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This Clinton Presidential Library file contains a National Security Council tracking profile and a 25 September 1995 memorandum to President Clinton from John White, routed through Mr. Lake. It concerns classified information about the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. A federal court ruling had raised whether properly classified documents must be disclosed under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. White recommends a presidential exemption, and a draft memorandum exempts the site from any disclosure of classified information for one year.
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25 SEP 1995 # MEMORANDUM FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON THROUGH MR. LAKE SUBJECT: Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location near Croom Lake, Nevada A recent Federal district court decision has raised a question whether certain documents, even though properly classified, must nonetheless be disclosed pursuant to an environmental statute, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The documents concern an Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. Although this legal ruling will be challenged, it is important that the continued protection for this classified information be clearly and promptly affirmed. Accordingly, for reasons addressed in the attached memorandum from Secretary Widnall, I concur in her request and recommendation that you issue the proposed exemption under RCRA for the operating location near Groom Lake from any requirement to disclose classified information to unauthorized persons. I note that EPA Administrator Browner and the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division concur in this recommendation. Attachment a/s John White
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