1st Quarter - Report — FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION (2012)

Firm

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Client

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$175,000

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.

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Dietary guidelines, food labeling and other nutrition related issues.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 110-246: The Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007; sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar or sugar cane, and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Issues concerning the organic standards and practices. Any general commodity programs issues. Clean Water Act: all issues dealing with prior converted cropland.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

All FTAs including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, TPP and all WTO negotiations that deal with an increase in the Tariff Rate Quotas and/or elimination of tariffs on sugar. Any other trade issues affecting sugar or biofuels.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Public Law 108-108: Appropriation of the Interior; all sections dealing with the Everglades Restoration Act. Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules. All areas dealing with wetlands, prior converted crop land, etc.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Public Law 109-58: All sections deealing with providing tax credits and other incentives for electricity produces from biomass. FSC bill: Energy tax provisions hereto intended. HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; all sections pertaining to definitions of renewable biomass, provisions related to renewable electricity standard as pertaining to biomass agriculture provisions.All legislation pertaining to cellulosic ethanol, sucrose ethanol, or other biofuel incentives.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues concerning the regulation of combustible dust.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.