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EPA Data Policy

2. EPA Data Policy. Limitations on data sharingSome data collected by EPA regulatory programs is protected under statute (FIFRA, TSCA) as Confidential Business InformationKnown user communitiesNational Dialogue on Information AccessEPA as a component in an ecosystem of environmental data produce

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EPA Data Policy

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    1. 1 EPA Data Policy Mandate for data sharing / provision Driven by multiple statutes Regulatory nature of EPA, priority on data collection required to carry out statutory requirements Implementation of many programs is delegated to states However, data sharing continues to be an underlying key principle in our regulatory programs Traditionally has been accomplished within programmatic stovepipes Challenge is continuing to progress towards breaking these stovepipes and providing more comprehensive access to multi-media, multi-program data

    2. 2 EPA Data Policy Limitations on data sharing Some data collected by EPA regulatory programs is protected under statute (FIFRA, TSCA) as Confidential Business Information Known user communities National Dialogue on Information Access EPA as a component in an ecosystem of environmental data producers and consumers: Other Federal agencies, tribal/state/local government partners, environmental groups, communities and concerned citizens and industry Challenge: What is the appropriate role for EPA as broker of some of this environmental data?

    3. 3 EPA Data Policy Current capabilities for data and services National Environmental Information Exchange Network http://www.exchangenetwork.net GEOSS Registries EPA’s GeoData Gateway -> Geospatial One Stop (GOS) Near term future capabilities “EPA Earth” Environmental Decision Support Center (EDSC) Collaborative workspace through which EPA staff can discover, access, use and share environmental data and tools Pilot testing to ensure that services respond to known decision making needs

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