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 Certified Destruction Services T/A CDS Recycling, 1359 Kingsford Smith Drive, Pinkenba, QLD 4008.
The application relates to the import of up to 200 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (Basel Code A1180) from New Caledonia for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at the CDS Recycling facility in Pinkenba.
The waste would be transported by sea from Noumea direct to Brisbane.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in up to ten (10) shipments during the time period specified in the permit, if granted.
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
Assistant Secretary
1 July 2014