health data initiative 20110609
DESCRIPTION
Presentation on EPA data resources for the Health Data Initiative Challenge at the National Academies / Institute of Medicine, June 6, 2011TRANSCRIPT
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EPA Data and Services to Support Health Initiatives
David Smith [email protected] Twitter:@druidsmith
EPA Mission
EPA’s Mission, Summarized:• Protecting Human Health and Safeguarding the Environment
EPA’s Strategic Plan, Summarized:• EPA's Strategic Plan identifies the measurable environmental
and human health outcomes the public can expect from EPA and describes how we intend to achieve those results
• http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/whatwedo.html
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EPA Data Assets
EPA Organization• Aligned to regulatory drivers, e.g. Clean Air Act, Clean
Water Act, et cetera
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EPA Data Finder
Curated Listing of Datasets
https://epa.gov/data
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EPA System of Registries
• http://epa.gov/sor
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EPA Data Assets
Environmental Dataset Gateway
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/
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EPA Web Services
Reusable Components and Services
https://epa.gov/rcs
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EPA Web Services
Substance Registry
https://epa.gov/srs
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Data Integration at EPA
Envirofacts Data Warehouse
http://epa.gov/enviro04/07/2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9
Data Integration at EPA
Facility Registry System• FRS is a centrally managed database which aggregates data
about facilities, sites, or places of environmental interest from 32 Federal databases and EPA program offices as well as 57 States, Tribes and Territories
• FRS assigns a unique, persistent identifier to each facility and aggregates environmental interests, geospatial data, industrial classifications, and affiliation data
• FRS provides geospatial services (geocoding, indexing) and serves as the enterprise component for many EPA applications
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LRT Record IDConveyor of
Record
Program System Name
Program System ID
Program System
Subentity ID
Program Latitude
Program Longitude Best Value
Collection Method
Accuracy Value Scale MOD Score
Reference Point
Insertion Date
Coordinate Source
Map Coordinate
12135178 CEDS CEDS 200000072141 37.4511 -77.4339 N 932.3551 39105 MAP
12651135 NEI NEI NEIVA2561 37.450939 -77.434273 N UNKNOWN 932.3551AIR RELEASE
STACK 39105 MAP
14542018 RCRIS RCRAINFO VAD009305137 37.451667 -77.433333 N 1137.0184 39112REGULATED
ENTITY MAP
15512736 RMP RMP 1E+11 37.451917 -77.433361 N 2.37CENTER OF FACILITY 39967 MAP
15727233 PCS PCS VA0004669 001N9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 898.2445WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727234 PCS PCS VA0004669 101R9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 1.58WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727235 PCS PCS VA0004669 101N9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 1.58WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727236 PCS PCS VA0004669 101B9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 898.2445WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727237 PCS PCS VA0004669 101A9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 1.58WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727238 PCS PCS VA0004669 102N9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 1.58WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727239 PCS PCS VA0004669 37.451111 -77.433889 NINTERPOLATI
ON-MAP 50 24000 2.37FACILITY
CENTROID 39819 MAP
15727240 PCS PCS VA0004669 003A9 37.454166 -77.3875 N 1.94WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727241 PCS PCS VA0004669 002A9 37.454166 -77.3875 N 1.94WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
15727242 PCS PCS VA0004669 103N9 37.448888 -77.423888 N 1.58WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39234 MAP
16137349 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 37.451111 -77.433889 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137350 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 17 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137351 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 16 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137352 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 15 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137353 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 14 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137354 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 12 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137355 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 10 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137356 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 9 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137357 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 8 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137358 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 6 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137359 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 19 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137360 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 18 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137361 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 2 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137362 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 4 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137363 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 1 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16137364 AIRS/AFS AIRS/AFS 5104100001 5 37.451111 -77.434167 N 932.3551 39819 MAP
16446261TRIS-
PREFERRED TRIS23234DPNTSUSHI
G 37.451667 -77.435 N UNKNOWN 28.6397 UNKNOWN 39323 MAP
16446262TRIS-
REPORTED TRIS23234DPNTSUSHI
G 37.451666 -77.435 N 898.2445 40265 MAP
17937134 PCS PCS VA0004669 101O9 37.445833 -77.429167 N 898.2445WATER
RELEASE PIPE 39819 MAP
All underlying information from programs is
retained, to include locational data
For any given facility, there may be multiple individual locations that have been gathered, e.g.
an associated air stack location, water outfall location, front
gate location, et cetera
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/locational/lrt_viewer.html
FRS Data Aggregation
Data Exchange at EPA
National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN)
• Robust, mature exchange network, utilizing state and federal nodes which regularly exchange a wide variety of data via web services.
http://exchangenetwork.net
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Developer Challenge!
http://epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment04/07/2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 13
Next Steps
• Data.Gov Socrata Platform• Linked Data