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This Clinton Presidential Library file contains White House and National Security Council records from January 1997. They cover the President's annual report to Congress under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act about Presidential Determination 96-54 of September 28, 1996. That determination exempted the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from waste disposal laws that would require disclosure of classified information, in connection with the Kasza v. Browner and Frost v. Perry litigation. The file includes the letters to Speaker Gingrich and Vice President Gore.
0471 >■ January 30, 1997 ACTION MEMORANDUM FOR SAMUEL R. BERGER THROUGH: FROM: SUBJECT: Concurrence by: RECOMMENDATION That you sign the memorandum to the President at Tab I. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20504 Attachments Memorandum for the President Letter to Speaker of the House Letter to President of the Senate Tab I Tab A Tab B Tab II Incoming Correspondence ALAN KRECZKO JAMES BAKER^ This is the second such report during _______________ The attached report has been coordinated with CEQ as well as the Departments of Defense and Justice and the EPA; it should be submitted to Congress no later than January 31. Under RCRA, the President is required to report each January to the Congress all exemptions granted during the previous year and the reasons for doing so. '--- — -- ---- this Administration. The attached report has been coordinated Cj In September the President exempted the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any applicable provisions of hazardous or solid waste laws that would require disclosure of classified information. The exemption was first granted last year in the context of litigation (Browner) over the Government s compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Report to Congress on Presidential Exemption Concerning the Operating Location Near Groom Lake _______________ ____ Joe Sestak, Bill Danvers? and David Sandalow
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 12 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.