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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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®009•09/26/.95 TUE 10:02 FAX 703 693 9355 SAF/GC Collection of informauon regarding the ion with other chemicals and and consumed. 5 Kolft Of State and Federal EnvironmeMtl Agencies: Sir.ee 1990. appropnately cleared representatives of Nevada S Department of Conservation and Natural Resources have been air. water, and soil is a result in the the lives accomplishment. compounds, can reveal military operation; operations. a. Program(s) name(s) 0. Mission(s); c Capabilities; d. Military plans, weapons, or operations; e. Intelligence sources and methods; f Scientific or technological matters, g. Certain physical characteristics; h. Budget, finance, and contracting relationships: i. Personnel matters; and. j. Security sensitive j. Security sensitive environmental <faUL The following are examples ofwhy certam environmental data is sensitive to the national security ■ - is a classic foreign intelligence practice, because analysis of these samples can identification of military operations and capabilities. The presence of certain chemicals or chemical compounds, either alone or in conjunction with other chemicals and .lonai capabilities or the nature and scope of classified Similarly, the absence of certain chemicals cr chemical compounds can be used to rule out operations and capabilities. Revealing the composition of the chemical waste stream provides the same kind of exploitable information as does publishing a fist of the chemicals used Analysis of waste material can provide critical information on the makeup as well as the vulnerabrlities of the material analyzed. Disclosure of such information increases the risk to of United Slates personnel and decreases the probability of successful mission
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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.