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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  611 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  ) 
 Request  for  Review  of  the  Universal  Service  )  Administrator  by  ) 
 )  MeritCare  Clinic  Detroit  Lakes  )  File  No.  RHCD-  10809-  1 
 Detroit  Lakes,  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:  March  20,  2000  Released:  March  21,  2000 
 By  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  This  Order  dismisses  the  Letter  of  Appeal  of  the  MeritCare  Clinic  Detroit  Lakes  (Detroit  Lakes),  Detroit  Lakes,  Minnesota,  seeking  review  of  a  decision  issued  by  the  Universal  Service 
 Administrative  Company’s  Rural  Health  Care  Division  on  October  1,  1999.  The  Commission  received  Detroit  Lakes’s  Letter  of  Appeal  on  January  10,  2000.  Under  section  54.720  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.720,  any  such  appeal  must  be  filed  within  30  days  of  the  issuance  of  the  decision  as  to  which  review  is  sought.  Documents  are  considered  to  be  filed  with 
 the  Commission  only  upon  receipt.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.7.  Because  the  instant  Letter  of  Appeal  was  not  filed  within  the  specified  30-  day  period,  it  will  be  dismissed  without  further  consideration. 


 2.  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 
 Letter  of  Appeal  filed  January  10,  2000,  by  the  MeritCare  Clinic  Detroit  Lakes,  Detroit  Lakes,  Minnesota,  IS  DISMISSED. 


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 Carol  E.  Mattey  Deputy  Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 
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