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 Sims Group Australia Holdings Ltd,
148 Dunn Road, Rocklea, Queensland 4106. The application relates to the import of up to
500 tonnes of used lead acid batteries from E.T.V. Sarl, 10 Ave Baie de Koulio, Z.I. Ducos, Noumea, New Caledonia.
The material is destined for recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at the facility operated by Hydromet Operations (Southern) Limited (Hydromet) at 201 Five Islands Road, Unanderra, NSW 2526.
The waste will be transported by road to the port of Noumea in New Caledonia, and then shipped by sea to the ports of Brisbane or Botany in Australia. From there, the waste will be transported by road to the Hydromet facility.
The transboundary movement would take place in up to twenty-five (25) shipments during the time period specified in the permit, if granted.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
30 October 2013