NOTICE OF APPLICATION RECEIVED UNDER THE
HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989
Pursuant to Section 33 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989, notice is given that an application has been received from E.M.C. SARL, 14 Avenue Baie de Koutio, Z.I. Ducos, Noumea, New Caledonia.
The application relates to the transit through Brisbane of up to 300 tonnes of electronic waste (Basel Code: A1180) en route from New Caledonia to the recycling facility operated by Cimelia Resource Recovery Pte Ltd in Singapore.
The waste is destined for recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The transboundary movement would take place in up to twenty (20) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by
e-mail to hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Peter Brisbane
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
9 January 2015