National List of Beaches — 2008 (PDF; 4.26 MB)

The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act) requires EPA to develop and publish a list of discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that specifies whether the waters are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants (July 2002). This document, the National List of Beaches, fulfills this requirement. This list is primarily organized by state and county. For some territories and Hawaii, the beaches are listed by island. Alaska’s beaches are reported by community. Beach names are listed with their monitoring status for the 2007 swimming season. We include only coastal and Great Lakes beaches in these lists. The list does not include beaches on inland waters because they are not subject to the BEACH Act.

This document gives both EPA and the public a national picture of the extent of monitoring of beach waters, and it will help EPA determine how to better implement the BEACH Act.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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