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, 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 Osaka, Japan, for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at the facilities of Nippon Recycle Center Corp.
The waste would be transported by sea from Melbourne direct to the Port of Kobe, or the Port of Osaka, Japan.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in up to 6 shipments during the time period specified in the permit, if granted.
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.
Declan O'Connor-Cox
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
15 May 2015