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                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                        )         File No. EB-03-
NY-064         
                              )         
Esperanza Gonzales d/b/a Ivette Car Service  )         NAL/Acct. 
No. 200432380001
                              )    
Brooklyn, New York                                )         FRN 
0008-9882-06   
                              

                        FORFEITURE ORDER

     Adopted:  March 30, 2004                Released:  April  1, 
2004

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   In  this  Forfeiture  Order  (``Order''),  we  issue  a 
          monetary  forfeiture in  the  amount of  four  thousand 
          dollars  ($4,000) to  Esperanza Gonzales  d/b/a  Ivette 
          Car  Service  (``Ivette'')  for  willful  and  repeated 
          violation  of  Section  1.903(a)  of  the  Commission's 
          Rules (``the  Rules'').1  The noted violation  involves 
          Ivette's operation of a base station transmitter on  an 
          unauthorized  frequency  of  151.635  MHz,  and  mobile 
          units on an unauthorized frequency of 155.635 MHz. 

     2.   On December  24, 2003,  the  District Director  of  the 
Commission's  New  York,  New  York   Field  Office  (``New  York 
Office'') issued a  Notice of Apparent  Liability for  Forfeiture 
(``NAL'')2 in the  amount of  $4,000 to Ivette.   Ivette has  not 
filed a response to the NAL.  Based on the information before us, 
we affirm the forfeiture. 

     3.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS  ORDERED THAT,  pursuant to  Section 
503(b) of  the  Communications Act  of  1934, as  amended  (``the 
Act''),3 and Sections 0.111, 0.311 and 1.80(f)(4) of the  Rules,4 
Esperanza Gonzales  d/b/a  Ivette Car  Service  IS LIABLE  FOR  A 
MONETARY FORFEITURE in  the amount  of $4,000  for willfully  and 
repeatedly violating Section 1.903(a) of the Rules.

     4.   Payment of the forfeiture shall  be made in the  manner 
provided for in Section 1.80 of the Rules5 within 30 days of  the 
release of this Order.  If the forfeiture is not paid within  the 
period specified, the case may  be referred to the Department  of 
Justice for collection  pursuant to Section  504(a) of the  Act.6  
Payment shall be made by  mailing a check or similar  instrument, 
payable  to   the   order   of   the   ``Federal   Communications 
Commission,'' to the Federal Communications Commission, P.O.  Box 
73482, Chicago,  Illinois 60673-7482.   The payment  should  note 
NAL/Acct. No. 200432380001, and  FRN 0008-9882-06.  Requests  for 
full payment under an installment plan should be sent to:  Chief, 
Revenue and Receivables Operations Group, 445 12th Street,  S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20554.7
     
     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT this Order shall be sent  by 
regular mail and by certified mail, return receipt requested,  to 
Esperanza Gonzales d/b/a Ivette Car Service, 2958 Fulton  Street, 
Brooklyn, New York  10456.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

     1  47 C.F.R. § 1.903(a).

     2 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 
200432380001 (Enf. Bur., New  York Office, released December  24, 
2003).

     3 47 U.S.C. § 503(b).

     4 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4).

     5 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.

     6 47 U.S.C. § 504(a).

     7 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.