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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Spillway Communications, Inc. ) File No. EB-08-OR-007
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Physical System ID # 004256 )
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Maringouin, Louisiana ) NOV No. V200832620001
Re-issued NOV Number correction
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 11, 2008
By the District Director, New Orleans 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 Spillway Communications, Inc.
("Spillway"), operator of the cable system serving Maringouin,
Louisiana.
2. On January 30, 2008, an agent of the Commission's New Orleans Office
of the Enforcement Bureau conducted an inspection of Spillway's cable
system located in Maringouin, Louisiana 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 133.2625
MHz at the following locations:
Frequency Signal Strength
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
1/30/08 133.2625 729 Pole on Grosse Tete Dr.,
fourth pole from Parish Lane.
1/30/08 133.2625 802 Pole on Jackson Ave., first
pole from LA Highway 977.
1/30/08 133.2625 367 Pole on First Street, first
pole from Barrow Street.
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Spillway, 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
Spillway. 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
New Orleans Office
2424 Edenborn Ave.
Suite 460
Metairie, Louisiana 70001
4. This Notice shall be sent to Spillway Communications, Inc. 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
Leroy Hall
District Director
New Orleans Office
South Central 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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