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 AUH15-075 from Hydromet Corporation Pty Limited (ACN 002 802 646), 201 Five Islands Road, Unanderra, NSW, 2526 (Telephone: +64 9 914 8594; Facsimile: +64 9 309 9264), has been varied.
The original application was received on 26 November 2015. On 17 March 2016, in accordance with regulation 10 of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (OECD Decision) Regulations 1996, the application was varied to change the recovery facility from Energy Networks in Nakdong River to Sang Shin in Han River Basin, amend the intended period of time for shipments from a first departure date of 1 March 2016 and last departure date of 28 February 2017, to a first departure date of 1 July 2016 and a last departure date of 30 June 2017, and reduce the total intended quantity from 12,000 to 6000 tonnes. All other particulars of the original application are identical.
The application as varied relates to the export of up to 6000 tonnes of lead waste and scrap (lead paste and grid) derived from used lead acid batteries (ULABs) (Basel Code A1020) to the Republic of Korea for recovery operation R4 – recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds at the Sang Shin recovery facility in Gyeonggi-do.
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 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.
Andrew McNee
Delegate to the Minister
Assistant Secretary
Chemicals and Waste Branch
30 March 2016