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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
National Response Corporation ) File No. EB-09-PA-0290
Licensee of Ship Radio Station WCC8505 )
Vessel LYNNE FRINK ) NOV No. V201032400017
USCG Doc. No. 621719 )
North Cape May, New Jersey )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: January 8, 2010
By the District Director, Northeast Region, Philadelphia Office,
Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to National Response Corporation,
licensee of ship radio station WCC8505 onboard vessel LYNNE FRINK in
North Cape May, New Jersey.
2. On December 18, 2009, in response to an interference complaint from
the United States Coast Guard, agents of the Commission's Philadelphia
Office used direction finding techniques to locate the source of
interference on the frequency 157.175 MHz. The agents inspected the
radio equipment aboard vessel LYNNE FRINK and observed the following
violation:
47 C.F.R. S: 80.89(a): "Stations must not engage in superfluous
radio-communication." The agents determined that a VHF transmitter aboard
the LYNNE FRINK was transmitting a continuous unmodulated carrier on
157.175 MHz (VHF Marine Channel 83a).
3. Pursuant to Sections 308(b) and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, National
Response Corporation must submit a written statement concerning this
matter within twenty (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 National Response Corporation. 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
Philadelphia Office
One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404
2300 East Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047
4. This Notice shall be sent to National Response Corporation 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
Gene J. Stanbro
District Director
Philadelphia Office
Northeast Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S:S: 308(b), 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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