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- AB411
(Wayne and Shelley, 1997-1998) – Beach sanitation:
Requires local health officers to test waters
adjacent to public beaches within their jurisdiction
and to take related action in the event of a
known sewage release. The bill also requires
the local health officer to post conspicuous
warning signs and establish a telephone hotline
to inform the public about a beach that fails
to meet standards developed by the Department
of Health Services as required in the bill.
Implementation must begin by 1/1/99.
- AB538
(Wayne, 1999-2000) – Public beaches: bacteriological
standards.
Directs the State Water Resources Control Board
to develop protocols for identifying sources
of contamination where bacteriological standards
have been repeatedly exceeded at heavily visited
beaches.
- AB1946
(Wayne, 1999-2000) – Public Beaches: survey.
This bill requires local health officers to
submit a monthly survey to the State Water Resources
Control Board (SWRCB) detailing information
on beach postings and closures due to failure
to meet bacteriological standards. Requires
SWRCB to establish a specific format for the
surveys, make the information available to the
public on a monthly basis, and publish an annual
statewide report.
Reports
on beach closures and posting, and other related
information is available here.
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