# 33 CFR § 2.28: Contiguous zone

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.28

## Section

- **Citation:** 33 CFR § 2.28
- **Heading:** Contiguous zone
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL > PART 2—JURISDICTION > Subpart B—Jurisdictional Terms

## Text

(a) For the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), contiguous zone means the zone, 9 nautical miles wide, adjacent to and seaward of the territorial sea, as defined in § 2.22(a)(2), that was declared to exist in Department of State Public Notice 358 of June 1, 1972 and that extends from 3 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles as measured from the territorial sea baseline.
(b) For all other purposes, contiguous zone means all waters within the area adjacent to and seaward of the territorial sea, as defined in § 2.22(a), and extending to 24 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline, but in no case extending within the territorial sea of another nation, as declared in Presidential Proclamation 7219 of September 2, 1999 (113 Stat. 2138).

## Nearby sections

- [33 CFR § 2.1 § 2.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.1.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.5 § 2.5 Specific definitions control.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.5.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.20 § 2.20 Territorial sea baseline.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.20.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.22 § 2.22 Territorial sea.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.22.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.24 § 2.24 Internal waters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.24.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.26 § 2.26 Inland waters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.26.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.28 § 2.28 Contiguous zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.28.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.30 § 2.30 Exclusive Economic Zone.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.30.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.32 § 2.32 High seas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.32.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.34 § 2.34 Waters subject to tidal influence; waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide; mean high water.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.34.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.36 § 2.36 Navigable waters of the United States, navigable waters, and territorial waters.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.36.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.38 § 2.38 Waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; waters over which the United States has jurisdiction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.38.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.40 § 2.40 Maintenance of decisions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.40.md)
- [33 CFR § 2.45 § 2.45 Decisions subject to change or modification and availability of lists and charts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-33-2.45.md)

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