Certificate of Alternative Compliance for the GUNDERSON MARINE OIL SPILL RECOVERY BARGE (OSRB-5), HULL NO 129

Resumen

The Coast Guard announces that the Chief, Prevention Division, Thirteenth Coast Guard District has issued a certificate of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), for the GUNDERSON MARINE OSRB-5, HULL NO 129. We are issuing this notification because its publication is required by statute. Due to the construction and placement of the sidelights GUNDERSON MARINE OSRB-5, HULL NO 129 cannot fully comply with the light, shape, or sound signal provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and construction. This notification of issuance of a certificate of alternative compliance promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission.