2nd Quarter - Report

NUTTER & HARRIS, INC for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY

Period 2nd Quarter 2015 Filed Jul 20, 2015 Signed by ROBERT L. HARRIS

Official filing
Firm
NUTTER & HARRIS, INC
Client
PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY
Income
$80,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to Endangered Species Act, climate change and carbon sequestration, forest certification, and taxpayer-funded construction of buildings.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to renewable energy, biofuels, biomass and bioenergy technologies, the carbon neutrality of biomass energy, EPA treatment of biogenic carbon in regulatory proceedings, and building energy code programs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Transportation TRA

Issues related to truck weights on federal highways.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues and legislation pertaining to the taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), discussions related to draft tax reform and the tax treatment of industrial timberlands.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to Department of Interior appropriations budget and related U.S. Forest Service budget; FY2016 Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency Appropriations bills; issues related to funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the H2B immigration guestworker visa program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; U.S. Forest Service

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues related to pesticides and general NPDES permits, biomass emissions in relation to Clean Air Act carbon neutrality, Working Forests for Clean Energy Act -- S.1284, and EPA's Waters of the U.S. Rule.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1284 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to the management, maintenance and harvest of private timberlands, the management of federal forest lands, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015 -- H.R. 2647, National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2015 -- S.1691.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT L HARRIS —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2647 (114th), S. 1691 (114th)

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.