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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OEI­
2005­
0009;
FRLxxxx­
x]

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
&
request
for
comment
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:
2
Linda
Spencer;
Environmental
Protection
Agency;
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
MC
2822T;
Washington,
DC
20460;
Phone:
202
566
1651;
Fax:
202
566
1624;
Email:

Spencer.
linda@
epa.
gov.

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
US
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.
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The
draft
data
standards
documents
can
be
found
on
EDSC's
website
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
4
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
US
Environmental
Protection
Agency
