33 CFR 156.310 - Prohibited areas.

Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 25, 2025

§ 156.310 - Prohibited areas.

Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of America:

(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.

(NAD 83)

(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) [CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3703,3703a,3715,70011,70034; E.O. 11735, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2

cite as: 33 CFR 156.310