1st Quarter - Report

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC. for ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$58,066
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Land and Water Conservation Fund

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JILLIAN HERTZBERG —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

S. 2204, The Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act; All bills concerning approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CROSS —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); White House Office; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Park Service (NPS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 2204 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Land and Water Conservation Fund- FY13 LWCF appropriations; LWCF amendments to transportation bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
NANCY ELLEN PYNE —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Waters of the U.S. Guidance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHELLEY VINYARD —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Park Service (NPS); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Transportation TRA

S. 1813, MAP-21, and the House's equivalent H.R. 14, all provisions related to transit funding and all amendments related to energy development or land preservation; H.R. 7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012, all provisions related to transit funding or energy development; H.R. 3408, PIONEERS Act; Light duty vehicle fuel efficiency standards for years 2017-2025 Opposing House bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANNA AURILIO —
JOHN CROSS —

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Park Service (NPS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 14 (112th), H.R. 7 (112th), S. 1813 (112th), H.R. 3408 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

extending production tax credit for renewables; Extensions of clean energy tax credits, specifically renewable energy production tax credit (HR 3307 and S 2201), offshore wind investment tax credit (HR 3238 and S 1397), 1603 Treasury Porgram reauthorization, 48 C manufacturing tax credit, new and existing homes efficiency tax credits. S 2204 - clean energy tax credit package from Sen. Menendez, Sen. Stabenow's amendment 1812 to S. 1813. HR 4017 (Smart Energy Act); BOEM Smart from the Start offshore wind development progress.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY ABRAMS —
ANNA AURILIO —

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Park Service (NPS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 1813 (112th), H.R. 4017 (112th), H.R. 3238 (112th), H.R. 3307 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Supporting EPA regulations on clean air and water and opposing congressional rollbacks. Waters of the US; Worked with Congress to mobilize support for President Obama to restore Clean Water Act protections to America's waterways. S.J. Res. 37, resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to block EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Rule. Restoring Clean Water Act protections.Administrative rulemaking for New Source Performance Standards for coal-fired power plants. General legislative rollbacks of EPA clean air authority, including Sen. Inhofe's Congressional Review Act resolution to block the Mercury & Air Toxics Standard

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANNA AURILIO —
JILLIAN HERTZBERG —
SARAH HYMAN —
NATHAN WILLCOX —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Natl Park Service (NPS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S.J.Res. 37 (112th)

Natural Resources NAT

Supporting Land and Water Conservation Fund. Yosemite National Park- 10 mile buffer zone (mineral withdrawal.)Otero Mesa national monument status; and mineral withdrawal. Grand Canyon National Park mineral withdrawal; and defense in Congress. National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (HR 1505)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANNA AURILIO —
NANCY ELLEN PYNE —

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Park Service (NPS); White House Office; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1505 (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.