Sec.  80.302   Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service
involving a distress watch.

   (a) When changes occur in the operation of a public coast station which
   include discontinuance, relocation, reduction or suspension of a watch
   required to be maintained on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz, notification must be
   made by the licensee to the nearest district office of the U.S. Coast Guard
   as soon as practicable. The notification must include the estimated or known
   resumption time of the watch.

   (b) [Reserved]

   [ 68 FR 46967 , Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at  69 FR 64673 , Nov. 8, 2004]