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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2832 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  )  Decision  of  the  ) 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  )  ) 
 Bayliss  Public  Library  )  File  No.  SLD-  331064  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan  ) 
 )  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:  October  24,  2002  Released:  October  25,  2002 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  has  under  consideration  a  request  filed  by  Bayliss  Public  Library  (Bayliss),  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan.  1  Bayliss  seeks  review  of  a 
 decision  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator),  denying  Bayliss’s  request  for  discounts  for 
 telecommunications  services.  2  For  the  reasons  set  forth  below,  we  affirm  SLD’s  rejection  and  deny  Bayliss's  Request  for  Review. 


 2.  SLD  issued  a  Funding  Commitment  Decision  Letter  on  May  7,  2002,  denying  Bayliss’s  request  for  discounted  services  under  the  schools  and  libraries  universal  service  support 
 mechanism.  3  Specifically,  SLD  denied  Bayliss’s  request  for  discounts  for  telecommunications  services,  Funding  Request  Numbers  (FRNs)  895379  and  895380.  4  On  July  12,  2002,  Bayliss 
 filed  an  appeal  of  SLD’s  decision.  5  On  July  26,  2002,  SLD  issued  an  Administrator's  Decision 
 1  Letter  from  Janus  Storey,  Bayliss  Public  Library,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission,  filed  September  3, 
 2002  (Request  for  Review). 
 2  See  Request  for  Review.  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  Letter  from  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Suzanne  Dees,  Bayliss 
 Public  Library,  dated  May  7,  2002  (Funding  Commitment  Decision  Letter). 
 4  Id. 


 5  Letter  from  Janus  Storey,  Bayliss  Catholic  School,  to  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service 
 Administrative  Company,  filed  July  12,  2002  (Request  for  Administrator  Review). 
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 on  Appeal  indicating  that  it  would  not  consider  Bayliss’  appeal  because  it  was  received  more  than  60  days  after  the  May  7,  2002  Funding  Commitment  Decision  Letter  was  issued.  6  Bayliss 
 subsequently  filed  the  instant  Request  for  Review  with  the  Commission. 
 3.  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  SLD  or  the 


 Commission  within  60  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  decision  that  the  party  seeks  to  have  reviewed.  7  Documents  are  considered  to  be  filed  with  the  Commission  only  upon  receipt.  8 
 Because  Bayliss’s  Request  for  Administrator  Review  was  not  filed  within  the  requisite  60-  day  period,  we  affirm  the  Administrator’s  Decision  on  Appeal  and  deny  the  instant  Request  for 
 Review. 
 4.  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  Bayliss  Public  Library,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Michigan,  on  September  3,  2002,  IS  DENIED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Mark  G.  Seifert  Deputy  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 6  Letter  from  Schools  and  Libraries  Division,  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company,  to  Janus  Storey,  Bayliss 
 Public  Library,  dated  July  26,  2002  (Administrator's  Decision  on  Appeal). 
 7  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). 


 8  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7. 
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