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 was received from Sims Group Australia Holdings Ltd,
148 Dunn Road, Rocklea, Queensland 4106 on 10 December 2014. 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 shipped by sea from New Caledonia to Brisbane or Sydney 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.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Director via e-mail: hwa@environment.gov.au or post: Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787, CANBERRA ACT 2601. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Bruce Edwards
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch