1st Quarter - Report — PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC. for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC (2015)

Firm

PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC.

Client

PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC

Income

—

Expenses

$300,000

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.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation and regulation pertaining to the taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs); discussions related to draft tax reform proposals and their treatment of industrial timberlands.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to the Interior Appropriations budget and related U.S. Forest Service budget

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the H2B immigration guestworker visa program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues related to pesticides and general NPDES permits; issues related to biomass emissions in relation to the Clean Air Act carbon neutrality.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service

Natural Resources NAT

Issues related to the management, maintenance and harvest of private timberlands.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Transportation TRA

Issues related to truck weights on federal highways.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to renewable energy, biofuels, biomass and bioenergy technologies; the carbon neutrality of biomass energy; and building energy code programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to the Endangered Species Act, climate change and carbon sequestration; issues related to forest certification; issues related to taxpayer-funded construction of buildings

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT JIRSA	—
KATHLEEN SIMS New	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

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.