4th Quarter - Report

SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS & AFFILIATES for SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS & AFFILIATES

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$93,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Signatory to a letter to President Obama voicing opposition to the White House's decision to ban registered lobbyists from serving on trade advisoy councils. Other activities include support for introduction of a bill (no number) to suspend temporarily the duty on 4-Methylbenzenesulfonamide as part of the Miscellaneous Tarriff Bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM ALLMOND —
JUSTINE FREISLEBEN —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Kids Safe Chemicals Act, no bill number because it was not yet introduced, provisions regarding removing burden from government to chemical industry on proving chemicals are safe. Our activities also included meetings with EPA and OMB staff to discuss the EPA's revisions to the National Emissions Standard Air Pollutants (NESHAP) to include area sources at certain chemical manufacturing facilities. Other activities include discussions with EPA regarding possible negative impacts on small business due to the agency's proposed Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM ALLMOND —
DANIEL MOSS —
DANIEL NEWTON —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 2868, Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, all provisions related to extending the existing chemical security standards, methods to reduce the consequences of a terrorist attack, citizen suits, and federal preemption.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM ALLMOND —
MICHAEL F KENNEDY —
ELIZABETH ANN STEVULAK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2868 (111th)

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.