[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48706-48707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16114]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OEI-2005-0009; FRL-7952-6]
Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Availability
and Comment Period for Revised Chemical Identification and Latitude/
Longitude Data Standards
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of data availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice of availability for a 40 day review and comment period
is hereby given for two revised data standards--(1) Chemical
Identification Data Standard, and (2) Latitude/Longitude Data Standard.
The Chemical Identification Data Standard provides for the use of
common identifiers for chemical substances regulated or monitored by
environmental programs. The major revision to this standard is the
inclusion of optional data element 2.15 ``Chemical Preferred Acronym
Name.'' Use of the data element is not mandatory.
The Latitude/Longitude Data Standard is a set of data elements that
can be used for recording horizontal and vertical coordinates and
associated metadata that define a point on the earth. The major
revision to this standard is a reformatting which includes all
permitted value lists in appendices and the addition of more specific
permitted values to data element 1.7 ``Reference Point Code'' and 1.8
``Reference Point Name.'' The use of the more specific permitted values
is not mandatory.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Spencer; Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., MC 2822T, Washington,
DC 20460; phone: 202-566-1651; Fax:
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202-566-1624; e-mail: [email protected].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 23, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The standards are comprised of data
elements, formats, and definitions. Each standard document provides an
overview diagram that depicts the organization of the standard. These
standards were developed and revised by the Environmental Data
Standards Council (EDSC). The EDSC is a partnership of among EPA,
States, and Tribes which promotes the efficient sharing of
environmental information through the cooperative development of data
standards.
The standards are intended for use in environmental data exchanges
among States, Tribal entities and the U.S. EPA. They are not meant to
dictate or to limit data an agency chooses to collect for its own
internal purposes. Changes in data standards should not be interpreted
to mean that revisions to databases or information systems are
required. What they do mean is that formats for sharing data with
Exchange Network (EN) partners will change because the Exchange Network
has adopted Shared Schema Components based on the data standards. The
SSCs are available on the Exchange Network Web site at http://www.exchangenetwork.net.
The draft data standards documents can be found on EDSC's Web site
at http://www.envdatastandards.net/ and are available through the
Docket system as indicated below.
I. General Information
A. How Can I Get Copies of These Documents and Other Related
Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under Docket ID No. OEI-2005-0009. The official public docket is
the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the
OEI Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566-1752.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket,
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Although not all docket materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available
docket materials through the docket facility identified in Unit I.B.
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate
docket identification number.
Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division, Office of Information
Collection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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