[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 19]
[Revised as of October 1, 1997]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR11]

[Page 584-601]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
           CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 11--EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)

                           Subpart A--General

Sec.
11.1  Purpose.
11.11  The Emergency Alert System (EAS).
11.12  Two-tone Attention Signal encoder and decoder.
11.13  Emergency Action Notification (EAN) and Emergency Action 
          Termination (EAT).
11.14  EAN Network and Primary Entry Point (PEP) System.
11.15  EAS Operating Handbook.
11.16  National Control Point Procedures.
11.17  Authenticator Word Lists.
11.18  EAS Designations.
11.19  EAS Non-participating National Authorization Letter.
11.20  State Relay Network.
11.21  State and Local Area Plans and FCC Mapbook.

                    Subpart B--Equipment Requirements

11.31  EAS protocol.
11.32  EAS Encoder.
11.33  EAS Decoder.
11.34  Acceptability of the equipment.
11.35  Equipment operational readiness.

                         Subpart C--Organization

11.41  Participation in EAS.
11.42  Participation by communications common carriers.
11.43  National level participation.
11.44  EAS message priorities.
11.45  Prohibition of false or deceptive EAS transmissions.
11.46  EAS public service announcements.
11.47  Optional use of other communications methods and systems.

                     Subpart D--Emergency Operations

11.51  EAS code and Attention Signal Transmission requirements.
11.52  EAS code and Attention Signal Monitoring requirements.
11.53  Dissemination of Emergency Action Notification.
11.54  EAS operation during a National Level emergency.
11.55  EAS operation during a State or Local Area emergency.

                            Subpart E--Tests

11.61  Tests of EAS procedures.
11.62  Closed Circuit Tests of National Level EAS facilities.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154 (i) and (o), 303(r), 544(g) and 606.

    Source: 59 FR 67092, Dec. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

                           Subpart A--General