
[Federal Register: May 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 91)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0288]

 
Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the Offshore Supply 
Vessel JOSHUA CANDIES

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that a Certificate of Alternative 
Compliance was issued for the offshore supply vessel JOSHUA CANDIES as 
required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on April 1, 
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-2010-0288 in the ``Keyword'' box, and then clicking 
``Search.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call LTJG Christine Dimitroff, District Eight, Prevention Branch, U.S. 
Coast Guard, telephone 504-671-2176. 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, 
Code of Federal Regulation, Parts 81 and 89, has been issued for the 
offshore supply vessel JOSHUA CANDIES, O.N. 1219732. Full compliance 
with 72 COLREGS and Inland Rules Act will hinder the vessel's ability 
to conduct loading and unloading operations. The horizontal distance 
between the forward and aft masthead lights may be 6.506 meters. 
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 would result in an aft masthead light location directly over 
the aft cargo deck where it would interfere with loading and unloading 
operations.
    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. This notice is 
issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 CFR 81.18.

    Dated: April 15, 2010.
J.W. Johnson,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Inspections and Investigations 
Branch, By Direction of the Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District
[FR Doc. 2010-11263 Filed 5-11-10; 8:45 am]
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