RESOLUTION MEPC.

368(79)
AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SHIPBOARD INCINERATORS (RESOLUTION MEPC.244(66))
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AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SHIPBOARD INCINERATORS (RESOLUTION MEPC.244(66))

MEPC 79/15/Add.1
Annex 13, page 1

ANNEX 13

RESOLUTION MEPC.368(79)

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR

SHIPBOARD INCINERATORS (RESOLUTION MEPC.244(66))

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

concerning the function of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee)
conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution
from ships,

RECALLING ALSO that, at its fortieth session, the Committee adopted, by

resolution MEPC.76(40), the Standard specification for shipboard incinerators, in respect of
regulation 16.6.1 and appendix IV to MARPOL Annex VI,

NOTING that, at its forty-fifth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.93(45),
Amendments to the standard specification for shipboard incinerators,

NOTING ALSO that, at its sixty-fourth session, the Committee decided that incinerators with a
capacity greater than 1,500 kW and up to 4,000 kW could be type-approved under the existing
standard specification for shipboard incinerators,

NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-sixth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution
MEPC.244(66), the 2014 Standard specification for shipboard incinerators, which superseded
the Standard specification for shipboard incinerators adopted by resolution MEPC.76(40), as
amended by resolution MEPC.93(45),

RECOGNIZING the need to remove the discrepancies between resolution MEPC.244(66) and
SOLAS chapter II-2 on fire protection requirements for incinerators and waste stowage spaces,

1. ADOPTS the Amendments to the 2014 Standard specification for shipboard

incinerators (resolution MEPC.244(66)), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2. INVITES the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring
the above amendments to the attention of all Parties concerned.

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MEPC 79/15/Add.1
Annex 13, page 2

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE 2014 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR

SHIPBOARD INCINERATORS (RESOLUTION MEPC.244(66))

1 In the table of contents, the entry for annex 2 is deleted and the entries for annex 3,
annex 4 and annex 5 are renumbered as annex 2, annex 3 and annex 4, respectively.

2 Paragraph 1.5 is replaced by the following:

"1.5 This Specification provides emission requirements in annex 1. Provisions for

incinerators integrated with heat recovery units and provisions for flue gas
temperature are given in annex 2 and annex 3, respectively."

3 Annex 2 is deleted in its entirety and annexes 3, 4 and 5 are renumbered as

annexes 2, 3 and 4, respectively.

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