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 Caltex Australia Pty Ltd, 2 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000. The application relates to the export of up to 400 tonnes of spent precious metal catalysts from Caltex’s facilities in New South Wales (Caltex Refineries (NSW) Pty Ltd, 2 Solander Street, Kurnell 2231) and Queensland (Caltex Refineries (QLD) Pty Ltd, South Street, Lytton 4178) to Sabin Metal West Corporation (Sabin), 15-12th Avenue East, Williston, North Dakota, 58802, in the United States of America. The material is destined for recovery operation R8, namely the “Recovery of components from catalysts”.
The waste will be transported by road from Caltex’s facilities and will leave Australia by ship from New South Wales and Queensland. The waste will transit through Auckland, New Zealand to the port of Tacoma, Washington in the United States of America. The waste will be transported by road from the port of Tacoma, Washington to the Sabin facility.
The transboundary movement would take place in twenty-four (24) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
24 March 2013