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This Clinton Presidential Library file holds National Security Council tracking sheets and a January 30, 1997 memorandum from the Deputy Secretary of Defense to President Clinton. The memo recommends that the President report to Congress, under section 6001(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the exemption he granted in Presidential Determination 96-54 of September 1996. That determination exempts the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from waste laws that could require disclosure of classified information. Draft letters to Speaker Gingrich and Vice President Gore and the Federal Register notice are attached.
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DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3 0 JAh 1997 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. 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 28, 1996, in Presidential Determination 96-54, 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. MEMORANDUM FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON THROUGH MR. BERGER 1O1O DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON. DC 20301-1010 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). Attachment: A/S Bf 50” |] 1 JiIKiz ■*' L Wl ANNTVWUiAMY WORLD WAR H
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 9 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.