§  11.2   Definitions.

   The definitions of terms used in part 11 are:

   (a) Emergency Action Notification (EAN). The Emergency Action
   Notification is the notice to all EAS Participants and to the general
   public that the EAS has been activated for a national emergency. EAN
   messages that are formatted in the EAS Protocol (specified in §  11.31)
   are sent from a government origination point to broadcast stations and
   other entities participating in the PEP system, and are subsequently
   disseminated via EAS Participants. Dissemination arrangements for EAN
   messages that are formatted in the EAS Protocol (specified in §  11.31)
   at the State and local levels are specified in the State and Local Area
   plans (defined at §  11.21). A national activation of the EAS for a
   Presidential message with the Event code EAN as specified in §  11.31
   must take priority over any other message and preempt it if it is in
   progress.

   (b) Primary Entry Point (PEP) System. The PEP system is a nationwide
   network of broadcast stations and other entities connected with
   government activation points. It is used to distribute EAS messages
   that are formatted in the EAS Protocol (specified in §  11.31),
   including the EAN and EAS national test messages. FEMA has designated
   some of the nation's largest radio broadcast stations as PEPs. The PEPs
   are designated to receive the Presidential alert from FEMA and
   distribute it to local stations.

   (c) Local Primary One (LP-1). The LP-1 is a radio or TV station that
   acts as a key EAS monitoring source. Each LP-1 station must monitor its
   regional PEP station and a back-up source for Presidential messages.

   (d) EAS Participants. Entities required under the Commission's rules to
   comply with EAS rules, e.g., analog radio and television stations, and
   wired and wireless cable television systems, DBS, DTV, SDARS, digital
   cable and DAB, and wireline video systems.

   (e) Wireline Video System. The system of a wireline common carrier used
   to provide video programming service.

   (f) Participating National (PN). PN stations are broadcast stations
   that transmit EAS National, state, or local EAS messages to the public.

   (g) National Primary (NP). Stations that are the primary entry point
   for Presidential messages delivered by FEMA. These stations are
   responsible for broadcasting a Presidential alert to the public and to
   State Primary stations within their broadcast range.

   (h) State Primary (SP). Stations that are the entry point for State
   messages, which can originate from the Governor or a designated
   representative.

   (i) Intermediary Device. An intermediary device is a stand-alone device
   that carries out the functions of monitoring for, receiving and/or
   acquiring, and decoding EAS messages formatted in the Common Alerting
   Protocol (CAP) in accordance with §  11.56, and converting such
   messages into a format that can be inputted into a separate EAS
   decoder, EAS encoder, or unit combining such decoder and encoder
   functions, so that the EAS message outputted by such separate EAS
   decoder, EAS encoder, or unit combining such decoder and encoder
   functions, and all other functions attendant to processing such EAS
   message, comply with the requirements in this part.

   [ 77 FR 16698 , Mar. 22, 2012]

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