The Air Pollution Control and Chemicals Division seeks to protect human health and the environment from harmful impacts or nuisances due to air pollution or chemicals. The legal basis is provided by the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (LRV) and the ordinances in the field of chemicals. The Division publishes overviews of emission/exposure levels, and it supports the cantonal and communal authorities in their enforcement activities.
The division is responsible for the topics:
Management:
Simon Liechti
Position: head of division
Hugo Amacker
Position: head of section (co-leader) Air Quality Management
Reto Meier
Position: head of section (co-leader) Air Quality Management
Giovanni D'Urbano
Position: head of section Traffic
Beat Müller
Position: head of section Industry and Combustion
Herny Wöhrnschimmel
Position: head of section Industrial Chemicals
Christoph Moor
Position: head of section Biocides and Plant Protection Products
Doris Ochsner
Position: head of staff unit
Last modification 12.12.2023
Contact
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Air Pollution Control and Chemicals Division
Postal address:
CH-3003 Bern
Location of our offices:
Monbijoustrasse 40, 3003 Bern
Tel.:
+41 58 485 63 27
+41 58 463 01 65