1st Quarter - Report

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC. for ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC

Period 1st Quarter 2011 Filed Apr 20, 2011 Signed by Richard Trilsch, Administrative Director

Official filing
Firm
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC.
Client
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC
Income
—
Expenses
$83,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Natural Resources NAT

Mining withdrawal around the Grand Canyon. Oppose cuts in natural resources funding and riders vs ESA and DOI wildlands policy in continuing resolution.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANNA AURILIO —
NANCY ELLEN PYNE —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

HR1 and the Continuing Resolution for the 2011 Budget-- Land and Water Conservation Funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NANCY ELLEN PYNE —

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 1: Continuing Resolution on environmental issues, HR 910, HR 97, HR 153, HR 199, HR 750, HR 10, HJ Res. 9, HJ Res 42, HR 1292. S. 231, S. 228, S. 493: Greenhouse gas amendments, S. 482, S. 299. Mercury and Air Toxics Rule for Utilities, Industrial air toxics rule, cement kiln air toxics rule.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHELLEY VINYARD —

Contacted: White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 199 (112th), S. 228 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 97 (112th), H.J.Res. 9 (112th), H.J.Res. 42 (112th), S. 493 (112th), H.R. 153 (112th), S. 299 (112th), S. 231 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 10 (112th), H.R. 1292 (112th), H.R. 750 (112th), S. 482 (112th)

Transportation TRA

National emissions and efficiency standards for vehicle model years 2017-2025; HR 1, provisions on EPA authority and funding for regulating greenhouse gases; HR 910.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CROSS New —

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 482 and S. 231, related to EPA's ability to regulate global warming pollution. H.R. 910, H.R. 97, H.R. 153, H.R. 199; All relate to EPA authority to regulate global warming pollution; All provisions of all bills. H.R. 1 and subsequent government funding bills for the 2011 fiscal year; focused on environmental policy riders. Amendments to S. 493 dealing with EPA's ability to regulate global warming pollution. HR 1242 - Nuclear safety bill. S 741 - Renewable Electricty Standard.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SEAN GARREN —
NATHAN WILLCOX —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 482 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 153 (112th), H.R. 97 (112th), H.R. 1242 (112th), S. 493 (112th), H.R. 199 (112th), S. 231 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Provisions of H.R. 1, H.R. 910, S. 231, S. 482 that would block EPA's limits on air pollution. Rules to limit mercury and other air toxics, soot, smog, and carbon dioxide pollution. HR 910, Representative Upton's Bill, to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. S.482, Representative Upton/Inhofe Bill, to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. S.231, Senator Rockefeller's Bill, to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases for 2 years. Oppose rollbacks to clean air act and clean water act both on Continuing Resolution and Upton/ McConnell bills and Rockefeller, stabenow, Baucus amendments to the Small Business bill. HR. 1- Clean Water provisions. Goodlatte amendment on Chesapeake Bay. Rooney amendment on Florida's waters. H.R. 718 Pesdicide bill exception from Clean Water Act. Clean Water Act juristiction guidance. Reducing stormwater rulemaking. HR 1, provisions on EPA authority and funding for regulating greenhouse gases; HR 910; S 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011, amendments 236, 277, 215, and 183.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY ABRAMS —
ANNA AURILIO —
JOHN CROSS —
JEANETTE PIPER CROWELL —
LAUREN RANDALL —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), S. 231 (112th), H.R. 718 (112th), S. 482 (112th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.