[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 15CFR922.120]



[Page 137-138]

 

                  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]