Ocean Disposal Sites
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 54193 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Ocean Disposal Sites |
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Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2018-10-31 |
Abstract: |
In 1972, Congress enacted the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA, also known as the Ocean Dumping Act) to prohibit the dumping of material into the ocean that would unreasonably degrade or endanger human health or the marine environment. Virtually all material ocean dumped today is dredged material (sediments) removed from the bottom of waterbodies in order to maintain navigation channels and berthing areas. Other materials that are currently ocean disposed include fish wastes, human remains, and vessels. Ocean dumping cannot occur unless a permit is issued under the MPRSA. In the case of dredged material, the decision to issue a permit is made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, using EPA's environmental criteria and subject to EPA's concurrence. For all other materials, EPA is the permitting agency. EPA is also responsible for designating recommended ocean dumping sites for all types of materials. |
Purpose: |
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. |
Supplemental Information: |
Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
None | coastal |
None | planning |
None | renewable |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States of America |
None | Territorial Sea |
None | United States of America |
Physical Location
City: | North Charleston |
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State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Entity Attribute Overview: |
description, depth, measurement, sourceId, primaryUse, status, UXOdup |
Distribution Liability: |
https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Data Set Credit: | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -177.394197 | |
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E° Bound: | 174.158795 | |
N° Bound: | 64.500203 | |
S° Bound: | -14.425 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
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Start: | 2018-07-03 |
Description: |
ground condition |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Vector Representation 1
Complex Object Present?: | No |
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Composite Object Present?: | No |
Curve Object Present?: | Yes |
Point Object Present?: | No |
Solid Object Present?: | No |
Surface Object Present?: | No |
Reference Systems
Reference System 1
Coordinate Reference System |
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Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Use Constraints: |
For coastal and ocean planning |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/OceanDisposalSites.zip |
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Distributor: |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/data |
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Distributor: |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
Untested |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level |
Completeness Report: |
Untested |
Conceptual Consistency: |
These data are logically consistent |
Lineage
Sources
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Chapter I, Subpart H, Part 228, Section 228.15
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-01-01 |
Citation URL: | https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2011-title40-vol25/CFR-2011-title40-vol25-part228 |
NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office of Coast Survey |
Citation URL: | http://encdirect.noaa.gov/ |
Source Contribution: |
Approach_Dumping_Ground_(Point/Area) Coastal_Dumping_Ground_(Point/Area) General_Dumping_Ground_(Point/Area) Harbour_Dumping_Ground_(Point/Area) Overview_Dumping_Ground_(Point/Area) |
NOAA Raster Navigational Chart
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office of Coast Survey |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2011-01-01 |
Ocean Disposal Sites (OceanDisposalSites_NAD83)
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-06-01 |
Citation URL: | http://www.marinecadastre.gov/data/ |
Placement Areas
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2016-04-01 |
Citation URL: | https://geospatial-usace.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/aed16678ea814ddc8fdb5d96f723d90b |
Unexploded Ordnance (Point)
Contact Role Type: | Publisher |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-05-08 |
Source Contribution: |
Unexploded Ordnance in United States Waters. Some features in this dataset overlap with the Ocean Disposal Sites dataset. |
Unexploded Ordnance (Polygon)
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-05-08 |
Source Contribution: |
Unexploded Ordnance in United States Waters. Some features in this dataset overlap with the Ocean Disposal Sites dataset. |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
Convert point feature class to a new polygon feature class (CFRdata) by connecting the corner coordinates and joining in the attribute information. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
Remove superfluous attributes as needed and crosswalk existing attributes to match the final schema, which was copied from MC.gov with 3 changes. An attribute was added for UXO feature duplication. The RasterChart attribute was changed to Source, and the Type attribute was changed to PrimaryUse. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 |
Process Step 3
Description: |
Add the EPA regions layer. Use Select by Location to select all the sites falling within EPA Region One. Use the field calculator to populate the US EPA Region field. Repeat for all EPA regions. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 |
Process Step 4
Description: |
Compare the Ocean Disposal Sites feature class to the UXO feature classes looking for duplicates and omissions. Features appearing in both layers were attributed as such in the UXOdup field of the ODS feature class. Features found in the ODS dataset that had a name or descriptive attribute indicating it also belonged in the UXO dataset were copied into a new feature class for later appending. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 |
Process Step 5
Description: |
Export the appropriate features from USACE Placement Areas via Select by Attributes, where 'Placementtype' = OCEAN. Project into Web Mercator for comparison to Seamless RNC. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-10 00:00:00 |
Process Step 6
Description: |
Compare the ENC features to one another and to the Seamless RNC images. Delete duplicates (keeping the feature collected at the largest scale). Convert the ENC point features to ENCpoly by tracing around the area depicted on the appropriate RNC at the ENCpoint feature. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 |
Process Step 7
Description: |
Import excel spreadsheet into ArcMap as a table. Convert to x,y coordinates using the x/y event layer tool. Export as a point feature class. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 |
Process Step 8
Description: |
Download all ENC Direct layers and merge into 2 feature classes (ENCpoint and ENCpoly). Project both into Web Mercator for comparison to Seamless RNC. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 |
Process Step 9
Description: |
Project features originally recorded in NAD27 into NAD83 and replace in CFRdata. Then, project CFR data into Web Mercator for comparison to Seamless RNC. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 |
Process Step 10
Description: |
Merge all the source datasets together and reproject into World Mercator. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 |
Process Step 11
Description: |
Compare the source layers to the Seamless RNC and look for duplicate features by utilizing a topology to identifying overlaps. When eliminating duplicates, preference should be given to the feature that is most recent, most closely matches the Seamless RNC, and/or has the greatest amount of supporting data. Consideration should also be given to the sources of the features. Features from the CFR should be given precedence, then those from ENC Direct, then the USACE Placement Areas, and lastly, the MC.gov dataset. Features appearing only in the MC.gov dataset were considered outdated and omitted from the final dataset. Duplicates were identified by examining the geographic extent and several key attributes of neighboring features. These key attributes included name, source date, source and primary use. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-11 00:00:00 |
Process Step 12
Description: |
Calculate the area of all features without a pre-populated size attribute via calculate geometry. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 |
Process Step 13
Description: |
Compare MC.gov dataset with 40 CFR 228.15 by matching the name, size and general location of each disposal site. Transfer relevant information for changed/added/updated sites to an excel spreadsheet. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 54193 |
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Metadata Record Created By: | Anna Verrill |
Metadata Record Created: | 2018-10-16 17:59+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Daniel Martin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2020-04-02 22:25+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-10-22 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-10-23 |