• EPA Regulations regarding the recovery from end-of-life goods and vehicles. Recent regulatory action permitting the use of flammable hydrocarbons as refrigerants in lieu chlorofluorocarbons and the attendant regulatory and safety
• Problems experienced by the scrap recycling industry which ships very significant tonnages (and significant portion of its manufactured product) by rail, including service problems with the railroads and anti-competitive behavior of the railroads, particularly as such problems affect small and medium size businesses and their bottom lines.
• General and specific issues relating to the processing and exportation of e-scrap. Promotion of recyclables are not waste recycling and is not disposal.
• Issues related to the safe and efficient recycling of scrap electronics.
• Discussions with regard to trade promotion and export of scrap materials-metal,paper, glass, plastic, rubber,textiles & electronics. Discussions with regard to real and potential trade barriers imposed by foreign nations, particularly on the scrap recycling industry and its feed-stock. Discussions with regard to the application of ITAR. EAR, OFAC and other regulations as they relate to the international trade of recycled materials. Discussion regarding the mis-classification ofrecyclable materials as "solid waste thereby resulting in import shipments being turned away at the borders. Discussion with regard to the inappropriate application of the requirement for "mill certificates" as it relates to scrap metal being brought into the US for manufacture into specification grade commodities that substitute for virgin materials in the manufacture of new basic materials. Discussions with regard to the inappropriate application of the Basel Convention and the OECD Waste Agreement to non-hazardous, specification grade commodities manufactured from scrap/recyclable materials.
• Reinforcing and strengthening cooperative activities between law enforcement and stateholders to stop and/or deter metal thefts domestically and abroad
• EPA's interpretation of the Clean Air Act as it relates to the recovery ofChlorofluocarbons from certain items. Efforts to encourage Design for the Environment and Design for Recycling, both of which would greatly improve the recyclability of many products and result in dramatically less use of hazardous or toxic substances in such products. Electronics, rubber and plastic issues
• The significant performance, safety and environmental benefits gained by using crumb rubber from scrap tires in the construction of ashphalt roads and how to encourage states that use more this clearly superior product. The benefits that can be gained by increasing the Highway Bridge Weight Laws to allow for a larger maximum gross vehicle weight to be carried on tractor trailer combinations utilizing three (3) axle trailers.
• Discussion regarding the significant environmental benefits that may be achieved through a modest increase in truck weights/bridge weights and the addition of a sixth axle on a tractor trailer combination.
• Discussion with regard to theft of cargo exported from the US, whether on the high seas or at destination ports prior to the release of cargo to the consignee Discussions regarding the maintenance of domestic waterways with specific focus on maintaining adequate depth through dredging or other means to avoid the normal flow of materials by barge.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Clean Air & Water (Quality), Railroads, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Science/Technology, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Environmental/Superfund, Roads/Highway, Trucking/Shipping, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Commodities (Big Ticket), Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation, Economics/Economic Development

Spending: about $12,051,645 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Bureau of Export Administration, State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Maritime Commission, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Defense Investigative Service (DIS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Commerce - Dept of (DOC),, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Senate,, White House Office