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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Comcast of Colorado/Pennsylvania/ ) File No. EB-09-PA-0200
West Virginia LLC )
Physical System ID # 002261 ) NOV No. V201032400001
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: October 16, 2009
By the District Director, Philadelphia 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 Comcast of
Colorado/Pennsylvania/West Virginia LLC ("Comcast"), operator of a
cable system in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
2. On September 18, 2009, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's
Philadelphia Office inspected the Comcast cable system located in
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 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." At the time of the
inspection, an agent observed signal leakage at the following locations:
Frequency Signal Strength
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
9/18/09 121.2625 116.1 350 Quail Hollow Lane,
Bellefonte, PA
9/18/09 121.2625 121.6 115 Buffalo Run Road,
Bellefonte, PA
3. 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 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
Philadelphia District Office
One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404
2300 East Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047
4. This Notice shall be sent by Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested
and regular mail to Comcast of Colorado/Pennsylvania/West Virginia LLC
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
Gene J. Stanbro
District Director
Philadelphia 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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