[EAS] EAS CAP NOV

[Adrienne Abbott]

Is this the first NOV for non-CAP compliance:

 

http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-317822A1.html

 

1.              On November 19, 2012, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau’s
San Diego Office inspected radio station KPRI located at 9710 Scranton Road,
Suite 200, San Diego, California, and observed the following violation:

 

a.              47 C.F.R. § 11.35(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 (CAP) 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.”  At the time of inspection, KPRI did not have records to indicate
their equipment was receiving tests formatted with the Common Alerting
Protocol (CAP).  Additionally, there were no records to determine the cause
of failure to receive the CAP tests.

 

 

 

Adrienne Abbott

Nevada EAS Chair

Nevada Broadcasters Association