[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 29858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10506]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 
32)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (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 SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32). Due to the 
special construction and purpose of this vessel, the Admiralty Counsel 
of the Navy 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 May 17, 
2022 and is applicable beginning May 5, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander J. Martin Bunt, 
JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate 
General, Admiralty and Claims Division (Code 15A), 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 
(E.O.) 11964 of January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the 
requirements of 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 Deputy Assistant Judge 
Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and Maritime Law)/Admiralty Counsel 
of the Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy, 
hereby finds and certifies that USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32) 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 
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 distance between the masthead lights; 
Annex I, Paragraph (3)(a) pertaining to the horizontal separation of 
the masthead lights; Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(ii) and Annex I, 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)/Admiralty Counsel of the 
Navy 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: May 10, 2022.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-10506 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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