[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51659-51660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20011]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

[LPD-28]


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS FORT LAUDERDALE

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate of Alternate Compliance.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby announces that a Certificate of Alternate 
Compliance has been issued for USS FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD-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 September 
16, 2021 and is applicable beginning August 30, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Darren E. Myers, 
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,

[[Page 51660]]

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 FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD-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(i)(i) pertaining to the vertical position of 
the task lights in relation to one another; Annex I, Paragraph 3(a), 
pertaining to the horizontal separation of the masthead lights; Annex 
I, Paragraph 2 (k), pertaining to the vertical separation of the anchor 
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: September 13, 2021.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U. S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-20011 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3810-FF-P