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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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.09/26/95 TUE 10:01 FAX 703 693 9355 0005SAF/GC 3 1 Attachment a/s We believe that the action requested here is consistent with protecting the environment and national security. The Air Force is fully committed to complying with the environmental laws and being a good steward of the land entrusted to its care, including classified locations. The Air Force also is, and must be, committed to protecting national security and. necessarily, sensitive classified information. We do not believe these goals are mutually exclusive. We are working in cooperation with the EPA to ensure that both goals are fulfilled.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 34 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.