[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR11.41]

[Page 666]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 11--EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Organization
 
Sec. 11.41  Participation in EAS.


    (a) All broadcast stations and cable systems and wireless cable 
systems specified in Sec. 11.11 are categorized as Participating 
National (PN) sources unless authorized by the FCC to be a Non-
Participating (NN) sources.
    (b) A broadcast station and cable system and wireless cable system 
may submit a written request to the FCC asking to be a Non-Participating 
National (NN) source. The FCC may then issue a Non-participating 
National Authorization letter. NN sources must go off the air during a 
national EAS activation after transmitting specified information.
    (1) A station or system that is a Non-participating National (NN) 
source under Sec. 11.18(f) that wants to become a Participating National 
(PN) source in the national level EAS must submit a written request to 
the FCC.
    (2) NN sources may voluntarily participate in the State and Local 
Area EAS. Participation is at the discretion of broadcast station and 
cable system and wireless cable system management and should comply with 
State and Local Area EAS Plans.
    (c) All sources, including NN, must have immediate access to an 
Operating Handbook. They should contact the FCC to ensure that they are 
on the FCC EAS mailing list.

[63 FR 29664, June 1, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 21658, Apr. 24, 2000]