# Amendment of the Emergency Alert System
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-11 · Effective 2016-09-12 · 81 FR 53039
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18962
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 53039
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 11
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-11
- **Effective date:** 2016-09-12
- **FCC docket:** PS Docket No. 15-94
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) revises its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to add three new EAS event codes, covering extreme wind and storm surges, as well as revise the territorial boundaries of the geographic location codes for two offshore marine areas.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/11/2016-18962/amendment-of-the-emergency-alert-system)
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