DC Preservation Group Claims Trump Administration Dumped More Than 3 Trucks' Worth of Toxic Debris at Local Golf Course

A Washington, D.C. preservation group filed court documents alleging the Trump administration dumped toxic debris from the White House East Wing demolition at East Potomac Golf Course. The debris volume was alleged to exceed 30,000 cubic yards, enough to fill more than three dump trucks. The filing cites results from the defendants’ own tests showing concerning levels of arsenic, hydrocarbons, and other dangerous pollutants, including lead. The debris was alleged to have not been confirmed safe before or after dumping. The filing alleges one contractor likely tested for the wrong contaminants and another delayed testing for eight days after trucks began arriving. The land’s high water table was cited as a risk for contaminant migration into groundwater, while a categorical exclusion form allegedly claimed no potential for significant impacts on sensitive resources.

"A Washington, D.C., preservation group has filed court documents alleging that the Trump administration has dumped loads of toxic debris from the White House's East Wing demolition at a local golf course. The more than 30,000 cubic yards of debris enough to fill more than three dump trucks was transferred to the East Potomac Golf Course in D.C. from the area that Trump is turning into a ballroom and bunker."

"According to the filing, shared by MeidasTouch's Scott MacFarlane on Friday, results from Defendants' own tests on the debris pile (which now substantially surpasses Defendants' original assurance of 30,000 cubic yards) show concerning levels of arsenic, hydrocarbons, and other dangerous pollutants including lead. The filing continued: The debris was not, in fact, confirmed safe before or after dumping."

"One of Defendants' contractors likely wasn't testing for the right contaminants at alland Defendants' own records suggest that the other contractor delayed testing for eight days after dump trucks began arriving. When the second contractor finally began testing, the results were alarming, yet the Categorical Exclusion Form insisted that the dumping had No Potential For Significant Impacts on Sensitive Resourceson land with with a notoriously high water table where contaminants could migrate into groundwater."

"The Trump administration didn't explain why it chose the golf course as its dumping site. However, Trump has said that he was looking to rebrand the area as the Washington National Golf Course."

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