• Ongoing research on hexavalent chromium and drinking water EPA's risk assessment of hexavalent chromium

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Transportation

Spending: about $1,470,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Surface Transportation Board (STB), House of Representatives, Senate, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Economic Council (NEC)