National List of Beaches
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Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 States Alabama ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Alaska .............................................................................................................................................. 5 California .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Connecticut .................................................................................................................................... 16 Delaware ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Florida ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Georgia .......................................................................................................................................... 31 Hawaii ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Illinois ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Indiana ........................................................................................................................................... 43 Louisiana ........................................................................................................................................ 45 Maine ............................................................................................................................................. 47 Maryland ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Massachusetts ............................................................................................................................... 52 Michigan ......................................................................................................................................... 64 Minnesota ...................................................................................................................................... 76 Mississippi ...................................................................................................................................... 79 New Hampshire ............................................................................................................................. 81 New Jersey .................................................................................................................................... 82 New York........................................................................................................................................ 87 North Carolina ................................................................................................................................ 95 Ohio .............................................................................................................................................. 101 Oregon ......................................................................................................................................... 103 Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................ 106 Rhode Island ................................................................................................................................ 107 South Carolina ............................................................................................................................. 112 Texas ........................................................................................................................................... 114 Virginia ......................................................................................................................................... 118 Washington .................................................................................................................................. 120 Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................... 146 Territories American Samoa ......................................................................................................................... 150 Guam ........................................................................................................................................... 152 Northern Mariana Islands............................................................................................................. 154 Puerto Rico .................................................................................................................................. 156 Virgin Islands .............................................................................................................................. 158 i Tribes Grand Portage Band of the Chippewa ......................................................................................... 160 Makah Tribe ................................................................................................................................. 161 ii National List of Beaches What is the National List of Beaches? Number of Beaches Reported The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Total Not Health Act (BEACH Act) requires EPA to develop and State Beaches Monitored Monitored publish a list of discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the Alabama 25 25 0 public that specifies whether the waters are subject to a Alaska 3 3 0 monitoring and notification program consistent with the California 438 438 0 National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Connecticut 66 65 1 Criteria for Grants (July 2002). This document, the Delaware 21 21 0 National List of Beaches, fulfills this requirement. This list Florida 556 309 247 is primarily organized by state and county. For some Georgia 41 27 14 territories and Hawaii, the beaches are listed by island. Hawaii 385 146 239 Alaska’s beaches are reported alphabetically. Tribal Illinois 56 50 6 beaches are listed by name. Beach names are listed with Indiana 24 24 0 their monitoring status for the 2010 swimming season. We Louisiana 28 27 1 include only coastal and Great Lakes beaches in these Maine 59 59 0 lists. The list does not include beaches on inland waters Maryland 70 70 0 because they are not subject to the BEACH Act. Massachusetts 605 605 0 Michigan 568 207 361 This document gives both EPA and the public a national Minnesota 79 39 40 picture of the extent of monitoring of beach waters, and it will help EPA determine how to better implement the BEACH Act. Mississippi 22 22 0 New Hampshire 16 16 0 New Jersey 219 219 0 How did EPA get this information? New York 346 346 0 States, territories and tribes provided the information to EPA North Carolina 241 241 0 as of September 1, 2011. The table on this page lists the Ohio 62 62 0 states, territories and tribes, the number of beaches they Oregon 91 26 65 reported, and how many of those beaches were monitored. Pennsylvania 13 13 0 Rhode Island 230 72 158 South Carolina 23 23 0 How do I find more information about the List of Texas 169 65 104 Beaches? Virginia 45 45 0 For more information on the National List of Beaches please Washington 1,368 47 1,321 contact Richard Healy by telephone at 202-566-0405 or email Wisconsin 118 118 0 him at [email protected]. For information about specific 30 5,987 3,430 2,557 beaches contact your EPA Regional or state beach Territory representative at: American Samoa 50 50 0 http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/beaches/whereyoulive_state.cfm. Guam 31 31 0 N. Mariana Is. 63 63 0 How will this list change? Puerto Rico 22 22 0 Virgin Islands 43 43 0 Starting with the 2011 swimming season, the list of beaches 5 209 209 0 will be dynamic, linking each beach to its page in BEACON (Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification) at: Tribe http://watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/. Each page will show the Grand Portage 11 11 0 extent of the beach, provide the most recent advisory status Makah 13 5 8 and water quality monitoring data that the state has reported, 2 24 16 8 and link to the state’s website for the most up-to-date Totals information. 37 6,200 3,655 2,565 1 States, Territories and Tribes in the National List of Beaches 2 Alabama Number of Beaches Reported Total * Not County Beaches Monitored Monitored Baldwin 21 21 0 Mobile 4 4 0 Totals 25 25 0 * Only coastal beaches are included in these lists. For more information contact: Suzi Farr Alabama Department of Environmental Management Tel: 251-450-3400 e-mail: [email protected] Alabama List of Beaches MONITORING STATUS TIER COUNTY BEACH NAME Monitored Not Monitored RANK Baldwin Alabama Point (Gulf Of Mexico) Monitored --- 2 Bear Point Civic Association Monitored --- 3 Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Monitored --- 3 Camp Beckwith Monitored --- 1 Camp Dixie Monitored --- 1 Cotton Bayou Monitored --- 1 Escambia Avenue Monitored --- 3 Fairhope Public Beach Monitored --- 1 Florida Point Monitored ---