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Food and Drug Administration Facility: Requirements for Building on a Floodplain Met

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 15, 1999
Report No. GGD-00-17
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Summary:

The Food and Drug Administration plans to build a facility in College Park, Maryland, to house its Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. This report provides information on (1) the authority of the General Services Administration to build this new facility in College Park, (2) whether the requirements for building on a floodplain have been met, and (3) the planned placement of computers in the basement of the new building. On this last point, GAO discusses whether steps have been taken to reduce the risk of damage from water seeping into the basement and whether the staff of the Center participated in the decision to place the computer operations in the basement.

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