---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 156.310"
title: "33"
number: "156.310"
heading: "Prohibited areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/156.310"
---

# §156.310. Prohibited areas.


Lightering operations and STS Operations are prohibited within the following areas in the Gulf of America:

- (a) **Claypile—prohibited area.** This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
- (b) **Flower Garden—prohibited area.** This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:
- (c) **Ewing—prohibited area.** This prohibited area consists of the waters bounded by a line connecting the following points beginning at:

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]

### Source

Source: CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3703, 3703a, 3715, 70011, 70034; E.O. 11735, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Amendments

[CGD 93-081, 60 FR 45017, Aug. 29, 1995, as amended by USCG-2010-0194, 80 FR 5935, Feb. 4, 2015]