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AI Summary
This document is an administrative marker related to a Presidential Determination on classified information concerning the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. It outlines the exemption from public disclosure requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to protect national security information.
Key Findings
- The document is an administrative marker from the Clinton Presidential Library. - It pertains to the exemption of classified information regarding the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada. - The exemption is effective for one year and is intended to protect national security interests. - The document references ongoing litigation related to the location.
OCR Text
2006-0527-F FOI MARKER Document ID: 9806405 Row: 45 Section: 5 Shelf: 9 Position: 3 This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Stack: v Original OA/ID Number: 2059 FROM: PRESIDENT KEYWORDS:ACCESS PERSONS: SUBJECT: ACTION: PRESIDENT SGD PD 98-36 DUE DATE: 23 SEP 98 STATUS: C STAFF OFFICER: BAKER LOGREF: 95070559507092 FILES: WH NSCP:CODES: DOCUMENTDISTRIBUTION FOR ACTION FOR CONCURRENCE COMMENTS: DISPATCHED BYDATE BY HANDW/ATTCH OPENED BY: NSJWF CLOSED BY: NSGP DOC UNCLASSIFIED z I 1 LEGAL ISSUES PD UNCLASSIFIED NSC/RMO PROFILE TO: BROWNER, C PETERS, F W PD ON CLASSIFIED INFO CONCERNING AIR FORCE OPERATING LOCATION NEAR GROOM LAKE DOC DATE: 25 SEP 98 SOURCE REF: RECORD ID: 9806405 RECEIVED: 17 SEP 98 14 l ■ ! FOR INFO BAKER NSC CHRON 4 OF 4 RECORD ID: 9806405 DOC ACTION OFFICER CAO ASSIGNED ACTION REQUIRED DISPATCH DATA SUMMARY REPORT DOCDISPATCH FOR ACTION DISPATCH FOR INFO UNCLASSIFIED DATE Z Z z X 980924 980924 980925 980925 980925 980925 003 003 004 004 004 004 BROWNER, C PETERS, F W UNCLASSIFIED ACTION DATA SUMMARY REPORT VICE PRESIDENT WH CHIEF OF STAFF KENNEY, K CONROY, R DUSAULT, P SAUNDERS, T 98091714 PREPARE MEMO FOR BERGER 98092413 FWD TO PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE 98092413 FOR SIGNATURE 98092809 PRESIDENT SGD PD 98-36 001 BAKER 002 BERGER 003 PRESIDENT 004 r’ PROOFED BY: NSC INT ARS URGENT NOT PROOFED: BYPASSED VVW DESK: DISPOSITION INITIAL/DATE SEQUENCE TO Cosgriff Rice Davies Kerrick Steinberg V Berger Situation Room £ West Wing Desk Records Mgt. D = Dispatch R = RetainN = No Further Action A = Action I = Information cc: ^5 12 Sec Office has diskette ’’ „ Exec LOG# SYSTEM fRS' DOCLOG A/O —r y « 3 National Security Council The White House •sfigrp?? Ml/5? ‘ COMMENTS: \S I ’ f PROOFED BY: INT ARS URGENT NOT PROOFED: BYPASSED WW DESK: DOCLOG DISPOSITION INITIAL/DATE SEQUENCE TO Cosgriff i Rice Davies Kerrick _____ Steinberg Berger Situation Room West Wing Desk Records Mgt. N = No Further Action D = Dispatch R = Retain A = Action I = Information cc: Exec Sec Office has diskette i s National Security Council The White House a 7 2" LOG# SYSTEM CpRS) NSC A/O r "cSiMfeNTS: l/\jJ/?- 5 September 25, 1998 No. SUBJECT: from Nothing herein is intended to: persons; or (b) limit the applicaniiiry or enrorcemenu 01 . requirement of law applicable to the Air Force's operating Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada location near Groom Lake, Nevada, except those provisions, if any, that would require the disclosure of classified information. THE WHITE HOUSE WASH INGTON Presidential Determination 98-36 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register. 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 Kasza v. Browner (D. Nev. CV-S-94-795-PMP) and Frost v. Perry (D. Nev. CV-S-94-714-PMP), from any applicable requirement for the disclosure to unauthorized persons of classified information concerning that operating location. Therefore, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6961(a), I hereby exempt the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any Federal, State, interstate, or local provision respecting control and abatement of solid waste or hazardous waste disposal that would require the disclosure of classified information concerning that operating location to any unauthorized person. This exemption shall be effective for the full one-year statutory period. 21 ‘ : (a) imply that in the absence of such a Presidential exemption, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) or any other provision of law permits or requires disclosure of classified information to unauthorized -------- — limit the applicability or enforcement of any 6405 September 23, 1998 ACTION MEMORANDUM FOR S7XMUEL R. BERGER JAMES E. BAKER^5 FROM: SUBJECT: Concurrence by: RECOMMENDATION That you sign the attached memorandum to the President. Continuation of RCRA Exemption for Operating Location Near Groom Lake NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20504 Attachments Tab I Tab A Tab B Memorandum for the President Presidential Determination Incoming Correspondence Since 1995, the President has exempted the "Operating Location near Groom Lake" from the public disclosure requirements of the Resource Conversation Recovery Act in order to protect national security information. By statute, the exemption is effective for one year, unless renewed. In response to questions from the President, you requested that Defense, CIA and Energy review certain questions with respect to the Operating Location. A summary of this revie…
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