# Prohibited areas.

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 33 CFR 156.310
- **title:** Prohibited areas.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** United States Coast Guard
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2026-08-18
- **summary:** 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
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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]
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