EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS): PCS_NPDES

Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information
Publication Date: 20140219
Title: EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS): PCS_NPDES
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Online Linkage: http://geodata.epa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/OEI/FRS_INTERESTS/MapServer
Online Linkage: https://edg.epa.gov/clipship/
Description:
Abstract: This web feature service contains location and facility identification information from EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS) for the subset of facilities that link to the Permit Compliance System (PCS) or the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) module of the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). PCS tracks NPDES surface water permits issued under the Clean Water Act. This system is being incrementally replaced by the NPDES module of ICIS. Under NPDES, all facilities that discharge pollutants from any point source into waters of the United States are required to obtain a permit. The permit will likely contain limits on what can be discharged, impose monitoring and reporting requirements, and include other provisions to ensure that the discharge does not adversely affect water quality. FRS identifies and geospatially locates facilities, sites or places subject to environmental regulations or of environmental interest. Using vigorous verification and data management procedures, FRS integrates facility data from EPA's national program systems, other federal agencies, and State and tribal master facility records and provides EPA with a centrally managed, single source of comprehensive and authoritative information on facilities. This data set contains the subset of FRS integrated facilities that link to NPDES facilities once the PCS or ICIS-NPDES data has been integrated into the FRS database. Additional information on FRS is available at the EPA website http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/index.html.
Purpose: The purpose of this web feature service is to provide users with access to integrated facility information from FRS, limited to the subset of facilities that link to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) facilities.
Supplemental Information: This is an EPA-Produced Data Set. This data set is one in a series of Image and Feature Services published by USEPA. Additional services can be found at https://edg.epa.gov/
Time Period of Content:
Currentness Reference: Publication date
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20140219
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Monthly
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -176.652500
East Bounding Coordinate: 144.805447
North Bounding Coordinate: 71.292708
South Bounding Coordinate: -14.348330
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword: environment
Theme Keyword: location
Theme Keyword: structure
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword: Cleanup
Theme Keyword: Compliance
Theme Keyword: Contaminant
Theme Keyword: Facilities
Theme Keyword: Regulatory
Theme Keyword: Remediation
Theme Keyword: Sites
Theme Keyword: Toxics
Theme Keyword: Waste
Theme Keyword: Resources
Theme Keyword: Emergency Response
Theme Keyword: Environmental Management
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: none
Place Keyword: United States (US) (USA)
Place Keyword: conterminous United States (CONUS)
Place Keyword: Alaska
Place Keyword: Hawaii
Place Keyword: District of Columbia
Place Keyword: Washington DC
Place Keyword: American Samoa
Place Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place Keyword: Virgin Islands
Place Keyword: Alabama
Place Keyword: Arizona
Place Keyword: Arkansas
Place Keyword: California
Place Keyword: Colorado
Place Keyword: Connecticut
Place Keyword: Delaware
Place Keyword: Florida
Place Keyword: Georgia
Place Keyword: Idaho
Place Keyword: Illinois
Place Keyword: Indiana
Place Keyword: Iowa
Place Keyword: Kansas
Place Keyword: Kentucky
Place Keyword: Louisiana
Place Keyword: Maine
Place Keyword: Maryland
Place Keyword: Massachusetts
Place Keyword: Michigan
Place Keyword: Minnesota
Place Keyword: Mississippi
Place Keyword: Missouri
Place Keyword: Montana
Place Keyword: Nebraska
Place Keyword: Nevada
Place Keyword: New Hampshire
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Place Keyword: New Mexico
Place Keyword: New York
Place Keyword: North Carolina
Place Keyword: North Dakota
Place Keyword: Ohio
Place Keyword: Oklahoma
Place Keyword: Oregon
Place Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place Keyword: Rhode Island
Place Keyword: South Carolina
Place Keyword: South Dakota
Place Keyword: Tennessee
Place Keyword: Texas
Place Keyword: Utah
Place Keyword: Vermont
Place Keyword: Virginia
Place Keyword: Washington
Place Keyword: West Virginia
Place Keyword: Wisconsin
Place Keyword: Wyoming
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: User
Access Constraints: None.
