Lobbying Relationship

Client

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

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  • Legislation intended to promote the continued production and use of domestic coal resources through development of new or commercialization of existing coal technologies, including those provisions establishing federal incentives for qualifying coal-to-liquids or other alternative coal-use facilities; any provisions to establish or incentivize federal demonstration sites to advance carbon capture and storage and coal power generation technologies; and any legislative proposals to set renewable or energy market mandates.
  • Legislation to amend current environmental laws to increase federal regulation over the permitting, production, or combustion of domestic coal resources and post-mining reclamation activities, including interpretations of Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdictional scope; all provisions to amend the Clean Air Act (CAA) to impact future emissions caps of carbon dioxide, mercury, or other criteria air emissions for the electric power industry; and any attempt to create federal renewable energy standards for domestic electric utilities.
  • Legislation directed at amending current safety standards, regulation and oversight at domestic coal production and processing facilities.
  • Legislative language within pending appropriations bills or continuing resolutions that promote or dissuade investments in coal-fired plants or other coal-related infrastructure domestically or overseas; any appropriations language relating to the regulation and enforcement of carbon-dioxide emissions reduction mandates or other regulatory actions by the Environmental Protection Agency or Department of Interior.
  • Potential legislative language regarding comprehensive tax reform, with specific attention to current tax treatments for the domestic mining industry and any efforts to pursue new taxes related to carbon.

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General Issues: Natural Resources, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $7,848,279 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Energy - Dept of

Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Richard Axthelm Legislative Dir., U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis(WY-AL)(1/09-3/10) Legislative Dir., U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin(WY-AL)(7/04-12/08) Legislative Assistant, U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (8/00-4/02) Legislative Corresp., U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (8/99-7/00) Office Manager, U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (2/99-7/99) Staff Assistant, U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (12/98-1/99) Intern, U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin (8/98-11/98)
Robert Martin Cheif of Regulatory Prgrm - Army Corps. of Eng. Chief of Staff, Office of Water - EPA Deputy General Counsel - EPA Spt 01-Feb 02 - Stf Asst/LC - Rep. Steve Largent Feb 02-May 02 - LA - Rep. John Sullivan May 02-Jan 05 - LA - Rep. Denny Rehberg Jan 05-Dec 08 - LD/Dep. COS - Rep. D. Rehberg
Robert Martni Dec 08-Jan 13 - COS - Rep. Denny Rehberg
William Hupman n/a
Rick Axthelm n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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