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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1156 15TH STREET, NW, #302 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 454-12
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6. House ID# 334320000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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: Richard Gupton, Vice President of Legislative Policy & Counsel |
Date | 01/14/2011 |
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 CHM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 - (HR 2868): Oppose Inherently Safer Technology (IST) mandate; Support federal preemption and stronger information protection. Oppose ability for citizen suits / third party lawsuits. Support Alternative SVAs.
Serve on DHS Chemical Sector Coordinating Council providing input on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) rules.
Support permanent authorization of CFATS rules. Support S. 2996, HR 5186 and HR 2477, extension of current CFATS rules.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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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Gupton |
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Haworth |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Serve on DHS Chemical Sector Coordinating Council providing input on implementation of Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). Participated in Food & Ag Coordinating Council. Assist DHS with the Farm Operations security rule.
Oppose Inherently Safer Technology (IST) mandate - legislation; support federal preemption of DHS CFATS rules & stronger information protection; oppose citizen suits; support Alternative SVA; support CFATS permanent rule.
Oppose HR 2868 - Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009
Support HR 2477 - Chemical Facility Security Authorization Act of 2009
Support S. 2996 / HR 5186 - Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act of 2010
Support removal of fuels from being listed on Appendix A:Chemicals of Interest.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), White House Office
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support effort to repeal federal estate tax or at a minimum set rate to 35% and increase the exemption cap to $5 million per person / spouse, ensuring exemption is indexed to inflation, provide for spousal transfers and include the stepped up basis. Support additional tax reform such as accelerating depreciation for agricultural equipment used by agricultural operations. Support permanent extension of 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Support extention of capital gains tax rate at 15%.
Support extension of Agricultural Chemicals Security Tax Credit beyond Dec. 31, 2012.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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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Gupton |
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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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support Technical Service Provider (TSP) & Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) reform - direct contracting between USDA-NRCS and third-party TSPs; and prevailing local market rates for third-party TSPs. Support cost-share payment for Ag retailers that purchase precision ag technologies throught the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Oppose EQIP funding to build end user bulk chemical storage and load pads. Participate in coalition to reform Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
Support funding for USDA anti-meth grant program to help Ag retailers partially cover costs of tank locks and additives for anhydrous ammonia to prevent use by drug dealers in the production of meth. Worked with USDA in establishing $1million grant for additives to reduce production of meth from anhydrous ammonia
Support extending the Hours of Service Agricultural Exemption at 150 air miles.
Support fair and reasonable competition in the ag industry.
Support approval / deregulation of RoundupReady Alfalfa.
Support approval / deregulation of Roundup Ready Sugarbeets.
Worked with USDA, FMCSA and members of Congress to clarify Congressional intent of the HOS Ag exemption as it relates movement of farm supplies from a terminal to a retail facility.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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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Gupton |
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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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for language in derivatives title for more transparency of over-the counter (OTC) trades and additional oversight given to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) included in HR 4173. Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010.
Coalition members of Ag Energy Alliance, which supports increased domestic exploration and production of natural gas and oil and oppose efforts to limit production as it hurts domestic manufacture of fertilizer and ag chemicals.
Support efforts to encourage the U.S. Department of Interior to expand access to offshore domestic energy resources as well as on federal lands. And support permanently removing the moratorium on drilling for oil and gas in the outer continental shelf.
Coalition member of the Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition.
Supports 25 x 25 Ag Energy Coalition efforts to promote use of renewable fuels.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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 |
Richard |
Gupton |
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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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support efforts to eliminate anti-dumping duty orders and other trade restrictions on solid urea and ammonium nitrate fertilizers from Russia and Ukraine. Support fair WTO agreement for agriculture.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), White House Office
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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Assisting EPA with the new proposal on a web based labeling system for section 3 pesticide registered products. Support modifications to EPA's Spill, Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) rules. Working with Oceans 21 Coalition to promote a rewriting of HR 21 and oppose the bill as currently written. Assist EPA with information on the pesticide container and containment rule.
Educate members of Congress and their staff on the effects climate change legislation will have on farm inputs and rise in natural gas prices due to climate change proposals. Oppose cap and trade legislation.
Oppose green house gas (GHG) emission regulation under the Clean Air Act. Support S.J.Res. 25 and legislation to delay enforcement.
Oppose S. 787 and HR 5088 - expands the definition of "navigable" water.
Support efforts to reform the Endangered Species Act.
Member of the EPA's Pesticide Policy Dialogue Committee, the committee reviews a wide range of EPA programs including pesticide registrations, registration procedures, spray drift mitigation, water pollution, labeling concepts, and other areas. The PPDC and its mission and its members are reported in the fed reg.
Working with EPA to define the definition of oil under the SPCC.
Work with EPA in defining the scope of inert ingredient regulation.
Oppose EPA's draft PR Notice on Spray Drift Labeling and Guidance.
Oppose regulatory course particulate matter through Clean Air Act NAAQS.
Worked with EPA to guide them in the development of NPDES permits for aquatic pesticide applications
Oppose prescribed quantitative fertilizer use in the Chesapeake Bay to control TMDLs
Worked with NRCS on ag conservation in the Chesapeake Bay
Opposed S. 1816, The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009
Worked with Congress to exempt FIFRA-compliant pesticide applications from the Clean Water Act.
Support continued use and registration of atrazine by the EPA, which is a beneficial and safe herbicide for use by the agricultural industry that has undergone years of extensive scientific review by the agency.
Opposed efforts by EPA to regulate urea and ammonia as pesticides under FIFRA
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House Office, Small Business Adminstration (SBA)
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Work with PHMSA on transportation safety, driver documentation and security issues. Coalition member of the Ag Transportation Working Group - supports reform of railroad practices related to rates, competition, new rail tank car design and deliveries of shipments. Support extending the Hours of Service Agricultural Exemption air mile radius of 150. Support maintaining railroads common carrier obligation and liability for TIH materials.
Support efforts to reform the Surface Transportation Board (S. 2889) on reforming the STB and providing more oversight of the railroads.
Oppose efforts to remove railroads common carrier obligation.
Worked with DOT's PHMSA and FMCSA to support mandatory anhydrous ammonia nurse tank testing and clinics. Support PHMSA turning SP 13554 into a regulation.
Oppose the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) tax as a way to fund the federal highway system
Support federal preemption on the transportation of HAZMAT.
Support "Safe Truckers Act", which streamlines the credentialing for HAZMAT drivers.
Worked with FMCSA on 2 year waiver to the HOS rules for transportation of anhydrous ammonia beginning October 6, 2010.
Request DOT for special permit incorporation into the regulations and asked Congress to support a DOT rulemaking for the special permit fitness determination process
Request DOT FMCSA on the HMSP to fix IT issues and the administration of the program to not treat hazmat unfairly.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Surface Transportation Board (STB), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) or so-called card check bill (S. 560, H.R. 1409). Oppose denying workers their right to a secret ballot when deciding whether to be represented by a unions.
Raised concerns on new OSHA proposal regarding record keeping and reporting requirements related to MSD injuries.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
E-Verify - Support mandatory use of E-Verify for contractors of the government
Support a fair and efficient method to verify the legality of employees
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
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support repeal of HR 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), a law that increases federal mandates and costs on American businesses.
Support HR 5141 / S 3578 - Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act.
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
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Pension issues - Support pension funding relief to ensure companies are not restricted from retaining employees due to pension funding obligations.
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
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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Opposed DISCLOSE Act (HR 5175 / S 3295), which violates first amendment protected rights of American businesses.
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
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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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