1. 1 The Facility Registry System 2006 GIS Workgroup Meeting Cincinnati Mainstreaming Locational Improvement In Our Work Status Update of Locational Data Improvement

2. 2 Purpose Locational Status FRS Quality Improvements

3. 3 EPA’s architecture enables the Agency by location to describe the quality of the environment and the activities occurring at that location

4. 4 Facility Registry System Creates a single, integrated set of facility identification information Environmental Interests Locational Coordinates Affiliation Provides links to EPA’s media information systems Conforms to the Data Standard Verifies the quality of data, including the linkages to EPA and State systems The Agency Repository of Places of Environmental Interest

5. 5 Snapshot of FRS Location Data Feb 2006

6. 6 Snapshot of FRS Location Data Aug 2006

7. 7 746K Have NO Lat/Long! 1,684,896 FRS 1,939,403 FRS May 2005 Baseline August 2006 Baseline 51% without latitude/longitude 859,042 records 49% with latitude/longitude 825,854 records 62% with latitude/longitude 1,192,838 records 38% without latitude/longitude 746,565 records MASS CLEAN UP Removed locational points outside of U.S. Land/Territories and Zip Code centriod points previously entered by contractors Lat/Long data increased by 366,984 from May 2005 to August 2006

8. 8 What Can Be Done? Who is to Do it? Where is the Data? What approach can be successful?

9. 9 TRI RCRAInfo RMP RADInfo ICIS NCDB CERCLIS Schools (new) Partnerships with Programs AFS SDWIS CAMDBS NEI PCS Nat’l Performance Partnership FRP (new) BRACs (new) 1.9 million unique records linking to program interests such as:

10. 10 Planned Efforts for Increased Partnerships Underground Injection Control (UIC) ~700,000 Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (EGRID) ~4,000 More complete School Data ~20,000 OECA Criminal Database ~1,800 Underground Storage Tanks (UST) ~600,000- 1 million Partnerships with Programs: Goal

11. 11 Strategies to Locational Improvement Partnerships Leverage Exchange Network with States Work closely with Regions and Program Offices Data Data Stewardship and Data Quality Reviews Target critical data for consolidated acquisition/access Integrated Error Correction Process Automated Processes : Geo-Coding Lat/Long Tools and Technologies Improved Data Management Develop reusable tools

12. 12 Partnerships with States: 6 more in 2006

13. 13 Top States for Records Without Locational Data in FRS in August 2006 2610416256Wisconsin 2533217335Indiana 2534217744Missouri 3928318585Minnesota 4895919646Ohio 674523998Arizona 4187124175Texas 4315126231Pennsylvania 3693929815Florida 3435529942North Carolina 2520730686South Carolina 2892731308Kansas 7431541400Illinois 9498068264New York 8457185264New Jersey # WITH LAT/LONG # WITHOUT LAT/LONG STATE #7 (25715, 55818) #13 (20832, 18070) #17 (17453, 21990) #15 (19376, 16357) #11 (24058, 40996) #14 (20336, 34079) #8 (25690, 30903) #12 (23069, 45539) #10 (24349, 37554) #5 (30702, 29400) #4 (45492, 8956) #9 (25342, 11789) #3 (64875, 40495) #1 (105837, 51959) #2 (84689, 29850) Rank # for May 2005 (Without, With)

14. 14 Database Enhancements FRS/LRT Redesign - ongoing Geospatially Enable Complete FRS Database -ongoing with RTP Web Services Outbound through CDX- Done Wisconsin Pilot using GML, Web Services and Polygonal Shapes Regional Pilot – Web Services for Locational Data - Region 1 Complete Upgraded our geo-coding tools to better address-match in an automated process - ongoing Removal of all ZIP Code Centroids - Done Addition of Border Zone Indicator - Done Tribal Indicator on Tribal Country

15. 15 Data Quality Improvement Efforts Locational Data Clean Up of Values in the Database Quality Report of FRS Overall Facilities on Tribal Land Universe – Redesign/Regional Clean Up New Merge Script in FRS Reconciliation Katrina Support on Missing and Incorrect Data Updates to FRS Linkage Application FRS - CDX Error Correction Service to Regulated Community Develop quality checks in XML schema file structure Increased Data Stewardship

16. 16 Ways to Correct Data Inform National Program Regional Exchanges Site Locator Tool Error Tracking System FRS Update thru CDX Linkage Application State Exchanges

17. 17 ARC SDE Spatial Layers Available through Feature Services Facility Site Table Border Indicator Site and Interest Table CERCLIS RMP SDWIS RCRA

18. 18 US-Mexico Border Flag: 100km

19. 19 Secure Entry

20. 20 Facility Information Update

21. 21 Search Facilities

22. 22 Search Results

23. 23 Facility Detail Report

24. 24 Merge Screen

25. 25 Linkage Screen

26. 26 Information Update Page

27. 27 Comments Page

28. 28 Select ESLT

29. 29 Enter Search Criteria

30. 30 Zoom to Desired Extent

31. 31 Select Function

32. 32 Confirm Existing Locational Data

33. 33 Correcting Locational Date thru CDX

34. 34 Correcting Locational Date thru CDX

35. 35 Correcting Locational Date thru CDX

36. 36 Correcting Locational Date thru CDX

37. 37 Questions? Pat Garvey Garvey.Pat@epa.gov 202-566-1687