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 Hydromet Corporation Pty Limited,
Level 9, Suite 903, 1 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000. The application relates to the export of up to 12,000 tonnes of lead waste and scrap (Basel Code A1020) to the facility operated
Azor Ambiental, located at SA, Ctra. Madrid, Km, 387, PI LA Polvorista, 305000 Molina de Segura, Murcia in Spain. The waste is destined for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The waste will be shipped by sea from Sydney, transiting ports in Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt and Italy, en route to Spain.
The transboundary movement would take place in up to 200 shipments during the time period specified in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by
e-mail to hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Bruce Edwards
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
2 October 2014