Metadata Permit Compliance System (PCS)
EPA/OW Permit Compliance System for BASINS Version 3 in CONUS
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Text Version
- Identification_Information:
-
- Citation:
-
- Citation_Information:
-
- Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water/OST
- Publication_Date: 20010330
- Title: EPA/OW Permit Compliance System for BASINS Version 3 in CONUS
- Publication_Information:
-
- Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
- Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Online_Linkage:
- For BASINS model and data For further documentation and information on PCS For PCS data
- Description:
-
- Abstract:
- Whenever appropriate, portions of this metadata were directly taken from the metadata of the original data set.
PCS is a national computerized management information system that automates entry, updating, and retrieval of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) data and tracks permit issuance, permit limits and monitoring data, and other data pertaining to facilities regulated under NPDES. PCS records water-discharge permit data on more than 75,000 facilities nationwide.
The NPDES permit program regulates direct discharges from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into the navigable waters of the United States. Wastewater treatment facilities (also called "point sources") are issued NPDES permits regulating their discharge.
For distribution with BASINS v.2.0, the spatial attributes of the database were prepared in Arcview shape file format while selected relational attributes were prepared in Arcview DBF file format.
For distribution with BASINS v.3.0, the spatial and tabular attributes were obtained from the EPA's national PCS database (DB2 mainframe) and Envirofacts Database (Oracle). Locational data (i.e. lat/long) were primarily obtained from the Envirofacts database and supplemented by the PCS database on the mainframe.
- Purpose:
-
The PCS database was developed for tracking permit, compliance and enforcement status, to meet the informational needs of the NPDES program under the Clean Water Act. It is a dynamic system that supports the NPDES program at the state, regional and national levels.
- Supplemental_Information:
-
References_Cited:
"Envirofacts Warehouse", , Environmental Protection Agency, updated monthly.
"Envirofacts Database Description Document Version 2.0," SDC-0055-051-MA-5031, Environmental Protection Agency, September 30, 1996.
"System Requirements Document for the Geospatial Data Component Of ESDLS Version 2.0," SDC-0055-065-KF-5043, Environmental Protection Agency, September 30, 1996.
"Design Document for the Geospatial Data Component of ESDLS Version 2.0," SDC-0055-065-KF-5034, Environmental Protection Agency, September 30, 1996.
"Design Document for Locational Reference Tables in Envirofacts Version 2.1," SDC-0055-091-RP-6013, Environmental Protection Agency, January 21, 1997.
Limitations_of_Data included in BASINS 2.0: Not all PCS facilities reported in the coterminous U.S. are included. For example, facilities with no assigned coordinates cannot be included. Locational coordinates are assigned based on the facility station itself and not at the discharge pipe levels.
For distribution with Basins 3.0, pcs facilities without latitude/longitude information are saved in the *.dbf formate grouped by state. Facilities with obviously incorrect latitudes/longitudes (e.g. those that fall outside the boundaries of the United States) are stored in a separate file called misc.dbf.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
-
- Time_Period_Information:
-
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
-
- Beginning_Date: 1990
- Ending_Date: 1999
- Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
- Status:
-
- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
- Spatial_Domain:
-
- Bounding_Coordinates:
-
- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.97564
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.25502
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.27508
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.86745
- Keywords:
-
- Theme:
-
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Permit Compliance System
- Theme_Keyword: PCS Facility Locations
- Place:
-
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
- Place_Keyword: Conterminous United States of America (CONUS)
- Place_Keyword: Alabama AL
- Place_Keyword: Arizona AZ
- Place_Keyword: Arkansas AR
- Place_Keyword: California CA
- Place_Keyword: Colorado CO
- Place_Keyword: Connecticut CT
- Place_Keyword: Delaware DE
- Place_Keyword: District of Columbia DC
- Place_Keyword: Florida FL
- Place_Keyword: Georgia GA
- Place_Keyword: Idaho ID
- Place_Keyword: Illinois IL
- Place_Keyword: Indiana IN
- Place_Keyword: Iowa IA
- Place_Keyword: Kansas KS
- Place_Keyword: Kentucky KY
- Place_Keyword: Louisiana LA
- Place_Keyword: Maine ME
- Place_Keyword: Maryland MD
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts MA
- Place_Keyword: Michigan MI
- Place_Keyword: Minnesota MN
- Place_Keyword: Mississippi MS
- Place_Keyword: Missouri MO
- Place_Keyword: Montana MT
- Place_Keyword: Nebraska NE
- Place_Keyword: Nevada NV
- Place_Keyword: New Hampshire NH
- Place_Keyword: New Jersey NJ
- Place_Keyword: New Mexico NM
- Place_Keyword: New York NY
- Place_Keyword: North Carolina NC
- Place_Keyword: North Dakota ND
- Place_Keyword: Ohio OH
- Place_Keyword: Oklahoma OK
- Place_Keyword: Oregon OR
- Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania PA
- Place_Keyword: Rhode Island RI
- Place_Keyword: South Carolina SC
- Place_Keyword: South Dakota SD
- Place_Keyword: Tennessee TN
- Place_Keyword: Texas TX
- Place_Keyword: Utah UT
- Place_Keyword: Vermont VT
- Place_Keyword: Virginia VA
- Place_Keyword: Washington WA
- Place_Keyword: West Virginia WV
- Place_Keyword: Wisconsin WI
- Place_Keyword: Wyoming WY
- Access_Constraints: None.
