Great Lakes
Subtitle: EPA and states have made progress in implementing the BEACH Act, but additional actions could improve public health protection : report to Congressional requesters.
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: United States. -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Rules and practice; Water quality -- Great Lakes (North America); Water -- Pollution -- Great Lakes (North America); Beaches -- Health aspects -- Great Lakes (North America); Beach closures -- Great Lakes (North America); Bacterial pollution of water -- Great Lakes (North America)
Other titles: Great Lakes :; EPA and states have made progress in implementing the BEACH Act, but additional actions could improve public health protection; Great Lakes beaches
Description: 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 ...
Notes: "May 2007."

Cover title.

"GAO-07-591."

Includes bibliographical references.