[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23784]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 
120)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of the 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 CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 120). 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 November 
2, 2022 and is applicable beginning June 14, 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 15), 1322 Patterson 
Ave. SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5066, 202-685-8386, 
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 Deputy Assistant Judge 
Advocate General of the Navy (Admiralty and Maritime Law)/Admiralty 
Counsel of the Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the 
Navy, hereby finds and certifies that USS CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 120) 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 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: October 27, 2022.
B.F. Roach,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23784 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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