Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§1375a Report on Coastal Recreation Waters
Title 33 › CHAPTER 26 — WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1375a
Summary
EPA must send Congress a report by 4 years after October 10, 2000, and every 4 years after that. The report must say whether new water-quality rules are needed for pathogens and indicators, review federal, state, and local efforts to carry out the law (including its amendments), and recommend better ways to monitor coastal recreation waters. EPA may combine this report with other Clean Water Act reports.
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Title 33, §1375a
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(a)In general
Not later than 4 years after October 10, 2000, and every 4 years thereafter, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report that includes—
(1)recommendations concerning the need for additional water quality criteria for pathogens and pathogen indicators and other actions that should be taken to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters;
(2)an evaluation of Federal, State, and local efforts to implement this Act, including the amendments made by this Act; and
(3)recommendations on improvements to methodologies and techniques for monitoring of coastal recreation waters.
(b)Coordination
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may coordinate the report under this section with other reporting requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
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This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Pub. L. 106–284, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 870, known as the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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of 2000 Amendment note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.
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33 U.S.C. § 1375a
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110