33 CFR § 156.300 - Designated lightering zones.

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title: "33 CFR § 156.300 - Designated lightering zones."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "156.300"
section_name: "Designated lightering zones."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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# 156.300 Designated lightering zones.

The following lightering zones are designated in the Gulf of America 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:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
| 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:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
| 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:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
| 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:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
|  |  |
| 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)