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Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Roadless Rule

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Transportation TRA

H. R. 1618/S. 779 - Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act; H.R. 2724 - National Transportation Objectives Act of 2009; H.R. 1329/S. 575 - Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act; S. 1036 - A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish national purposes and goals for Federal surface transportation activities and programs and create a national surface transportation plan; Reuthorization of SAFETEA-LU

Contacted: SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Minerals Management Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1618 (111th), H.R. 2724 (111th), S. 779 (111th), S. 1036 (111th), H.R. 1329 (111th), S. 575 (111th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Lobbied for one day on an admnistrative marine fisheries issue asking offices to sign onto a letter to National Marine Fisheries Service; Lobbied to pass S. 212 and HR. 223, the expansion of northern California marine sanctuaries.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Minerals Management Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 212 (111th), H.R. 223 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Oppose Murkowski amendment to Interior Appropriations bill;

Contacted: Minerals Management Service; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 1733, all titles; EPA endangerment finding; EPA GHG auto emission standards; EPA GHG tailoring proposal; SB 1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act; all global warming provisions; Comprehensive clean energy and global warming legislation, including: S. 433, 1733, HR. 2454, 2998.

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), S. 1733 (111th), S. 433 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S 1733 Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act - all provisions; Oppose massive new nuclear subsidies in any climate/energy bill; Lobbied against inclusion of offshore driling provisions in S. 1462 (American Clean Energy Leadership Act); Lobbied Dept of Interior to substantially revise or throw out the 2010-2015 5 Year Offshore Drilling Plan; Comprehensive clean energy and global warming legislation, including: S. 433, 1733, HR. 2454, 2998.

Contacted: Minerals Management Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Bills named: S. 433 (111th), H.R. 2454 (111th), S. 1462 (111th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

EPA endangerment finding, tailoring rule; S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act; S. 1215 FRAC ACT, provisioins releating to protecting drinking water; Legislation to protect the Chesapeake Bay- S.1816, H.R.3852

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1215 (111th), S. 787 (111th), S. 1816 (111th), H.R. 3852 (111th)

Natural Resources NAT

Comment period - Withdrawal of lands around Grand Canyon from new mining claims (Federal Register Vol. 74, Number 138)

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES