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 31 January 2014, permit number AUH131655P was granted to Shell Refining (Australia) Pty Ltd (ABN 46 004 303 842), of 8 Redfern Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123 (Telephone: +61 420 317 224).
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste to be exported is spent catalysts (Basel Code A2030);
(b) the quantity of the waste to be exported is a maximum of 104 tonnes in one (1) shipment;
(c) the method of transport by which the waste is to be exported is:
(i) by land to the Port of Botany;
(ii) by sea to New Zealand (through Port Chalmers, Napier, Tauranga & Auckland), Panama (through Cristobal) and the Bahamas (through Freeport) before arriving in New York in the United States of America; and
(iii) then by land to the facility of Sabin Metal West Corporation, 15, 12th Ave East, Williston, North Dakota.
(d) the waste will be disposed of at the facility by recovery operation R8 – Recovery of components from catalysts;
(e) no shipment is authorised before the date above or after 31 December 2014.
The permit includes and is subject to the conditions that form the Schedule to this permit.
Dane Roberts
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
31 January 2014