![]() “I’ve lived here a long time and I think this is the first year there will be no fireworks in King Harbor,” Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand said at a council meeting earlier this month. It wasn’t immediately clear where the fifth canceled show was supposed to be held. A spokesperson for Pyro Spectaculars said another canceled show was in Malibu, but didn’t specify where. Pyro Spectaculars was also supposed to do a show at the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades, which is now putting on a drone light show. The two canceled shows in Redondo Beach were at Seaside Lagoon or Kings Harbor, run by the city, and at the Redondo Riviera, put on by a private organization. Water board officials pointed out that various other fireworks vendors have been able to comply with the new permit requirements. Souza said his company works to be environmentally conscious, but it will not comply with the new regulations for shows over waterways in L.A. ![]() “The water board instituted the new regulations quickly and unilaterally, with little input from us, one of the largest and most experienced firework show producers in the nation.” “We cannot and will not risk the safety of our staff and the public to comply with the restrictive regulations,” Chief Executive Jim Souza said in a statement. Most of the county’s planned fireworks shows on Independence Day - from Long Beach to Marina del Rey - are expected to comply with the new standards aimed at protecting waterways below the colorful explosions, but a handful of shows will not occur given the new requirements.Īll those shows - there are at least five, including two in Redondo Beach - had planned to use the Rialto-based company Pyro Spectaculars by Souza, which decided it would not seek the necessary permit from the Los Angeles water board, according to the board. The Galapagos Islands recently limited the sale and use of fireworks, as did Beijing.īecause the water board adopted the new permit requirements so close to the Fourth of July, officials said they reached out to “known fireworks displays over coastal waters in Los Angeles and Ventura counties to explain the permit requirements and offer assistance with permit applications,” the board said in a statement. Although a judge didn’t rule in favor of the environmental group, evidence from the trial found at least one instance of “fireworks-related pollutants,” pushing the regional water board to improve regulation of these shows over waterways.ĭebates about the environmental costs of fireworks - known to cause significant air pollution - have been ongoing across many states and countries in recent years, with increasing calls for better oversight, and in some cases, outright bans. The catalyst for the new permit came from a federal lawsuit brought by environmental activists against Long Beach’s Big Bang on the Bay, which claimed that the show had violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into Alamitos Bay. Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a protective fireworks display permit in late May, which requires new best practices aimed at reducing plastics and other pollution that could fall into oceans or marinas from fireworks displays. The decisions come just a month after the L.A. ![]() In response to newly mandated environmental rules, several Fourth of July fireworks shows along Los Angeles County’s coastline have been canceled.
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