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 MRI (Australia) Pty Ltd,
20–24 Dennis Street, Campbellfield, Victoria, 3061.
The application relates to the export, in up to twenty (20) shipments, of up to 700 tonnes of mixed waste batteries (Basel Code A1170) to the Republic of Korea.
The waste would leave from Melbourne and Sydney and travel be sea direct to the Port of Busan in the Republic of Korea from where it would travel to the recovery facility, Kobar Limited, for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of Gazette publication addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or by e-mail at hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
6 August 2014