U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) Sites Point Data with CIESIN Modifications, 2008

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University
Publication Date: 20080607
Title: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) Sites Point Data with CIESIN Modifications, 2008
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: tabular digital data
Publication Information:

Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Columbia University

Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/eh/sfpop.html

Description:

Abstract:
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) Sites Point Data with CIESIN Modifications, 2008 is a modified version of the 2008 EPA NPL list. It includes all the sites that have been proposed to, currently on, and deleted from the Final NPL as of June 7, 2008. CIESIN has fixed six of the original coordinates by correcting latitude or longitude coordinates and providing the missing coordinates for one site. It contains the point locations, including the seven corrections, for 1,641 U.S. hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) of EPA's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) for the US States and Puerto Rico. The sites in CERCLIS are also known as Superfund Sites. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation. The dataset presented here provides the latitude and longitudinal coordinates of the centroid for each of the 1641 NPL sites. Some of the National Priorities List (NPL) sites have latitude and longitude data accurate to within 30 meters and, in some cases, in the sub-meter range. The latitude and longitude for other sites is the centroid of the ZIP code area for the ZIP code of the site's address. This dataset is modified and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Purpose: To provide an easily accessible, corrected dataset of the geo-referenced locations for all the National Priorities List sites in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: 2008/06/07

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -176.652500
East Bounding Coordinate: 151.783720
North Bounding Coordinate: 64.823000
South Bounding Coordinate: -14.360100

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary Version 2.1 (GCMD Format)
Theme Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Environmental Protection > Superfund Program (CERCLA)
Theme Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Hazardous Exposures > Waste Sites

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: General
Theme Keyword: CERCLA
Theme Keyword: Environment
Theme Keyword: EPA
Theme Keyword: GRASP
Theme Keyword: Hazardous Waste Site
Theme Keyword: Hazardous
Theme Keyword: National Priorities List
Theme Keyword: NPL
Theme Keyword: Superfund

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: EI Gateway Vocabulary
Theme Keyword: Hazards

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Data Granularity
Theme Keyword: State

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: GIS Format
Theme Keyword: GIS

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Project
Theme Keyword: Superfund Locations and Populations

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: SEDAC Topic
Theme Keyword: Hazard Vulnerability

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NBII Node
Theme Keyword: Northeast Information Node (NIN)

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: CSA-NBII Biocomplexity
Theme Keyword: Environments
Theme Keyword: Waste Disposal Sites

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Mission
Theme Keyword: Environment and Health (EH)

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO Topic
Theme Keyword: Environment
Theme Keyword: Health
Theme Keyword: Society

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: WDC Theme
Theme Keyword: Hazards
Theme Keyword: Health
Theme Keyword: Population

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: GCMD Parameter Valids
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Environmental Assessments

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: CIESIN Location Terms, version 2.0
Place Keyword: Continent/Region > Equatorial
Place Keyword: Continent/Region > Mid-Latitude
Place Keyword: Continent/Region > North America
Place Keyword: Continent/Region > Polar
Place Keyword: Country/Island > United States

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: U.S. States and Territories
Place Keyword: Alabama
Place Keyword: Alaska
Place Keyword: Arizona
Place Keyword: Arkansas
Place Keyword: California
Place Keyword: Colorado
Place Keyword: Connecticut
Place Keyword: Delaware
Place Keyword: District of Columbia
Place Keyword: Florida
Place Keyword: Georgia
Place Keyword: Hawaii
Place Keyword: Idaho
Place Keyword: Illinois
Place Keyword: Indiana
Place Keyword: Iowa
Place Keyword: Kansas
Place Keyword: Kentucky
Place Keyword: Louisiana
Place Keyword: Maine
Place Keyword: Maryland
Place Keyword: Massachusetts
Place Keyword: Michigan
Place Keyword: Minnesota
Place Keyword: Mississippi
Place Keyword: Missouri
Place Keyword: Montana
Place Keyword: Nebraska
Place Keyword: Nevada
Place Keyword: New Hampshire
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Place Keyword: New Mexico
Place Keyword: New York
Place Keyword: North Carolina
Place Keyword: North Dakota
Place Keyword: Ohio
Place Keyword: Oklahoma
Place Keyword: Oregon
Place Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place Keyword: Rhode Island
Place Keyword: South Carolina
Place Keyword: South Dakota
Place Keyword: Tennessee
Place Keyword: Texas
Place Keyword: Utah
Place Keyword: Vermont
Place Keyword: Virginia
Place Keyword: Washington
Place Keyword: West Virginia
Place Keyword: Wisconsin
Place Keyword: Wyoming

Access Constraints: None
Use Constraints:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial sale or free redistribution without explicit written permission from U.S. EPA or CIESIN. Users should acknowledge U.S. EPA and CIESIN as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new datasets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this dataset. U.S. EPA and CIESIN also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.
Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) User Services

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Originator: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registries (ATSDR)
Publication Date: 19960101
Title: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registries (ATSDR) Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP) Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Database
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: shapefile
Publication Information:

Publication Place: Atlanta, GA
Publisher: Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP)

Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/eh/sfpop.html

Cross Reference:

Citation Information:

Originator: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Publication Date: 20080829
Title: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data with CIESIN Modifications, 1996
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: shapefile
Publication Information:

Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Columbia University

Online Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/eh/sfpop.html

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) User Services

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu

Resource Description: CIESIN_SEDAC_SLP_EPANPLSPDCM08
Distribution Liability:
CIESIN follows procedures designed to ensure that data disseminated by CIESIN are of reasonable quality. If, despite these procedures, users encounter apparent errors or misstatements in the data, they should contact SEDAC User Services at +1 845-365-8920 or via email at ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu. Neither CIESIN nor NASA verifies or guarantees the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any data provided. CIESIN provides this data without warranty of any kind whatsoever, either expressed or implied. CIESIN shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of the use of any data provided by CIESIN.
Standard Order Process:

Ordering Instructions: The data are available from the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) in Microsoft Excel (XLS) format via direct download at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/eh/sfpop.html.

Standard Order Process:

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Format Name: XLS
File Decompression Technique: Unzip
Transfer Size: 0.221000

Digital Transfer Option:

Online Option:

Computer Contact Information:

Network Address:

Network Resource Name: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/repository/health/data/USEPANPLSitesPointDataWithCIESINModifications2008.zip

Access Instructions: Data accessible via direct download.

Available Time Period:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: 2009

Metadata Date: 2009/09/08
Metadata Review Date: 2010/05/20
Metadata Future Review Date: 2011/05/20
Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Metadata Administration

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
State or Province: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8988
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact Electronic Mail Address: metadata@ciesin.columbia.edu

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time