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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 | 445 South Street |
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| City | Morristown |
State | NJ |
Zip Code | 07960 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 30041-12
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6. House ID# 319490000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2020 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Paula Soos |
Date | 7/20/2020 1:47:30 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
General background education on renewable energy, production tax credits, climate change and grid modernization (no bill);
Issues related to renewable fuel standards (no bill);
Interior Appropriations funding for agency staff levels (no bill number);
Issues related to PURPA policy and FERC Docket AD 16-16;
Energy infrastructure education (no bill);
Issues related to opioid policy and management of unwanted opioid management funding (no bill);
S. 928 Taxpayer First Act (issues related to energy/clean energy policies);
H.R. 2741, Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America Act (issues related to energy and grid infrastructure);
H.R. 2096 & S. 1142, Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019 (issues related to energy storage);
Department of Energy report for R&D for Waste-to-Energy (no bill);
S. 2657, Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act of 2019 (issues related to energy, climate and grid policy, including microgrids and water supply modifications);
Issues related to House Clean Energy legislation (no bill), municipal microgrids (the CLEAN Future Act, no bill introduced))
General education on need for supporting municipal energy microgrids and net metering for local infrastructure (no bill);
S.3986, "A bill to approve certain advanced biofuel registrations, to require the consideration of certain advanced biofuel pathways, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes," (issues related to renewable fuel standard funding on application processing)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy - Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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 |
Paula |
Soos |
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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
S.928, Taxpayer First Act (issues related to energy/clean energy policies);
General education on production tax credit (no bill);
H.R.3301, Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 (issues related to energy tax extenders);
H.R.3305, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020, (issues related to opioids and the Department of Justice and recycling and the Environmental Protection Agency);
Suspended mutilated coin proposal (no bill);
H.R. 2, "The Moving Forward Act," (issues related to Section 45 tax credits for baseload renewable energy);
Issues related to Department of Interior appropriations for funding for Environment Protection Agency for e-rin processing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Mint
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 |
Paula |
Soos |
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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
General education on solid waste management, recycling and opioid waste disposal (no bill);
General education on recycling infrastructure (no bill);
General education on climate policy (no bill);
Waste-to-Energy and Publicly Owned Treatment Works energy infrastructure issues (no bill);
H.5221, 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019 (entire bill);
S.3263, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 (entire bill);
The RFS Electric Pathway Certainty Act (House bill draft pending introduction) to allow EPA to assess an application fee for submissions of petitions to approve an electric fuel pathway under the RFS
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Paula |
Soos |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following 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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |