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    • Surface Water Sampling Data for BP Spill/Deepwater Horizon

    Metadata Updated: October 14, 2024

    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill) began on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until it was capped on 15 July 2010. In response to the BP oil spill, EPA sampled air, water, sediment, and waste generated by the cleanup operations.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date March 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
    Reference Date(s) April 29, 2011 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
    Reference Date(s) April 29, 2011 (publication)
    Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management - Office of Emergency Management (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid
    Access Constraints Use Constraints: None. 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., Access Constraints: None.
    Bbox East Long -12.68151645
    Bbox North Lat 61.7110157
    Bbox South Lat 6.65223303
    Bbox West Long -138.21454852
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 3483ab2c-656a-4bf0-b346-d67729d98449
    Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
    Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
    Licence https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
    Licence Url https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
    Lineage This lineage was generated by the FGDC CSDGM to 19139 transformation
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-138.21454852, 6.65223303], [-12.68151645, 6.65223303], [-12.68151645, 61.7110157], [-138.21454852, 61.7110157], [-138.21454852, 6.65223303]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2010-04-28
    Temporal Extent End 2010-09-18

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