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About the Homeland Security Research Program

Strategic Research Action Plan 2023-2026
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HS StRAP for Fiscal Years 2023-2026

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EPA’s Homeland Security (HS) Research Program addresses science gaps related to oil spill response, protecting water systems, and cleanup of wide areas contaminated with high-priority Homeland Security Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear agents. This includes contamination incidents due to natural disasters, pathogens that cause communicable diseases, covert release of chemicals, and agricultural incidents with animal and crop diseases. 

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