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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F.  2d  385  (D.  C.  Cir.  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  November  6,  2002  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
 jwinston@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  IMPOSES  FORFEITURE  OF  $133,000  AGAINST  CALLAIS  CABLEVISION,  INC.,  FOR  CABLE  LEAKAGE  AND  EAS  VIOLATIONS 
 Washington,  D.  C.—  Today  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  released  a  Forfeiture  Order  in  the  amount  of  $133,  000  against  Callais  Cablevision,  Inc.,  Grand  Isle,  Louisiana,  for  violations 
 involving  important  public  safety  requirements.  These  violations  are:  repeated  violations  of  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  76.605(  a)(  12),  76.611(  a)  and  76.612,  which  protect  aeronautical  safety 
 communications  from  interference  caused  by  leakage  from  cable  systems  ($  125,000);  and  willful  violation  of  47  C.  F.  R.  §11.11,  which  requires  cable  systems  to  install  the  Emergency  Alert 
 System  (EAS)  equipment  needed  to  transmit  national  emergency  messages  ($  8,000). 
 This  action  follows  a  complaint  from  the  Federal  Aviation  Administration  (“  FAA”)  about  interference  to  the  operation  of  the  FAA’s  Remote  Communication  Air  Ground  facility  in  Grand 
 Isle,  Louisiana,  and  a  subsequent  investigation  by  FCC  agents. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  on  November  4,  2002,  by  Order  (FCC  02-  300):  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioner  Abernathy,  Commissioner  Copps,  and  Commissioner  Martin. 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  John  R.  Winston  and  Lisa  M.  Fowlkes  at  (202)  418-  7450. 
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