Federal Communications Commission § 11.2 part 10 that include a vibration ca- Subpart D—Emergency Operations dence capability that meets the re- quirements of this section. 11.51 EAS code and Attention Signal Trans- mission requirements. (a) The vibration cadence must have 11.52 EAS code and Attention Signal Moni- a temporal pattern of one long vibra- toring requirements. tion of two (2) seconds, followed by two 11.53 Dissemination of Emergency Action short vibrations of one (1) second each, Notification. with a half (0.5) second interval be- 11.54 EAS operation during a National tween each vibration. The entire se- Level emergency. quence must be repeated twice with a 11.55 EAS operation during a State or Local half (0.5) second interval between each Area emergency. repetition. 11.56 EAS Participants receive CAP-for- matted alerts. (b) The vibration cadence must be re- stricted to use for Alert Messages Subpart E—Tests under part 10. (c) A device may include the capa- 11.61 Tests of EAS procedures. bility to mute the vibration cadence. AUTHORITY: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154 (i) and (o), 303(r), 544(g) and 606. § 10.540 Attestation requirement. [Re- served] SOURCE: 59 FR 67092, Dec. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted. PART 11—EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) Subpart A—General § 11.1 Purpose. Subpart A—General This part contains rules and regula- Sec. tions providing for an Emergency Alert 11.1 Purpose. System (EAS). The EAS provides the 11.2 Definitions. 11.11 The Emergency Alert System (EAS). President with the capability to pro- 11.12 Two-tone Attention Signal encoder vide immediate communications and and decoder. information to the general public at 11.13 Emergency Action Notification (EAN) the National, State and Local Area lev- and Emergency Action Termination els during periods of national emer- (EAT). gency. The rules in this part describe 11.14 Primary Entry Point (PEP) System. the required technical standards and 11.15 EAS Operating Handbook. 11.16 National Control Point Procedures. operational procedures of the EAS for 11.18 EAS Designations. analog AM, FM, and TV broadcast sta- 11.19 EAS Non-participating National Au- tions, digital broadcast stations, ana- thorization Letter. log cable systems, digital cable sys- 11.20 State Relay Network. tems, wireline video systems, wireless 11.21 State and Local Area plans and FCC cable systems, Direct Broadcast Sat- Mapbook. ellite (DBS) services, Satellite Digital Subpart B—Equipment Requirements Audio Radio Service (SDARS), and other participating entities. The EAS 11.31 EAS protocol. may be used to provide the heads of 11.32 EAS Encoder. State and local government, or their 11.33 EAS Decoder. designated representatives, with a 11.34 Acceptability of the equipment. 11.35 Equipment operational readiness. means of emergency communication with the public in their State or Local Subpart C—Organization Area. 11.41 Participation in EAS. [72 FR 62132, Nov. 2, 2007] 11.42 Participation by communications common carriers. § 11.2 Definitions. 11.43 National level participation. The definitions of terms used in part 11.44 EAS message priorities. 11 are: 11.45 Prohibition of false or deceptive EAS transmissions. (a) Primary Entry Point (PEP) System. 11.46 EAS public service announcements. The PEP system is a nationwide net- 11.47 Optional use of other communications work of broadcast stations and other methods and systems. entities connected with government 717 VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:41 Dec 08, 2009 Jkt 217200 PO 00000 Frm 00727 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\217200.XXX 217200 cprice-sewell on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with CFR § 11.11 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–09 Edition) activation points. It is used to dis- § 11.11 The Emergency Alert System tribute the EAN, EAT, and EAS na- (EAS). tional test messages and other EAS (a) The EAS is composed of analog messages. FEMA has designated 34 of radio broadcast stations including AM, the nation’s largest radio broadcast FM, and Low-power FM (LPFM) sta- stations as PEPs. The PEPs are des- tions; digital audio broadcasting (DAB) ignated to receive the Presidential stations, including digital AM, FM, and alert from FEMA and distribute it to Low-power FM stations; analog tele- local stations. vision broadcast stations including (b) Local Primary One (LP–1). The LP– Class A television (CA) and Low-power 1 is a radio station that acts as a key TV (LPTV) stations; digital television EAS monitoring source. Each LP–1 sta- (DTV) broadcast stations, including tion must monitor its regional PEP digital CA and digital LPTV stations; station and a back-up source for Presi- analog cable systems; digital cable sys- dential messages. tems which are defined for purposes of (c) EAS Participants. Entities required this part only as the portion of a cable under the Commission’s rules to com- system that delivers channels in dig- ital