NUTTER & HARRIS, INC for PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the H2B immigration guestworker visa program.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Natural Resources NAT

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

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the agreement between Canada and the United States amending the Softwood Lumber Agreement.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Transportation TRA

Issues related to truck weights on federal highways; Safe, Flexible, and Efficient (SAFE) Trucking act, HR 3488.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3488 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation and regulation pertaining to the taxation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), discussions related to tax extenders legislation; The Protecting American from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to Department of Interior appropriations budget and related U.S. Forest Service budget; FY2016 Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency Appropriations bills -- S 1645, HR 2822; issues related to funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund; issues related to 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Bill, HR2029.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Forest Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 2822 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to Endangered Species Act, climate change and carbon sequestration, forest certification, energy efficiency,and taxpayer-funded construction of buildings.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues related to: renewable energy, biofuels, biomass and bioenergy technologies; the carbon neutrality of biomass energy; EPA treatment of biogenic carbon in regulatory proceedings, building energy code programs; North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, HR 8; building with wood; and federal procurement environmental labels and forest certification.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 8 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues related to pesticides and general NPDES permits, biomass emissions in relation to Clean Air Act carbon neutrality, Working Forests for Clean Energy Act -- S.1284, and EPA's Waters of the U.S. Rule.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 1284 (114th)