[CPEO-MEF] Harwich (MA) can't get fireworks insurance

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I am surprised that insurers willing to insure fireworks displays 
against other significant risks, such as fire, are unwilling to cover 
potential litigation over groundwater contamination. - LS]


Fireworks fizzle for Harwich


By JASON KOLNOS
Cape Cod Times (MA)
August 22, 2006

HARWICH - The star-crossed Cranberry Festival pyrotechnic show is like a 
shell that rockets into the night sky but fails to explode.

Citing insurance issues, the show's vendor has refused to blast 
fireworks behind Harwich High School in September, including fireworks 
that do not contain the perchlorate at the heart of the dispute.

The decision by Garden State Fireworks, the provider for more than 20 
years, not to launch nitrate-based propellants douses any hope of a 
fireworks show this year. The Cranberry Festival runs on Saturday, 
September 16 and Sunday, September 17.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/fireworksfizzle22.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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