Navigation, COLREGS compliance exemptions: USS Harry S. Truman,

[Federal Register: June 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 110)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 31356-31357]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

32 CFR Part 706

Certifications and Exemptions Under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 Amendment

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty) of the Navy has determined that USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot

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comply fully with certain provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this rule is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain R.R. Pixa, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Counsel, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Navy Department, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-2400, Telephone number: (703) 325-9744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority granted in 33 U.S.C. 1605, the Department of the Navy amends 32 CFR Part 706. This amendment provides notice that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty) of the Navy, under authority delegated by the Secretary of the Navy, has certified that USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot comply fully with the following specific provisions of 72 COLREGS without interfering with its special function as a naval ship: Rule 21(a), pertaining to the placement of the masthead lights over the fore and aft centerline of the ship; Annex I, paragraph 2(g), pertaining to the placement of the sidelights above the hull; and Annex I, paragraph 3(a), pertaining to the placement of the forward masthead light in the forward quarter of the ship. The Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty) has also certified that the lights involved are located in closest possible compliance with the applicable 72 COLREGS requirements.

Moreover, it has been determined, in accordance with 32 CFR Parts 296 and 701, that publication of this amendment for public comment prior to adoption is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to public interest since it is based on technical findings that the placement of lights on this vessel in a manner differently from that prescribed herein will adversely affect the vessel's ability to perform its military functions.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 706

Marine Safety, Navigation (Water), and Vessels.

PART 706--[AMENDED]

Accordingly, 32 CFR Part 706 is amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 32 CFR Part 706 continues to read:

   Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1605.

   Sec. 706.2 [AMENDED]

2. Table Two of Sec. 706.2 is amended by adding, in numerical order, the following entry for USS HARRY S TRUMAN:

   Table Two

   AFT

   anchor

   Side

   Masthead Forward

   light,

   Side lights, Side lights, anchor Forward distance AFT lights, distance lights, distance light, anchor below anchor distance forward of distance to stbd distance light, flight dk light, below forward inboard of Vessel

   Number

   of keel below number in number flight dk masthead ship's in flight dk of; rule meters; of; rule in meters; light in sides in meters; in meters; 30(a)(i) rule 30(a)(ii) Sec. meters; meters; rule Sec.

   21(e),

   2(g), Sec.

   Sec. 21(a) 2(K),

   rule

   annex I 3(b), 3(b), annex I

   30(a)(ii)

   annex I Annex I

   USS HARRY S TRUMAN................... CVN-75

   30.02 ..........

   1 .........

   1

   0.56 .......... ..........

3. Table Five of Sec. 706.2 is amended by adding, in numerical order, the following entry for USS HARRY S TRUMAN:

   Table Five

   After mast-

   Masthead Forward head light

   lights not masthead less than

   over all light not 1/2 ship's Percentage other lights in forward length aft horizontal Vessel

   No.

   and

   quarter of of forward separation obstructions. ship. annex masthead attained annex I, sec. I, sec. light.

   2(f)

   3(a) annex I,

   sec. 3(a)

   USS HARRY S TRUMAN.................. CVN 75

   .............

   X ........... ...........

   Dated: May 18, 1998. R.R. Pixa, Captain, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty).

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