WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Coast Guard has issued a notice called: Certificates of Alternative Compliance for the Coast Guard Heartland District.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 19 by J.B. Wheeler, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of Prevention, Coast Guard Heartland District.
Summary: The Coast Guard announces that the Coast Guard Heartland (Previously District 8) District's Prevention Division has issued certificates of alternative compliance from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to vessels of special construction or purpose that cannot fully comply with the light, shape, and sound signal provisions of 72 COLREGS without interfering with the vessel's design and const...