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 Mobil Refining Australia Pty Ltd (Mobil), 12 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Victoria 3006. The application relates to the export of up to 50 tonnes of spent catalyst from the Mobil Altona Refinery located at the corner of Millers and Kororoit Creek Roads, Altona, Victoria 3018 to GS Ecometal Co. Ltd (GS Ecometal), 333 Whasan-Ri, Onsan-Eup, Ulju-Gun, Ulsan 689-896 in the Republic of Korea. The material is destined for recovery operation R8 - Recovery of components from catalysts.
The Basel Convention waste identification code for this waste is A2030 “Waste catalysts”.
The waste would be packed into 1 metre square bulk shipping bags supported on a wooden transport pallet. The pallets would be loaded in a single layer into 20 or 40 foot shipping containers. The waste would be transported from the Mobil Altona facility by road, leaving Australia by ship from the port of Melbourne. The waste may then transit the Australian ports of Botany and Brisbane en route to the port of Busan in the Republic of Korea. From there, the waste will be transported by road to the GS Ecometal facility located at Ulju-Gun in Ulsan.
The transboundary movement would take place in one (1) shipment during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Dane Roberts
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
14 May 2013