*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 23177.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 02- 3211 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Waiver of the ) Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Buffalo School District 877 ) File No. SLD- 325419 Buffalo, Minnesota ) ) 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: November 21, 2002 Released: November 22, 2002 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. This Order dismisses the Request for Waiver filed by Buffalo School District 877 (Buffalo School), Buffalo, Minnesota. 1 Buffalo School seeks review of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator) on March 29, 2002. 2 The Commission received Buffalo School’s Request for Waiver on October 29, 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 Robert Berry, Buffalo School District 877, to Federal Communications Commission, filed October 29, 2002 (Request for Waiver). 2 Postcard from the Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Robert Berry, Buffalo School District 877, dated March 29, 2002. 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 Waiver. 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, 17 FCC Rcd 339 (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- 3211 2 Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission only upon receipt. 5 Because the instant Request for Waiver 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 Waiver filed on October 29, 2002, by Buffalo School District 877, Buffalo, Minnesota, 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