Document ID: USCG-2014-0594-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Alternative Compliance Certificates: Passenger Vessel CHICAGO'S CLASSIC LADY (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2014-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49789-49790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19991]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2014-0594]

Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the P/V CHICAGO'S 
CLASSIC LADY, 1252230

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that a Certificate of Alternative 
Compliance was issued for the passenger vessel CHICAGO'S CLASSIC LADY 
as required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on July 3, 
2014.

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-2014-0594 in the ``Keyword'' 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 Cheryl Collins, 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 P/V CHICAGO'S 
CLASSIC LADY. The vessel's primary purpose is a passenger-touring 
vessel that operates on the Chicago River and near coastal waters of 
Lake Michigan in Southern Illinois. 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 masthead light in the required 
position would interfere with vessel's ability to navigate on the 
Chicago River, which has several low bridges making the vessel 
vulnerable to damage.
    The Certificate of Alternative Compliance authorizes the P/V 
CHICAGO'S CLASSIC LADY to deviate from the requirements set forth in 
Annex I of the Inland Rules Act by placing its masthead light on the 
pilothouse visor at a height of 13'7'' above the main deck.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 
CFR 81.18.

    Dated: August 5, 2014.
P. Albertson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Prevention Division, By Direction of 
the Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2014-19991 Filed 8-21-14; 8:45 am]
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