*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 9456.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1361 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Project Interconnect ) File No. SLD- 203049 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota ) ) 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: June 6, 2001 Released: June 7, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by Project Interconnect, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division on November 28, 2000. 1 The Commission received Project Interconnect’s Request for Review on December 29, 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 Request for Review 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 William R. Leto, Project Interconnect, dated November 28, 2000. 2 Letter from William R. Leto, to Federal Communications Commission, filed December 29, 2000 (Request for Review). 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1361 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 Request for Review filed December 29, 2000, by Project Interconnect, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2