Notice2021-20013
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS CANBERRA (LCS 30)
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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 CANBERRA (LCS 30). 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]
[Page 51659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20013]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS CANBERRA (LCS 30)
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 CANBERRA (LCS 30). 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, DC 20374-5066, 202-685-5040,
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84e5e0e9edf6e5e8f0fdc4eae5f2fdaae9ede8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c0c5ccc8d3c0cdd5d8e1cfc0d7d88fccc8cd">[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 CANBERRA (LCS 30) 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(a)(i), pertaining to the height of the forward
masthead light; Annex I, Paragraph (3)(a), pertaining to the location
of the forward masthead light in relation to the forward quarter of the
ship; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(i) pertaining to obstructions of the aft
masthead light; Annex I, Paragraph (3)a, pertaining to the horizontal
separation of the masthead lights; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(ii) and
Annex, Paragraph 3(c), pertaining to the vertical and horizontal
position of the task lights in relation to the masthead lights; Annex
I, Paragraph 9(b) pertaining to the degree of obstruction of the task
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. 2021-20013 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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