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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Northland Cable TV ) File No. EB-04-HU-
030
Operator of Cable Television System )
Brenham, Texas ) NOV No.
V20043254002
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: October
28, 2004
By the Resident Agent, Houston Office, Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued
pursuant to Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules,1 to
Northland Cable TV operator of a cable television system in
Brenham, Texas.
2. On October 27, 2004, an agent of the Commission's
Houston Office inspected the cable television system in
Brenham, Texas, and observed the following violation:
2.a. 47 C.F.R. § 76.605(a)(12): As an exception to
the general provision requiring measurements to
be made at subscriber terminals, and without
regard to the type of signals carriers by the
cable television system, signal leakage from a
cable television system shall be measured in
accordance with the procedures outlined in
§76.609(h) and shall be limited as follows:
Over 54 MHz, and less than and including 216
MHz - 20 micro-volts per meter measured at 3
meters. At the time of inspection signal
leakage was observed on the frequency of
133.2625 MHz as follows:
67 µV/m Gossler Street, near
rear of Trinity
Medical Center
building
106 1001 S. Jackson Street
µV/m
134 Corner of Burch and
µV/m Washington Streets
190 Pole feeding house at
µV/m 909 E. Stone Street
67 µV/m 1002 Harrington Street
92 µV/m Near corner of
Harrington and Haynes
Streets
74 µV/m Corner of Rucker and
Ewing Streets
127 Pole # 203 near corner
µV/m of Mary Gene and Sandy
Streets
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended,2 and Section 1.89 of the Commission's
Rules, Northland Cable TV 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 licensee with
personal knowledge of the matter. 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
Houston Office
9597 Jones Road, #362
Houston, Texas 77065
4. This Notice shall be sent to Northland Cable TV, 221 E.
Main Street, Brenham Texas, 77833.
5. The Privacy Act of 19743 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.4
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Stephen P. Lee
Resident Agent
Houston Office
_________________________
1 47 C.F.R. § 1.89.
2 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).
3 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).
4 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.