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FCC 80.15
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 80.15 Eligibility for station license.
(a) General. A station license cannot be granted to or held by a foreign
government or its representative.
(b) Public coast stations and Alaska-public fixed stations. A station
license for a public coast station or an Alaska-public fixed station cannot
be granted to or held by:
(1) Any alien or the representative of any alien;
(2) Any foreign government or its representative;
(3) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government;
(4) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is
owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign
government or its representative, or by a corporation organized under the
laws of a foreign country; or
(5) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other
corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned of
record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government
or its representatives, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a
foreign country, if the Commission finds that the public interest will be
served by the refusal or revocation of such license.
(c) Private coast and marine utility stations. The supplemental eligibility
requirements for private coast and marine utility stations are contained in
Sec. 80.501(a).
(d) Ship stations. A ship station license may only be granted to:
(1) The owner or operator of the vessel;
(2) A subsidiary communications corporation of the owner or operator of the
vessel;
(3) A State or local government subdivision; or
(e) EPIRB stations. (1) Class A or Class B EPIRB stations will be authorized
for use on board the following types of vessels until December 31, 2006:
(i) Vessels authorized to carry survival craft; or
(ii) Vessels expected to travel in waters beyond the range of marine VHF
distress coverage which is generally considered to be more than 32
kilometers (approximately 20 miles) offshore; or
(iii) Vessels required to be fitted with EPIRB's to comply with U.S. Coast
Guard regulations.
(2) A 406.0–406.1 MHz EPIRB may be used by any ship required to carry an
EPIRB pursuant to 46 CFR subpart 25.26 or 46 CFR 28.150, 117.64, 117.200,
133.60, 180.64, 180.200, 180.204, 180.205, or 199.510, or by any ship that
is equipped with a VHF ship radio station. An INMARSAT–E EPIRB may be used
by any ship required by these U.S. Coast Guard regulations to carry an EPIRB
or by any ship that is equipped with a VHF radio station, provided that the
ship is not operating in sea area A4 as defined in Sec. 80.1069(a)(4).
Note to paragraph(e)(2): Service to INMARSAT–E EPIRB stations terminated on
December 1, 2006, so distress signals from INMARSAT–E EPIRB stations will
not be received by any Rescue Coordination Center.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 37308 , Sept. 26, 1988; 58 FR 33344 , June 17, 1993; 61 FR 55581 , Oct. 28, 1996; 68 FR 46960 , Aug. 7,
2003; 69 FR 64671 , Nov. 8, 2004; 73 FR 4480 , Jan. 25, 2008]
Goto Section: 80.13 | 80.17
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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