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 on 3 July 2015 from SteriHealth Limited, 110 Doherty’s Road, Laverton North, Victoria 3026.
The application relates to the importation of up to 150 000 kilograms of clinical waste (Basel code: A4020) from Waste Management International NZ Limited, 30 Neales Road, East Tamaki, Auckland 2161, New Zealand. The waste is destined for disposal by high temperature incineration (disposal operation: D10 – Incineration on land) at SteriHealth’s disposal facility at Laverton North in Victoria.
The waste is to be transported by sea from New Zealand and would take place in up to twenty (20) shipments over a period of up to twelve months.
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.
Bruce Edwards
Delegate to the Minister
Department of the Environment