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government official can act on the 

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officials with necessary information to 

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process considerations are accounted 

for, including information sufficient for 

a decision maker to determine that the 

request is based on a valid judgment 

and that the SCRA has been complied 

with. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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Seehra. 

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Duncan. 

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collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19956 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

USS CANBERRA (LCS 30) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 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 

CANBERRA (LCS 30). Due to the special 

construction and purpose of this vessel, 

the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate 

General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and 

Maritime Law) 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 September 16, 

2021 and is applicable beginning 

August 30, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Darren E. 

Myers, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty 

Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, Admiralty and Maritime Law 

Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson Ave. 

SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard, 

DC 20374–5066, 202–685–5040, or 

admiralty@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose. 

Executive Order 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 DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law), under authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Navy, hereby finds and 

certifies that USS CANBERRA (LCS 30) 

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, 

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 DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law) 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. 

Approved: September 13, 2021. 

J.M. Pike, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U. S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20013 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[LPD–28] 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

USS FORT LAUDERDALE 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 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 

FORT LAUDERDALE (LPD–28). Due to 

the special construction and purpose of 

this vessel, the Deputy Assistant Judge 

Advocate General (DAJAG)(Admiralty 

and Maritime Law) 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 September 16, 

2021 and is applicable beginning 

August 30, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander Darren E. 

Myers, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty 

Attorney, Office of the Judge Advocate 

General, Admiralty and Maritime Law 

Division (Code 11), 1322 Patterson Ave. 

SE, Suite 3000, Washington Navy Yard,