A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve a provision relating to Federal procurement of recycled materials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Coal Ash issues generally; S. 3209, "Safe Chemicals Act", (Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform); H. R. 5820, "The Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010", (Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform; Promote & protect the interests of natural gas utilities in the climate change legislation before the House or Senate and any regulatory regime it may create, including emissions allowances and limiting costs to utilities and their customers addressed in: H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act; S 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act; S 2877, Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal (CLEAR) Act; S.1933, A bill to establish an integrated Federal program that protects, restores, and conserves natural resources by responding to the tH.R.eats and effects of climate change, and for other purposes; S.2776, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to create the right business environment for doubling production of clean nuclear energy and other clean energy and to create mini-Manhattan projects for clean energy research and development;. S.2835,A bill to reduce global warming pollution tH.R.ough international climate finance, investment, and for other purposes; S.3464. A bill to establish an energy and climate policy framework to reach measurable gains in reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving Americans money, improving energy security, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes; S.3633, A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve a provision relating to Federal procurement of recycled materials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of United States Department of Agriculture regulation development for Quarantine 37; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA revision of US regulations with Canada to require treatment of wood packaging going between the US and Canada; S1787/HR3339, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009; HR3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, including specific provisions relating to permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund projects, working lands easements, renewable energy siting issues, restoration funding and Gulf Coast restortaion; HR1454 Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; S2895, Oregon Eastside Forests Restoration, Old Growth Protection, and Jobs Act of 2009; S3119/HR5160, Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act, including specific provisions for permanent funding authorization for Sound conservation and restoration HR2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the reauthorization of Upper Colorado and San Juan River Recovery programs, HR1404 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act (FLAME);HR5284, Sikes Act Amendments Act of 2010; S22/HR146, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, including specific provisions related to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (Sec. 4003).Implementation of Barnes Property and Upper Klamath Lake Memorandum of Understanding; EPAs standards for effect of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke on ozone attainment standards and green house gas inventory and black carbon, S3633, Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, including specific provisions relating to the funding of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S1214/HR2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, including specific provisions on the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, US Fish and Wildlife Service funding and authority for such plan, America's Great Outdoors Initiative, specific work on funding source authorization within DOI and other federal budget areas for large intact landscape conservation nationwide; S345/HR52, Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act, including specific provisions relating to debt relief for developing countries that protect tropical forests, coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems through FY11.Work on the implementation of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement; Work on potential legislation for salmon stronghold and pacific coastal salmon recovery fund; Prepare recommendation of several regulatory and other actions that USDA could take to curtail introductions of and transport of forest pests; Support Herring River Restoration Project; COVERED OFFICIALS CONTACTS: Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources & Environment, United States Department of Agriculture; Associate Director, Policy Outreach, Council of Environmental Quality; Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, State and Private Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Chief, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture; Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; Under Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Department of the Interior; Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Acting Chief, Recovery and Transparency Branch, Office of Management and Budget; Special Assistant to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture; Director, United States Forest Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Bureau of Land Management; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Environment and Climate, US Department of Agriculture ; Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, US Department of the Interior;

Client expense: $490,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

S 3633 - Energy and Water Development Appropriations for FY2011 (Next Gen Nuc Plant, small modular reactors) S 2812/HR 5164 - Nuclear Power Act 2021 (small and medium nuclear reactors) HR 5163/S 2032 - Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2010 (small nuclear reactors, nuclear R&D) HR 5855 - Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 2010 (small modular reactors, nuclear R&D)

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)