Water regulators demand permits for coastal fireworks
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times
Water regulators have voted to require pollution permits for coastal fireworks displays in southern Orange County and San Diego County, in what they said was the first such regulation in the nation.
Operators of seaside fireworks shows from Laguna Beach to the U.S.-Mexico border will have to pay a $1,500 annual fee, minimize the discharge of pollutants into the water and clean up shells, cardboard, fuses and other debris under the rules approved Wednesday by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board.
The rules, which take effect in June, will largely affect displays along the coastline, but will also apply to fireworks over rivers, streams, reservoirs and lakes.
Officials said the policy is an attempt to protect bodies of water from pyrotechnic shows that scatter pollutants and trash. The metals and chemicals that produce explosive effects and bright colors can also contaminate water and become toxic to aquatic life
“The new requirements balance the importance of public displays of fireworks as part of our national and community celebrations and the need to prevent degradation of water and sediment quality from the fallout of firework combustion residue,” David W. Gibson, the water board’s executive officer, said in a news release.
Water board officials said it was the nation’s first comprehensive policy to regulate fireworks as a pollution source subject to the federal Clean Water Act.
Celebrating American independence in an extravagant way, with lots of family and patriotic display is one more thing the Globalists want to discourage. Using the environmental movement is very convenient for them.
This has absolutely nothing to do with protecting anything. This is about more money, more control and more justification for yet another government agency. One agency giving taxpayer dollars to another agency. Dogwoman is right on the money (so to speak).
Wonder if there is any evidence that coastal fireworks displays are actually doing very much “pollution”. How many tons of pollutants actually are introduced into the water underneath these displays?
Cleaning up trash is always a good idea. But how much trash is being left by the fireworks, and how much by the people attending the show?
It seems like it’s time to rein in these “environmental protectorates” .. they seem to have too much power, and very little accountability.
Ok, so whose head of the clean up here at edge wood beach,nevada beach on get a buzz day?
You know, clear, I forget which day it is, but I know SkiBum organizes a clean up of the beach every year!
Hooray for SkiBum!
Every July 5th at 6 Am we meet, my crew and any volunteers, meet in the parking lot of El Dorado beach and clean from the Ice Cream shop to Reagan Beach. We usually remove over 40 yards of garbage and rake the lawns also! This summer will be our 12th? year of our company donating this. Thanks dw lol.