33 CFR 156.310 - Prohibited areas.

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§ 156.310 - Prohibited areas.

Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of America:

(a) Claypile-prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.	Longitude W.
28°15′00″,	94°35′00″, thence to
27°40′00″,	94°35′00″, thence to
27°40′00″,	94°00′00″, thence to
28°33′00″,	94°00′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

(b) Flower Garden-prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.	Longitude W.
27°40′00″,	94°00′00″, thence to
28°18′00″,	94°00′00″, thence to
28°18′00″,	92°38′00″, thence to
28°30′00″,	92°38′00″, thence to
28°15′00″,	91°30′00″, thence to
27°40′00″,	91°30′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

(c) Ewing-prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.	Longitude W.
27°53′00″,	91°30′00″, thence to
28°15′00″,	91°30′00″, thence to
28°15′00″,	90°10′00″, thence to
27°53′00″,	90°10′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83) [CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]