OVERVIEW

The DEP Regions layer represents boundaries used by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for planning and administrative purposes. In ArcSDE are the layers REGDEP_ARC, REGDEP_POLY, and REGDEP_ANNO_REG (annotation, for region name labeling).

The polygon attribute table contains the following items:

REGION		DEP Administrative Region
DEP_ID		DEP Region Identifier

Codes are as follows: 

REGION		DEP-ID		Description
WEST		1		Western region - Springfield headquarters
CEN		2		Central region - Worcester headquarters
NE		3		Northeast region - Woburn headquarters
SE		4		Southeast region - Lakeville headquarters

The arc attribute table contains the item OUTLINE, where 1 = state borders and coastline, and 14 = DEP region boundaries.

MassDEP maintains this layer.
Boundaries were modified in May, 2006, to reflect the re-assignment of some towns to other regions by DEP.

Last Updated 1/14/2008
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