Goto Section: 211.4 | 211.6 | Table of Contents
FCC 211.5
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 211.5 Priorities.
There are hereby established four levels of restoration priority.
Within each level, subpriorities may be established by the Executive
Agent, with the concurrence of the National Security Council, for both
government and nongovernment services. The subpriorities categories
currently in use, which have been established by the Executive Agent
will remain in effect until modified. Compatibility of subcategories
applicable to government and nongovernment users is essential to
achieve the objective of a single restoration priority system.
(a) Priority 1. Priority 1 shall be the highest level of restoration
priority, and shall be afforded only to Federal and Foreign Government
private line services, and to Industrial/Commercial services which are
designated for prearranged voluntary participation with the Federal
Government in a national emergency. Circuit requirements in this level
of priority shall be limited to those esential to national survival if
nuclear attack occurs for:
(1) Obtaining or disseminating critical intelligence concerning the
attack, or immediately necessary to maintain the internal security of
the United States;
(2) Conducting diplomatic negotiations critical to the arresting or
limiting of hostilities;
(3) Executing military command and control functions essential to
defense and retaliation;
(4) Giving warning to the U.S. population;
(5) Maintaining federal Government functions essential to national
survival under nuclear attack conditions.
(b) Priority 2. Priority 2 shall be the second highest level of
restoration priority, and shall be afforded only to Federal and Foreign
Government private line services, and to Industrial/Commercial services
which are designated for prearranged voluntary participation with the
Federal Government in a national emergency. Circuit requirements in
this level shall be limited to those essential, at a time when nuclear
attack threatens, to maintain an optimum defense posture and to give
civil alert to the U.S. population. These are circuit requirements
whose unavailability would present serious dangers:
(1) Reducing significantly the preparedness of U.S. defense and
retalitory forces;
(2) Affecting adversely the ability of the United States to conduct
critical preattack diplomatic negotiations to reduce or limit the
threat of war;
(3) Interfering with the effectual direction of the U.S. population in
the interest of civil defense and survival;
(4) Weakening U.S. capability to accomplish critical national internal
security functions;
(5) Inhibiting the provision of essential Federal Government functions
necessary to meet a preattack situation.
(c) Priority 3. Priority 3 shall be the third highest level of
restoration priority and shall be afforded to government,
quais-government, and Industrial/Commercial private line services:
Provided, however, That Priority 3 will be afforded circuits serving
Industrial/Commercial, State, county, municipal, and quasi-state and
local government agencies only where, during an emergency, at least one
station in the circuit (or in connected circuits if switched service is
involved) will be manned continually, or where such circuits are
automated and will be under constant surveillance from a remote
location. Circuit requirements in this level shall be limited to those
necessary for U.S. military defense and diplomacy, for law and order,
and for national health and safety in a national emergency involving
heightened possibility of hostilities. These are curcuit requirements
needed to:
(1) Insure performance of critical logistic functions, public utility
services, and administrative-military support functions;
(2) Inform key diplomatic posts of the situation and of U.S.
intentions;
(3) Secure and disseminate urgent intelligence;
(4) Distribute essential food and other supplies critical to health;
(5) Provide for critical damage control functions;
(6) Provide for hospitalization;
(7) Continue critical Government functions;
(8) Provide transportation for the foregoing activities.
(d) Priority 4. Priority shall be the fourth highest restoration
priority and shall be afforded to government, quasi-government, and
Industrial/Commercial private line services: Provided, however, That
Priority 4 will be afforded circuits serving Industrial/Commercial,
State, county, municipal, and quasi-state and local government agencies
only where, during an emergency, at least one station in the circuit
(or in connected circuits if switched service is involved) will be
manned continually, or where such circuits are automated and will be
under constant surveillance from a remote location. Circuit
requirements in this level shall be limited to those necessary for the
maintenance of the public welfare and the national economy in a
situation short of nuclear attack, or during reconstitution after
attack. These include circuit requirements needed to continue the more
important financial, economic, health, and safety activities of the
Nation.
Goto Section: 211.4 | 211.6
Goto Year: 2009 |
2011
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