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			<theme>
				<themekt>EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus</themekt>
				<themekey>Air</themekey>
				<themekey>Facilities</themekey>
			</theme>
			<place>
				<placekt>None</placekt>
				<placekey>United States</placekey>
			</place>
			<theme>
				<themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
				<themekey>environment</themekey>
				<themekey>health</themekey>
			</theme>
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		<citation>
			<citeinfo>
				<origin>US Environmental Protection Agency</origin>
				<title>National Emissions Inventory (NEI), County-Level, US, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020</title>
				<pubinfo>
					<publish>U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of State Air Partnerships (OSAP)</publish>
					<pubplace>Research Triangle Park, NC</pubplace>
				</pubinfo>
				<pubdate>20170302</pubdate>
				<onlink>https://gispub.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OAR_OAQPS/NEI_County_CAPs/MapServer</onlink>
				<onlink>https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/national-emissions-inventory</onlink>
				<onlink>https://www3.epa.gov/airquality/</onlink>
			</citeinfo>
		</citation>
		<timeperd>
			<current>Publication date</current>
			<timeinfo>
				<mdattim>
					<sngdate>
						<caldate>2008</caldate>
					</sngdate>
					<sngdate>
						<caldate>2011</caldate>
					</sngdate>
					<sngdate>
						<caldate>2014</caldate>
					</sngdate>
				</mdattim>
			</timeinfo>
		</timeperd>
		<status>
			<progress>Complete</progress>
			<update>irregular</update>
		</status>
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				<northbc>61.7110157</northbc>
				<southbc>6.65223303</southbc>
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		</spdom>
		<accconst>None</accconst>
		<useconst>None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata.  Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.</useconst>
		<descript>
			<abstract>This US EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Air Quality Analysis Group (OAR, OAQPS, AQAD, AQAG) web service contains the following layers created from the 2008, 2011 and 2014 National Emissions Inventory (NEI): Carbon Monoxide (CO), Lead, Ammonia (NH3), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Particulate Matter 10 (PM10), Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC).  Each of these layers conatin county level emissions for 2008, 2011, and 2014.  Layers are drawn at all scales. 

The National Emission Inventory (NEI) is a comprehensive and detailed estimate of air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants from air emissions sources. The NEI is released every three years based primarily upon data provided by State, Local, and Tribal air agencies for sources in their jurisdictions and supplemented by data developed by the US EPA. The NEI is built using the Emissions Inventory System (EIS) first to collect the data from State, Local, and Tribal air agencies and then to blend that data with other data sources.

NEI point sources include emissions estimates for larger sources that are located at a fixed, stationary location.  Point sources in the NEI include large industrial facilities and electric power plants, airports, and smaller industrial, non-industrial and commercial facilities.  A small number of portable sources such as some asphalt or rock crushing operations are also included. Some states voluntarily also provide facilities such as dry cleaners, gas stations, and livestock facilities, which are otherwise included in the NEI as nonpoint sources.  The emissions potential of each facility determines whether that facility should be reported as a point source, according to emissions thresholds set in the Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR).  NEI Point Sources are all included in the EIS Point Data Category.

NEI nonpoint sources include emissions estimates for sources which individually are too small in magnitude to report as point sources.  These emissions sources are included in the NEI as a county total or tribal total (for participating tribes).  Examples include residential heating, commercial combustion, asphalt paving, and commercial and consumer solvent use.  NEI nonpoint sources are all included in the EIS Nonpoint Data Category.</abstract>
			<purpose>This GIS dataset presents annual emissions for 2008, 2011, and 2014 at the county level that can be used to determine the location and types of sources that emit criteria and hazardous air pollutants.</purpose>
		</descript>
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			<secsys>http://project-open-data.github.io/schema/#accessLevel</secsys>
			<secclass>public</secclass>
			<sechandl>Standard Technical Controls</sechandl>
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		<ptcontac>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntperp>
					<cntorg>U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of State Air Partnerships (OSAP)</cntorg>
					<cntper>Lindsay Dayton</cntper>
				</cntperp>
				<cntpos>Data Steward</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
					<address>109 T.W. Alexander Drive</address>
					<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
					<state>NC</state>
					<postal>27709</postal>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa</cntinst>
			</cntinfo>
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		<logic>Tests for integrity have not been performed.</logic>
		<complete>Features represented have not been tested for completeness</complete>
		<posacc>
			<horizpa>
				<horizpar>Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 10). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html)</horizpar>
			</horizpa>
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			<procstep>
				<procdate>20160422</procdate>
				<procdesc>Web service created.</procdesc>
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						<cntorgp>
							<cntorg>U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of State Air Partnerships (OSAP)</cntorg>
							<cntper>Lindsay Dayton</cntper>
						</cntorgp>
						<cntpos>Data Steward</cntpos>
						<cntaddr>
							<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
							<address>109 T.W. Alexander Drive</address>
							<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
							<state>NC</state>
							<postal>27709</postal>
						</cntaddr>
						<cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa</cntinst>
					</cntinfo>
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			</procstep>
		</lineage>
	</dataqual>
	<distinfo>
		<distliab>https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html</distliab>
		<resdesc>Live Data and Maps</resdesc>
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			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of State Air Partnerships (OSAP)</cntorg>
					<cntper>Lindsay Dayton</cntper>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Data Steward</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
					<address>109 T.W. Alexander Drive</address>
					<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
					<state>NC</state>
					<postal>27709</postal>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa</cntinst>
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		<metd>20180503</metd>
		<metfrd>20220503</metfrd>
		<metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
		<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
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				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) - Office of State Air Partnerships (OSAP)</cntorg>
					<cntper>Lindsay Dayton</cntper>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Data Steward</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
					<address>109 T.W. Alexander Drive</address>
					<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
					<state>NC</state>
					<postal>27709</postal>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>919-541-3790</cntvoice>
				<cntemail>dayton.lindsay@epa.gov</cntemail>
				<cntinst>https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa</cntinst>
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