- Use_Constraints: None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. EPA would be appreciated.
- Data_Quality_Information:
-
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- Point features present.
- Completeness_Report:
- See Supplemental_Information
- Lineage:
-
- Process_Step:
-
- Process_Description:
- For BASINS 3. On the basis of availability of latitude/longitude information from the PCS database as well as the Envirofacts LRT table, a set of two new fields, BLAT and BLONG were created. These two fields represented the most accurate latitude/longitude information available on the facility. BLAT was assigned latitude information from Envirofacts EF_Lat if it was available. If not, BLAT was assigned latitude information from PCS_Lat. BLONG took longitude information from Envirofacts EF_Long if available. If not, BLONG took latitude information from PCS_Long.
Using Arcview, the datafile was brought in as an event theme. The fields used to map the event theme were BLAT and BLONG, containing the most accurate lat/long information on the facility. A shapefile was made to produce a single point theme that contains the locations of EPA regulated facilities for the entire conterminous U.S. The shape file that contains the point locations of PCS facilities was generated by selecting only the facilities that fall under the PCS program system. Facilities that are shown to be located (e.g. based on lat-long coordinates) outside the land boundary of the conterminous U.S. were also included as a separate file. Facilities that are supposedly located in a particular state (e.g. based on the NPDES number of the facility) but are actually shown outside the state as determined by its locational coordinates were also included as a separate file.
The shapefile was spatially joined to a coverage of eight-digit Hydrologic Cataloging Units HUCs of the United States. This enabled the population of the BCU field, which identified which Hydrologic Cataloging Unit (CU) each facility was located in. In ArcView the PCS3 coverage was clipped within the spatial extent of the 8 digit CUs that intersected the region.
For distribution with BASINS v3.0, the national coverage was split into a series of ten coverages that included the spatial extent of each of the ten U.S. EPA Regions, plus the hydrologic accounting units that crossed region boundaries. The ten regional coverages therefore overlapped at regional boundaries.
ERROR CHECKING: Facilities with incorrect latitude/longitude information might be found in other regions due to spatial selection.
Secondary files included PCS3 downloaded sites, with no latitude/longitude information, but which could be identified by which state they were located within. These db files are identified by the two character state FIPS code near the PCS3.dbf file.
The related tables which contain the annual loading estimates were obtained from the table PCS_LOADINGS. The tables can be matched with the facility information by the facility id field.
The coverages were distributed in ArcView shapefile format.
