[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38197-38198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13926]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2016-0372]
Certificates of Alternative Compliance, First Coast Guard
District
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the First Coast Guard
District's Prevention Department has issued certificates of alternative
compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea (72 COLREGS), to vessels of special construction or purpose that
cannot fully comply with the light, shape, and sound signal provisions
of 72 COLREGS without interfering with their special function. This
notice promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety and stewardship
missions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document
call or email Mr. Kevin Miller, First Coast Guard District's Towing
Vessel and Barge Safety Specialist at (617) 223-8272 or
[[email protected]].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion
The United States is signatory to the International Maritime
Organization's International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea, 1972, as amended. The special construction or purpose of some
vessels makes them unable to comply with the light, shape, and sound
signal provisions of 72 COLREGS. Under statutory law \1\ and Coast
Guard regulation,\2\ a vessel may instead meet alternative requirements
and the vessel's owner, builder, operator, or agent may apply for a
certificate of alternative compliance (COAC). The Chief of the
Inspections and Investigations Branch in each Coast Guard District
office determines whether the vessel for which the COAC is sought
complies as closely as possible with 72 COLREGS, and decides whether to
issue the COAC. Once issued, a COAC remains valid until information
supplied in the application for the COAC, or the terms of the COAC,
become inapplicable to the vessel. Under the governing statute \3\ and
regulation,\4\ the Coast Guard must publish notice of each COAC issued
by the District office.
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\1\ 33 U.S.C. 1605.
\2\ 33 CFR 81.3.
\3\ 33 U.S.C. 1605(c).
\4\ 33 CFR 81.18.
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The First Coast Guard District issued COACs to the following
vessels from January 2016 to May 2016:
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Year Vessel name Details
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2016.......................... JACK T MORAN..... This certificate
authorized the
placement of the
vessel's sidelights
in a position 13'
5.25'' from the
vessel's side,
mounted to the top
of the pilot house.
Additionally, this
certificate
authorized the
placement of the
vessel's stern light
and towing lights in
a position 3' 5.75''
aft of Frame 20,
mounted on the top
of the pilot house.
2016.......................... GRACIE M REINAUER This certificate
authorized the
placement of the
vessel's sidelights
in a position 7'
1.75'' from the
vessel's side,
mounted to the
deckhouse overhead.
2016.......................... COOPER MORAN..... This certificate
authorized the
placement of the
vessel's sidelights
in a position 13'
5.25'' from the
vessel's side,
mounted to the top
of the pilot house.
Additionally, this
certificate
authorized the
placement of the
vessel's stern light
and towing lights in
a position 3' 5.75''
aft of Frame 20,
mounted on the top
of the pilot house.
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This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 33 U.S.C.
1605(c), and 33 CFR 81.18.
Dated: May 31, 2016.
B. L. Black,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of Prevention, First Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2016-13926 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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