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                                   Before the

                       Federal Communications Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   In the Matter of )

   )

   Exxon Communications Company ) File No. EB-09-LA-0123

   Licensee of Radio Station KZN539 )

   ) NOV No. V201032900002

   Santa Barbara, California )

   )

                              NOTICE OF VIOLATION

   Released: November  06, 2009

   By the District Director, Los Angeles Office, Western Region, Enforcement
   Bureau:

    1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
       1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Exxon Communications Company
       ("Exxon"), licensee of private coast station KZN539, in Santa Barbara,
       California.

    2. On September 10, 2009, in response to an interference complaint from
       the United States Coast Guard (USCG), an agent of the Enforcement
       Bureau's Los Angeles Office determined that intermittent pulses on the
       frequency 156.800 MHz (VHF marine channel 16) were emanating off the
       California coast, with a direction toward an offshore oil platform in
       the Santa Barbara Channel. The information was passed on to the USCG.

    3. On September 12, 2009, the USCG informed this office that the source
       of the interference had been located to a randomly transmitting VHF
       radio on the Platform Hondo oil platform, operated by Exxon. Based on
       the information before us, the following violation occurred:

     a. 47 C.F.R. S: 80.89(a): "Stations must not engage in superfluous radio
        communications." There appeared to be no authorized purpose for the
        transmissions.

    4. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
       amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Exxon
       Communications Company, 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 Exxon Communications Company. 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

   Los Angeles Office

   18000 Studebaker Road, Suite 660

   Cerritos, CA 90703

    5. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
       Requested and regular mail to Exxon Communications Company at its
       address of record.

    6. 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

   Nader Haghighat

   District Director

   Los Angeles District Office

   Western 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