The Trump administration is backtracking on plans to close a New Mexico Department of Energy office building that managed one of the country’s most crucial nuclear waste storage sites.
The General Services Administration, which has been terminating leases as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s push to substantially slash the government’s real estate footprint, is revoking a lease termination for the DOE’s Carlsbad office, according to a letter obtained by NOTUS.
Elon Musk’s DOGE had listed the Carlsbad office for closure on the DOGE website. NOTUS confirmed on March 3 that the office — which oversees the world’s only geologic repository for nuclear waste — was scheduled to be closed. The GSA sent lease termination letters for many of the government buildings listed on the DOGE website.