*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 4699.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2509 Before the Federal Communications Commission Oregon, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Oregon Trail School District ) File No. SLD- 162668 Sandy, Oregon ) ) 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 Oregon Trail School District (Oregon Trail), Sandy, Oregon, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on June 14, 2000. 1 The Commission received Oregon Trail’s Letter of Appeal on August 15, 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 Miriam Mann, Oregon Trail School District, dated June 14, 2000. 2 Letter from Miriam Mann, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 15, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2509 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 August 15, 2000, by Oregon Trail School District, Sandy, Oregon, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2