Munitions and Explosives of Concern

Office for Coastal Management
Data Set (DS) | ID: 69013 | Published / External
Created: 2023-01-03   |   Last Modified: 2024-08-15

Parent: MarineCadastre
Project (PRJ) | ID: 37232

ID: 69013
Data Set (DS)

* Discovery
• First Pass
» Metadata Rubric

Item Identification

* » Title Munitions and Explosives of Concern
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* Status Completed
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• Publication Date 2024-07-10
* » Abstract

Munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) have been deposited on the seabed of the United States outer continental shelf since World War I. The bulk of these munitions have originated from the U.S. Armed Forces while conducting military training exercises, war-time placement, and disposal and dumping activities. Since 1972 ocean disposal of munitions and other pollutants has been banned by the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. Federal and state efforts to mitigate, map, monitor, and sometimes remove these munitions are ongoing. The location of these munitions is generally unknown, and their existence remains a hazard to people and the natural resources within this geography.

The term MEC defines a collection of munitions including; a) unexploded ordnance, b) discarded military munitions, and c) munitions constituents that are present in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive hazard.

Additional information on the location of MECs can be found in the data and references listed below:

1. Formerly Used Defense Sites

2. Danger Zones and Restricted Areas

3. U.S. Disposal of Chemical Weapons in the Ocean: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report for Congress, January 3, 2007

4. Defense Environmental Programs Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2009. Chapter 10. Sea Disposal of Military Munitions

* Purpose

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.
Notes

The shape and position of each feature originates from the highest resolution and latest available source data. Using these data with other raster or vector nautical chart products may result in the appearance of offsets and discontinuities between these data and the other sources.
Other Citation Details
• Supplemental Information

Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055
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Keywords

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ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans
None coastal
None planning
   
   
   

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* Spatial Keywords

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None American Samoa
None Exclusive Economic Zone
None Guam
None Northern Mariana Islands
None Outer Continental Shelf
None Puerto Rico
None Territorial Sea
None United States of America
None US Virgin Islands
   
   
   

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Physical Location

• » Organization  
• » City Charleston
• » State/Province SC
• Country  
• » Location Description

Data Set Information

* Data Set Scope Code Data Set
• Data Set Type  
• Maintenance Frequency None Planned
Maintenance Note
» Data Presentation Form Map (digital)
• Entity Attribute Overview

description, reportYear, chartReference, district, UTM
Entity Attribute Detail Citation
Entity Attribute Detail URL  
Distribution Liability

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
Data Set Credit NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Support Roles

» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
* » Support Role Point of Contact
* » Date Effective From 2022-08
Date Effective To
Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone (843) 740-1202
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URL https://coast.noaa.gov
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Currentness Reference Publication Date

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* » W° Bound -177.25
* » E° Bound 177.75
* » N° Bound 71.5
* » S° Bound 13.25
* » Description

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* » Start 2023
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publication date

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Text / Table Representation Used? No
TIN Representation Used? No
Stereo Model Representation Used? No
Video Representation Used? No

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Access Information

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* » Security Class Unclassified
* Security Classification System
Security Handling Description
• Data Access Policy
» Data Access Procedure
• » Data Access Constraints
• Data Use Constraints

For coastal and ocean planning
Metadata Access Constraints
Metadata Use Constraints

Distribution Information

Start Date  
» Download URL https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
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Description

Marine Cadastre Data Registry
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» Download URL https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/MunitionsExplosivesConcern.zip
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Description

Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL

Data Quality

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Untested
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Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
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These data are logically consistent
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» Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?  
» Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?  
» If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate  
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination  
» If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed  
 
» Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location  
» If World Data Center or Other, Specify  
» If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain  
 
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving  
» How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?  
 

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Sources

Citation Title ENC Direct to GIS
Contact Role Type Originator
Contact Type Organization
Contact Name NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Publish Date 2024-02-27
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Citation URL https://encdirect.noaa.gov/
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Source Contribution
Citation Title Local Notice to Mariners 27/24
Contact Role Type Originator
Contact Type Organization
Contact Name U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center
Publish Date 2024-07-02
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Citation URL https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/local-notices-to-mariners-by-cg-district
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Citation Title Maritime Chart Service
Contact Role Type Originator
Contact Type Organization
Contact Name NOAA Office of Coast Survey
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Citation URL https://gis.charttools.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MCS/NOAAChartDisplay/MapServer/exts/MaritimeChartService/MapServer
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Citation Title Raster Navigational Charts
Contact Role Type Originator
Contact Type Organization
Contact Name NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Publish Date 2022-12-22
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Citation URL https://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/RNCs.shtml
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Citation Title U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Contact Role Type Publisher
Contact Type Organization
Contact Name U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publish Date 2022-07-01
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Citation URL https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-334
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Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online
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Process Steps

Process Step Number 1
» Description

1. Acquire source data by URL

2. Imported ENC area and point layers for Dumping Ground, and Caution features for bands a) coastal, b) approach, and c) harbor scale

3. Removed duplicate features

4. Removed features not clearly identified as unexploded ordnance

5. Removed features beyond the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone

6. Removed features if they matched content currently in the Danger Zones and Restricted Areas data set

7. Validated completeness by visual comparison to current NOAA Raster Navigational Charts, Marine Cadastre map services Unexploded Ordnance Areas, Unexploded Ordnance Locations, Formerly Used Defense Sites, and NOAA ENC map services

8. Added new features listed in the Local Notice to Mariners

9. Adjusted the location, size and shape of each feature to align with the highest resolution NOAA Raster Navigational Chart available for each location using the local UTM projection

10. Populated the comment field using the textual description for each feature shown on the RNC

11. Added the values for the U.S. Coast Guard district and the UTM zone for each feature

12. Removed duplicate, extraneous and relic ENC vertex values that did not contribute to defining the shape of a feature

13. Executed the ArcGIS Pro function DENSIFY with a four-meter setting on all newly positioned circular features

14. Executed the ArcGIS Pro functions PROJECT and MERGE to combine features across all UTM Zones

15. Executed and passed the ArcGIS Pro function CHECK GEOMETRY with the OGC parameter

16. Executed and passed the QGIS function VECTOR > GEOMETRY TOOLS > CHECK VALIDITY with all GEOS parameters set to on

17. Visually inspected each feature for accuracy and completeness based on the associated RNC
Process Date/Time 2023-01-11 00:00:00
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Process Step Number 2
» Description

1. Acquire and query features from the Danger Zones and Restricted Areas data set that depict MEC features

2. Modify the Danger Zones and Restricted Areas record set to match the existing Munitions and Explosives of Concern data structure

3. APPEND the Danger Zones and Restricted Areas record set to the existing Munitions and Explosives of Concern data set
Process Date/Time 2023-03-08 00:00:00
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Process Step Number 3
» Description

1. Add newly discovered feature east of New York city

2. Fix several omissions in the following areas, Guam, Mariana Islands, Thunder Bay Michigan, North Carolina, Key West Florida, and Lake Borgne Louisiana
Process Date/Time 2024-02-28 00:00:00
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Process Step Number 4
» Description

Added 2 newly discovered features 25 nm east of Sandy Hook
Process Date/Time 2024-07-09 00:00:00
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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID 69013
Metadata Record Created By Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Created 2023-01-03 21:43+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By Daniel Martin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2024-08-15 15:55+0000
Metadata Record Published 2023-01-12
Owner Org OCM
Metadata Publication Status Published Externally
Do Not Publish? N
Metadata Workflow State Published / External
Metadata Last Review Date 2018-07-25
Metadata Review Frequency 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date 2019-07-25
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