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BEACH Act grants are awarded to eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories, and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs.
2009 Beach Grants Announcements
EPA is making almost $10 million in grants available in 2009 to eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and tribes to help them implement programs to monitor water quality at the beach and to notify the public when water quality problems exist.
- Fact Sheet (January 2009) including state distribution
- Federal Register Notice | Print Version (PDF) (6 pp., 73 K) (January 23, 2009)
Grant Allocation Forumula
EPA announced potential changes to the grant allocation formula it uses to award implementation grants under the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act. EPA expects any changes to the formula would become effective in 2010.
- Expected Changes to Grant Allocation Formula (August 13, 2008)
- Federal Register Notice of Expected Changes (August 13, 2008)
Additional Information
- Guidance and Required Performance Criteria (EPA-823-B-02-004)
- Data Requirements under Beach Act grants | Fact Sheet (May 2005; revised October 2008)
- EPA Regional beach program representatives
- Application Form SF-424
- Grants archive from past fiscal years
Information Collection Request for the BEACH Act Grant Program Submitted to OMB
On June 27, 2005, EPA announced in the Federal Register (70 FR 36935) that we submitted the ICR for the BEACH Act grant program to OMB for review. EPA collects certain information from grant recipients as a condition of the grants, and this ICR is EPA's estimate of the cost of reporting the information to EPA.