Data Management Plan
Office for Coastal Management
Data Set (DS) | Cat ID: 52768 | Published / External
Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
These data depict the location of facilities that generate electricity. The locations are created from the Environmental Protection Agency Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID). Only facilities adjacent to the coast and Great Lakes are shown. Contained within the database are records that define the fuel source and other characteristics of the facility that may benefit ocean planners. In some cases, the presence of a facility may indicate that certain power transmission infrastructure exists nearby. Absence of a facility or lack of sufficient capacity at a facility in a given area may also be an important characteristic in future energy planning activities. Please keep in mind this is not representative of the whole eGRID. This dataset can be linked back to the additional content of the eGRID by downloading the data and joining it back to the eGRID spreadsheet.
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
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Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
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Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
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Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
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(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
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Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
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3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
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4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
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Process Steps:
- 2016-02-01 00:00:00 - 1. Go to and download: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/all_egrid2014v2_files.zip 2. Open eGRID2014_Data.xlsx and go to the PLNT14 tab 3. Delete superfluous fields and rename fields as specified in the attribute table 4. In Arc Map, add XY coordinates by using the LAT and LON fields within the spreadsheet 5. Export this data as a new feature class 6. Calculate the primaryFuel field as follows: AB = Agricultural Byproduct, BFG = Blast Furnace Gas, BIT = Bituminous Coal, BLQ = Black Liquor, COG = Coke Oven Gas, DFO = Distillate Fuel Oil, GEO = Geothermal, JF = Jet Fuel, KER = Kerosene, LFG = Landfill Gas, LIG = Lignite Coal, MSW = Municipal Solid Waste, MWH = Electricity (megawatt hour), NG = Natural Gas, NUC = Nuclear, OBG = Other Biomass Gas, OBL = Other Biomass Liquid, OBS = Other Biomass Solid, OG = Other Gas, OTH = Other, PC = Petroleum Coke, PRG = Process Gas, PUR = Purchased Steam, RFO = Residual Fuel Oil, SGC = Coal-Derived Synthesis Gas, SLW = Sludge Waste, SUB = Subbituminous Coal, SUN = Solar, TDF = Tire-Derived Fuel, WAT = Water, WC = Waste Coal, WDL = Wood Waste Liquid, WDS = Wood Waste Solid, WH = Waste Heat, WND = Wind, WO = Waste Oil 7. Delete features that intersect non-coastal states and the 34 features with no LAT/LON info 8. Run the Find Identical Tool based on the fields LAT and LON and delete the duplicates 9. Add Unknown for any attributes missing a value for primaryFuel and primaryFuelCategory 10. Check geometry and project data into WGS 1984 Auxiliary Sphere
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6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 3.1. Responsible Party for Data Management
- 4.1. Have resources for management of these data been identified?
- 4.2. Approximate percentage of the budget for these data devoted to data management
- 5.2. Quality control procedures employed
- 7.1. Do these data comply with the Data Access directive?
- 7.1.1. If data are not available or has limitations, has a Waiver been filed?
- 7.1.2. If there are limitations to data access, describe how data are protected
- 7.4. Approximate delay between data collection and dissemination
- 8.1. Actual or planned long-term data archive location
- 8.3. Approximate delay between data collection and submission to an archive facility
- 8.4. How will the data be protected from accidental or malicious modification or deletion prior to receipt by the archive?
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7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
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Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
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Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
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https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OceanReportingTool/CoastalEnergyFacilities/MapServer
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
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zip download and REST map service
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
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8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
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Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
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Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
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Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.