*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 4780.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2557 Before the Federal Communications Commission Michigan, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Traverse City Area Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 114487 Traverse City, Michigan ) ) 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 9, 2000 Released: November 13, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Traverse City Area Public Schools (Traverse City), Traverse City, Michigan, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on April 14, 2000. 1 The Commission received Traverse City’s Letter of Appeal on July 11, 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 Gary P. Derrigan, Traverse City Area Public Schools, dated July 8, 1999, 2000. 2 Letter from Gary P. Derrigan, to Federal Communications Commission, filed July 11, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2557 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 July 11, 2000, by Traverse City Area Public Schools, Traverse City, Michigan, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2