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                                Before the
                      Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                  
In the Matter of                             )    
                                   )
Request for Review                      )
of the Decision of                      )
the Universal Service Administrator by                 )
                                   )    
Sacred Heart Parish School                   )                   
Hollister, California                        )    SLD Number 79719
                                   )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service    )    CC Docket No. 96-45
                                   )    
Changes to the Board of Directors of the          )    CC Docket No. 97-21
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.       )
                                   
                             ORDER

                 Adopted:  December 13, 1999                  Released:  December 13, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.  This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Sacred Heart Parish School that was
received by the Commission on September 15, 1999, which seeks review of the Administrator's
Decision on Appeal, dated August 11, 1999.  Under 47 C.F.R.  54.720, any such appeal must be
filed within thirty (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 thirty (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 September 15, 1999 by the Sacred Heart Parish School IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                              
                              Yog R. Varma                       
                                   Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau