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This Clinton Presidential Library file from the National Security Council holds Presidential Determination 95-45, signed September 29, 1995. The determination exempts the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from hazardous waste disclosure rules that would require releasing classified information. It came out of the lawsuits Kasza v. Browner and Frost v. Perry. The file also includes Anthony Lake's decision memo, Secretary Sheila Widnall's declaration claiming the military and state secrets privilege, and a Deputy Secretary of Defense recommendation.
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• 09/26/.95 TUE 10:01 FAX 703 693 9355 ®005SAF/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. 35 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.