4th Quarter - Report

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$708,752
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

EPA RCRA Rulemaking on Coal Ash Disposal S.Res.64, Resolution on EPA Regulations of Coal Ash H.R.493, Coal Ash Reclamation, Environment, and Safety Act of 2009, All Titles

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 493 (111th), S.Res. 64 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S.1570, The Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2009, All Titles H.R.4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009; and inclusion of expiring tax provisions S.1034 Tax Extenders Act of 2009; and inclusion of expiring tax provisions H.R.4173, The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, Title III

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIA GUSTAFSON —
MAGGIE HLOBIK —
M RICHCHARDSON NOLAN —
HAROLD P QUINN —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), S. 1034 (111th), S. 1570 (111th)

Foreign Relations FOR

S.1700, Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, All Titles

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTEN LYNN BALLWEG —
JULIA GUSTAFSON —
EMILY SCHLECT —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1700 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.2996, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2010 -sections of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and Office of Surface Mining; funding for Mining Law Administration at the BLM; the Minerals Information Team at the USGS; deferred payment of coal lease bids; bonus bids; BLM programs; USFS programs; EPA programs. H.R.3183, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Approriations Act, FY 2010 -Fossil Energy Research and Development; Corps of Engineers; Civil Works-Construction and Regulatory Program; funding for coal research, development and demonstration programs; lock and dam rehabilitation projects; and the Administration's proposed barge fee.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID O FINKENBINDER —
BRADFORD FRISBY —
JULIA GUSTAFSON —
MAGGIE HLOBIK —
GLENN KELLY —
M RICHCHARDSON NOLAN —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3183 (111th), H.R. 2996 (111th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R.2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, All Titles S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act, All Titles S.1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, All Titles S.1013, Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2009, All Titles S.1502, Carbon Stewardship Trust Fund, All Titles H.R.1689, Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act, All Titles S.949, The 21st Century Energy Technology and Deployment Act, All Titles S.1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, All Titles Department of Energy Proposed Excess Uranium Sale

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), S. 1013 (111th), H.R. 1689 (111th), S. 949 (111th), S. 1733 (111th), S. 1502 (111th), S. 1462 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act, All Titles S.560, Employee Free Choice Act, All Titles S.1679, Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Sec. 175

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE HLOBIK —
BRUCE H WATZMAN —

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1679 (111th), S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R.2868, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, All Titles H.R.2477, The Chemical Facility Security Authorization Act, All Titles

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTEN LYNN BALLWEG —
TAWNY BRIDGEFORD —

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2868 (111th), H.R. 2477 (111th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Greenhouse Gas Regulation under CAA CWA, Section 404 permits Definition of waters of the US and navigable waters definition H.R.1310, Clean Water Protection Act, All Titles S.696, Appalachia Restoration Act, All Titles S.787, Clean Water Restoration Act, All Titles S.1777, Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009, All Titles Discussion Draft, Clean Air Planning Act of 2009 (Carper) Discussion Draft, Satisfaction of Requirements Through Emissions Trading (Voinovich) Carper-Alexander-Klobuchar-Collins Staff Working Draft: To Amend the Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector. Murkowski CRA action to discharge EPA endangerment finding. Murkowski budget amendment to delay Clean Air Act greenhouse gas regulation at stationary sources for one year.

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills named: H.R. 1310 (111th), S. 696 (111th), S. 1777 (111th), S. 787 (111th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R.644, Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009, All Titles H.R.699, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009, All Titles H.R.3201, Locatable Mineral Royalty and Reclamation Act, All Titles H.R.3203 The Clean-up of Inactive and Abandoned Mines Act, All Titles H.R.3534, The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, All Titles S.140, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009, All Titles S.796, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009, All Titles SMCRA Permitting OSM Stream Buffer Zone Rule Mining Law Amendments Regulations to Implement EPAct 2005 Amendments to the Mineral Leasing Act Endangered Species Act - Indiana Bat Protection Guidelines

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 140 (111th), H.R. 3534 (111th), H.R. 3201 (111th), S. 796 (111th), H.R. 699 (111th), H.R. 644 (111th), H.R. 3203 (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.