Notice2021-20011
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS FORT LAUDERDALE
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Published
September 16, 2021
Effective
September 16, 2021
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentNavy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD-28). Due to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG)(Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined it is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with the navigation lights provisions of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this notice is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51659-51660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20011]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
[LPD-28]
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS FORT LAUDERDALE
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate of Alternate Compliance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate
Compliance has been issued for USS FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD-28). Due to the
special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant
Judge Advocate General (DAJAG)(Admiralty and Maritime Law) has
determined it is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special
construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with the navigation
lights provisions of the International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) without interfering with its
special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this notice is
to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.
DATES: This Certificate of Alternate Compliance is effective September
16, 2021 and is applicable beginning August 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Darren E. Myers,
JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, Admiralty and Maritime Law Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson
Ave. SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard,
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DC 20374-5066, 202-685-5040, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6a7a2abafb4a7aab2bf86a8a7b0bfe8abafaa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="38595c55514a59544c417856594e4116555154">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background and Purpose. Executive Order
11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the
requirements of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), as to the number, position, range, or arc of
visibility of lights or shapes, as well as to the disposition and
characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not apply to a
vessel or class of vessels of the Navy where the Secretary of the Navy
shall find and certify that, by reason of special construction or
purpose, it is not possible for such vessel(s) to comply fully with the
provisions without interfering with the special function of the
vessel(s). Notice of issuance of a Certificate of Alternate Compliance
must be made in the Federal Register.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1605, the DAJAG (Admiralty and
Maritime Law), under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy,
hereby finds and certifies that USS FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD-28) is a
vessel of special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to
the position of the following navigational lights, it is not possible
to comply fully with the requirements of the provisions enumerated in
the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the special function of the
vessel:
Annex I, Paragraph 2(i)(i) pertaining to the vertical position of
the task lights in relation to one another; Annex I, Paragraph 3(a),
pertaining to the horizontal separation of the masthead lights; Annex
I, Paragraph 2 (k), pertaining to the vertical separation of the anchor
lights.
The DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime Law) further finds and certifies
that these navigational lights are in closest possible compliance with
the applicable provision of the 72 COLREGS.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 11964
Approved: September 13, 2021.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U. S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-20011 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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