- Process_Date: 20001201
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
-
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
-
- Geographic:
-
- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
-
- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
-
- Detailed_Description:
-
- Entity_Type:
-
- Entity_Type_Label: PCS3.DBF and (2 character state FIPS code).DBF
- Entity_Type_Definition: PCS point attribute table
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: SHAPE
- Attribute_Definition: ArcView field indicating shapetype of point features.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: point
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: calculated
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: NPDES
- Attribute_Definition: PCS unique ID copied from attribute ID
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FAC_NAME
- Attribute_Definition: Name of the facility or site
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: OWNERSHIP
- Attribute_Definition: A three digit code describing ownership classification
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: NEW_STATUS
- Attribute_Definition:
- New Source/New Discharge, indicates a new facility with no previous discharge permit.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: STREAM_CLS
- Attribute_Definition: Facility Receiving Stream Classification
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: NEW_DATE
- Attribute_Definition: New source/new discharge date (mmddyy).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PRETREAT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Indicates if the permitted municipality is required to develop a pretreatment program.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FAC_UPDATE
- Attribute_Definition: Facility last update date (mmddyy)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: REC_POTW
- Attribute_Definition:
- Receiving POTW ID - Municipal POTWs that receive discharge from Industrial Users to be monitored by PPETS
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PCS_LAT
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude information from PCS database
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16.8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PCS_LONG
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude information from PCS database
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15.8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: LATLONG_AC
- Attribute_Definition: The technical accuracy of the latitude and longitude data
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: EF_LAT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Latitude based on data from USEPA's Envirofacts Locational Reference Tables (LRT).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14.6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: EF_LONG
- Attribute_Definition:
- Longitude based on data from USEPA's Envirofacts Locational Reference Tables (LRT).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13.6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: EF_ACC_M
- Attribute_Definition: Technical accuracy of latitude and longitude data in meters
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: integer number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BLAT
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude based on best available data.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 17.8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Tables
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BLONG
- Attribute_Definition: Longitude based on best available data.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 18.8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Table
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: The FIPS (state and county code) on best available data.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Locational Reference Table
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: STATE_ID
- Attribute_Definition: State Permit Number to identify or classify the state's permit
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERM_TYPE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Identifies standard permits, general permit, and non-permitted National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) facilities
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ACTIVE
- Attribute_Definition: Code which indicates whether facility is currently active
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: MAJOR_ID
- Attribute_Definition: Major or minor discharger code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: SIC2
- Attribute_Definition:
- The four digit code for the principal activity causing the discharge at the facility as defined by the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: SIC2D
- Attribute_Definition: Description of SIC code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: IND_CLASS
- Attribute_Definition: The industrial classification of the facility.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: EPA_REG
- Attribute_Definition:
- A two-digit code, 01 through 10, used to identify the EPA Region in which the facility is located
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: STATE
- Attribute_Definition:
- State Code - The two character alphabetic state code as defined by the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 5-1
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: CITY
- Attribute_Definition: Name of city where facility is located
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: COUNTY
- Attribute_Definition: Name of county where facility is located
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: LOC_NAME
- Attribute_Definition: Name of entity located at the facility's physical address
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ADDRESS1
- Attribute_Definition: Street address of entity
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ADDRESS2
- Attribute_Definition: Street address of entity
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FAC_CITY
- Attribute_Definition: Name of the mailing city or town of the facility.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FAC_STATE
- Attribute_Definition:
- State or territory code in which the facility is physically located
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ZIP_CODE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Zip code of the address of the physical location of the facility
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: TELE
- Attribute_Definition: Telephone number of the facility
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: RIV_BASIN
- Attribute_Definition: Major/minor river basin name.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: CU
- Attribute_Definition: Facility USGS Hydrologic Unit Code - 8 digit code assigned USGS
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: STREAM_SEG
- Attribute_Definition:
- A four-character code assigned for facilities by EPA to identify stretches of water from one significant event to another, where significant event represents the mouth of a body of water, the confluence of two streams, etc.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: REC_WATER
- Attribute_Definition:
- The name of the river, stream, tributary, lake or other body of water into which the effluent is discharged.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 35
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: STREAM_MIL
- Attribute_Definition:
- A five-character field giving the length of a particular facility stream segment in miles downstream from the beginning of the stream segment.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERM_AGENC
- Attribute_Definition: Type of Permit issued. Indicator whether EPA or state.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: LIMIT_ID
- Attribute_Definition:
