The basic tasks of the Department include:

1. granting permits for discharge of substances or energy into the environment and concessions on extraction of minerals (mining);
2. issuing decisions on waste management;
3. drafting strategic documents concerning environmental protection, air protection, protection of the environment against noise, waste management and asbestos removal;
4. taking actions related to post-implementation analyses, ecological reviews and areas of limited use;
5. taking actions related to the climate and its protection, including reducing the consequences of climate change and adaptation to climate change.

Contact
al. Niepodległości 34
61 – 714 Poznań
secretariat - room 1048
Phone No.: +48 61 626 75 25
Fax No.: +48 61 626 64 01
e–mail: dsk.sekretariat@umww.pl

Director
Marzena Andrzejewska-Wierzbicka

Deputy Director
Agnieszka Lewicka

Deputy Director
Małgorzata Krucka-Adamkiewicz 

Deputy Director
Michał Rejewski

Regional Geologist
Wioletta Bichler