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Code of Federal Regulations Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters § 33.156.300 Designated lightering zones

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The following lightering zones are designated in the Gulf of Mexico and are more than 60 miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured:

(a) Southtex—lightering zone. This lightering zone and the geographic area for this zone are coterminous and consist of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.

Longitude W.

27°40′00″,

93°00′00″, thence to

27°40′00″,

94°35′00″, thence to

28°06′30″,

94°35′00″, thence to

27°21′00″,

96°00′00″, thence to

26°30′00″,

96°00′00″, thence to

26°30′00″,

93°00′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

(b) Gulfmex No. 2—lightering zone. This lightering zone and the geographic area for this zone are coterminous and consist of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.

Longitude W.

27°53′00″,

89°00′00″, thence to

27°53′00″,

91°30′00″, thence to

26°30′00″,

91°30′00″, thence to

26°30′00″,

89°00′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

(c) Offshore Pascagoula No. 2—lightering zone. This lightering zone and the geographic area for this zone are coterminous and consist of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.

Longitude W.

29°20′00″,

87°00′00″, thence to

29°12′00″,

87°45′00″, thence to

28°39′00″,

88°00′00″, thence to

28°00′00″,

88°00′00″, thence to

28°00′00″,

87°00′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

(d) South Sabine Point—lightering zone. This lightering zone and the geographic area for this zone are coterminous and consist of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

Latitude N.

Longitude W.

28°30′00″,

92°38′00″, thence to

28°44′00″,

93°24′00″, thence to

28°33′00″,

94°00′00″, thence to

28°18′00″,

94°00′00″, thence to

28°18′00″,

92°38′00″, and thence to the point of beginning.

(NAD 83)

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