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 application AUH15-067 has been received from New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited, Tiwai Road, No. 11RD, Invercargill 9877, New Zealand, Telephone: +64 3 218 5892; Facsimile: +64 3 218 9747.
The application relates to the proposed transit through Brisbane of up to 10 000 tonnes of spent pot liner (Basel Code: A4050) en route from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for recovery operations R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds and R5 – Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials at Befesa Salt Slags Ltd.
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