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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Charter Communications, Inc. ) File No. EB-07-AT-011
Operator of Cable Television System )
Physical System ID 003759
Lanett, Alabama ) NOV No. V20073248006
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 13, 2007
By the District Director, Atlanta Office, South Central Region,
Enforcement Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Charter Communications, Inc.
("Charter") ,operator of cable system in Lanett, Alabama.
2. On January 22, 2007, an agent of the Commission's Atlanta Office of
the Enforcement Bureau, accompanied by the cable system's technical
supervisor and two headend technicians, inspected the cable television
system's Emergency Alert System ("EAS") located at 401 South 6^th
Street, Lanett, Alabama, and observed the following violation(s):
a. 47 C.F.R. S 11.52(d): "...cable systems ...must monitor two EAS
sources." Charter was monitoring only one EAS source.
b. 47 C.F.R. S 11.61(a): "All cable systems are to conduct required
monthly tests (RMT) once a month as coordinated by the Emergency
Communications Committee for each state." Charter was not conducting
required monthly tests. All tests were marked as weekly tests. The
headend technicians could not provide a copy of a required monthly
test that had been sent.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Charter, 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. 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
Atlanta Office
3575 Koger Blvd., Suite 320
Duluth, GA 30096
4. This Notice shall be sent to Charter Communications, Inc. 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
Douglas G. Miller
District Director
Atlanta Office
South Central 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.
Federal Communications Commission
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