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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Cablevision Systems Westchester Corporation ) File No. EB-09-NY-0223
Operator of Cable Television System )
Physical System ID # 007341 ) NOV No. V200932380040
Yonkers, New York )
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: July 20, 2009
By the District Director, New York Office, Northeast Region, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules to Cablevision Systems Westchester
Corporation ("Cablevision"), operator of a cable system in Yonkers,
New York.
2. On July 13, 2009, an agent of the Commission's New York Office
monitored Cablevision's cable television system in Yonkers, NY, 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)
7/13/09 121.2625 72 At pole # 16 in front of 139
Lake Avenue, Yonkers, New York
At pole # 5 across the street
7/13/09 121.2625 101 from 35 Amackassin Terrace,
Yonkers, New York
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Cablevision 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 the
Cablevision. 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 York Office
201 Varick Street, Suite 1151
New York, NY 10014
4. This Notice shall be sent to Cablevision 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
Daniel W. Noel
District Director
New York 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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