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 on 7 September 2015 special export permit AUS15-022 was granted to Powercell (Australia) Trading Pty Ltd (ACN 109 461 896), 230 Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000; Telephone: +61 8 8223 2011; Facsimile: +61 8 8223 2157.
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste to be exported is waste batteries (Basel Code A1170), comprising nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) and lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries;
(b) the quantity of the waste to be exported is a maximum of 100 tonnes;
(c) the waste will be packed in plastic bag lined 200 litre sealable metal barrels, separated into specific chemistries of dry cell Ni-Cd, Ni-MH and Li-Ion rechargeable end-of-life battery scraps. Four drums will be secured onto each pallet, and shipped in seaworthy containers;
(d) the waste is to be transported by rail from Adelaide to Melbourne, then shipped by sea to the Port of Kobe or Port of Osaka in Japan, from where it will travel by land to the recovery facilities of Nippon Recycle Center Corp at:
- Tsukuda Plant, 6-10-39, Tsukuda, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, 555-0001, Japan;
- Nakajima Plant, 2-9-141, Nakajima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, 555-0041, Japan;
- KonoHana Plant, 2-3-32, Umemachi, Konohana-ku, Osaka, 554-0032, Japan.
(e) the waste is to be disposed of by recovery operation R4–Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds;
(f) no shipment is authorised under this permit before the date below or after 28 August 2016.
The permit includes and is subject to conditions.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
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 E-mail at hwa@environment.gov.au