NOTICE OF VARIATION TO 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 Hazmat Services Pty Ltd (Hazmat), 1st Floor, 17 Gipps Street, Carrington, NSW 2294, has submitted a variation to an application. The application relates to the import of up to 240 tonnes of used lead acid batteries (Basel Code A1160) from Total Waste Management Limited, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Scratcheley Road, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The application was first published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 November 2013.
The application, as varied, proposes that the transboundary movement of the waste would be undertaken in multiple shipments from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to Newcastle, NSW, during the period of the permit, if granted. The waste would be transported from Newcastle to the facility owned by Toxfree Solutions Ltd at 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324, for operation R13 – Accumulation.
From there, the used lead acid batteries would be transferred to the facility of Australian Refined Alloys, 202-212 Euston Road, Alexandria, NSW 2015, to undergo disposal operation R4 – Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.
Dane Roberts
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
13 February 2014