Table Name: PCS_LOADINGS

Description: The annual loadings in pounds, including loadings over that allowed by permit, of a parameter effluent from a discharge point. The data are compiled from the Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR) of major dischargers. [The information is utilized by the Ecological Sensitivity Targeting and Assessment Tool (ESTAT).]


Columns:

• CAS_NUMBER
• DISCHARGE_NUMBER
• LBS_DSCHG_0000_DET_LIM
• LBS_DSCHG_DTLM_DET_LIM
• LBS_DSCHG_HALF_DET_LIM
• LBS_OVER_LIMIT
• NPDES
• PARAMETER_CODE
• YEAR

Envirofacts Data Service API for PCS_LOADINGS: Envirofacts has developed a RESTful data service API to all of its internal data holdings. This functionality provides a user of Envirofacts with the ability to query any table through the use of a URL. The default output is in XML, which can be utilized in other applications, as well as tools such as Microsoft Excel or Access. Output options of CSV and Excel can be requested in the URL. The entire Envirofacts database metadata is available online, so that all tables and columns within Envirofacts are documented. Having the table structures available in this manner makes most of Envirofacts data easily available through the service. More information is available on the Envirofacts Services page.

Below is a sample of the first 10 rows of data for the PCS_LOADINGS table. The URL used to produce this output is:
https://data.epa.gov/efservice/PCS_LOADINGS/ROWS/0:10/EXCEL