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Urge your senators to clean up our beaches

Congress has the opportunity to help clean up contaminated beaches and to make sure sources of beach pollution are identified and addressed. Urge your senators to pass the Beach Protection Act.

Your Senators

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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I urge you to support immediate passage of the Beach Protection Act (S. 2844). Our nation's beaches are contaminated with human and animal waste that can make swimmers sick, harm the environment and threaten coastal economies. Beachgoers are not ensured timely or complete information about potential dangers in the water, such as stormwater and sewage pollution that contain bacteria, viruses and parasites.

The Beach Protection Act would require the Environmental Protection Agency to approve a rapid method for monitoring beachwater quality so that beachgoers could obtain timely information about whether the water is safe for swimming. It would also fund state and local programs to identify and clean up the sources of beachwater pollution, which caused more than 22,000 beach closings and advisories last beach season.

The Beach Protection Act has already passed the House of Representatives (as HR 2537) and is ready for floor action in the Senate. Please do all you can to pass this legislation this year. No one should swim unknowingly in human or animal waste.

Please inform the Senate leadership that you support passage of S. 2844 this year.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[Your address]

Sincerely,

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