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Table Name: RELEASE_POINTS
Description: "Provides metadata information about the specific points where emissions are released into the atmosphere. Given that information about a release point can change from year to year, a unique release point record is retained for each inventory year. "
Columns:
- EIS_RELEASE_POINT_ID
- EXIT_GAS_TEMPERATURE
- FACILITY_ID
- FENCE_LINE_MEASURE
- FUGITIVE_ANGLE
- FUGITIVE_HEIGHT
- FUGITIVE_LENGTH
- FUGITIVE_WIDTH
- LATITUDE
- LONGITUDE
- RELEASE_POINT_DESC
- RELEASE_POINT_ID
- RELEASE_POINT_TYPE
- STACK_DIAMETER
- STACK_EXIT_GAS_FLOW_RATE
- STACK_EXIT_GAS_FLOW_RATE_UOM
- STACK_EXIT_GAS_VELOCITY
- STACK_EXIT_GAS_VELOCITY_UOM
- STACK_HEIGHT
Envirofacts Data Service API for RELEASE_POINTS: 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 RELEASE_POINTS table. The URL used to produce this output is:
https://data.epa.gov/efservice/RELEASE_POINTS/ROWS/0:10/EXCEL