AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NGBS: Points for Smart Location Practices

These map layers present the number of National Green Building Standard points awarded for a project site or lot’s relative walkability, and accessibility to jobs via transit or within a 45-minute drive. This map presents information on the following criteria included in the 2020 National Green Building Standard: • Section 405.6(7) - Points for sites located in census block groups with above-average transit access to employment. (See variable D5b in Smart Location Database Technical Documentation and User Guide (2014) for background) • Section 405.6(8) - Points for sites located in census block groups with above-average access to employment within a 45-minute drive (See variable D5a in Smart Location Database Technical Documentation and User Guide (2014) for background on methods) • Section 501.2(4) - Points for lots located in census block groups with above-average neighborhood walkability (See National Walkability Index for background on methods) • Section 11.501.2(3) - Points for lots located in census block groups with above-average neighborhood walkability (See National Walkability Index for background on methods) Using data available through EPA’s Smart Location Database and National Walkability Index, relative walkability and accessibility to jobs via transit or within a 45-minute drive for census block groups were calculated and ranked into quartile groups. The regional comparison was made by considering the score of each individual census block group as a ratio of the average score of the county in which it is located. Those block groups with scores in the highest two quartiles nationally are eligible for NGBS points per the Sections noted above. Details on methodologies and datasets includes in the Smart Location Database and National Walkability Index can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-location-mapping#SLD

Tags: alabama, alaska, american samoa, arizona, arkansas, california, canada, chesapeake bay, chesapeake bay watershed, colorado, connecticut, delaware, florida, georgia, hawaii, idaho, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, puerto rico, regulatory, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, united states, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, washington dc, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wildfires, 1984–2021

This indicator tracks the extent and severity of wildfires in the United States. One map shows the average annual burned acreage by state, while the other map shows the change in annual burned acreage by state between 1984-2002 and 2003-2021. For more information: www.epa.gov/climate-indicators

Tags: 020:072, climate, environment, indicator, other documents, united states, weather, wildfires
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
OEM Emergency Prevention and Mitigation Information

The Office of Emergency Management maintains information relevant to preventing emergencies before they occur, and/or mitigating the effects of emergency when they do occur. 

A principal element of this data asset is the information managed by the System for Risk Management Plans (SRMP), which compiles risk management plans submitted by facilities in accordance with the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r). Affected facilities are to develop risk management programs which will prevent and minimize consequences of accidental releases of certain hazardous chemicals that could harm public health and the environment.

Another component of this data asset are the results generated by the Priority Assessment Model (PAM), which analyzes information concerning low-level chronic emissions from facilities and sets priorities (low, medium, high) for proactive controls on releases that do not necessarily pose imminent threats, but which may under adverse circumstances create unacceptable health or ecological risks.

Also included are inspection records compiled by the Oil Inspection Program. Under the Clean Water Act Section 311, EPA regulates oil storage that meets a specific regulatory threshold. Facilities that store oil and meet the regulatory threshold need to prepare and implement a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan which needs to be reviewed and approved by a professional engineer. Additionally, facilities with larger oil storage capacity may have to prepare and implement a Facility Response Plan. EPA is the lead federal response agency for oil spills occurring in inland waters.

All other information that contributes to EPA's programs, policies and guidance concerning the prevention and mitigation of emergencies is included in this data asset.

Tags: caa, clean air act, clean water act, cwa, emergency mitigation, emergency prevention, environment, oil inspection program, pam, priority assessment model, spcc, srmp, united states
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer (TAGA) Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Data for BP Spill/Deepwater Horizon - July 2010

The Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer (TAGA) buses are self-contained mobile laboratories that conduct instant-result monitoring of air quality at particular locations. In response to the BP Spill in 2010, equipment in the TAGA buses monitored for air toxics known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The specific VOCs being monitored were benzene, toluene, and xylene. These substances are also associated with facilities such as gas stations, oil refineries, paper mills, and autobody shops. The TAGA monitoring found that these substances are not present or are being detected at low levels in the areas monitored along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans, LA. The levels found were well below levels that would cause temporary discomfort, irritation, or other minor effects.

Tags: air, alabama, disaster, emergency, exposure, florida, hazards, health, louisiana, mississippi, monitoring, response, toxics
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Global Wetlands Asia

This raster GIS dataset contains 30 meter cells depicting wetlands in a hydrobasin.  
This base dataset is a combination of three globally available datasets creating a new dataset is that is inclusive of both finer-resolution data while accounting for a wide range of wetland sizes. 
The three source datasets are:
 1) CW-WTD 500 m dataset resampled to 30 m. – Wetland dataset built from a composite wetland-water table depth (Tootchi 2019), 
 2) CCI (Climate Change Initiative) data resampled from 300 m to 30 m - CCI defined wetlands as “…mixed classes of flooded areas with tree covers, shrubs, or herbaceous covers plus inland water bodies” and
 3) Global Surface Water (GSW)  30-m (Pekel et al. 2016) – A pixel was considered a wetland if it had at least one inundation event over a 32-year range.



