3rd Quarter - Report — PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC. for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC (2015)

Firm

PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC.

Client

PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC

Income

—

Expenses

$330,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the H2B immigration guestworker visa program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

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

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

Transportation TRA

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 3488 (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; Energy Bill -HR 8; issues related to building with wood

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

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

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

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to the management, maintenance and harvest of private timberlands; issues related to management of federal forest lands; Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015 - HR 2647.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

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

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

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN SIMS	—

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

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.