February 19, 2018 // by Homeland Security Today 2019 Budget: DHS to Hand Off Agro-Defense Lab to USDA The NBAF will replace the 64-year-old Plum Island Animal Disease Center, currently the only U.S. lab authorized to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus, according to … 2182, will suspend laws passed in 2008 and 2011 that mandated the public sale of Plum Island by the federal government to the highest bidder. Plum Island, the site of the U.S. Army's Fort Terry from 1879 to 1948, fit that criteria. It’s a tale of how the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has protected America’s livestock and agriculture from the threat of foreign animal diseases for more than half a century. Conservation of Plum Island added to the Homeland Security bill For nearly 60 years plum island, which sits just off of the north fork of Long Island, has been home to the United States top research facility. Started in 1954 to research animal’s diseases, the Plum Island facility was transitioned to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 (from the Department of … DHS has already chosen Manhattan, Kansas, as the location of new biolab to replace the aging Plum Island research facility (“ DHS is searching for buyers for Plum Island facility,” 4 August 2009 HSNW), but New York politicians want the lab — and its jobs — to stay. A Super Prison for Deadly Animal Diseases A 1971 New York Times article described the facility as a "Devil's Island for the deadliest animal disease germs known to man," and described the elaborate security measures. Allowing for continued research, public access and permanent preservation of the island, Zeldin’s bill, H.R. Plum Island Animal Disease Center Location: Orient Point, NY Since 1954, the DHS S&T Office of National Laboratories (ONL) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has served as the nation’s premier defense against accidental or intentional introduction of transboundary animal diseases (a.k.a. Read writing about Plum Island in Homeland Security. Home to High-Security Lab and Source of Rumors, Plum Island Faces Uncertain Future Overlooking Orient Point and the Plum Gut Channel is a lighthouse built on Plum Island … Since 1954, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has served as the front line of the nation’s defense against diseases that could devastate markets for livestock, meat, milk, and other animal products. The island been for sale since 2013, and the Department of Homeland Security plans to build a National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas and move its operations there. While conspiracy theories and mystery surround Plum Island - mostly as a result of its tight security and top secret research - the real life Plum Island is … PIADC is the only laboratory in the nation that can conduct initial diagnostic testing for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Transportation Security Plum Island Memorandum for the Record The Plum Island Memorandum for the Record assesses the Plum Island site alternative based on the same evaluation criteria used in the Final Selection Memorandum. A Platform by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security For Radical Homeland Security … In any event, it will take years to build the new lab. foreign animal diseases) including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).