ALJ/VDR/avs DRAFT CA-7

3/27/01

Decision DRAFT DECISION OF ALJ RYERSON (Mailed 2/22/01)

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Amended Application of Marine Services Express, Inc., a California corporation, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Establish and Operate Scheduled Vessel Common Carrier Service between Designated Points and Places in the greater San Francisco Bay Area pursuant to and under contract(s) with Governmental or Private Entities on an Emergency, Interim or Continuous Basis.

Application 99-01-003 (Filed January 5, 1999)

INTERIM OPINION

Summary

We grant the joint motion of the applicant and the protestant to apply our settlement rules to this proceeding, but we deny their joint motion for adoption of a written settlement. The applicant and protestant are allowed 60 days from the effective date of our order to renegotiate their settlement and propose it to us for adoption by a new motion. Alternatively, the applicant has 60 days to revise its application. If neither action is taken within that time period, the application will be dismissed.