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RPT TO CONGRESS ON PRES EXEMPTION RE OPERATION LOCATION NEAR 
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 31, 1997
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
THE EXECUTIVE CLERK
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RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the attached letters.
Letter to Speaker of the House 
Letter to President of the Senate
Report to Congress on the Presidential Exemption 
Concerning the Operating Location Near Groom Lake
SAMUEL R. BERGE 
JOHN HILLEY
Attachments
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Chief of Staff
This report has been coordinated with CEQ as well as the 
Departments of Defense and Justice and the EPA.
To report to the Congress pursuant to the …

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASH INGTON
Dear Mr. Speaker:
Sincerely,
The Determination was not intended to imply that in the absence 
of a Presidential exemption RCRA or any other provision of law 
permits or requires the disclosure of classified information to 
unauthorized persons, but rather to eliminate any potential 
uncertainty arising from a decision in pending litigation, Kasza 
v. Browner (D. Nev. CV-S-94-795-PMP). The Determination also was 
not intended to limit the applicability or enforcement of any 
requirement of law applicable to the Air Force's operating 
location near Groom Lake except t…

Tuesday. October II, 1996 
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The President 
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Presidential Determination No. 96-54 of September 28, 1996 
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Presidential Determination on Classified Information Con-
cerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom 
Lake, Nevada 
Memorandum for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency [and] the Secretary of the Air Force 
I find that it is in the paramount interest of the United States to exempt 
the United States Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada 
(the subject of litigation in Kas…

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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Sincerely,
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The Honorable Albert Gore, Jr. 
President of the Senate
Washington, D. C.
Consistent with Section 6001(a) of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) (the "Act"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6961(a), 
notification is hereby given that on September 28, 1996, I issued 
Presidential Determination 96-54 (copy attached) and thereby 
exercised the authority to grant certain exemptions under 
section 6001(a) of the Act.
The Determination was not intended to imply that in the absence 
of a Presidential exemption RCRA or any other provision of law…