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 Orica Australia Pty Ltd, 1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, to export up to 20 tonnes of spent catalyst containing aluminium oxide, molybdenum trioxide and cobalt oxide to Metrex BV, Sourethweg 13, 6422, P Heerlen, Parkstad, 6195, The Netherlands for recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The transboundary movements would take place in two (2) shipments, during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
The movements will leave the Port of Botany by sea and may transit through Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt, Germany and Belgium en route to the Netherlands from where the waste will travel by land to the recycling facility.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
4 December 2013