*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5516.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2818 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Lyman School District No. 42- 1 ) File No. SLD- 167216 Presho, South Dakota ) ) 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: December 14, 2000 Released: December 15, 2000 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed by Lyman School District No. 42- 1 (Lyman), Presho, South Dakota, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on July 20, 2000. 1 The Commission received Lyman’s Letter of Appeal on September 6, 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 Bruce Carrier, Lyman School District No. 42- 1, dated July 20, 2000. 2 Letter from Bruce H. Carrier, to Federal Communications Commission, filed September 6, 2000 (Letter of Appeal). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 00- 2818 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 6, 2000, by Lyman School District No. 42- 1, Presho, South Dakota, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2