FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: US EPA SUPERFUND/NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST SITE BOUNDARIES - 2007 (AREAS)

Geodataset Name:       EPANPL_MAR07
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         71
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
US Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List (NPL) site polygons
DATA SOURCE(S):                    FDEP, Division of Waste Management, Hazardous Waste Cleanup Section
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Variable
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20070326
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EPANPL_MAR07.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
FAC_ID
6 Number ---
NAME
50 String ---
ADDRESS
50 String ---
CITY
16 String ---
COUNTY
16 String ---
DEP_DIST
16 String ---
PROGRAM
20 String ---
STATUS
20 String ---
PROJ_LEAD
20 String ---
OPERATION
40 String ---
MODULE_
12 String ---
EPA_FLD_NO
16 String ---
ACRES
19 Number 9
DEC_LONG
19 Number 9
DEC_LAT
19 Number 9
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

FAC_ID FDEP-assigned facility ID #

NAME Site Name.

ADDRESS Physical Address.

CITY Self-explanatory.

COUNTY Self-explanatory.

DEP_DIST FDEP District

PROGRAM All listed as "Superfund."

STATUS NPL Status (Proposed, Active, Delisted)

PROJ_LEAD Lead Federal agency.

OPERATION General categorization of site operations.

MODULE_ FDEP Module number assigned to site.

EPA_FLD_NO EPA ID number assigned to site.

ACRES Area of site polygon(s) in acres.

DEC_LONG Site CENTROID longitude in decimal degrees ("-" indicates west of Prime Meridian).

DEC_LAT Site CENTROID latitude in decimal degrees.

DESCRIPT FGDL added item based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE Date when Geoplan acquired the data

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters

The majority of the data in the attributes table is derived from the Hazardous 
Waste Cleanup Section's HAZARD Oracle database.  Acres, DEC_LAT 
and DEC_LONG were calculated from polygon shapes using Visual Basic 
Scripts (Note:  polygons had to be projected to geographical coordinates to 
get DEC_LAT and DEC_LONG information).
USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

Provide location of sites proposed, listed or delisted from NPL

Data primarily derived from DEP base.cadastral.shp parcels and is, 
therefore, as accurate as the parcel data.  Other data was sketched 
from aerial photo features when cadastral data did not include the site, 
or cadastral data had changed since site was active (primarily for some 
delisted sites).

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection:

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Dataset acquired by BIS/GIS Section from John Sykes (Hazardous 
Waste Cleanup Section) and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated.
Process Date: 20070327

GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Department of Protection website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp) in April 2007. The data downloaded was in shapefile format. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: - Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN - DESCRIPT item was added based on the item SITE_NAME - Upcased all character records - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date downloaded from source Process Date: 20070404
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400
850-245-8238

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp John Sykes

FGDL CONTACT:
Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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