NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT A BASEL IMPORT PERMIT 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 on 2 February 2015, permit AUH147039R was granted to Institut Polaire Français - Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), Technopôle Brest-Iroise, BP 75-29280, Plouzané, France, through their appointed agent, Tasmanian Worldwide Shipping (TWWS), (ABN: 41 144 819 045) Suite 12, 3rd floor, Galleria Building, 33 Salamanca Place, Battery Point, TAS 7004.
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the waste to be imported is a mixture of the following materials:
compacted recyclable plastic; rinsed plastic drums and tanks with traces of hydrocarbons; rinsate from drums and tanks that contained hydrocarbons; unrinsed steel food cans, steel-aluminium beverage cans and glass bottles; compacted empty 200 L steel drums which contained petrochemicals and may contain residues of petrochemicals; waste sump oil; waste hydraulic oil; and waste non-halogenated organic solvents;
(b) the total quantity of the waste is up to 25.3 tonnes of solid wastes and up to 17 000 litres of liquid wastes;
(c) the waste is to be imported in up to 5 shipments with the following method of transport:
(i) by ship, on the vessel MPV L’Astrolabe, from the French Antarctic station, Dumont d’Urville, Adélie Land in the French Southern and Antarctic Territory to Hobart, Tasmania;
(ii) then by land to the facility operated by TWWS at Macquarie Wharf No.3, Hunter Street, Hobart (the TWWS facility);
(iii) after sorting and separation at the TWWS facility, the hazardous wastes are to be transported by land and sea to disposal facilities in Tasmania and Victoria; and
(d) no shipments are to take place prior to the date below and all transboundary movements of the wastes must be completed by 1 November 2015.
The permit includes and is subject to conditions.
Declan O’Connor-Cox
Acting Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
2 February 2015
Subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person or persons whose interests are affected by this decision may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of the Environment requesting the reasons for the decision.
An application for independent review of the decision may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on payment of the relevant fee by the applicant within 28 days of receipt of the reasons for the decision, or within 28 days of this notice if the reasons for the decision are not sought. Applications should be made to the Deputy Registrar, Administrative Appeals Tribunal in your capital city, see under Commonwealth Government Section in the White Pages. Further information or enquiries should be directed to:
Director, Hazardous Waste Section
Department of the Environment
GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601
Telephone 1800 803 772; Facsimile (02) 6274 1164; E-mail hwa@environment.gov.au