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 AUH15-063 from Valen Pty Ltd (ACN 007 267 441), Level 1, 48 High Street, Northcote, Victoria, 3070, Telephone: + 61 3 357 8918, has been varied to replace BOC Ltd (NZ) as the exporter, with Valen Pty Ltd. The time period in which the proposed shipments would take place has also been varied and is now from 1 February 2016 to 1 February 2017. All other particulars of the original application are identical, i.e, the application relates to the import of up to 600 tonnes of plugged steel, dissolved acetylene gas cylinders (porous mass within cylinder may contain asbestos) (Basel Code A2050) from New Zealand, for recovery operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds and D1 – Deposit into or onto land, (e.g, landfill, etc.) at the facilities of Valen Pty Ltd.
The waste would be transported by sea from New Zealand to Port of Melbourne, Australia.
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 e-mail 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
3 December 2015