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OID
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Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE
Shape
Geometry
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Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
ID
ID
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0
9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase.
Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables.
National Marine Fisheries Service
SCIENAME
Scientific Name
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Binomial or trinomial scientific name.
Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
National Marine Fisheries Service
COMNAME
Common Name
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Legal common name of species. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
National Marine Fisheries Service
LISTENTITY
Listed Entity
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Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
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National Marine Fisheries Service
LISTSTATUS
Listing Status
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Current Endangered Species Act listing status.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Endangered
Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Endangered Species Act of 1973
Threatened
Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.
Endangered Species Act of 1973
Delisted
Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list.
Endangered Species Act of 1973
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Critical Habitat Status
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Status of the critical habitat designation.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Final
A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
Federal Register
Proposed
A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period.
Federal Register
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Unit
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Critical habitat unit name.
Null if designation did not specify units or unit names.
National Marine Fisheries Service
TAXON
Taxon
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Taxonomic unit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
baleen whale
Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
toothed whale
Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
fish
Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
pinniped
Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
marine reptile
Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
invertebrate
Any animal that lacks a spinal column.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
plant
Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls.
Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Lead Office
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Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Protected Resources
Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
National Marine Fisheries Service
West Coast Region
Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Greater Atlantic Region
Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region
Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Region
Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Federal Register Rule
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Publication Date
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Federal Register Notice publication date. MM/DD/YYYY format
National Marine Fisheries Service
EFFECTDATE
Effective Date
String
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0
Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat.
MM/DD/YYYY format
National Marine Fisheries Service
CREATEDATE
Create Date
String
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0
Date spatial feature was created or last edited.
MM/DD/YYYY format
National Marine Fisheries Service
AREASqKm
Area SqKm
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Notes
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Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields.
National Marine Fisheries Service
INPORTURL
InPort URL
String
255
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0
Feature class metadata URL. InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Shape_Length
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Length of feature in internal units.
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Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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dataset
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
20220402
ArcGIS Metadata
1.0
File Geodatabase Feature Class
NMFS ESA critical habitat national standard 2020
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
SturgeonAtlantic_AtlanticSubspecies_GulfofMaineDPS_20170817
2017-09-27
NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
This dataset depicts the river lengths along which Critical Habitat has been designated (82 FR 39160, August 17, 2017) for the Gulf of Maine distinct population segment (DPS) of Atlantic Sturgeon. Critical habitat includes all of the river along the specified segment, from the ordinary high water mark of one riverbank to the ordinary high water mark of the opposing riverbank of the mainstem of the river, to the downstream limit at the bank-to-bank transect of the specified segment. For clarification of the critical habitat definition, please refer to the maps and narrative descriptions in the CFR. It is a product of the NOAA Fisheries Service’s Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO). This dataset includes boundaries for the following Regulated Areas: - Critical Habitat for Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Sturgeon: Penobscot River, Kennebec River, Androscoggin River, Piscataqua River, and Merrimack River. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are considered to be approximate representations and are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact Area boundaries. For information on the official legal definition refer to the Use Constraints metadata section.
Beginning in 2010 and in response to mounting requests for digital depictions of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Waters (Regulated Areas), the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) and Southeast Regional Office Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Committee launched a project to standardize the development, publication and regular updating of GIS files depicting Regulated Area boundaries. This dataset is a product of that initiative. This dataset was created to depict the boundaries of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast Waters only. For information on the proper use of the dataset refer to the Use Constraints metadata section.
