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 Consolidated Alloys, 32 Industrial Avenue, Thomastown, Victoria 3074. The application relates to the export of up to 120 tonnes of solder dross to the facility operated by Hydrometal S.A. located at Zoning Industriele D’Ehein, 83390 Engis in Belgium.
The waste would be exported from the port of Melbourne and shipped by sea, transiting Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, and the Canary Islands, en route to the port of Antwerp in Belgium.
The material would undergo recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The transboundary movement would take place in one shipment during the period specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
4 December 2013