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 Boyne Smelters Limited, Handley Drive, Boyne Island, Queensland 4680.
The application relates to the export of up to 6 000 tonnes of spent pot liner (Basel Code A4050) to Spain for recovery operation R5 – Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials at the facility of Belfesa Escorias Salinas, SA.
The waste would be transported by sea from Brisbane, Queensland, and would transit the ports of Singapore, Suez in Egypt, Sines in Portugal, and Vigo in Spain, before arriving at the port of Gijon in Spain.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in up to six (6) 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 email 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
Assistant Secretary