- A facility is considered to be on final effluent limits when the permittee has completed all necessary construction to achieve the ultimate effluent limitation in the permit reflecting secondary treatment, best practicable control technology (BPT), best available technology (BAT), or more stringent limitations, such as state required limitations or water quality based limitations, or less stringent limitations established by a variance or a waiver.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BSOURCE
- Attribute_Definition: Source of LAT/LONG data, either EF or PCS
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FLOW_RATE
- Attribute_Definition: The average flow (MGD) that a permitted facility was designed.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12.5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BSEG
- Attribute_Definition: Three digit stream segment identifier
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERM_ISSUE
- Attribute_Definition: Date (mmddyy) current permit was issued/signed
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: INACTIVE
- Attribute_Definition: Date (mmddyy) on which facility become inactive or active
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERMIT_DAT
- Attribute_Definition: Date (mmddyy) current permit was issued/signed
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERMIT_EXP
- Attribute_Definition: Date (mmddyy) current permit will expire
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERMIT_EFF
- Attribute_Definition: Permit effective date (mmddyy)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PERMIT_MOD
- Attribute_Definition: Permit modification date (mmddyy)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: BCU
- Attribute_Definition: Cataloging unit assigned from ArcView spatial join with USGS CU
- Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: EFF_GUIDE
- Attribute_Definition: Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG) for the facility
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 30
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: MAJOR_STAT
- Attribute_Definition:
- Previous Status - Indicates the last change and the current value of the major rating status.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: APP_TYPE
- Attribute_Definition:
- Type of application - the type of application form the facility submit
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Detailed_Description:
-
- Entity_Type:
-
- Entity_Type_Label: (8 digit number of CU).DBF
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- PCS related table that contain annual estimated pollutant loadings
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PARM
- Attribute_Definition:
- A five digit parameter code. Usually the STORET parameter code; however, for toxicity testing parameters, it is a PCS-devised parameter code.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: NPDES
- Attribute_Definition:
- NPDES Number - For Permitted NPDES Facilities. A nine character code used to uniquely identify a permitted NPDES facility.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: YEAR
- Attribute_Definition: Year for which the loading was reported
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: CONC
- Attribute_Definition: Concentration of loading (lbs/year)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20,5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: FLOW
- Attribute_Definition: Conduit based flow at the facility for reported year (MGD).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20,5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: LOAD
- Attribute_Definition:
- Estimated loading calculated with remarked data set to detection limit (lb/year)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20,5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: CONC_FW
- Attribute_Definition: Flow-weighted concentration of loading
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20,5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: ERROR
- Attribute_Definition: Standard error of loadings
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20,5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character ID values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: MONTH
- Attribute_Definition: Number of months with loadings report.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Floating point value
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Detailed_Description:
-
- Entity_Type:
-
- Entity_Type_Label: PCS3_PRM.DBF
- Entity_Type_Definition: PCS related table containing parameter codes and names
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PARM
- Attribute_Definition:
- A five digit parameter code. Usually the STORET parameter code; however, for toxicity testing parameters, it is a PCS-devised parameter.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: integer number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: PARM_NAME
- Attribute_Definition: Parameter name
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 48
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: character values
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: NUM_NPID
- Attribute_Definition: Number of PCS Facilities that contain this PARM
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: integer number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: calculated
- Attribute:
-
- Attribute_Label: TOTAL_OBS
- Attribute_Definition: Total number of observations/measurements of this PARM
- Attribute_Definition_Source: EPA Envirofacts Oracle Database
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
-
- Enumerated_Domain:
-
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: integer number
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: calculated
- Overview_Description:
-
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- The PCS3.DBF table contains the primary attributes at the facility level. (2 character state FIPS code).DBF are facility records with no or incorrect latitude/longitude but where identified by their state NPDES number. The tables (8 digit CU).DBF are related tables that contain the annual load estimates of the facilities. The PCS_PRM.DBF file is a related table that contain the chemical parameter code and description.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See Entity_and_Attribute_Information
- Distribution_Information:
-
- Distributor:
-
- Contact_Information:
-
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
-
- Contact_Organization: USEPA Office of Water/OST Basins
- Contact_Address:
-
- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
- Hours_of_Service: 9-3 EST
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system under contract to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USEPA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USEPA will warrant the delivery of this product in computer-readable format.
- Standard_Order_Process:
-
- Digital_Form:
-
- Digital_Transfer_Information:
-
- Format_Name:
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcView Shapefile
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
-
- Online_Option:
-
- Computer_Contact_Information:
-
- Network_Address:
-
- Network_Resource_Name:
- Offline_Option:
-
- Offline_Media: CD-ROM
- Recording_Format: ISO 9660
- Fees: None
- Ordering_Instructions:
- When requesting data by phone or mail, please inquire about spatial data sets that work with Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The BASINS web page has instructions for downloading datasets. It also has a link to The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI), from which BASINS CD-ROMs may be ordered. Each CD-ROM contains the BASINS v3.0 Application and this data set along with others covering the spatial extent of an EPA Region.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
-
- Metadata_Date: 20070611
- Metadata_Contact:
-
- Contact_Information:
-
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
-
- Contact_Organization: USEPA Office of Water/waterscience/SHPD Basins
- Contact_Address:
-
- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: CEAM[email protected]@epa.gov
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Generated by mpversion 2.7.4 on Fri Mar 30 13:07:08 2001