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 Toxfree (Australia) Pty Ltd (Toxfree) 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae NSW 2324. The application relates to the importation of up to
250 000 litres of a mixture of waste oil and water (Basel Code A4060) from Total Waste Management Limited, PO Box 473, Waigani 131, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The waste would be shipped from Port Moresby direct to Brisbane, QLD. The waste would then be transported to a facility operated by Transpacific Industries Group Ltd located at Narangba, QLD.
There, the waste would undergo operation D9 - Physico-chemical treatment, with any recovered oil then undergoing operation R3 - Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents.
The import would take place in up to ten (10) shipments over a period of up to twelve months, as specified in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by e-mail to hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Andrew McNee
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
13 June 2014