NOTICE OF APPLICATION RECEIVED 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 4 March 2015, a revised application from NQ Resource Recovery Pty Ltd, 77-97 Enterprise Street, Bohle Queensland 4818 was received.
The application relates to the importation of up to 250,000 litres of waste oil (Y8 – waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use) from Puma Energy PNG Refining Limited, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
The proposal is to ship the waste oil directly from Port Moresby to Townsville, QLD and then transport it by road to the NQ Resource Recovery Pty Ltd facility Bohle, QLD. The waste would undergo recovery operation R9 – Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil.
The import would take place in up to four (4) shipments over a period of up to twelve months, as specified in the permit, if granted.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of publication in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Comments should be addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or forwarded by e-mail to hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Declan O’Connor-Cox
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Waste Policy Branch