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 variations to two applications. The applications relate to the import of up to 50 000 litres of waste acids (Basel Code A4090) and up to 50 000 litres of waste bases (also Basel Code A4090) from Total Waste Management Limited, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Scratcheley Road, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
Both applications were first notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 July 2013.
The applications, as now varied, propose that the transboundary movement of each type of waste would be undertaken in multiple shipments from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to Newcastle, NSW, during the period of the permits, if granted. In each case, the waste would be transported from Newcastle to the facility owned by Toxfree Solutions Ltd (Toxfree) at 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324, for operation D15 – Storage.
The wastes may then be transferred to the Toxfree facility, Christie Street, St Mary’s, NSW 2760 to undergo disposal operation D9 – Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere. Alternatively, the wastes may be transferred from Heatherbrae to Transpacific Technical Services, 19 Egret Street, Kooragang Island, NSW 2304, for operation D15 – Storage and then be transferred to the facility of Transpacific, Cnr Hill Road and Pondage Link, Homebush Bay, NSW 2127, for operation D9 – Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere.
Dane Roberts
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
13 February 2014