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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)
Comcast of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc. ) File No. EB-11-PA-0054
Physical System ID # 007757 )
West Chester, Pennsylvania ) NOV No. V201132400019
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Released: March 31, 2011
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 Southeast Pennsylvania
Inc. ("Comcast"), operator of a cable system in West Chester,
Pennsylvania.
2. On March 24, 2011, an agent of the Commission's Philadelphia Office
monitored Comcast's cable television system in West Chester,
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 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, the agent
measured signal leakage in excess of 20 mV/m on the frequency of 121.2625
MHz at the following locations:
Date Frequency (MHz) Signal Strength Location
(uV/m)
Holly Alley between S
Brandywine St. and S
3/24/2011 121.2625 80 Wayne St.
39'057'13"N /
75'036'31"W
Holly Alley between S
New St. and Hickory
3/24/2011 121.2625 96 Alley
39'057'24"N /
75'036'23"W
Musante Alley
3/24/2011 121.2625 141
39'057'18"N /
75'036'20"W
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 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
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 to Comcast of Southeast Pennsylvania 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 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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Federal Communications Commission