Air Pollution Control and Chemicals Division

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

Simon Liechti
Position:
 head of division

Hugo Amacker

Hugo Amacker
Position:
 head of section (co-leader) Air Quality Management

Reto Meier

Reto Meier 
Position:
 head of section (co-leader) Air Quality Management

Giovanni D'Urbano
Position:
head of section Traffic

Beat Müller

Beat Müller
Position:
head of section Industry and Combustion

Wöhrnschimmel Henry

Herny Wöhrnschimmel
Position:
 head of section Industrial Chemicals

Christoph Moor

Christoph Moor
Position:
head of section Biocides and Plant Protection Products

Doris Ochsner
Position:
 head of staff unit

Contact
Last modification 12.12.2023

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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

E-mail Air pollution control

E-mail Chemicals

Print contact

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/content/bafu/en/home/office/divisions-sections/air-pollution-control-and-chemicals-division.html