Notice2022-10506
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32)
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Published
May 17, 2022
Effective
May 17, 2022
Issuing agencies
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Abstract
The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate Compliance has been issued for USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32). Due to the special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Admiralty Counsel of the Navy 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 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 29858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10506]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS
32)
AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (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 SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32). Due to the
special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Admiralty Counsel
of the Navy 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 May 17,
2022 and is applicable beginning May 5, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander J. Martin Bunt,
JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, Admiralty and Claims Division (Code 15A), 1322 Patterson Ave.
SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066, 202-685-5040, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4627222b2f34272a323f062827303f682b2f2a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f5e5b52564d5e534b467f515e494611525653">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background and Purpose. Executive Order
(E.O.) 11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the
requirements of 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 Deputy Assistant Judge
Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritime Law)/Admiralty Counsel
of the Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy,
hereby finds and certifies that USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32) 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 vertical position 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 distance between the masthead lights;
Annex I, Paragraph (3)(a) pertaining to the horizontal separation of
the masthead lights; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(ii) and Annex I, 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)/Admiralty Counsel of the
Navy 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: May 10, 2022.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-10506 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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