§  11.41   Participation in EAS.

   (a) All EAS Participants specified in § 11.11 are categorized as
   Participating National (PN) sources unless authorized by the FCC to be
   Non-Participating (NN) sources.

   (b) An EAS Participant may submit a written request to the FCC asking
   to be an 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) An EAS Participant that is an NN source under § 11.18(f) that wants
   to become a 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 EAS Participant management
   and should comply with State and Local Area EAS Plans.

   (c) All sources, including NN, must have immediate access to an EAS
   Operating Handbook.

   [ 70 FR 71034 , Nov. 25, 2005]