[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR3.40-28]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 3_COAST GUARD AREAS, DISTRICTS, MARINE INSPECTION ZONES, AND 

CAPTAIN OF THE PORT ZONES--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart 3.40_Eighth Coast Guard District

 

Sec. 3.40-28  Houston-Galveston Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of 

the Port Zone.



    (a) The Houston-Galveston Marine Inspection Office and the Captain 

of the Port Office are located in Houston, Texas. The Galveston Marine 

Safety Unit is a subordinate unit of the Marine Safety Office and is 

located in Galveston, Texas.

    (b) The boundary of the Houston-Galveston Marine Inspection Zone and 

Captain of the Port Zone starts at the intersection of the sea and 

94[deg]23[min] W. longitude; thence proceeds north along 94[deg]23[min] 

W. longitude to 30[deg]00[min] N. latitude; thence west along 

30[deg]00[min] N. latitude to the east bank of the Trinity River; thence 

northerly along the east bank of the Trinity River; thence northwesterly 

along the eastern shore of Lake Livingston; thence northwesterly along 

the east bank of the Trinity River to the southern boundary of Dallas 

County, Texas; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Dallas 

County, Texas to 97[deg]00[min] W. longitude; thence north along 

97[deg]00[min] W. longitude to the Texas-Oklahoma boundary; thence 

northwesterly along the Texas-Oklahoma boundary; thence north along the 

New Mexico-Oklahoma boundary; thence west along the New Mexico-Colorado 

boundary; thence south along the New Mexico-Arizona boundary; thence 

easterly along the southern boundary of New Mexico to the southeast 

corner of New Mexico at 32[deg]00[min] N. latitude; thence southeasterly 

to 29[deg]18[min] N. latitude, 96[deg]07[min] W. longitude on the east 

bank of the Colorado River; thence



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southerly along the east bank of the Colorado River to the sea; thence 

along a line bearing 140[deg]T to the outermost extent of the EEZ; 

thence easterly along the outermost extent of the EEZ to 93[deg]25[min] 

W. longitude; thence north to 27[deg]49[min] N. latitude, 93[deg]25[min] 

W. longitude; thence northwesterly to 29[deg]30[min] N. latitude, 

93[deg]48[min] W. longitude; thence westward following a line 10.3 

nautical miles from the coast to 29[deg]24[min] N. latitude, 

94[deg]20[min] W. longitude; thence northwesterly to the coast at 

94[deg]23[min] W. longitude.



[CGD 95-081, 60 FR 67062, Dec. 28, 1995]