FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: MITIGATION BANKS IN FLORIDA - JUNE 2014

Geodataset Name:       MGBANK_JUN14
Geodataset Type:       FILE GEODATABASE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         82
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This is a statewide layer representing mitigation banks permitted under Ch. 373.4136, Florida Statutes. Florida mitigation bank information is important for wetland permit reviewers and developers that may need mitigation options. The layer can also serve to enhance information on conservation lands. Mitigation Banks may be permitted by DEP or a Water Management District, but are used by both agencies, creating the need for a statewide layer. Mitigation banking is a practice in which an environmental enhancement and preservation project is conducted by a public agency or private entity (banker) to provide mitigation for unavoidable wetland impacts within a defined region (represented in the Mitigation Banks Service Area layer). The bank is the site itself (this data layer), and the currency sold by the banker to the impact permittee is a credit, which represents the wetland ecological value equivalent to the complete restoration of one acre. The number of potential credits permitted for the bank and the credit debits required for impact permits are determined by the permitting agencies, and this information is provided in the data layer table. For more information on mitigation banking, go to http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/mitigation/mitigation_banking.htm.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Mitigation Section
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20140612 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20121015 End Date: 20140612 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MGBANK_JUN14.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
SITE_ID
25 String
PERMIT_MAIN_ID
25 String
BANK_NAME
100 String
LAST_UPDATED
36 Date
CURRENT_PERMITTEE
100 String
LANDOWNER_CE_INFO
100 String
COUNTY_1
25 String
COUNTY_2
10 String
PERMITTING_AGENCY
10 String
ISSUE_DATE
36 Date
CORPS_MBI_TRACKING_NUM
25 String
MBI_STATUS
25 String
TOTAL_ACRES
4 Integer
POTENTIAL_CREDITS
4 Integer
CREDIT_ASSESS_METHOD
25 String
AGENCY_CONTACT
25 String
CONTACT_PHONE
25 String
CONTACT_EMAIL
50 String
BANK_CONTACT
50 String
BANK_PHONE
25 String
BANK_EMAIL
50 String
BANK_WEBSITE
100 String
PERMIT_LINK
100 String
INTENT_TSR_LINK
100 String
DOCUMENTS_LINK
100 String
MSA_DOCUMENT
100 String
AERIAL_DOCUMENT
100 String
NOTES
200 String
PATS_NUMBER
25 String
PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
2000 String
CREDIT_TYPE_DESCRIPTION
2000 String
TARGET_DOCUMENT
100 String
DESCRIPT
100 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

SITE_ID The principal tracking number, in the Agency's document system, that is linked to the most information about the main permit and all of its modifications.

PERMIT_MAIN_ID This is the main controlling permit # or ID that incorporates the bulk of the modifications - either the original permit, or updated "replacement" major modification.

BANK_NAME Name of Mitigation Bank

LAST_UPDATED Date of last update.

CURRENT_PERMITTEE The actual, current permittee/transferee of the mitbank permit and all of its modifications.

LANDOWNER_CE_INFO The underlying property owner according to title information.

COUNTY_1 County (ies) where the bank property is located.

COUNTY_2 County (ies) where the bank property is located.

PERMITTING_AGENCY The agency that permitted the mitigation bank.

ISSUE_DATE This is the original mitigation bank authorizing permit date - not the date of subsequent modifications.

CORPS_MBI_TRACKING_NUM The US Corps of Engineer's MBI tracking number (not the permit).

MBI_STATUS In Review; Withdrawn; Terminated; Approved

TOTAL_ACRES The total acres authorized by the permit (accounting for any acres added or deleted by permit modification).

POTENTIAL_CREDITS The current total potential credits authorized by permit or modification.

CREDIT_ASSESS_METHOD Identifies credit assessment method (UMAM, WRAP).

AGENCY_CONTACT This person is the agency's point of contact for this bank project.

CONTACT_PHONE Work phone of Agency contact.

CONTACT_EMAIL Email of Agency contact.

BANK_CONTACT This person is the banker/permittee that signed as the application or current modification - not the consultant.

BANK_PHONE Phone number of bank contact.

BANK_EMAIL Email of bank contact.

BANK_WEBSITE A website link for the mitigation bank, if there is one or it may be mitigation marketing if that is the preference of the permittee.

PERMIT_LINK A pdf or direct (Oculus/epermitting/etc) link to the best document that provides the current permit requirements.

INTENT_TSR_LINK A pdf or direct (Oculus/epermitting/etc) link to the best document that provides the permit background and decisions - Intent to Issue, Technical Staff Report etc.

DOCUMENTS_LINK This is link to the Agency's e-document management system for this bank/project.

MSA_DOCUMENT A .pdf or .jpg of the service area and bank.

AERIAL_DOCUMENT A .pdf or .jpg of the mitigation bank on a recent aerial.

NOTES Miscellanea.

PATS_NUMBER The legacy PATS number associated with the bank.

PROJECT_DESCRIPTION A description of the mitigation bank project.

CREDIT_TYPE_DESCRIPTION A description of the permit's credit types.

TARGET_DOCUMENT A .pdf or .jpg of the mitigation bank target communities/assessment areas.

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on BANK_NAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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.
Boundaries come from the local Water Management District where possible 
or mitigation bank consultants.   Some boundaries are drawn from permit figures. 
These boundaries are NOT surveyed or digitized to legal descriptions.  For 
regulatory decisions regarding boundaries, check with the regulatory agency 
directly.

The purpose of this layer is to aggregate mitigation bank permit and spatial 
information from DEP and the Water Management Districts into one statewide layer. 
It represents available data up to June, 2014. This layer is available in MapDirect 
and is publicly available from the FDEP online data directory for download. A 
statewide layer for Mitigation Bank Service Areas is also available and linked by 
Bank Name.

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

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

This map is a graphical depiction of the Mitigation Banks in the state of Florida and
is for illustrative purposes only. It should not be used for any regulatory, engineering 
or legal determinations.

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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

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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:
Mitigation Banking:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/mitigation/mitigation_banking.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Bank polygons for St. Johns Water Management District were used to 
update Mitigation Bank boundaries.
Process Date: 20090522

Inserted as a new layer in ArcSDE. Replaces WRM.MITIGATION_BANK in DataCatalog, DataMiner and MapDirect. Process Date: 20090713
Added additional banks received from Vicki Tauxe from Mitigation Bank managers. Several bank layers were modified to match the geometry that was received either from the Water Management District or from the bank manager. Process Date: 20091020
Updated layer and metadata in ArcSDE. Process Date: 20091117
Several attributes (mitigation banks) were added. Layer was restructured for simplicity. Columns were removed. Process Date: 20121015
Updated data in SDE/DataMiner and MapDirect. Schema and symbology for the data has been modified with this update. Metadata updated. Process Date: 20121017
Updated data obtained from WRM, ERP, Mining and Mitigation Support Section and updated the same in the FDEP GIS Library. Process Date: 20140709
Updated data obtained from WRM, ERP, Mining and Mitigation Support Section and updated the same in the FDEP GIS Library. Process Date: 20141028
GeoPlan Downloaded the dataset from the FDEP's GeoData Directory Website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm) on May 13, 2015. The data was downloaded as a file geodatabase and was in the FDEP Albers HARN projection. - Uppercased all fields in the attribute table - Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on BANK_NAME - Added a FGDLAQDATE based on the date downloaded from source - Renamed dataset from MITIGATION_BANKS to mgbank_jun14 Process Date: 20150528
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

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 6520
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400
850-245-8492

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm vicki.tauxe@dep.state.fl.us Vicki Tauxe

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