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Electronic Submittal of Information (ESI) - Frequently Asked Questions

1.  What is GeoTracker? Where do I Start?
   • 1.1 Description
   • 1.2 Creating a Secure GeoTracker ESI Account and Logging in for the First Time
   • 1.3 What is Meant by the Term "LOGIN"?
   • 1.4 What and Where is the Secure ESI "LOGIN PAGE"?
   • 1.5 How do I Change the Information for My Existing Secure ESI Account?
2.  Finding Sites/Facilities/Global IDs in GeoTracker
   • 2.1 What is a Global ID?
   • 2.2 How do I Request Upload Access to a Site/Facility (Global ID)?
   • 2.3 Site/Facility with Multiple Global IDs, Which One to Request Upload Access to?
   • 2.4 Correcting a Site/Facility Name in GeoTracker
   • 2.5 Correcting a Site/Facility Address in GeoTracker
3.  Who is Involved and What Roles do They Play?
   • 3.1 Responsible Party (RP)
   • 3.2 Authorized RP Agent
   • 3.3 Contractor
   • 3.4 Laboratory
   • 3.5 State Water Resources Control Board
   • 3.6 Lead Oversight Agency Caseworker (Regulator)
   • 3.7 Access to a Client's Site by a Contractor or Laboratory
   • 3.8 Single vs. Multiple GeoTracker Accounts
4.  EDF "LABCODE," "LOGCODE," etc.
   • 4.1 What is a "LABCODE" Valid Value?
   • 4.2 What is a "LOGCODE" Valid Value?
   • 4.3 What is the "SAMPID" Field in an EDF Submittal and What is it Used for?
   • 4.4 How to Report Duplicate Samples?
   • 4.5 How to Report Stockpile and Composite Samples?
5.  Pre-Upload Process Overview
   • 5.1 Requesting Access to a Site/Facility in GeoTracker
   • 5.2 Authorized RP Agent Requesting Multiple Global IDs for Same RP at the Same Time
   • 5.3 What is a "Field Point Name (FPN)"?
   • 5.4 How do I Add FPNs and Well Construction Data?
   • 5.5 When do I Upload the FPNs?
   • 5.6 How do I Change, Delete, or Add a FPN?
   • 5.7 What is the Maximum Number of Characters for a FPN?
   • 5.8 What is a "ZIP" file?
6.  Uploading of Data and Reports
   • 6.1 Uploading Data - Summary of Steps to Upload Data to a Site
   • 6.2 What is an "EDF"?
   • 6.3 How do I Create, Check, and Upload an EDF?
   • 6.4 Is There a Specific Name Convention for EDF Deliverable Text Files?
   • 6.5 Where can I Obtain the COELT Program?
   • 6.6 Does Vapor Sample Analytical Data have to be Included in EDF Uploads?
   • 6.7 What are GEO_XY, GEO_Z and GEO_WELL Files?
   • 6.8 How do I Create and Upload GEO_XY, GEO_Z or GEO_WELL files?
   • 6.9 What is a GEO MAP file?
   • 6.10 Can I submit more than one GEO MAP to a site (GLOBAL ID)?
   • 6.11 Do old monitoring wells need to be surveyed?
   • 6.12 Can I make corrections or additions to an uploaded file?
   • 6.13 GEO_BORE: The Bore Log File
   • 6.14 GEO_REPORT: The Electronic File of the Complete Report
   • 6.15 How to lookup Valid Values
7.  Common ERROR Messages During Data Upload
   • 7.1 "Incorrect Number of Fields" (GEO)
   • 7.2 "Value is not Valid" (GEO)
   • 7.3 "Field Point Name (LOCID): Is Invalid (EDF)
   • 7.4 "VIEW ERROR FILE" (EDF)
   • 7.5 "This File is not a Zip File"
   • 7.6 "Invalid Global ID/Field Point Name"
   • 7.7 "Global ID Access not Found" (EDF)
8.  Regulators
   • 8.1 Regulator Access for Managing Cases
   • 8.2 How to Create a Regulator Account
   • 8.3 GeoTracker Tutorials for Regulators?
   • 8.4 How to Enter a New Permitted UST into GeoTracker?
9.  Miscellaneous
   • 9.1 How do I "Log Out" of my GeoTracker Account?
   • 9.2 What is the Distinction Between LUST and Permitted UST Sites?
   • 9.3 Do work Plans Need to be Uploaded?
   • 9.4 Is the Time Spent Uploading Data/Reports to the GeoTracker Reimbursable by the Fund?
   • 9.5 Secure Access to GeoTracker by Water Agency (Purveryor)