Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 156—OIL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSFER OPERATIONS
Subpart C—Lightering Zones and Operational Requirements for the Gulf of Mexico
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§ 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:
Latitude N. Longitude W.27°40[min]00[ 93°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to27°40[min]00[ 94°35[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°06[min]30[ 94°35[min]00[sec], sec], thence to27°21[min]00[ 96°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to26°30[min]00[ 96°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to26°30[min]00[ 93°00[min]00[sec], and sec], thence to the point of beginning.
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(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[min]00[ 89°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to27°53[min]00[ 91°30[min]00[sec], sec], thence to26°30[min]00[ 91°30[min]00[sec], sec], thence to26°30[min]00[ 89°00[min]00[sec], and sec], thence to the point of beginning.
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(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[min]00[ 87°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to29°12[min]00[ 87°45[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°39[min]00[ 88°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°00[min]00[ 88°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°00[min]00[ 87°00[min]00[sec], and sec], thence to the point of beginning.
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(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[min]00[ 92°38[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°44[min]00[ 93°24[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°33[min]00[ 94°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°18[min]00[ 94°00[min]00[sec], sec], thence to28°18[min]00[ 92°38[min]00[sec], and sec], thence to the point of beginning.
