HONOLULU — The contractor hired to dispose of seized commercial-grade fireworks in Honolulu says it will find another site for the job after residents of Nanakuli objected to blowing them up in their community.
Michael De Sousa of URS Federal Services Inc. says the company will honor the state Department of Health’s request to find another site.
Residents Tuesday night at a meeting of the Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board said exploding 5,400 pyrotechnic devices over six months was not something they wanted.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports farmers complained that the noise would startle livestock and affect egg production.
About 120 people attended and the board voted unanimously to oppose fireworks disposal in Nanakuli.
The mislabeled fireworks were seized by U.S. Customs and are in the possession of the U.S. Treasury Department.