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                           Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                 )
                                )
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   )    Acct. No. 200132080054
                                 )    File No. EB-01-IH-0215
Licensee of Various Land Mobile  )
and Microwave  Stations          )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

     Adopted:  May 4, 2001              Released:  May 8, 2001   

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 

1.   By this Memorandum Opinion and  Order we adopt the  attached 
Consent Decree entered  into between the  Enforcement Bureau  and 
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (``Anadarko'').  We find, that the 
Consent Decree  provides for  an  appropriate resolution  of  the 
Bureau's investigation  into Anadarko's  compliance with  Section 
310(d) of  the  Communications  Act of  1934,  as  amended,1  and 
conclude that adoption  of the  Consent Decree is  in the  public 
interest.

2.   Among  other  things,  the  Consent  Decree  provides   that 
Anadarko will implement a program to ensure its future compliance 
with the  Act  and  the  Commission's  rules  and  policies.   In 
addition, the Consent Decree provides  that Anadarko will make  a 
voluntary contribution  to  the  United States  Treasury  in  the 
amount of $15,000.2
 
3.   We have  reviewed  the  Consent  Decree  and  evaluated  the 
circumstances underlying the investigation.  We believe that  the 
public interest would  be served by  adopting the Consent  Decree 
and terminating the investigatory proceeding.  

4.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED  that, pursuant to Sections  4(i) 
and 4(j)  of the  Communications Act  of 1934,  as amended,3  and 
Sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the Commission's rules,4 the  Consent 
Decree attached hereto IS ADOPTED.
5.   IT   IS   FURTHER   ORDERED,   that   the    above-captioned 
investigatory proceeding IS TERMINATED.  

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                          
     
                         David H. Solomon 
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
               


_________________________

1  47 U.S.C. § 310(d).

2  Payment may be made by mailing a check or similar instrument, 
payable to the order of the Federal Communications Commission, to 
the Forfeiture Collection Section, Finance Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, P.O. Box 73482, Chicago, Illinois 
60673-7482.  The payment must note the Acct. No. referenced 
above.

3  47 U.S.C. §§ 4(i), 4(j).

4  47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311