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This Clinton Presidential Library FOIA release (case 2006-0527-F, NSC Records Management, Area 51 folder) contains January 1998 National Security Council records. They concern President Clinton's annual report to Congress under section 6001(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The file includes NSC routing memos, staff clearance emails, and letters dated January 31, 1998 to Newt Gingrich and Al Gore. It also holds Presidential Determination No. 97-35, which exempted the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada from disclosing classified information under hazardous waste laws.
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0538 January 29, 1998 ACTION MEMORANDUM FOR SAMUEL R. BERGER FROM: SUBJECT: Concurrence by: RECOMMENDATION That you sign the memorandum to the President at Tab I. Joe Bouchard, Mara Rudman and David Sandalow JAMES BAKER^ NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20504 The 9th Circuit upheld the validity and scope of the President's exemption, but declined to address the Government's argument that an exemption is not required because criminal statutes already preclude disclosure of classified information. The report should be submitted to Congress no later than January 31. UNCLASSIFIED WITH SE6REIP ATTACHMENT UNCLASSIFIED WITH 0ECR-EAT ATTACHMENT- 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 Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (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 is the third such report during this Administration. The language is consistent with earlier reports with the addition of language noting the 9th Circuit's January 8 ruling that the litigation giving rise to the President's exercise of the exemption is moot. Report to Congress on Presidential Exemption I Concerning the Operating Location Near Groom Lake
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 22 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.