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 Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
 Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade
 Chapter IX - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 SubChapter B - Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
 Part 922 - National Marine Sanctuary Program Regulations
 Subpart L - Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

§ 922.120 - Boundary.  

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  • § 922.120 Boundary.

    Cross Reference
    Link to an amendment published at 87 FR 29634, May 13, 2022.
    Cross Reference
    This amendment was delayed until Sept. 26, 2022, at 87 FR 37728, June 24, 2022.
    Cross Reference
    This amendment was further delayed to Jan. 24, 2023 at 87 FR 56276, Sept. 14, 2022.

    The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (sanctuary) boundary encompasses a total area of approximately 121 square nautical miles (160.35 square miles) of offshore ocean waters, and submerged lands thereunder, along the continental shelf and shelf edge in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The entire sanctuary boundary is comprised of 19 unique polygons. The precise boundary coordinates for each polygon are listed in appendix A to this subpart.

    [86 FR 4953, Jan. 19, 2021]