PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC. for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation and regulation pertaining to the taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs); discussions related to draft tax reform proposals and their treatment of industrial timberlands; discussions related to tax extenders legislation - the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015.

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to the Interior Appropriations budget and related U.S. Forest Service budget; FY 2016 Interior & Environment Appropriations Bills - S 1645, HR 2822; issues related to the Land and Water Conservation Fund; Issues related to 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Bill HR 2029

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

Bills named: H.R. 2822 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th)

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; building energy code programs; North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act -HR 8; issues related to building with wood; Issues related to federal procurement environmental labels and forest certification.

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

Bills named: H.R. 8 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the H2B immigration guestworker visa program.

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

Transportation TRA

Issues related to truck weights on federal highways; Safe, Flexible, and Efficient (SAFE) Trucking Act - HR 3488

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

Bills named: H.R. 3488 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to the management, maintenance and harvest of private timberlands; issues related to management of federal forest lands

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

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues related to pesticides and general NPDES permits; issues related to biomass emissions in relation to the Clean Air Act carbon neutrality; Working Forests for Clean Energy Act S1284; issues related to EPA's Waters of the U.S. Rule

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the agreement between Canada and US amending the Softwood Lumber Agreement

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the Endangered Species Act, climate change and carbon sequestration; issues related to forest certification; issues related to energy efficiency; issues related to taxpayer-funded construction of buildings

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