**FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION**

![](media/image1.png){width="0.84375in" height="0.84375in"}**ENFORCEMENT
BUREAU**

**NORTHEAST REGION**

**Philadelphia Office**

**One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404**

**2300 East Lincoln Highway**

**Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047**

**January 14, 2008**

Harrison Township Water Authority

Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania

**NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION**

Case Number: EB-07-PA-396

Document Number: W20083240007

On November 21, 2007, the Commission's Philadelphia Office received a
complaint alleging that Harrison Township Water Authority ("Harrison")
was operating on the unauthorized General Mobile Radio Service ("GMRS")
frequencies 462.650 MHz and 467.650 MHz. On December 7, 2007, an agent
inspected the radio communications equipment at Harrison and found that
Harrison was operating mobile radios in its vehicles on the frequency
467.650 MHz, a control station at its main office in Natrona Heights,
Pennsylvania on the frequency 467.650 MHz, and a repeater station on the
frequency 462.650 MHz in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania.[^1] The
Commission's records show that Harrison is not authorized to operate
radio transmitting equipment on any GMSR frequency including 462.650 MH
and 467.650 MHz.[^2]

Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 301.
You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment
without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of
the Federal laws cited above and could subject the operator to severe
penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines,
*in rem* arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and
criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (*see* 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501,
503 and 510).

**UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED
IMMEDIATELY**.

You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any
evidence that you have authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your
response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference
the listed case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5
U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission's staff
will use all relevant material information before it to determine what,
if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with
FCC Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in your
reply.

You may contact this office if you have any questions.

Gene J. Stanbro

District Director

Philadelphia Office

Northeast Region

Enforcement Bureau

Attachments:

Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended

Enforcement Bureau, \"Inspection Fact Sheet\", July 2003

[^1]: Section 95.1 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 95.1,
    specifies that GMRS is a land mobile radio service available to
    persons for short distance two-way communications to facilitate the
    activities of licensees and their immediate family members

[^2]: Section 95.5(b) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 95.5(b),
    specifies that non-individual (an entity other than an individual)
    is ineligible to obtain a new GMRS system license or make a major
    modification to an existing GMRS system license.