Window to My Environment Tom Brody Region 5 US EPA (Chicago)
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Window to My Environment Tom Brody Region 5 US EPA (Chicago)
Transcript of Window to My Environment Tom Brody Region 5 US EPA (Chicago)
Window to My Environment
Tom Brody
Region 5 US EPA (Chicago)
IT ISFREE!!
www.epa.gov/enviro/wme
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BRS (Biennial Reporting System) – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that collect data on the generation, management, and minimization of hazardous waste.
Air Emissions – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that release pollutants into the air.
Water Discharge – Specific facilities that are regulated by EPA to discharge to US waters.
Toxic Releases – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that must report to state and local governments the locations and quantities of any chemical stored on site.
Superfund – Facilities designated by EPA to respond to concerns over health and environmental risks posed by hazardous waste.
Multi-Activities – Facilities covered by two or more of the other regulated site features.
Hazardous Waste – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that handle materials designated as hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste
Schools, Churches, Hospitals – Extracts from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which is part of EPA’s National Shape File Repository.
Highways - The Highways layer is extracted from the Department of Transportation's Office of Geographic Information Services
Streets - The Street layer is from US Census Bureau’s Census 2000 TIGER/Line.
Impaired Water Bodies/Streams – From the section 303(d) (impaired waters) prioritized list of waters that do not meet EPA’s water quality standards.
Water Bodies/Streams - From the US Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset (NHD).
Demographics - From the US Census Bureau’s Population and Housing 1990 Summary Tape File 3A (STF-3A).
Air Monitors - From the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) operated by EPA Office of Air Quality Planning And Standards.
Water Monitors - Retrieved in real-time from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) NWIS website.
Congressional Districts, City Boundaries, and Counties – From the USGS Map Layers Warehouse.
States - From the US Census Bureau’s Census 2000 TIGER/Line files.
Special/Moderate Flood Hazard Areas - Retrieved in real-time from ESRI's Geography Network. It depicts the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Digital Q3 Flood Data.
What Is WME?
• Geographic Portal
• Uses ArcIMS technology
• A Work In Progress
What WME Isn’t
• Not a Predictive or Simulation Tool
• Not Temporally Standardized
• Not Finished
Comments? Questions? Ideas?
Dave Catlin
202.566.0694
Tom Brody
312.353.8340
www.epa.gov/enviro/wme
