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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Comcast of Maryland, Inc. ) File No. EB-09-CF-0073
Operator of Cable Television System )
Physical System ID # 004666 ) NOV No.V200932340007
Glen Burnie, Maryland )
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: April 20, 2009
By the Acting District Director, Columbia Office, Northeast Region,
Enforcement Bureau:
This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section 1.89
of the Commission's Rules to Comcast of Maryland, Inc. ("Comcast"),
operator of a cable system in Glen Burnie, MD. [Author ID1: at Mon Apr 20
10:44:00 2009 ][Author ID1: at Mon Apr 20 10:48:00 2009 ]
1. On April 13, 2009, in response to a complaint from the Federal
Aviation Administration of interference at the Baltimore Washington
International Airport to 330.950 MHz, a frequency used for instrument
landing systems, an agent of the Commission's Columbia Office
monitored Comcast's cable television system located in Glen Burnie, MD
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: Less than and including 54 MHz and over 216 MHz...... 15
micro-volts per meter, measured at 30 meters. " At the time of the
inspection, the agent measured signal leakage in excess of 15 mV/m on the
frequency of 331.275 MHz at the following location:
Frequency Signal Strength
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
04/13/09 331.275 216 Pedestal located at 929 Jay
Court
2. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Comcast 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
Comcast. 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
Columbia Office
9200 Farm House Lane
Columbia, MD, 21046
3. This Notice shall be sent to Comcast of Maryland, Inc. at its address
of record.
4. 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
Richard M. Caine
Acting District Director
Columbia District Office
Northeast 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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