Transport of Laboratory Personnel Potentially Exposed to Infectious Agents From Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD; (NIH Transportation EIS); Record of Decision

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has decided, after completion of a Final NIH Transportation EIS and a thorough consideration of the public comments on the Draft NIH Transportation EIS, to implement the Proposed Action, which was identified as the Preferred Alternative in both the Draft EIS and the FEIS. This action involves the transport of laboratory personnel suspected of having potential occupational exposure to infectious agents under study at the NIBC located at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to the Special Clinical Studies Unit at the NIH Bethesda, Maryland Campus for observation and, if necessary, treatment.