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Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSChapter I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYSubchapter O - POLLUTIONPart 156 - OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS
Subpart C - LIGHTERING ZONES AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
Section 156.310 - Prohibited areas

33 C.F.R. § 156.310

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Section 156.310 - Prohibited areas

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

(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)

33 C.F.R. §156.310

CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015