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Area of Concern, Great Lakes Region 2019

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Citation
Title
Area of Concern, Great Lakes Region 2019
Originator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office
Publication Date
2019-11-08
Edition
2019
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
In an effort to clean up the most polluted areas in the Great Lakes, the United States and Canada committed to working with State and Provincial governments to develop Remedial Action Plans for designated Areas of Concern (AOC) in the Great Lakes Basin. Currently there are 26 AOCs wholly within the United States and five that are shared by both the United States and Canada. This shapefile provides a polygon boundary for the Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern and the Expanded Study Area in Waukegan, Illinois. In developing the polygon boundary, the description of each AOC provided by EPA was used as a starting point for collecting basemap information to aid in the delineation of each boundary. Using Digital Orthophotography, Digital Raster Graphics, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) layers such as watersheds, and water bodies where available, each polygon was then digitized and reviewed by representatives of both EPA and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for agreement. Sources of digital information used in the development of the AOCs include the USGS, the Microsoft Corporation Terraserver (http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.aspx), and the Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/sitemap.html).
Purpose
The main use of the delineated AOC boundaries is for EPA and State governments to locate those sites listed on the National Priorities List or other sites that are in close proximity or may have contributed to the pollution within each AOC. These analyses are completed on a relatively small scale of the areas in and around each AOC. Attributes only include the AOC name and the predominant state in which the AOC is located. The boundaries should not be used for large scale, high resolution mapping analyses.
Supplemental Information
For access to the most current data for this county, please visit: [https://www.epa.gov/great-lakes-aocs]
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2019-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-87.842729
East
-87.801955
North
42.419105
South
42.319276
Bounding Box
West
-92.661434
East
-74.637861
North
47.196807
South
40.991118
ISO Topic Category
inlandWaters
Place Keyword
Great Lakes Region
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Lake Erie
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Lake Huron
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Lake Michigan
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Lake Ontario
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Lake Superior
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Wisconsin
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Indiana
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Illinois
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Michigan
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Pennsylvania
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Ohio
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New York
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Minnesota
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Theme Keyword
Areas of Concern
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Environmental quality
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LCSH
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Boundaries
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LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Any hardcopies utilizing EPA data sets shall clearly indicate their source. The licensee specifically agrees not to misrepresent EPA data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by EPA.
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Status
underDevelopment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Point of Contact
Contact
Mark Elster
Position Name
Senior Program Analyst
Delivery Point
77 West Jackson Boulevard
City
Chicago
Administrative Area
Illinois
Postal Code
60604
Country
US
Email
elster.mark@epa.gov
Phone
312-886-3857

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
4269
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.7

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/GLRegion_Area_of_Concern_2019.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
31

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
F40C581E-3A1C-41B9-A9A5-65DCA2EDA773
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
Metadata Technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-12-04
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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