*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 9952.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1559 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) St. Mary School ) File No. SLD- 128974 Buffalo Grove, 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: July 2, 2001 Released: July 3, 2001 By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by St. Mary School (St. Mary), Buffalo Grove, Illinois, seeking review of a decision issued by the Universal Service Administrative Company’s Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) on July 19, 2000 which rejected St. Mary's FCC Form 471, Services Ordered and Certification Form, because it was submitted after the close of the 30- day filing deadline for Funding Year 2 . 1 The Commission received St. Mary’s Request for Review on August 31, 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 of 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 Gary Campione, St. Mary School, dated July 19, 2000. 2 Letter from Gary Campione, to Federal Communications Commission, filed August 31, 2000. 3 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720. 4 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1559 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 August 31, 2000, by St. Mary School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2