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 Ace Waste Pty Ltd, 491 Gooderham Road, Willawong, Queensland 4110. The application relates to the import from International Waste Ltd, 2 Hape Drive, Auckland International Airport, Auckland 2150, New Zealand of up to 75 000 kilograms of cytotoxic contaminated clinical waste to the Ace Waste facility located at the above address for disposal operation D10, namely ‘Incineration on land.
It is proposed that the waste will be transported directly to Australia, exiting New Zealand by ship from the ports of Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. The waste may transit the port of Tauranga in New Zealand, transiting no other ports on its voyage to the port of Brisbane in Australia. From there, the waste will be transported by road to the disposal facility located at Willawong in Queensland.
The transboundary movement would take place in ten (10) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
21 March 2013