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Jan 5, 2009 at 11:47 PM MDT
Story Updated:
Jan 5, 2009 at 11:47 PM MDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Workers recently completed a $236,000 renovation to U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's office bathroom in Washington, D.C., including asbestos and lead paint removal, handicapped access, a refrigerator and shower, and wood paneling to match the rest of the office.
Kempthorne, Idaho's former governor, won't get much chance to use it, however, since his job ends Jan. 20.
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., is President-elect Barack Obama choice as the new Interior secretary.
A Department of Interior spokeswoman says the work, done in a historic zone, was overseen by the General Services Administration to make sure it was "appropriate and costs were reasonable."
It came in $26,000 under the approved estimate.
The project is part of a $243 million remodel of the 72-year-old Main Interior Building, to be completed in 2013.