Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007

Water Access Issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our WaterwaysWorking Act of 2007; Boater education issue - S1892 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2008 and HR 2830 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007; Definition of PWC issue: Marine Sanctuary (Monterrey Bay Amendments); Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway dredging projects; marine sanctuaries issue: HR 1197 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Working Waterfronts Access- HR 3223 Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill EPA Discharge Permit- HR 2550, S 2766

Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Coast Guard reauthorization and mandatory boater education issues: S 1892 and HR 2830 - Coast Guard Reauthorization Acts of 2007 and 2008. Issue: definition of PWC: Marine Sanctuary (Monterey Bay Amendment). Protecting water access issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterways Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects and HR 5451 Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008. More water access issues: HR 5469 To Provide Grants for the Revitalization of Waterfront Brownfields. Marine sanctuary issues: HR 1187 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Modification and Protection Act. Fish issues: HR 21 - Ocean Conservation Education. and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act and HR 5425 - The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008.

Client expense: $217,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Working Waterfront Access-HR 3223 Coast Guard Authorization Bill EPA Discharge Permit- HR 2550, S 2766, S 2067

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Water Access Issue: HR 3223 - The Keep Our WaterwaysWorking Act of 2007; Boater education issue - S1892 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2008 and HR 2830 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007; Definition of PWC issue: Marine Sanctuary (Monterrey Bay Amendments); Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway dredging projects; marine sanctuaries issue: HR 1197 - Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Support on H.R. 2421/S. 1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007; H.R. 1533/S.843, To provide for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program; H.R.1534/S. 906, To prohibit certain sales, distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes; and S.2643, To amend the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to control hazardous air pollutant emissions from electric utility steam generating units. Action on S. 2156, SECURE Water Act, including specific provisions relating to dam management, climate adaptation strategy and grants; the development of the 2009 Water Resources Development Act, including specific provisions relating to the US Corps of Engineers restoration programs; S. 1578, Ballast Water Management Act of 2007; H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008 including specific provisions relating to management and conservation of coastal areas; Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implementation of P.L. 94-265, The Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, including specific provisions relating to exempted fishing permits; H.R. 3223, Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007, including specific provisions relating to grants to acquire and protect areas that serve as working waterfronts; and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, including discussion of importance of US accession for protection of marine and coastal resources. Covered Officials Contacted: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Army Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Deputy Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers; Chief, Civil Works Program Integration Division, US Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Assistant Administrator, Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Protecting water access - HR 3223 - The Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Dredging Projects; US Coast Guard Reauthorization - S 1892 and HR 2830; Definition of a PWC - Marine Sanctuary (Monterrey Bay) Amendments; Oceans Policy Reform - HR 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education and National Strategy for the 21st Centure Act;

Client expense: $341,260 · Firm income: Not reported