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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           )
                                   )
Delaware County AVTS District           )    File No. SLD-45130  
Media, Pennsylvania                     )    
                                   )
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:  October 28, 1999                                   Released:  October 28, 1999


By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Delaware County AVTS District
that was received by the Commission on June 3, 1999, which seeks review of the Administrator's
Decision on Appeal, dated April 26, 1999.  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 June 3, 1999 by the Delaware County AVTS District IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau