gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48903 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider 2026-01-30T15:51:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) geometryOnly curve EPSG::4269 National Environmental Policy Act 2016-05-11 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 48903 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48903 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was the first major environmental law in the United States and established national environmental policies for the country. NEPA mandates federal agencies to consider the impacts of their activities-including the issuance of federal permits, Federal funding, and other federal agency actions-on the environment, and to ensure that information about these environmental impacts is available to the public before final decisions are made. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) promulgates regulations that require agencies to create their own NEPA implementing procedures. These procedures must meet the CEQ standard while reflecting each agency's unique mandate and mission. Consequently, NEPA procedures vary from agency to agency. Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10352/pdf/COMPS-10352.pdf Date enacted: January 1, 1970 Codification: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq. Authority: U.S. Council on Environmental Quality To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed NOAA Office for Coastal Management (843) 740-1202 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 coastal.info@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page information pointOfContact notPlanned EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 maritime boundaries ocean planning theme Alaska American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone Guam Hawaii Northern Mariana Islands Outer Continental Shelf Puerto Rico Territorial Sea United States of America place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian MarineCadastre project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: National Environmental Policy Act [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48903. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 48903 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48903.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference vector eng; US boundaries oceans planningCadastre -180 180 -17.555000002 74.708840004 | Currentness: Publication Date 2016 Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Marine Cadastre Data Registry download https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.zip download dataset Accuracy Untested Horizontal Positional Accuracy Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level Completeness Report Untested Conceptual Consistency These data are logically consistent 1. The National Environmental Policy Act's geographic coverage was developed from two existing data sets: (A) OCS's U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries shapefile (EEZ and equivalent boundary), and (B) USGS's US/Mexico international boundary. 2. Where boundaries from the two data sources intersected in Texas and California, boundaries were cut accordingly so that no ArcGIS "dangles" remained. 3. Where boundaries in the Pacific Ocean crossed the International Date Line, the single part polylines were manually closed within an edit session. 4. Topology errors were addressed, which included two errors in southern Alaska and two errors in the Gulf of Mexico (within the OCS data). 5. The national polyline (including Alaska, Hawaii, and all U.S. territories) was converted to a polygon. 6. Added fields and populated accordingly. 2016-01-01T00:00:00 Source Contribution: US/Mexico international boundary | Type of Source Media: online Binational Features for the United States and Mexico Border Region 2006-01-01 publication Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS) http://txpub.usgs.gov/BEHI/Data_download/Boundaries_Layers/International_Boundary.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2006 Source Contribution: National boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and equivalent boundaries | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries 2013-09-13 publication Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coast Survey (OCS) https://maritimeboundaries.noaa.gov/downloads/USMaritimeLimitsAndBoundariesSHP.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2013-09-13