Virginia Access to Energy Act

H.R. 1115, Expedited Offshore Permitting Act; H.R. 1229, Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act; H.R. 1230, Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act; H.R.1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act; S. 1331, Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act; H.R. 1372, VA Energy Act; H.R. 1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R. 2354, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012, issues related to funding for the STRONGER, FracFocus and Risk Based Data Management programs; S. 917, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act; S. 953, Offshore Production and Safety Act; 76 Fed. Reg. 30878, Department of the Interior, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Federal Oil and Gas Valuation, Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; 76 Fed. Reg. 32197, Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, EIS No. 20110174, Draft EIS, USFS, 00, George Washington National Forest Land and Resource Management Project, Implementation, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Frederick, Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties VA and Hampshire, Hardy, Monroe, and Pendleton Counties, WV; 75 Fed. Reg. 63346, Oil and Gas Sulphur Operation in the Outer Continental Shelf - Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf; Legislative efforts regarding reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement; Legislative efforts concerning revenue sharing for domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Efforts relating to the use of categorical exclusions as defined in Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Regulatory efforts concerning oil spill response planning; Regulatory efforts concerning consideration of species under Endangered Species Act; Regulatory efforts regarding approvals of exploration plans and issuance of permits to drill on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Efforts concerning access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas.

Client expense: $1,910,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Minerals Management Service, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, White House Office

FY2011 Appropriations bills and funding for DOI and EPA to carry out regulatory responsibilities related to offshore oil and gas leases; HR 840 Safe Exploration Coming from Underwater Reserves of Energy Act, provisions relating to resuming operations in Gulf of Mexico; HR 909 Roadmap for America's Energy Future, all provisions; HR 903 Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act, all provisions; HR 1287 Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 1372 Virginia Access to Energy Act, all provisions; S 916 Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011, all provisions; S 917 Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011, all provisions; S 953 Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011, all provisions; S 1321 Practical Energy Plan Act of 2011 To establish national energy policies, all provisions; HR 927, United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act, to impose incentive fee on non producing leases, all provisions; HR 601 End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 1959 Pain at the Pump Act, all provisions; HR 1813 Gas Price Relief Act, all provisions; S 214 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011, all provisions; S 215 Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2011, all provisions; S 258 Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, all provisions; S 338 A bill to prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, and for other purposes, all provisions; HR 52 Oil Pollution Environmental Review Act (OPERA), provisions regarding the application of NEPA to OCS permits/plans; HR 261 No New Drilling Act of 2011, to amend OCSLA to prohibit OCS leasing for oil and gas activity, all provisions; HR 612/S 171, West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 501 Implementing the Recommendations of the BP Oil Spill Commission Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 1230, Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, all provisions; HR 1231, Reversing President Obamas Offshore Moratorium Act, all provisions; Various proposals related to offshore oil and gas leasing, permitting and oversight, including the provisions included in HR 1287 Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011; H.R. 1115 Expedited Offshore Permitting Act of 2011, all provisions; H.R. 1102 Affordable Gas Price Act, all provisions; HR 1023 No More Excuses Energy Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 1229 Putting the Gulf Back to Work Act, all provisions; HR 2021 Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011, provisions to streamline air emissions for OCS oil and gas activity; S 1226 Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act, all provisions; H.R. 372 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deny leases and permits to persons who engage in activities with the government of any foreign country that is subject to any sanction or an embargo established by the Government of the United States, all provisions; General issues related to exploratory drilling on Shell's leases in Alaska's OCS including air permit requirements, incidental harassment authorization from NMFS/NOAA, and plan approvals from DOI; General issues re Shell's Gulf of Mexico permits and plans; general questions about regulatory requirements for Gulf of Mexico; seeking clarification of new rules; Issues related to offshore oil & gas - response to Gulf of Mexico moratorium (no bill title); Issues related to offshore oil & gas - air permit for AK OCS (no bill title); Issues related to offshore oil & gas - response to Arctic moratorium (no bill title); ; Draft SEIS for Lease Sale 193; FY 2012 Appropriations bills and funding for DOI and EPA to carry out regulatory responsibilities related to offshore oil and gas leases including Interior and Environment Appropriations bill; General issues related to onshore gas development including renewal of agreement between Pennsylvania DEP and Army Corp of Engineers, concerns regarding hydraulic fracturing, produced water, treatment of waste water, air emissions, land footprint, announcement of possible ethylene cracker unit in the Marcellus, roll out of Onshore Principles; S. 589 The Faster Action Safety Team Response Act all provisionsH.R. 1540 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, provisions related to repealing Sec. 527 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; General issues related to the Canadian production and exportation to the United States of oil sands crude, including Keystone Pipeline XL and EU Fuels Quality Directive; General issues related to educating on the importance of including gas in a Clean Energy Standard; General issues related to offshore oil and gas activities and oil spill response; Issues related to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provisions concerning swap dealers and margin and capital requirements; General issues related to the EU Fuel Quality Directive; General issues related to the EPA approval of E15 fuel; General issues related to OCS drilling in Alaska; S. 275, Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011, all provisions; HR 2021 Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011, all provisions; S. 187 The Biofuels Market Expansion Act, all provisions; HR 1380 New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011, all provisions; General issues related to Gas-to-Liquids technology; General issues related to OCS permitting; General issues related to the Renewable Fuels Standard.

Client expense: $3,910,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Whole Bills: H.R. 1115, Expedited Offshore Permitting Act; H.R. 1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act; H.R. 1229, Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act; H.R. 1230, Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act; H.R. 1372, VA Energy Act; H.R. 1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; S. 917, Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act; S. 953, Offshore Production and Safety Act. 75 Fed. Reg. 63346, Oil and Gas Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf -- Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf. Legislative and regulatory efforts concerning improvements to safety in offshore drilling operations, failure to issue permits to drill on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, access to domestic supplies of oil and natural gas; Legislative efforts concerning domestic natural gas resources; Regulatory and legislative efforts concerning oil spill response planning.

Client expense: $2,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Minerals Management Service, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection