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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2953 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  ) 
 Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  ) 
 ) 
 Algonquin  Regional  High  School  )  File  No.  SLD-  165011 
 Northborough,  MA  ) 
 ) 
 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:  December  19,  2001  Released:  December  20,  2001 
 By  the  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Algonquin  Regional  High 
 (Algonquin),  Northborough,  Massachusetts.  1  Algonquin  seeks  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the 
 Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company 
 (Administrator)  on  July  6,  2001.  2  The  Commission  received  Algonquin’s  Request  for  Review 
 on  October  3,  2001.  3  Under  section  54.720(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  any  such  appeal  must 
 be  filed  with  the  Commission  or  SLD  within  30  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  decision  that  the 
 party  seeks  to  have  reviewed.  4  Documents  are  considered  to  be  filed  with  the  Commission  only 
 upon  receipt.  5  Because  the  instant  Request  for  Review  was  not  filed  within  the  specified  30-  day 
 period,  it  must  be  dismissed  without  further  considerat  ion. 


 1  Letter  from  Robert  Melican,  Algonquin  Regional  High  School,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed 
 October  3,  2001  (Request  for  Review). 
 2  See  id;  Letter  from  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  John 
 Brouillard,  Algonquin  Regional  High  School,  dated  July  6,  2001  (Administrator’s  Decision  on  Appeal). 
 3  See  Request  for  Review. 


 4  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  720(  b). 
 5  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  Request  for  Review  filed  by  Algonquin  Regional  High  School,  Northborough, 
 Massachusetts,  on  October  3,  2001,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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