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Environmental permit

  • Permit or other obligation
  • 2 municipalities
  • Public service

The environmental board acts as the environmental protection authority of the city of Kotka.

Environmental inspectors prepare environmental permits for the board to decide.

Do the following

Apply for an environmental permit from your municipality’s environmental protection authorities or your local Regional State Administrative Agency. In ambiguous situations, the authorities will advise you on which authority you must send the application to.

The application for an environmental permit must be submitted to municipal environmental protection authorities or the Regional State Administrative Agency.

Before submitting a permit application, you should contact the City of Kotka Environment Centre and discuss matters related to the permit application and its processing, with the environmental inspector handling the matter.

Submit the environmental permit application electronically via the lupapiste.fi service, or on paper to the City of Kotka Environment Centre, in three (3) copies.

To whom and on what terms

An environmental permit will not be required for activities of short duration (where the purpose is to test new technology or to carry out other similar tasks).

A notification procedure, which is simpler than the permit procedure, is applied to a number of activities referred to in the Environmental Protection Act.

If a trader has established their business in another country within the European Economic Area and intends to provide their services temporarily in Finland, the trader is subject to the same obligations as all other traders established in Finland.

The permit lays down regulations concerning operating times, emission limits and monitoring for the environmental permit’s holder.

The content of the regulations may vary depending on the nature and scope of the activities.

Notify the permit authority of any changes in the activities and their cessation.

An environmental permit is not required for activities of short duration (where the purpose is to test new technology or to carry out other similar tasks).


Deadline

Submit the permit application well in advance before starting operations, considering the processing times.

Processing time

A minimum of 4 months.

Period of validity

A fixed-term or valid until further notice permit. Can also be granted, regardless of petition for appeal, against a security (Environmental Protection Act, section 199).

Background information

Under the Environmental Protection Act, an environmental permit will be required for activities that involve the risk of environmental pollution. A permit is required if the activities can pollute land areas, streams, springs, rills or other waterways.

An environmental permit must also be obtained for water management projects that may cause environmental pollution but that do not require a permit under the Water Act. You are required to apply for an environmental permit if you expand your operations, begin to produce emissions or intend to make any other significant changes to your operations.

An environmental permit is required for such activities as forestry, metal and chemical industries, energy production, animal shelters, professional waste management, waste management in plants mining, fur farming, fish farming and port and airport operations. You must also apply for an environmental permit if the activities can cause unreasonable stress to nearby residents.

If other environment-related permits are required for the applicant’s project in addition to the environmental permit, the applicant may request coordination of the permit procedures from the permit authority. The processing stages of the different permit procedures will then be synchronised. Coordination will ensure that the timing of the different phases of the permit procedures will be harmonised.

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City of Kotka

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City of Kotka
Text edited by: City of Kotka
Updated: 30/12/2022