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 Exide Australia Pty Ltd, 1 Winterton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168. The application relates to the export of up to 2500 tonnes of used lead acid batteries to Samji Metal Ind. Co. Ltd., 4MA 815 Shiwa Industrial Park, Seonggok-Dong Danwon-Gu, Ansan-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, in the Republic of Korea for recovery operations R4, namely the “Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds”.
The waste will leave Australia by ship from Port Botany. The waste will not transit any other port or roadstead on its journey to the port of Incheon in the Republic of Korea. The waste will be transported by road from the port of Incheon to the Samji Metal Ind.Co. Ltd facility.
The transboundary movement would take place in twenty (20) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Andrew NcNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
12 March 2013