Fireworks Displays on San Diego Bay Jim Hutzelman Ports Marketing - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Fireworks Displays on San Diego Bay

Jim Hutzelman Port’s Marketing & Communications Department Eileen Maher Environmental & Land Use Management

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Background

Fireworks

Add excitement to waterfront events Make San Diego Bay a destination Brings large numbers of people to tenant

businesses

Indirectly generates revenue to Port

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Background

Port has provided financial support for fireworks

displays since 2001:

• July 4th by Sandy Purdon/Armed Forces YMCA
• San Diego Symphony Summer Pops Series

2012 - Big Bay Boom July 4th Fireworks Show:

• District support: Title sponsorship for $95,000 in funding

and $70,000 in services

• 4 barges in North San Diego Bay
• Imperial Beach pier

USS Midway and hotel tenants also have

fireworks displays

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Permits required for displays

Coast Guard Marine Event Permit Coastal Development Permit/CEQA compliance

• If in State Lands Commission jurisdiction, issued by

California Coastal Commission

• If in District jurisdiction, issued by District

Respective cities’ fire department approvals National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) Permit from the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB).

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NPDES Fireworks Permit

RWQCB adopted May 2011.

Permit is valid for 5 years. No water monitoring required Fireworks best management practices plan

required.

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Majority of fireworks displays occur outside

• f Port jurisdiction

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BPC direction - January 2012

• 1. Decline tenants’ request that Port become

sole NPDES permit holder

• 2. Continue working with RWQCB regarding

future monitoring requirements

• 3. Explore possibility of third party

management of fireworks displays with tenants or District

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Fireworks

Additional presenters regarding fireworks

issues:

Big Bay Boom 4th of July Fireworks

Sandy Purdon

Regional Water Quality Control Board

Dave Gibson Michelle Mata

Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation

Livia Borak

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Questions & Discussion