Federal Act
on the Protection of the Environment
(Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

¹ The en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion agen­cies as­sess the pre­lim­in­ary in­vest­ig­a­tion and the re­port and pro­poses the meas­ures re­quired to the com­pet­ent de­cision-mak­ing au­thor­ity. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil is­sues reg­u­la­tions on the time lim­its for the as­sess­ment.

² The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity must also con­sult the Fed­er­al Of­fice for the En­vir­on­ment (the Fed­er­al Of­fice) when the as­sess­ment con­cerns re­finer­ies, alu­mini­um smelt­ers, thermal power sta­tions, or large cool­ing towers. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ex­tend the duty to con­sult to cov­er oth­er in­stall­a­tions.