§ 27.1208   BTA service areas.

   Except for incumbent BRS licenses, BRS service areas are Basic Trading Areas
   (BTAs)  or  additional  service  areas  similar to BTAs adopted by the
   Commission. BTAs are based on the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas &
   Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39. The following are additional
   BRS  service  areas in places where Rand McNally has not defined BTAs:
   American Samoa; Guam; Gulf of Mexico Zone A; Gulf of Mexico Zone B; Gulf of
   Mexico Zone C; Northern Mariana Islands; Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto
   Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin Islands. The
   boundaries of Gulf of Mexico Zone A are from an area twelve nautical miles
   from the shoreline at mean high tide on the north and east, to the limit of
   the Outer Continental Shelf to the south, and to longitude 91°00′ to the
   west.  The boundaries of Gulf of Mexico Zone B are from an area twelve
   nautical miles from the shoreline at mean high tide on the north, to the
   limit of the Outer Continental Shelf to the south, to longitude 91°00′ to
   the east, and to longitude 94°00′ to the west. The boundaries of Gulf of
   Mexico Zone C are from an area twelve nautical miles from the shoreline at
   mean high tide on the north and west, to longitude 94°00′ to the east, and
   to a line 281 kilometers from the reference point at Linares, N.L., Mexico
   on the southwest. The Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, PR, service area consists of
   the following municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Anasco, Arroyo, Cabo
   Rojo, Coamo, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya,
   Juana Diaz, Lajas, Las Marias, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Patillas,
   Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincón, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German,
   Santa Isabel, Villalba and Yauco. The San Juan service area consists of all
   other municipios in Puerto Rico.

   [ 69 FR 72034 , Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at  73 FR 26040 , May 8, 2008]

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