[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 4309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01143]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS OAKLAND (LCS 24)
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 OAKLAND (LCS 24). Due to the special
construction and purpose of this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge
Advocate General (DAJAG)(Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined it
is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and
purpose, cannot comply fully with the navigation lights provisions of
the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
(72 COLREGS) without interfering with its special function 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 January
24, 2020 and is applicable beginning January 10, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Tom Bright, 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, 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 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea, 1972 (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 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 OAKLAND (LCS 24) 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 2(a)(i), pertaining to the vertical position of
the forward masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the
horizontal position of the forward masthead light; Rule 21(a) and Annex
I, paragraph 2(f)(i), pertaining to the aft masthead light being clear
of obstructions; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the horizontal
separation between the forward and aft masthead lights; Annex I,
paragraph 2(f)(ii), pertaining to the vertical and horizontal spacing
of task lights; and Rule 27(b)(i) and Annex I, paragraph 9(b),
pertaining to task light obstructions.
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
Approved: January 20, 2020.
D.J. Antenucci,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-01143 Filed 1-23-20; 8:45 am]
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