*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 4707.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2501 Before the Federal Communications Commission New Jersey, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Egg Harbor City Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 146387, SLD- 146388, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey ) SLD- 147484 ) 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: November 7, 2000 Released: November 8, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Egg Harbor City Public Schools (Egg Harbor City), Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, seeking review of funding commitment decisions issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division regarding Application Numbers 146387, 146388, and 147484. 1 The Commission received Egg Harbor City’s Letter of Appeal on May 19, 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. 5 1 See Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated August 10, 1999 (SLD- 146387); Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated October 26, 1999 (SLD- 146388); Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated November 2, 1999 (SLD- 147484) (Funding Commitment Decision Letters). 2 Letter from Alfred Savio, Jr. and L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed May 19, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 5 Egg Harbor’s Letter of Appeal seeks review of the Funding Commitment Decision Letters issued on August 10, 1999, October 26, 1999, and November 2, 1999. Prior to filing this appeal with the Commission, however, Egg Harbor filed appeals with SLD. See Letter from Alfred Savio, Jr. and L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2501 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 19, 2000, by Egg Harbor City Public Schools, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau Schools, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., filed September 1, 1999 (SLD-146387); Letter from Alfred Savio, Jr. and L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., filed November 29, 1999 (SLD- 146388); Letter from Alfred Savio, Jr. and L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., filed November 29, 1999 (SLD- 147484) (SLD appeals). SLD issued three Administrator’s Decisions on Appeal, dismissing each of the SLD appeals. See Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated May 5, 2000 (SLD- 146387); Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated May 5, 2000 (SLD- 146388); Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Co., to L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, dated May 9, 2000 (SLD- 147484). On June 9, 2000, Egg Harbor filed with the Commission an appeal of the May 5, 2000 Administrator’s Decision on Appeal regarding SLD- 146387. See Letter from Alfred Savio, Jr. and L. David Rhine, Egg Harbor City Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed June 9, 2000. The Commission dismissed the June 9, 2000 appeal as untimely. See Request for Review of the Decision of the Universal Service Administrator by Egg Harbor Public Schools, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, Order, DA 00- 1928, rel. August 24, 2000. 2