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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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St. Paul Telephone Cooperative Association ) File No. EB-07-PO-228
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Physical System ID # 014311 )
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St. Paul, Oregon ) NOV No. V20083292002
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: November 16, 2007
By the Resident Agent, Portland 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 St. Paul Telephone Cooperative
Association ("St. Paul"), operator of cable systems serving St. Paul,
Oregon.
2. On November 13, 2007, an agent of the Commission's Portland Office
conducted an inspection of St. Paul's cable systems located in St.
Paul, Oregon, and observed the following violation:
47 C.F.R. S: 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 MHz up to and including 216 MHz...... 20 micro-volts
per meter, measured at 3 meters." At the time of the inspection, the agent
measured signal leakage in excess of 20 mV/m on the frequency of 121.2625
MHz at the following locations:
Frequency Signal Strength
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
11/13/07 121.2625 137 Pole # 244, near 19751 River
Road, NE
11/13/07 121.2625 168 Pole #712, corner of Blanchet
Ave. and River Road, NE
11/13/07 121.2625 148 Pole # 247, near St. Paul
High School
11/13/07 121.2625 126 Pole # 1591, Faber Road
11/13/07 121.2625 76 Pole # 1592, Faber Road
11/13/07 121.2625 164 Pole #246, near St. Paul High
School
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, St. Paul, 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 St.
Paul. 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
Portland Resident Agent Office
P.O. Box 61469
Vancouver, Washington 98666-1469
4. This Notice shall be sent to St. Paul Telephone Cooperative
Association by Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested and regular
mail 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
Binh Nguyen
Resident Agent
Portland 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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