Document ID: USCG-2013-0406-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Certificates of Alternative Compliance: M/V CHARLEVOIX; 225736 (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-06-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14085]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0406]

Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the M/V CHARLEVOIX, 
225736

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 CHARLEVOIX as 
required by 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.

DATES: The Certificate of Alternative Compliance was issued on May 10, 
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-2013-0406 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 Renee V. Wright, 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 
CHARLEVOIX. The vessel's primary purpose is a cable guided passenger 
car ferry that operates on the South Arm of Lake Superior in 
Charlevoix, Michigan. 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 single masthead and stern lights on 
this cable guided passenger and vehicle ferry would obstruct the 
vehicle deck.
    The Certificate of Alternative Compliance authorizes the M/V 
CHARLEVOIX to deviate from the requirements set forth in Annex I of the 
Inland Rules Act, by installing two Masthead lights for each direction 
of travel as near as practical to the vessel centerline and two sets of 
stern lights for each direction of travel as the aft and forward end of 
the deckhouse.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c), and 33 
CFR 81.18.

    Dated: May 24, 2013.
S. E. Anderson,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Prevention Division by 
Direction of the Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-14085 Filed 6-12-13; 8:45 am]
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