§ 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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