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 14 December 2015, permit AUH15-064 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 consists 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 maximum quantity of the waste is up to 28.5 tonnes of solid wastes and up to 15 000 litres of liquid wastes;
c) the waste is to be imported in up to five (5) shipments with the following method of transport:
- 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;
- then by land to the TWWS facility at Macquarie Wharf in Hobart; and
- 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.
d) the waste may only be imported during the permit period;
e) the waste is to be disposed of at the following facilities:
iv. bottles or containers made of plastic, steel, steel-aluminium or glass, and deemed by AGDA to be contaminated with biological material, are to be disposed of by deep burial in landfill at Glenorchy, Tasmania or Copping, Tasmania;
v. compacted empty 200 L steel drums that cannot be cleaned at the TWWS facility are also to be disposed of at the Glenorchy or Copping landfill in Tasmania;
vi. waste oil and oil rinsates are to be treated by Hagen Oil in Tasmania, and then transferred to a lime kiln in Tasmania operated by Sibelco Australia Ltd for use as a fuel;
vii. waste hydraulic oil is to be treated by Hagen Oil in Tasmania; and
viii. waste non-halogenated solvents are to be treated at the Geocycle facility, Dandenong, Victoria, for use as a fuel in a cement kiln in Tasmania.
The permit period is from the date below until the permit expiry date of 2 November 2016. The permit includes and is subject to the conditions that form a schedule to this permit.
Andrew McNee
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
14 December 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