---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.553"
title: "47"
number: "80.553"
heading: "Supplemental eligibility requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.553"
---

# §80.553. Supplemental eligibility requirements.


An applicant for an operational fixed station must certify that:

- (a) The applicant is the licensee of a coast station;
- (b) **Other suitable telecommunications facilities are not available to satisfy coast station requirements.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 68956, Dec. 14, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 68956, Dec. 14, 1998]