2025-08-22Robert KirklandUS EPA, Region 6EDG Steward1445 Ross Ave, Suite 1200DallasTexas75089kirkland.robert@epa.govUS(214) 665-6798(214) 665-6689630 am to 300 pm, M-FSend email or leave message if not available.https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/R6/REAP/r6reap_sustainability.zipfile[My Contacts] Robert Kirklandhttps://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/R6/REAP/r6reap_sustainability.zipEPA Region 6 REAP Sustainability Geodatabase2011-06-28EPA Directory516fe25e981da293858a8a95b27e14c5c7403d7fU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6Teresa TranIT Specialist - GIS1201 Elm Street Ste 500DallasTX 75270tran.teresa@epa.gov214-665-6787https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-centralwebsiteTrue[EPA Directory] Teresa TranThe Regional Ecological Assessment Protocol (REAP) is a screening level assessment tool created as a way to identify priority ecological resources within the five EPA Region 6 states (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). The REAP divides eighteen individual measures into three main sub-layers: diversity, rarity, and sustainability. This geodatabase contains the 2 grids (sustain and sustainrank) representing the sustainability layer which describes the state of the environment in terms of stability (sustainble areas are those that can maintain themselves into the future without human management). There are eleven measures that make up the sustainability layer: contiguous land cover, regularity of ecosystem boundary, appropriateness of land cover, waterway obstruction, road density, airport noise, Superfund sites, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites, water quality, air quality, and urban/agriculture disturbance. Each cell in the final sustain grid has a score of between 1 and 100 based on the average of the eleven measures. Cells with higher scores represent areas that are more sustainable. Cells with lower scores represent areas that are the least sustainable. In the sustainrank grid, the cells are placed into the following 5 groups based on the score: 1 (top 1% of scores), 10 (top 10% of scores), 25 (top 25% of scores), 50 (top 50% of scores), and 100 (all the rest of the scores). See the metadata for each individual layer for more detailed information.FIPS Pub 199Standard Technical ControlsunclassifiedNone. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness 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.Publication date2005-03-01T00:00:002011-06-28T00:00:001-109-892537EPA Place Names2015-01-31https://ofmpub.epa.gov/sor_internet/registry/termreg/searchandretrieve/taxonomies/search.do?search=&searchString=&taxonomyName=WBT%20-%20Geographic%20LocationsWeb Taxonomy - Geographic LocationsArkansasLouisianaNew MexicoOklahomaTexasEPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus2007-11-02https://www.epa.gov/geospatial/epa-metadata-technical-specificationEPA Metadata Technical SpecificationBiologyConservationEcologyEcosystemEnvironmentImpactIndicatorLandManagementModelingNatural ResourcesFederal Program Inventory2013-09-16https://www.performance.gov/federalprograminventoryFederal Program Inventory020:070Unrestricted Licensehttps://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.htmlEPA Public Domain LicenseEPA Directory516fe25e981da293858a8a95b27e14c5c7403d7fU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6Teresa TranIT Specialist - GIS1201 Elm Street Ste 500DallasTX 75270tran.teresa@epa.gov214-665-6787https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-centralwebsiteTrue[EPA Directory] Teresa Tran201506289686F0DC-570F-4455-B6B0-D2F393BB615915000000050001.0ISO19115_3EPA Directory516fe25e981da293858a8a95b27e14c5c7403d7fU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6Teresa TranIT Specialist - GIS1201 Elm Street Ste 500DallasTX 75270tran.teresa@epa.gov214-665-6787https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-centralwebsiteTrue[EPA Directory] Teresa Tran