3rd Quarter - Report — CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC (2017)

Firm

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Client

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC

Income

—

Expenses

$40,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Manufacturing MAN

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. joined other iron ore and steel industry interests in sending a letter to President Trump urging expeditious resolution of the pending Section 232 investigation into steel imports and their effect on U.S. national security.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM	—

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.

Environment/Superfund ENV

Advocated for an iron ore industry exemption from the US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed CERCLA 108(b) financial assurance requirements (Docket ID EPA-HQ-SFUND-2015-0781) on the basis of low-risk; urged EPA to formally withdraw the December 23, 2016 draft Conductivity (water quality) Guidance document due to flaws in the underlying conductivity science; urged Congressional engagement with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to ensure timely review of a USACE permit required for a Cleveland-Cliffs taconite/iron ore mine in Minnesota

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PATRICK M BLOOM	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); President of the U.S.

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.