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This Clinton Presidential Library file holds National Security Council records from January 1996. They concern a report to Congress under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act about Presidential Determination 95-45 of September 29, 1995. That determination exempted the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from waste disposal laws that could require disclosure of classified information. The file includes the determination, memos from the NSC and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and letters to Speaker Gingrich and Vice President Gore, and it cites the Kasza v. Browner litigation.
J UL s i I 50 «tMLD •** ■ SUBJECT: Congressional Notification of Presidential Exemption Concerning the Air Force’s Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada The EPA Office of General Counsel and the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division have reviewed the report and concur with the Department of Defense that this report should be provided. MEMORANDUM FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON THROUGH MR. LAKE Section 6001(a) requires that you “report each January to the Congress all exemptions from the requirements of this section granted during the preceding calendar year, together with [your] reason for granting each such exemption.” You granted such an exemption on September 29, 1995, in Presidential Determination 95-45, which protects classified information concerning the Air Force’s operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from public disclosure. The enclosed report provides notice to Congress of the exemption. I recommend you provide the enclosed report to Congress pursuant to section 6001(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6961(a). DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1O1O DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1010 Attachment: A/S 2 6 JAN 1996
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 15 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.