*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 21692.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2413 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Chatham Area Public Library ) File No. SLD- 313494 Chatham, 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: September 30, 2002 Released: October 1, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Review filed by the 20 th District, Illinois, on behalf of Chatham Area Public Library (Chatham Area), Chatham, Illinois. 1 Chatham Area seeks review of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator) on July 1, 2002. 2 The Commission received Chatham Area’s Request for Review on September 9, 2002. 3 2. For requests seeking review of decisions issued on or after August 13, 2001 under section 54.720( b) of the Commission’s rules, any such appeal must be filed with the Commission or SLD within 60 days of the issuance of the decision that the party seeks to have reviewed. 4 1 Letter from John M. Shimkus, Member of Congress, 20 th District, Illinois, on behalf of Linda Meyer, Chatham Area Library District, to Federal Communications Commission, filed September 9, 2002 (Request for Review). 2 See Request for Review; Letter from the School and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Linda Meyer, Chatham Area Public Library, dated July 1, 2002 (Funding Commitment Decision Letter). Section 54. 719( c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of the Administrator may seek review from the Commission. 47 C. F. R. § 54. 719( c). 3 See Request for Review. 4 47 C. F. R. § 54.720( b). See Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures for Filings of Requests for Review, Federal- State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Order, FCC 01- 376 (rel. December 26, 2001), as corrected by Implementation of Interim Filing Procedures for Filings of Requests for Review, Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96- 45, Errata (Com. Car. Bur. rel. December 28, 2001 and January 4, 2002); SLD website, What’s New (January 20, 2002), . 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 2413 2 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 requisite 60- day period, it will be dismissed without further consideration. 3. 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 9, 2002, by Chatham Area Public Library, Chatham, Illinois, IS DISMISSED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Mark G. Seifert Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 5 47 C. F. R. § 1.7. 2