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60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. and subtitle C, title II, Pub. L. 102-587, 106 Stat. 5055.
64 FR 66570, Nov. 29, 1999, unless otherwise noted.
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Nomenclature changes to part 922 appear at 62 FR 3789, Jan. 27, 1997 and at 62 FR 67724, Dec. 30, 1997.
(a) Except for excluded areas described in paragraph (b) of this section, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary encompasses approximately 1,032 square nautical miles (nmi2) (1,366 sq. mi.), and consists of the submerged lands and waters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands seaward from the shoreline, cutting across the mouths of rivers and streams:
(1) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Kailiu Point eastward to Mokolea Point, Kauai;
(2) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Puaena Point eastward to Mahie Point, and from the Kapahulu Groin in Waikiki eastward to Makapuu Point, Oahu;
(3) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Cape Halawa, Molokai, south and westward to Ilio Point, Molokai; southwestward to include Penguin Banks; eastward along the east side of Lanai; to the waters seaward of the three nautical mile limit north of Kahoolawe, to the Hanamanoia Lighthouse on Maui, and northward along the shoreline to Lipoa Point, Maui;
(4) To the deep water area of Pailolo Channel from Cape Halawa, Molokai, to Lipoa Point, Maui, and southward;
(5) To the 100-fathom (183 meter) isobath from Upolu Point southward to Keahole Point, Hawaii.
(b) Excluded from the Sanctuary boundary are the following commercial ports and small boat harbors:
Kawaihae Boat Harbor & Small Boat Basin
Kaumalapau Harbor, Manele Harbor
Lahaina Boat Harbor
Maalaea Boat Harbor
Hale o Lono Harbor
Kaunakakai Harbor
Kuapa Pond (Hawaii Kai)
(c) The coordinates of the lateral extents of each boundary area within the Sanctuary boundary appear in appendix A of this subpart Q.
[64 FR 66570, Nov. 29, 1999, as amended at 88 FR 970, Jan. 6, 2023]