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


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Charter Communications          )             File No.  EB-05-DT-
423
Cable TV System Operator        )
Community Unit MI0559           )             NOV             No. 
V20063236005
Leland, MI                      )
                                )
                                )


                       NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                             
                                       Released: November 3, 2005

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 
     Charter Communications, operator of  Cable TV System  MI0559 
     (PSID 005490) serving Leland, Michigan.

  2.      On August  23,  2005,  an  agent  of  the  Commission's 
     Detroit Office  inspected the  cable  TV system  in  Leland, 
     Michigan, and observed the following violation:

       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
         244        Pole in front of 411 South Lake 
                    Leelanau Drive, Lake Leelanau, MI
          91        Overhead cable on Union between 
                    Grand Avenue and 4th Street in 
                    Leland, MI


  3.      Pursuant to Section  403 of the  Communications Act  of 
     1934, as  amended,2 and  Section  1.89 of  the  Commission's 
     Rules,  Charter   Communications  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  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
                 Detroit Office
                 24897 Hathaway Street
                 Farmington Hills, MI 48335-1552

  4.      This Notice shall be sent to Charter Communications  at 
     the address of record.

  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

_________________________

147 C.F.R. § 1.89.

247 U.S.C. § 403.

3 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).

4 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.