MI HCR0033

Urges the federal government to fully fund the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act without imposing additional new requirements on states.

Notes that Congress authorized $30 million for BEACH Act grants since 2000 but only appropriated $10 million, with no funding proposed by President Obama for three years.

States that Michigan received $500,000 from the Water Quality and Use Initiative to implement real-time beach testing methods that provide results within hours instead of one day.

Opposes proposed EPA conditions that would require states to make resource-intensive modifications to water quality standards with minimal public health benefits.

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the EPA Administrator, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan's congressional delegation.