*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 1869.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 1283 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Kerkhoven- Murdock- Sunburg Independent ) File No. SLD- 133507 School District No. 775 ) Kerkhoven, Minnesota ) ) Federal- State Joint Board on ) CC Docket No. 96- 45 Universal Service ) ) Changes to the Board of Directors of the ) CC Docket No. 97- 21 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. ) ORDER Adopted: June 13, 2000 Released: June 14, 2000 By the Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Kerkhoven- Murdock- Sunburg Independent School District No. 775 (Kerkhoven), Kerkhoven, Minnesota, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on March 23, 2000. 1 The Commission received Kerkhoven’s Letter of Appeal on May 1, 2000. 2 Under section 54.720 of the Commission’s rules, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the decision as to which review is sought. 3 Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission only upon receipt. 4 Because the instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the specified 30- day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration. 1 See Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to Kim Hippen, Kerkhoven- Murdock- Sunburg Independent School District No. 775, dated March 23, 2000. 2 Letter from Kim Hippen, Kerkhoven- Murdock- Sunburg Independent School District No. 775, to Federal Communications Commission, filed May 1, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 1283 2 2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91, 0.291, and 54.722( a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 0.91, 0. 291, and 54.722( a), that the Letter of Appeal filed May 1, 2000, by Kerkhoven- Murdock- Sunburg Independent School District No. 775, Kerkhoven, Minnesota, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Carol E. Mattey Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau 2