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FCC 11.2
Revised as of October 2, 2015
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§ 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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