• Advice and counsel on pesticide regulatory policy matters including registration review, endocrine disruptor screening program, implication of the Endangered Species Act, proposed regulations relating to EAS section 7 consultations, and EPA's re-registration requirements related to soil fumigants.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Spending: about $120,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),, U.S. Senate