NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT AN EXPORT 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 permit number AUS15-040 was granted to Dodd & Dodd Group Pty Ltd (ACN 009 238 671), 521 Dundas Road, Forrestfield, Western Australia, 6058 (Telephone: +61 8 9448 5750) (Facsimile: +61 8 9448 5750).
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(i) The proposed recipient of the waste is Coy Co Ltd, Room 1603 Union Centre 837-11, Yeoksam-Dong Gangam-Gu, Seoul, Korea (Telephone: +82 70 8688 2717) (Facsimile: +82 70 8688 2818);
(ii) The hazardous waste to be exported is used nickel cadmium batteries;
(iii) The maximum quantity of the waste that may be exported is 150 tonnes; and
(iv) The waste is to be contained during export in Dangerous Goods grade sealed drums lined with polyethylene, in accordance with UN and International Maritime Dangerous Goods guidelines;
(v) The waste is to be transported by road to the port of export, shipped by sea, and then by road from the port of destination to the recovery facility;
(vi) The waste is to be exported from the port of Fremantle, Western Australia, transiting through Singapore and Malaysia, to the port of Busan in the Republic of Korea;
(vii) The waste will undergo recovery operation R4: Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at the facility operated by Kobar Limited in the Republic of Korea; and
The permit period commences on the date below and expires on 30/06/2016. All transboundary movements must be completed by the permit expiry date.
The permit includes and is subject to conditions.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
28 September 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 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, or by email at hwa@environment.gov.au