High Containment Labs and 
Other Facilities of the 
US Biodefense Program 

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Operational BSL-4 Facilities
USAMRIID Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
SW Fdtn for Biomedical Res., San Antonio, TX

Planned BSL-4 Facilities
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 
NIH/USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 
NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 
Rocky Mountain Labs, Hamilton, Montana

Operational BSL-3 Facilities
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Massachusetts 
DHS / USDA Plum Island Center, New York 
CALSPAN-UB, Buffalo, New York (AB)
PHRI, Newark, New Jersey
Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York
Armed Forces Inst. of Pathology, Washington, DC 
Naval Medical Research Ctr., Silver Spring, Maryland 
US Army SBCCOM (2), Aberdeen, Maryland 
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Southern Research Inst., Frederick, Maryland 
The Pentagon, Northern Virginia
American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA 
George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia 
Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, VA 
USDA FSIS / MOSPL, Athens, Georgia
Midwest Research Institute, Palm Bay, Florida 
US EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio
Battelle Memorial Inst., West Jefferson, Ohio 
IITRI, Chicago, Illinois
University of Wisconsin-Madison (FRI)
Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, Alabama 
Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, Missouri 
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas 
Texas Technological University, Lubbock 
Texas A&M University, College Station
Centers for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, Colorado 
Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico 
Lovelace Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah 
University of Washington, Seattle

Planned BSL-3 Facilities
UMD of New Jersey, Newark
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 
University of Alabama at Birmingham 
University of Tennessee at Memphis
Tulane Primate Center, Covington, Louisiana 
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of Iowa, Iowa City (RCE planning) 
USDA / Iowa State University, Ames, IA 
Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois 
Agricultural Biosecurity Ctr., Manhattan, Kansas 
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis (RCE planning) 
University of Texas at El Paso
Centers for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, Colorado 
Colorado State University, Fort Collins 
Lawrence Livermore Lab, Livermore, California

Open-Air Testing Facilities
US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah 
Nevada Test Site (proposed)
White Sands Missile Range, NM (possible)

Biodefense Aerosol Facilities
CALSPAN-UB, Buffalo, New York
US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 
George Mason University, Manassas, VA 
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO 
Lovelace Institute, Albuquerque, NM 
US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
Classified or Secretive Research
US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
USAMRIID Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD
Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL 
Battelle Institute, Columbus /W. Jefferson, OH 
SW Fdtn for Biomedical Res., San Antonio, TX 
Texas Technological University, Lubbock 
DTRA et. al., Kirtland / Albuquerque, NM 
US Army Dugway Proving Ground, UT
DOE Nevada Test Site

Aspirations to Construct a BSL-4 Lab
Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York 
Oak Ridge National Lab, Tennessee
University of Illinois, Chicago
Texas Technological University, Lubbock 
University of Nebraska Medical Ctr, Omaha 
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 
University of California, Davis
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland

source: http://www.sunshine-project.org/biodefense/blsmapside2.pdf 21may04