[Federal Register: December 17, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 242)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 77174-77175]
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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.
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(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.
[FR Doc. 02-31712 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]
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