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FCC 11.56
Revised as of October 2, 2015
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§ 11.56 Obligation to process CAP-formatted EAS messages.
(a) On or by June 30, 2012, EAS Participants must have deployed operational
equipment that is capable of the following:
(1) Acquiring EAS alert messages in accordance with the monitoring
requirements in § 11.52(d)(2);
(2) Converting EAS alert messages that have been formatted pursuant to the
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.2 (July 1, 2010), and Common Alerting
Protocol, v. 1.2 USA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Profile
Version 1.0 (Oct. 13, 2009), into EAS alert messages that comply with the
EAS Protocol, such that the Preamble and EAS Header Codes, audio Attention
Signal, audio message, and Preamble and EAS End of Message (EOM) Codes of
such messages are rendered equivalent to the EAS Protocol (set forth in
§ 11.31), in accordance with the technical specifications governing such
conversion process set forth in the EAS-CAP Industry Group's (ECIG)
Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide, Version 1.0 (May 17,
2010) (except that any and all specifications set forth therein related to
gubernatorial “must carry” shall not be followed, and that EAS Participants
may adhere to the specifications related to text-to-speech on a voluntary
basis).
(3) Processing such converted messages in accordance with the other sections
of this part.
(b) EAS Participants may comply with the requirements of this section by
deploying an Intermediary Device. If an EAS Participant elects to meet the
requirements of this section by deploying an Intermediary Device, it shall
be required to construct visual messages from CAP-formatted EAS messages in
accordance with § 3.6 of the “ECIG Recommendations for a CAP EAS
Implementation Guide, Version 1.0” (May 17, 2010), as set forth in
§ § 11.51(d), (g)(3), (h)(3), and (j)(2) of this part, on or by June 30, 2015.
(c) The standards required in this section are incorporated by reference
into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register
under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than
that specified in this section, the Federal Communications Commission must
publish notice of change in the Federal Register and the material must be
available to the public. All approved material is available for inspection
at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
DC (Reference Information Center) and is available from the sources
indicated below. It is also available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the
availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
ations.html.
(1) The following standard is available from the EAS-CAP Industry Group
(ECIG), 21010 Southbank Street, #365, Sterling, VA 20165, or go to
http://www.eas-cap.org.
(i) “ECIG Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide, Version 1.0”
(May 17, 2010).
(ii) [Reserved]
(2) The following standards are available from Organization for the
Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), 25 Corporate Drive,
Suite 103, Burlington, MA 01803-4238, call 781-425-5073, or go to
http://www.oasis-open.org.
(i) “Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.2” (July 1, 2010).
(ii) “Common Alerting Protocol, v. 1.2 USA Integrated Public Alert and
Warning System Profile Version 1.0” (Oct. 13, 2009).
[ 77 FR 16706 , Mar. 22, 2012, as amended at 77 FR 26703 , May 7, 2012]
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