[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20013]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS CANBERRA (LCS 30)

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 CANBERRA (LCS 30). 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, 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 CANBERRA (LCS 30) 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 height of the forward 
masthead light; Annex I, Paragraph (3)(a), pertaining to the location 
of the forward masthead light in relation to the forward quarter of the 
ship; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(i) pertaining to obstructions of the aft 
masthead light; Annex I, Paragraph (3)a, pertaining to the horizontal 
separation of the masthead lights; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(ii) and 
Annex, Paragraph 3(c), pertaining to the vertical and horizontal 
position of the task lights in relation to the masthead lights; Annex 
I, Paragraph 9(b) pertaining to the degree of obstruction of the 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: September 13, 2021.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U. S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-20013 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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