US EPA Region 3 GIS Team

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US EPA Region 3 GIS Team

• Presented by
• Douglas Ross, GIS Analyst
• Carmen Constantine, GIS Team Leader
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• General Dynamics Network Systems,
• US EPA Contactor

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US EPA Mission Statement

• The EPA Region 3 GIS Team provides high-quality
• cartographic support along with spatial display
  and query
• applications in support of the regions
  environmental
• scientists studying a wide range of problems and
  issues.
• EPA Region 3 consists of the states of DE, MD,
  VA, WV, PA,
• and the District of Columbia.
• In addition, the Wheeling Field Office supports
  EPAs
• geospatial efforts in Appalachia by providing GIS
  support to
• the Freshwater Biology Team on issues including
• Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fill Studies.

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Major Area of Mountaintop Mining
Before
After
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Freshwater Biology Team

• Identifies watersheds and sites for national
  stream assessment methods development
• Regional Methods Initiatives (RMIs)
• EMAP Quantitative Excess Sediment Index
• Headwater Intermittent Streams Study
• Quantified headwater stream lengths to respond to
  proposed rule changes of the Clean Water Act
  definition of waters of the United States

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US EPA Geospatial Data Stewardship

• EPA Region 3 serves as a supplementary data
• steward for point locations of EPA Regulated
• Facilities (e.g. CERCLA, RCRA, TRI, NPDES) and
• the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD).
• The Wheeling Field Office Freshwater Biology also
  
• maintains macro-invertebrate and fisheries
• databases that are shared among state agencies
• within EPA Region 3.

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Superfund Sites (CERCLIS) and RCRA

• Superfund Sites
• Comprehensive Environmental Response,
  Compensation, and Liability Information System
  (CERCLIS)
• Uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste
  locations
• NPL National Priority List
• RCRA Sites
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• Inventory and management system of hazardous
  waste handlers

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TRI and NPDES Sites

• TRI Sites
• TRI Toxic Release Inventory
• Information on toxic chemical releases and other
  waste management activities
• Publicly available database
• NPDES Sites
• NPDES National Pollution Discharge
  Elimination System
• Permits are issues to discharge waste water into
  water bodies
• Regulated by the Clean Water Act

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How can the statewide geospatial community
participate in or benefitfrom our mapping
efforts?
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EPA Region 3 welcomes dialogs with all West
Virginia GIS programs to foster efficient and
timely data exchange, interstate and
interregional cooperation, and to better
understand the environmental problems and issues
that are unique to West Virginia.
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Top 3 Geospatial Accomplishments of 2003

• GIS and mapping support for the Monongahela River
  Basin Mine Pool Project
• Stony River Watershed Mapping for the Mount Storm
  316(a) Project
• Development and GIS/mapping support of geospatial
  databases of fisheries, macro-invertebrate, and
  other samples collected by the Wheeling Field
  Office Freshwater Biology Team

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Monongahela River Basin Mine Pool Project Mapping

• Issue
• Water (Acid Mine Drainage) from coal mines is
  projected to discharge into the Monongahela River
  Basin.
• GIS Support
• Identify affected streams,
• Locate surface features,
• Create regional maps.
• (A Multi-Agency Project)

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Stony River Watershed MappingMt Storm 316(a)
Project

• Issue
• Thermal discharges from the Mt. Storm
• Power Station are being monitored by
• Dominion Energy and EPA for effects to
• the aquatic life.
• GIS Support
• Created maps of monitoring stations for the field
  team
• Created stream network from DEM
• Created and measured selected watersheds
• Collected GPS locations

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Stony River Watershed MappingMt Storm 316(a)
Project

• Stony River and
• Mud Run Locations
• Watersheds were created and measured for each
  site location
• GPS coordinates were recorded
• Fish and Macro-invertebrate samples were
  collected
• Databases were created and queried

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Geospatial Database Development
StreamName StationID Species Common Name Total Fish
Mud Run MUD RUN Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose dace 30
Mud Run MUD RUN Salvelinus fontinalis Brook trout 22
Mud Run MUD RUN Semotilus atromaculatus Creek chub 30
Mud Run MUD RUN Etheostoma flabellare Fantail darter 10
Mud Run MUD RUN Catostomus commersoni White sucker 1
Stony River USR-MUD Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose dace 35
Stony River USR-MUD Ictalurus punctatus Channel catfish 11
Stony River USR-MUD Semotilus atromaculatus Creek chub 17
Stony River USR-MUD Etheostoma flabellare Fantail darter 39
Stony River USR-MUD Lepomis cyanellus Green sunfish 1
Stony River USR-MUD Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass 35
Stony River USR-MUD Micropterus dolomieu Smallmouth bass 4
Stony River USR-MUD Catostomus commersoni White sucker 19
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Top 3 Geospatial Goals for 2004

• GIS support of the Headwater Intermittent Streams
  Study (HISS) at Coopers Rock State Forest
• Continued analysis and GIS support of fisheries
  data in the Monongahela River Basin
• Cooperation with EPA Region 5 (Chicago) in
  support of environmental studies in the Ohio
  River Basin

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Headwater Intermittent Streams Study

• GIS Support
• Selecting streams and measuring
• the watershed area
• Map Creation
• GPS field work
• Develop geospatial databases from field
  samples
• Watersheds derived using ESRIs
• ArcGIS Hydro Model and Tools

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GIS Support of Fisheries Data in the Monongahela
River Basin

• USEPA, WVDEP, PADEP, and
• others will continue the
• assessment of fisheries and
• aquatic resources in the
• Monongahela River and
• tributaries.
• Continued GIS support of
• the fisheries data, and
• continued mapping support
• of Monongahela River and
• tributaries.

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GIS Support of Ohio River Basin Studies

• Locate the intakes, discharges, and tributaries
  along the Ohio River
• Develop a geospatial database to identify the
  source of spills or leaks and address homeland
  security issues

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Further Resources

• EPA Home Page
  www.epa.gov
• ESRIs ArcGIS Hydro Model www.support.esri.co
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• Monongahela River Basin Mine Pool Project
• www.wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu/programs/mbmpp/index.cf
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