[EAS] ETRS Reporting

[Mike McCarthy]

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EAS Participants,

Please read the following important information on filing ETRS Forms Two
and Three.

General Information

All EAS Participants are reminded that Form Two and Form Three must be
filed by either (1) the same entity that filed Form One, or (2) a
coordinator for the EAS Participant.

To maximize the resources available to process Form Two filings, we
recommend that EAS Participants file Form Two in accordance with the
following schedule:

Facilities in Eastern Time Zone - 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm EDT
Facilities in Central Time Zone - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EDT (4:00 pm to 6:00
pm CDT)

Facilities in Mountain Time Zone - 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm to 6:00
pm MDT)

Facilities in Pacific Time Zone - 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm EDT (5:00 pm to 6:30
pm PDT)

Facilities in all other time zones - 9:30 pm to 11:59 pm EDT

If you cannot file for your facilities at the recommended time, you may
file at any other time.  Relatedly, we urge all EAS Participants to submit
Form Three no earlier than September 29.

How to file Forms Two or Three using the online forms

You can file Forms Two and Three for a facility by visiting the record for
that facility.  You can access that record by taking the following steps:

Click on the Records tab.
Click on EAS Test Records.
Click on one of your records.
Click on the Submit Form Two or Submit Form Three button in the top-right
corner of the page.

Complete and submit the form.

Repeat these steps for each of your facilities.

How to file Forms Two or Three via batch filing

ETRS will generate a spreadsheet template that pre-populates your Form One
data and report code numbers.  You can use this template to batch file
Forms Two and Three.  You can download this template by taking the
following steps:

Click on the Reports tab
Click on EAS Tests.
Type in the name of your EAS Participant in the appropriate field.
Click on the green "Search" button.

Confirm that the records that appear are the ones for which you want to file.

Click on the green "Email Data in Excel" button.

After some processing time, you will receive an e-mail with an attached
zip file that includes your spreadsheet.  You can also visit the Tasks tab
to download your spreadsheet.  We strongly urge you to download this
template prior to the nationwide test.

Complete your spreadsheet for Form Two (columns AB and AC) or Form Three
(all remaining columns).  As with Form One, please be sure to enable
macros on and use the dropdown menus where provided.

You may upload the spreadsheet by navigating to the Submit New Batch
Filing option under the Actions tab.  Be sure to select the correct Form
number.  After you click Submit, ETRS will begin to process your
spreadsheet.  This may take several minutes.  As processing completes, you
will receive an e-mail indicating that a new Task has been created in
ETRS.  If your filing is successful, you will also receive a second e-mail
with the subject line "ETRS Notification Report" that includes a .zip
file.

If you do not receive an e-mail that includes a .zip file, your batch
filing spreadsheet needs further modifications before it can be filed. 
Click on the "Tasks" tab in ETRS, then click on the most recent batch
filing task.  You will be presented with a list of changes that must be
made to your spreadsheet.  Please make those changes and try again.  If
you get stuck at any point, please e-mail our staff at ETRS at fcc.gov.

Best,

The ETRS team

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