Federal Communications Commission   DA 12-985
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC  20554
In the Matter of )
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Requests for Waiver and/or Review of )
Decisions of the )
Universal Service Administrator by )
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Churchill County School District )                  SLD Nos. 664502, et al.
Fallon, Nevada, et al.       )
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Schools and Libraries Universal Service ) CC Docket No. 02-6
Support Mechanism )
ORDER
Adopted:  June 21, 2012             Released:  June 21, 2012
By the Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. Consistent with precedent,
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we deny eight requests from petitioners
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seeking waiver of our 
rules and/or review of decisions made by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under 
the E-rate program (more formally known as the schools and libraries universal service support 
program).
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We find that the petitioners failed to submit their requests for review and/or waiver either to 
the Commission or to USAC within 60 days as required by the Commission’s rules.
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  Based on our 
review of the record, we deny the eight requests because the petitioners have failed to show special 
circumstances necessary for the Commission to waive the deadline.
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See Request for Review of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by Agra Public Schools I-134, Schools 
and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, File Nos. SLD-363747, et al., CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 25
FCC Rcd 5684 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2010) (denying 104 appeals on the grounds that the petitioners failed to 
submit their appeals either to the Commission or to USAC within 60 days as required by the Commission’s rules, 
and the petitioners have failed to show special circumstances necessary for the Commission to waive the deadline); 
see also Requests for Review and/or Requests for Waiver of Decisions of the Universal Service Administrator by 
Bonnie Brae Educational Center School, Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism, File Nos. 
SLD-625470, et al., CC Docket No. 02-6, Order, 27 FCC Rcd 1344 (Wireline Comp. Bur. 2012) (denying 22
appeals on the grounds that the petitioners failed to submit their appeals either to the Commission or to USAC 
within 60 days as required by the Commission’s rules, and the petitioners have failed to show special circumstances 
necessary for the Commission to waive the deadline).
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The requests for waiver and/or review are listed in the Appendix. 
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Section 54.719(c) of the Commission’s rules provides that any person aggrieved by an action taken by a division of 
USAC may seek review from the Commission.  47 C.F.R. § 54.719(c).
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47 C.F.R. § 54.720.  
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The Commission may waive any provision of its rules for good cause shown.  47 C.F.R. § 1.3.  The Commission 
may exercise its discretion to waive a rule where the particular facts make strict compliance inconsistent with the 
(Continued….)
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2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1-4 
and 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154 and 254, and 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 
requests for review or requests for waiver filed by the petitioners listed in the appendix ARE DENIED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Trent B. Harkrader
Chief
Telecommunications Access Policy Division
Wireline Competition Bureau
                                                          
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public interest.  Northeast Cellular Telephone Co. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Northeast 
Cellular).  In addition, the Commission may take into account considerations of hardship, equity, or more effective 
implementation of overall policy on an individual basis. WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1159 (D.C. Cir. 
1969); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166.  Waiver of the Commission’s rules is appropriate only if both (i) 
special circumstances warrant a deviation from the general rule, and (ii) such deviation will serve the public interest.  
NetworkIP, LLC v. FCC, 548 F.3d 116, 125-128 (D.C. Cir. 2008); Northeast Cellular, 897 F.2d at 1166.
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APPENDIX
Petitioner Application
Number(s)
Funding
Year
Date Request for 
Review/Waiver 
Filed  
Churchill County School District
Fallon, Nevada
664502 2009 May 8, 2012
Couch School District R1
Myrtle, Missouri
772930 2011 Apr. 23, 2012
East St. Louis School District 189
East St. Louis, Illinois
511426, 511431, 
516224, 516308, 
516727, 516729, 
524764
2006 Apr. 23, 2012
George Washington Carver Academy
Highland Park, Michigan
814222 2011 May 15, 2012
Leggett Independent School District
Waco, Texas
818655 2011 May 11, 2012
Monsignor Donovan High School
Toms River, New Jersey
510516, 550234, 
6200716, 678078
2006, 
2007, 
2008, 2009
Apr. 25, 2012
Northwest Artic Borough School District
Kotzebue, Alaska
569600 2007 Jun. 7, 2012
Western Line School District
Avon, Mississippi
754724 2010 May 10, 2012