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Beach Health Get$10 Million In Grants

Beach Health Get$10 Million In Grants

NEARLY $10 million in grants are available from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to eligible states and territories to protect public health
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 2nd June 2003

NEARLY $10 million in grants are available from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to eligible states and territories to protect public health at the nation’s beaches. The funds are targeted to improve monitoring the quality of water at beaches and notifying the public of beach warnings or closings.

According to EPA’s 2002 Beach Survey, more than a quarter of the reported beaches (about 672) issued at least one swimming advisory or closure in the summer of 2001. Most of these advisories were due to elevated bacteria levels primarily from sewage overflows or storm water runoff.

EPA’s annual National Beach Survey, which provides the results of a voluntary survey on swimming conditions from the previous summer at nearly 2,500 beaches nationwide, will be released later this spring.

Available to 35 eligible states and territories, the $10 million in beach grants vary from $149,025 to $544,552. The grants are based on criteria including the length of beach season, the miles of beaches and the number of people using those beaches.

State and local monitoring and notification programs often differ across the country and provide varying levels of swimmer protection. These grant funds are designed to ensure that the public receives better protection when traveling to various beaches across the country. EPA estimates that Americans make a total of 910 million trips to coastal areas each year, spending about $44 billion.

EPA is helping states set recreational water quality standards, based on EPA-established criteria and helping states provide better monitoring and information to the public. EPA also funds research and provides technical support to states.

The funds are available under a federal law passed by Congress in 2000, the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act). The new law established a national program for monitoring beach water quality and notifying the public of unsafe conditions.

If all 35 eligible states and territories apply and meet the performance criteria, the distribution of the $ 9.935 million in funds for year 2003 will be:

Alabama $261,514
Alaska $149,025
American Samoa $3
00,364 California $532,164
Connecticut $223,921
Delaware $210,299
Florida $544,552
Georgia $287,442
Guam $300,860
Hawaii $322,897
Illinois $245,043
Indiana $204,963
Louisiana $380,052
Maine $257,766
Maryland $273,429
Massachusetts $257,453
Michigan $283,360
Minnesota $203,309
Mississippi $256,481
New Hampshire $203,594
New Jersey $282,586
New York $359,215
North Carolina $305,007
Northern Mariana $301,648
Ohio $224,227
Oregon $229,757
Pennsylvania $223,012
Puerto Rico $328,757
Rhode Island $212,340
South Carolina $298,726
Texas $387,508
U.S. Virgin Islands $301,483
Virginia $281,693
Washington $274,585
Wisconsin $225,970
Additional beach information, including information for states and territories interested in applying for the grants, is available on EPA’s BEACH WATCH Web site: www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches.

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