[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR226.213]

[Page 528-538]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 226_DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 226.213  Critical habitat for Johnson's seagrass.

    Critical habitat is designated to include substrate and water in the 
following ten portions of the Indian River Lagoon and Biscayne Bay 
within the current range of Johnson's seagrass.
    (a) A portion of the Indian River, Florida, north of Sebastian Inlet 
Channel, defined by the following coordinates:


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Northwest corner: 27[deg]51[min]15.03[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]55.49[sec]W
Northeast corner: 27[deg]51[min]16.57[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]53.05[sec]W
Southwest corner: 27[deg]51[min]08.85[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]50.48[sec]W
Southeast corner: 27[deg]51[min]11.58[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]47.35[sec]W

    (b) A portion of the Indian River, Florida, south of the Sebastian 
Inlet Channel, defined by the following coordinates:

Northwest corner: 27[deg]51[min]01.32[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]46.10[sec]W
Northeast corner: 27[deg]51[min]02.69[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]45.27[sec]W
Southwest corner: 27[deg]50[min]59.08[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]41.84[sec]W
Southeast corner: 27[deg]51[min]01.07[sec]N, 80[deg]27[min]40.50[sec]W

    (c) A portion of the Indian River Lagoon in the vicinity of the Fort 
Pierce Inlet. This site is located on the north side of the entrance 
channel just west of a small mangrove vegetated island where the main 
entrance channel bifurcates to the north. The area is defined by the 
following coordinates:

Northwest corner: 27[deg]28[min]06.00[sec]N, 80[deg]18[min]48.89[sec]W
Northeast corner: 27[deg]28[min]04.43[sec]N, 80[deg]18[min]42.25[sec]W
Southwest corner: 27[deg]28[min]02.86[sec]N, 80[deg]18[min]49.06[sec]W
Southeast corner: 27[deg]28[min]01.46[sec]N, 80[deg]18[min]42.42[sec]W

    (d) A portion of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, north of the St. 
Lucie Inlet, from South Nettles Island to the Florida Oceanographic 
Institute, defined by the following coordinates and excluding the 
Federally-marked navigation channel of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW):

Northwest corner: 27[deg]16[min]44.04[sec]N, 80[deg]14[min]00.00[sec]W
Northeast corner: 27[deg]16[min]44.04[sec]N, 80[deg]12[min]51.33[sec]W
Southwest corner: 27[deg]12[min]49.70[sec]N, 80[deg]11[min]46.80[sec]W
Southeast corner: 27[deg]12[min]49.70[sec]N, 80[deg]11[min]02.50[sec]W

    (e) Hobe Sound beginning at State Road 708 
(27[deg]03[min]49.90[sec]N, 80[deg]07[min]20.57[sec]W) and extending 
south to 27[deg]00[min]00.00[sec]N, 80[deg]05[min]32.54[sec]W and 
excluding the federally-marked navigation channel of the ICW.
    (f) Jupiter Inlet at a site located just west of the entrance to 
Zeek's Marina on the south side of Jupiter Inlet and defined by the 
following coordinates (note a south central point was included to better 
define the shape of the southern boundary):

Northwest corner: 26[deg]56[min]43.34[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]47.84[sec]W
Northeast corner: 26[deg]56[min]40.93[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]42.61[sec]W
Southwest corner: 26[deg]56[min]40.73[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]48.65[sec]W
South central point: 26[deg]56[min]38.11[sec]N, 
80[deg]04[min]45.83[sec]W
Southeast corner: 26[deg]56[min]38.31[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]42.41[sec]W

    (g) A portion of Lake Worth, Florida, just north of Bingham Island 
defined by the following coordinates and excluding the Federally-marked 
navigation channel of the ICW:

Northwest corner: 26[deg]40[min]44.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]39.00[sec]W
Northeast corner: 26[deg]40[min]40.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]34.00[sec]W
Southwest corner: 26[deg]40[min]32.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]44.00[sec]W
Southeast corner: 26[deg]40[min]33.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]35.00[sec]W

    (h) A portion of Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida, located just north of 
the Boynton Inlet, on the west side of the ICW, defined by the following 
coordinates and excluding the Federally-marked navigation channel of the 
ICW:

Northwest corner: 26[deg]33[min]28.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]54.00[sec]W
Northeast corner: 26[deg]33[min]30.00[sec]N, 80[deg]03[min]04.00[sec]W
Southwest corner: 26[deg]32[min]50.00[sec]N, 80[deg]03[min]11.00[sec]W
Southeast corner: 26[deg]32[min]50.00[sec]N, 80[deg]02[min]58.00[sec]W

    (i) A portion of northeast Lake Wyman, Boca Raton, Florida, defined 
by the following coordinates and excluding the Federally-marked 
navigation channel of the ICW:

Northwest corner: 26[deg]22[min]27.00[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]23.00[sec]W
Northeast corner: 26[deg]22[min]27.00[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]18.00[sec]W
Southwest corner: 26[deg]22[min]05.00[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]16.00[sec]W
Southeast corner: 26[deg]22[min]05.00[sec]N, 80[deg]04[min]18.00[sec]W

    (j) A portion of Northern Biscayne Bay, Florida, defined by the 
following: The northern boundary of Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, NE 
163rd Street, and including all parts of the Biscayne Bay Aquatics 
Preserve as defined in 18-18.002 of the Florida Administrative Code 
(F.A.C.) excluding the Oleta River, Miami River and Little River beyond 
their mouths, the federally-marked navigation channel of the ICW, and 
all existing federally authorized navigation channels, basins, and 
berths at the Port of Miami to the currently documented southernmost 
range of Johnson's seagrass, Central Key Biscayne (25[deg]45[min]N).

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[65 FR 17795, Apr. 5, 2000]