Identification_Information: 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 Edition: 1.00 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Palisades, NY Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/superfund-epa-national-priorities-list-ciesin-mod-2008 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 data set 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 data set is modified and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). Purpose: To provide an easily accessible, corrected EPA data set 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: 20080607 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: SEDAC Topic Theme_Keyword: Hazard Vulnerability Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CSA-NBII Biocomplexity Theme_Keyword: Environments Theme_Keyword: Waste Disposal Sites 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: Region > Equatorial Place_Keyword: Region > Mid-Latitude Place_Keyword: Continent > North America Place_Keyword: Region > Polar Place_Keyword: Country > 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 data set. 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 data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. 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: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) 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 Edition: 1.00 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Palisades, NY Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/superfund-atsdr-hazardous-waste-site-ciesin-mod-1996 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) 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 in Microsoft Excel (XLS) format are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: XLS File_Decompression_Technique: Unzip Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/superfund-epa-national-priorities-list-ciesin-mod-2008/data-download Access_Instructions: Data accessible via direct download. 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