1st Quarter - Report — ARCH RESOURCES, INC. (FORMERLY ARCH COA… for ARCH RESOURCES, INC. (FORMERLY ARCH COA… (2011)

Firm

ARCH RESOURCES, INC. (FORMERLY ARCH COAL, INC.)

Client

ARCH RESOURCES, INC. (FORMERLY ARCH COAL, INC.)

Income

—

Expenses

$620,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 H.R. 1473, Department of Defense & Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, Funding Limitations FY 2012 Administration Budget Request

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 1473 (112th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

HR 1391, RCCRA Act of 2011, All Titles

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1391 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 1439, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011, All Titles S. 26, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2011, All Titles Draft Legislation to facilitate monetarization of accumulated alternatives, minimum tax credits Draft Legislation to modify section 45(a) of the IRC

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1439 (112th), S. 26 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 97, Free Industry Act, All Titles HR 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, All Titles S. 228, Defending America's Affordable Energy and Jobs Act, All Titles S. 482, Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, All Titles HR 909, Roadmap for America's Energy Future, All Titles S. 757, A bill to provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture technologies, All Titles HR 1, Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 Amendment 466 to HR 1, An Amendment to broaden the greenhouse gas (GHG) restrictions in the base bill by prohibiting funding for EPA to issue or enforce regulations on GHG

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 228 (112th), H.R. 909 (112th), S. 482 (112th), H.R. 97 (112th), S. 757 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

HR 1579, Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2011, All Titles HR 522, Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011, All Titles S. 153, Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Proctection Act of 2011, All Titles MSHA Resource Allocation and Enforcement Proposed Respirable Dust Regulation Proposed Pattern of Violations Regulation Proposed SEC Safety Reporting Regulations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 522 (112th), H.R. 1579 (112th), S. 153 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act, McConnell Amendment H.R. 960, Mining Jobs Prevention Act, All Titles S. 272, EPA Fair Play Act, All Titles S. 468, Mining Jobs Protection Act, All Titles H.R. 1 Full Year Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act of 2011 Amendment 109 to HR 1, An Amendment that prohibits funding for the EPA's April 1, 2010, conductivity guidance titled "Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Mining Operations Under the Clean Water Act, National Enivronmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order." Amendment 216 to HR 1, An Amendment that prohibits funding for the EPA to exercise its veto authority under section 404 (C) of the Clean Water Act Amendment 217 to HR 1, An Amendment that prohibits funding for EPA to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendment 498 to HR 1, An Amendment that prohibits funding for the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) for development or implementation of the stream protection rules Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Guidance CWA, Section 404 Permits EPA NAAQS for Particulate Matter Greenhouse Gas Regulation under CAA Navigable Waters Guidance Utility MACT Regulation under CAA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 468 (112th), S. 272 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), H.R. 960 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

HR 1, Wildlands Provisions HR 302, Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act of 2011, All Titles HR 758, National Monument Designation & Transparency Accountability Act, All Titles HR 817, To Amend the Antiquities Act of 1906, All Titles HR 845, Montana Land Sovereignty Act, All Titles S. 26, Elimination of Double Subsidies for Hardrock Mining, All Titles S. 122, National Monuments Act of 2011, All Titles S. 407, National Monument Designation Transparency & Accountability Act, All Titles DOI Wild Lands Policy SMCRA Permitting OSM Stream Protection Rule BLM Permitting Federal Coal Leasing Approvals

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS ALTMEYER	—
JOHN R SNIDER	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 407 (112th), S. 122 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), S. 26 (112th), H.R. 302 (112th), H.R. 845 (112th), H.R. 758 (112th), H.R. 817 (112th)

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.