Geodataset Name:       NPDES
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT

DATA SOURCE(S):                    NOAA Coastal Services Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Variable
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      19980930
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 STATE OF FLORIDA

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NPDES.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
FID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
NPDES_	NPDES number.
NPDES_ID	NPDES number.
ID	Unique identification number.
LOC_REF_ID	Local reference identification number.
FAC_ID	Facility identification number.
FACILITY_N	Name of NPDES site.
NPDES	NPDES number.
SITE_ID	NPDES site identification number.
DESCRIPT	Based on field FACILITY_N.
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL received the data (i.e. downloaded, etc.) from the source.

USER NOTES:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. These data from EPA were clipped to the coastal zone within the Ocean GIS area. The original data were reprojected and the attributes simplified. Original data can be found at http://www.epa.gov/enviro.

A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:

NOAA Coastal Services Center http://www.csc.noaa.gov/opis/html/meta_lite/mnpdes.htm US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/enviro

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

The NPDES location data were clipped to the Ocean GIS coastal zone region, the original attribute table was simplified, original geometry was left unaltered. Process Date: 19980930 GIS Solutions, Inc took the PCS3 file and deleted out the states not in the OPIS study area. The columns were all except: NPDES, Fac_name, Ownership, PCS_lat, PCS_long, BFIPS, State ID, Perm_type, Active, EPA_reg, State, City, County. Process Date: 2004 Data originally released by the NOAA Coastal Services Center in 1994. When GeoPlan received the most recent dataset in 2005, it was in the following projection: GCS North American Datum 1983, Units: Decimal Degrees. The original data was limited to the coastal regions of the southeastern US. Process Date: 20051017 Data was downloaded from NOAA CSC website in shapefile format to GeoPlan in October 2005. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: (1) Reprojected data to FGDL Albers. (2) Data was clipped to the State of Florida. (3) Added FGDLAQDATE field. (4) Added DESCRIPT item based on FACILITY_N. Process Date: 20051017

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:

NOAA Coastal Services Center
NOAA CSC
2234 South Hobson Avenue
Charleston, SC
29405
843-740-1210


http://www.csc.noaa.gov/opis/html/data.htm

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

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