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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Baptist Mid-Mission ) File No. EB-07-AN-014
Licensee of Aircraft Radio Station N4231S )
Cleveland, Ohio ) NOV No. V20073278004
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: June 21, 2007
By the Resident Agent, Anchorage Resident Agent 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 Baptist Mid-Mission, licensee of
Aircraft Radio Station N4231S.
2. On May 29, 2007, in response to a complaint, an agent of the
Enforcement Bureau's Anchorage Resident Agent Office inspected an
Emergency Locator Transmitter ("ELT") installed on aircraft N4231S at
Illiamna Airport, Illiamna, Alaska and observed the following
violation:
47 C.F.R. S 87.193: "Transmissions by emergency locator transmitters
(ELT's) are intended to be actuated manually or automatically and operated
automatically as part of an aircraft or a survival craft station as a
locating aid for survival purposes." The ELT was apparently activated by
faulty electronics transmitting a continuous un-modulated carrier.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Baptist Mid-Mission 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 principle of Baptist
Mid-Mission. 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
Enforcement Bureau
Anchorage Resident Agent Office
P.O. Box 221849
Anchorage, Alaska 99522-1849
4. This Notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to Baptist Mid-Mission 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
Marlene Windel
Resident Agent
Anchorage Resident Agent Office
Western Region
Enforcement Bureau
47 C.F.R. S 1.89.
47 U.S.C. S 403.
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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