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 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 CERTIFIED  MAIL:  RETURN  RECEIPT  REQUESTED 
 Motel  6  File  No.:  EB-  05-  DL-  095  2550  N  Central  Expressway 
 Plano,  TX  Citation  No.:  C20053250007 
 CITATION 
 Released:  July  25,  2005 
 By  the  District  Director,  Dallas  Office,  South  Central  Region,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  This  is  an  Official  Citation  issued  pursuant  to  Section  503(  b)(  5)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (  Act),  1  to  Motel  6  for  violation  of  Section  76.605(  a)(  12)  of  the 
 Commissions  Rules  (  Rules).  2 
 2.  On  June  16,  2005,  an  agent  from  the  Commissions  Dallas  Office  of  the  Enforcement  Bureau  inspected  a  non-  cable  multichannel  video  programming  distributor  (  MVPD)  system 
 located  at  the  Motel  6,  2550  N  Central  Expressway,  Plano,  Texas  for  signal  leakage. 
 3.  Section  76.620  of  the  Rules  states,  among  other  things,  that  Section  76.605(  a)(  12)  of  the  Rules  applies  to  all  non-  cable  MVPDs.  3  Section  76.605(  a)(  12)  of  the  Rules,  provides  that  As  an 
 exception  to  the  general  provision  requiring  measurements  to  be  made  at  subscriber  terminals,  and  without  regard  to  the  type  of  signals  carried  by  the  cable  television  system,  signal  leakage 
 from  a  cable  television  system  shall  be  measured  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  outlined  in  76.609  (h)  and  shall  be  limited  to  20  microvolts  at  three  meters  for  frequencies  over  54  up  to 
 and  including  216  MHz.  4  An  emission  exceeding  the  field  strength  allowed  by  the  Rules  for  the  frequency  of  121.2625  MHz  was  detected  and  measured  at  201  microvolts,  at  three  meters 
 from  the  MVPD  equipment  room  located  at  the  Motel  6. 
 4.  Subsequent  violations  of  the  Act  or  the  Rules  may  subject  the  violator  to  severe  penalties, 
 including,  but  not  limited  to,  substantial  monetary  fines  and  criminal  sanctions  including  imprisonment.  5 
 5.  Section  503(  b)(  5)  of  the  Act  provides  that  the  Motel  6  may  request  a  personal  interview  at  the  closest  FCC  location,  6  namely: 
 1  47  U.  S.  C.    503(  b)(  5). 
 2  47  C.  F.  R.    76.  605(  a)(  12). 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.    76.  620. 
 4  47  C.  F.  R.    76.  605(  a)(  12). 
 5  See  47  U.  S.  C.    401,  501,  503. 
 6  47  U.  S.  C.    503(  b)(  5). 
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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Dallas  Office 
 9330  LBJ  Freeway  Suite  1170 
 Dallas,  Texas  75013 
 which  you  can  contact  by  telephone  at  (XXX)  XXX-  XXXX.  You  must  schedule  this  interview  to  take  place  within  14  days  of  the  date  of  this  Citation.  Motel  6  may  submit  a  written  statement  to 
 the  same  address  within  14  days  of  the  date  of  this  Citation.  Any  written  statement  should  specify  what  actions  have  been  taken  to  correct  the  violation  outlined  above.  Please  reference 
 case  number  EB-  05-  DL-  095  when  corresponding  with  the  Commission. 
 6.  Under  the  Privacy  Act  of  1974,  5  U.  S.  C.    552a(  e)(  3),  we  are  informing  you  that  the  Commissions  staff  will  use  all  relevant  material  information  before  it  to  determine  what,  if  any, 
 enforcement  action  is  required  to  ensure  your  compliance  with  the  Rules.  This  will  include  any  information  that  you  disclose  in  your  reply. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 James  D.  Wells  District  Director 
 Dallas  District  Office  South  Central  Region 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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