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 AUH15-082 from Beverich Holdings International Pty Ltd (trading as Reverse E-waste) (ACN 132 013 097), 3 Hume Road, Smithfield, NSW, 2164, Telephone: + 61 2 97574847, Facsimile: + 61 2 97574867, has been varied.
The original application was received on 25 May 2016. On 26 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 amend the intended period of time for shipments to 01/08/2016 – 31/07/17 (previously 01/08/15 – 31/07/16), and remove used rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries as one of the type of waste batteries to be exported. Provision has also been made for special handling requirements with regard to the waste lithium ion batteries.
All other particulars of the original application are unchanged.
The application, as varied, relates to the export of up to 330 tonnes of unsorted waste batteries, including used rechargeable lithium ion (cobalt based only), and used rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries (Basel Code A1170) to the Republic of Korea for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at Sungeel HiTech Co, Ltd.
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 and Energy, 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
26 July 2016