Permit records administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch for work affecting U.S. navigable waters and wetlands. The data consolidates authorizations under the Rivers and Harbors Act, Clean Water Act, and Marine Protection Act, with a specific Massachusetts Programmatic General Permit detailing three review categories. The dataset originates from the SCIOPS organization via NASA's Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Classify permit review category (Category I, II, or III) based on project description and impacted water body type.
- Predict required permit type (Section 10, 404, or 103) for a construction activity using features like work location and material discharge.
- Analyze geographic distribution of projects requiring Individual Permits versus general authorizations.
- Model timelines for regulatory review by comparing submission dates for different permit categories and project scales.
Strengths
- Consolidates multiple federal permit programs (Rivers and Harbors Act, Clean Water Act, Marine Protection Act) into a unified framework.
- Defines a structured three-tier review system (Category I, II, III) for assessing environmental impact.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column names, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Geographic detail is primarily specified for Massachusetts via the Programmatic General Permit; national coverage granularity is unclear.
Provenance
- Source
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch, via SCIOPS and NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Administrative records from permit application and authorization processes.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United States, with detailed regulatory framework for Massachusetts.