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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Certified Mail #7001 0320 0002 9838 7240
Return Receipt Requested
In the Matter of )
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Bill Perkins )
M/V NANI KAWIKA ) File No. EB-06-HL-022
Licensee of Maritime Radio Station )
Kailua, Hawaii ) NOV No. V20063286005
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: April 13, 2006
By the Resident Agent, Honolulu 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 Bill Perkins, licensee of maritime
radio station HA3869B.
2. On April 3, 2006, an agent of the Commission's Honolulu Office
inspected an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon ("EPIRB") at
the licensee's residence in Kailua, Hawaii, and observed the following
violation:
47 C.F.R. S 80.89(a): "Stations must not engage in superfluous
radiocommunication." Transmissions by EPIRBs are intended to be actuated
manually or automatically and operated automatically as part of a ship or
a survival craft station as a locating aid for survival purposes. At the
time of the inspection, the agent found that the EPIRB had been
inadvertently activated.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Bill Perkins 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 Bill Perkins. 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
Honolulu Office
P.O. Box 971030
Waipahu, Hawaii 96797-1030
4. This Notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to Bill Perkins, at the 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
John R. Raymond
Resident Agent
Honolulu Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S 308(b).
P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S 552a(e)(3).
18 U.S.C. S 1001 et seq.
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