NOTICE OF DECISION TO REFUSE A 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 13 September 2012 a permit was refused to Dodd & Dodd Group Pty Ltd of 11 Kennedy Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051 to export up to 4500 tonnes of used lead acid batteries (ULABs) to Kookjea Metallic Co. Ltd, San 10 Ogye-Ri Geumho-Eup Yeongcheon-Si, Gyeongsangbuk-Du in the Republic of Korea for recycling and reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
Dr Barry Reville
Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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.