U.S. De i artment of the Interior - Office of the Assistant Secretary -- Water & Science
Meeting Information Request Form
To ensure that the appropriate individual within the Department of the Interior is meeting with you on a given matter and because the Office of the Assistant Secretary - Water & Science is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards, we are requesting the following information in order to proceed with your meeting request.
Please respond to the questions below and send your response or any questions to:
Michael Banton@ios.doi.gov
Requesting individual/organization: (Please identify the person(s) (name and affiliation) requesting the meeting, including any background information on the affiliated organization(s).)
Justin Prosser -- VP, Government and Political Affairs
Katie Sweeney - Executive VP and COO National Mining Association
Point of Contact information (Name, Email, Phone): If same as above, just write same.
Have you or has anyone from your organization/group met with anyone from DOI/ASWS in the past 6 months? If yes, whom? Meeting date (if date is flexible, please indicate the range):
Please explain any time sensitivity that impacts the date of the meeting, such as courtordered or statutory deadline:
Justin Prosser J . rosser@nma.or.
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Feb. 25 -- 27
Discuss pending review of USGS Critical Minerals List
Proposed meeting location (Virtual or InPerson) (City, State):
In Person -- Washington, D.C.
Expected meeting participants (name, title, and organizational affiliation):
Are any expected meeting participants registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations, and/or registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? (If yes, please identify.)
Justin Prosser -- VP, Government and Political Affairs
Richard Russell -- Senior VP, Government and Political Affairs
Katie Sweeney -- Executive VP and COO Yes
Justin Prosser -- VP, Government and Political Affairs
Richard Russell -- Senior VP, Government and Political Affairs
Are any expected meeting participants a
No
partisan political candidate, a representative
of a political party or a registered political
action committee (PAC)? (If yes, please
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identify.)
Do you anticipate that any gifts/swag/meals will be given or provided by you/your group during this meeting? If so, please list the items and their monetary value, if any, so that this can be cleared by DOI Ethics prior to the meeting.
Do any expected meeting participants seek or currently have any business interests with the Department such as permits, contracts, litigation, grants, etc.? (If yes, please identify.)
Yes. Currently challenging the Bureau of Land Management's Final Conservation and Landscape Health rule
Describe the proposed meeting topic/ agenda, provide available briefing materials, and identify desired outcome(s):
Meeting to discuss pending USGS Review of Critical Minerals List (3-year review & Unleashing American Energy EO requirements)
Will the meeting involve legislation, broad No policy options, or other general matters that involve a large and diverse range of persons and interests? (If yes, please describe.)
Will the meeting involve regulations, rules, or other matters that impact a specific industry, sector of the economy, or group of persons? (If yes, please describe.)
Sec. 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116260)
Will the meeting involve a litigation matter, a No permit, a grant, a contract, or any other matter that involves specific parties?
If yes, please identify the matter and list the specific parties.
With which Bureau or Agency does your proposed meeting agenda most align? Please list all, if more than one. (for example: Bureau of Reclamation or USGS)
USGS
If the Assistant Secretary is unable to meet, is No -- Unsure of who else is in place. a surrogate desired? If yes, who specifically?
Any additional notes or information?
Unleashing American Energy Executive Order Sec. 9(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall instruct the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey to consider updating the Survey's list of critical minerals, including for the potential of including uranium.
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