[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47542-47543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21978]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0948]


Certificate of Alternative Compliance for Hatteras CABO LLC's 
Fishing Yacht RESILIANT, HIN: HATHP606H718

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the District Five Prevention 
Division has issued a Certificate of

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Alternate Compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing 
Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for Hatteras CABO LLC's fishing 
yacht RESILIANT, HIN: HATHP606H718 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 and sidelight 
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 or sidelights could be affixed. 
This notice promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety and stewardship 
missions.

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 Certificate of 
Alternate Compliance (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 Prevention Division, Fifth Coast Guard District, hereby finds 
and certifies that Hatteras CABO LLC's fishing yacht RESILIANT, HIN: 
HATHP606H718, is a vessel of special construction or purpose and that, 
with respect to the position of the masthead light and sidelights, 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 and sidelights 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 81.18.

    Dated: October 5, 2017.
J.R. Barnes,
Capt., Chief, Prevention Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-21978 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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