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David KollaschWisconsin
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Dan BakkEPA – Region 5
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RCRAInfo State District FieldRCRAInfo State District Field
Wisconsin has been populating this field for the past eight years each time a handler module source record is created or modified
Report queries using this field are easy to run from
RCRARep
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Wisconsin LQG CEI Wisconsin LQG CEI Evaluations FY09Evaluations FY09
District Count
WI-NE 20
WI-NO 6
WI-SC 6
WI-SE 39
WI-WC 16
87 Total
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Joel HennessyEPA – Region 3
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Polygons in Polygons in RCRAInfoRCRAInfoMapping Institutional and Mapping Institutional and
Engineering ControlsEngineering Controls
Joel HennessyLand & Chemicals DivisionEPA Region [email protected] 2 – 3, 2010
2010 RCRAInfo National User Conference
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How do Institutional Controls How do Institutional Controls Protect Human Health & the Protect Human Health & the
Environment?Environment?
Only through awareness and oversight
If you don’t map it, you can’t manage it
Institutional and engineering controls have geographic extents
CA770NG, GW
CA772PR, GC, ID, EP
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Identify the geographic area over Identify the geographic area over which the control applies which the control applies (examples):(examples):
CA770NG event code (engineering control, non-groundwater) for a landfill cap would best be described by the areal extent of the cap.
CA772PR event code (institutional control, proprietary) for an environmental covenant which restricts site use to non-residential would best be described by the site-wide property boundary.
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ThreeThree--tiered Approach to tiered Approach to Institutional Control Mapping:Institutional Control Mapping:
Website
Database
One-Call
Mapping & use by others
Cleanups in My Community(EPA mapping tool)
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RCRAInfoRCRAInfo
Version 4
Deployed December 2008
GIS module allows points, lines, and polygons
Lines and Polygons as multiple latitude/longitude pairs
(75.123456- ,35.987654)
(75.123400- ,35.987600)
WOW! Look at this!
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RCRAInfoRCRAInfo (criticisms)(criticisms)
Point data no good, why do we think polygon data (if we can get it) will be any better?
Feed the beast, what’s the benefit?
RCRA
Info
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ProblemsProblems
Need to validate geographic dataNeed to fix existing point data• Datum (NAD27, NAD83, WGS84, unknown)• DMS input as decimal degrees• Longitude as negative number• Typos, interpolations on paper maps, center of
zip, geocoding (street address)Need polygonsNeed easy way to load into RCRAInfoNeed easy way to get data back out, in a useable format
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Solution: Google EarthSolution: Google Earth
Puts the “where” in awareness
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Geographic DataGeographic Data
kml shpDMS
UTM
Google Earth
kml
kml
NAD27
csv
NAD83xls
txt
Decimal degrees
WGS84
West longitude negative number
metes &
bounds
State
plane
address
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What is a KML?What is a KML?
KML is the language of Google Earth• Keyhole Markup
Language• Viewable in Notepad• Only uses
longitude/latitude in decimal degrees, WGS 1984
• West longitude is negative number
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"><Document><Placemark>
<name>1</name><description></description><Polygon>
<outerBoundaryIs><LinearRing>
<coordinates>-74.75259347899822,40.16361903968762-74.75658379160309,40.16258879706341-74.75607813718325,40.16040450401132-74.75596830359727,40.16020067160201-74.75782426948162,40.15974536685337-74.75769408031101,40.1593732859146-74.74787932039916,40.15284217881528-74.75061407822378,40.1590012584114-74.75119904272145,40.15885779919279-74.75050207229722,40.1569945956476-74.75080768783214,40.15691157854628-74.75075617434207,40.15675408739693-74.75186535437884,40.15648087332984-74.75389865498401,40.16053321471507-74.75165927999731,40.16116266175045-74.75179498932656,40.16145964833048-74.75166947523793,40.1614956174953-74.75259347899822,40.16361903968762
</coordinates></LinearRing>
</outerBoundaryIs></Polygon>
</Placemark></Document></kml>
Gamesa.kml
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Save asKML
Exportto KML
View inGoogleEarth
Conversionto flat file
Translationupload
RCRAInfo
Regon 3
RCRAInfo – KML Convertor
Geographic data FIX
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How to get Polygon KMLs• Provided by facility (CSV or KML)• Extracted from GIS shapefile• COGO with metes & bounds• County GIS layers (tax maps)
How to deal with curved property boundariesCOGO (coordinate geometry)• Need starting point coordinates• Need to correct direction (north is not north)• Bad descriptions
Notes field in RCRAInfo events• Include descriptions and links – will appear in
generated KML
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
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Validate and Fix Point DataValidate and Fix Point Data
Existing Point Data• Made individual point KML files for each site from
RCRAInfo location data• Looked at each in GE, adjusted points to correct
location, saved revised KML• Convert KML to CSV, bulk upload to RCRAInfo by
state – replaced all existing facility lat/longOutcome:• Locations shown on website are now identical to
RCRAInfo locations for every Corrective Action site, all in decimal degrees, WGS84
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Future DirectionsFuture Directions
Export to GPS for oversight• Track (already works via KML)• Point of Interest (POI)• Test different platforms, e.g., handheld gps,
navigation gps, netbook w/ Google Earth
Export to georeferenced Adobe pdf
Link to One-call
Envirofacts, Cleanups in My Community
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Dwane YoungEPA – Headquarters
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
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BackgroundBackground
RCRAInfo is the database of record for two Government Performance and Reporting Act (GPRA) measures
• Corrective Action measure• Permitting Measure
In order to make these data more available, EPA is developing Google Earth KML representations of these two baselines
Having good geospatial data allows for cross-program analysis
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Permitting BaselinePermitting Baseline
Gives a representation of all of the Handlers on the baseline and their current status (color coded for ease of reference)
Data will be updated monthly using RCRAInfo data
As locations are improved, new locations will be used upon the refresh of the data
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GIS Analysis: Example 1GIS Analysis: Example 1
Using the Permitting Baseline KML file I can:
• Zoom into a facility and see it’s permitting status• Pull up relevant ground water monitoring stations• Evaluate the results from that monitoring
In order for this to work, a state must have an integrated monitoring program, and be sharing the RCRA monitoring data (very few states are currently doing this)
Example: Western Zirconium (UT)
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GIS Analysis: Example 2A Cross-program ExampleGIS Analysis: Example 2
A Cross-program Example
Using the Permitting Baseline KML file I can and some Office of Water data sources, I can:
• Zoom into a facility and see it’s permitting status• Pull up relevant surface water conditions• Identify the watershed for a given facility• Display surface water monitoring stations in that
watershed• Evaluate monitoring data• Begin contemplating whether or not this facility is
having an impact on water quality
Example: Pueblo Chemical Depot (CO); • Watershed: 11020005; • Waterbody: Arkansas River (Impaired for Selenium)
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Data SourcesData Sources
Permitting KML (EPA Intranet Only): http://intranet.epa.gov/intraosw/pspd/gpra/new/perm-ge.htm
Water KML Services: http://www.epa.gov/waters/tools/WATERSKMZ/WATERSKMZ.html
Water Monitoring Data: www.epa.gov/storet
Monitoring Data Services: http://www.epa.gov/storet/web_services.html
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Questions?Questions?