§ 11.56   Obligation to process CAP-formatted EAS messages.

   (a) On or by June 30, 2012, EAS Participants must have deployed operational
   equipment that is capable of the following:

   (1)  Acquiring  EAS  alert  messages in accordance with the monitoring
   requirements in § 11.52(d)(2);

   (2) Converting EAS alert messages that have been formatted pursuant to the
   Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
   Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.2 (July 1, 2010), and Common Alerting
   Protocol, v. 1.2 USA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Profile
   Version 1.0 (Oct. 13, 2009), into EAS alert messages that comply with the
   EAS Protocol, such that the Preamble and EAS Header Codes, audio Attention
   Signal, audio message, and Preamble and EAS End of Message (EOM) Codes of
   such messages are rendered equivalent to the EAS Protocol (set forth in
   § 11.31), in accordance with the technical specifications governing such
   conversion  process  set  forth in the EAS-CAP Industry Group's (ECIG)
   Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide, Version 1.0 (May 17,
   2010) (except that any and all specifications set forth therein related to
   gubernatorial “must carry” shall not be followed, and that EAS Participants
   may adhere to the specifications related to text-to-speech on a voluntary
   basis).

   (3) Processing such converted messages in accordance with the other sections
   of this part.

   (b) EAS Participants may comply with the requirements of this section by
   deploying an Intermediary Device. If an EAS Participant elects to meet the
   requirements of this section by deploying an Intermediary Device, it shall
   be required to construct visual messages from CAP-formatted EAS messages in
   accordance  with  § 3.6  of  the  “ECIG  Recommendations  for a CAP EAS
   Implementation  Guide,  Version  1.0”  (May 17, 2010), as set forth in
   § § 11.51(d), (g)(3), (h)(3), and (j)(2) of this part, on or by June 30, 2015.

   (c) The standards required in this section are incorporated by reference
   into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register
   under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. To enforce any edition other than
   that specified in this section, the Federal Communications Commission must
   publish notice of change in the Federal Register and the material must be
   available to the public. All approved material is available for inspection
   at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington,
   DC  (Reference  Information  Center) and is available from the sources
   indicated  below.  It is also available for inspection at the National
   Archives  and  Records  Administration  (NARA). For information on the
   availability  of  this  material  at  NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
   ations.html.

   (1) The following standard is available from the EAS-CAP Industry Group
   (ECIG),  21010  Southbank  Street,  #365, Sterling, VA 20165, or go to
   http://www.eas-cap.org.

   (i) “ECIG Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide, Version 1.0”
   (May 17, 2010).

   (ii) [Reserved]

   (2)  The  following  standards are available from Organization for the
   Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), 25 Corporate Drive,
   Suite  103,  Burlington,  MA  01803-4238,  call 781-425-5073, or go to
   http://www.oasis-open.org.

   (i) “Common Alerting Protocol Version 1.2” (July 1, 2010).

   (ii) “Common Alerting Protocol, v. 1.2 USA Integrated Public Alert and
   Warning System Profile Version 1.0” (Oct. 13, 2009).

   [ 77 FR 16706 , Mar. 22, 2012, as amended at  77 FR 26703 , May 7, 2012]

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Subpart E—Tests

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