In re the Claim of Munns

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 6, 1999, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s request for a hearing was untimely.

By two initial determinations, both dated and mailed on September 27, 1996, claimant was informed that he was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not totally unemployed and was charged with a recoverable overpayment of $7,800. Claimant admitted receiving the determinations in 1996 and was aware that he had 30 days to request a hearing. Nevertheless, he testified that he did not do so until…