Members of a National Research Council committee will be in Manhattan Friday to take public comments on a revised risk assessment report on the National Bio and Agri Defense Facility. The report addresses concerns about locating the lab in Kansas.
An open session for interested members of the public and media will be from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday in the Mara Conference Center at Mosier Hall. The National Academy of Sciences is organizing the event.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is building the $650 million lab near Kansas State to conduct research on deadly plant and animal pathogens. The lab will replace an aging facility in Plum Island, N.Y.
Kansas legislators have committed more than $105 million in bonds for the project.
