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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  204 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
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 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
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 Levittown  Union  Free  School  District  )  File  No.  SLD-  144841 
 Levittown,  New  York  ) 
 ) 
 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  )  CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 Universal  Service  ) 
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 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  )  CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 
 National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc.  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  26,  2001  Released:  January  29,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  filed  by  Levittown  Union  Free  School 
 District  (Levittown  Union),  Levittown,  New  York,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the 
 Universal  Service  Administrative  Company’s  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  on  May  10,  2000.  1 
 The  Commission  received  Levittown  Union’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  November  28,  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  Winston  E. 
 Himsworth,  Levittown  Union  Free  School  District,  dated  May  10,  2000.  Levittown  asserts  that  it  did  not  receive  the 
 May  10,  2000  decision  letter,  and  became  aware  of  the  decision  only  after  having  contacted  SLD.  A  review  of  the 
 record  indicates  that  SLD  did  issue  an  Administrator’s  Decision  on  Appeal  on  May  10,  2000.  Merely  stating  that  a 
 letter  was  not  received  at  the  address  provided  to  SLD  and  to  which  prior  correspondence  had  been  successfully 
 mailed  is  insufficient  grounds  for  reconsideration.  See  Request  for  Review  by  Whitehall  City  School  District,  Docket 
 Nos.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order,  DA  00-  1892  (rel.  August  18,  2000);  Juan  Galiano,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order, 
 5  FCC  Rcd  6442,  6443  (1990)  (“[  I]  f  the  Commission  were  to  entertain  and  accept  unsupported  arguments  that 
 letters  mailed  in  Commission  proceedings  were  not  delivered…  procedural  havoc  and  abuse  would  result.”). 


 2  Letter  from  Winston  E.  Himsworth,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  November  28,  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  28,  2000,  by  Levittown  Union  Free  School  District, 
 Levittown,  New  York,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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