NOTICE OF VARIATION TO AN 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 application AUH15-069 from Hydromet Corporation Pty Limited (ACN 002 802 646), 201 Five Islands Road, Unanderra, NSW, 2526 (Telephone: +64 9 914 8594; Facsimile: +64 9 309 9264), has been varied.
The original application was received on 16 November 2015. On 18 July 2016, in accordance with regulation 10 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (OECD Decision) Regulations 1996, the application was varied to change the Spanish transit port, from Valencia to Algeciras, and remove Saudi Arabia as a transit country. All other particulars of the original application are identical.
The application relates to the export of up to 12,000 tonnes of lead waste and scrap derived from used lead acid batteries (Basel Code A1020) to Germany for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at Weser-Metall GmbH facility.
Written comments on the permit application may be lodged with the Department within 28 days of Gazette publication addressed to the Director, Hazardous Waste Section, Department of the Environment, GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601, or by email at hwa@environment.gov.au. Respondents should be aware that comments will be shared with the Applicant and should not contain commercial-in-confidence information.
Paul Kesby
Director
Hazardous Waste Section
Department of the Environment
19 July 2016