The Pilotage Rate Review Board announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: February 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m., General Board Business; February 15, 2010, 11:00 a.m., Site visit to the Port of Fernandina, February 16, 2010, 9:00 a.m., Rate Hearing for the Port of Fernandina
PLACE: Hampton Inn & Suites, 19 South 2nd Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: A petition for a change in the rates of pilotage charged by the licenses state pilots and certified deputy pilots at Cumberland Sound Pilots Association has been filed with the Pilotage Rate Review Board, pursuant to Section 310.151, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 61E13, Florida Administrative Code.
The last rate change (increase) granted to the Port of Fernandina was 2006. The board intends to consider the following requested rate change (increase) for the Port of Fernandina.
Effective, after the hearing, for the first year:
Draft Charge increase from $23.09 to $25.35, minimum of 15 feet.
Tonnage Charge increase from $.05183 minimum 2500 Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) to $.057 minimum 3000 GRT.
Docking/Undocking increase from $125 for vessels 400 feet and less and $175 for vessels over 400 ft. to $125 for vessels under 350 ft. and $175 for vessels 350 ft. and over.
Docking or Undocking with tugboat/tugboats $225, and effective January 1, 2011, from $225 to $250.
Shifting all vessels increase from $100 to $250.
Detention increase from $200 to $250.
Personnel transfer increase from $200 to $250.
All interested parties may file an answer, an additional or alternative application, or any other applicable pleading or response, including all documentation in support thereof within thirty (30) days of this publication by January 30, 2010.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: A copy of the agenda, including the application and the investigative committee’s report to the board, may be obtained by writing: Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Pilotage Rate Review Board, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0773.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Pilotage Rate Review Board office. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.