The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)published the Record of Decision (ROD) for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Final Environmental Impact Statement (NBAF Final EIS) in the January 16, 2009 Federal Register. The ROD identifies and provides the rationale for selection of the DHS Preferred Alternative, the Manhattan Campus Site in Kansas, as the action alternative that DHS will implement for siting, construction, and operation of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). The decision to build the NBAF at the Manhattan Campus Site was based on analyses in the NBAF Final EIS and consideration of public comments, as well as other factors such as site evaluation criteria, national policy, threat and risk assessment, costs, security, and other programmatic requirements. View the ROD.
