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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.

  • p. 15 …To meet that goal we are cooperating and will continue to cooperate with both federal and…
  • p. 18 …EPA, with the Air Force’s full cooperation, “has conducted a thorough inspection of the operating…
  • p. 19 …We are working in cooperation with the EPA to ensure that both goals are fulfilled.
  • p. 25 …To meet that goal wc arc cooperating and will continue to cooperate with both federal and…
  • p. 30 …To meet that goal we are cooperating and will continue to cooperate with both federal and…
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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.