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Varying Form of Title: | Great Lakes : Environmental Protection Agency and states have made progress in implementing the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act, but additional actions could improve public health protection EPA and states have made progress in implementing the BEACH Act, but additional actions could improve public health protection Great Lakes beaches
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Other uniform titles: | ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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Notes: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.
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Summary: | 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) developed limits on pathogens that states use to assess beach water quality. EPA can also provide grants to states to develop water quality monitoring and public notification programs. GAO was asked to assess (1) the extent to which EPA implemented the BEACH Act including how it allocated grants to the states, (2) the monitoring and notification programs developed by Great Lakes states, and (3) the effect of the BEACH Act on water quality monitoring and contamination at Great Lakes ...
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Other form: | Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Great Lakes Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Great Lakes. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest,[2004] CIS 2007 J942-173
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Govt.docs classification: | GA 1.13:07-591
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