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Plum Island is an
island in the
Town of Southold in
Suffolk County,
New York in the
United States. The Island is situated in
Gardiners Bay, east of
Orient Point, off the eastern end of the
North Fork coast of
Long Island. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1-mile (1.6 km) wide at its widest point.
The Island is the site of the
Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) which was established by the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1954. The Island is also the site of the former U.S. military installation
Fort Terry (c. 1897), and the historic
Plum Island Light (c. 1827), and its automated replacement.
Plum Island is owned in its entirety by the United States Government, which was considering sale of the Island as part of a debt-reduction package,
[1][2] but suspended the plan in February 2012.
[3] Access to the island is controlled by the
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On August 29, 2013, the
United States General Services Administration (GSA) and
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final
"Record of Decision (ROD): Public Sale of Plum Island, New York".***
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_(New_York)