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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 | 740 15th Street NW |
Address2 | Suite 700 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
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: Kevin O'Brien |
Date | 10/19/2018 3:17:03 PM |
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
Oppose the expansion of new offshore drilling by the Department of the Interior.
Oppose attempts to fast-track oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Oppose the reconsideration and stay of EPAs Methane New Source Performance Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector, which would reduce dangerous methane pollution.
Support S. 987, the 100 by 50 Act, which would put the US economy on a path to achieving 100 percent clean energy by 2050.
Support H.R. 2746, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act, which would set a national renewable portfolio standard.
Oppose H.R. 4239, the SECURE American Energy Act, which transfers management authority for permitting of federal oil and gas resources to states, encourages offshore oil drilling, and weakens protections for marine mammals.
Oppose H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, which would roll back public health and environmental protections with respect to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage site.
Oppose H. Con. Res. 119, which expresses the senses of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the US economy.
Oppose HR 4606, Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, which would make it easier for oil and gas companies to take private land by eminent domain and increase air and water pollution.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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Arian |
Rubio |
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose S. 1273 and H.R. 4011, the Fuel Economy Harmonization Act, which would undermine the clean car standards.
Oppose EPAs roll back of the clean car standards.
Oppose EPAs repeal of the Clean Power Plan.
Comment on the implementation of the Frank Lautenberg for the 21st Century Act (EPA).
Oppose cuts to conservation and environmental programs in the President's Fiscal Year 2018 budget request.
Oppose changes to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) current regulatory processes.
Support H.R. 502, which would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Support S. 896, which would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Support S. 569, which would permanently authorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Support H.R. 6759, which would permanently authorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Oppose H.R. 5210, which would tie public lands infrastructure investments to an increase in harmful energy development on public lands and waters.
Oppose S. 2509, which would tie public lands infrastructure investments to an increase in harmful energy development on public lands and waters.
Oppose HR 3281, which would fast-track the de-facto privatization of federal infrastructure at the expense of environmental safeguards.
Oppose HR 50, UMITA, which would add on further requirements to agency actions that would emphasize costs to industry over benefits to Americans.
Oppose CEQ rulemaking and revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Oppose EPA proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.
Oppose S. 3019/H.R. 6022, the Accurate Labels Act, which is inaccurately named legislation and would repeal most labeling and information disclosure laws adopted by state or local governments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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
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
Oppose H.R. 1119, the SENSE Act, which would weaken the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
Oppose undermining ozone clean air protections (EPA).
Oppose the repeal and implementation delay of the EPAs Clean Water Rule, which protects the small streams and wetlands that feed the drinking water of 1 in 3 people in the U.S.
Oppose the EPA proposal to rescind Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Oppose BLM proposal to rewrite the methane waste rule.
Oppose H.R. 1917, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act, which delays protections mercury, arsenic, and chromium pollution from brick manufacturing facilities.
Oppose S. 1129, the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, due to the Vessel Incidental discharge Act provisions included in the bill, which exempts the shipping industry from the Clean Water Act.
Oppose H.R. 2, the House Farm Bill, which includes provisions to eliminate Clean Water Act safeguards.
Support stronger regulation of PFAS by the administration.
Oppose S. 3303 the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018, which would undercut clean water safeguards.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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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Rubio |
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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
Support the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats.
Oppose the Interior Departments recommendations regarding rescinding or shrinking national monument protections.
Oppose the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act (S. 131/H.R. 513) and reject any legislative attempt that would privatize the Tongass National Forest.
Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership.
Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations.
Support S. 2354, the ANTIQUITIES ACT of 2018, which codifies existing, presidentially-designated national monuments.
Oppose H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, which would transfer National Forest lands to a mining company.
Oppose H.R. 4558, the Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act, which would codify President Trumps removal of protections for that national monument.
Oppose H.R.4532, which would codify the elimination of vast portions of the Bears Ears National Monument.
Oppose H.R. 3133, which would weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Oppose Section 2029 of H.R. 4667, which erodes FEMAs responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act.
Oppose S. 2206, the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act, which would strip protections of National Forest land in Montana.
Support the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which encourages bird conservation.
Oppose S. 1520, the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act, which would undermine the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Oppose H.R. 3144, which deals with the Federal Columbia River Power System and would undermine the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Oppose H.R. 200, legislation to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act that threatens decades of sustainable fisheries management.
Oppose attempts to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
Oppose attacks on Endangered Species Act in H.R. 4, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018.
Oppose H.R. 3916, which would amend the Endangered Species Act to transfer management of numerous fish species and threaten protections for them.
Oppose H.R. 4419, which would undermine environmental protections in the National Environmental Policy Act,
Oppose mineral development authorizations in Minnesotas Superior National Forest during an ongoing study of a proposed mineral withdrawal within the Rainy River watershed.
Oppose numerous, controversial, anti-environmental provisions that are unrelated to military readiness that have been included in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2019 (H.R. 5515).
Oppose HRs 3608, 6344, 6345, 6346, 6354, 6355, 6356, 6360, and 6364, which as a package would dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act.
Oppose S 2809, the Emery County Public Land Management Act, which would reduce protections for the lands in question in the bill.
Request extension of comment period for Endangered Species Act rules proposed by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce.
Oppose Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2018, which would undermine the ESA.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Arian |
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support communities and populations that are at risk from environmental health harms by opposing multiple legislative attempts to repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and maintaining funding for frontline service providers, like Planned Parenthood.
Oppose all ideological anti-environmental policy riders and support a clean Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations package.
Support for no less than FY17 funding levels of $32.28 billion for the FY18 Interior-EPA Appropriations bill for key federal resources that protect our clean water and clean air, conserve our wildlife, water and public lands, ensure support for Indian health, address drought, and allow for the continued access to future generations to our national cultural heritage and our national parks.
Oppose Matt Leopold for General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Oppose Barry Myerss nomination to be Administrator of NOAA.
Oppose H.R. 3599, the Protect Interstate Commerce Act, which would negate most state and local laws surrounding production of agriculture products.
Oppose H.R. 2887, the No Regulation Without Representation Act, which would prevent states from regulating sale within its borders of products made in another state.
Support the removal of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the EPA, including supporting S. Res. 473 and H.Res. 834 expressing no confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and calling his immediate resignation.
Oppose Andrew Oldhams nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Oppose Britt Grants nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Oppose David Porters nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Oppose NAFTA renegotiation that does not include strong environmental and worker protections.
Oppose Heidi Kings nomination for Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Oppose Peter Wrights nomination for EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management.
Oppose the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 (HR 6136), which wastes $23 billion on the border wall and does not provide sufficient protections for DREAMers.
Oppose HR 6147, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019, which includes damaging cuts to environmental and public health programs, as well as a host of anti-environmental riders.
Oppose Ryan Bounds nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Oppose Brett Kavanaughs nomination to the US Supreme Court.
Oppose Ryan Nelsons nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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