Tags: 020:096, 020:121, asia, biogeochemical processing, downloadable data, drought mitigation, geographically isolated wetland, global, hydrobasin, non-floodplain, watershed, wetland habitat, wetland mapping, wetlands
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Waste Sampling Data for BP Spill/Deepwater Horizon

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill) began on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until it was capped on 15 July 2010. In response to the BP oil spill, EPA sampled air, water, sediment, and waste generated by the cleanup operations.

Tags: alabama, cleanup, contaminant, disaster, emergency, environment, florida, hazards, health, human, louisiana, mississippi, response, toxics, waste
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sarah Creek and Perrin River (Virginia) sewage no-discharge zone, 2020, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:112, downloadable data, environment, inlandwaters, oceans, surface water, virginia
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA RE-Powering Mapper Feasibility Studies

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) Office of Communications, Partnerships and Analysis (OCPA) initiated the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative to demonstrate the enormous potential that contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites provide for developing renewable energy in the United States. As part of the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) evaluated the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites. These reports pair EPA's expertise on contaminated sites with the renewable energy expertise of NREL.

Tags: cleanup, energy, environment, facilities, land, remediation, sites, united states, waste
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mount Hope Bay (Massachusetts) sewage no-discharge zone, 2012, EPA HQ OWOW

This dataset details No Discharge Zones (NDZ) for Mount Hope Bay, MA. Boaters may not discharge waste into these areas. Boundaries were determined mostly by Federal Register Environmental Documents in coordination with Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM) and EPA Region 1 Office of Ecosystem Protection (OEP) staff.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, marine, new hampshire, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Destin Harbor (Florida) sewage no-discharge zone, 1988, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, florida, marine, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor Data

The Biota-Sediment Accumulation Factor contains approximately 20,000 biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) from 20 locations (mostly Superfund sites) for nonionic organic chemicals and pesticides. Fresh, tidal, and marine ecosystems are included in the data.

Tags: chemicals, datafinder, dioxins, environment, environmental media topics, polychlorinated biphenyls, sample, species, substances, united states
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lake Hartwell (Georgia and South Carolina) sewage no-discharge zone, 1997, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, georgia, marine, south carolina, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
All New Hampshire waters except tidal waters sewage no-discharge zone, 1975, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, marine, new hampshire, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lithium removal from drinking water

Lithium and co-occurring constituents from pilot- and full-scale drinking water treatment plants. 

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Keithley, A., P. Jordan, C. Muhlen, M. Pinelli, and D. Lytle. Lithium removal from drinking water.   AWWA Water Science. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA, 7(1): e70016, (2025).

Tags: drinking-water, drinking-water-contaminants, lithium, treatment
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FF Site Information

This asset includes the EPA Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (Docket), which is required by Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).  The Docket contains information reported to EPA by federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants have been or may be released. The Docket serves three major purposes:
1. To identify all federal facilities that must be evaluated through the site assessment process to determine whether they pose a risk to human health and the environment sufficient to warrant inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL); 
2. To compile and maintain the information submitted to EPA on such facilities under the provisions listed in section 120(c) of CERCLA; and
3. To provide a mechanism to make the information available to the public.
The docket includes facilities which have provided information to EPA through documents such as reports under a Federal agency environmental restoration program, regardless of the absence of section 103 reporting. E-Docket is an internal business management tool that will improve the tracking and record keeping of information about facilities that have been identified as potential Docket sites. The functionality of the system is basic record tracking, and it will contain a list of draft proposed facilities which can be sorted based on Agency ownership, region, or status (Draft Proposed, Proposed, Added, or Not Added). The information compiled in the tool is publicly available. 
The data asset also includes the FFRRO Regional Work Planning Application, which is a tool for the Superfund Federal Facilities Response Program. It collects regional site-specific planning targets for program measures. This data is entered by the regions and used by HQ to estimate and target program accomplishments.

