Notice2024-06402
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049
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Published
March 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard announces that the Chief, Prevention Division, Thirteenth District has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049. We are issuing this notice because its publication is required by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the masthead light, DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049 cannot fully comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction. This notification of issuance of a certificate of alternative compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20989-20990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06402]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0121]
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the DELTA MARINE
INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notification of issuance of a certificate of alternative
compliance.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the Chief, Prevention Division,
Thirteenth District has issued a certificate of alternative compliance
from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,
1972 (72 COLREGS), for the DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL
#090049. We are issuing this notice because its publication is required
by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the masthead
light, DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049 cannot fully
comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72
COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction.
This notification of issuance of a certificate of alternative
compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.
DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on February
23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information or questions about
this notice call or email Ms. Jill L. Lazo, Thirteenth District, U. S.
Coast Guard, telephone (206) 220-7232, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#793310151557355735180316390c0a1a1e57141015"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a60434646046604664b50456a5f59494d04474346">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States is signatory to the
International Maritime Organization's International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), as amended. The
special construction or purpose of some vessels makes them unable to
comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72
COLREGS. Under statutory law, however, specified 72 COLREGS provisions
are not applicable to a vessel of special construction or purpose if
the
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Coast Guard determines that the vessel cannot fully comply with those
requirements without interfering with special function of the
vessel.\1\
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\1\ 33 U.S.C. 1605.
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The owner, builder, operator, or agent of a special construction or
purpose vessel may apply to the Coast Guard District Office in which
the vessel is being built or operated for determination that compliance
with alternate requirements is justified,\2\ and the Chief of the
Prevention Division would then issue the applicant a certificate of
alternative compliance (COAC) if he or she determines that the vessel
cannot fully comply with 72 COLREGS light, shape, and sound signal
provisions without interference with the vessel's special function.\3\
If the Coast Guard issues a COAC, it must publish notice of this action
in the Federal Register.\4\
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\2\ 33 CFR 81.5.
\3\ 33 CFR 81.9.
\4\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.
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The Chief, Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Prevention Division
certifies that DELTA MARINE INDUSTRIES SHIPYARD HULL #090049 is a
vessel of special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to
the position of the masthead light, it is not possible to comply fully
with the requirements of the provisions enumerated in the 72 COLREGS,
without interfering with the normal operation, construction, or design
of the vessel. The Chief, Thirteenth Coast Guard District, Prevention
Division further finds and certifies that the masthead light is in the
closest possible compliance with the applicable provisions of the 72
COLREGS.\5\
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\5\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(a); 33 CFR 81.9.
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This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33
CFR 81.18.
Dated: February 23, 2024.
P.C. Burkett,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Prevention Division, Thirteenth Coast
Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2024-06402 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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