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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2586 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Request  for  Waiver  by 
 Galena  Park  Independent  School  District  Houston,  Texas 


 Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service 
 Changes  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  National  Exchange  Carrier  Association,  Inc. 


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 File  Nos.  SLD-  314879  and  305340 
 CC  Docket  No.  96-  45 
 CC  Docket  No.  97-  21 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  1,  2003  Released:  August  4,  2003 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  has  under  consideration  a  Request  for  Waiver  filed  by  Galena  Park  Independent  School  District,  Houston,  Texas  (Galena  Park).  1  Galena  Park 
 seeks  a  waiver  of  the  deadline  for  requests  for  review  of  decisions  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company.  2  Since  Galena  Park  timely  filed  their  appeal 
 and  offered  evidence  thereof,  we  dismiss  as  moot  Galena  Park’s  Request  for  Waiver.  3 


 1  Letter  from  Jeffrey  Lorentz,  Galena  Park  Independent  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission, 
 filed  May  27,  2003  (Request  for  Waiver).  Section  1.3  of  the  Commission’s  rules  states  that  the  Commission  may  waive  its  rules  on  its  own  motion  or  on  petition  if  good  cause  therefore  is  shown.  47  C.  F.  R.  §1.  3. 


 2  §54.720(  b). 
 3  Letter  from  Shirley  Neeley,  Galena  Park  Independent  School  District,  to  Federal  Communications  Commission, 
 filed  April  24,  2003  (Request  for  Review).  See  also  Request  for  Waiver  by  Alpine  County  Unified  School  District,  Federal-  State  Joint  Board  on  Universal  Service,  Changes  to  the  Board  of  the  National  Exchange  Carrier 


 Association,  Inc.,  File  No.  NEC.  471,  01-  24-  00.  5400170,  CC  Docket  Nos.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order  17  FCC  Rcd  1718  (Com.  Car.  Bur.  2002)(  starting  with  Funding  Year  4,  SLD  directed  FCC  Forms  471  would  be  considered  filed  when 
 postmarked). 
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 2.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91,  0.291,  1.3,  and  54.722(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.  91,  0.291,  1.  3,  and  54.722(  a),  that  the 
 Request  for  Waiver  filed  by  Galena  Park  Independent  School  District  is  DISMISSED  AS  MOOT. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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