Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
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Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
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Yeshiva of Central Queens          )    File No. SLD-97749
Flushing, New York                 )
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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:  December 6, 1999Released:  December 6, 1999

By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letters of Appeal of the Yeshiva of Central Queens, of
Flushing, New York, that were received by the Commission on September 13, 1999 and
September 21, 1999, which seek review of the Administrator's Decision on Appeal, dated July
13,
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 Letters of Appeal were not filed within the specified 30-day period, they 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 Letters of Appeal filed September 13, 1999 and September 21, 1999 by the Yeshiva of
Central Queens ARE DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau