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Nutrient SubcommitteeNutrient Subcommittee
Regional Data Exchange for Non Point Source
Best Management Practices for the Chesapeake Bay States
Chesapeake Bay Program Office, AnnapolisChesapeake Bay Program Office, AnnapolisFebruary 22, 2006February 22, 2006
Nancie L. ImlerNancie L. ImlerPA DEP and IMS ChairPA DEP and IMS Chair
Leveraging Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Program with
the Commonwealth of PA
In order to understand the NEIEN grant for NPS BMP data exchange – there is a
need to know the water initiatives undertaken by the state
An Enterprise Approach to Water Attributes… Finally
Oracle Applications
MS Access Applications
Streams IndexSystem
File sent toPenn Stateadd StreamSegments
Water UsageData System
eFACTS
SampleInformation
System (SIS)
LabsInformation
ManagementSystem (LIMS)
Mine DrainageInventory
Water QualityData Modeling
Corp ofEngineers
((COE) NonDEP Data
Base)
United StateGeographic
Survey ((USGS(Non DEP Data
Base)
EPA Storet (Non-DEP database -populated using
SQL scrips)
eMap PA
Approved andUnderpreparation
SreamImprovement/
FloodProtection
EnvironmentalAlliance for
SeniorInvolvement
SpecialProtection/Rulemaking
TrackingSystem
There is no electronicinterfaces between Streams
Existing Use and SpecialProtention, but informationfrom Streams Exisiting Use
is used with the SpecialProtection Tracking System
Download
No electronic Interface
EPA Reporting
Ground Water2000
Dam Inventory
Under Construction
Upload
LEGEND
305(b) & 303(d)Stream report
StreamAttributes Data
BaseFish Tissue
Macroinverta-brate & Other
Fish Collection
StreamsExisting UseThis is a text
table andstored onthe
Web
Existing Use Data Base is anexisting text file that store
Standards from Chapter 93,Water Quality Standards isbeing built by Penn Stateand will Replace Existing
Use
SAS (point coverageinterface with ArcView
used to generatelanduse, slope and
ecoregions)
Water QualityAssessments
ReformattedData Base
sent to EPAonce per year
Lake Raw Data
LIMS Buildsexport tables
for SIS nightly.SIS exports
info
Streams Data Base
Download from eFACTSdone using queries
TotalMaximumDaily Load
(TLDM)
This information iscurrently stored in a
spread sheet. Penn Stateis currently building anaccess data base to
replace
Framework – The Nation Gets a Water Addressing System
The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a USGS/EPA created set of digital spatial data that contains information about naturally occurring and constructed bodies of water, natural and artificial paths through which water flows, and related hydrographic entities.
Within the NHD, features are combined to form reaches, which provide the framework for linking (or geocoding) water-related data to the NHD surface water drainage network.
Parts of the NHD
Streams
Watersheds Waterbody
Junctions
Benefits of the NHD
Data models utilizing the NHD can be used with limited additional development.
Commonwealth now has streams outside of Pennsylvania.
The NHD is better at using the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to properly name stream segments.
The NHD provides easier integration with our Federal partners and surrounding states.
The NHD eliminates competing stream layers.
PA DEP Pays USGS to Finish 13 Remaining HUCs to NHD
in 9 Months
The Future of the NHD: Stewardship
PA DEP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with USGS to be the NHD data steward for Pennsylvania.
The NHD is designed to be continuously updated by data stewards to correct any errors, along with adding new features and updates.
Waiting for USGS’s NHD Geo Edit Tool.
Hydrologic Unit Levels
Conflation – Moving Existing Enterprise Data to the NHD
Due to the complexity of moving existing enterprise records, the task was contracted to Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, a non-profit company.
RTI was picked because of their history with helping USGS/EPA create the NHD, and their support of reach indexing of EPA programs such as 303(d), 305(b), WQS.
All “enterprise” water attributes conflated and geo-referenced to NHD.
305(b) 303(d) Stream Impairment Data
TMDLs
MacroInvertebrates
Fish
Chapter 93 Water Quality Standards
Act 220 State Water Planning
Data the Department has Prioritized for Placement on the
NHD Framework
Streams and LakesIntegrated Management
System(SLIMS)
DEP’s NHD Locator
Web-based GIS tool to link enterprise records from the Environment, Facility, Application, Compliance Tracking System (eFACTS) and the Sample Information System (SIS) with the NHD
Enables the data to reference the NHD without having to go through the conflation process
Determines reach code and measures.
NHD Locator
Instream Comprehensive Evaluation (ICE)
The geometry and attribute input portion of SLIMS, to include stream assessments, lake assessments, TMDLs, existing use, designated use, fish surveys, and macroinvertebrate surveys
Station and stream geometry now reference the NHD, and are stored in an enterprise geodatabase
Desktop GIS solution utilizing ESRI’s ArcMap
ICE
SLIMS – Next Steps
Land Practices NPDES and eDMRs Other State Partner Data
Tying Non-Point Source
Best Management Practices(BMPs)
with
State Water PlanInitiatives
Many Reasons for Tracking NPS BMPs
Chesapeake Bay Model
Coastal Zone Management
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Tributary Strategies
319 Grants
Growing Greener
Department of Agriculture
Private Conservation Programs
Nutrient Trading
Implementation Occurs by Personnel at Many Organizational Levels
County Conservation Districts (CCDs) technicians
NRCS State Conservationists
River Basin Commissions
Regional Office teams
Central Office
Mineral Resources
Local Watershed Groups
Implementation Occurs at Various Geographical Levels
County
Watershed
Regional
Tributary
Commonwealth-wide
Tracking/Reporting NPS BMPs has no Overall Strategy or Technology Plan
Commonwealth-wide
Paper tracking
NRCS inputs data into ToolKit
DEP 319 program has new pilot for AVNPS tool developed by Penn State
Some decent (GIS) tracking tools at some advanced CCDs.
CCD eGOV Project Part 2 (Act 6 Nutrient Management Plans)
Various Funding Sources Contribute to Implementation and Tracking of
NPS BMPs
Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant
NRCS
EPA 319 program
EPA National Environmental Information Exchange Network grant
Clean Water
2004 EPA National Environmental Information Exchange Network
Challenge Grant
Challenge Grant Lead: PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)
Challenge Grant Partners: MD Department of Natural Resources MD Department of the Environment MD Department of Agriculture VA Department of Conservation and Recreation VA Department of Environmental Quality USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office PA DEP
Resident Agencies for State EPA Nodes
PA – PA DEPVA – VDEQMD – MDEDC – Department of Health
State Agencies Responsible for NPS BMP Collection
and Reporting
PA – PA DEP VA – VDCRMD – MDA, MDNRDC – Unknown
Grant Objectives
1. Build an EPA Network Node at the Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) to support environmental information exchanges in an automated fashion.
2. Develop standard templates to be used on the NEIEN to move tabular and spatial data for Non-Point Source (NPS) Best Management Practices (BMP).
3. Map jurisdictional NPS BMP data from state sources into the templates.
4. Transfer the NPS BMP data from the CB jurisdictions to the CBPO network node for assembly into the model deck and for use in Geographic Display Tools for the region.
To accomplish this
will mean changes to jurisdiction business processes; tools;
and network nodes
Orientation Meeting January 2005
NEIEN 101 – What is it? What templates exist now? What exchanges are occurring? (Molly O’Neill)
Brief explanation of the Chesapeake Information Management System (CIMS). (Brian Burch)
What are Web Services? (Brian Burch) Review of CB jurisdictions’ proposal to EPA and its
objectives. (Nancie Imler) Why select NPS BMPs? NRCS as a Federal Partner for NPS BMP data standards.
(Jerry Griswald) What will be the Governance Model for the Grant
activities?
Why NPS BMPs?
the most difficult business process that has no set standard template to send to the bay that has no set technology to deliver the data to the bay
and arrives in various file formats that requires manipulation prior to its use in the model
due to disparate spatial scales and processing discrepancies
that is not easily imported into regional graphical tools that has federal and state financial and business
processes involved that could be reusable by all states and other regional
groups.
CB Business Requirements
Standardize and move extracted BMP practice data from state to CBPO for use as input decks for calculations to the CBP Watershed Model
Display BMP information from multiple sources, locations and environments via web tools to display regional dataDemand for access to real-time regional bay
informationNeed to aggregate or compare data from many sources.Required access to multiple, different, back-end data
systemsNeed for personalized user functionality
Opportunities!
Model inputsTributary StrategiesTMDLsNutrient TradingNRCS
Requested 2-Year Grant
Total Funds Requested: $395,424Total Project Cost: $395,424
Breakdown of Funding
PA DEP -- $111,576 for Travel and Contractual Services for BMP repository work in state and regional node support at CBPO
VA -- $141,924 for BMP and Node Personnel and Travel
MD -- $141,924 for BMP and Node Personnel and Travel
DEP Grant Agreement
Between DEP and the Maryland Department of the Environment
Between DEP and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Scope of work and budget
Scope of WorkEach jurisdiction provides a “Network
Readiness Assessment Report”Status of State Node, standards for building
web services; security and exchange tools; and its ability to handle the BMP Flow
“AS IS” business processes for BMP reporting to the Bay
“TO BE” business processes for BMP reporting to the Bay
Scope of Work Completion of a CB Jurisdictional joint report “Lessons Learned for
Determining NEIEN Project Readiness” for other regional projects desiring to utilize the NEIEN.
Build the Network Node at the CBPO to facilitate the exchanges “from” and “to” the CB states.
Modify the CIMS Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) with its partners to further define the standard node catalog of available information with its metadata. CIMS will need to have its enterprise architecture documented for the distributed data system and released to its partners. The MOA could be the Trading Partnership Agreement.
Diagram of current data flows of BMP with list of problems and issues.
Design of the Data Exchange Template with Headers and Subsets for NPS BMPS.
Governance Model
N P S B M P W orkg ro upC h a ir
Ju risd ic tio n R e psC B P O S ta ff
T e ch n ica l W orkg ro upC h a irIM S
Ju risd ic tio n R e ps
P ro jec t M a n ga e m e n t T e amG ra n t P ro jec t M a na g e r, C h a ir
C h a irs o f N P S B M P a n d Te ch n ica l w o rkg ro u psC B P O S ta ff
NPS BMP Workgroup
Identify and prioritize NPS BMPs for template development
Identify common and unique data elements for NPS BMPs for headers and subsets
TaxonomyQuality Assurance
Technical Workgroup
Build the CBPO network node under EPA specifications
XML technology applied to NPS BMP Workgroup’s templates taxonomy
Support taxonomy Quality Assurance Training needs
PA Commitments to Date:
319 project will put AVNPS tool at county level.
NRCS agreement - provide data for AVNPS pilot.
CCD eGOVERNMENT Project Part 2 (Act 6 Nutrient Management Plans).
Agreement by Chesapeake Bay Program to accept raw source NPS BMP data instead of manipulated data for Bay formats.
Agreement of CBP and National NRCS liaisons to participate and use the NPS BMP templates to transfer data.
An Enterprise Solution
Will not permit funding expenditures for any like technology projects.
Will build on investments already committed by the EPA, NRCS, Agriculture and DEP.
Will fit with the State Water Plan initiatives, especially placing the NPS BMP data on the same mapping tools as the surface water data for department environmental and future funding decisions.
Enterprise NPS BMP Repository
The AVNPS Tool is the closest working tool to hold enterprise inventory of NPS BMPs.
PSU is under contract to upgrade the tool from ArcView 3.x environment to ArcGIS 9.0/ArcIMS application, from a desk-top tool to a server tool, upgrade to NHD.
The upgraded “web-based” application will reside on servers maintained by DEP for integration with SLIMS.
Enterprise NPS BMP Repository
Serves 2 purposes: Provide designated users around the state with the
ability to submit information on BMPs and related activities to a statewide database through direct entry, export files or XML web services.
Provide other users the ability to summarize and download information pertaining to the Commonwealth’s NPS BMPs to support their own locally-based efforts.
Addressing the “Local” level of the Repository
NRCS state conservationists would continue their business processes which require updating the NRCS ToolKit software.
CCD/Bay Technicians would use the server version of AVNPS to input “non-NRCS” NPS BMPs.
CCDs with advanced software could electronically feed the AVNPS with tabular and graphic information
NPS BMPs from ToolKit will electronically feed the AVNPS for complete county NPS BMP data.
DEP’s eGovernment CCD Part 2 reporting will be linked where appropriate to NPS BMP data from AVNPS.
The complete suite of Penn State Tools can exist at the local level.
Addressing the “Regional” Level
Regional Offices could access their correlating counties’ AVNPS server data for tabular and graphic information.
TMDL/Tributary Strategy Teams/NPS Staff/MRM Staff would input regional/district implemented NPS BMPs to the already collective repository of that region’s county data.
The complete PSU tool suite can be available at the regional level.
SLIMS is the repository of TMDL.
Addressing the Enterprise Level
All AVNPS data would interface with SLIMS.
Water attribute and NPS BMP information will be located on NHD network.
All water attributes, including NPS BMPs can be viewed through the SLIMS “Viewer”.
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