Presidential Determination 95-45 is the first in a series of yearly
Determinations that
President Clinton signed and Subsiquently
President Bush continued to sign.
This is the first time that any non
Classified Document has confirmed the existance of the
Groom Lake Facility which untill then had been called
Area 51.
This Determination was replaced by
Presidential Determination 96-54 after it expired.
This Determination Is Valid For 1 Year From September 26, 1997 and states that Area 51 is
exempt from all
EPA,
Federal,
State,
Interstate, or local
Environmental Protection Laws.
The Text Follows.
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{Federal Register: October 10, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 195)}
{Presidential Documents}
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access {wais.access.gpo.gov}
{DOCID:fr10oc95-127}
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. ยง 696 (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
{FR Doc. 95-25244
Filed 10-6-95; 10:54 am}
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