29858 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 17, 2022 / Notices 

1See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021). 

Written statements should be submitted 

via email to Inger Pettygrove at 

Inger.M.Pettygrove.civ@mail.mil, by July 

15, 2022, in either Adobe or Microsoft 

Word format. Please note that since the 

Board operates under the provisions of 

the FACA, as amended, all submitted 

comments and public presentations will 

be treated as public documents and will 

be made available for public inspection, 

including, but not limited to, being 

posted on the Board website. 

Dated: May 12, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10581 Filed 5–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Certificate of Alternate Compliance for 

USS SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32) 

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 

SANTA BARBARA (LCS 32). 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 May 17, 2022 

and is applicable beginning May 5, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Commander J. Martin Bunt, 

JAGC, U.S. Navy, Admiralty Attorney, 

Office of the Judge Advocate General, 

Admiralty and Claims Division (Code 

15A), 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 (E.O.) 11964 of January 19, 1977 

and 33 U.S.C. 1605 provide that the 

requirements of 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 Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate 

General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and 

Maritime Law)/Admiralty Counsel of 

the Navy, under authority delegated by 

the Secretary of the Navy, hereby finds 

and certifies that USS SANTA 

BARBARA (LCS 32) 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 vertical position 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 

distance between the masthead lights; 

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 DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime 

Law)/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. 

Approved: May 10, 2022. 

J.M. Pike, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10506 Filed 5–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD21–15–000] 

Joint Federal-State Task Force on 

Electric Transmission; Notice Inviting 

Post-Meeting Comments 

On May 6, 2022, the Joint FederalState Task Force on Electric 

Transmission convened for a public 

meeting. 

All interested persons are invited to 

file post-meeting comments to address 

issues raised during the meeting and 

identified in the Agenda issued April 

22, 2022. For reference, questions asked 

by the meeting moderator are included 

below. Comments must be submitted on 

or before 21 days from the date of this 

Notice. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the internet.1 Instructions are 

available on the Commission’s website 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Submissions sent via any other 

carrier must be addressed to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

For more information about this 

Notice, please contact: Gretchen 

Kershaw (Legal Information), Office of 

the General Counsel, (202) 502–8213, 

Gretchen.Kershaw@ferc.gov. 

Dated: May 11, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10549 Filed 5–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 


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