Conclusions of Law
1. Harbor Breeze is not disqualified from providing licensed service between Long Beach and Catalina by virtue of its history of providing occasional unlicensed service.
2. Granting Harbor Breeze Corporation a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a vessel common carrier providing on-call service between Long Beach and Catalina Island is in the public interest.
3. Granting Harbor Breeze a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a vessel common carrier providing water taxi service in and between Long Beach Harbor and San Pedro Harbor is in the public interest.
4. Granting Harbor Breeze a Zone of Rate Freedom of 20% above and below fares proposed in the application is in the public interest.
ORDER
Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that:
1. The application of Harbor Breeze Corporation for authority to (a) operate as a vessel common carrier in nonscheduled/on-call passenger ferry service between Long Beach, California and all points and places on Santa Catalina Island; (b) operate as a vessel common carrier in nonscheduled/on-call passenger ferry service between all points and places at and between Long Beach and San Pedro, California; and (c) establish a Zone of Rate Freedom of 20% above and below prices listed in the application is granted.
2. Hearings were necessary in this proceeding.
3. Application 06-05-011 is closed.
This order is effective today.
Dated June 21, 2007, at San Francisco, California.
MICHAEL R. PEEVEY
President
DIAN M. GRUENEICH
JOHN A. BOHN
RACHELLE B. CHONG
TIMOTHY ALAN SIMON
Commissioners
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