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