[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67875-67876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24484]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Certificate of Alternate Compliance for USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 
125)

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 JACK H. LUCAS (DDG 125). 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 
10, 2022 and is applicable beginning November 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Shaun Pehl, 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, 202-685-5040, 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 Admiralty Counsel of the 
Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy, hereby 
finds and certifies that USS JACK H. LUCAS (DDG 125) is a vessel of 
special construction or purpose, and that, with respect to the

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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: November 4, 2022.
B.F. ROACH,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-24484 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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