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Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Discussed OSHA's revision to the Hazard Communication Standard, which defined combustible dust as a hazardous chemical.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Roads/Highway ROD

All programs dealing with highway infrastructure, includng S. 1813, MAP-21

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

See attached page: Congressional issues: Distillers dried grains Biotechnology regulatory issues Coexistence Market Access Program Foreign Market Development Program Trans-Pacific Partnership Low Level Presence Policy Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to trade International biotechnology approvals Free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea Executive Branch issues: Distillers dried grains Biotechnology regulatory issues Coexistence Market Access Program Foreign Market Development Program Trans-Pacific Partnership Low Level Presence Policy Sanitary and Phytosanitary Barriers to trade International biotechnology approvals Free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea U.S.-E.U. High Level Working Group U.S.-China Biotechnology Working Group

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Railroads RRR

Congressional issues: railroad access, capcacity, infrastructure and competition Executive Branch: Surface Transportation Board Railway Carrier Obligations for Transport of Hazardous Materials. Filed comments with STB re Weston Coal Traffic League-petition for declaratory offer.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Agriculture AGR

2012 Farm Bill, House and Senate Versions Food, Conservation & Energy Act of 2008: Implementation Title I, Commodity Programs See additional pages. Congressional issues: Biofuels infrastructure; Biofuels Research and Development; Coexistence Issues; Farm Bill Conservation Programs; FY 2011 USDA RE&E Budget, Food and Ag Budget, Support AFRI Funding. CFTC: implementation of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; public comments requested revision of the seventh element of its test for embedded volumetric optionality in a forward contract to clarify that the relevant time for looking at the parties intentions is at the time the contract was entered into as opposed to the time for exercise on non-exercise of the opportunity. Funding of agricultural programs in the FY 2012 budget, including Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program. Support of current baseline spending for crop insurance. FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill- support funding for mandatory programs in the current Farm Bill. Support completion of new Farm Bill authorization by end of FY 2012. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Crop Insurance: Support for timely implementation of RMA staffs preliminary recommendations for changes to the federal crop insurance programs rating methodology and expansion of the Yield Trend Endorsement to other crops and states. Discussion with RMA officials reported inconsistencies in aflatoxin testing/loss adjustment procedures; revision in producer guidance and information on RMA website. Advocate reauthorization of a new Farm Bill in 2012. Oppose Commodity Title Proposals in the House and Senate that would recouple production/planted acres to fixed target prices. H.R. 6083, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act Support of Rep. Bruce Braley's Discharge Petition to require a vote on House Agriculture Committee's Farm Bill. Support of legislation to extend of Transaction Account Guarantee program for community banks through the FDIC insurance program. Executive Branch: Biobased Procurement Program. Coexistence issues; FIFRA/Pesticide Registration. Implementation of Section 9002, Farm Bill of 2002 Federal Biobased Products Preferred. Procurement & USDA Certified Biobased Produce Voluntary Label Program; Plant Incorporated Protectants Updates. Update on research isues from USDA REE. USDA regulation of biotechnology. Communication of proper protocol for aflatoxin testing procedures and insurance adjustment claim processes.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 6083 (112th)

Transportation TRA

Activities related to locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, including supporting H.R. 4342, WAVE 4 Activities related to inland waterway trust funds Inland Waterway Capital Development Plan-Support H.R. 12-American Jobs Act-Support provisions related to inland waterways infrastructure funding.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 12 (112th), H.R. 4342 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

See attached page for details. Energy and Water Appropriatons for Mississippi River, Inland Waterways Trust Fund. MAP and FMD Funding. Appropriations for the Navigation and Ecosystems Sustainability Program for locks on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. USDA Research Funding. Biotechnology Regulatory Efficiency and Predictability.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Renewable Fuels Standard Biofuels Infrastructure -S. 187 Biofuel Market Expansion Act of 2011 H.R. 1687-Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 H.R. 1-Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill Congressional issues: Renewable fuels standard Open fuel standard Ethanol import tariff Renewable fuels infrastructure H.R. 1687-Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 Ethanol-related legislation, including H.R. 3199, H.R. 3552 and H.R. 3441 H.R. 1-Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill Executive Branch: All aspects detailing the implementation of the renewable fuels standard

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 187 (112th), H.R. 3552 (112th), H.R. 1687 (112th), H.R. 3441 (112th), H.R. 3199 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

See attached page for additional information: Congressional issues: H.R. 872 - support passage of legislation to eliminate NPDES permit requirements for pesticide applications Clean Air Act Fine/Coarse Particulate Matter-Support amendment to block EPA from promulgating new regulations Low Carbon Fuel Standards Ethanol Emissions Standards H.R. 2018 - Support a Clean Water Act amendment to preserve the authority of states to set their own water quality standards H.R. 4153-Support legislation to reform and reauthorize the Cheasapeake Bay Project S. 3065-Support passage of legislation to eliminate NPEDS permit requirements for pesticide applications Executive Branch: Climate change Clean Air Act Fine/Coarse Particulate Matter-oppose EPA proposed standard Wetlands Hypoxia Clean Water Act, NPDES, CAFOs, TMDLs Farm Bill Conservation Program Atrazine Spill prevention control and countermeasures Chesapeake Bay Executive Order (EO 13508) Chesapeake Bay TMDL for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment NPDES permits for pesticide applications Pesticide Spray Drift guidance and label languages Oppose mandatory numeric nutrient criteria development Proposed Clean Water Act Certainty or Assurance program for farmers Proposed "Waters of the US" guidance-oppose new EPA standard Review of neonicotinoid pesticides and effects on pollinators

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 872 (112th), H.R. 2018 (112th), H.R. 4153 (112th), S. 3065 (112th)