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This Clinton Presidential Library release holds the National Security Council file for Presidential Determination No. 97-35, which President Clinton signed on September 26, 1997. The determination renewed for one more year an exemption under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The exemption keeps classified information about the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from public disclosure while Kasza v. Browner is on appeal. The file also contains supporting memos from Secretary of the Air Force Widnall, the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Samuel Berger.
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09/22/97 MON 18:45 FAX 7036939355 SAP GC @002 I 50’ 2 6 SEP 1097 MEMORANDUM FOR SUBJECT: Attachment: SECAF Memo PRESIDENT CLINTON THROUGH: MR. BERGER DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1OIO DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON. DC 20301-1010 /' I 1 I note that EPA Administrator Browner and the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division concur in this recommendation. as On September 28, 1996, you issued an exemption under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) protecting from disclosure classified information concerning an Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. By statute, the exemption is effective for one year, unless renewed. The exemption was necessitated by a Federal district court ruling that held that classified information could not be withheld from public disclosure under RCRA absent such an exemption. That ruling is now being appealed. In the meantime, and for reasons addressed in the attached memorandum from Secretary Widnall, I concur in her request and recommendation that you renew the exemption to provide continued protection for the full one-year statutory period while the matter is on appeal. Classified Information Concerning the Air Force’s Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada
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