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<p>The <b>National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility</b> is a planned <a href="/pages/w/112463092102121">United States</a> government-run research facility that will replace the 1950s-era <a href="/pages/w/113028415412776">Plum Island Animal Disease Center</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_" class="wikipedia">New York</a>, which is "nearing the end of its lifecycle and is too small to meet the nation’s research needs." The NBAF will be operated under the authority of the <a href="/pages/w/115297951815618">U.S. Department of Homeland Security</a>, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service and Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services as primary research partners.</p><p>The facility will be located in <a href="/pages/w/105650906135705">Manhattan, Kansas</a>, and will employ between 250 and 350 people. Construction on the 574000sqft facility officially began in May 2015. Although delayed from its original timeline, the facility is now scheduled to be completely constructed and permitted by 2022. Operations will be fully transferred from the Plum Island facility by 2023.</p><p>After the Manhattan location was finalized in 2009, the <a href="/pages/w/105595786139700">Government Accountability Office</a> questioned the choice of location in a July 2010 draft report, because it is located on the mainland U.S. unlike the current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_" class="wikipedia">Plum Island</a> facility. This led to a further "site-specific" study of the facility's safety, issued by DHS in 2012.</p><h2>Background</h2><p>The NBAF was initially proposed because the current facility on Plum Island was considered inadequate by DHS, as the facility is too small and does not have <a href="/pages/w/111750692175270">Biosafety Level 4</a> (BSL-4) capabilities.</p>
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