15 CFR § 922.181 - Boundary.

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title: "15 CFR § 922.181 - Boundary."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "922.181"
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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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1431"
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# 922.181 Boundary.

(a) Except for excluded areas described in paragraph (b) of this section, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary encompasses approximately 1,032 square nautical miles (nmi
<sup>2</sup>) (1,366 sq. mi.), and consists of the submerged lands and waters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands seaward from the shoreline, cutting across the mouths of rivers and streams:

(1) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Kailiu Point eastward to Mokolea Point, Kauai;

(2) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Puaena Point eastward to Mahie Point, and from the Kapahulu Groin in Waikiki eastward to Makapuu Point, Oahu;

(3) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Cape Halawa, Molokai, south and westward to Ilio Point, Molokai; southwestward to include Penguin Banks; eastward along the east side of Lanai; to the waters seaward of the three nautical mile limit north of Kahoolawe, to the Hanamanoia Lighthouse on Maui, and northward along the shoreline to Lipoa Point, Maui;

(4) To the deep water area of Pailolo Channel from Cape Halawa, Molokai, to Lipoa Point, Maui, and southward;

(5) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Upolu Point southward to Keahole Point, Hawaii.

(b) Excluded from the Sanctuary boundary are the following commercial ports and small boat harbors:

****Hawaii (Big Island)

Kawaihae Boat Harbor & Small Boat Basin

****Lanai

Kaumalapau Harbor, Manele Harbor

****Maui

Lahaina Boat Harbor

Maalaea Boat Harbor

****Molokai

Hale o Lono Harbor

Kaunakakai Harbor

****Oahu

Kuapa Pond (Hawaii Kai)

(c) The coordinates of the lateral extents of each boundary area within the Sanctuary boundary appear in appendix A of this subpart Q.

[64 FR 66570, Nov. 29, 1999, as amended at 88 FR 970, Jan. 6, 2023]