Sec. 80.149  Answer to notice of violation.

    (a) Any person receiving official notice of violation of the terms 
of the Communications Act, any legislative act, executive order, treaty 
to which the United States is a party, terms of a station or operator 
license, or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications 
Commission must within 10 days from such receipt, send a written answer, 
in duplicate, to the office of the Commission originating the official 
notice. If an answer cannot be sent or an acknowledgment made within 
such 10-day period by reason of illness or other unavoidable 
circumstances, acknowledgment and answer must be made at the earliest 
practicable date with a satisfactory explanation of the delay. The 
answer to each notice must be complete in itself and must not be 
abbreviated by references to other

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communications or answers to other notices. The answer must contain a 
full explanation of the incident involved and must set forth the action 
taken to prevent a continuation or recurrence. If the notice relates to 
lack of attention to or improper operation of the station or to log or 
watch discrepancies, the answer must give the name and license number of 
the licensed operator on duty.
    (b) When an official notice of violation, impending violation, or 
discrepancy, pertaining to any provision of Part II of Title III of the 
Communications Act or the radio provisions of the Safety Convention, is 
served upon the master or person responsible for a vessel and any 
instructions appearing on such document issued by a representative of 
the Commission are at variance with the content of paragraph (a) of this 
section, the instructions issued by the Commission's representative 
supersede those set forth in paragraph (a) of this section.

                    Subpart D--Operator Requirements