Sec.  11.41   Participation in EAS.

   (a)  All  EAS  Participants  specified  in   Sec. 11.11  are categorized as
   Participating National (PN) sources unless authorized by the FCC to be
   Non-Participating (NN) sources.

   (b) An EAS Participant may submit a written request to the FCC asking to be
   an  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) An EAS Participant that is an NN source under  Sec. 11.18(f) that wants to
   become a 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 EAS Participant management and should
   comply with State and Local Area EAS Plans.

   (c)  All  sources,  including NN, must have immediate access to an EAS
   Operating Handbook.

   [ 70 FR 71034 , Nov. 25, 2005]