Returns EPA Sole Source Aquifer designation containment and Federal Register cit...

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{ "example": { "boundary": { "estimatedGroundToleranceMeters": 20.28, "geometryCrs": "EPSG:4326", "geometrySimplified": true, "nearSimplifiedBoundary": false, "note": "The source boundary was simplified for bounded lookup. The tolerance is stated in Web Mercator metres; its approximate ground-distance equivalent varies with latitude.", "sourceCrs": "EPSG:3857", "toleranceMercatorMeters": 25 }, "caveats": [ "The designation is not a contamination finding, says nothing about current water quality, does not itself restrict a private owner, and is not an ordinary private-construction permit decision.", "Most of the country is outside a Sole Source Aquifer designation. Being outside one does not mean groundwater is unimportant or unprotected.", "The active snapshot uses simplified mapped boundaries. A point close to a boundary needs confirmation from EPA; this lookup is not a survey or legal boundary determination." ], "designations": [], "kind": "epa_sole_source_aquifer", "meaning": "EPA's Sole Source Aquifer designation means the aquifer supplies at least 50% of the drinking water for its service area and no economically feasible alternative is available; under SDWA -1424(e), EPA reviews federally funded projects in the designated area for potential to contaminate the aquifer.", "message": "The point is outside every designation boundary in the active EPA snapshot. Most of the country is outside a Sole Source Aquifer designation. Being outside one does not mean groundwater is unimportant or unprotected.", "multipleDesignations": false, "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.", "ok": true, "point": { "latitude": 35.780418000003195, "longitude": -78.63910200000142 }, "propertyEffect": "The designation is not a contamination finding, says nothing about current water quality, does not itself restrict a private owner, and is not an ordinary private-construction permit decision.", "source": { "derivedChecksumSha256": "f1d0f2d492d6e3763d262485ee366f2909c608cfb031218e46d359dc78a01194", "licenseNote": "U.S. EPA public data; no named open-data license is stated. Cite EPA and do not imply endorsement.", "manifestId": "ssa-22e48e0675f17345", "name": "U.S. EPA Sole Source Aquifers", "sourceChecksumSha256": "22e48e0675f173458be316e549862e8061fcb7609428dcc5d2beb9f51129d7b2", "sourceFetchedAt": "2026-07-28T14:05:00Z", "sourceLocator": "EPA_Sole_Source_Aquifers.zip", "sourcePage": "https://www.epa.gov/dwssa", "sourceVintage": "2025-05-21" }, "status": "no_designation", "verifyNext": [ { "step": "Open EPA's Sole Source Aquifer program page for the designation process and current guidance.", "url": "https://www.epa.gov/dwssa" }, { "step": "Use locus_groundwater_context for separate nearby USGS monitoring-well, aquifer-code, and static-water-level context.", "url": "https://api.locus.report/tools/call" }, { "step": "Contact the applicable EPA regional office for an authoritative boundary determination.", "url": "https://www.epa.gov/dwssa/sole-source-aquifer-contacts-epas-regional-offices" } ] }, "type": "json" }