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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Cox Communications ) File No. EB-08-OR-0223
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Physical ID # 005341 )
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Metairie, Louisiana ) NOV No. V200932620001
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: October 17, 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 Cox Communications ("Cox") in
Metairie, LA.
2. Agents of the Commission's New Orleans Office monitored Cox cable
television system 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 S: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." Agents measured signal
leakage in excess of 20 uV/m on the frequency of 133.2625 MHz on the
following dates and locations:
Date Frequency Signal Strength Location
(mm/dd/yy) (MHz) (uV/m)
Metairie, LA (Pole on W. Napoleon Avenue
09/24/08 133.2625 1933 between Edenborn Avenue and N. Arnoult
Road and directly across from Burnell
Court)
10/02/08 133.2625 123 Kenner, LA (Pole in front of Apt.1729 on
Newport Place)
10/02/08 133.2625 87 Kenner, LA (Pole in front of 3520
Colorado Ave.)
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Cox 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
Cox. 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, LA 70001
4. This Notice shall be sent to Cox Communications 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 District 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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Federal Communications Commission