Status: In Production

data exchange description

Under the BEACH Act (Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act), grant recipients are required to submit beach notification data to EPA. This data exchange allows for the reporting of beach meta data, contact information, and beach advisory and closing data. Please note that the resources for the Beach Notification data exchange deal only with the notification data elements required by EPA for BEACH Act Grants. There is a separate submission process for reporting beach monitoring data for BEACH Act Grants.

implementation resources

The Beach Notification data exchange has been updated to version 2.0 for the 2007 reporting cycle. The following links are to implementation resources for this most recent version.

• Flow Configuration Document
• XML Schema
  • XML Schema Change Log
• Data Exchange Template
• Sample XML File
• Beach Notification Change Log
• Additional Beach Notification Information

supplemental resources

• Notification Data Access Database
  This database is made available by the U.S. EPA. A state can choose to use this database to store all required beach advisory and closing data fields and generate an XML file for data submission.
  • Quick Reference Installation Guide
• BEACH ACT Grant Information

contact info

For more information on this data exchange, please contact:

Bill Kramer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(202) 566-0385
Kramer.Bill@epa.gov

related data flows

Beach Monitoring