FRS Download Summary and Data Element Dictionary

ECHO incorporates data from the Facility Registry Service (FRS) to link records representing data about the same facility across different programmatic database systems. On this page:

FRS Description
FRS File Data Elements

FRS Description

EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS) is a centrally managed database that identifies facilities, sites, or places (program interest) subject to environmental regulations or of environmental interest. It assigns a unique identifier to each program interest, and provides a cross-reference (linkage) to data records about that interest which reside in many of EPA’s programmatic data management systems.

Using the FRS program interest linkage, records included in ECHO's FRS Facilities and Linkages file are those with a valid FRS ID and which are cross-referenced by ID number to data contained in ICIS-Air, ICIS FE&C, ICIS-NPDES, TRI, NEI, GHG (E-GGRT), RCRAInfo, SDWIS, RMP, CEDRI, CAMD, EIS, TSCA, or Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS).

Note that this is not a complete FRS download; users interested in such should refer to the FRS Data Resources.

FRS File Data Elements

The ZIP file contains the following download files:

Facilities contains FRS Name and Address information along with "Registry_ID," the unique FRS Facility identifier.
Program Links contains the linkages between program record (identified by Program Acronym and Program System Identifier) to the FRS Facility (identified by the Registry ID).
NAICS and SIC contain the industrial classification codes for each facility in FRS.

Facilities (FRS_FACILITIES.csv)

Element Name	Data Type	Length	Long Name
FAC_NAME	Char	200	Facility name
FAC_STREET	Char	200	Street address
FAC_CITY	Char	100	City
FAC_STATE	Char	2	State abbreviation
FAC_ZIP	Char	10	Postal ZIP code
REGISTRY_ID	Char	36	FRS Registry ID [Primary Key]
FAC_COUNTY	Char	100	County name
FAC_EPA_REGION	Char	2	EPA Region Code
LATITUDE_MEASURE	Num	22	Latitude Coordinate
LONGITUDE_MEASURE	Num	22	Longitude Coordinate

Program Links (FRS_PROGRAM_LINKS.csv)

Element Name	Data Type	Length	Long Name
PGM_SYS_ACRNM	Char	60	Program System Acronym [Primary Key]
PGM_SYS_ID	Char	90	Program System Identification Number [Primary Key]
REGISTRY_ID	Char	26	FRS Registry ID
PRIMARY_NAME	Char	200	Facility name in the program system
LOCATION_ADDRESS	Char	200	Street address (physical location)
SUPPLEMENTAL_LOCATION	Char	200	Supplemental address information
CITY_NAME	Char	100	City Name
COUNTY_NAME	Char	100	County Name
FIPS_CODE	Char	10	Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) county code
STATE_CODE	Char	2	State abbreviation
STATE_NAME	Char	100	State name
COUNTRY_NAME	Char	100	Country name
POSTAL_CODE	Char	10	Postal ZIP code

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (FRS_NAICS_CODES.csv)

Element Name	Data Type	Length	Long Name
PGM_SYS_ID	Char	90	Program System Identification Number [Primary Key]
PGM_SYS_ACRNM	Char	60	Program System Acronym [Primary Key]
NAICS_CODE	Char	6	Six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
REGISTRY_ID	Char	36	FRS Registry ID

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) (FRS_SIC_CODES.csv)

Element Name	Data Type	Length	Long Name
PGM_SYS_ID	Char	90	Program System Identification Number [Primary Key]
PGM_SYS_ACRNM	Char	60	Program System Acronym [Primary Key]
SIC_CODE	Char	4	Four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code
REGISTRY_ID	Char	36	FRS Registry ID