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 Powercell (Australia) Trading Pty Ltd (Powercell), 230 Halifax Street Adelaide, South Australia 5000.
The application relates to the export of up to 100 tonnes of waste comprising nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride and lithium ion batteries (Basel code A1170) to the facilities operated by Nippon Recycle Center Corp at: 6-10-39 Tsukuda, Nishiyodogawa-Ku 555-0001 and 2-9-141 Nakajima, Nishiyodogawa-Ku, 555-0041, in Osaka, Japan.
The waste will undergo recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
The waste batteries will be shipped from Adelaide, direct to the port of Kobe in Japan, with no transit ports. From Kobe, the waste will be transported by road to the facilities of Nippon Recycle Center Corp.
The transboundary movement would take place in up to six (6) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
30 October 2013