generation plants, control of network disputes, legal issues of distribution grid companies)
- Green power(approval procedure pursuant to the Green Electricity Act)
- Gas and pipeline law(plant permits)
Water law and waterway transport law
- Water law procedures pursuant to the Water Rights Act 1959 (according to statutory jurisdiction)
- Preparation of regulations and ordinances in this respect
- Handling of shipping matters in accordance with the Navigation Act 1997 --> more
- Role of supervisory authority
Waste legislation
Area manager and deputy head of unit:
Mag.a Agnes Schmidhofer, phone extension
- Approval and/or monitoring of all waste treatment plants (with the exception of publicly accessible recycling centres, collection points for problematic substances/hazardous waste, and/or facilities listed in Sec. 37 para 2 Waste Management Act 2002)
- Granting permits to collect and/or treat waste and/or inspection of all waste collectors and/or waste treatment operators --> more
- Inspection of all original producers of hazardous waste
- Involvement in legislative projects
- Involvement in environmental impact assessment procedures
- Supervision of waste management associations
- Electronic data management
Law on industrial and operational plants
Department 13 Environment and Regional Planning is the supreme authority in terms of legislation governing industrial and operational plants. Department 13 Environment and Regional Planning is also the supreme authority and market surveillance authority with regard to mining law and boiler systems.