POLICY COMMUNICATONS, INC. for WESTERN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Energy/Nuclear ENG
1. Educating policymakers on the need to work towards energy independence through continued emphasis on responsible development of the full range of the nation's domestic energy resources. 2. Educating policymakers on the need to strengthen and expand the nation's electric transmission system. 3. Educating policymakers on the nexus between a robust domestic energy policy and a strong national minerals policy. Particular 3. (cont.) educational emphasis has been on rare earth minerals and their importance as inputs to a vast array of clean energy, electronics, high tech and defense applications. (This includes input to Members of Congress on H.R. 4866 and S. 3521.) 4. Stressing the implications of proposed Executive Branch regulatory requirements (NEPA, climate change), which would hamper energy and natural resource development projects throughout the West. 5. Educating policymakers on the need to focus on policies to encourage development of the nation's full range of "clean energy" resources and supporting technologies. 6. Supporting legislation to inform customers of the regulatory costs associated with the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 5964).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| HOLLY E PROPST | U.S. House of Representatives |
Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW
1. Educating policymakers on Roundtable consensus recommendations regarding regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs). 2. Educating policymakers on the potential costs vs. benefits of regional and federal approaches to the regulation of GHG emissions, including the implications of: EPA proposals to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act; CEQ proposals to integrate climate impact analyses into the NEPA process; SEC disclosure requirements; DOI/USFWS/USFS/BLM/EPA climate actions plans, etc. Activities 2. (cont.) include support for various pieces of House and Senate legislation to oppose such Executive Branch actions (including S.J. 26, S. 3032, S. 3230, S. 724, H.R. 391, H.R. 4396, H.J.R. 77, H.R. 5342, H.R. 4934). 3. Educating policymakers on the negative implications of suggested EPA actions to increase the stringency of Clean Air Act regulations covering fugitive dust emissions (coarse particulate matter) and ozone. 4. Educating policymakers on promising clean energy technologies, including discussions regarding the challenges facing carbon capture and sequestration/enhanced oil recovery technologies. 5. Educating policymakers on the implications of Congressional and Executive Branch efforts to place hurdles in the way of domestic onshore oil and gas production, through imposition of additional federal requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act (as called for in H.R. 2766/S. 1215). 6. Educating policymakers on the dangers to suggestions that EPA/Army Corps of Engineers' authority under the Clean Water Act be expanded.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| HOLLY E PROPST | U.S. House of Representatives |
Natural Resources NAT
1. Opposition to legislation that seeks to lock up natural resource and economic assets on millions of acres in the West (including H.R. 980, H.R. 1925, S. 799). 2. Opposition to the bulk packaging of land designation legislation into "omnibus" bills. 3. Opposition to suggested DOI land designation policies that contemplate unilateral Executive Branch designation of millions of 3. (cont.) acres of Western lands. Support for legislation/resolutions that would remove such authority (including, H.R. 4716, H.Res. 1406, H.R. 4754, H.R. 4651, S. 3016, H.R. 4703, H.R. 4675, S. 3041, H.R. 5580, H.R. 4996, S. 472). 4. Opposition to efforts by the Executive Branch to unilaterally lock off access to Bureau of Land Management lands through designation of Wilderness Study Areas and/or similar mechanisms (i.e. "Wild Lands" designations). 5. Educating policymakers on the implications of the Executive Branch's efforts to establish "projected future climate change-related species vulnerabilities" as a justification for a broad range of new regulatory actions/powers by agencies of the federal government. 6. Educating policymakers on the need for a robust minerals policy to support the U.S. economy. 7. Educating policymakers on the implications of proposed Executive Branch NEPA process revisions on energy and natural resource projects throughout the West. 8. Educating policymakers of the implications of insertion of "future climate impacts" as a rationale for species listings and critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| HOLLY E PROPST | U.S. House of Representatives |
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS
1. Educating policymakers on the implications of proposals to regulate coal combustion by-products as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| HOLLY E PROPST | U.S. House of Representatives |
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