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 14 December 2012, permit AUH269120N was granted to Nyrstar Australia Pty Ltd, Risdon Road, Lutana, Tasmania, 7009 (Telephone: +61 3 6278 4523, Fax: 03 6278 4608).
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste to be exported is silver sand (Basel Code A1020) and the quantity of the waste to be exported is a maximum of 2000 tonnes in up to two (2) shipments;
(b) the waste will be packed in flexible, intermediate bulk containers, and loaded into general purpose freight containers;
(c) the method of transport by which the waste will be exported is:
by road from the Nyrstar facility at Port Pirie, South Australia to the Port of Adelaide in South Australia; by ship from the Port of Adelaide, transiting the ports of Singapore and the Suez Canal in Egypt, before reaching its destination at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium; and by road to the disposal facility, Umicore Precious Metal Refining, Adolf Greinerstraat 14, B-2660 Hoboken, Belgium
(d) no shipment is authorised under this permit before the date above or after 31 March 2013;
(e) after the export, the waste is to be disposed of at the Umicore facility by recovery operation R4 “Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds”.
The permit includes and is subject to the conditions.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection 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 Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 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, NPI & Hazardous Waste Section
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601
Telephone 1800 803 772, Facsimile (02) 6274 1164, or by E-mail at hwa@environment.gov.au.