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 Tomago Aluminium Company Pty Ltd (Tomago), Tomago Road, Tomago, NSW, 2322.
The application relates to the export of up to 8000 tonnes of second cut spent pot lining (Basel Code: A4050) from the Tomago facility in NSW to Befesa Escorias Salinas, S.A. (Befesa), Ctra De Cabezon s/n 47011 in Valladolid, Spain. The material is destined for recovery operation R5 – Recycling / reclamation of other inorganic materials.
The waste will be transported by road from the Tomago facility and will leave Australia by ship from Port Botany. The waste will transit through ports in New Zealand, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic and The Netherlands on the voyage to Gijon in Spain. The waste will be transported by road from the port of Gijon to Befesa’s recycling facility.
The transboundary movements would take place in up to seventeen (17) shipments during the time period stated in the permit, if granted.
Jane O’Sullivan
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
26 September 2013