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The DUSEL Project has produced the Preliminary Design of the Deep UndergroundScience and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the rehabilitated formerHomestake mine in South Dakota. The Facility design calls for, on the surface,two new buildings - one a visitor and education center, the other an experimentassembly hall - and multiple repurposed existing buildings. To supportunderground research activities, the design includes two laboratory modules andadditional spaces at a level 4,850 feet underground for physics, biology,engineering, and Earth science experiments. On the same level, the designincludes a Department of Energy-shepherded Large Cavity supporting the LongBaseline Neutrino Experiment. At the 7,400-feet level, the design incorporatesone laboratory module and additional spaces for physics and Earth scienceefforts. With input from some 25 science and engineering collaborations, theProject has designed critical experimental space and infrastructure needs,including space for a suite of multidisciplinary experiments in a laboratorywhose projected life span is at least 30 years. From these experiments, acritical suite of experiments is outlined, whose construction will be fundedalong with the facility. The Facility design permits expansion and evolution,as may be driven by future science requirements, and enables participation byother agencies. The design leverages South Dakota's substantial investment infacility infrastructure, risk retirement, and operation of its SanfordLaboratory at Homestake. The Project is planning education and outreachprograms, and has initiated efforts to establish regional partnerships withunderserved populations - regional American Indian and rural populations.

The DUSEL Project has produced the Preliminary Design of the Deep UndergroundScience and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the rehabilitated formerHomestake mine in South Dakota. The Facility design calls for, on the surface,two new buildings - one a visitor and education center, the other an experimentassembly hall - and multiple repurposed existing buildings. To supportunderground research activities, the design includes two laboratory modules andadditional spaces at a level 4,850 feet underground for physics, biology,engineering, and Earth science experiments. On the same level, the designincludes a Department of Energy-shepherded Large Cavity supporting the LongBaseline Neutrino Experiment. At the 7,400-feet level, the design incorporatesone laboratory module and additional spaces for physics and Earth scienceefforts. With input from some 25 science and engineering collaborations, theProject has designed critical experimental space and infrastructure needs,including space for a suite of multidisciplinary experiments in a laboratorywhose projected life span is at least 30 years. From these experiments, acritical suite of experiments is outlined, whose construction will be fundedalong with the facility. The Facility design permits expansion and evolution,as may be driven by future science requirements, and enables participation byother agencies. The design leverages South Dakota's substantial investment infacility infrastructure, risk retirement, and operation of its SanfordLaboratory at Homestake. The Project is planning education and outreachprograms, and has initiated efforts to establish regional partnerships withunderserved populations - regional American Indian and rural populations.