NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on the National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab at BUMC

NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on the National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab at BUMC

Project Update

July 2012

The Final Supplementary Risk Assessment for the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) is now available for public review.  The Notice of Availability for the final supplementary risk assessment was published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the July 6, 2012, edition of the Federal Register.

Copies of the final supplementary risk assessment may be obtained at no cost by calling (301) 496-9838, or by emailing requests to NIH_BRP@od.nih.gov.  The document can also be downloaded here.  The Reader’s Guide that was developed for the draft supplementary risk assessment can still be accessed and downloaded here.  Individuals who requested a copy of the draft supplementary risk assessment will automatically be sent a copy of the final supplementary risk assessment.

The final supplementary risk assessment will also be available for review at each of the following locations: 

• Central Branch of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
• South End Library, 685 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
• Grove Hall Library, 41 Geneva Avenue, Boston, MA
• Dudley Library, 65 Warren Street, Boston, MA

NIH will wait a minimum of thirty days before making a final decision, which will be documented in a Supplementary Record of Decision and published in the Federal Register.  NIH will accept and consider comments on the final supplementary risk assessment during this waiting period, which begins on July 6, 2012.  Comments may be submitted via email to to NIH_BRP@od.nih.gov or submitted through U.S. mail to the following address:

National Institutes of Health
Attn: NEIDL Risk Assessment
6705 Rockledge drive, Suite 750
Bethesda, MD 20892-7985