[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: 15CFR922.121]

[Page 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. 922.121  Definitions.

    In addition to those definitions found at Sec. 922.3, the following 
definition applies to this subpart:
    No-activity zone means the two geographic areas delineated by the 
Department of the Interior in stipulations for OCS lease sale 112 over 
and surrounding the East and West Flower Garden Banks, and the 
geographic area delineated by the Department of the Interior in 
stipulations for OCS lease sale 171 over and surrounding Stetson Bank, 
as areas in which activities associated with exploration for, 
development of, or production of hydrocarbons are prohibited. The 
precise aliquot part description of these areas around the East and West 
Flower Garden Banks are provided in appendix B of this subpart; the no-
activity zone around Stetson Bank is defined as the 52 meter isobath. 
These particular aliquot part descriptions for the East and West Flower 
Garden Banks, and the 52 meter isobath around Stetson Bank, define the 
geographic scope of the ``no-activity zones'' for purposes of the 
regulations in this subpart. The descriptions for the East and West 
Flower Garden Banks no-activity zones are based on the ``\1/4\ \1/4\ \1/
4\'' system formerly used by the Department of the Interior, a method 
that delineates a specific portion of a block rather than the actual 
underlying isobath.

[65 FR 81178, Dec. 22, 2000]