FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) STORMWATER MS4 PERMITS IN FLORIDA - AUGUST 2007

Geodataset Name:       NPDES_STORMWATER_AUG07
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         312
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater MS4 Permits in Florida. NPDES Stormwater MS4 Permits - A Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System or MS4 is defined in Rule 62-624.200(8), F.A.C., as follows: Municipal separate storm sewer or MS4 means a conveyance or system of conveyances like roads with stormwater systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, constructed channels, or storm drains: Owned or operated by a State, city, town, county, special district, association, or other public body (created by or pursuant to State Law) having jurisdiction over management and discharge of stormwater, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization, that discharges to waters of the state; Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater; Which is not a combined sewer; and Which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). POTW means any device or system used in the treatment of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a "State" or "municipality." This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment. This dataset is an update to the FGDL dataset NPDES_STORMWATER (20070601).
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     24000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20070809 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20070101 End Date: 20070809 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NPDES_STORMWATER_AUG07.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
PHASE
5 String
PERMIT_ID
20 String
PERMITTEE
50 String
PERMITNAME
50 String
COUNTY
50 String
FDOT
30 String
DESCRIPT
75 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.

PHASE Phase of the Permit.

PERMIT_ID Permit ID.

PERMITTEE To whom the Permit was issued.

PERMITNAME Permit Name.

COUNTY County.

FDOT Indicates if FDOT shares in the Permit.

DESCRIPT Based on PERMITTEE and PERMIT_ID.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the 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.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for
a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

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

The source data used to create this layer is the NPDES Stormwater MS4 Phase I 
and II data and the city and county limits layers. Some city limits in this coverage 
may be out of date.

FDEP:
This data is intended to be used for general informational and planning purposes, 
and is not appropriate for legal and/or cadastral purposes.

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REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data
http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/florida-npdes-stormwater-ms4-permits

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The city limits coverage from FDEP SDE and the USGS 2M boundary cover were 
used to generate the polygons for this cover. The attributes were assigned using 
data from the NPDES Stormwater MS4 Permit information. 
The information is correct as of June 2007.
Process Date: 20070726

Obtained new layer from Ren Arbogast (WRM) and inserted in ArcSDE. Metadata updated. Process Date: 20070809
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the Florida NPDES Stormwater MS4 Permits dataset on August 1st, 2018 from the FDEP Data Portal: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data: http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/ http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/florida-npdes-stormwater-ms4-permits Please Note: Data is also available via the FTP website: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/npdes_stormwater_ms4_permits.zip NPDES_STORMWATER_MS4_PERMITS.zip NPDES_STORMWATER_MS4_PERMITS.gdb The GDB layer was exported to shapefile. The dataset's projection was redefined to FGDL Albers. During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Redefined the dataset's projection from FDEP Albers to FGDL Albers. - Deleted the OBJECTID field. - Uppercased all records in the table. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on PERMITTEE and PERMIT_ID. - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from NPDES_STORMWATER_MS4_PERMITS to NPDES_STORMWATER_AUG07. Process Date: 20180807
Metadata imported. Process Date: 20180828
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180828
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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