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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  838 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Elk  Grove  Village  Public  Library  )  SLD  Control  D008425 
 Elk  Grove  Village,  Illinois  ) 
 ) 
 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:  April  12,  2000  Released:  April  13,  2000 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  of  the  Elk  Grove  Village  Public  Library 
 (Elk  Grove  Village)  of  Elk  Grove  Village,  Illinois,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the 
 Universal  Service  Administrative  Company’s  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  on  February  15, 
 2000.  The  Commission  received  Elk  Grove  Village’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  March  28,  2000. 
 Under  section  54.720  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720,  any  such  appeal  must  be 
 filed  within  30  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  decision  as  to  which  review  is  sought.  Documents  are 
 considered  to  be  filed  with  the  Commission  only  upon  receipt.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7.  Because  the 
 instant  Letter  of  Appeal  was  not  filed  within  the  specified  30-  day  period,  it  will  be  dismissed 
 without  further  consideration. 


 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  March  28,  2000,  by  Elk  Grove  Village  Public  Library,  Elk  Grove 
 Village,  Illinois,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Carol  E.  Mattey 
 Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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