NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT A 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 9 January 2015, permit AUH403134E was granted to Tox Free Australia Pty Ltd (Toxfree) (ACN 31 127 853 561), 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae NSW 2324 (Telephone +61 2 4987 7022; Facsimile +61 2 4987 7622).
The particulars of the permit are as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste to be imported is waste lubricating oil (Basel Code A3020);
(b) the quantity of the waste to be imported is a maximum of 500 000 litres;
(c) the waste is to be imported in up to 20 shipments;
(d) each shipment is to follow one or other of two alternate routes :
(i) by sea from Port Moresby direct to Newcastle, NSW, then by land to the facility operated by Toxfree at Heatherbrae, where the waste oil will undergo operation R13 – Accumulation of material; or
(ii) by sea from Port Moresby direct to Brisbane, QLD, then by land to the facility operated by Toxfree at Coopers Plains, where the waste oil will undergo operation R13 – Accumulation of material;
(iii) from Heatherbrae, the waste will be transported by land to the Southern Oil Refinery at 42 Lewington Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW; or
(iii) from Brisbane, the waste will be transported by land to the Northern Oil Refinery at Guerassimoff Road, Yarwun, QLD.
(e) at the Southern Oil Refinery and Northern Oil Refinery facilities, both operated by Southern Oil Refining, the waste oil will undergo operation R9 – Used oil re-refining or other uses of previously used oil; and
(f) the permit expires on 31 October 2015 and all transboundary movements of the waste lubricating oil must be completed by that date.
The permit includes and is subject to conditions.
Peter Brisbane
Acting Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch
9 January 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 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