[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 23 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Pages 1324-1325]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on the Hanford Reach National Monument

June 9, 2000

Memorandum for the Secretary of Energy

Subject:  Hanford Reach National Monument

    The area being designated as the Hanford Reach National Monument 
forms an arc surrounding much of what is known as the central Hanford 
area. While a portion of the central area is needed for Department of 
Energy missions, much of the area contains the same shrub-steppe habitat 
and other objects of scientific and historic interest that I am today

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permanently protecting in the monument. Therefore, I am directing you to 
manage the central area to protect these important values where 
practical. I further direct you to consult with the Secretary of the 
Interior on how best to permanently protect these objects, including the 
possibility of adding lands to the monument as they are remediated.
                                            William J. Clinton