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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Charter Communications ) File No. EB-09-LA-0119
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Cable System Operator )
Physical System )
ID # 005256 ) NOV No. V201032900003
Irwindale, California )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: November 12, 2009
By the District Director, Los Angeles Office, Western Region, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Charter Communications, operator of
a cable system in Irwindale, California.
2. On October 8, 2009, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Los Angeles
Office inspected the Charter Communications cable system located at
4781 Irwindale Avenue, and observed the following violation:
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 76.1700(a): "The operator of every cable television
system having 5000 or more subscribers shall maintain for public
inspection a file containing a copy of all records required to be
kept by S: 76.1701 (political file). . . . (b) The public inspection
file shall be maintained at the office which the system operator
maintains for the ordinary collection of subscriber charges,
resolution of subscriber complaints, and other business or at any
accessible place in the community served by the system unit(s) (such
as a public registry for documents or an attorney's office). The
public inspection file shall be available for the public inspection
at any time during regular business hours." At the time of the
inspection, the political file was being maintained at a different
address.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Charter Communications,
must submit a written statement concerning this matter within 20 days
of release of this Notice. The response must fully explain each
violation, must contain a statement of the specific action(s) taken to
correct each violation and preclude recurrence, and should include a
time line for completion of pending corrective action(s). The response
must be complete in itself and signed by a principal or officer of the
Charter Communications. All replies and documentation sent in response
to this Notice should be marked with the File No. and NOV No.
specified above, and mailed to the following address:
Federal Communications Commission
Los Angeles Office
18000 Studebaker, Ste 660
Cerritos, CA 90703
4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
Requested and regular mail to Charter Communications at its address of
record.
5. The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that we advise you that the
Commission will use all relevant material information before it,
including any information disclosed in your reply, to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure compliance. Any false
statement made knowingly and willfully in reply to this Notice is
punishable by fine or imprisonment under Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Nader Haghighat
District Director
Los Angeles District Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S: 403.
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.
Federal Communications Commission
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