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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Service Electric Company ) File No. EB-10-PA-0030
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Physical System ID # 001708 ) NOV No. V201032400023
Kingston, Pennsylvania )
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: February 4, 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 Service Electric Company ("SEC"),
operator of a cable system in Kingston, Pennsylvania.
2. On January 28, 2010, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's Philadelphia
Office inspected the SEC cable system located in Kingston,
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 location:
Frequency Signal Strength
Date Location
(MHz) (uV/m)
615 Wyoming Ave., Kingston,
PA
01/28/2010 121.2625 900
Kingston Commons
Dorrance Street side
3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, SEC 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 SEC. 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 Service Electric Company 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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