Tags: cercla, docket, environment, measures, site assessment, united states, workplanning
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State waters within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 2002, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, florida, marine, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Shrewsbury River (New Jersey) sewage no-discharge zone, 2000, EPA HQ OWOW

This is a No Discharge Area (NDA) for Shrewsbury River, NJ. The actual NDA areas/polygons were primarily created using narrative description from Federal Register notices and digitized against basemap data for hydrography and from recent aerial photography.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, marine, new jersey, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) for U.S. Counties, 2000-2010

The Human Well-being Index (HWBI) for U.S. counties is a set of nationally consistent demonstration results that may be used to characterize community well-being. This composite index was developed by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development in support of its Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Research. It serves as an endpoint measure for use in the creation of community decision-support tools. The HWBI characterizes community conditions in the context of the flow of economic, social and ecological services. The index calculation approach used a nested-indicator design. A decade (2000-2010) of cultural, economic, and social data were drawn from publicly available sources (e.g., US Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, American Community Survey, General Social Survey, Centers for Disease Control) to provide the foundation for well-being related indicators. Indicators are integrated into one of eight domains or sub-indices of well-being. These domains were synthesized to represent different aspects of well-being characteristics common across communities of all sizes. Service indicators reflect the availability of select socio-ecological services that influence well-being. Community decisions often result in changes in the flow of community services. Collectively, well-being and service measures provide a means to evaluate relationships between the availability of certain community services and overall well-being. Data used to generate service indicators were also collected from existing data sources. Detailed information about the attributes of the HWBI, its components and related service indicators are described in Indicators and Methods for Constructing a U.S. Human Well-being Index (HWBI) for Ecosystem Services Research (EPA/600/R-12/023. pp. 121) and Indicators and Methods for Evaluating Economic, Ecosystem and Social Services Provisioning (EPA/600/R-14/184. pp. 174), respectively.

Tags: alabama, arizona, arkansas, california, colorado, connecticut, delaware, ecosystem, ecosystem services, florida, georgia, human, idaho, illinois, indiana, indicator, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, socio-ecological, south carolina, south dakota, sustainability, tennessee, texas, united states, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, washington dc, well-being, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Modeled change in the average Feddema Moisture Index (multiplied by 1000) between 1961-1970 and the 1971-2000 Normal period.

Originators: US Environmental Protection Agency Publisher: US EPA Office of Research &amp; Development (ORD) - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) Publication place: Corvallis, OR Publication date: Time Period of Data: 1900-2010; Projected data for 2041-2070. Data location: GeoPlatform ("https://www.geoplatform.gov/") and EPA Environmental Dataset Gateway (https://edg.epa.gov/). Abstract: We apply the hydrologic landscapes (HL) concept to assess the hydrologic vulnerability of the western United States (U.S.) to projected climate conditions. Our goal is to understand the potential impacts for stakeholder-defined interests across large geographic areas. The basic assumption of the HL approach is that catchments that share similar physical and climatic characteristics are expected to have similar hydrologic characteristics. We map climate vulnerability by integrating the HL approach into a retrospective analysis of historical data to assess variability in future climate projections and hydrology, which includes temperature, precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, snow accumulation, climatic moisture, surplus water, and seasonality of water surplus. Projections that are not within two-standard deviations of the historical decadal average contribute to the vulnerability index for each metric. The resulting vulnerability maps show that temperature and potential evapotranspiration are consistently projected to have high vulnerability indices for the western U.S. Precipitation vulnerability is not as spatially-uniform as temperature. The highest elevation areas with snow are projected to experience significant changes in snow accumulation. The seasonality vulnerability map shows that specific mountainous areas in the West are most prone to changes in seasonality, whereas many transitional terrains are moderately susceptible. This paper illustrates how the HL approach can help assess climatic and hydrologic vulnerability across large spatial scales. By combining the HL concept and climate vulnerability analyses, we provide a planning approach that could allow resource managers to consider how future climate conditions may impact important economic and conservation resources. Purpose: These data were created in support of the US EPA’s ACE CIVA 2.3, Task Project (QAPP: E-WED-0030854). However, these climate data and hydrologic landscape summaries should have broad applicability for hydrological, geomorphic, or ecological modeling, management, and restoration. This raster contains the modeled change in the average Feddema Moisture Index between the timeperiod specified in the title relative to the 1971-2000 Normal period.

Tags: 020:094, arizona, california, climate, downloadable data, environment, ground water, idaho, natural resources, nevada, oregon, washington, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wareham (Massachusetts) sewage no-discharge zone, 1992, EPA HQ OWOW

This dataset details No Discharge Zones (NDZ) for Wareham, MA. Boaters may not discharge waste into these areas. Boundaries were determined mostly by Federal Register Environmental Documents in coordination with Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM) and EPA Region 1 Office of Ecosystem Protection (OEP) staff.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, marine, massachusetts, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Island of Key West (Florida) sewage no-discharge zone, 1999, EPA HQ OWOW

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated, from vessels is prohibited. This layer was created using information from the corresponding Federal Register notice and is created for informational purposes, not to be used for enforcement.

Tags: 020:078, downloadable data, environment, florida, marine, water
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency