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 25 000 litres of waste organic phosphorous compounds from Total Waste Management Limited, Allotment 32, Section 140, Building 9, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The waste would be shipped from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to the port of Newcastle, NSW, transiting no other ports. From there, the waste would be transported by road to the Hazmat facility at Heatherbrae for consolidation. The waste would then be transported by road to the facility operated by Geocycle SPF Pty Ltd at 1/92-94 Ordish Road, Dandenong South, Victoria, for the manufacture of a fuel used in cement kilns. The waste would undergo recovery operation R1 – Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to generate energy.
The import would take place in up to two (2) shipments over a period of up to twelve months, as specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
22 November 2013