NUTTER & HARRIS, INC for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY

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.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2647 (114th)

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 -- S 1645, HR 2822; issues related to funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2822 (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, and building energy code programs.

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

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); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

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

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Bills named: S. 1284 (114th)