EPA is disagreeing with calls from the agency's Inspector General (IG) to submit mandated reports to Congress on its grant program to help states monitor coastal recreational water quality and better document budget decisions, leaving the issues unresolved. The IG's Jan. 18 report finds EPA has not submitted the required quadrennial reports to Congress describing the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 (BEACH Act) program's progress and impacts since 2006. Nor, the IG says, has EPA documented the requisite supporting analysis and information used to make its decision to stop requesting funding for the grant program beginning in fiscal year 2013. Congress has continued to fund the program even though EPA is no longer requesting funds. The report is available on InsideEPA.com. (Doc. ID: 208582) "Failure to submit required reports and keep required records limits congressional, public and EPA knowledge about the impact of the agency's BEACH Act program and decisions regarding the use of taxpayer dollars," the report says.
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