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 (Hazmat),
42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae NSW 2324. The application relates to the importation of up to
240 tonnes of used lead acid batteries (ULABs) from Total Waste Management Limited located at Allotment 32, Section 140, Building 9, Water Bay Industrial Center, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The ULABs will be shipped direct from Port Moresby to the port of Newcastle, NSW. From there, the ULABs will be transported to Hazmat’s Heatherbrae facility, where they will consolidated before being sent to the transfer station operated by Australian Refined Alloys in Alexandria NSW. The ULABs will then be transferred to the Renewed Metal Technologies recycling facility located in Bomen NSW.
The ULABs will undergo recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The import would take place in up to twelve (12) shipments during the period of the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
18 November 2013