From: ur-valhalla!aztec.asu.edu!jharding (JOHN E. HARDING) Subject: Area 51 President Exemption Message-ID: <9511021849.AA28080@aztec.asu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 11:49:51 -0700 (MST) -> SearchNet's i_ufo-l Mailing List Sorry, the last copy I tried to forward did not come out well. CLINTON'S AREA 51 EXEMPTION Below is the full text of the order signed by President Clinton exempting Area 51 (Groom Lake) from releasing its environmental reports to the public. Facsimile of Page (44k) THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 29, 1995 Presidential Determination No. 95-45 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada 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. Nothing herein is intended to: (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 persons; or (b) limit the applicability or enforcement of any requirement of law applicable to the Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, except those provisions, if any, that would require the disclosure of classified information. The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized and directed to publish this Determination in the Federal Register. [Signed] William J. Clinton Relevent Links: * 42 U.S.C. 6961(a) * Federal Register _________________________________________________________________ [Area 51 Page] Glenn Campbell, 10/10/95 -- John Harding E-Mail Address: jharding@aztec.asu.edu Sysop - U-FO INFO BBS (GTPN Net/Node 009/005) Phoenix, AZ (602) 306-1345 -> Send "subscribe i_ufo-l " to majordomo@world.std.com -> Posted by: jharding@aztec.asu.edu (JOHN E. HARDING) ---SnetMgr 0.60 [r0001] * Origin: SearchNet HQ BBS (508)586-9404 (1:330/202)