format to subscribers at the input ply with EAS rules, e.g., analog radio of a Unidirectional Digital Cable Prod- and television stations, and wired and uct or other navigation device; wireline wireless cable television systems, DBS, video systems; wireless cable systems DTV, SDARS, digital cable and DAB, which may consist of Broadband Radio and wireline video systems. Service (BRS), or Educational (d) Wireline Video System. The system Broadband Service (EBS) stations; DBS of a wireline common carrier used to services, as defined in 47 CFR 25.701(a) provide video programming service. (including certain Ku-band Fixed-Sat- (e) Participating National (PN). PN ellite Service Direct to Home pro- stations are broadcast stations that viders); SDARS, as defined in 47 CFR transmit EAS National, state, or local 25.201; participating broadcast net- EAS messages to the public. works, cable networks and program (f) National Primary (NP). Stations suppliers; and other entities and indus- that are the primary entry point for tries operating on an organized basis Presidential messages delivered by during emergencies at the National, FEMA. These stations are responsible State and local levels. These entities for broadcasting a Presidential alert to are referred to collectively as EAS Par- the public and to State Primary sta- ticipants in this part, and are subject tions within their broadcast range. to this part, except as otherwise pro- (g) State Primary (SP). Stations that vided herein. At a minimum EAS Par- are the entry point for State messages, ticipants must use a common EAS pro- which can originate from the Governor tocol, as defined in § 11.31, to send and receive emergency alerts in accordance or a designated representative. with the effective dates listed above [72 FR 62132, Nov. 2, 2007] and in the following tables: 718 VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:41 Dec 08, 2009 Jkt 217200 PO 00000 Frm 00728 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\217200.XXX 217200 cprice-sewell on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with CFR cprice-sewell on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with CFR VerDate Nov<24>2008 14:41 Dec 08,2009 Jkt217200 PO00000 Frm00729 Fmt8010 Sfmt8010 Y:\SGML\217200.XXX 217200 Federal CommunicationsCommission § 11.11 ANALOG AND DIGITAL BROADCAST STATIONS EAS equipment requirement AM & FM Digital AM TV DTV FM class D 1 LPTV 2 LPFM 3 class A & FM TV 4 Two-tone encoder 5 ..................... Y 6 Y 12/31/06 Y Y 12/31/06 N N N Y EAS decoder ............................... Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 Y 1/1/97 Y 1/1/97 Y Y EAS encoder ............................... Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 N N N Y Audio message ........................... Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 Y 1/1/97 Y 1/1/97 Y Y Video message ........................... N/A N/A Y 1/1/97 Y 12/31/06 N/A Y 1/1/97 N/A Y 1 Effective December 31, 2006, digital FM Class D stations have the same requirements. 2 LPTV stations that operate as television broadcast translator stations are exempt from the requirement to have EAS equipment. Effective December 31, 2006, digital LPTV stations have the same requirements. 3 LPFM stations must install a decoder within one year after the FCC publishes in the Federal Register a public notice indicating that at least one decoder has been certified by the FCC. Effective December 31, 2006, digital LPFM stations have the same requirements. 4 Effective December 31, 2006, digital Class A TV stations have the same requirements. 5 Effective July 1, 1995, the two-tone signal must be 8–25 seconds. 6 Effective January 1, 1998, the two-tone signal may only be used to provide audio alerts to audiences before EAS emergency messages and the required monthly tests. 719 § 11.11 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–09 Edition) ANALOG CABLE SYSTEMS grammed channels including the re- quired testing by October 1, 2002, or [A. Analog cable systems serving comply with the following EAS re- fewer than 5,000 subscribers from a headend must either provide the Na- quirements. All other analog cable sys- tional level EAS message on all pro- tems must comply with B.] SYSTEM SIZE AND EFFECTIVE DATES ≥5,000 but < ≥ B. EAS equipment requirement 10,000 sub- 10,000 sub- <5,000 scribers scribers subscribers Two-tone signal from storage device 1 .............................................................. Y 12/31/98 Y 10/1/02 Y 10/1/02 EAS decoder 3 ................................................................................................... Y 12/31/98 Y 10/1/02 Y 10/1/02 EAS encoder 2 ................................................................................................... Y 12/31/98 Y 10/1/02 Y 10/1/02 Audio and Video EAS Message on all channels .............................................. Y 12/31/98 Y 10/1/02 N Video interrupt and audio alert message on all channels, 3 Audio and Video N N Y 10/1/02 EAS message on at least one channel.