15 CFR § 922.161 - Boundary.

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title: "15 CFR § 922.161 - Boundary."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "922.161"
section_name: "Boundary."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "922"
part_name: "NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1431"
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# 922.161 Boundary.

The sanctuary consists of an area of approximately 2,872 square nautical miles (nmi
<sup>2</sup>) (3,803 sq. mi.) of coastal and ocean waters, and the submerged lands thereunder, surrounding the Florida Keys in Florida. Appendix I to this subpart sets forth the precise Sanctuary boundary.

[88 FR 969, Jan. 6, 2023]