TITLE 47 - TELECOMMUNICATION

CHAPTER I - FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL

PART 11 - EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)

subpart c - ORGANIZATION

11.41 - Participation in EAS.

Link to an amendment published at 70 FR 71034, Nov. 25, 2005.

  (a) All broadcast stations and cable systems and wireless cable systems specified in 11.11 are categorized as Participating National (PN) sources unless authorized by the FCC to be a Non-Participating (NN) sources.

  (b) A broadcast station and cable system and wireless cable system may submit a written request to the FCC asking to be a Non-Participating National (NN) source. The FCC may then issue a Non-participating National Authorization letter. NN sources must go off the air during a national EAS activation after transmitting specified information.

  (1) A station or system that is a Non-participating National (NN) source under 11.18(f) that wants to become a Participating National (PN) source in the national level EAS must submit a written request to the FCC.

  (2) NN sources may voluntarily participate in the State and Local Area EAS. Participation is at the discretion of broadcast station and cable system and wireless cable system management and should comply with State and Local Area EAS Plans.

  (c) All sources, including NN, must have immediate access to an Operating Handbook. They should contact the FCC to ensure that they are on the FCC EAS mailing list.

[63 FR 29664, June 1, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 21658, Apr. 24, 2000]