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, 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae NSW 2324. The application relates to the importation of up to 100 000 litres of waste non‑halogenated solvents from Total Waste Management Limited, Section 79, Lot 19, Merrie England Road, Korobosea, NCD, 131, Papua New Guinea for recovery operations R1 – Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to create energy.
The Basel Convention waste identification code for this waste is A3140 ‘Waste non‑halogenated organic solvents but excluding such wastes specified on list B.’
The waste will be stored in sealed 205 litre steel or polypropylene drums or 1 000 litre Intermediate Bulk Containers and transported by road to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. From there, the wastes would be shipped by sea direct to Melbourne transiting no other ports. The waste would then be transported by road to Geocycle SBF Pty Ltd (Geocycle) at 92 Ordish Road, Dandenong South, Victoria 3175, where the waste will be used as an ingredient in fuel for cement kilns.
The import would take place in up to six (6) shipments over twelve months commencing from the date of the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
12 March 2013