NOTICE OF 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 an application has been received from Orica Australia Pty Ltd,
1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
The application relates to the export of up to 132 tonnes of Hexacholorobenzene (HCB) waste to a destruction facility operated by Tredi Seche Global Solutions at Salaise sur Sanne, France.
The waste would be exported by ship from the ports of Botany and transit Singapore, Egypt and Portugal en route to the port of La Havre in France.
The material would undergo destruction by high temperature incineration on land.
The proposed transboundary movement would take place in one shipment within the period specified in the permit, if granted.
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