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 for a Basel import permit has been received from Parodi & Gore Pty Ltd, trading as Tasmanian Worldwide Shipping (TWS), Suite 12, 3rd Floor, Galleria Building, 33 Salamanca Place, Battery Point 7004 in Tasmania acting on behalf of Institut Polaire Francais - Paul Emile Victor,Technopôle Brest-Iroise, BP 75-29280, Plouzané, France.
The application relates to the import of up to 28.5 tonnes of solid wastes and up to 15 000 litres of liquid wastes from Dumont d’Urville, the French Antarctic station, for various recovery and disposal operations in Tasmania and Victoria.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by email 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
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
22 October 2015