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Number of BEACH Act Beaches Reported     County Total Count Monitored Count Not Monitored Count Tier 4 (B)* Beach Length (Mi) Hancock 4 4 0 0 5.4 Harrison 13 13 0 0 25.9 Jackson 4 4 0 0 3.2 Only coastal beaches are included on these lists. For more information contact:     Contact Name Contact Email Contact Phone Agency Name     Agency URL    Emily Cotton ECotton@mdeq.ms.gov 228-432-3447 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Website

List of Beaches     Go Actions Report Settings State CodeControl Break: State CodeEdit Control BreakRemove Control Break CountyControl Break: CountyEdit Control BreakRemove Control Break 2State Code, County State Code: MS, County: Hancock Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Bay St. Louis Beach Yes - 1 - .6 Buccaneer State Park Beach Yes - 2 - .3 Lakeshore Yes - 1 - .9 Waveland Beach Yes - 2 - 3.6 Count: 4 Count: 4 Count: 0 State Code: MS, County: Harrison Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Biloxi East Beach Yes - 1 - 1 Biloxi Porter Avenue Beach Yes - 1 - 2.5 Biloxi West Central Beach Yes - 1 - 1.8 East Courthouse Road Yes - 1 - .5 Edgewater Beach Yes - 1 - 2.9 Gulfport Central Beach Yes - 1 - 1 Gulfport East Beach Yes - 1 - 1.6 Gulfport Harbor Beach Yes - 1 - 2 Gulfport West Beach Yes - 1 - 3 Long Beach Yes - 1 - 2.3 Pass Christian Central Beach Yes - 2 - 1.8 Pass Christian East Beach Yes - 1 - 4.3 Pass Christian West Beach Yes - 2 - 1.2 Count: 13 Count: 13 Count: 0 State Code: MS, County: Jackson Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Front Beach Yes - 1 - 1.3 Pascagoula Beach East Yes - 1 - .3 Pascagoula Beach West Yes - 1 - .3 Shearwater Beach Yes - 1 - 1.3 Count: 4 Count: 4 Count: 0 1 - 21 of 21 Column Actions Search     *CWA SEC. 406 ”(g) LIST OF WATERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of publication of performance criteria under subsection (a), based on information made available to the Administrator, the Administrator shall identify, and maintain a list of, discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that— ‘‘(A) specifies any waters described in this paragraph that are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a); and ‘‘(B) specifies any waters described in this paragraph for which there is no monitoring and notification program (including waters for which fiscal constraints will prevent the State or the Administrator from performing monitoring and notification consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a)).

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