# 9.72 Southeastern New England.
(a) *Name.* The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Southeastern New England.”
(b) *Approved maps.* The approved maps for determining the boundary of the Southeastern New England viticultural area are three U.S.G.S. maps. They are entitled:
(1) “Boston, Mass.; N.H.; Conn.; R.I.; Maine”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1956, revised 1970;
(2) “Hartford, Conn.; N.Y.; N.J.; Mass.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1962, revised 1975; and
(3) “Providence, R.I.; Mass.; Conn.; N.Y.”, scaled 1:250,000, edition of 1947, revised 1969.
(c) *Boundaries.* The Southeastern New England viticultural area is located in the counties of New Haven, New London, and Middlesex in Connecticut; in the counties of Bristol, Newport, Providence, and Washington, in Rhode Island; and in the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth in Massachusetts. The beginning point is found on the “Hartford” U.S.G.S. map in New Haven Harbor;
(1) Then north following the Quinnipiac River to U.S. Interstate 91;
(2) Then east following U.S. Interstate 91 to Connecticut Highway 80;
(3) Then east following Connecticut Highway 80 to Connecticut Highway 9 near Deep River;
(4) Then north following Connecticut Highway 9 to Connecticut Highway 82;
(5) Then north, east, south and east following Connecticut Highway 82 and 182 to Connecticut Highway 2 in Norwich;
(6) Then east following Connecticut Highway 2 to Connecticut Highway 165;
(7) Then east following Connecticut and Rhode Island Highway 165 to Interstate Highway 95 near Millville;
(8) Then north following Interstate Highway 95 to the Kent County-Washington County boundary;
(9) Then east following the Kent County-Washington County boundary into Narragansett Bay;
(10) Then north through Narragansett Bay, the Providence River, and the Blackstone River to the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary;
(11) Then east and south following the Rhode Island-Massachusetts State boundary to the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary;
(12) Then northeast following the Norfolk-Bristol (Mass.) County boundary to the Amtrak right-of-way (Penn Central on map) northeast of Mansfield;
(13) Then north following the Amtrak right-of-way to the Neponset River immediately east of the Norwood Memorial Airport;
(14) Then northeast following the Neponset River into Dorchester Bay;
(15) Then east following the Norfolk-Suffolk County boundary, and the Plymouth-Suffolk County boundary into Massachusetts Bay;
(16) Then returning to the point of beginning by way of Massachusetts Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Block Island Sound and Long Island Sound; and including all of the offshore islands in Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket, Dukes, and Bristol Counties, Massachusetts; all offshore islands in Rhode Island; and all offshore islands in Connecticut east of the Quinnipiac River.
[T.D. ATF-169, 49 FR 11830, Mar. 28, 1984]