1st Quarter - Report

NATIONAL WOODEN PALLET AND CONTAINER ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL WOODEN PALLET AND CONTAINER ASSOCIATION

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Manufacturing MAN

1/18/12 met with US Postal Service: Scholnick, Wanamaker Deomano. Cathy Mood, Manager, Mail Transport Equipment, Cindy Mallonee, Manager, Logistics. Two additional attendees not identified. Discussion: NWPCA gave an overview of our industry (size & composition) a history of our effoets with USPS including establishing a reporting website feature, and private sector business relationaship s between pallet pools and recyclers. Encouraged the agency to deveop and asset recovery sysem using the already the already existing infrastructure of pallet recycling companies, with some level of compensation for collecting, sorting, storing and returning USPS pallets. 2/1/12 Scholnick, Deomano, & Wanamaker met with Rebecca Bech, Deputy Administrator for APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine. Also there was Paul Chaloux, APHIS National Program Manager, Emerald Ash Borer Discussed the competitive disadvantage for members in quarantine areas through the piecemeal approach to regulations. Talked about the advantages of having a voluntary program recognized by APHIS rather than the Agriculture Marketing Service as previously discussed.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDGAR DEOMANO —
BRUCE N SCHOLNICK —
KAREN E WANAMAKER —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

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