GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

OF THE

UNITED STATES



PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION



IN RE } Docket No. 602

) Order No. 4/2013

AQUATIC MANAGEMENT, LLC. )

D/B/A V.I. SEATRANS; PETITION )

FOR FORFEITURE AND FINES )

)

ORDER



WHEREAS, on March 28, 2012, the Government of the Virgin Islands by and through

the Virgin Islands Department of Justice (hereinafter “Department of Justice”) submitted a

Petition for Forfeiture and Fines of the exclusive franchise of Aquatic Management, LLC. d/b/a

V.I. SeaTrans (hereinafter “V.I. SeaTrans”) to the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission

(hereinafter, “PSC” or the “Commission”); and



WHEREAS, on April 30, 2012, the Commission directed in Order No. 20/2012 that a

docket be established to begin the hearing process and to appoint a Hearing Examiner for the

review of the Petition for Forfeiture and Fines; and



WHEREAS, on May 8, 2012, the Commission voted to appoint Attorney Lorm Kleeger

as Hearing Examiner to preside over the hearing process for the Petition for Forfeiture and Fines

submitted by the Department of Justice; and



WHEREAS, on August 16, 2012, the hearing for the Petition for Forfeiture and Fines

against V.I. SeaTrans was conducted by Hearing Examiner Lorin Kleeger at the Curriculum

Center's Conference Room, located at #3 V.I. Corp Property Kingshill on St. Croix, United

States Virgin Islands at 10:00 a.m.



WHEREAS, on September 24, 2012, the Commission received a report and

recommendations from its Hearing Examiner, Lorin Kleeger; and



WHEREAS, on September 24, 2012, the Commission met in a Special Meeting at the

Virgin Islands Port Authority’s Conference Room located at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, St.

Croix, United States Virgin Islands; and.



WHEREAS, upon review and deliberation the Commission voted to adopt the Hearing

Examiner’s Findings of Fact of the record, and the Hearing Examiner’s report.