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Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas (Paperback)
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Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas (Paperback)
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Safeguarding U.S. agriculture from foreign animal diseases and
protecting our food system require cutting-edge research and
diagnostic capabilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have embarked on an
important mission to replace the aging Plum Island Animal Disease
Center (PIADC) with a new facility, the National Bio- and
Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). When operational, this new facility
would be the world's fourth biosafety level-4 laboratory capable of
large animal research. It would serve as a critical world reference
laboratory for identifying emerging and unknown disease threats,
and would thus be a critical asset in securing the future health,
wealth, and security of the nation. DHS selected Manhattan, Kansas,
as the site for the new NBAF after an extensive site-selection
process that involved an environmental impact statement. The
Government Accountability Office (GAO) raised concerns about DHS's
analysis of the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease virus
(FMDv), one of the most serious foreign animal disease threats.
Congress directed DHS to conduct a site-specific risk assessment
(SSRA) for the NBAF, instructed the National Research Council (NRC)
to independently evaluate the SSRA, and prohibited obligation of
NBAF construction funds until the NRC review was complete. Congress
mandated that DHS revise its SSRA to address shortcomings of the
2010 SSRA, directed the NRC to evaluate the updated SSRA (uSSRA),
and again prohibited obligation of construction funds until the
completion of the second review. The scope for both of these SSRA
reports addressed accidental release of pathogens from the NBAF in
Manhattan, Kansas and excluded terrorist acts and malicious threats
from its risk assessments. Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific
Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in
Manhattan, Kansas is the evaluation of the final uSSRA. Table of
Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Evaluation of
Design, Operations, and Response Planning as Related to the Risk
Assessment 3 Evaluation of Risk Approach and Calculations 4
Evaluation of Accident Event Modeling 5 Evaluation of Fate and
Transport Modeling 6 Evaluation of Epidemic Modeling 7 Evaluation
of Economic Modeling 8 Evaluation of Biosafety Level 4 Assessment 9
Overall Assessment, Findings, and Conclusions Appendixes Appendix
A: Committee Biosketches Appendix B: Meeting Agendas and Lists of
Public Participants
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