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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                        )
                                   )
Request for Review of the                    )
Decision of the                         )
Universal Service Administrator by           )         
                                   )
Binas Yisaschor                         )
Monsey, New York                        )         File No. SLD 59461
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on                 )
Universal Service                       )         CC Docket No. 96-45
                                   )
Changes to the Board of Directors of the          )
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.       )         CC Docket No. 97-21
                                   )

                             ORDER
Adopted:  February 15, 2000             Released: February 16, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed November 17, 1999 by Binas
Yisaschor, which seeks review of the Administrator's Decision on Appeal issued June 22, 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 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 November 17, 1999 by Binas Yisaschor IS DISMISSED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                              
                         Carol E. Mattey
                         Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau