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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  148 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Vermont,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Sutton  School,  CNSU  )  File  No.  SLD-  148090 
 Lyndonville,  Vermont  ) 
 ) 
 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:  January  22,  2001  Released:  January  23,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Sutton  School,  CNSU  (Sutton 
 County),  Lyndonville,  Vermont,  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  Sutton  County’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  November  9,  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  Mary  Ann  Riggie, 
 Sutton  School,  CNSU,  dated  August  17,  2000. 
 2  Letter  from  Mary  Ann  Riggie,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  November  9,  2000  (Letter  of 
 Appeal). 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7. 
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 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  November  9,  2000,  by  Sutton  School,  CNSU,  Lyndonville, 
 Vermont,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  G.  Seifert 
 Deputy  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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