Tara Trinko Lake
NOAA Fisheries Service Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Protected Resources Division
GIS Committee Protected Resources Representative
NMFS.GAR.ESA.Section7@noaa.gov
Penobscot River
Kennebec River
Androscoggin River
Piscataqua River
Merrimack River
Gulf of Maine
New England
ESA
DPS
NMFS
NOAA
Endangered Species Act
Atlantic
Distinct Population Segment
Critical Habitat
GARFO
Atlantic Sturgeon
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Section 7
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GARFO Keywords
Ecology
Monitoring
Regulatory
Compliance
Ecosystem
Water
Biology
Environment
Permits
Marine
Conservation
Natural Resources
Human
Management
boundaries
planningCadastre
oceans
location
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Penobscot River
Kennebec River
Androscoggin River
Piscataqua River
Merrimack River
Gulf of Maine
New England
ESA
DPS
NMFS
NOAA
Endangered Species Act
Atlantic
Distinct Population Segment
Critical Habitat
GARFO
Atlantic Sturgeon
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Section 7
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ecology
Monitoring
Regulatory
Compliance
Ecosystem
Water
Biology
Environment
Permits
Marine
Conservation
Natural Resources
Human
Management
boundaries
planningCadastre
oceans
location
environment
*** Attribution *** Whenever NMFS material is reproduced and re-disseminated, we request that users attribute the material appropriately. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 403, parties who produce copyrighted works consisting predominantly of material created by the Federal Government are encouraged to provide notice with such work(s) identifying the U.S. Government material incorporated and stating that such material is not subject to copyright protection. Please cite Regulated Area datasets as follows, with the appropriate information substituted for all text in {CURLY BRACKETS}: NOAA Fisheries Service. NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast Waters. {SHAPEFILE TITLE} [Shapefile]. Gloucester, MA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) [producer] {SHAPEFILE PUBLICATION DATE}. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/greater-atlantic-regional-fisheries-office. *** No Warranty*** The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these data. NMFS is providing these data ""as is,"" and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 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. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. *** Proper Usage *** The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public. Before using information obtained from this server, special attention should be given to the date and time of the data and products being displayed. This information shall not be modified in content and then presented as official government material. This dataset was created to depict the boundaries of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast Waters only. The dataset should not be used for a legal definition. The dataset should not be used to infer information regarding the existence or details of other marine features or resources, including, but not limited to, navigable waters, coastlines, bathymetry, submerged features, or man-made structures. Users assume responsibility for determining the appropriate use of this dataset. *** Not the Legal Definition *** This Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset is not the legal definition of the Regulated Area. The description published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is the only legal definition. This dataset and metadata document provide a broad overview of a subset of applicable fishing regulations, restrictions and requirements, critical habitat or essential fish habitat; it is not a substitute for the actual regulations. Users are encouraged to read the applicable regulations in conjunction with use of this dataset. *** Temporal Considerations *** Regulated Area boundary definitions are subject to change or modification. Published datasets may represent historic, current, or future Regulated Areas. When changes to fishing regulations affect this dataset, it will be archived and replaced by an updated version as soon as feasible. Approved Regulated Area boundaries may also be published prior to their effective date. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure the applicable Regulated Area boundaries are being used. *** Shorelines/Base Layers *** The accuracy of this dataset is dependent upon the accuracy and resolution of the datasets (e.g., shoreline, bathymetry, National Hydrographic Database, shared administrative boundaries) used in the creation process. Source datasets used are specified in the metadata. These data sources were selected for their suitability to a broad audience, and may not be suitable for specific uses requiring higher-resolution information. Coastlines change. Unless otherwise noted, where the NOAA Medium Resolution Shoreline is used, assume the regulatory boundary reaches the most current coastline delineation available.
The user assumes the entire risk related to use of these data. NMFS is providing these data "as is," and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 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. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages, or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data
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Critical habitat includes all of the river along the specified segment, from the ordinary high water mark of one riverbank to the ordinary high water mark of the opposing riverbank of the mainstem river, to the downstream limit at the bank-to-bank transect of the specified segment. For clarification of the critical habitat definition, please refer to the maps and narrative descriptions in the CFR.
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*** Attribution *** Whenever NMFS material is reproduced and re-disseminated, we request that users attribute the material appropriately. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 403, parties who produce copyrighted works consisting predominantly of material created by the Federal Government are encouraged to provide notice with such work(s) identifying the U.S. Government material incorporated and stating that such material is not subject to copyright protection. Please cite Regulated Area datasets as follows, with the appropriate information substituted for all text in {CURLY BRACKETS}: NOAA Fisheries Service. NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Waters. {SHAPEFILE TITLE} [Shapefile]. Gloucester, MA or St. Petersburg, FL: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) or Southeast Regional Office (SERO) [producer] {SHAPEFILE PUBLICATION DATE}. http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/gis or http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/. *** No Warranty*** The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these data. NMFS is providing these data ""as is,"" and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 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. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. *** Proper Usage *** The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public. Before using information obtained from this server, special attention should be given to the date and time of the data and products being displayed. This information shall not be modified in content and then presented as official government material. This dataset was created to depict the boundaries of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast Waters (Regulated Areas) only. The dataset should not be used for a legal definition. The dataset should not be used to infer information regarding the existence or details of other marine features or resources, including, but not limited to, navigable waters, coastlines, bathymetry, submerged features, or man-made structures. Users assume responsibility for determining the appropriate use of this dataset. *** Not the Legal Definition *** This Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset is not the legal definition of the Regulated Area. The description published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations is the only legal definition. This dataset and metadata document provide a broad overview of a subset of applicable fishing regulations, restrictions and requirements, critical habitat or essential fish habitat; it is not a substitute for the actual regulations. Users are encouraged to read the applicable regulations in conjunction with use of this dataset. *** Temporal Considerations *** Regulated Area boundary definitions are subject to change or modification. Published datasets may represent historic, current, or future Regulated Areas. When changes to fishing regulations affect this dataset, it will be archived and replaced by an updated version as soon as feasible. Approved Regulated Area boundaries may also be published prior to their effective date. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure the applicable Regulated Area boundaries are being used. *** Shorelines/Base Layers *** The accuracy of this dataset is dependent upon the accuracy and resolution of the datasets (e.g., shoreline, bathymetry, National Hydrographic Database, shared administrative boundaries) used in the creation process. Source datasets used are specified in the metadata. These data sources were selected for their suitability to a broad audience, and may not be suitable for specific uses requiring higher-resolution information. Coastlines change. Unless otherwise noted, where the NOAA Medium Resolution Shoreline is used, assume the regulatory boundary reaches the most current coastline delineation available.
