Document ID: USCG-2013-0226-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the M/V MADELINE: 669921
Posted Date: 2013-06-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14089]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0226]

Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the M/V MADELINE, 
669921

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 passenger vessel ferry MADELINE as 
required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on January 
28, 2013.

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-2013-0226 in the ``SEARCH'' box, and then clicking 
``Search.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call LT Steven Melvin, District Nine, Prevention Branch, U.S. Coast 
Guard, telephone 216-902-6343. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    A Certificate of Alternative Compliance, as allowed for under 33 
U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18, has been issued for the M/V MADELINE. 
The vessel's primary purpose is as an island passenger car ferry that 
operates on the south shore of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin. The 
unique design of the vessel did not lend itself to full compliance with 
Annex I of the Inland Rules Act.
    The Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, certifies that full compliance 
with the Inland Rules Act would interfere with the special functions/
intent of the vessel and would not significantly enhance the safety of 
the vessel's operation. Placing the starboard and port side lights in 
the required position would make them vulnerable to damage from the 
dock wall because of consistent lower than normal water levels on Lake 
Superior.
    The Certificate of Alternative Compliance authorizes the M/V 
MADELINE to deviate from the requirements set forth in Annex I of the 
Inland Rules Act by placing its port and starboard lights on the main 
superstructure above the pilot house.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 
CFR 81.18.

    Dated: May 10, 2013.
S.E. Anderson,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Acting Chief, Prevention Division By 
Direction of the Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-14089 Filed 6-13-13; 8:45 am]
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