The authors gratefully acknowledge the many comments received from the state and local environmental and health agency members and the environmental group members of the external Beach Guidance Review Team. These members include:

• James Alamillo, Heal The Bay
• Fred Banach, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and Public Health
• Bart Bibler, Florida Department of Health
• Kathy Brohan, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Jody Connor, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
• Fred Earnhardt, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
• Linda Eichmiller, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
• Richard Eskin, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Suzanne Giles, OCEANA, (formerly with American Oceans Campaign)
• Mark Gold, Heal the Bay
• Darryl Hatheway, Surfrider Foundation
• Catherine Hazelwood, The Ocean Conservancy
• Mark Horton, Orange County California
• Ramesh Kapur, New York Department of Health
• Kerry Kehoe, Coastal States Organization
• Virginia Loftin, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Bob Masanado, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Robin McCraw, California State Water Resources Control Board
• Ray Montgomery, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Bruce Moulton, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
• Judy Nelson, Westport, Connecticut, Health District
• Jan Newton, Washington State Department of Ecology
• Jack Pingree, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• Debbie Rouse, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
• Dave Rosenblatt, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Nancy Ross, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Fun Shimabukuro, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• Susan Sylvester, WI Department of Natural Resources
• Sol Sussman, Texas General Land Office
• Mitzy Taggart, Heal the Bay
• Blake Traudt, Texas General Land Office
• Leslie Williams, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

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