*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5040.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2654 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Norwell Public Schools ) File No. SLD- 144506 Norwell, Massachusetts ) ) 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 28, 2000 Released: November 29, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Norwell Public Schools (Norwell), Norwell, Massachusetts, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on May 10, 2000. 1 The Commission received Norwell’s Letter of Appeal on September 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 Richard F. Sulc, Norwell Public Schools, dated May 10, 2000. 2 Letter from Richard F. Sulc, Norwell Public Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed September 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- 2654 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 September 11, 2000, by Norwell Public Schools, Norwell, Massachusetts, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2