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, 1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia, to export up to 60 tonnes of spent catalyst (containing zinc oxide and zinc sulphide) to Metallo Chimnique International BV, Nieuwe Dreef 33, 2340 Beerse, Belgium 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 Fremantle by sea and may transit through Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt, the Netherlands and Germany en route to Belgium 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