{"operation":"document","citation":"33 CFR 156.310","title":"Prohibited areas.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"United States Coast Guard","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of America:\n\n(a) Claypile—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:\n\nLatitude N. Longitude W. 28°15′00″, 94°35′00″, thence","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-310.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-310.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/33-cfr-156-310","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-33/section-156.310","body":"Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of America:\n\n(a) Claypile—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:\n\nLatitude 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.\n\n(NAD 83)\n\n(b) Flower Garden—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:\n\nLatitude 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.\n\n(NAD 83)\n\n(c) Ewing—prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:\n\nLatitude 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.\n\n(NAD 83)\n\n[CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]","truncated":false,"body_characters":1263}