[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 417-418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31227]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2009-1100]


Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the High Speed Ferry 
SUSITNA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that a Certificate of Alternative 
Compliance was issued for the high speed ferry SUSITNA as required by 
33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on December 
18, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this notice is available for inspection or 
copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation,

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West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet 
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2009-1100 in the 
``Keyword'' box, and then clicking ``Search.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call LT Robert Fields, District Seventeen, Prevention Branch, U.S. 
Coast Guard, telephone 907-463-2812. If you have questions on viewing 
or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose

    A Certificate of Alternative Compliance, as allowed under Title 33 
of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 81 and 89, has been issued 
for the high speed ferry SUSITNA, O.N. 1189367. Full compliance with 72 
COLREGS and the Inland Rules Act would hinder the vessel's ability to 
operate as designed. The forward masthead light may be located 18'-4'' 
above the hull. Placing the forward masthead light at the height as 
required by Annex I, paragraph 2(a) of the 72 COLREGS and Annex I, 
Section 84.03(a) of the Inland Rules Act would result in a masthead 
light location that would interfere with the line of sight of the pilot 
house. In addition, the horizontal distance between the forward and aft 
masthead lights may be 58'-5''. Placing the aft masthead light at the 
horizontal distance from the forward masthead light as required by 
Annex I, paragraph 3(a) of the 72 COLREGS would result in an aft mast 
being placed on the center barge deck of the ferry which is designed to 
move vertically.
    The Certificate of Alternative Compliance allows for the vertical 
placement of the forward masthead light to deviate from requirements 
set forth in Annex I, paragraph 2(a) of 72 COLREGS and Annex I, Section 
84.03(a) of the Inland Rules Act. In addition, this Certificate of 
Alternative Compliance allows for the horizontal separation of the 
forward and aft masthead lights to deviate from the requirements of 
Annex I, paragraph 3(a) of 72 COLREGS.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 
CFR 81.18.

    Dated: December 18, 2009.
J.S. Kenyon,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Prevention Division, by Direction of 
the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E9-31227 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]
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