CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION (parts 151 to 159) > PART 156—OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS > SUBPART C—Lightering Zones and Operational Requirements for the Gulf of Mexico (§156.300 to §156.330) > 156.310—Prohibited areas.

156.310—Prohibited areas.

Lightering operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of Mexico:
(a) Claypile—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.
28°15′00″, 94°35′00″, thence to
27°40′00″, 94°35′00″, thence to
27°40′00″, 94°00′00″, thence to
28°33′00″, 94°00′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.
(NAD 83)
(b) Flower Garden—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.
27°40′00″, 94°00′00″, thence to
28°18′00″, 94°00′00″, thence to
28°18′00″, 92°38′00″, thence to
28°30′00″, 92°38′00″, thence to
28°15′00″, 91°30′00″, thence to
27°40′00″, 91°30′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

Code of Federal Regulations

(NAD 83)
Code of Federal Regulations 446
(c) Ewing—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.
27°53′00″, 91°30′00″, thence to
28°15′00″, 91°30′00″, thence to
28°15′00″, 90°10′00″, thence to
27°53′00″, 90°10′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.
(NAD 83)