MEPC.373(80)-2023GuidelinesforThermalWasteTreatmentDevices(TWTD)

MEPC 80/17/Add.1Annex 8,page 1ANNEX 8RESOLUTION MEPC.373(80)(adopted on 7 July 2023)2023 GUIDELINES FOR THERMAL WASTE TREATMENT DEVICES (TWTD)THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,RECALLING Article 38(a)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee)conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollutionfrom ships,RECALLING ALSO that,at its fifty-eighth session,the Committee adopted,by resolutionMEPC.176(58),a revised MARPOL Annex V,which mentions in paragraph 5.2 ofregulation 16 that this regulation should not preclude the development,installation andoperation of altemative design shipboard thermal waste treatment devices that meet or exceedthe requirements of this regulation,NOTING that regulation 4 of MARPOL Annex VI allows the use of alternative compliancemethods at least as effective in terms of emissions reductions as those required by the Annex,RECOGNIZING the need to develop guidelines for the use of thermal waste treatment devicesas alternative methods to comply with the standards set forth in regulation 16 on shipboardincineration,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its eightieth session,2023 Guidelines for Themal WasteTreatment Devices(TWTD)(hereinafter referred to as the"2023 TWTD Guidelines"),preparedby the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response at its tenth session,1ADOPTS the 2023 TWTD Guidelines,as set out in the annex to the presentresolution;INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account in developingprovisions for regulating the use of thermal waste treatment devices as equivalent means ofcompliance in accordance with regulation 4 of MARPOL Annex Vl;3REQUESTS Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bringthe 2023 TWTD Guidelines to the attention of shipowners,ship operators,shipbuilders,marineequipment manufacturers and any other interested groups;AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review in light of experience gained withtheir application.I:MEPC80MEPC 80-17-Add.1.docx