Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2032
I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989.
Dated 26 July 2001
PETER HOLLINGWORTH
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
ROBERT HILL
Minister for the Environment and Heritage

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3	Amendment of Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations
		Schedule 1 amends the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations.

Schedule 1	Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1]	Regulation 1
substitute
1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Regulations 1996.
[2]	Regulation 3, heading
substitute
3	Definitions
[3]	Regulation 3, definition of List B
omit
[4]	Regulation 4
substitute
4	Waste that is not household waste
	(1)	For the definition of household waste in section 4 of the Act, waste mentioned in items B1010, B2020, B3010, B3020 and B3030 of Annex IX (List B) to the Basel Convention is not household waste.
	(2)	For subregulation (1), item B3010 is taken to be modified by omitting “a specification:” and inserting “a standard (other than bale properties) not less strict than the standard applicable to the resin type, product type and category of the material, set out in Scrap Specifications Circular 1998, Guidelines for Plastic Scrap: P-98, published by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc in 1998:”.
Note 1   The parts of the standard set out in Scrap Specifications Circular 1998 that apply to materials in item B3010 deal with the following matters about scrap plastic:
•	contamination
•	hazardous materials
•	moisture
•	storage.
Note 2   Items B1010, B2020, B3010, B3020 and B3030 of Annex IX (List B) to the Basel Convention, as taken to be modified by subregulation (2), are set out in Schedule 1.
[5]	After regulation 5
insert
5A	Particulars of export of hazardous waste — diethylaluminium chloride/heptane mixture
		For paragraph 18A (2) (a) of the Act, the following particulars are specified:
	(a)	the hazardous waste to be exported is a mixture of diethylaluminium chloride and heptane;
	(b)	the mixture is stored by Orica Australia Pty Ltd at 16–20 Beauchamp Road, Matraville, New South Wales;
	(c)	2 858 kilograms of the mixture is to be exported in the 12 months starting on the commencement of this regulation;
	(d)	the mixture will be packed into pressurised containers and transported by road from the address mentioned in paragraph (b) to the Port of Sydney;
	(e)	at the Port of Sydney the containers of the mixture will be loaded onto a ship for transport to the Port of Seattle, Washington State, the United States of America;
	(f)	after unloading at the Port of Seattle, the containers of the mixture will be transported by road from the Port of Seattle to Bovar Waste Management, Swan Hills Treatment Centre, Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada;
	(g)	the following processes for the disposal of the mixture will be carried out by Bovar Waste Management at the Swan Hills Treatment Centre:
	(i)	high-temperature incineration on land;
	(ii)	secure landfill of solid residues from incineration.
5B	Particulars of export of hazardous waste — metal alkyl compounds in hydrocarbons
		For paragraph 18A (2) (a) of the Act, the following particulars are specified:
	(a)	the hazardous waste to be exported is metal alkyl compounds in hydrocarbons;
	(b)	the waste is stored by Basell Australia Pty Limited, Refinery Road, Corio, Victoria;
	(c)	12 400 kilograms of the waste is to be exported in the 12 months starting on the commencement of this regulation;
	(d)	the waste will be stored in 1 500-litre C430 tanks used only for that purpose and transported by road to either the Port of Melbourne or the Port of Sydney;
	(e)	at either of those ports, the tanks containing the waste will be loaded onto ships for transport to Rotterdam in the Netherlands;
	(f)	after unloading at Rotterdam, the tanks will be transported by road to the holding facility of AKZO Nobel Polymer Chemicals B.V., MAE Plant Botleksite, Welplaatweg 12, Rotterdam;
	(g)	after storage at the holding facility, the tanks will be transported by road to AVR CHEMIE B.V., Prof. Gerbrandyweg 10, Rotterdam-Botlek, and there the waste will be disposed of by:
	(i)	high-temperature incineration; and
	(ii)	repackaging of the residue followed by its disposal in a specially engineered landfill.
[6]	Schedule
substitute
Schedule 1	Text of items B1010, B2020, B3010, B3020 and B3030 as modified by subregulation 4 (2)
(regulation 4)
B1010
Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form:
	Precious metals (gold, silver, the platinum group, but not mercury)
	Iron and steel scrap
	Copper scrap
	Nickel scrap
	Aluminium scrap
	Zinc scrap
	Tin scrap
	Tungsten scrap
	Molybdenum scrap
	Tantalum scrap
	Magnesium scrap
	Cobalt scrap
	Bismuth scrap
	Titanium scrap
	Zirconium scrap
	Manganese scrap
	Germanium scrap
	Vanadium scrap
	Scrap of hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium and gallium
	Thorium scrap
	Rare earths scrap
B2020
Glass waste in non-dispersible form:
	Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass except for glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses
B3010
Solid plastic waste:
The following plastic or mixed plastic materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes and are prepared to a standard (other than bale properties) not less strict than the standard applicable to the resin type, product type and category of the material, set out in Scrap Specifications Circular 1998, Guidelines for Plastic Scrap: P-98, published by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc in 1998:
	Scrap plastic of non-halogenated polymers and co-polymers, including but not limited to the following:
•	ethylene
•	styrene
•	polypropylene
•	polyethylene terephthalate
•	acrylonitrile
•	butadiene
•	polyacetals
•	polyamides
•	polybutylene terephthalate
•	polycarbonates
•	polyethers
•	polyphenylene sulphides
•	acrylic polymers
•	alkanes C10 – C13 (plasticiser)
•	polyurethane (not containing CFC’s)
•	polysiloxanes
•	polymethyl methacrylate
•	polyvinyl alcohol
•	polyvinyl butyral
•	polyvinyl acetate
	Cured waste resins or condensation products including the following:
•	urea formaldehyde resins
•	phenol formaldehyde resins
•	melamine formaldehyde resins
•	epoxy resins
•	alkyd resins
•	polyamides
	The following fluorinated polymer wastes
•	perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP)
•	perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA)
•	perfluoroalkoxy alkane (MFA)
•	polyvinylfluoride (PVF)
•	polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF)
B3020
Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes
The following materials, provided they are not mixed with hazardous wastes:
Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard of:
	unbleached paper or paperboard or of corrugated paper or paperboard
	other paper or paperboard, made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass
	paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)
	other, including but not limited to
•	laminated paperboard
•	unsorted scrap
B3030
Textile wastes
The following materials, provided they are not mixed with other wastes and are prepared to a specification:
	Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock)
•	not carded or combed
•	other
•	wastes shall not be mixed
•	problems arising from open-burning practices to be considered
	Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock
•	noils of wool or of fine animal hair
•	other waste of wool or of fine animal hair
•	waste of coarse animal hair
	Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
•	yarn waste (including thread waste)
•	garnetted stock
•	other
	Flax tow and waste
•	Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of true hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
•	Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie)
	Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave
	Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of coconut
	Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee)
	Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) or ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included

	Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres
•	of synthetic fibres
•	of artificial fibres
	Worn clothing and other worn textile articles
	Used rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables of textile materials
•	sorted
•	other
Note   For the meaning of other wastes in item B3010, see paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Basel Convention. The text of the Convention, as it is in force for Australia, is set out in the Schedule to the Hazardous Wastes (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989.
Notes
1.	These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1996 No. 284.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 August 2001.