Sec.  101.523   Service areas.

   (a) The service areas for 24 GHz are Economic Areas (EAs) as defined in this
   paragraph (a). The Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce,
   organized the 50 States and the District of Columbia into 172 EAs. See  60 FR 13114  (March 10, 1995). Additionally, there are four FCC-created EA-like
   areas:

   (1) Guam and Northern Mariana Islands;

   (2) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;

   (3) American Samoa, and

   (4) the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico EA extends from 12 nautical miles
   off the U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf. See  62 FR 9636  (March 3,
   1997), in which the Commission created an additional four economic area-like
   areas for a total of 176 EA service areas. Maps of the EAs and the Federal
   Register Notice that established the 172 Economic Areas (EAs) are available
   for public inspection and copying at the FCC Reference Center, Room CY
   A–257, 445 12th St., SW., Washington, DC 20554. These maps and data are also
   available on the FCC Web site at www.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/areas/.

   (b) Where an incumbent SMSA license area in the 24 GHz band occupies only a
   portion of an EA available for application under the competitive bidding
   rules, the SMSA portion will be excluded from auction and the incumbent
   licensee will retain the exclusive right to those channels within the SMSA.

   [ 65 FR 59360 , Oct. 5, 2000, as amended at  69 FR 44608 , July 27, 2004]