33 CFR 156.300 – Designated lightering zones
The following lightering zones are designated in the Gulf of Mexico 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. |
(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. |
(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. |
(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. |