Agricultural environmental issues

When planning to build a new animal shelter or expand an existing one, contact the Imatra Region Environmental Services.

Animal shelter notification or environmental permit decision

Before building a new animal shelter or expanding an existing one, check whether the operation requires an animal shelter notification or environmental permit procedure. Contact the Imatra Region Environmental Service.

A notification application pursuant to Section 115a of the Environmental Protection Act is required if the animal shelter is intended for at least:

For 50 dairy cows or 100 beef cattle or 130 suckler cows
For 100 adult sows or 250 fattening pigs
For 60 horses or ponies
250 for ewes or goats
4 for laying hens or 000 for broilers
or for another number of animals that have a total environmental impact equivalent to 250 meat pigs.

Your farm may require an environmental permit instead of a notification decision based on the Neighborhood Relations Act or other reasons. In such cases, the Imatra Region Environmental Board will decide on the animal shelter notification application or environmental permit.

You need an environmental permit from the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland, for example, if there are animal places for at least 300 dairy cows or 500 beef cattle (over 3000 head).

For more information, please visit the joint online service of the environmental administration..

Customer fees for environmental protection and environmental health

Opening notice

If you need to spread manure or organic fertilizer on a field for technical or hygienic reasons, submit a notification of spreading to the Imatra Region Environmental Service 14 days in advance.

Read the instructions on the form for making a pile. Piling cannot replace the required manure storage volume sufficient for the entire year.

Opening notification form

Notification of manure spreading in an exceptional situation

You can still spread manure in November in exceptional circumstances, but notify the Imatra Region Environmental Service by the end of October (October 31.10).

Wetness in the fields, which is caused by heavy rainfall and low evaporation during the growing season, is considered an exceptional situation.
The notification is made by the person whose livestock farm produces manure.

Manure spreading notification form