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                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Greene County Cable             )             File No.  EB-04-DT-
523
Cable TV System Operator        )
Community Unit MI0045           )             NOV             No. 
V20053236001
Benton Harbor, MI               )
                                )
Attention: Matthew Rainey       )


                       NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                             
                                       Released: November 2, 2004

By the District Director, Detroit Office, Northeast Region, 
Enforcement Bureau:

  1.      This  is  a  Notice  of  Violation  ("Notice")   issued 
     pursuant to  Section 1.89  of  the Commission's  Rules,1  to 
     Greene County  Cable, operator  of Cable  TV System  MI0045, 
     Benton Harbor, Michigan.

  2.      On October  22,  2004,  an agent  of  the  Commission's 
     Detroit Office  inspected  the  cable TV  system  in  Benton 
     Harbor, Michigan, and observed the following violation(s):

       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 carried  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 up  to and  including 
       216   MHz...20   micro-volt/meter   measured   at   3 
       meters...''   The agent  measured signal  leakage  on 
       121.2625 MHz in excess of the limits as follows:

               (signal level: µv/m)     Location
                            Pole     behind     931 
                175         Jennings in alley
                            Pole  behind 879  Ogden 
                 98         Avenue
                            Pole  behind 791  Ogden 
                100         Avenue
                            Pole   next   to    236 
                236         Empire
                            Pole   behind  1076   & 
                175         1068 Milton


  3.      Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 
     1934, as  amended,2 and  Section  1.89 of  the  Commission's 
     Rules, Greene County Cable  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  Greene 
     County  Cable.   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
                 Detroit Office
                 24897 Hathaway Street
                 Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1552

  4.      This Notice shall be sent  to Greene County Cable,  206 
     W. Main St., Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022-3612.

  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




                                James A. Bridgewater
                                District Director
                                Detroit Office
                                Northeast Region
                                Enforcement Bureau



cc: Greene County Cable, 2663 Farragut Drive, Springfield, Il 
72704

_________________________

147 C.F.R. § 1.89.

247 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.