Report Date: 26-Jul-2000
Metadata Data Set Name:
                    Pipelines Coverage, Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area  
  1 Identification Information
    1.1 Citation:
    8 Citation Information:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
    1.2 Description
      1.2.1 Abstract:
                    The Oil and Oil Product Pipeline coverage provides
                    mapped locations and routes of pipelines carrying
                    crude oil or refined oil products.  It also
                    includes an ordered database of information linked
                    to the mapped pipelines.  This pipeline coverage
                    helps to bring such areas within the Minnesota
                    counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Carlton, and the
                    Wisconsin counties of Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland,
                    and Iron to the attention of emergency spill
                    responders. The locations of the pipelines were
                    obtained using maps provided by the pipeline
                    owners or operators.
      1.2.2 Purpose:
                    In order to better protect unique commercial,
                    environmental, and cultural resources from oil
                    spills, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated a
                    coordinated effort by federal, state, and local
                    regulatory agencies and the regulated community to
                    enhance oil spill preparedness and response.  This
                    coverage provides the location and attached data
                    for the eight counties of the Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area.  The development of spatial
                    databases and geographic information systems is
                    done pursuant to implementing the preparedness and
                    response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of
                    1990.
      1.2.3 Supplemental Information:
                    These data were prepared at a map scale of
                    1:24,000 and are best used in applications of
                    comparable resolution.  In addition, these data
                    were developed to meet specific project objectives
                    related to the contingency planning and spill
                    response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
                    and therefore may not represent exhaustive feature
                    inventories.
    1.3 Time Period Of Content
      1.3.1 Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
    1.4 Status
      1.4.1 Progress:
                    Complete
      1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency:
                    As needed
    1.5 Spatial Domain
      99.1.5.1 Description of Geographic Extent:
                    The Western Lake Superior Mapping Area encompasses
                    the Minnesota counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, 
                    and Carlton, and the Wisconsin counties of Douglas,
                    Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron.
      1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
        1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate:
                    -93.2721
        1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate:
                    -89.2449
        1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate:
                    48.7547
        1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate:
                    45.7888
    1.6 Keywords
      1.6.1 Theme
        1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Hazardous Substance Pipelines
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Oil Pipelines
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Pipelines
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Pipelines
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Oil Pipelines
      1.6.2 Place
        1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Western Lake Superior
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Wisconsin
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Superior
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Duluth
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Minnesota
      1.6.4 Temporal
        1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.4.2 Temporal Keyword:
                    20000710
    1.7 Access Constraints:
                    None
    1.8 Use Constraints:
                    None
    1.9 Point of Contact
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    1.11 Data Set Credit:
                    Great Lakes Commission
    1.12 Security Information
      1.12.1 Security Classification System:
                    None
      1.12.2 Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
      1.12.3 Security Handling Description:
                    None
    1.13 Native Data Set Environment:
                    PC ArcView 3.2
    1.14 Cross Reference
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
  2 Data Quality Information
    2.1 Attribute Accuracy
      2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report:
                    Great Lakes Commission staff working on the Area
                    Contingency Planning project verified all
                    descriptive and spatial attributes and collected
                    confirmation from owners or operators of
                    attributes and location via surveys or direct
                    external review.  Quality assurance and quality
                    control for the data were developed utilizing
                    in-house standard operating procedures.
    2.2 Logical Consistency Report:
                    Through the use of surveys and/or direct external
                    review, the Great Lakes Commission staff working
                    on the Area Contingency Planning project collected
                    data confirmation from owners/operators of all
                    attributes.  The Great Lakes Commission staff also
                    verified all descriptive and spatial attributes.
    2.3 Completeness Report:
                    This coverage does not necessarily include all oil
                    and oil pipelines within the Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area.  Exhaustive efforts were made to
                    compile as thorough an atlas as possible. 
                    However, under-reporting may occur.
    2.4 Positional Accuracy
      2.4.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy
        2.4.1.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
                    Horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual
                    comparison of hard copy check plots to the source
                    materials and verifying the location of the data
                    on screen relative to other data layers in the
                    same geographic area.
