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    Environmental Sensitivity Index 2002 Set

    Metadata Updated: February 12, 2025

    Environmental Sensitivity Index 2002 Set:

    This data set contains vector lines representing the shoreline and coastal habitats of Connecticut classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.

    This data set contains vector polygons representing the shoreline and coastal habitats of Connecticut classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 2, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Connecticut Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 2, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2025
    Publisher Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c31de0d70b3747e4a6f41005eb0b8baf
    Data First Published 2019-10-18
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-03
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ct.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 3e2daaa1-9c95-4bd9-8b4d-c36679340435
    Harvest Source Id 36c82f29-4f54-495e-a878-2c07320bf10c
    Harvest Source Title Connecticut Data.json
    Homepage URL https://geodata.ct.gov/maps/CTDEEP::environmental-sensitivity-index-2002-set
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -73.6732,40.9668,-71.8177,41.7463
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2fe63575fdc0c983eb2e2fb241d405384e9c159847f2533d0d181fed3863826f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -73.6732, 40.9668, -73.6732, 41.7463, -71.8177, 41.7463, -71.8177, 40.9668, -73.6732, 40.9668}

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