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Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

75 Fed. Reg. 68044 Regulation To Mitigate the Misfueling of Vehicles and Engines With Gasoline Containing Greater Than Ten Volume Percent Ethanol and Modifications to the Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Programs; Efforts related to EPA's approval of E15 gasoline; Efforts relating to EPA's implementation of the renewable fuels standard; Legislative efforts concerning the Renewable Fuels Standard and low carbon fuels.

Contacted: Vice President of the U.S.; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Minerals Management Service; Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Draft Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, Section 313; CBP General Notice 19 CFR Part 177 "Proposed Modification and Revocation of Ruling Letters Relating to Customs Application of the Jones Act to the Transportation of Certain Merchandise and Equipment Between Coastwise Points"; Efforts related to implementation of International Maritime Organization 2020 sulfur standard; Efforts related to marine transport of crude oil and natural gas.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Minerals Management Service; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); Vice President of the U.S.; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

HR 1616 European Energy Security and Diversification Act; HR 948 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act; S 370 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act; S 482 DASKA Act; Efforts related to implementation of tariffs and other policies related to the Sec. 301 investigation regarding China; Efforts related to negotiations of steel tariffs and quotas; Efforts related to potential Russian sanctions; Efforts related to potential Venezuela sanctions; Efforts related to the Department of Commerce's Sec. 232 investigation regarding steel imports; Efforts related to the passage of the USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada Agreement).

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Vice President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); Minerals Management Service; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 948 (116th), H.R. 1616 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 617 Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act; 83 Fed. Reg. 67612 Rules Regarding Certain Hybrid Arrangements; 83 Fed. Reg. 39514 Guidance Regarding the Transition Tax Under Section 965 and Related Provisions; 83 Fed. Reg. 51072 Guidance Related to Section 951A (Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income); 83 Fed. Reg. 63200 Guidance Related to the Foreign Tax Credit, Including Guidance Implementing Changes Made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; 83 Fed. Reg. 65956 Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax; 83 Fed. Reg. 67490 Limitation on Deduction for Business Interest Expense; Legislative efforts concerning tax reform proposals relating to energy policy.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Minerals Management Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Vice President of the U.S.; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

HR 1315 Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act; Draft PHMSA reauthorization legislation; 80 Fed. Reg. 61609 Pipeline Safety: Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines; 81 Fed. Reg. 20722 Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines; 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act; 83 Fed. Reg. 31098 Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process; Efforts related to the development of energy infrastructure; Efforts related to the use of emergency and wartime authorities to subsidize nuclear and coal-fired power generation facilities; Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning proposals related to energy policy, creation of new U.S. jobs, energy security and energy independence; Legislative efforts related to a clean energy standard.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Minerals Management Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Vice President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1315 (116th)

Homeland Security HOM

HR 370 Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; S 300 Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Efforts related to cybersecurity.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Minerals Management Service; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Vice President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: H.R. 370 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

S 638 PFAS Action Act; 80 Fed. Reg. 37054 Clean Water Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States"; 82 Fed. Reg. 58050 Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation, Delay and Suspension of Certain Requirements; 83 Fed. Reg. 32227 Definition of Waters of the United States-Recodification of Preexisting Rule; 83 Fed. Reg. 52056 Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Reconsideration; Efforts related to draft National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Legislative efforts related to natural gas and carbon capture research and development.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Minerals Management Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Vice President of the U.S.; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Natural Resources NAT

79 Fed. Reg. 27052 Policy regarding implementation of section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act; 79 Fed. Reg. 27060 Definition of Destruction or Adverse Modification of Critical Habitat; 80 Fed. Reg. 40767 Onshore Oil and Gas Operations, Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases, Site Security; 81 Fed. Reg. 50306 Amendments to Civil Penalty Regulation; 81 Fed. Reg. 7414 Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat, Implementing Changes to the Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat; 82 Fed. Reg. 20815 Executive Order 13795 of April 28, 2017 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy; 82 Fed. Reg. 31408 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities, Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys in the Atlantic Ocean; 83 Fed. Reg. 17359 Wayne National Forest: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Scioto, Vinton and Washington Counties, Ohio, Assessment and Report of Ecological, Social, and Economic Conditions, Trends, and Sustainability for the Wayne National Forest; 83 Fed. Reg. 31343 Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf - Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions; 83 Fed. Reg. 829 Notice of Availability of the 2019-2024 Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas leasing Program and Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts related to BOEM NTL No. 2016-N01; Efforts related to government royalties for federal oil and gas production; Efforts related to marine sound issues; Efforts related to offshore seismic permitting; Efforts related to oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas.

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Minerals Management Service; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)