[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 24 (Monday, February 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8610-8611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02483]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS SAVANNAH (LCS 28)

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 SAVANNAH (LCS 28). 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 February 
8, 2021 and is applicable beginning February 2, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Steven Gonzales, 
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,

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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 SAVANNAH (LCS 28) 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 lights; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the 
horizontal position of the forward masthead lights; Rule 21(a) and 
Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(i), pertaining to masthead light obstructions; 
Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the horizontal separation 
between the forward and aft masthead lights; Annex I, paragraph 3(c), 
pertaining to vertical and horizontal spacing of task lights; and Rule 
27(b)(i) and Annex I, paragraph 9(b), pertaining to the obstruction of 
task lights.
    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: February 3, 2021.
K.R. Callan,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-02483 Filed 2-5-21; 8:45 am]
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