Talk:BEACH Act
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Howdy Joanne and Savannah, great progress! Here's a quick rundown of some thoughts: 1. reformat the summary, I rephrased it below. 2. Add a history section and merge the federal funding section 3. Add a one or two line introduction section to what your sections are about, such as the provisions and grant funding sections. 4. Axe the key term section.
1. Summary should be reformatted to to drive the main idea homes first (similar to how CWA/CAA and other laws are written on wiki). I tweeked some grammar:
The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000, or BEACH Act, is a United States federal statute that sets national standards for recreational water testing and authorizes state grants to pay for beach monitoring programs. The Act was signed by President Bill Clinton and amended the Clean Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set up criteria for testing, monitoring, and notifying public users of possible coastal recreation water problems. The act is greatest exercised during beach seasons, when bacteria levels become increasingly high (you should explain from what causes here). Bacteria, such as Escherichia coli (E.coli) (always provide full scientific name first), are pathogen indicates that affect water pollution levels (loads?). Agencies report and monitor the levels and post warning signs as necessary.
2. I would add a history section after the summary and the culminating contributions by the Surfrider Foundation to steer the Beach Bill (H.R. 999) prior to the BEACH Act. Your federal funding section could be incorporated here as it talks about the historical funding.
3. For your provisions and grant funding sections, I would introduce the main purpose of those sections first, i.e. various provisions to the BEACH Act were important as.....
4. You do not need a key term section, those terms should be incorporated and/or defined within the text of your other sections.
God job! Allen.Lau (talk) 07:25, 6 December 2016 (UTC)