Sec. 27.6  Service areas.

    WCS service areas are Major Economic Areas (MEAs) and Regional 
Economic Area Groupings (REAGs) as defined below. Both MEAs and REAGs 
are based on the U.S. Department of Commerce's 172 Economic Areas (EAs). 
See  60 FR 13114  (March 10, 1995). In addition, the Commission shall 
separately license Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico 
and the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of 
Mexico, which have been assigned Commission-created EA numbers 173-176, 
respectively. Maps of the EAs, MEAs, and REAGs and the Federal Register 
Notice that established the 172 EAs are available for public inspection 
and copying at the Commercial Wireless Division Public Reference Room, 
room 5608, 2025 M Street, NW, Washington, DC.

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    (a) The 52 MEAs are composed of one or more EAs and the 12 REAGs are 
composed of one or more MEAs, as defined in the table below:

                                                                        
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            REAGs                     MEAs                   EAs        
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1 (Northeast)...............  1 (Boston)..........  1-3.                
                              2 (New York City)...  4-7, 10.            
                              3 (Buffalo).........  8.                  
                              4 (Philadelphia)....  11-12.              
2 (Southeast)...............  5 (Washington)......  13-14.              
                              6 (Richmond)........  15-17, 20.          
                              7 (Charlotte-         18-19, 21-26, 41-42,
                               Greensboro-           46.                
                               Greenville-Raleigh).                     
                              8 (Atlanta).........  27-28, 37-40, 43.   
                              9 (Jacksonville)....  29, 35.             
                              10 (Tampa-St.         30, 33-34.          
                               Petersburg-Orlando).                     
                              11 (Miami)..........  31-32.              
3 (Great Lakes).............  12 (Pittsburgh).....  9, 52-53.           
                              13 (Cincinnati-       48-50.              
                               Dayton).                                 
                              14 (Columbus).......  51.                 
                              15 (Cleveland)......  54-55.              
                              16 (Detroit)........  56-58, 61-62.       
                              17 (Milwaukee)......  59-60, 63, 104-105, 
                                                     108.               
                              18 (Chicago)........  64-66, 68, 97, 101. 
                              19 (Indianapolis)...  67.                 
                              20 (Minneapolis-St.   106-107, 109-114,   
                               Paul).                116.               
                              21 (Des Moines-Quad   100, 102-103, 117.  
                               Cities).                                 
4 (Mississippi Valley)......  22 (Knoxville)......  44-45.              
                              23 (Louisville-       47, 69-70, 72.      
                               Lexington-                               
                               Evansville).                             
                              24 (Birmingham).....  36, 74, 78-79.      
                              25 (Nashville)......  71.                 
                              26 (Memphis-Jackson)  73, 75-77.          
                              27 (New Orleans-      80-85.              
                               Baton Rouge).                            
                              28 (Little Rock)....  90-92, 95.          
                              29 (Kansas City)....  93, 99, 123.        
                              30 (St. Louis)......  94, 96, 98.         
5 (Central).................  31 (Houston)........  86-87, 131.         
                              32 (Dallas-Fort       88-89, 127-130, 135,
                               Worth).               137-138.           
                              33 (Denver).........  115, 140-143.       
                              34 (Omaha)..........  118-121.            
                              35 (Wichita)........  122.                
                              36 (Tulsa)..........  124.                
                              37 (Oklahoma City)..  125-126.            
                              38 (San Antonio)....  132-134.            
                              39 (El Paso-          136, 139, 155-157.  
                               Albuquerque).                            
                              40 (Phoenix)........  154, 158-159.       
6 (West)....................  41 (Spokane-          144-147, 168.       
                               Billings).                               
                              42 (Salt Lake City).  148-150, 152.       
                              43 (San Francisco-    151, 162-165.       
                               Oakland-San Jose).                       
                              44 (Los Angeles-San   153, 160-161.       
                               Diego).                                  
                              45 (Portland).......  166-167.            
                              46 (Seattle)........  169-170.            
7 (Alaska)..................  47 (Alaska).........  171.                
8 (Hawaii)..................  48 (Hawaii).........  172.                
9 (Guam and the Northern      49 (Guam and the      173.                
 Mariana Islands).             Northern Mariana                         
                               Islands).                                
10 (Puerto Rico and U.S.      50 (Puerto Rico and   174.                
 Virgin Islands).              U.S. Virgin                              
                               Islands).                                
11 (American Samoa).........  51 (American Samoa).  175.                
12 (Gulf of Mexico).........  52 (Gulf of Mexico).  176.                
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    (b) The Gulf of Mexico EA extends from 12 nautical miles off the 
U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.

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