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This 1995 Clinton Presidential Library file contains Presidential Determination No. 95-45, signed by President Clinton on September 29, 1995, and its supporting papers. The determination exempts the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any hazardous waste law requirement to disclose classified information, following the lawsuits Kasza v. Browner and Frost v. Perry. The file also includes Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall's unclassified declaration invoking the military and state secrets privilege, along with recommendation memos from Widnall, Deputy Secretary of Defense White and Anthony Lake.

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environmental steward of the lands comprising the Nellis Range. To meet that goal we are
cooperating and will continue to cooperate with both federal and state environmental agencies.
8. Under penalty of peijury, and pursuant to section 1746 of Title 28, U.S. Code, I certify and
declare that the foregoing statements are true and correct.
Executed thi$^/ day of February 1995, at Arjmgton, Virginia. f
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Sheila E.Widnall
Secretary of the Air Force

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