*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 41007* Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 2485 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Request for Review of the Decision of the ) Universal Service Administrator by ) ) Allendale County Schools ) File No. SLD- 338588 Allendale, South Carolina ) ) Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support ) CC Docket No. 02- 6 Mechanism ) ORDER Adopted: August 6, 2004 Released: August 6, 2004 By the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. Allendale County Schools, Allendale, South Carolina (Allendale), seeks review of a June 9, 2003 decision by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (Administrator). 1 On September 25, 2003, Allendale appealed the decision to SLD, but SLD denied the appeal because Allendale filed the appeal more than 60 days after the decision was rendered. 2 We affirm SLD’s decision. For a review of decisions by SLD, appeals to SLD must be filed within 60 days of the issuance of the SLD decision date. 3 Here, Allendale filed its appeal to SLD after the 60- day period, in contravention of our rules. We therefore deny the Request for Review. 1 Letter from Renee Sanders, Allendale County Schools, to Federal Communications Commission, filed March 15, 2004 (Request for Review). See also Form 486 Notification Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Renee Sanders, Allendale County Schools, dated June 9, 2003 (Form 486 Notification Letter). 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). 2 See Letter from Renee Sanders, Allendale County Schools, to Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, postmarked September 25, 2003; Letter from Schools and Libraries Division, Universal Service Administrative Company, to Renee Sanders, Allendale County Schools, dated March 5, 2004. 3 47 C. F. R. § 54.720( b). See In the Matter of Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, CC Docket No. 02- 6, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 9202, 9221 (rel. Apr. 30, 2003). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 04- 2485 2 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 Review filed on March 15, 2004 by Allendale County Schools, Allendale, South Carolina IS DENIED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Narda M. Jones Deputy Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau 2