4th Quarter - Report — FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION for FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION (2016)

Firm

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Client

FLORIDA CRYSTALS CORPORATION

Income

—

Expenses

$290,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

Legislation to extend time for compliance with EPA boiler rules. Areas dealing with the Clean Water Act definition and regulation of wetlands, prior converted crop land, etc. Issues related to Everglades protection and restoration.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTA's including Panama, Columbia, Thailand, NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, TPP and WTO negotiations that deal with an increase in the Tariff Rate Quotas and/or elimination of tariffs on sugar as well as Mexican Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty trade cases. Other trade issues affecting sugar or biofuels.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Public Law 113-79: The Agriculture Act of 2014. The sugar title and pertinent sections on biofuel from sugar or sugar cane,and general commodity programs issues. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016. The EPA's Clean Water Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States". The Clean Water Act and issues dealing with prior converted cropland. The Sugar Reform Act of 2015: H.R. 1714 and S.475.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 475 (114th), H.R. 1714 (114th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Public Law 111-353: Food Safety Modernization Act. Follow FDA implementation of FSMA: proposed rules, dietary guidelines, food labeling regulations, Congressional Oversight thereof.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PARKS SHACKELFORD	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

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.