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 AUS15-033 from Mount Isa Mines Limited (ACN 009 661 447), Level 38, 1 Macquarie Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Telephone: +61 2 8247 6315; Facsimile: +61 2 9251 4740, has been varied.
The original application was received on 10 June 2015. On 22 September 2015, in accordance with regulation 10 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (OECD Decision) Regulations 1996, the application was varied to replace China and Morocco with Singapore and the Philippines as transit countries. All other particulars of the original application are identical.
The application relates to the export of up to 20 000 tonnes of lead copper dross (Basel Code A1020) to Belgium for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at Umicore Precious Metal Refining.
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.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
30 September 2015