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EPA Geospatial Data Download: Facility and Site Information

Dataset Summary

Agency	Environmental Protection Agency
Sub-Agency
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	1/17/2007
Date Updated	4/16/2009
Time Period	Data describes facilities currently regulated under multiple EPA programs
Frequency	Continuous, updated as facility information is updated, added and changed
Description	Contains informaiton about facilities or sites subject to environmental regulation, including key facility information along with associated environmental interests for use in mapping and reporting applications.

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Number of Downloads

3,700

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	FRS, EPA, CERCLIS, NEPT, NPDES, PCS, RCRA, RCRAInfo, Superfund, NPL, TRI, regulated sites, toxic release, major discharges, brownfields, federal data download, national priorities list, public health, environment, federal datasets, kmz, xml, shapefile, sites, facilities
Unique ID	6

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	EPA Geospatial Data Download
Agency Program Page	Envirofacts
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.epa.gov/enviro/geo_data.html

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	A facility regulated by one or more programs of the EPA
Granularity	Coordinate Pair (latitude / longitude)
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Other
Data Collection Instrument	n/a
Data Dictionary/Variable List	Included with data download

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/frs_demo/geospatial_data/resources.html
Additional Metadata	Included with data download

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