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), Level 1, 18 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 resins (Basel Code A3050) and up to 25 000 litres of waste organic phosphorous compounds (Basel Code A3130) from Total Waste Management Limited, Walter Bay Industrial Center, Scratcheley Road, Badili, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.
The applications were first notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 July 2013 and 25 November 2013, respectively. The application relating to the import of waste resins was subsequently varied, as notified in the Gazette on 18 November 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, 42 Heather Street, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324, for operation R13 - Accumulation of material. Each of the wastes would then be transported to the facility of Geocycle SPF Pty Ltd, located at 1/92-94 Ordish Road, Dandenong South, VIC 3175. At that facility, the wastes are to be used in the manufacture of fuels for cement kilns and undergo disposal operation R1 – Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to generate energy.
Dane Roberts
Delegate to the Minister
Acting Assistant Secretary
Environment Protection Branch
February 2014