WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA to provide $1.89 million to help protect beachgoers in AL, FL, GA, MS, SC and NC from illness ATLANTA (May 23, 2025) - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing $9.7 million in grant funding that states, Tribes and territories will use to monitor water quality at coastal and Great Lakes beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of illness-causing bacteria make sw  more