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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  302 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  DC  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Petition  for  Reconsideration  of  a  Decision  of  )  The  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  ) 
 Of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  by  )  ) 
 Marin  County  Office  of  Education  )  File  No.  SLD-  303207  San  Rafael,  California  ) 
 )  Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  )  CC  Docket  No.  02-  6 
 Support  Mechanism  ) 
 ORDER  ON  RECONSIDERATION 
 Adopted:  February  5,  2004  Released:  February  6,  2004 
 By  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau: 
 1.  Before  the  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division  (Division)  is  a  Petition  for  Reconsideration  (Petition)  filed  by  Marin  County  Office  of  Education  (Marin  County),  San 
 Rafael,  California,  that  asks  the  Division  to  reconsider  its  order  denying  Marin  County’s  Request  for  Review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Schools  and  Libraries  Division  (SLD)  of  the  Universal 
 Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator).  1  For  the  reasons  set  forth  below,  we  deny  the  Petition. 


 2.  In  the  Marin  County  Order,  we  held  that  Marin  County’s  failure  to  submit  its  Funding  Year  2002  FCC  Form  471  application  with  a  signed  signature  block  by  the  filing 
 deadline  rendered  its  application  defective.  2 
 3.  Marin  County  presents  no  new  facts  in  its  Petition.  Pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  rules,  a  petition  for  reconsideration  generally  will  be  granted  only  if  it  demonstrates  an  error  in 


 the  decision  based  on  (1)  facts  which  related  to  events  which  have  occurred  or  circumstances  which  have  changed  since  the  last  opportunity  to  present  such  matters;  or  (2)  facts  unknown  to 


 1  The  Petition  was  filed  December  9,  2002,  seeking  reconsideration  of  Request  for  Review  of  the  Decision  of  the 
 Universal  Service  Administrator  by  Marin  County  Office  of  Education,  San  Rafael,  California,  File  No.  SLD-303207,  CC  Dockets  No.  96-  45  and  97-  21,  Order,  17  FCC  Rcd.  22441  (Wireline  Comp.  Bur.  2002)  (Marin  County 


 Order).  Parties  may  seek  reconsideration  from  a  final  action  of  the  Commission  or  its  designated  authority.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  106 


 2  Marin  County  Order,  paras.  7  and  8.  Under  the  schools  and  libraries  universal  service  support  mechanism,  eligible 
 schools,  libraries,  and  their  consortia  may  apply  for  discounts  for  eligible  telecommunications  services,  Internet  access,  and  internal  connections.  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  54.502,  54.503. 
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 petitioner  until  after  the  Request  for  Review  was  filed.  3  Each  of  the  arguments  raised  by  Marin  County  in  its  Petition  for  Reconsideration  was  raised  in  its  prior  Request  for  Review,  and 
 addressed  in  the  Marin  County  Order.  4  Therefore,  we  deny  Marin  County’s  Petition. 
 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  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  by  Marin  County  Office  of  Education,  San  Rafael,  California,  on  December  9,  2002  IS  DENIED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Narda  M.  Jones  Deputy  Chief,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division 
 Wireless  Competition  Bureau 


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.106(  b)(  2)  and  1.  106(  c)(  1). 
 4  Marin  County  argued  that  (1)  SLD’s  notice  of  the  deficiency  arrived  after  the  filing  date,  and  hence  too  late  for 
 Marin  County  to  remedy;  (2)  that  the  omission  was  accidental;  and  (3)  that  the  denial  of  funding  would  be  a  hardship  for  Marin  County.  See  Marin  County  Order,  paras.  5-  8. 
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