FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM SITES IN FLORIDA - 1998

Geodataset Name: 	NPDES
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the locations of EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System sites in the boundaries of Florida. The dataset is updated monthly by the EPA, and this dataset represents sites from 1998.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                                        Administration (NOAA) Coastal 
					Services Center (CSC)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	Unknown
DATE OF AUTOMAION OR SOURCE:		1994 (Updated in 1998)
GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NPDES.DBF
ITEM NAME         WIDTH      TYPE      PRECISION  
AREA                18     DECIMAL        5                        
PERIMETER           18     DECIMAL        5                        
NPDES_               5     DECIMAL        -                        
NPDES_ID             5     DECIMAL        -                        
ID                  30     CHARACTER      -                        
LOC_REF_ID          12     DECIMAL        0                        
FAC_ID              12     CHARACTER      -                        
FACILITY_N          60     CHARACTER      -                        
NPDES                9     CHARACTER      -                        
SITE_ID             17     CHARACTER      -                        

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

item			item description
ID			Unique identification number
LOC_REF_ID		Local rereference identification number
FAC_ID			EPA Facilities Index System (FINDS) identifier
FACILITY_N		Name of facility or site
NPDES			Permit Compliance System unique id name (NPDES number)
SITE_ID			Unique identifier for Envirofacts point coverage

USER NOTES:

Datasets were downloaded from the website: http://www3.csc.noaa.gov The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform to FGDL standards.Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. NOT INTENDED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES. The Ocean Planning and Governance Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS) is a prototype online regional marine GIS covering the vast ocean area bounded by the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, the exclusive economic zone, and various maritime boundaries. The Ocean GIS was developed to provide coastal and ocean resource managers in the Southeast access to regional digital geographic mapping information and technologies to facilitate coordinated decision making within and across the multi- layered U.S. ocean management framework. Special emphasis is placed on the federal ocean and coastal management and governance framework, and efforts are ongoing to develop similar data sets for state and local level policy frameworks. The Southeast Ocean GIS is an ongoing project that has and continues to rely on the vision, dedication, helpfulness, and energy of individuals from partner agencies and numerous other organizations. The Ocean GIS partnership includes: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Florida Coastal Management Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, U.S. Department of Interior- Minerals Management Service, Florida Marine Research Institute, and NOAA Coastal Services Center. The Ocean GIS provides marine resource managers with timely and equitable access to downloadable data, cutting-edge online mapping functionality, and guidance on how to use GIS in a meaningful way with respect to ocean management. THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-reprojected to FGDL Albers
-set tolerances to FGDL standards

REFERENCES:

http://www3.csc.noaa.gov

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

The original dataset was created by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1994, and was entitled Boundaries of National Priority List (NPL-Superfund) Sites. The NPDES location data were then clipped to the Ocean GIS coastal zone region by NOAA-CSC, and the attributes were simplified. Original geometry was left unaltered. GeoPlan downloaded the data in January 2000 and made the changes described above.

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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 			National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
		        Coastal Services Center
Abbr.name: 		NOAA-CSC
Address: 		2234 South Hobson Ave. 
                        Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: 			843-740-1210
Fax: 			843-740-1224
Web site: 	        www3.csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person: 	Ocean GIS Specialist
         Phone: 	843-740-1210
         Email:         csc@csc.noaa.gov              

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
Contact FGDL:
      Technical Support:	        http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:		http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html