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 VIC 3074.
The application relates to the export of up to 120 tonnes of solder dross (Basel Code A1020) to a facility operated by Hydrometal S.A. in Belgium. The waste would undergo recovery operation
R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The waste would be transported by road to the port of Melbourne and then shipped by sea, transiting through Malaysia and Egypt, en route to Belgium.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in one shipment 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
Waste Policy Branch
17 April 2015