FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FDEP MITIGATION BANK SERVICE AREAS

Geodataset Name:       MGBANK_SERVAREA_JUN09
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         50
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This is a statewide layer representing Mitigation Bank Service Areas of mitigation banks permitted under Ch. 373.4136, Florida Statutes. Mitigation Bank Service Areas may be permitted by the local Water Management District or by DEP. 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 (mitigation service area). The bank is the site itself, 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. UMAM is the method of assessment for banks established after February 2, 2004. For more info 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
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20090601 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20051001 End Date: 20090601 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MGBANK_SERVAREA_JUN09.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
BANK_NAME
50 String
PERMIT_NUM
30 String
PERMIT_AGE
20 String
PERMIT_DAT
17 String
DESCRIPT
50 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.

BANK_NAME Mitigation bank name

PERMIT_NUM Permit number

PERMIT_AGE Permitting Agency

PERMIT_DAT Undefined by source

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on BANK_NAME

FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL aquired the data from the source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Length 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. 
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 data from the Water Management Districts
and those mitigation banks managed by DEP into one statewide layer. This layer is 
available in MapDirect and is publicly available from the DEP FTP site for download.

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 Bank Service Areas 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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REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

FDEP Mitigation Banks:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/mitigation/mitbanks.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Layer was restructured in order to be more user friendly and organized.
Columns were added to capture more information, such as online linkages, 
county names and new information.
Process Date: 20090521

Bank polygons for St. Johns Water Management District were used to update Mitigation Bank boundaries. Process Date:
Inserted as a new layer in ArcSDE. Replaces WRM.MITIGATION_BANK_SERVICE_AREAS in DataCatalog, DataMiner and MapDirect. Process Date: 20090713
GeoPlan Center received this data from the FDEP via email in August of 2009. When received the data was in shapefile format and was in the following projection: Albers HPGN - Dataset was renamed mgbank_servarea_jun09 from MITBANKS_SERVICEAREA_09 - Deleted SHAPE.FID, SHAPE_LEN, and SHAPE_AREA fields. - Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on BANK_NAME - Added a FGDLAQDATE based on the date acquired from FDEP Process Date: 20090908
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20090911
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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