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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1101 15th Street, NW |
Address2 | 11th Floor |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 15543-12
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6. House ID# 309180000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Madelyn Rygg |
Date | 4/25/2017 5:57:11 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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Signed on to letters to President Obama on neonicotinoid pesticides and CAFOs rule.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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
US EPA review of ss312 - Marine Sanitation Device Standards.
US EPA - US/Canadian Emission Control Area.
US EPA - review of lead in aviation fuel standard.
US EPA - Modification of the District of Columbia Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4).
US ACOE - Evaluate the cumulative impacts from coal terminal expansion and constructions projects in Oregon and Washington under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA").
US Dept of the Interior - Shell Arctic oil drilling.
US EPA - Region 10 - No-discharge zone for Puget Sound - ss312 of Clean Water Act.
US EPA - Pebble Mine - Bristol Bay, Alaska - An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
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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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
Consumer Product Safety Commission - Public Comments on Docket No. CPSC-2008-0005 (Upholstered Furniture Fire Safety).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
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 FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. Oppose Farm Bill amendments that gut Clean Water Act protections for direct pesticide applications to waterways.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 MAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts with MARAD - Marine Highway Programs, US EPA, US Coast Guard (USCG) and US State Dept regarding IMO Polar Code.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Maritime Administration (MARAD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), State - Dept of (DOS)
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
NOAA - Office of National Marine Sanctuaries; support the expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones (GFNMS) and Cordell Bank (CBNMS) National Marine Sanctuaries.
NOAA/NMFS - Support for listing 66 Reef-building Corals as Threatened or Endangered and Reclassifying Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals as Endangered.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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
H.R. 1579, Inclusive Prosperity Act, whole bill.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, all sections.
Transatlantic Trade & Investment, all sections.
Trade promotion authority, all sections.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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
Gina McCarthy's nomination as Secretary of Environmental Protection Agency.
Funding for Environmental Education.
Funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Education Program.
S. 601, Water Resources Development Act Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability, Anti-environment riders.
H.R. 271, Conflicts Act of 2013, Waiving environmental regulations.
S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, Block Clean Water Act protections for pesticide application; Amendment to make it illegal to take pictures of livestock and their waste.
Amendment No 955 to S. 954, Precluding Rural Energy for America Program money from being used for blender pumps.
S. Amendments 1019, 958 and 994 to S. 954, Repeal of Endangered Species Act protections.
S. 744f, Immigration Modernization Act, Border Fence.
S. 1009, Chemical Safety Improvements Act, Toxic chemicals.
S. Amendments 1997 and 1207 to S. 744, Immigration Modernization Act, Border Fence.
H.R. 2609, Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill; USEC, Fossil Energy Research and Development Program, and B61 bomber funding.
U.S. Import/Export Bank, Thai Binh II coal plant.
S. 1202, Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act, whole bill.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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