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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 14405 West Colfax Avenue, #159 |
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City | Lakewood |
State | CO |
Zip Code | 80401 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 290398-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Holly Propst, President |
Date | 07/07/2012 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
1. Educating policymakers on the costs vs. benefits of various approaches to regulation of GHGs, including: EPA proposals to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air and Water Acts, as well as CEQ and other agencies efforts to integrate climate change impact analyses into regulatory decisionmaking processes (including DOI/FWS/CEQ/EPA/USDA Climate Action Plans/Sustainability Plans/Climate Adaptation Plans and other planning and operational documents). The Roundtable has encouraged oversight of such
1. (cont.) policies by Congress.
2. Educating policymakers on the negative implications of suggested EPA actions to increase the stringency of Clean Air Act regulations, including: GHG NSPS standards for power plants, mercury, boiler MACT, utility MACT, oil and gas regulations and Western states' regional haze requirements. Activities include ongoing support for various Congressional efforts to stave off the economic damage caused by the cumulative impacts of this onslaught of regulations. Legislative efforts supported include: H.R. 2401, S.J.Res 37, H.R.2250, H.R.1633 (along with various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve similar results.)
3. Educating policymakers on promising clean energy technologies, including discussion of the challenges facing carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Support for legislative efforts to fund development of CCS technology and infrastructure to support both CCS and EOR.
4. Educating policymakers on the implications of efforts by EPA and the 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 support for legislative language stopping the EPA/Corps from proceeding with "Waters of the U.S." jurisdictional guidance. This includes support for S. 2245, H.R. 4965 and various amendments to other legislation seeking to achieve the same results.
5. Support for legislation (H.R. 3409) to force the DOI Office of Surface Mining to cease rulemaking on Surface Mining and Reclamation Act regulations desgined to replace the so-called "Stream Buffer Zone Rule."
6. Educating policymakers regarding the potential consequences for Western headwater states of the President's unilaterally-instituted National Oceans Policy. Support Congressional efforts to limit funding for the Policy's implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Holly |
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U.S. House of Representatives |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code WAS
16. Specific lobbying issues
1. Educating policymakers on the implications of proposals to regulate coal combustion residuals as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Activities included ongoing support for the legislative approaches taken by H.R. 1391 and H.R. 2273. Supported efforts to include language of H.R. 2273 as amendment to other legislation.
2. Educating policymakers on problems with EPA's risk assessment system (IRIS system).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Propst |
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U.S. House of Representatives |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for extension of several tax provisions important to job creation and business development across the West: bonus depreciation, allowing companies eligible for bonus depreciation to instead claim a portion of unused AMT credits; Section 179 expensing.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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U.S. House of Representatives |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
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 resources. Legislation supported: H.R. 1287, H.R. 2016, H.R. 1719, H.R. 3407, H.R. 3408, H.R. 3410, H.R. 4381, H.R. 4382, H.R. 4384, S. 706, S. 629, S. 631.
2. Educating policymakers on the need to strengthen and expand the nation's electric transmission system.
3. Educating policymakers on the cumulative negative consequences of the growing body of regulations being instituted that impact the nation's electric generation fleet's reliability and inflict growing costs on consumers (discussed in Air, Waste and Water pages of this report).
4. Educating policymakers on the nexus between a robust energy policy and a strong minerals policy. Particular emphasis has been on critical minerals and their importance as inputs to a vast array of clean energy, electronics, high tech and defense applications. Past activities have included providing input for S. 1113 and support for H.R. 2011 and H.R. 4402.
5. Stressing with policymakers 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 -- on the nation's energy and economic security.
Support for various reform efforts to constrain regulatory overreach (listed under relevant issue pages of this report.)
6. Educating policymakers on the need to focus on policies that encourage devleopment of the nation's full range of "clean energy" resources / supporting technologies, including hydropower.
7. Support for H.R. 1996 and S. 1061.
8. Educating policymakers on impacts to Western energy consumers of DOE Secretary Chu's proposed shift in the missions of federal PMAs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy - Dept of, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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U.S. House of Representatives |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
1. Opposition to DOI/USDA policies that seek to unilaterally change -- through administrative fiat -- the designation/multiple use of millions of acres of Western lands (through land withdrawals, roadless policies, climate adaptation policies, critical habitat designations, and other restrictive regulations). Activities include ongoing support for various reform initiatives, including: H.R.
1581, H.R. 4716, H.R. 302, H.R. 758, H.R. 817, H.R. 846, H.R. 3147, H.R. 4965, S. 224, S. 1097 and related amendments to other
1. (cont). bills designed to constrain federal agencies from engaging in such activities.
2. Ongoing support for the Government Litigation Act (H.R. 1996 / S. 1061) and related efforts to institute common sense legal reform.
3. Stressing the implications of the proposed Executive Branch requirements (NEPA, GHG, CAA, CWA, climate adaptation, federal land management policies, ESA listings, etc.) that hamper energy and natural resource development projects across the West.
4. Continued emphasis on responsible development of the nation's domestic energy resources (see energy issue discussion in this report for details).
5. Educating policymakers on the implications of the Executive Branch's efforts to establish "projected future climate impacts-related species vulnerabilities" as a justification for a whole new range of regulatory actions/authority by agencies across the federal government. Included: discussions of CEQ proposal to insert "future climate impacts" as a required part of analysis under
NEPA, Fish and Wildlife Service use as rationale for expansion of critical habitat designations under ESA, and use by the U.S. Forest Service in interpretation/implementation of revised Forest Planning Rule.
6. Educating policymakers on the need for a robust domestic minerals policy to support the U.S. economic, energy and national security interests. Activities include support for: S. 1113, H.R. 3155, S. 1690, H.R. 2011 and H.R. 1904, H.R. 4402, H.R. 1192.
7. Educating policymakers on issues arising as a result of federal land management agencies' "interim" measures relating to Greater Sage Grouse conservation.
8. Supporting ESA reform to work better for the regulated community and for the recovery of species.
9. Support for efforts to streamline federal regulatory permitting processes. Includes support for H.R. 4377 and language attached to other legislation which helps to make those processes more efficient and effective.
10. Opposition to EPA's suggestion that project-specific NEPA reviews should be expanded to include life-cycle cumulative impacts analyses. Oppose effort by EPA and allies to use such a technique to stymie export of specific U.S. commodities in the West.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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