The BEACH Act of 2000: EPA and States Have Made Progress Implementing the Act, but Further Actions Could Increase Public Health Protection

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-07-12 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1073T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T P0b002ee18037ef23 f:d071073t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T GAO-07-1073T Contamination Environmental monitoring Grant monitoring Grants to states Health hazards Pollution monitoring Program evaluation Public health Water pollution control Water quality Water quality standards Program implementation E. coli Bacteria Great Lakes Testimony A72555 The BEACH Act of 2000: EPA and States Have Made Progress Implementing the Act, but Further Actions Could Increase Public Health Protection Waterborne pathogens can contaminate water and sand at beaches and threaten human health. Under the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides grants to states to develop water quality monitoring and public notification programs. This statement summarizes the key findings of GAO's May 2007 report, Great Lakes: EPA and States Have Made Progress in Implementing the BEACH Act, but Additional Actions Could Improve Public Health Protection. In this report GAO assessed (1) the extent to which EPA has implemented the Act's provisions, (2) concerns about EPA's BEACH Act grant allocation formula, and (3) described the experiences of the Great Lakes states in developing and implementing beach monitoring and notification programs using their grant funds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T.pdf GAO-07-1073T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1073T Testimony GAO-07-1073T; The BEACH Act of 2000: EPA and States Have Made Progress Implementing the Act, but Further Actions Could Increase Public Health Protection; Contamination Environmental monitoring Grant monitoring Grants to states Health hazards Pollution monitoring Program evaluation Public health Water pollution control Water quality Water quality standards Program implementation E. coli Bacteria Great Lakes