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Williams Pipeline Company
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19910702
          8.4 Title:
                    Finlayson-Duluth
          8.5 Edition:
                    None
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Map
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Drawing Number MDS-2
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Tulsa, Oklahoma
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Williams Pipe Line Company
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    126720
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, feature information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Williams Pipe Line Company
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19880606
          8.4 Title:
                    Superior Branch
          8.5 Edition:
                    None
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Map
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Drawing Number SBS-1
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Tulsa, Oklahoma
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Williams Pipe Line Company
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    126720
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, feature information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Murphy Oil USA
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19980401
          8.4 Title:
                    Offsite Spill Response Consideration
          8.5 Edition:
                    Rev. 2.0
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Map
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Section 2, Page 2-5, Figure 2.1 Overview Map of
                    Plan Area
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Unknown
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Technical Response Planning Corporation
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    31680
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, feature information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Enbridge (US), Inc., Superior District Office
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19990726
          8.4 Title:
                    Lakehead Pipeline System Environmental Sensitivity
                    Maps
          8.5 Edition:
                    None
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    District Three
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Unknown
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Unknown
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    24000
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, feature information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Enbridge (US) Inc., Superior District Office
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19990726
          8.4 Title:
                    Lakehead Pipeline System Environmental Sensitivity
                    Maps
          8.5 Edition:
                    None
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    District Four
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Unknown
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Unknown
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    24000
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, feature information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Department of Transportation, Office of Pipeline
                    Safety
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19981009
          8.4 Title:
                    OPA Track
          8.5 Edition:
                    None
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Database
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Unknown
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Unknown
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Paper
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, contact, and feature information
      2.5.2 Process Step
        2.5.2.1 Process Description:
                    Initial pipeline owner/operator data were obtained
                    from a database provided by the U.S. Department of
                    Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety.  The
                    information provided by the database allowed for
                    the identification of pipeline owner/operators
                    with major oil and oil product transport lines,
                    excluding on-site piping systems and transfer
                    lines, in the mapping area.  A request for maps
                    and an oil pipeline survey were sent to each
                    identified pipeline owner/operator for the
                    collection of locational information and the
                    attached database information for the oil and oil
                    product pipeline coverage.  Additional information
                    on the pipelines was collected through telephone
                    conversations with pipeline owner/operators.  Line
                    shapefiles for each pipeline recorded in the
                    database were entered directly into ArcView
                    version 3.1 Geographic Information System (GIS)
                    software and displayed against Digital Raster
                    Graphic (DRG) imagery of 1:24,000 scale U.S.
                    Geological Survey topographic maps.  Data links
                    were incorporated into these GIS files to match
                    the mapped pipelines to appropriate data records
                    providing contact, locational, commodity, and
                    commentary information. Draft hard copy atlases
                    were prepared form this data, supplied by the
                    Great Lakes Commission, and the USGS's Upper
                    Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in
                    Onalaska, Wisconsin.   The UMESC produced hard
                    copy maps in portable document files (.pdf) format
                    at scales of 1:25,000 and 1:100,000.  These maps
                    were then reproduced and distributed by the Great
                    Lakes Commission for external review by primary
                    source data holders.  All updated, corrected and 
                    amended information was then added to the project
                    files and returned to the UMESC for distribution
                    in .pdf hardcopy format; and electronic 
                    distribution via CD-ROM and the Internet.  Final 
                    electronic formats include ArcView 3.2 
                    shapefiles, .e00 ArcExport files, .pdfs, and  
                    converted CAMEO/Landview files.
