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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
World Data, PR, Inc. ) File No.: EB-09-SJ-0033
Licensee of Radio Station WQJI716 )
) NOV No.: V201032680002
San Juan, PR )
)
)
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: November 20, 2009
By the Resident Agent, San Juan 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 World Data, PR, Inc, ("World Data")
licensee of radio station WQJI716 in San Juan, PR.
2. On October 19, 2009, an agent of the Commission's San Juan Office
issued a Letter of Inquiry ("LOI") regarding the operation of WQJI716
located at 18 26 54.09 N, 066 4 14.74 W corresponding to the roof top
of #1409, Ponce de Leon Ave., San Juan, PR., and observed the
following violation(s):
a. 47 C.F.R. S: 90.1307: "The 3650-3700 MHz band is licensed on the
basis of non-exclusive nationwide licenses. Non-exclusive nationwide
licenses will serve as a prerequisite for registering individual
fixed and base stations. A licensee cannot operate a fixed or base
station before registering it under its license and licensees must
delete registrations for unused fixed and base stations." In your
reply to the LOI, you state that your contractor, without your
knowledge, operated briefly the fixed station described above for
limited testing on August 19 and 24, 2009 with the power
substantially attenuated. On those dates, the above-described
location was an unregistered site. In your reply to the LOI, you
state that you will not operate the fixed station under any
circumstances until the site is registered.
3. Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, World Data, 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
World Data. 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
San Juan Office
US Federal Building Room 762
San Juan, PR 00918-1731
4. This Notice shall be sent to World Data 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
Reuben Jusino
Resident Agent
San Juan Office
South Central Region
Enforcement Bureau
cc: Christine M. Crowe, of Counsel
47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.
This office recently learned that an application to register this location
is currently pending with the Commission.
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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