With construction well under way, the administration has turned to the logistical question of what to do with the so-far-collected 30,000 cubic yards of rubble from the demolished East Wing. The answer was a golf course—just not one that the president visits when he engages in rounds of his favorite past time. The rubble landed at the East Potomac Golf Links, a public course two miles from the White House that the president also plans to renovate into a “world-class” facility. However, new data indicates that debris contains toxic metals.
“The soil was tested, multiple times by multiple parties, and this project passed all standards set by law,” a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior told Fortune, adding the testing process was “followed to ensure the transfer was safe for the public.”
The administration’s construction and renovation projects have drawn legal scrutiny in addition to questions of how the projects are being funded. The White House East Wing demolition and East Potomac Golf Links renovation are no exceptions.
“I’m no Amy Poehler,” she said.
