§ 156.300 Designated lightering zones.

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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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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