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)#