Central Lake Erie Sub-area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas
Potential Spill Sources (Fixed Oil Storage) Coverage

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Great Lakes Commission

Publication_Date: 20000428

Title:

Central Lake Erie Sub-area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Edition: Final, Version 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Issue_Identification: Sub-area

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Chicago, Illinois

Publisher: U.S. EPA, Region 5

Description:

Abstract:

The Oil and Oil Product Pipeline coverage provides mapped locations and routes of pipelines carrying crude oil or refined oil products. It also includes an ordered database of information linked to the mapped pipelines. This pipeline coverage helps to bring such areas within the Ohio counties of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain, as well as portions of the Pennsylvania counties of Erie and Crawford, to the attention of emergency spill responders. The locations of the pipelines were obtained using maps provided by the pipeline owners or operators.

Purpose:

In order to better protect unique commercial, environmental, and cultural resources from oil spills, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated a coordinated effort by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and the regulated community to enhance oil spill preparedness and response. This coverage provides the location and attached data for the 6 counties of the Central Lake Erie Sub-area. The development of spatial databases and geographic information systems is done pursuant to implementing the preparedness and response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Supplemental_Information:

These data were prepared at a map scale of 1:24,000 and are best used in applications of comparable resolution. In addition, these data were developed to meet specific project objectives related to the contingency planning and spill response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and therefore may not represent exhaustive feature inventories.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Currentness_Reference: The Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.3484

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.52

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.9774

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.065

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Oil Pipelines

Theme_Keyword: Oil Products

Theme_Keyword: Hazardous Substance Pipelines

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Ohio

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Data_Set_Credit: Great Lakes Commission

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: PC ArcView 3.2

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Great Lakes Commission

Publication_Date: 20000428

Title:

Central Lake Erie Sub-area Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Edition: Final, Version 1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Atlas

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Inland Waters Spill Response Atlas

Issue_Identification: Sub-area

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Chicago, Illinois

Publisher: U.S. EPA, Region 5

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Great Lakes Commission staff working on the Area Contingency Planning project verified all descriptive and spatial attributes and collected confirmation from owners or operators of attributes and location via surveys or direct external review. Quality assurance and quality control for the data were developed utilizing in-house standard operating procedures.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data were developed for this layer utilizing multiple primary sources, from federal and state governmental agencies and owner/operators of the oil and oil product pipelines. State agencies maintaining pipeline records in hard copy maps format supplied the initial data. Data was reviewed for location and accuracy at the scale of 1:24,000 on appropriate base maps. Location and attribute information is only as accurate and complete as the information specifically applies to each individual record at the time of data development. Data for these facilities are primarily attributed points, plotted in ArcView 3.2 GIS. These points were originally generated in 1999 based on current information from primary sources but do not necessarily always exactly overlay the base map 7.5 minute quadrangle maps with previous publication dates. Locational and attribute information was updated during the Fall of 1999 and Winter of 2000 prior to final Atlas publication.

Completeness_Report:

This coverage does not necessarily include all oil and oil pipelines within the Central Lake Erie Sub-area. Exhaustive efforts were made to compile as thorough an atlas as possible. However, under-reporting may occur. Specifically, gathering lines are not mapped, only interstate and intra- state transmission lines are represented.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual comparison of hard copy check plots to the source materials and verifying the location of the data on screen relative to other data layers in the same geographic area.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety

Publication_Date: 19981009

Title: OPA Track

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Database

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media: Online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution:

Contact, address, location and commodity information

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: BPAmoco Pipeline Company

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: None

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: None

Publisher: None

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Map locations

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Marathon Ashland Pipeline LLC

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: None

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ESRI Shapefile

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Findlay, OH

Publisher: Marathon Ashland Pipeline LLC

Type_of_Source_Media: Digital

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990612

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Map locations and feature identifications

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Buckeye Pipe Line Company

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: None

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: None

Publisher: None

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Map locations and feature identifications

