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 Alcoa Portland Aluminium Pty Ltd, Quarry Road, Portland, Victoria 3305, Australia, to export up to 7,200 tonnes of spent pot liner waste to Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll GmbH & Co. OHG in the Germany for recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials.
The transboundary movements would take place in up to twelve (12) shipments.
The movements will leave the Port of Melbourne by ship and may transit ports in Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt and France on the voyage to Hamburg in Germany, from where the waste will travel by road to the recycling facility.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
28 June 2013