59880 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 

will focus on: (a) issues central to 

strategic DoD planning; (b) policy 

implications of U.S. force structure and 

modernization on DoD’s ability to 

execute U.S. defense strategy; (c) U.S. 

regional defense policies; and (d) other 

defense policy and national security 

issues of special interest to the DoD 

raised by the DoD Appointing 

Authority, or the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Policy as the DPB’s Sponsor. 

The DPB shall be composed of not 

more than 20 members who have 

distinguished backgrounds in defense 

and national security affairs. These 

members will come from varied 

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or other non-government organizations. 

Individual members will be appointed 

according to DoD policy and 

procedures, and serve a term of service 

of one-to-four years with annual 

renewals. One member will be 

appointed as Chair of the DPB. No 

member, unless approved according to 

DoD policy and procedures, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service on the DPB, or serve on more 

than two DoD Federal advisory 

committees at one time. 

Individual members are appointed 

according to DoD policy and 

procedures, and serve a term of service 

of one-to-four years with annual 

renewals. One member will be 

appointed as Chair of the DPB. No 

member, unless approved according to 

DoD policy and procedures, may serve 

more than two consecutive terms of 

service on the DPB, or serve on more 

than two DoD Federal advisory 

committees at one time. 

DPB members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or active duty 

members of the Uniformed Services, are 

appointed as experts or consultants, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, to serve as 

special government employee members. 

DPB members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or active duty 

members of the Uniformed Services are 

appointed pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.130(a), to serve as regular government 

employee members. 

All DPB members are appointed to 

provide advice based on their best 

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Except for reimbursement of official 

DPB-related travel and per diem, 

members serve without compensation. 

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may submit written statements about 

the DPB’s mission and functions. 

Written statements may be submitted at 

any time or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meeting of the DPB. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the DPB using 

the link provided in this SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section, and this individual 

will ensure that the written statements 

are provided to the membership for 

their consideration. 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

USS Kingsville (LCS 36) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Certificate 

of Alternate Compliance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Navy hereby 

announces that a Certificate of Alternate 

Compliance has been issued for USS 

Kingsville (LCS 36). 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 August 30, 2023 

and is applicable beginning August 23, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Ryan Feingold, JAGC, U.S. 

Navy, Admiralty Attorney, Office of the 

Judge Advocate General, Admiralty and 

Claims Division (Code 15), 1322 

Patterson Ave SE, Suite 3000, 

Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374– 

5066, 202–685–5075, or admiralty@

navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose. 

Executive Order (E.O.) 11964 of 

January 19, 1977 and 33 U.S.C. 1605 

provide that the requirements of the 

International Regulations for Preventing 

Collisions at Sea, 1972 (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 Kingsville (LCS 36) is 

a vessel of special construction or 

purpose, and that, with respect to the 

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 2(a)(i) 

pertaining to the height of the forward 

masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 3(a) 

pertaining to the location of the forward 

masthead light in relation to the forward 

quarter of the ship; Annex I, paragraph 

2(f)(i) pertaining to obstructions of the 

aft masthead light; Annex I, paragraph 

3(a) pertaining to the horizontal 

separation of the masthead lights; 

Annex I, Paragraph 2(f)(ii) and Annex I, 

Paragraph 3(c) pertaining to the vertical 

and horizontal position of the task lights 

in relation to the masthead lights; 

Annex I, Paragraph 9(b) pertaining to 

the degree of obstruction of the task 

lights. 

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: August 25, 2023. 

K.K. Ramsey, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Judge Advocate General, U. S. Navy. 

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