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Sun Pipe Line Company

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: None

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: None

Publisher: None

Source_Scale_Denominator: 160000

Type_of_Source_Media: Paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19990101

Ending_Date: 20000428

Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None

Source_Contribution: Map locations

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data for the "Potential Spill Sources, Oil and Oil Product Pipelines" layer were developed from the companies owning, operating, and maintaining the pipelines. Either hard copy or electronic information was utilized, including Internet sources citing the facility locations and attribute information was extracted as applicable. The 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, as digital raster graphics, were also used as a base layer for locational information. The data were developed by the Great Lakes Commission and surveys were prepared for submission for each oil and oil product pipeline. The surveys were completed and returned to the Commission by the applicable owners/operators of the pipelines. Additional phone and mail correspondence was also used to fill in applicable data gaps in the preparation of the draft atlas. The data was plotted in a GIS using ESRI's ArcView 3.2 and displayed against the digital raster imagery at a scale of 1:24,000. Data links were incorporated into these GIS files to match the mapped sites to the appropriate data record as outlined in Section 5.2.1, Entity and Attribute Overview. Draft hardcopy atlases were prepared form this data, supplied by the Great Lakes Commission, and the USGS's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in Onalaska, Wisconsin. The UMESC produced hardcopy maps in portable document files (.pdf) format at scales of 1:25,000 and 1:100,000. These maps were then reproduced and distributed by the Great Lakes Commission for external review by primary source data holders. All updated, corrected, and amended information was then added to the project files and returned to UMESC for final Atlas preparation. UMESC processed the final data for distribution in .pdf hardcopy format; and electronic distribution via CD-ROM and the Internet. Final electronic formats include ArcView 3.2 shapefiles, .e00 ArcExport files, .pdfs, and converted CAMEO/Landview files.

Process_Date: 20000428

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Data items provided for, include: COMP_NAME - The name of the company that physically operates the pipeline route and its facilities; ROUTE_NAME - Name of the pipeline route; EMERG_PHONE - 24-hour emergency telephone number for the operator of the pipeline; STATE - Mapping areas through which the pipeline route runs; COUNTY - Mapping area through which the pipeline route runs; CNCT_PHONE - Administrative telephone number for the operator of the pipeline; NUM_PIPES - Number of pipes contained within the pipeline route; DIAMETERS - Diameter, in inches, of each pipeline in route; CMDTY_DSC - Products carried in the pipeline; COMMENT (1-4) - Additional information about the pipeline; REF_NUMBER - Reference number serving as a unique identifier for each database record; ACCURACY - An upgradeable mapping accuracy record for each database record: 1=Excellent - collected/verified at a scale of 1:1 - 1:23,999 or differentially corrected Global Positioning System (GPS), 2=Very Good - collected/verified at a scale of 1:24,000 - 1:99,999 or non-differentially corrected GPS, 3=Good - collected/verified at a scale of 1:100,000 - 1:249,999, 4=Fair - collected/verified at a scale of 1:250,000 to 1:1,000,000, 5=Coarse - unknown collection method/unverified or collected at a scale of greater than 1:1,000,000; VERIFIER - Name of the group that verified the accuracy item; VERIF_DATE - date on which the record accuracy was verified; ADM_ADDR (1-3) - Administrative mailing address for the pipeline operator. Please note that the mailing addresses for the pipeline administration and the pipeline operator may not be the same.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Database items and definitions are from: Inland Area Contingency Planning Effort Database Field Structures, published September 17, 1999, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 5, the U.S. Geological Survey-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, the Great Lakes Commission, and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990423

Metadata_Review_Date: 20000428

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Thomas Rayburn

Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Commission

Contact_Position: Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 400 Fourth Street

Address: The Argus II Building

City: Ann Arbor

State_or_Province: Michigan

Postal_Code: 48103-4816

Country: US of A

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734-665-9135

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734-665-4370

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: glc@great-lakes.net

Hours_of_Service: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday

Contact_Instructions: Unavailable

Metadata_Standard_Name:

NBII Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None