The federal government is “reconsidering the precise scope” of a planned immigration processing and detention center in Washington County, according to new court records.

Under new leadership, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it will conduct additional environmental analysis before making a final decision on its plan to retrofit a massive warehouse near Williamsport.

“The agency will not be imminently pursuing any retrofitting work for detention purposes,” ICE attorneys said in a court filing this week. The filing was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, which argued that construction on the warehouse should be halted because of environmental concerns.

A judge granted a temporary restraining order to block work there for a few weeks, and is expected to consider a longer pause at a court hearing later this month.

ICE said in the filing that part of its assessment would evaluate the planned population for the facility, which was initially planned to hold about 500 people for temporary processing, but “could ultimately house 1,500 detainees.”

Once those plans are closer to being finalized, the agency will conduct additional environmental analysis before making a final decision on developing the warehouse for detention purposes, an agency leader wrote.

The Associated Press reported this week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was pausing the purchase of new warehouses that were initially planned to be part of a massive immigration enforcement ramp-up. The change came after new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was sworn in to replace outgoing secretary Kristi Noem.