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TO: Members, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, 

 and the Outer Continental Shelf 

 Members, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 



FROM: Subcommittee Staff 



RE: Hearing on the Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, 

 and Health Act, H.R. 31 



The Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer 

 Continental Shelf and the Subcommittee on Environment and Natural 

 Resources will hold a hearing on H.R. 31, the Beaches Environmental 

 Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1993 (BEACH Act) , on July 15, 

 1993, at 2:00 p.m. in room 1334 of the Longworth House Office 

 Building. 



The hearing will review recommendations on the BE^CH Act, 

 introduced on January 5, 1993, by Congressman William J. Hughes. 

 Witnesses will include representatives of the Environmental 

 Protection Agency (EPA) , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration (NOAA) , the National Resources Defense Council 

 (NRDC) , the Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) , the Texas General 

 Land Office, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental 

 Protection and Energy. 



BACKGROUND 



H.R. 31 is the successor to bills introduced in the two previous 

 Congresses (H.R. 4333 in the 101st, H.R. 12 in the 102nd). Both 

 bills passed the House, but were not considered by the Senate. H.R. 

 31 is identical to the House passed version of H.R. 12, which 

 includes compromise language to allow for selective exclusion from 

 the monitoring requirements of discrete coastal recreational areas. 

 A companion bill (S. 997) has been introduced in the Senate by Mr. 

 Lautenberg. 



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