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Federal Communications Commission FCC 02-64IA 19KS 20KY 21LA 22ME 23MD 24MA 25MI 26MN 27MS 28MO 29MT 30NE 31NV 32NH 33NH 33NJ 34NM 35NY 36NC 37ND 38OH 39OK 40OR 41PA 42RI 44SC 45SD 46TN 47TX 48UT 49VT 50VA 51WA 53WV 54WI 55WY 56Terr. FIPS#AS 60FM 64GU 66MH 68MH 68PR 72PW 70UM 74VI 7842
Federal Communications Commission FCC 02-64Offshore (Marine Areas) 1FIPS#Eastern North Pacific Ocean, and along U.S. West Coast 57from Canadian border to Mexican borderNorth Pacific Ocean near Alaska, and along Alaska coastline, 58including the Bering Sea and the Gulf of AlaskaCentral Pacific Ocean, including Hawaiian waters 59South Central Pacific Ocean, including American Samoa waters 61Western Pacific Ocean, including Mariana Island waters 65Western North Atlantic Ocean, and along U.S. East Coast, 73from Canadian border south to Currituck Beach Light, N.C.Western North Atlantic Ocean, and along U.S. East Coast, 75south of Currituck Beach Light, N.C., following the coastline intoGulf of Mexico to Bonita Beach, FL., including the CaribbeanGulf of Mexico, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast from the Mexican 77border to Bonita Beach, FL.Lake Superior 91Lake Michigan 92Lake Huron 93Lake St. Clair 94Lake Erie 96Lake Ontario 97St. Lawrence River above St. Regis 981 Effective [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER],broadcast stations, cable systems and wireless cable systems may upgrade their existing EAS equipmentto add these marine area location codes on a voluntary basis until the equipment is replaced. All modelsof EAS equipment manufactured after August 1, 2003 must be capable of receiving and transmittingthese marine area location codes. Broadcast stations, cable systems and wireless cable systems whichreplace their EAS equipment after February 1, 2004 must install equipment that is capable of receivingand transmitting these location codes.6. Section 11.33 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(3)(ii) and (a)(4) to read as follows:§ 11.33 EAS Decoder(a) * * *(3) ***(ii) Store at least ten preselected event and originator header codes, in addition to the sevenmandatory event/originator codes for tests and national activations, and store any preselected locationcodes for comparison with incoming header codes. A non-preselected header code that is manuallytransmitted must be stored for comparison with later incoming header codes. The header codes of thelast ten received valid messages which still have valid time periods must be stored for comparison withthe incoming valid header codes for later messages. These last received header codes will be deletedfrom storage as their valid time periods expire.(4) Display and logging. A visual message shall be developed from any valid header codes fortests and national activations and any preselected header codes received. The message shall include theOriginator, Event, Location, the valid time period of the message and the local time the message wastransmitted. The message shall be in the primary language of the broadcast station or cable system andbe fully displayed on the decoder and readable in normal light and darkness. All existing and newmodels of EAS decoders manufactured after August 1, 2003 must provide a means to permit the selective43
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