*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 13660.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2964 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Fairhill School ) File No. SLD- 225654 Dallas, Texas ) ) 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 Common Carrier Bureau, Accounting Policy Division: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by Fairhill School (Fairhill), Dallas, Texas. 1 Fairhill seeks review of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator) on August 7, 2001. 2 The Commission received Fairhill’s Request for Review on September 11, 2001. 3 Under section 54.720( b) of the Commission’s rules, any 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 or SLD 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 consideration. 1 Letter from Wade Mercer, to Federal Communications Commission, filed September 11, 2001 (Request for Review). 2 See id.; Letter from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Wade Mercer, Fairhill School, dated August 7, 2001 (Waiver Decision Letter). 3 See Request for Review. 4 47 C. F. R. § 54. 720( b). 5 47 C. F. R.§ 1. 7. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 2964 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 on September 11, 2001, by Fairhill School, Dallas, Texas, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division Common Carrier Bureau 2