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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 | 1920 L STREET, NW, #800 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 71278-12
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6. House ID# 359980000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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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 | 10/20/2017 4:29:12 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 H.R. 2883, the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act, which attempts to ram through permits for new cross-border oil and gas pipelines and electric transmission lines without meaningful environmental review or public participation.
Oppose the expansion of new offshore drilling by the Department of the Interior.
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. 2910, the Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act, which sacrifices public input and thorough environmental review in favor of giving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) more power to fast-track approval of interstate natural gas pipelines.
Oppose H.Con.Res. 71 that establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2018 and paves the way for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cuts to critical environmental programs.
Oppose H.R. 210, the Native American Energy Act, which limits public involvement in development of major projects on tribal lands.
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 |
Tiernan |
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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 President Trumps Executive Order to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, rescind the moratorium on coal mining on US federal lands, and repeal at least six Obama-era executive orders aimed at addressing climate change, including a series of orders that instructed the federal government to prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Oppose EPAs roll back of the clean car standards.
Oppose EPAs repeal of the Clean Power Plan.
Oppose the removal of the US from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Comments on the implementation of the new TSCA under 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.
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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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. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, which would undermine the EPAs recently updated standards for ozone pollution.
Oppose H.R. 1119, the SENSE Act, which would weaken the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
Support a strong ozone implementation rule (EPA).
Oppose the repeal 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.
Request extension for comment period on repeal of the EPAs Clean Water Rule
Oppose H.R. 1154, the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, which exempts the shipping industry from the Clean Water Act.
Oppose EPA proposal to delay compliance deadlines for the ELG rule, which regulates toxic water pollution from power plants.
Support H.R. 3906, the Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017, which addresses the problems posed by polluted runoff.
Oppose the EPA proposal to rescind Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska.
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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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
Oppose provisions within HR 2936, the so-called Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, that would remove protections for a national monument and are a backdoor attack on our national monuments and the Antiquities Act.
Support for the Endangered Species Act, which is facing unprecedented threats.
Oppose the Interior Departments review of national monuments and any attempts to rescind or shrink national monuments.
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.
Express concern about the process set forth in the Interior Secretarial Order 3349 to review or rescind commonsense memoranda, orders and regulations (agency actions) concerning oil and gas development and other management issues on our public lands.
Support H.R. 1889, the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness bill.
Oppose H.R. 218, the King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, which would force construction of a destructive road through the heart of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Oppose H.R. 1157, which would remove lands and waters in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge from federal public ownership.
Support S.820, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
Oppose S. 33, Senator Murkowski's bill which would undermine the Antiquities Act.
Oppose H.R. 23, the Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017, which would weaken protections for fish and wildlife in Californias Bay-Delta watershed and would threaten thousands of fishing jobs in California and Oregon that depend on the health of these species.
Oppose S. 1514, the Hunting, Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act, which contains provisions that would undermine the Endangered Species Act.
Oppose H.R. 3668, the Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enforcement Act (SHARE Act), which contains provisions that threaten wildlife, public lands, marine ecosystems, and erodes and undermines environmental laws and conservation policies.
Oppose H.R. 3990, the National Monument Creation and Protection Act, which changes the Antiquities Act to make it easier to block designations.
Oppose EPAs efforts to undo protections for Alaskas Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.
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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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 policy riders and support a clean Fiscal Year 2017 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 S. 951, the Regulatory Accountability Act, which would significantly prolong the process for developing new environmental and public health protections.
Oppose S.34, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, would allow en bloc disapproval of all regulations finalized near the end of presidential terms.
Oppose S. 21, the REINS Act, which would significantly prolong the process for developing new environmental protections.
Oppose the President's executive order that would direct agencies to eliminate at least two existing regulations for every new existing regulation promulgated (OMB).
Oppose Damien Schiff nomination for US Court of Federal Claims
Oppose John K. Bush nomination for US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Oppose Joan Larsen nomination for US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Oppose Amy Coney Barrett for US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Oppose David Bernhardt for Deputy Secretary of Interior
Oppose H.R. 3219, the Defense, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development National Security Appropriations Act, which contains the FY2018 Energy and Water Appropriations bill and includes dangerous public health and environmental policy riders while also cutting critical investments in our renewable energy future.
Oppose H.R. 3354, an eight-bill appropriations package which would harm peoples health and the outdoors by slashing funding for many critical programs or by using radical policy riders to outright block environmental protections and other domestic priorities that benefit communities nationwide. Oppose and support numerous environmental amendments offered to H.R. 3354.
Oppose William Wehrum for Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air & Radiation for the Environmental Protection Agency
Oppose Michael Dourson to be Assistant Administrator for the office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention for the Environmental Protection Agency
Oppose Matt Leopold for General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency
Oppose David Ross for assistant administrator for the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency
Opposing Sam Cloviss nomination to be chief Scientist at USDA.
Oppose Judge Allison Eid to the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth 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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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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