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whether or to what extent such operations were covered by the Convention, 

 and how such questions would be resolved for specific operations. The 

 amendments to Annex I authorized incineration of organohalogen compounds 

 and oils (which would ordinarily be incinerated along with other more 

 toxic substances in order to achieve satisfactory combustion) provided 



the regulations adopted by the parties which were also inserted into Annex 



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I were followed. These regulations provide performance and other stcin- 



dards applicable to many aspects of incineration operations, including 



flame temperature and other operational controls, survey of incinerators 



and other equipment, recording of performance, and the like. A set of 



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 technical guidelines was also adopted which provide more definite stan- 

 dards for equipment which, if adopted, would make such operations much 



safer; the parties agreed to take these guidelines into account in issuing 



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 permits for incineration of Annex I substances. The parties also agreed 



to consider the regulations and guidelines in issuing the special permits 



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 they were authorized to issue anyway for substances included m Annex II. 



A similar multilateral approach could be tried in constructing a regime 

 for sub-seabed disposal and in determining the effect of the Ocean Dumping 

 Convention on this proposal. By means of a technical amendment to the 

 Annexes, the parties could agree among themselves not to contest the lega- 

 lity of svib-seabed disposal provided it were implemented conformably to 

 mutually agreed standards. If this procedure were chosen, it would be ■ 

 possible for the parties to agree on rigorous international standards for 

 sub-seabed disposal without on the one hand prejudicing their freedom to 

 implement such a project by declaring it within the scope of the Convention, 

 or on the other hand losing their ability to control it by declaring it 



