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 500 000 litres of waste oil from Total Waste Management Limited, Allotment 32, Section 140, Building 9, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea for recovery operation R9 – Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil
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 via a transfer station operated by Southern Oil in North St Marys to the Southern Oil refinery in Wagga Wagga, NSW. At the refinery, the waste would undergo recovery operation R9 – Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil.
The import would take place in up to twenty (20) shipments over a period of up to twelve months, as specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
16 August 2013