*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5051.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2660 Before the Federal Communications Commission Connecticut, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Westbrook High School ) File No. SLD- 172841 Westbrook, Connecticut ) ) 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 Westbrook High School (Westbrook), Westbrook, Connecticut, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on August 17, 2000. 1 The Commission received Westbrook’s Letter of Appeal on October 2, 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 Robert Vale, Westbrook High School, dated August 17, 2000. 2 Letter from Robert Hale, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 2, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2660 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 October 2, 2000, by Westbrook High School, Westbrook, Connecticut, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2