[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR922.120]

[Page 138-139]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 922_NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart L_Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
 
Sec. 922.120  Boundary.


    The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (the Sanctuary) 
consists of three separate areas of ocean

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waters over and surrounding the East and West Flower Garden Banks and 
Stetson Bank, and the submerged lands thereunder including the Banks, in 
the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The area designated at the East Bank is 
located approximately 120 nautical miles (nmi) south-southwest of 
Cameron, Louisiana, and encompasses 19.20 nmi2. The area designated at 
the West Bank is located approximately 110 nmi southeast of Galveston, 
Texas, and encompasses 22.50 nmi2. The area designated at Stetson Bank 
is located approximately 70 nmi southeast of Galveston, Texas, and 
encompasses 0.64 nmi2. The three areas encompass a total of 42.34 nmi2 
(145.09 square kilometers). The boundary coordinates for each area are 
listed in appendix A to this subpart.

[65 FR 81178, Dec. 22, 2000]