South Carolina officials are considering a decision about a cleanup at the site that could be the first state regulatory action affecting the Trump Organization since Mr. Trump was elected.


This year, D B Pace applied under a state program to undertake a voluntary cleanup of the property. If approved, the company would also gain protection against liabilities related to any pollution there, such as chemical contamination of local groundwater, caused by Titan Atlas and other past owners.

There is, however, a catch: To qualify for the protections, the buyer of a contaminated property must not be affiliated with a former owner, or have had involvement with the site.

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Trump has applied to have the State of South Carolina taxpayers pay for the cleanup because he claims he has not connection to the former owner who happens to be his eldest son.