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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:  October  31,  2003  Suzanne  Tetreault  (202)  418-  7450 
 Suzanne.  Tetreault@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  PROPOSES  TO  FINE  SPECTRASITE  COMMUNICATIONS  STATUTORY  MAXIMUM  $120,500  FOR  ANTENNA  STRUCTURE  VIOLATIONS 
 Washington,  D.  C.—  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  proposing  a  $120,500  forfeiture  against  SpectraSite  Communications,  Inc., 
 Cary,  North  Carolina,  for  safety-  related  violations  of  the  Communications  Act  and  the  Commission’s  antenna  structure  rules,  specifically,  failure  to  register  and  light  its  antenna 
 structures.  This  action  follows  an  investigation  conducted  by  the  Commission’s  Norfolk,  Virginia  Field  Office. 


 The  amount  of  the  proposed  forfeiture  represents  the  statutory  maximum  available.  The  Commission  decided  to  propose  a  significantly  higher  forfeiture  than  generally  used  in  such 
 cases  because  SpectraSite  has  a  prior  history  of  antenna  structure  rules  violations.  SpectraSite  has  received  three  previous  forfeitures  in  less  than  three  years  for  at  least  13  instances  of  failure 
 to  comply  with  the  antenna  structure  rules. 
 The  Commission  also  directed  SpectraSite  to  submit  a  compliance  report,  and  directed  the  Enforcement  Bureau  to  conduct  a  broader  investigation  of  SpectraSite’s  compliance  with  the 
 antenna  rules,  if  appropriate  after  review  of  SpectraSite’s  compliance  report. 
 For  more  information  about  the  Commission’s  antenna  structure  enforcement,  including  other  cases,  follow  this  link:  www.  fcc.  gov/  eb/  broadcast/  asml.  html 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  October  27,  2003,  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture  (FCC  03-  264).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin,  and  Adelstein. 
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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Suzanne  M.  Tetreault  and  Lisa  M.  Fowlkes  at  (202)  418-  7450. 
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