Use Constraints: None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Security Information:
Security Classification System: FIPS Pub 199
Security Classification: No Confidentiality
Security Handling Description: Standard Technical Controls
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters
Contact Person: David Smith
Contact Position: FRS Project Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
City: Washington
State or Province: DC
Postal Code: 20460
Contact Voice Telephone: (202) 566-0797
Contact Electronic Mail Address: smith.davidg@epa.gov
Contact Instructions: http://www.epa.gov/
Data Quality Information:
Logical Consistency Report: Locations are tested and reported individually
Completeness Report: Completeness of the data set varies for individual features.
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: FRS uses a best-pick algorithm to provide horizontal positional information. This assigns the latitude and longitude with the best accuracy value to each facility. Because information in FRS is collected across numerous states and programs, positional accuracy for the data set varies for each individual feature and is stored on a record-level basis. Overall horizontal positional accuracy for the entire data set fluctuates as new information is received and is not estimated for the entire data set within this record. For more information on accuracy of FRS locations, visit http://www.epa.gov/frs/index.htm.
Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description: Feature service created
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count: 157544
Spatial Reference Information:
Vertical Coordinate System Definition:
Altitude System Definition:
Altitude Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude Encoding Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: FRS_INTEREST_PCS
Entity Type Definition: Attribute table describes point features
Entity Type Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OBJECTID
Attribute Definition: Unique Number Assigned by ESRI
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACTIVE_STATUS
Attribute Definition: A Y/N code that indicates whether the environmental interest is active at the facility or site.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC8_CODE
Attribute Definition: The 8 digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) that represents a geographic area representing part or all of a surface drainage basin, a combination of drainage basins, or a distinct hydrologic feature.
Attribute Definition Source: United States Geological Survey hierarchical system of hydrologic units
Attribute:
Attribute Label: FAC_URL
Attribute Definition: The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the Environmental Interest Profile for this facility. The profile lists the environmental interests for the facility along with links to the interest reports (where available), including a link to the FRS Facility Detail Report.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team
Attribute:
Attribute Label: GEO_LOC_REF_ID
Attribute Definition: A sequential reference number assigned to a latitude and longitude coordinate pair.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team
Attribute:
Attribute Label: REGISTRY_ID
Attribute Definition: The identification number assigned by the EPA Facility Registry Service to uniquely identify a facility site.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PRIMARY_NAME
Attribute Definition: The public or commercial name of a facility site (i.e., the full name that commonly appears on invoices, signs, or other business documents, or as assigned by the state when the name is ambiguous).
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LOCATION_ADDRESS
Attribute Definition: The address that describes the physical (geographic) location of the front door or main entrance of a facility site, including urban-style street address or rural address.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CITY_NAME
Attribute Definition: The name of the city, town, village or other locality, when identifiable, within whose boundaries (the majority of ) the facility site is located. This is not always the same as the city used for USPS mail delivery.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: COUNTY_NAME
Attribute Definition: The name of the U.S. county or county equivalent in which the facility site is physically located.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: FIPS_CODE
Attribute Definition: The code that represents the county or county equivalent and the state or state equivalent of the United States.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: STATE_CODE
Attribute Definition: The U.S. Postal Service abbreviation that represents the state or state equivalent for the U.S. and Canada.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: POSTAL_CODE
Attribute Definition: The combination of the 5-digit Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) code and the four-digit extension code (if available) that represents the geographic segment that is a subunit of the ZIP Code, assigned by the U.S. Postal Service to a geographic location; or the postal zone specific to the country, other than the U.S., where the facility site is located.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PGM_SYS_ACRNM
Attribute Definition: The abbreviated name that represents the name of an information management system for an environmental program.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PGM_SYS_ID
Attribute Definition: The identification number, such as the permit number, assigned by an information management system that represents a facility site, waste site, operable unit, or other feature tracked by that Environmental Information System.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LATITUDE83
Attribute Definition: The measure of the angular distance on a meridian north or south of the equator in NAD83
Attribute Definition Source: Latitude/Longitude Data Standard, Standard No: EX000017.2, January 6, 2006, Data Element: Latitude Measure. http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LONGITUDE83
Attribute Definition: The measure of the angular distance on a meridian east or west of the prime meridian in NAD83.
