[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16844]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0648]


Certificate of Alternative Compliance for Viking Yacht Company's 
92C Enclosed Bridge Yacht, HIN: VKY92111I617

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the District Five Prevention 
Division (Dp) has issued a Certificate of Alternate Compliance (COAC) 
from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 
1972 (72 COLREGS), for Viking Yacht Company's 92C Enclosed Bridge 
yacht, HIN: VKY92111I617, as required by statue. Due to the 
construction and placement of the pilothouse aft of amidships, the 
vessel cannot fully comply with the masthead light provisions of the 72 
COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction, 
as there are no structures forward of amidships on which a masthead 
light could be affixed. This notice promotes the Coast Guard's maritime 
safety and stewardship missions.

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in the preamble are part of docket USCG-
2017-0648. To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being 
available in the docket, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box, and 
click ``SEARCH.'' Click on ``Open Docket Folder'' on the line 
associated with this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or questions 
about this notice, call or email: CDR Scott W. Muller, District Five, 
Chief, Inspections and Investigations, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone: 
757-398-6389, email: [email protected].

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, and sound signal provisions of the 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 COAC. For vessels of 
special construction, the cognizant Coast Guard District Office 
determines whether the vessel for which the COAC is sought complies as 
closely as possible with the 72 COLREGS and decides whether to issue 
the COAC. Once issued, a COAC remains valid until information supplied 
in the COAC application or the COAC terms become inapplicable to the 
vessel. Under the governing statute \3\ and regulation,\4\ the Coast 
Guard must publish notice of this action.
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    \1\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(c).
    \2\ 33 CFR 81.3.
    \3\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(c).
    \4\ 33 CFR 81.18.
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    The Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, hereby finds and certifies that 
Viking Yacht Company's 92C Enclosed Bridge yacht, HIN: VKY92111I617, 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 design and construction of the vessel. The 
Prevention Division, Fifth Coast Guard District, further finds and 
certifies that the proposed placement of the masthead light is in the 
closest possible compliance with the applicable provisions of the 72 
COLREGS and that full compliance with the 72 COLREGS would not 
significantly enhance the safety of the vessel's operation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 
CFR 81.

    Dated: July 31, 2017.
Jerry R. Barnes,
Captain, Chief, Prevention Division, U. S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2017-16844 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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