[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR71.5]

[Page 702-704]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 71_STANDARD TIME ZONE BOUNDARIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  71.5  Boundary line between eastern and central zones.

    (a) Minnesota-Michigan-Wisconsin. From the junction of the western 
boundary of the State of Michigan with the boundary between the United

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States and Canada northerly and easterly along the west line of Gogebic 
County to the west line of Ontonagon County; thence south along the west 
line of Ontonagon County to the north line of Gogebic County; thence 
southerly and easterly along the north line of Gogebic County to the 
west line of Iron County; thence north along the west line of Iron 
County to the north line of Iron County; thence east along the north 
line of Iron County to the east line of Iron County; thence south along 
the east line of Iron County to the north line of Dickinson County; 
thence east along the north line of Dickinson County to the east line of 
Dickinson County; thence south along the east line of Dickinson County 
to the north line of Menominee County; thence east along the north line 
of Menominee County to the east line of Menominee County; thence 
southerly and easterly along the east line of Menominee County to Lake 
Michigan; thence east to the western boundary of the State of Michigan; 
thence southerly and easterly along the western boundary of the State of 
Michigan to a point in the middle of Lake Michigan opposite the main 
channel of Green Bay; thence southerly along the western boundary of the 
State of Michigan to its junction with the southern boundary thereof and 
the northern boundary of the State of Indiana.
    (b) Indiana-Illinois. From the junction of the western boundary of 
the State of Michigan with the northern boundary of the State of Indiana 
easterly along the northern boundary of the State of Indiana to the east 
line of LaPorte County; thence southerly along the east line of LaPorte 
County to the north line of Starke County; thence west along the north 
line of Starke County to the west line of Starke County; thence South 
along the west line of Starke County to the south line of Starke County; 
thence west along the south line of Starke County to the east line of 
Jasper County; thence south along the east line of Jasper County to the 
south line of Jasper County; thence west along the south lines of Jasper 
and Newton Counties to the western boundary of the State of Indiana; 
thence south along the western boundary of the State of Indiana to the 
north line of Gibson County; thence easterly and southerly along the 
north line of Gibson County to the east line of Gibson County; thence 
south along the east line of Gibson County to the north line of Warrick 
County; thence easterly and southerly along the north lines of Warrick 
and Spencer Counties to the east line of Spencer County; thence 
southerly along the east line of Spencer County to the Indiana-Kentucky 
boundary.
    (c) Kentucky. From the junction of the east line of Spencer County, 
Ind., with the Indiana-Kentucky boundary easterly along that boundary to 
the west line of Meade County, Ky.; thence southeasterly and 
southwesterly along the west lines of Meade and Hardin Counties to the 
southwest corner of Hardin County; thence along the south lines of 
Hardin and Larue Counties to the northwest corner of Taylor County; 
thence southeasterly along the west (southwest) lines of Taylor County 
and northeasterly along the east (southeast) line of Taylor County to 
the west line of Casey County; and thence southerly along the west and 
south lines of Casey and Pulaski Counties to the intersection with the 
western boundary of Wayne County; and then south along the western 
boundary of Wayne County to the Kentucky-Tennessee boundary.
    (d) Tennessee. From the junction of the west line of McCreary 
County, Ky., with the Kentucky-Tennessee boundary westerly along that 
boundary to the west line of Scott County, Tenn.; thence southerly along 
the west line of Scott County, the north and west lines of Morgan 
County, and the north line of Roane County to the north line of Rhea 
County; thence northwesterly along the north line of Rhea County; and 
thence southwesterly along the west lines of Rhea and Hamilton Counties 
to the Tennessee-Georgia boundary.
    (e) Georgia-Alabama. From the junction of the west line of Hamilton 
County, Tenn., with the Tennessee-Georgia boundary westerly along that 
boundary to its junction with the Alabama-Georgia boundary; thence 
southerly along that boundary and the Florida-Georgia boundary to the 
southwest corner of the State of Georgia.

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    (f) Florida. From the southwest corner of the State of Georgia to 
the midpoint of the Apalachicola River on the downstream side of Jim 
Woodruff Dam; thence southerly along the middle of the main channel of 
the Apalachicola River to its intersection with the Jackson River; 
thence westerly along the center of the Jackson River to its 
intersection with the Intracoastal Waterway; thence westerly along the 
center of the Intracoastal Waterway to the west line of Gulf County; 
thence southerly along the west line of Gulf County to the Gulf of 
Mexico.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) Municipalities on boundary line. All municipalities located upon 
the zone boundary line described in this section are in the central 
standard time zone.

[Amdt. 71-11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 71-12, 37 
FR 11972, June 16, 1972; Amdt. 71-13, 38 FR 9229, Apr. 12, 1973; Amdt. 
71-14, 38 FR 13725, May 25, 1973; Amdt. 77-13, 42 FR 56610, Oct. 27, 
1977; Amdt. 91-17, 56 FR 52003, Oct. 17, 1991; 65 FR 50158, Aug. 17, 
2000]