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Garry Mauro - Texas General Land Office; 



1) Can you provide any estimate of what it would cost to implement a 

 National monitoring program as described by the bill? 



(If not:) Wouldn't it be prudent to develop a cost estimate 

 before we move forward? 



2) Many beaches in the U.S. are privately owned or are National 

 Seashores or other federally owned lands. Who would be responsible 

 for testing these areas? 



3) It is thought that fecally derived infections may be responsible 

 for less than half of the total number of infections from swimming at 

 bathing beaches. However, existing criteria are solely focussed on 

 fecal indicators. How should new criteria reflect this situation? 



4) Should states be able to use a single standard to test for both 

 beach water quality and shellfish water monitoring? 



5) Do you feel that implementing this legislation would require you to 

 pull resources from other, higher priority, public health programs and 

 issues? 



