Sec. 73.3542  Application for emergency authorization.

    (a) Authority may be granted, on a temporary basis, in extraordinary 
circumstances requiring emergency operation to serve the public 
interest. such situations include: emergencies involving danger to life 
and property; a national emergency proclaimed by the President or the 
Congress of the U.S.A and; the continuance of any war in which the 
United States is engaged, and where such action is necessary for the 
national defense or security or otherwise in furtherance of the war 
effort.
    (1) An informal application may be used. The FCC may grant such 
construction permits, station licenses, modifications or renewals 
thereof, without the filing of a formal application.
    (2) No authorization so granted shall continue to be effective 
beyond the period of the emergency or war requiring it.
    (3) Each individual request submitted under the provisions of this 
paragraph shall contain, as a minimum requirement, the following 
information:
    (i) Name and address of applicant.
    (ii) Location of proposed installation or operation.
    (iii) Official call letters of any valid station authorization 
already held by applicant and the station location.
    (iv) Type of service desired (not required for renewal or 
modification unless class of station is to be modified).
    (v) Frequency assignment, authorized transmitter power(s), 
authorized class(es) of emission desired (not required for renewal; 
required for modification only to the extent such information may be 
involved).
    (vi) Equipment to be used, specifying the manufacturer and type or 
model number (not required for renewal; required for modification only 
to the extent such information may be involved).
    (vii) Statements to the extent necessary for the FCC to determine 
whether or not the granting of the desired authorization will be in 
accordance with the citizenship eligibility requirements of section 310 
of the Cummunications Act.
    (viii) Statement of facts which, in the opinion of the applicant, 
constitute an emergency to be found by the FCC for the purpose of this 
section. This statement must also include the estimated duration of the 
emergency and if during an emergency or war declared by the President or 
Congress, why such action, without formal application, is necessary for 
the national defense or security or in furtherance of the war effort.
    (b) Emergency operating authority issued under this section may be 
cancelled or modified by the FCC without

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prior notice or right to hearing. See also Sec. 73.1250, Broadcasting 
Emergency Information, for situations in which emergency operation may 
be conducted without prior authorization, and Sec. 73.1635, Special 
Temporary Authorization (STA), for temporary operating authorizations 
necessitated by circumstances not within the ambit of its section.

[ 50 FR 30948 , July 31, 1985]