        2.5.2.3 Process Date:
                    20000726
        2.5.2.4 Process Time:
                    Unknown
        2.5.2.6 Process Contact
          10 Contact Information
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
  3 Spatial Data Organization Information
    3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method:
                    Vector
    3.3 Point and Vector Object Information
        3.3.1.1 SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
                    String
  4 Spatial Reference Information
    4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
      4.1.2 Planar
           4.1.2.2 Grid Coordinate System
              4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name:
                    Universal Transverse Mercator
              4.1.2.2.2 Universal Transverse Mercator
               4.1.2.2.2.1 UTM Zone Number:
                    15
            4.1.2.1.2.2 Longitude Of Central Meridian:
                    -93
            4.1.2.1.2.3 Latitude Of Projection Origin:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.4 False Easting:
                    500000
            4.1.2.1.2.5 False Northing:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.17 Scale Factor at Central Meridian:
                    .9996
      4.1.4 Geodetic Model
        4.1.4.1 Horizontal Datum Name:
                    North American Datum of 1927
        4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name:
                    Clarke 1866
        4.1.4.3 Semi-Major Axis:
                    6378206.4
        4.1.4.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio:
                    294.98
  5 Entity and Attribute Information
   5.2 Overview Description
     5.2.1 Entity and Attribute Overview:
                    Data items provided for, include: COMP_NAME - The
                    name of the company that physically operates the
                    pipeline route and its facilities; SYS_NM - System
                    name assigned by the operator - operator's name
                    for a grouping of pipelines.  If not named, use
                    major route endpoints, e.g., Wood River to
                    Chicago.;  SUBSYS_NM - Subsystem name assigned by
                    the operator - a unique name for a smaller
                    subsection of pipelinne. (sub-set of SYS_NM); 
                    PLINE_ID - Pipeline ID assigned by the operator -
                    a unique identifier for a specific pipeline within
                    a system or a group of pipelines; EMERG_PHONE -
                    24-hour emergency telephone number for the
                    operator of the pipeline;  INTERSTATE - (Y)es/(N)o
                    - identifies wether the pipeline runs through more
                    than one state;  STATE - Mapping areas through
                    which the pipeline route runs;  COUNTY - Mapping
                    area through which the pipeline route runs; 
                    CNCT_PHONE -  Administrative telephone number for
                    the operator of the  pipeline;  NUM_PIPES - 
                    Number of pipes contained within the pipeline
                    route;  DIAMETERS - Diameter, in inches, of each
                    pipeline in route;  COMMODITY - Products carried
                    in the pipeline; COMMENT (1-4) - Additional
                    information about the pipeline;  REF_NUMBER -
                    Reference number serving as a unique identifier
                    for each database record;  ACCURACY - An
                    upgradeable mapping accuracy record for each
                    database record:  1=Excellent - collected/verified
                    at a scale of 1:1 - 1:23,999 or differentially
                    corrected Global Positioning System (GPS),  2=Very
                    Good - collected/verified at a scale of 1:24,000 
                    -  1:99,999 or non-differentially corrected GPS, 
                    3=Good - collected/verified at a scale of
                    1:100,000 - 1:249,999,  4=Fair -
                    collected/verified at a scale of 1:250,000 to
                    1:1,000,000,  5=Coarse - unknown collection
                    method/unverified or collected at a scale of
                    greater than 1:1,000,000;  VERIFIER - Name of the
                    group that verified the accuracy item;  VERIF_DATE
                    - date on which the record accuracy was verified; 
                    ADM_ADDR (1-3) - Administrative mailing address
                    for the pipeline operator. Please note that the
                    mailing addresses for the pipeline administration
                    and the pipeline operator may not be the same.
     5.2.2 Entity and Attribute Detail Citation:
                    Database items and definitions are from:  Inland
                    Sensitivity Mapping Project Reference Manual 
                    Database Field Structures, published August 11, 
                    2000, By the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                    -Region 5, the U.S. Geological Survey-Upper Midwest
                    Environmental Sciences Center, the Great Lakes 
                    Commission and the Upper Mississippi River Basin 
                    Association.
  6 Distribution Information
    6.1 Distributor
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    6.3 Distribution Liability:
                    Although these data have been processed
                    successfully on a computer system at the U.S.
                    Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or
                    implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility
                    of the data on any other system or for general or
                    scientific purposes, nor shall the act of
                    distribution constitute any such warranty. This
                    disclaimer applies both to individual use of the
                    data and aggregate use with other data.  It is
                    strongly recommended that these data are directly
                    acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and
                    not indirectly through other sources which may
                    have changed the data in some way.  It is also
                    strongly recommended that careful attention be
                    paid to the contents of the metadata file
                    associated with these data.  The U.S. Geological
                    Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
                    incorrect use of the data described and/or
                    contained herein.
  7 Metadata Reference Information
   7.1 Metadata Date:
                    20000725
   7.2 Metadata Review Date:
                    20000726
   7.4 Metadata Contact:
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    7.5 Metadata Standard Name:
                    NBII Content Standard for National Biological
                    Information Infrastructure Metadata
    7.6 Metadata Standard Version:
                    NBII draft of December 1995, based on FGDC June 8,
                    1994.
    7.8 Metadata Access Constraints:
                    None
    7.9 Metadata Use Constraints:
                    None
    7.10 Metadata Security Information
     7.10.1 Metadata Security Classification System:
                    None
     7.10.2 Metadata Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
     7.10.3 Metadata Security Handling Description:
                    None