Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of Mexico:
(a) Claypile--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.281500", 943500", thence to274000", 943500", thence to274000", 940000", thence to283300", 940000", and thence to the point of
beginning.
(NAD 83)
(b) Flower Garden--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.274000", 940000", thence to281800", 940000", thence to281800", 923800", thence to283000", 923800", thence to281500", 913000", thence to274000", 913000", and thence to the point of
beginning.
(NAD 83)
(c) Ewing--prohibited area. This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
Latitude N. Longitude W.275300", 913000", thence to281500", 913000", thence to281500", 901000", thence to275300", 901000", and thence to the point of
beginning.
(NAD 83) [CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]