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This declassified National Security Council file from the Clinton Presidential Library covers a draft Presidential Determination dated 20 September 1997, which John Hamre sent to President Clinton through Mr. Berger. The determination would renew for one year an exemption under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The exemption shields classified information about the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from disclosure during the Kasza v. Browner and Frost v. Perry litigation. EPA and Justice concurred.
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20 SEP 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR ## PRESIDENT CLINTON THROUGH: MR. BERGER SUBJECT: Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada 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. I note that EPA Administrator Browner and the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division concur in this recommendation. John Hamm Attachment: SECAF Meino SEP2411:42
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