Attribute Definition Source: Latitude/Longitude Data Standard, Standard No: EX000017.2, January 6, 2006, Data Element: Longitude Measure. http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACCURACY_VALUE
Attribute Definition: The horizontal measure, in meters, of the relative accuracy of the latitude and longitude coordinates.
Attribute Definition Source: Latitude/Longitude Data Standard, Standard No: EX000017.2, January 6, 2006, Data Element: Horizontal Accuracy Measure. http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf
Attribute:
Attribute Label: COLLECT_MTH_DESC
Attribute Definition: The name that identifies the method used to determine the latitude and longitude coordinates for a point on the earth.
Attribute Definition Source: Latitude/Longitude Data Standard, Standard No: EX000017.2, January 6, 2006, Data Element: Horizontal Collection Method Name. http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf
Attribute:
Attribute Label: REF_POINT_DESC
Attribute Definition: The name that identifies the place for which geographic coordinates were established.
Attribute Definition Source: Latitude/Longitude Data Standard, Standard No: EX000017.2, January 6, 2006, Data Element: Geographic Reference Point Name. http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CREATE_DATE
Attribute Definition: A system-generated value that represents the calendar date and time the corresponding information was posted to the database.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team, May 2000.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: UPDATE_DATE
Attribute Definition: A system-generated value that represents the most recent calendar date and time the corresponding information was updated in the database.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team, May 2000.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LAST_REPORTED_DATE
Attribute Definition: The most recent date the corresponding environmental interest data was reported to the Source of Data.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team, April 2000.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PUBLIC_IND
Attribute Definition: Indicates whether or not the associated data is accessible by the public on the internet.
Attribute Definition Source: FRS Development Team, February 2002
Attribute:
Attribute Label: INTEREST_TYPE
Attribute Definition: The environmental permit or regulatory program that applies to the facility site.
Attribute Definition Source: EPA FRS Data Dictionary
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unknown
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Overview Description:
Entity and Attribute Overview: Attribute information is derived from FRS database owners and reference material. For additional information regarding attributes listed in this metadata record, please visit the FRS documentation page http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/documentation.html
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: The following sources were used to derive the attribute information presented in the attribute detailed citation EPA FRS Data Dictionary; FRS Development Team, April 1999; FRS Quality Plan, Version 1.1, January 25, 2008, http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/frs_demo/FRS_Quality_Plan.pdf
Distribution Information:
Resource Description: Live Data and Maps
Distribution Liability: All systems made available through this service are publicly accessible excluding RMP information. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Environmental Protection Agency, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions or intended use. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters
Contact Person: David Smith
Contact Position: FRS Project Manager
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
City: Washington
State or Province: DC
Postal Code: 20460
Contact Voice Telephone: (202) 566-0797
Contact Electronic Mail Address: smith.davidg@epa.gov
Contact Instructions: http://www.epa.gov/
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20121010
Metadata Future Review Date: 20161010
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Extensions:
Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park
Contact Person: EPA GIS Agency Central Support
Contact Position: OEI RTP NCC GIS
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USEPA Mailroom N127-02
City: Research Triangle Park
State or Province: NC
Postal Code: 27711
Contact Voice Telephone: 919-767-7493
Contact Electronic Mail Address: esrisupport@epa.gov
Contact Instructions: http://intranet.epa.gov/rtpgis