[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 36835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13243]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS LENAH H. SUTCLIFFE 
(DDG 123)

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 LENAH H. SUTCLIFFE (DDG 123). 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 June 21, 
2022 and is applicable beginning May 25, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander J. Martin Bunt, 
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 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 LENAH H. SUTCLIFFE (DDG 123) 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 3(a), pertaining to the position of the forward 
masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(i) pertaining to the vertical 
position of the aft masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining 
to the horizontal distance between the masthead lights; Annex I, 
paragraph 3(c), pertaining to the horizontal distance of the ``task 
lights'' below the masthead lights; Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(ii), 
pertaining to the horizontal position of the task lights above the aft 
masthead light(s) and vertical position of the task lights between the 
forward masthead light(s) and aft masthead light(s).
    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)

    Dated: June 15, 2022.
J.M. Pike,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13243 Filed 6-17-22; 8:45 am]
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