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FCC 11.35
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 11.35 Equipment operational readiness.
(a) EAS Participants are responsible for ensuring that EAS Encoders, EAS
Decoders, Attention Signal generating and receiving equipment, and
Intermediate Devices used as part of the EAS to decode and/or encode
messages formatted in the EAS Protocol and/or the Common Alerting Protocol
are installed so that the monitoring and transmitting functions are
available during the times the stations and systems are in operation.
Additionally, EAS Participants must determine the cause of any failure to
receive the required tests or activations specified in § 11.61(a)(1) and (2).
Appropriate entries indicating reasons why any tests were not received must
be made in the broadcast station log as specified in § § 73.1820 and 73.1840
of this chapter for all broadcast streams and cable system records as
specified in § § 76.1700, 76.1708, and 76.1711 of this chapter. All other EAS
Participants must also keep records indicating reasons why any tests were
not received and these records must be retained for two years, maintained at
the EAS Participant's headquarters, and made available for public inspection
upon reasonable request.
(b) If an EAS Encoder, EAS Decoder or Intermediary Device used as part of
the EAS to decode and/or encode messages formatted in the EAS Protocol
and/or the Common Alerting Protocol becomes defective, the EAS Participant
may operate without the defective equipment pending its repair or
replacement for 60 days without further FCC authority. Entries shall be made
in the broadcast station log, cable system records, and records of other EAS
Participants, as specified in paragraph (a) of this section, showing the
date and time the equipment was removed and restored to service. For
personnel training purposes, the required monthly test script must still be
transmitted even though the equipment for generating the EAS message codes,
Attention Signal and EOM code is not functioning.
(c) If repair or replacement of defective equipment is not completed within
60 days, an informal request shall be submitted to the Regional Director of
the FCC field office serving the area in which the EAS Participant is
located, or in the case of DBS and SDARS providers to the Regional Director
of the FCC field office serving the area where their headquarters is
located, for additional time to repair the defective equipment. This request
must explain what steps have been taken to repair or replace the defective
equipment, the alternative procedures being used while the defective
equipment is out of service, and when the defective equipment will be
repaired or replaced.
[ 70 FR 71034 , Nov. 25, 2005, as amended at 77 FR 16704 , Mar. 22, 2012; 80 FR 53750 , Sept. 8, 2015]
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