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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. ) File No. EB-09-PA-0279
Physical System ID # 007551 ) NOV No. V201032400018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: January 13, 2010
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 Cable Communications, Inc.
("Comcast"), operator of a cable system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. On January 5, 2010, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Philadelphia
Office investigated a complaint from Mobile Communications Inc.
("Mobile Communications"), licensee of Private Mobile Radio Service
Station KNIM872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, alleging that a
spurious emission on 469.25 MHz was causing harmful interference to
Mobile Communications' repeater system. During the investigation, the
agent monitored signal transmission activity on 469.25 MHz in
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania. The agent determined that the
spurious emission was emanating from Comcast's cable system 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: Less than and including 54 MHz, and over 216 MHz - 15
micro-volts per meter, measured at 30 meters." At the
time of the investigation, the agent observed signal leakage at the
following location:
Frequency Field Intensity
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
Intersection of Montgomery
01/05/2010 469.25 33.0 Avenue & Paper Mill Road,
Glenside, 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 Cable Communications, Inc. 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
6. 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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