Check Geometry test has been performed in ArcGIS.
Features represented are valid. No geometry problems were detected.
Data were collected using methods that are accurate to within 2-5 meters (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 2). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html
[Check Geometry] The ESRI ArcGIS Check Geometry tool was run on the feature class to identify any geometry problems. If problems were encountered, they were reviewed and corrected.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Policy Review] The Critical Habitat spatial definition text, shapefile geometry and attribute values were reviewed with policy staff to verify that the feature class accurately depicted and described the intended boundaries.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Downstream Limits] Some downstream limits to Critical Habitat are located where river mouths are ambiguous, or where rivers flow into other water bodies not included in the Critical Habitat designation. To clarify the downstream limits of Critical Habitat we delineated bank-to-bank transects at the end of each river length feature, in consultation with NOAA biologists.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Extract features] To generate the Critical Habitat river lengths, we extracted relevant river lines segments from the NHDFlowline feature class. Flowlines through relevant major tributaries or bays/estuaries were also included. We merged flowlines into a single feature for each Critical Habitat unit. We used the location of NID dams and Major Highways to clip the features at the appropriate upstream limits. We clipped flowline features at their downstream limit based on consultation with NOAA biologists. The lines represent the length of the river along which bank-to-bank Critical Habitat was designated.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Metadata] A GARFO Regulated Area shapefile metadata template was developed using the EPA Metadata Editor v3.2. This template was applied and customized to reflect the specific characteristics of the given shapefile. The metadata was validated for FGDC CSDGM compliance.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Get Definition Text] The spatial definition (text and map) for Critical Habitat was copied from the Federal Register.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Final Review] The shapefile was reviewed by members of the GARFO GIS Committee, policy experts from the GARFO Division responsible for the Regulated Area, and General Counsel, according to the GARFO GIS Data Distribution Policy.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
[Publication] The shapefile, with accompanying metadata, was uploaded for public download on the NOAA NMFS GARFO GIS website.
2017-09-28T00:00:00
This source dam location layer was used to identify upstream limits of some Atlantic Sturgeon critical habitat.
National Inventory of Dams
NID
2014-04-22
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, DC
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, DC
publication date
2011-05-01T00:00:00
This source highway location layer was used to identify upstream limits of some Atlantic sturgeon critical habitat.
100000
U.S. Major Highways
Major Highways
2005-01-01
ESRI
ESRI
ESRI Data & Maps
2005
This source river flowline was used to identify river lengths along which bank-to-bank Critical Habitat was designated. Other components of NHD (NHDArea polygons, typically) were used to identify the downstream limits (mouths) for critical habitat river lengths.
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National Hydrography Dataset
NHD
2009-07-13
Best (High) Resolution Flowlines
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey
Flowlines
current
ground condition
2009-01-01T00:00:00
Spatial definitions for Regulated Area boundaries.
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
e-CFR
2017-09-18
Special Edition of the Federal Register
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and the Government Printing Office
The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) is a current, daily updated version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It is not an official legal edition of the CFR. The e-CFR is an unofficial editorial compilation of CFR material and Federal Register amendments. Because the e-CFR is updated daily, the PUBLICATION DATE identified above refers to "e-CFR Data is current as of" date posted on the e-CFR website at the time the spatial definition was accessed online.
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