Notice2022-20994
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS AUGUSTA (LCS 34)
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Published
September 28, 2022
Effective
September 28, 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 AUGUSTA (LCS 34). 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 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58773-58774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20994]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS AUGUSTA (LCS 34)
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 AUGUSTA (LCS 34). 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 September
28, 2022 and is applicable beginning September 21, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Andrea Liou,
JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, Admiralty and Claims Division (Code
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15), 1322 Patterson Ave. SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC
20374-5066, 202-685-5075, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#68090c05011a09041c112806091e1146050104"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c6d6861657e6d6078754c626d7a7522616560">[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 Admiralty Counsel of the
Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy, hereby
finds and certifies that USS AUGUSTA (LCS 34) 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 I, Paragraph 3(c) pertaining to the vertical and horizontal
position of the task lights in relation to the masthead lights; Rule
27(b)(i) and Annex I, Paragraph 9(b) pertaining to the degree of
obstruction of the task lights.
The 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.
Dated: September 23, 2022.
B.F. Roach,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20994 Filed 9-27-22; 8:45 am]
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