A new report found that toxic materials from the White House's East Wing demolition were dumped at a historic golf course, according to The Associated Press on Tuesday.
A Virginia engineering firm report, which was shared by the National Park Service, revealed that toxic debris, which included metals, PCBs, pesticides, petroleum byproducts and other chemicals, was found "at levels above laboratory reporting limits in soil" at the East Potomac Golf Links. This is the same course that President Donald Trump has said he plans to renovate.
"The park service began dumping debris from the East Wing onto the golf course in October, and more than 30,000 cubic yards (810,000 cubic feet) of excavated soil had been transported to the site as of last month, the report by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said. The report was requested by the park service," AP reported.
The Trump administration was facing lawsuits from the nonprofit DC Preservation League. The organization has argued that the Trump administration has unlawfully dumped the potentially hazardous material, in addition to its challenge of the Trump administration's takeover of the golf course about two miles away from the White House.
"A spokesperson for the Interior Department, which oversees the park service, said in an email Tuesday that the soil removed from the White House 'was tested multiple times by multiple parties, and this project passed all standards set by law,'" according to AP.