Geodataset Name:       BIOMED_WASTE_FEB16
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         40751

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Health
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20160201
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20160201
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: BIOMED_WASTE_FEB16.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
EntityNumb	Entity Number
CountyNumb	County Number
CountyCode	County Code
CountyName	County Name
ProgramNam	Program Name
ProgramSub	Program SubType
CompanyNam	Company Name
FirstName	First Name
LastName	Last Name
CentraxPer	Centrax Permit Number
StateStatu	State Status
CurrentApp	Current Application Date
PermitExpi	Permit Expiration Date
NextInspec	Next Inspection Date
Inspection	Inspection Frequency
CompleteSt	Complete Street Address
CITY	City
STATE	State
ZIP_CODE	Zip Code
BusinessPh	Business Phone Number
Latitude	Latitude
Longitude	Longitude
GeoResult	GeoResult, level of accuracy of the geocoded address
OwnerNumbe	Owner Number
OwnerFirst	Owner First Name
OwnerLastN	Owner Last Name
OwnerOrgan	Owner Organization
OwnerBusin	Owner Business Phone
OwnerHomeP	Owner Home Phone
ContactTyp	Contact Type
ContactFir	Contact First Name
ContactLas	Contact Last Name
ContactOrg	Contact Organization
ContactBus	Contact Business Phone
ContactHom	Contact Home Phone
DESCRIPT	GeoPlan added field based on COMPANYNAM
FGDLAQDATE	The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

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.

Both the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have responsibilities under this program. The Department of Environmental Protection has primary responsibility for biomedical waste incineration and final disposal. The Department of Health has primary authority and responsibility for facilities that generate, transport, store, or treat biomedical waste through processes other than incineration. The 1993 Florida Legislature provided funding for the Biomedical Waste Program from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund. Additional funding is provided through the annual registration of biomedical waste transporters and the annual permitting of storage and treatment facilities plus those generating facilities that produce at least 25 pounds of biomedical waste in any 30-day period of the year. About 25,000 such facilities are inspected annually. However, the approximately 14,000 generating facilities that produce less than 25 pounds of biomedical waste in each 30-day period of the year are exempt from permitting and from the permit fee, and are inspected once every three years. Complaints concerning biomedical waste are investigated by County Health Departments. Small amounts of improperly disposed biomedical waste are cleaned up under Department of Health supervision. Emergency situations are referred to the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Emergency Response, at (850) 245-2010.

The objective of the biomedical waste program is to protect health care workers, environmental-service staff, waste haulers, and the general public from risks associated with potentially infectious biomedical waste.

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

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REFERENCES:

Bureau of Community Environmental Health: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/community/biomedical/index.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

GeoPlan took the following steps during the QA/QC process: - Downloaded the dataset from FDOH on 10/31/2016 using this link: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html (original dataset in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system). - Dataset projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection. - Dataset clipped to Florida, removing extraneous features. - Removed the field "SepticAppl" due to lack of data. - DESCRIPT field added based on the COMPANYNAM field. - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date dataset was downloaded from source. - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths were shortened to the appropriate shortest length possible. - Uppercased fields and records in the dataset. - Layer name changed from Biomedical_Waste.shp to biomed_waste_feb16.shp Process Date: 20161109

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 SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:

Florida Department of Health - Biomedical Waste Program
FDOH
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, Florida
32399
850-245-4250


http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/gis/gis-data.html
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