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 was received on 1 June 2015 from Ace Waste Pty Ltd, 491 Gooderham Road, Willawong, Queensland 4110.
The application relates to the importation of up to 120 000 kilograms of clinical waste (Basel code: A4020) from International Waste Limited, 2 Hape Drive, Auckland International Airport, Auckland 2150, New Zealand. The waste is destined for disposal by high temperature incineration (disposal operation: D10 – Incineration on land) at the Ace Waste disposal facility at Willawong in Queensland.
The waste is to be transported by sea from New Zealand and would take place in up to fifteen (15) shipments over a period of up to twelve months.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of Gazette publication addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or by e-mail at hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Bruce Edwards
Delegate to the Minister
Waste Policy Branch
Department of the Environment