What was lobbied
20 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
promoting mineral supply chains; promoting industrial minerals in trade; critical minerals; global economy necessitates a leveling of the playing field to ensure all companies are able to have similar opportunities to succeed.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
Surface Transportation Board and promoting shippers' rights; demurrage reforms; competitive switching; reasonable rates; axle tolerance on bulk trucks; Infrastructure package (real infrastructure)
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Energy, Dept of
promoting supply chain strengthening; promoting mine development and reductions in permitting requirements; in order to have a domestic manufacturing industry, you need a robust minerals industry
Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of
OSHA and MSHA regulations in promoting safety and health; diesel exhaust; respirable crystalline silica; NIOSH and Mace, WV facility; MSHA/NIOSH Respirable Dust Partnership; Interagency Working Group on Asbestos in Consumer Products
Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)
55% of Metal/Nonmetal mining operations employ 5 or fewer people; the vast majority of metal/nonmetal companies are small business, so almost all outreach we do to Congress and the federal agencies is on behalf of small business related issues.
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
promote funding for the Experimental Mine at Mace, WV for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health with key Congressional offices. Discussed inclusion of a provision for the lowering of the royalty rate for sodium-based mineral producers with Congress.
Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
mineral supply chain; promoting domestic production of minerals; domestic
Contacted: Surface Transportation Board (STB); Energy, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
promote the Navigable Waters Protection Rule; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); MSGP for Stormwater from Industrial Activities; Clean Water Act/Groundwater issues; Climate change and related air rules/regulations.
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
promoting minerals in the agricultural supply chain
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE; Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
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Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
TSCA and related updates; Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act; NEPA; Climate Change; CERCLA
Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Superfund Tax; TSCA; other Chemical industry issues impacting the minerals sector
Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA)
percentage depletion deduction; possible tax reform; general tax credits
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Surface Transportation Board (STB)
Industrial Minerals use in consumer products; proper mineral definitions
Contacted: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
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Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
General Mining Law of 1872; royalties impacting the minerals industry; National Historic Preservation Act updates; Endangered Species Act; Critical Minerals; Migratory Birds;
Contacted: Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Surface Transportation Board (STB)
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Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Surface Transportation Board (STB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
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Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Surface Transportation Board (STB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
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