ENERGY RECOVERY COUNCIL (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INTEGRATED WASTE SERVICES ASSOCIATION

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2001–2009

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2009	—	4	1
2008	—	6	1
2007	—	3	1
2006	—	2	1
2005	—	2	1
2004	—	3	1
2003	—	3	1
2002	—	1	1
2001	—	3	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
BRACEWELL LLP	—	27

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	26
SENATE	26
Energy, Dept of	14
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	14

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	27
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	26
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	10
Fuel/Gas/Oil	Fuel/Gas/Oil	9
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	9
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	4
Insurance	Insurance	1

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