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 application AUH16-039 has been received from Parodi & Gore Pty Ltd, trading as Tasmanian Worldwide Shipping (TWS), Port Control Building, 18 Hunter Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000 acting on behalf of Institut Polaire Francais - Paul Emile Victor,Technopôle Brest-Iroise, B.P. 75, 29280, Plouzané, France.
The application relates to the import of up to 27.5 tonnes of solid wastes and up to 15,000 litres of liquid wastes from Dumont d’Urville, the French Antarctic station, for various recovery and disposal operations in Tasmania and Victoria.
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 and Energy, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by email 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.
Khokan Bagchi
A/g Director
Hazardous Waste Section
Department of the Environment and Energy
28 November 2016