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 CMA Ecocycle Pty Ltd,
5-11 Reo Crescent, Campbellfield VIC 3061.
The application relates to the import of up to 50 tonnes of mercury bearing waste including crushed lamps and fluorescent tubes from New Zealand to Australia. The waste will undergo the recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds and R5 – Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials at CMA Ecocycle Pty Ltd.
The waste would be transported by sea from New Zealand direct to the Port of Melbourne.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in up to 5 (five) 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.
Bruce Edwards
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
29 May 2015