FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: RESTORATION AREA PLANS AND NON-BMAP TMDL IMPLEMENTATION IN FLORIDA - 2019 

Geodataset Name:       NON_BMAP_TMDL_RA_JAN19
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         116
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Areas Undergoing Restoration (RA) Supporting TMDL Implementation (RA Plan or Alternate Restoration Plan) in the State of Florida. These are local restoration strategies similar to BMAP strategies but were done without going through the BMAP process. A TMDL is a scientific determination of the maximum amount of a given pollutant that a surface water can absorb and still meet the water quality standards that protect human health and aquatic life. Water bodies that do not meet water quality standards are identified as "impaired" for the particular pollutants of concern - nutrients, bacteria, mercury, etc. - and TMDLs must be developed, adopted and implemented to reduce those pollutants and clean up the water body. The threshold limits on pollutants in surface waters - Florida's surface water quality standards on which TMDLs are based - are set forth primarily in rule 62-302, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), and the associated table of water quality criteria. This is an update to the FGDL layer NON_BMAP_TMDL_RA_DEC17. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20190123
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20190118
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: NON_BMAP_TMDL_RA_JAN19.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
DISTRICT
254 String
WBID
6 String
GROUP_NUMB
254 String
GROUP_NAME
254 String
WATER_TYPE
254 String
CLASS
254 String
TYPE
254 String
PLAN
254 String
PARAMETER
254 String
ADOPT_LIST
254 String
WATERBODY
254 String
ADOPTED_YE
254 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.
















DISTRICT

The FDEP Regulatory District that the RA Plan or Alternate Restoration Plan boundary is associated with.
















WBID

Water Body ID:  Unique Alpha Numeric Water Body Identification
















GROUP_NUMB

Basin Rotation Group Number
















GROUP_NAME

The name of the TMDL Basin Rotation Group that the RA Plan or Alternate Restoration Plan boundary lies within.  It consists of multiple planning units which consists of multiple WBIDs.
















WATER_TYPE

A description of the type of water body:  Lake, Stream, Estuary, etc.
















CLASS

Surface Water Classification
















TYPE

The type of Restoration Plan being implemented.  Either Reasonable Assurance Plan or Alternative Restoration Plan.  An "In Progress" value may be introduced on occasion.
















PLAN

Water quality Assessment Category Restoration Plan code.  4b or 4e.  An "In Development" value may be introduced on occasion.
















PARAMETER

The water quality monitoring parameters used to determine water body contamination.  Examples include Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Nutrients, Fecal Coliform, etc.
















ADOPT_LIST

The year that the basin was assessed as part of the watershed management approach and adopted by the Secretary of the DEP.
















WATERBODY

The name of the water body.
















ADOPTED_YE

The year the Reasonable Assurance Plan was adopted by the Secretary of the DEP.
















DESCRIPT

FGDL added field based on the fields: WATERBODY and WBID.
















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.

























To spatially represent the areas undergoing Restoration Areas (RA) Plans 
and other Alternate Restoration Plan implementation.















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















Use is limited to showing approximate feature delineations. 
This layer is not intended for legal decision making. 
Boundaries are subject to change during development stages.
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REFERENCES: 






Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Program
https://floridadep.gov/dear/water-quality-evaluation-tmdl/content/total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdl-program

Watershed Assessment Contacts
https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-assessment-section/content/watershed-assessment-contacts









DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








February 2016: A workbook containing the Reasonable Assurance Plan (4b) and 
Alternative Restoration Plan (4e) was used along with WBID Run 50 to create the 
RA Plan or Alternate Restoration Plan shapefile. The shapefile was sent to WAS 
staff and reviewed. More edits were requested after review. March 2016: 
More edits made at the request of WAS staff. Some records added and some 
removed. Submitted back to WAS staff for review. April 2016: More edits were 
made at the request of WAS staff. Many more records were added and a couple 
removed. Submitted back to WAS staff for review. August 2016: Data has been 
approved for SDE submittal.
Process Date: 20160212


Revised data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library. 
Attribute schema modified and display name changed to Restoration Plans 
from RA Plans and Non-BMAP TMDL Implementation.
Process Date: 20160825


Created from WBID hybrid spatial layer and RA Plan spreadsheet 
(4b_4e_summary_v2) that was provided by Phil Homann.
Process Date: 20170728


Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library.
Process Date: 20170810


Added 14 new records using the geometry from WBID Run 53 and a spreadsheet 
from Phil Homann for tabular information.  As a result, a new TYPE was introduced 
(TYPE Reasonable Assurance Plan in Progress) and a new PLAN (PLAN 4b in 
development) was introduced.  A new .lyr file was created to represent this change.
Process Date: 20171205


Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library. 
Symbology updated in the GIS library.
Process Date: 20171206


Updated using spatial data provided by Phil Homann.
Process Date: 20190118


Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library
Process Date: 20190123


GeoPlan downloaded the following dataset from the 
Florida Department of Environmental Protection website on June 7th, 2019.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data:
https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/restoration-plans

Please Note: Data also available from the following FTP website:
http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/ra_plans_non_bmap_tmdl.zip

The original layer, RA_PLANS_NON_BMAP_TMDL.gdb, was renamed to non_bmap_tmdl_ra_jan19.shp

Next the projection file was redefined from the FDEP Albers projection 
to the FGDL Albers projection.

- A DESCRIPT field was added based on WATERBODY and WBID.
  [WATERBODY] & " [WBID: " & [WBID] & "]"
- FGDLAQDATE was added based on date downloaded from source.
- Deleted Object_ID, Area, and Length fields.
- Upcased all records in the table
Process Date: 20190607


Dataset copied.
Process Date: 20190711









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):








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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-2400



http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/OTIS/GIS/data/RA_PLANS_NON_BMAP_TMDL.zip
GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
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