Sec.  11.55   EAS operation during a State or Local Area emergency.

   

   (a) The EAS may be activated at the State and Local Area levels by
   broadcast stations, cable systems and wireless cable systems at their
   discretion for day-to-day emergency situations posing a threat to life
   and property. Examples of natural emergencies which may warrant
   activation are: tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, heavy
   snows, icing conditions, widespread fires, etc. Man-made emergencies
   may include: toxic gas leaks or liquid spills, widespread power
   failures, industrial explosions, and civil disorders.

   (b) EAS operations must be conducted as specified in State and Local
   Area EAS Plans. The plans must list all authorized entities
   participating in the State or Local Area EAS.

   (c) Immediately upon receipt of a State or Local Area EAS message,
   broadcast stations, cable systems and wireless cable systems
   participating in the State or Local Area EAS must do the following:

   (1) State Relay (SR) sources monitor the State Relay Network or follow
   the State EAS plan for instructions from the State Primary (SP)
   source.

   (2) Local Primary (LP) sources monitor the Local Area SR sources or
   follow the State EAS plan for instructions.

   (3) Participating National (PN) and Non-participating National (NN)
   sources monitor the Local Area LP sources for instructions.

   (4) Broadcast stations, cable systems and wireless cable systems
   participating in the State or Local Area EAS must discontinue normal
   programming and follow the procedures in the State and Local Area
   plans. Television stations must comply with Sec. 11.54(b)(5) and cable
   systems and wireless cable systems must comply with Sec. 11.54(b)(6).
   Broadcast stations providing foreign language programming shall comply
   with Sec. 11.54(b)(7).

   (5) Upon completion of the State or Local Area EAS transmission
   procedures, resume normal programming until receipt of the cue from
   the SR or LP sources in your Local Area. At that time begin
   transmitting the common emergency message received from the above
   sources.

   (6) Resume normal operations upon conclusion of the message.

   (7) The times of the above EAS actions must be entered in the
   broadcast station, cable system or wireless cable system records as
   specified in Sec. 11.54(b)(12).

   (8) Use of the EAS codes or Attention Signal automatically grants
   rebroadcast authority as specified in Sec. 11.54(d).

   [ 59 FR 67092 , Dec. 28, 1994, as amended at  63 FR 29666 , June 1, 1998;
    65 FR 21658 , Apr. 24, 2000;  67 FR 18511 , Apr. 16, 2002]

Subpart E--Tests