| Subject: Re: What happened to the Groom Lake Presidential Exemptions? |
| From: "miso@sushi.com" <miso@sushi.com> |
| Date: 23/01/2009, 19:03 |
| Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51 |
On Jan 23, 10:03 am, obviouslydelusional
<obviouslydelusio...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 23, 7:44 am, Archangel <HAVE.DOUGH...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not sure there is a need for exemptions anymore:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/21762464.html
That still doesn't explain no exemptions between 2003 and 2008,
though.
--Archie
I don't think this is applicable. The Review Journal article is about
a shuffle in boundaries for the Labor Department, to allow Groom
workers to be covered by programs already in place at the NTS to
compensate for work-related illnesses. While that's a good thing,
it's not what the Presidential Directives have been about.
The EPA administers the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). The RCRA gives the EPA full authority over hazardous waste.
This means permits and controls. Title 42 U.S. Code, Section 6961(a)
requires all Federal departments and agencies that generate or store
solid or hazardous waste to comply with all applicable Federal, State
and local regulations regarding the hazardous or solid waste. And
part of the EPA requirements is a full inventory of what those wastes
are as well as regular visits from EPA inspectors. If you're running
a top secret facility that's about the last thing you'd want.
But the last portion of Section 6961(a) 2., provides an out. The
President can issue an exemption from the requirements of this section
by making and publishing in the Federal Register a determination that
it's in the nation's best interests to relieve a facility from the
requirements of this section (and thus the RCRA). It further states
that the exemption may not exceed a year, but may be repeated as
needed by making additional determinations.
As previously mentioned, the last Presidential Determination was in
September 16, 2003 (it got published again in early 2004). After
considerable searching, I have been unable to find any further
directives, nor any fundamental changes in reporting requirements that
would exempt the Groom facility from EPA oversight.
It's starting to smell like a screwup.
A screw-up by the Bush administration? Shocking! Unheard of! ;-)
I was searching the Clinton library archives last night. I forget the
exact number, but I think there are 450 pages logged under Area 51.