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 Hazmat Services Pty Ltd, of 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324. The application relates to the import of up to 75 000 kilograms of used oil filters from Total Waste Management Ltd, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Scratcheley Road, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The waste would be shipped from Port Moresby direct to Newcastle, NSW, and then transported to the Transpacific Technical Services facility at Raven Street, Kooragang, NSW 2304, for separation of the used oil and the oil filters. The filters would then be sent to the facility of the Sims Group Limited at Kooragang Island, NSW 2304, for operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds. The used oil would be treated at the facility of Transpacific Refiners Pty Ltd at Rutherford, NSW 2320, undergoing operation R 9 – Used oil re-refining.
The transboundary movements would take place in up to six (6) shipments over the period specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
15 November 2013