[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38197-38198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13926]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0372]


 Certificates of Alternative Compliance, First Coast Guard 
District

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the First Coast Guard 
District's Prevention Department has issued certificates of alternative 
compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions 
at Sea (72 COLREGS), to vessels of special construction or purpose that 
cannot fully comply with the light, shape, and sound signal provisions 
of 72 COLREGS without interfering with their special function. This 
notice promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety and stewardship 
missions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Mr. Kevin Miller, First Coast Guard District's Towing 
Vessel and Barge Safety Specialist at (617) 223-8272 or 
[[email protected]].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion

    The United States is signatory to the International Maritime 
Organization's International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at 
Sea, 1972, as amended. The special construction or purpose of some 
vessels makes them unable to comply with the light, shape, and sound 
signal provisions of 72 COLREGS. Under statutory law \1\ and Coast 
Guard regulation,\2\ a vessel may instead meet alternative requirements 
and the vessel's owner, builder, operator, or agent may apply for a 
certificate of alternative compliance (COAC). The Chief of the 
Inspections and Investigations Branch in each Coast Guard District 
office determines whether the vessel for which the COAC is sought 
complies as closely as possible with 72 COLREGS, and decides whether to 
issue the COAC. Once issued, a COAC remains valid until information 
supplied in the application for the COAC, or the terms of the COAC, 
become inapplicable to the vessel. Under the governing statute \3\ and 
regulation,\4\ the Coast Guard must publish notice of each COAC issued 
by the District office.
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    \1\ 33 U.S.C. 1605.
    \2\ 33 CFR 81.3.
    \3\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(c).
    \4\ 33 CFR 81.18.
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    The First Coast Guard District issued COACs to the following 
vessels from January 2016 to May 2016:

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             Year                  Vessel name            Details
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2016..........................  JACK T MORAN.....  This certificate
                                                    authorized the
                                                    placement of the
                                                    vessel's sidelights
                                                    in a position 13'
                                                    5.25'' from the
                                                    vessel's side,
                                                    mounted to the top
                                                    of the pilot house.
                                                    Additionally, this
                                                    certificate
                                                    authorized the
                                                    placement of the
                                                    vessel's stern light
                                                    and towing lights in
                                                    a position 3' 5.75''
                                                    aft of Frame 20,
                                                    mounted on the top
                                                    of the pilot house.
2016..........................  GRACIE M REINAUER  This certificate
                                                    authorized the
                                                    placement of the
                                                    vessel's sidelights
                                                    in a position 7'
                                                    1.75'' from the
                                                    vessel's side,
                                                    mounted to the
                                                    deckhouse overhead.
2016..........................  COOPER MORAN.....  This certificate
                                                    authorized the
                                                    placement of the
                                                    vessel's sidelights
                                                    in a position 13'
                                                    5.25'' from the
                                                    vessel's side,
                                                    mounted to the top
                                                    of the pilot house.
                                                    Additionally, this
                                                    certificate
                                                    authorized the
                                                    placement of the
                                                    vessel's stern light
                                                    and towing lights in
                                                    a position 3' 5.75''
                                                    aft of Frame 20,
                                                    mounted on the top
                                                    of the pilot house.
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    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 33 U.S.C. 
1605(c), and 33 CFR 81.18.

    Dated: May 31, 2016.
B. L. Black,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of Prevention, First Coast Guard 
District.
[FR Doc. 2016-13926 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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