EPA
FILE No:
EPA 05/07/4453
DOC:
South Australia
MARS/PRISM:
Ms Ilona Balint,
General Manager
Adjudication Branch
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
GPO Box 3131
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Dear Ms Balint
Thank you for the invitation to comment on the application by Refrigerant Reclaim
Australia to revoke application A91079 and substitute applicationA91008.
The effect of the request by RRA will be to increase the industry agreed levy on
refrigerant gases imported and sold in Australia from $1.50 per kilogram to $2.00 per
kilogram of ozone depleting and synthetic greenhouse gas refrigerants, to undertake
the scheme for their recovery and destruction as required by the Montreal Protocol
and to assist in reduction of Greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
EPA supports the intent of the scheme as an effective mechanism to protect the
environment, and particularly wishes to encourage the application of product
stewardship to deal with products at the end of their useful life, through schemes
such as this, funded by an industry-agreed levy. EPA is therefore supportive of the
applications, to ensure that the funding provided by the levy is sufficient to continue
the scheme.
For further information on this matter, please contact Mr Rob Middlin, Senior
Adviser Product Stewardship on email rob.middlin@ epa.sa.gov.au or
telephone (08) 8463 3383.
Yours sincerely
Tony Circelli
A/DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY
AUST.PCOMPETITION &
CONSUMER COMMISSION
1 4 JAN 2008
Date: 8 /08
Environment Protection Authority
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