NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT WAIGANI 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 18 December 2015, transit permit number AUH15-073 was granted to Chempro Group Limited, 40 Seaview Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (Telephone: +64 9 914 8594; Facsimile: +64 9 309 9264).
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste to be transited is lead paste and lead grid derived from used lead acid batteries (Basel code: A1020);
(b) the quantity of the waste to be transited is a maximum of 3 000 tonnes in up to 30 shipments;
(c) the wastes are to be segregated so that the lead grid and lead paste is packed in separate jumbo bags, which are then to be loaded without pallets into heavy duty shipping containers and sealed;
(d) the waste is to be transported by sea from New Zealand, transiting the port of Brisbane in Australia, en-route to Spain, where the wastes are to land at either Barcelona, Cartagena or Valencia; and
(e) no shipment is authorised under this permit before the date above or after 1 January 2017.
The permit includes and is subject to conditions.
Andrew McNee
Delagate 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 email at hwa@environment.gov.au