§ 11.2   Definitions.

   The definitions of terms used in part 11 are:

   (a) Emergency Action Notification (EAN). The Emergency Action Notification
   is the notice to all EAS Participants and to the general public that the EAS
   has been activated for a national emergency. EAN messages that are formatted
   in  the  EAS Protocol (specified in § 11.31) are sent from a government
   origination point to broadcast stations and other entities participating in
   the PEP system, and are subsequently disseminated via EAS Participants.
   Dissemination arrangements for EAN messages that are formatted in the EAS
   Protocol (specified in § 11.31) at the State and local levels are specified
   in the State and Local Area plans (defined at § 11.21). A national activation
   of the EAS for a Presidential message with the Event code EAN as specified
   in § 11.31 must take priority over any other message and preempt it if it is
   in progress.

   (b) Primary Entry Point (PEP) System. The PEP system is a nationwide network
   of  broadcast  stations  and  other entities connected with government
   activation points. It is used to distribute EAS messages that are formatted
   in  the  EAS Protocol (specified in § 11.31), including the EAN and EAS
   national test messages. FEMA has designated some of the nation's largest
   radio broadcast stations as PEPs. The PEPs are designated to receive the
   Presidential alert from FEMA and distribute it to local stations.

   (c) Local Primary One (LP-1). The LP-1 is a radio or TV station that acts as
   a key EAS monitoring source. Each LP-1 station must monitor its regional PEP
   station and a back-up source for Presidential messages.

   (d) EAS Participants. Entities required under the Commission's rules to
   comply with EAS rules, e.g., analog radio and television stations, and wired
   and wireless cable television systems, DBS, DTV, SDARS, digital cable and
   DAB, and wireline video systems.

   (e) Wireline Video System. The system of a wireline common carrier used to
   provide video programming service.

   (f) Participating National (PN). PN stations are broadcast stations that
   transmit EAS National, state, or local EAS messages to the public.

   (g) National Primary (NP). Stations that are the primary entry point for
   Presidential messages delivered by FEMA. These stations are responsible for
   broadcasting  a  Presidential alert to the public and to State Primary
   stations within their broadcast range.

   (h)  State  Primary  (SP). Stations that are the entry point for State
   messages,  which  can  originate  from  the  Governor  or a designated
   representative.

   (i) Intermediary Device. An intermediary device is a stand-alone device that
   carries out the functions of monitoring for, receiving and/or acquiring, and
   decoding EAS messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in
   accordance with § 11.56, and converting such messages into a format that can
   be inputted into a separate EAS decoder, EAS encoder, or unit combining such
   decoder and encoder functions, so that the EAS message outputted by such
   separate  EAS decoder, EAS encoder, or unit combining such decoder and
   encoder functions, and all other functions attendant to processing such EAS
   message, comply with the requirements in this part.

   [ 77 FR 16698 , Mar. 22, 2012]

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