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Educating policymakers on the implications of proposals to regulate coal combustion byproducts as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  Activities include support for H.R. 1391, H.R. 2273. \n\n2.  Educating policymakers on problems with EPA's risk assessment process (IRIS).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":6555,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"HOLLY","nickname":null,"middle_name":"E","last_name":"PROPST","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"U.S. House of Representatives","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":200,"name":"Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)"},{"id":15,"name":"Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":36,"name":"Interior, Dept of (DOI)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"ENG","general_issue_code_display":"Energy/Nuclear","description":"1.  Educating policymakers on the need to work towards energy independence.  Continued emphasis on responsible development of the full range of the nation's domestic energy resources (including support for H.R. 1287, S. 706, S. 629, S. 631, H.R. 2018, \nH.R. 1719, etc.) \n(continued) 2.  Educating policymakers on the need to strengthen and expand the nation's electric transmission system.  \n\n3.  Educating policymakers on the nexus between a robust domestic energy policy and a strong minerals policy.  A particular emphasis has been on critical minerals (including rare earths) and their importance as inputs to a vast array of clean energy, electronics, high tech and defense applications.  Activities have included providing input on S. 1113.\n\n4.  Stressing the implications of proposed Executive Branch requirements (NEPA, GHG, Climate Adaptation, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, federal land management policies, etc.) that hamper energy and natural resource development projects throughout the West.   Support for various regulatory reform efforts to constrain regulatory over-reach (Listed under relevant Issue pages of this report.) \n\n5.  Educating policymakers on the need to focus on policies that encourage development of the nation's full range of \"clean energy\" resolutions and supporting technologies.  Activities included support for S. 629, S. 631.\n\n6.  Support for H.R. 1996, S. 1061.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":6555,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"HOLLY","nickname":null,"middle_name":"E","last_name":"PROPST","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"U.S. House of Representatives","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":200,"name":"Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)"},{"id":15,"name":"Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":36,"name":"Interior, Dept of (DOI)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CAW","general_issue_code_display":"Clean Air and Water (quality)","description":"1. Educating policymakers on Roundtable consensus recommendations re:  regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs).\n2.  Educating policymakers on costs vs. benefits of various proposed approaches to regulation of GHGs, including:  EPA proposals to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act; CEQ and other agencies efforts to integrate climate change impacts analysis into regulatory decisionmaking processes( DOI/USFWS/CEQ Climate Action Plans/Sustainability Plans/Climate Adaptation Plans, etc.).  Activities 2. (cont.) include support for various legislative efforts to oppose Executive Branch unilateral action on climate, including:  H.R. 910, S. 228, H.Res. 203, S. 482, H.R. 750, S. 706, H.R. 1287 (and various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve the same result). \n\n3.  Educating policymakers on the negative implications of suggested EPA actions to increase the stringency of the Clean Air Act regulations covering:  PM10 NAAQS, ozone, clean air transport, industrial boiler MACT, utility MACT and regional haze permitting requirements.  Activities include support for various legislative efforts to oppose EPA actions in this area, including: \nH.R. 2401, H.R. 1633 (and various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve the same result). \n\n4.  Educating policymakers on promisng clean energy technologies, including discussion regarding the challenges facing carbon capture and sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.  Activities include support for S. 699. \n\n5.  Educating policymakers on the efforts by EPA/Army Corps of Engineers to unilaterally expand their regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act.  Activities include support for various legislative efforts to oppose this regulatory over-reach, including:  H.R. 2018 (and various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve the same result.)","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":6555,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"HOLLY","nickname":null,"middle_name":"E","last_name":"PROPST","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"U.S. House of Representatives","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":200,"name":"Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)"},{"id":15,"name":"Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":36,"name":"Interior, Dept of (DOI)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"NAT","general_issue_code_display":"Natural Resources","description":"1.  Opposition to DOI and USDA land policies that seek to unilaterally change -- through administrative fiat -- the designation of millions of acres of Western lands (i.e. through land withdrawals, monument designations, unilateral implementation of entire new designations like Wild Lands, roadless policies, climate adaptation policies, etc.)  Activities include support for H.R. 1581, S. 1097 and various amendments to legislation seeking to constrain such activities. 2.  Support for reform of the Equal Access to Justice Act, including support for H.R. 1996, S. 1061.\n\n3.  Educating policymakers on issues arising under USFS' proposed Forest Planning Rule.\n\n4. Stressing the implications of proposed Executive Branch requirements (i.e. NEPA, GHG, Climate Adaptation, Clean Air \nAct, Clean Water Act, federal land management policies, ESA listings, etc.) that hamper energy and natural resource development projects throughout the West.  \n\n5.  Continued emphasis on responsible development of the nation's domestic energy resources (see the Energy Issue discussion in this report for details.)\n\n6.  Educating policymakers on the implications of the Executive Branch's efforts to establish \"projected future climate change impacts-related species vulnerabilities\" as a justification for a whole new range of new regulatory actions/authority by federal agencies across the federal government.  Includes discussions of CEQ proposal to insert \"future climate impacts\" as a required part of analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act and USFWS use as rationale for expansion of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.\n\n7.  Educating policymakers on the need for a robust domestic minerals policy to support the U.S. economic, energy and national security interests.  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