NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT TWO WAIGANI IMPORT PERMITS 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 25 March 2014, permits AUH366124N and AUH341124O were granted to Hazmat Services Pty Ltd (Hazmat) (ACN 43 127 055 743), 1st Floor, 17 Gipps Street, Carrington, NSW 2294 (Telephone +61 2 4961 1887; Facsimile +61 2 4969 5887).
The particulars of the permits are as follows:
(a) the hazardous wastes to be imported are waste acids (AUH366124N; Basel Code A4090) and waste bases (AUH341124O; Basel Code A4090);
(b) the quantities of the wastes to be imported are a maximum of 50 000 litres of waste acids and a maximum of 50 000 litres of waste bases;
(c) the wastes are to be imported in up to 10 shipments for each type of waste:
(i) by sea from Port Moresby direct to Newcastle, NSW; and
(ii) then by land to the facility operated by Toxfree Solutions Ltd (Toxfree) at 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324, to undergo operation D15 – Storage;
(d) from there, all of the wastes are to be disposed of using either, or both, of the following pathways:
(i) the wastes are to be forwarded to the Toxfree facility, Christie Street, St Mary’s, NSW 2760, to undergo disposal operation D9 – Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere;
(ii) the wastes are to be forwarded to the facility of Transpacific Technical Services, 19 Egret Street, Kooragang Island, NSW 2304, for operation D15 – Storage, and then transferred to the facility of Transpacific, Cnr Hill Road and Pondage Link, Homebush Bay, NSW 2127, for operation D9 – Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere;
(e) the permits expire on 31 January 2015 and all transboundary movements of the waste acids and waste bases must be completed by that date.
The permits include and are subject to conditions.
Andrew McNee
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 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; E-mail hwa@environment.gov.au