Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry Service (FRS) Power Plants

ISO-19139 Metadata

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Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification

Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Metadata identifier: 205d84e34d7f4dbc8ddc9d7902151ca7

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Title: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry Service (FRS) Power Plants

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Reference date - creation: 2024-03-28T23:49:19

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Reference date - revision: 2025-05-14T18:14:11

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Keywords: EIA, FRS, EPA, Chemicals, HIFLD, Feature Service, SDI, NSDI, Open Data, FGDC, Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Planning, Infrastructure

Abstract: The Facility Registry Service (FRS) provides quality facility data to support EPA's mission of protecting human health and the environment by identifying and geospatially locating facilities, sites, or places subject to environmental regulations of environmental interest. Facility data is improved with geospatial processing of incoming data and data curation tools to provide an integrated, dataset to partners and the public through a variety of methods and products. For more detailed information about these facilities, use the FRS Query tool. US Power Generation Facilities, compiled from most-current (as of June 2014) Energy Information Administration EIA-860 powerplant data, together with EPA FRS data.

Purpose: US Power Generation Facilities

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Limitations of use: Unless otherwise specified, all data produced by the U.S EPA is by default in the public domain and is not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. ยง 105. More details on the U.S. Public Domain license are available here: https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ Additionally, please be advised that although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. EPA, 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. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions or intended use. The U.S. EPA shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data.

Credits: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Format name: Feature Service

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Online location: https://services.arcgis.com/cJ9YHowT8TU7DUyn/arcgis/rest/services/FRS_PowerPlants/FeatureServer