[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 77174-77175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31712]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 11

[EB Docket No. 01-66]


Emergency Alert System

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
which were published in the Federal Register of Tuesday, April 16, 2002 
(67 FR 18502). The regulations related to the technical and operational 
requirements for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) contained in part 11 
of the rules.

DATES: Effective December 17, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Berthot, Enforcement Bureau, 
Technical and Public Safety Division, at (202) 418-7454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections 
revised the technical and operational requirements for the EAS. The 
revisions were intended to enhance the capabilities and performance of 
the EAS during state and local emergencies, thereby promoting public 
safety.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations inadvertently omitted the 
existing State and Territory FIPS number codes used in transmitting EAS 
messages.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 11

    Radio, Television

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.

    Accordingly, 47 CFR part 11 is corrected by making the following 
corrective amendments:

PART 11--EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)

    1. The authority citation for part 11 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and (o), 303(r), 544(g) and 
606.

    2. Section 11.31 is amended by revising paragraph (f) as follows:


Sec.  11.31  EAS Protocol.

* * * * *
    (f) The State, Territory and Offshore (Marine Area) FIPS number 
codes (SS) are as follows. County FIPS numbers (CCC) are contained in 
the State EAS Mapbook.

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                                                           FIPS
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State:
  AL.....................................................          01
  AK.....................................................          02
  AZ.....................................................          04
  AR.....................................................          05
  CA.....................................................          06
  CO.....................................................          08
  CT.....................................................          09
  DE.....................................................          10
  DC.....................................................          11
  FL.....................................................          12
  GA.....................................................          13
  HI.....................................................          15
  ID.....................................................          16
  IL.....................................................          17
  IN.....................................................          18
  IA.....................................................          19
  KS.....................................................          20
  KY.....................................................          21
  LA.....................................................          22
  ME.....................................................          23
  MD.....................................................          24
  MA.....................................................          25
  MI.....................................................          26
  MN.....................................................          27
  MS.....................................................          28

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  MO.....................................................          29
  MT.....................................................          30
  NE.....................................................          31
  NV.....................................................          32
  NH.....................................................          33
  NJ.....................................................          34
  NM.....................................................          35
  NY.....................................................          36
  NC.....................................................          37
  ND.....................................................          38
  OH.....................................................          39
  OK.....................................................          40
  OR.....................................................          41
  PA.....................................................          42
  RI.....................................................          44
  SC.....................................................          45
  SD.....................................................          46
  TN.....................................................          47
  TX.....................................................          48
  UT.....................................................          49
  VT.....................................................          50
  VA.....................................................          51
  WA.....................................................          53
  WV.....................................................          54
  WI.....................................................          55
  WY.....................................................          56
Terr.:
  AS.....................................................          60
  FM.....................................................          64
  GU.....................................................          66
  MH.....................................................          68
  MH.....................................................          68
  PR.....................................................          72
  PW.....................................................          70
  UM.....................................................          74
  VI.....................................................          78
Offshore (Marine Areas) \1\:
  Eastern North Pacific Ocean, and along U.S. West Coast           57
   from Canadian border to Mexican border................
  North Pacific Ocean near Alaska, and along Alaska                58
   coastline, including the Bering Sea and the Gulf of
   Alaska................................................
  Central Pacific Ocean, including Hawaiian waters.......          59
  South Central Pacific Ocean, including American Samoa            61
   waters................................................
  Western Pacific Ocean, including Mariana Island waters.          65
  Western North Atlantic Ocean, and along U.S. East                73
   Coast, from Canadian border south to Currituck Beach
   Light, N.C............................................
  Western North Atlantic Ocean, and along U.S. East                75
   Coast, south of Currituck Beach Light, N.C., following
   the coastline into Gulf of Mexico to Bonita Beach,
   FL., including the Caribbean..........................
  Gulf of Mexico, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast from the           77
   Mexican border to Bonita Beach, FL....................
  Lake Superior..........................................          91
  Lake Michigan..........................................          92
  Lake Huron.............................................          93
  Lake St. Clair.........................................          94
  Lake Erie..............................................          96
  Lake Ontario...........................................          97
  St. Lawrence River above St. Regis.....................         98
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\1\ Effective May 16, 2002, broadcast stations, cable systems and
  wireless cable systems may upgrade their existing EAS equipment to add
  these marine area location codes on a voluntary basis until the
  equipment is replaced. All models of EAS equipment manufactured after
  August 1, 2003, must be capable of receiving and transmitting these
  marine area location codes. Broadcast stations, cable systems and
  wireless cable systems which replace their EAS equipment after
  February 1, 2004, must install equipment that is capable of receiving
  and transmitting these location codes.

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