Certificate of Alternative Compliance: Offshore Supply Vessel CALLAIS PROVIDER
Federal Register: March 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 51)
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
Docket No. USCG-2010-0013
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the Offshore Supply
Vessel CALLAIS PROVIDER
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that a Certificate of Alternative
Compliance was issued for the offshore supply vessel CALLAIS PROVIDER as required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.
DATES: The Certificate of Alternate Compliance was issued on January 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this notice is available for inspection or copying at the Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find this docket on the Internet by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2010-0013 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking
``Search.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, call CWO2 David Mauldin, District Eight, Prevention Branch, U.S. Coast
Guard, telephone 504-671-2153. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background And Purpose
A Certificate of Alternative Compliance, as allowed under Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulation, Parts 81 and 89, has been issues for the offshore supply vessel CALLAIS PROVIDER. The horizontal distance between the forward and aft masthead lights may be 20'-8\5/8\''.
Placing the aft masthead light at the horizontal distance from the forward masthead light as required by Annex I, paragraph 3(a) of the 72
COLREGS, and Annex I, Section 84.05(a) of the Inland Rules Act, would result in an aft masthead light location directly over the cargo deck where it would interfere with loading and unloading operations. The offset from centerline of the RAM/NUC lights may be 3'. Offsetting the
RAM/NUC lights 2 meters from the centerline as required by Annex I paragraph 3(c) the 72 COLREGS and Annex I, Section 84.05(c) of the
Inland rules Act would place them in an exposed position beyond the width of the aft end of the pilothouse.
The Certificate of Alternative Compliance allows for the horizontal separation of the forward and aft masthead lights to deviate from the requirements of Annex I, paragraph 3(a) of 72 COLREGS, and Annex I,
Section 84.05(a) of the Inland Rules Act as well as the offset of the
RAM/NUC lights to deviate from the requirements of Annex I, paragraph 3(c) of 72 COLREGS and Annex I, Section 84.05(c) of the Inland Rules
Act.
This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33
CFR 81.18.
Dated: 21 Jan 2010.
J.W. Johnson,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Inspections and Investigations
Branch, By Direction of the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
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