[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR156.310]

[Page 446]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 156--OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Lightering Zones and Operational Requirements for the Gulf of 
                                 Mexico
 
Sec. 156.310  Prohibited areas.

    Lightering 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.
2815[min]00[sec],               9435[min]00[sec], thence to
2740[min]00[sec],               9435[min]00[sec], thence to
2740[min]00[sec],               9400[min]00[sec], thence to
2833[min]00[sec],               9400[min]00[sec], 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.
2740[min]00[sec],               9400[min]00[sec], thence to
2818[min]00[sec],               9400[min]00[sec], thence to
2818[min]00[sec],               9238[min]00[sec], thence to
2830[min]00[sec],               9238[min]00[sec], thence to
2815[min]00[sec],               9130[min]00[sec], thence to
2740[min]00[sec],               9130[min]00[sec], 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.
2753[min]00[sec],               9130[min]00[sec], thence to
2815[min]00[sec],               9130[min]00[sec], thence to
2815[min]00[sec],               9010[min]00[sec], thence to
2753[min]00[sec],               9010[min]00[sec], and thence
                                      to the point of beginning.



(NAD 83)