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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                 )
                                   )    
Regional Educational Media Center            )                   
Hancock, Michigan                       )    File No. SLD-75315 
                                   )
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 10, 1999               Released:  December 10, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.  This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Regional Educational Media Center,
submitted on behalf of the Copper Country Intermediate School District of Hancock, Michigan,
which was received by the Commission on September 13, 1999.  The instant Letter of Appeal
seeks review of an Administrator's Decision on Appeal, which is 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 13, 1999 by the Regional Educational Media Center IS
DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau