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           )
                                   )
Ocmulgee Regional Library System        )    File No. SLD-45958  
Eastman, Georgia                        )    
                                   )
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 29, 1999              Released:  October 29, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of Ocmulgee Regional Library System
dated May 25, 1999, but received by the Commission on June 3, 1999, which seeks review of the
Administrator's Decision on Appeal, dated April 30, 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 June 3, 1999 by Ocmulgee Regional Library System IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau