Notice2022-24484
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125)
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Published
November 10, 2022
Effective
November 10, 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 JACK H. LUCAS (DDG 125). 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 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67875-67876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24484]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG
125)
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 JACK H. LUCAS (DDG 125). 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 November
10, 2022 and is applicable beginning November 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Shaun Pehl, JAGC,
U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate General,
Admiralty and Maritime Law Division (Code 15), 1322 Patterson Ave. SE,
Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066, 202-685-5040, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3a2a7aeaab1a2afb7ba83ada2b5baedaeaaaf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="39585d54504b58554d407957584f4017545055">[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 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 JACK H. LUCAS (DDG 125) is a vessel of
special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to the
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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 3(a), pertaining to the position of the forward
masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(i) pertaining to the vertical
position of the aft masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining
to the horizontal distance between the masthead lights; Annex I,
paragraph 3(c), pertaining to the horizontal distance of the ``task
lights'' below the masthead lights; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(ii),
pertaining to the horizontal position of the task lights above the aft
masthead light(s) and vertical position of the task lights between the
forward masthead light(s) and aft masthead light(s).
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: November 4, 2022.
B.F. ROACH,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-24484 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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