北达科他州新州立实验室正式启用：投资7,000万美元、约50名工作人员进驻
位于北达科他州 Burleigh 县 Bismarck 市的州议会大厦园区内，一座投资7,000万美元的新州立实验室10月20日正式启用，州长 Kelly Armstrong 主持了剪彩仪式。州长办公室此前公布了该实验室的启用仪式安排。仪式于当地时间上午10时开始，并在州长办公室网站（governor.nd.gov）全程直播。
出席仪式的还有副州长 Michelle Strinden（兼州议会园区规划委员会主席）、州议员与内阁成员；州卫生与公众服务部（HHS）部长 Conner Swanson、环境质量部（DEQ）部长 Jennifer Turnbow 等机构负责人出席并致辞。
新实验室面积约10万平方英尺，位于州议会大厦园区东北侧，地址为 620 E Boulevard Ave。该项目由州议会批准、以联邦资金建设，约50名来自卫生与公众服务部与环境质量部的工作人员进驻。实验室承担传染病检测、水质监测、蚊虫与蜱虫监测，以及洪水等自然或人为灾害后的采样检测等职能，并设有培训实验室。州卫生与公众服务部实验室服务已于10月15日起迁入新址。
州政府表示，新实验室采用可扩展设计，可随需求增长灵活调整，并能快速转入公共卫生或环境应急状态，以保障全州的公共健康与环境监测能力。
（据北达科他州州长办公室发布）
新实验室由联邦资金出资7000万美元兴建，2024年4月在时任州长道格·伯古姆（Doug Burgum）任内动工，是州议会大厦园区43年来第一座新建筑。卫生与公众服务部实验室服务科主任克里斯蒂·马森（Christie Massen）表示，空间扩大后，工作人员不必再在走廊里检测、把设备堆在走廊，效率和安全性都大幅提升；新实验室还将具备检测 PFAS（「永久性化学物」）以及非致命过量用药案件涉案物质的能力，国民警卫队第81民事支援队的移动实验室也在此设有固定驻点。副州长米歇尔·斯特林登（Michelle Strinden）说：「这座大楼里进行的工作，将触及生活在北达科他州每个角落的人们的生活。」
North Dakota Opens New $70 Million State Laboratory in Bismarck
North Dakota's new $70 million State Laboratory officially opened on October 20 on the state Capitol grounds in Bismarck, Burleigh County, with Governor Kelly Armstrong leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The governor's office had announced the ribbon-cutting arrangements earlier. The ceremony began at 10 a.m. Central Time and was livestreamed on the governor's office website (governor.nd.gov).
Joining Armstrong were Lieutenant Governor Michelle Strinden, who chairs the Capitol Grounds Planning Commission, state legislators and cabinet members, along with leadership from North Dakota Health and Human Services and the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, including HHS Commissioner Conner Swanson and Environmental Quality Director Jennifer Turnbow, who delivered remarks.
The roughly 100,000-square-foot facility stands on the northeast side of the Capitol grounds at 620 E Boulevard Ave. Approved by the state legislature and built with federal funds, it houses about 50 staff members from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Environmental Quality. The laboratory tests for infectious diseases, supports water quality monitoring and mosquito and tick surveillance, and supports investigational responses to natural or man-made disasters, such as sampling and testing water after a flood. It also includes a training laboratory. The Department of Health and Human Services' Laboratory Services relocated to the new building effective October 15.
State officials said the scalable design allows the laboratory to adjust for growth and to pivot quickly for public health or environmental emergencies, preserving and advancing the state's ability to protect public health and the environment.
(Source: Office of the Governor of North Dakota)
The $70 million, federally funded laboratory broke ground in April 2024 under then-Governor Doug Burgum and is the first new building on the Bismarck Capitol grounds in 43 years. Christie Massen, lab services section director for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the expanded space means staff no longer have to test in hallways and store equipment there, making the work far more efficient and safer; the new lab will also be able to test for PFAS "forever chemicals" and for substances involved in non-fatal overdose cases, and it provides a permanent spot for the National Guard's 81st Civil Support Team mobile laboratory. Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden said: "The work happening inside this building will touch the lives of people living in every corner of North Dakota."
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