48903
National Environmental Policy Act
Data Set
Published / External
37232
MarineCadastre
Project
Completed
2016-05-11
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was the first major environmental law in the United States and established national environmental policies for the country. NEPA mandates federal agencies to consider the impacts of their activities-including the issuance of federal permits, Federal funding, and other federal agency actions-on the environment, and to ensure that information about these environmental impacts is available to the public before final decisions are made. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) promulgates regulations that require agencies to create their own NEPA implementing procedures. These procedures must meet the CEQ standard while reflecting each agency's unique mandate and mission. Consequently, NEPA procedures vary from agency to agency.
Source: http://www.epw.senate.gov/nepa69.pdf
Date enacted: January 1, 1970
Codification: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.
Authority: U.S. Council on Environmental Quality
To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
boundaries
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Theme
maritime boundaries
Theme
ocean planning
Spatial
Alaska
Spatial
American Samoa
Spatial
Exclusive Economic Zone
Spatial
Guam
Spatial
Hawaii
Spatial
Northern Mariana Islands
Spatial
Outer Continental Shelf
Spatial
Puerto Rico
Spatial
Territorial Sea
Spatial
United States of America
Office for Coastal Management
Charleston
SC
Data Set
None Planned
citation, codification
https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
49167
NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct
NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct
Published / External
Completed
Feature class representing spatial applicability of legislation | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
1
OBJECTID
Unknown
No
No
Active
Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
2
SHAPE
Unknown
No
No
Active
Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
3
SHAPE_Length
Unknown
No
No
Active
Length of feature in internal units. | Description Source: ESRI
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
4
SHAPE_Area
Unknown
No
No
Active
Area of feature in internal units squared. | Description Source: ESRI
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
5
federalGeoregulation
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Name of georegulation | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
National Environmental Policy Act: Name of georegulation |
6
citation
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Public law citation | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Public Law 91-190: Public law citation |
7
codification
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Georegulation code (from Code of Federal Regulations) | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.: Georegulation code (from Code of Federal Regulations) |
8
authority
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Agency of responsibility | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
U.S. Council on Environmental Quality: Agency of responsibility |
9
contact
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Agency contact | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
722 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503, PH: (202) 395-5750: Agency contact |
10
website
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Link to legislative summary | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
https://coast.noaa.gov/oceanlawsearch/: Link to legislative summary |
Point of Contact
2016-05-11
Organization
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
NOAA/OCM
coastal.info@noaa.gov
2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston
SC
29405-2413
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page
Online Resource
Publication Date
-180
180
74.708840004
-17.555000002
Discrete
2016
Yes
Unclassified
None
For coastal and ocean planning
https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry
https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.zip
2016-05-11
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-11-14
Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.
2018-02-08
Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.
Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL
Untested
Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
Untested
These data are logically consistent
Binational Features for the United States and Mexico Border Region
Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2006-01-01
Discrete
2006
http://txpub.usgs.gov/BEHI/Data_download/Boundaries_Layers/International_Boundary.zip
US/Mexico international boundary | Type of Source Media: online
U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coast Survey (OCS)
2013-09-13
Discrete
2013-09-13
http://maritimeboundaries.noaa.gov/downloads/USMaritimeLimitsAndBoundariesSHP.zip
National boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and equivalent boundaries | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online
1
1. The National Environmental Policy Act's geographic coverage was developed from two existing data sets: (A) OCS's U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries shapefile (EEZ and equivalent boundary), and (B) USGS's US/Mexico international boundary.
2. Where boundaries from the two data sources intersected in Texas and California, boundaries were cut accordingly so that no ArcGIS "dangles" remained.
3. Where boundaries in the Pacific Ocean crossed the International Date Line, the single part polylines were manually closed within an edit session.
4. Topology errors were addressed, which included two errors in southern Alaska and two errors in the Gulf of Mexico (within the OCS data).
5. The national polyline (including Alaska, Hawaii, and all U.S. territories) was converted to a polygon. 6. Added fields and populated accordingly.
2016-01-01T00:00:00
49167
Entity
NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48903
Anne Ball
2017-11-14T15:56:09
Daniel Martin
2023-07-24T12:07:59
2018-02-08
Office for Coastal Management
OCM
1002
Public
No
2018-02-08
1 Year
2019-02-08