The Trump administration must produce documents about asbestos abatement in the White House East Wing, which was demolished last fall.

The demolition made way for construction of the new White House ballroom, but the District of Columbia federal court ruled that some legal clean-up needs to be done.

The White House had stated that a “very extensive abatement and remediation assessment” for hazardous materials took place in compliance with federal standards.

That wasn’t enough for the non-profit Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, which filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

ADAO followed up with a federal lawsuit against the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, Trump’s office, and the departments of Interior and Labor.

The court agreed that the government should make determinations on ADAO’s requests within 10 working days.

However, the court stopped short of ADAO’s request to the records to be disclosed within another 15 working days.

“There is no dispute that defendants …  have failed to make the requisite determinations within FOIA’s statutory timeline, and defendants have not shown that exceptional circumstances warrant an extension,” Judge Richard Leon wrote.

The National Park Service has identified 46 pages of documents that would respond to ADAO’s request.

NPS has identified 46 pages responsive to plaintiff’s FOIA request.

“Defendants have not offered any compelling reason why the requested records cannot be made promptly available to plaintiff,” Leon stated. “The volume of records is low, the agencies have already completed their reviews, and the only barriers to production appear to be reviews with the Executive Office of the President and unspecified ‘internal and external consultations.’”