[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8699-8700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04351]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS TRIPOLI (LHA 7)
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Certificate of Alternate Compliance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate
Compliance has been issued for USS TRIPOLI (LHA 7). Due to the special
construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge
Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined
that it is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction
and purpose, cannot comply fully with the certain provisions of the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72
COLREGS) without interfering with its special functions as a naval
ship. The intended effect of this notice is to warn mariners in waters
where 72 COLREGS apply.
DATES: This Certificate of Alternate Compliance is effective March 11,
2019 and is applicable beginning March 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Bradley L. Davis,
JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, Admiralty and Maritime Law Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson
Ave SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066, telephone
number: 202-685-5040, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background and Purpose. Executive Order
11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the
requirements of the 72 COLREGS, as to the number, position, range, or
arc of visibility of lights or shapes, as well as to the disposition
and characteristics of sound-signaling appliances, shall not apply to a
vessel or class of vessels of the Navy where the Secretary of the Navy
shall find and certify that, by reason of special construction or
purpose, it is not possible for such vessel(s) to comply fully with the
provisions without interfering with the special function of the
vessel(s). Notice of issuance of a Certificate of Alternate
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Compliance must be made in the Federal Register.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1605, the DAJAG (Admiralty and
Maritime Law), under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy,
hereby finds and certifies that USS TRIPOLI (LHA 7) is a vessel of
special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to the position
of the following navigational lights, it is not possible to comply
fully with the requirements of the provisions enumerated in the 72
COLREGS without interfering with the special function of the vessel:
Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the location of the forward
masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the horizontal
separation of the forward and aft masthead lights; Rule 21(a),
pertaining to the position of the masthead lights in relation to the
centerline of the ship; Annex I, paragraph 2(g), pertaining to the
position of the side lights; and Annex I, paragraph 3(b), pertaining to
the location of the side lights in relation to the forward masthead
light.
The DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime Law) further finds and certifies
that these navigational lights are in closest possible compliance with
the applicable provision of the 72 COLREGS.
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), E.O. 11964.
Dated: March 5, 2019.
M.S. Werner,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-04351 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
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