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This Clinton Presidential Library file from the National Security Council holds a January 31, 1997 action memorandum from Samuel Berger and John Hilley to President Clinton, which recommends he sign letters to Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate President Albert Gore Jr. The letters are the required report to Congress under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. They cover Presidential Determination 96-54 of September 28, 1996, which exempted the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada from waste disposal laws that would require disclosing classified information.
0471 January 30, 1997 ACTION MEMORANDUM FOR SAMUEL R. BERGER THROUGH: FROM: Report to Congress onSUBJECT: The exemption was first granted last in the context of litigation (Browner) over the Government s Conservation and Recovery Act it should be submitted to Congress no later than 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 exemptions granted during the previous year and This is the second such report during The attached report has been coordinated location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any ^PP11^1© Provisions of hazardous or v________ __________ ?yr> Joe Sestak, Bill Danvers^ and David Sandalow 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. Presidential Exemption Concerning the Operating Location Near Groom Lake In September the President exempted the nns solid waste laws that would require disclosure or classified information. year -- ---- compliance with the Resource (RCRA). Under RCRA, the President is required to report each January to the Congress all < the reasons for doing so. this Administration. ALAN KRECZKO JAMES BAKER‘S
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