CONOCOPHILLIPS for CONOCOPHILLIPS

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Natural gas markets. Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act. HR 5120 - SAFER Pipelines Act. Climate change risk and sustainable financing. General support of ConocoPhillips and energy-related issues. Nationwide Permit Program. Section 1504 Disclosure of Payments for Resource Extraction Rules. Crude oil shipments and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Amendment Act (P.L. 104-58).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 5120 (116th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Quad OA methane technical rule-- planning discussions. EPA Integrated Risk information system-- planning discussions. Climate change-- planning discussions. Alaska small remote incinerators provision in the FY 2021 Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations Bill & in the omnibus appropriations bill, HR 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Particulate matter NAAQS regulation-- planning discussions. Legislation to implement the Baker Schultz carbon dividends plan, including a sufficiently robust and gradually rising price on carbon. Support for a well-designed federal regulation of methane emissions.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 133 (116th)

Natural Resources NAT

General discussion, no legislation, on issues related to Alaska and Lower 48 oil and gas development, permitting and land access. Permitting- ConocoPhillips' Willow project in the NPR-A; Record of Decision on the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Willow Master Development Plan. Bureau of Land Management's revised NPR-A integrated activity plan. Permitting of APD (application for permit to drill) on federal land. Development of the new 5-year polar bear Incidental Take Regulations (ITRs) for Alaska's North Slope. Funding for US Fish & Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Joint Ventures in the omnibus appropriations bill, HR 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 133 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Draft legislation (not introduced) related to orphan wells. Proposed US Army Corps of Engineers 2020 Nationwide Permit Program, specifically Nationwide Permit 12.

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Extraordinary Processing Allowance in the proposed ONRR 2020 Valuation & Civil Penalty Rule. Fuels policy CAFE standards-- planning only.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General energy-related tax discussions. IRS Section 45Q regulations. Intangible drilling cost (IDC) expensing. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: corporate tax rate and foreign tax credit regulations. CARES Act: net operating loss provisions. Carbon price and dividends legislation.

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)