Additional Information is available at the EPA website <http://geodata.epa.gov>.
RCRA's goals are to:
1. Protect us from the hazards of waste disposal 2. Conserve energy and natural resources by recycling and recovery 3. Reduce or eliminate waste, and 4. Clean up waste, which may have spilled, leaked, or been improperly disposed.
Hazardous waste comes in many shapes and forms. Chemical, metal, and furniture manufacturing are some examples of processes that create hazardous waste. RCRA tightly regulates all hazardous waste from "cradle to grave." RCRA also controls garbage and industrial waste. Common garbage is municipal waste, which consists mainly of paper, yard trimmings, glass, and other materials. Industrial waste is process waste that comes from a broad range of operations. Some wastes are managed by other federal agencies or state laws. Examples of such wastes are animal waste, radioactive waste, and medical waste.
To achieve these goals, RCRA established three distinct, yet interrelated, programs:
* The solid waste program, under RCRA Subtitle D, encourages states to develop comprehensive plans to manage non-hazardous industrial solid waste and municipal solid waste, sets criteria for municipal solid waste landfills and other solid waste disposal facilities, and prohibits the open dumping of solid waste. * The hazardous waste program, under RCRA Subtitle C, establishes a system for controlling hazardous waste from the time it is generated units its ultimate disposal - in effect, from "cradle to grave". * The underground storage tank (UST) program, under RCRA Subtitle I, regulates underground storage tanks containing hazardous substances and petroleum products.
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>
RCRA Laws and Regulations <http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/laws-reg.htm>
Basic Information: The Office of Solid Waste (OSW) <http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/mission.htm>
EPA Website: <http://geodata.epa.gov> GIS Server RCR (RCR_FS)
EPA EZ Query Website: <http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/ez.html>
Spatial_Reference_Information: 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 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
The spatial data was then reprojected to the FGDL Albers projection.
Original GIS SERVER Data Field Name and Process:
PGM_SYS_ACRNM - Renamed to PGMS_ACRNM LDIP_CODE - Renamed to LDIP_CODE ID - Same name FACILITY_NAME - Renamed to FAC_NAME FACILITY_UIN - Renamed to FAC_UIN LRT_LOC_REF_ID - Renamed to LRTLOC_RID LATITUDE - Same name LONGITUDE - Same name PGM_SYS_LATITUDE - Deleted PGM_SYS_LONGITUDE - Deleted SOURCE_ACRNM - Renamed to SRCE_ACRNM SOURCE_ID - Renamed to SRCE_ID MAP_SYMBOL_CODE - Renamed to MAP_CODE DERIVED_FIPS_CODE - Renamed to FIPS_CODE DERIVED_CATUNIT - Renamed to CATUNIT DERIVED_POSTAL_CODE - Renamed to ZIPCODE PRIMARY_NAME - Deleted MAD_ID - Same name BVFLAG - Same name REG_ID - Same name SE_SDO_ROWID - Deleted AREA - Deleted LEN - Deleted
This EF RCRAINFO Subsystem is updated monthly online, the data found in this shapefile represents a snapshot taken on 20070115.
-> Envirofacts (<http://www.epa.gov/enviro/> ) -> Queries -> FRS >EZ (<http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/fii/ez.html> )
Step 1: Started by selecting one view to be the focus of the query. -> click on "EPA Facility Information" on the Facility Information section.
STEP 2: Selected all column(s) for the output by clicking on the square box next to each of the column names. Then click on "STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria" button at the bottom of the page.
STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria and Organize the Output -> enter Program System Acronym = RCRAINFO -> enter State Code = FL -> click on button "Output to CSV File"
Saved CSV file and then converted it to .dbf file using Excel.
Original CSV Field Name and Process:
PGM_SYS_ACRNM - Deleted PGM_SYS_ID - Renamed to ID REGISTRY_ID - Renamed to REG_ID COUNTRY_NAME - Deleted STANDZED_PRIM_NAME - Deleted PRIMARY_NAME - Renamed to NAME CITY_NAME - Renamed to CITY COUNTY_NAME - Deleted LOCATION_ADDRESS - Renamed to ADDRESS STATE_CODE - Deleted POSTAL_CODE - Deleted STATE_NAME - Deleted
Registry ID - The number assigned by the Facility Linkage Application that is used to associate facility records from multiple environmental database systems that are known or believed to represent the same facility, original field name REG_ID.
Deleted Duplicate fields. Restructured table by shortening FAC_NAME to a length of 100. Restructured table by moving (EPA GIS SERVER) ZIPCODE to follow (EPA CSV) CITY field. Added DESCRIPT field based on FAC_NAME. Added FGDLAQDATE field. Added AUTOID field.