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Steven Miano has been practicing environmental law for almost 25 years. His practice includes all facets of environmental law and litigation, including federal and state cases involving the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Hazardous Waste laws, Superfund, brownfields redevelopment and energy development. His clients include industrial corporations, commercial entities, and municipalities.

Before entering private practice, Steve was an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Hazardous Waste Branch. He is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University Law School – Camden, where he teaches courses on environmental law. He is a frequent lecturer and has written about environmental legal issues for a variety of publications. He has also served as a course planner for several national environmental law programs. 

Education

The University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, New Hampshire, 1985, JD

George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982, BS 

Honors and Awards

• Named a Leader in Environmental Law by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Environmental Law
• Named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine as one of Pennsylvania's top attorneys in Environmental Law as a result of a statewide survey of lawyers 
• Best Lawyers in America, selected as a Best Lawyer in Environmental Law
• Support Center for Child Advocates, Distinguished Child Advocate, 1997

Publications

• "Sorting Through the Politics and Environmental Legal Issues Associated with Wind Energy Developments in the United States,” Corporate Live Wire: Guide to Energy and Natural Resources (July 2011) 
• Co-author with Kelly Gable, "TMDLs," The Clean Water Act Handbook, 3rd. ed. (May 2011)
• Co-author with Joseph Litvin, “Rapanos’ Reach: Jurisdictional Effects on the TDML Program,” Natural Resources & Environment, Summer 2007
• Co-editor with Prof. Robert H. Abrams, Richard S. Davis, Esq., Prof. Noah D. Hall, William A. Wilcox, Jr., Esq., Jill N. Willis, Esq.; Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter, 2006
• Co-author with Michael Crane, “TMDLs: Ignore Them at Your Peril,” The Legal Intelligencer, Environmental Law Special Section, May 2, 2005
• “Superfund Redux: Will EPA’s New Post Construction Policy Reopen Site Remedies?” 50 Environmental Reporter, 2005
• Co-author with Michael Crane, “Eastern Water Law: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Trends,” Natural Resources & Environment, Fall 2003
• “Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: Where Is It Now?” Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Newsletter, ABA Section of Environment Energy and Resources, March 2003
• Co-author with Mary MaloneyHuss and Sarah Wills, “Protecting Environmental Claims in an Era of More Frequent Bankruptcy Filings,” 40 Environmental Reporter, 2003 
• Co-author with Sylvia Quast, Wetlands: Section 404 in The Clean Water Act Handbook, 2nd ed., 2003
• “Law Takes a Major Step Toward Water Resources Management,” The Legal Intelligencer, Dec. 19, 2002
• “Developers Beware: Endangered Species Ahead,” The Legal Intelligencer, April 19, 2001
• “EHS Crisis Management In The New Millennium: An Opportunity to Partner With Outside Counsel,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Nov. 1999
• “Can You Define A Wetland? Significant Changes In Wetlands Jurisdiction Under The Clean Water Act,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
• Peer Reviewer for American Bar Association Basic Practice Series book on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
  • Executive Committee Member, 2010 – Present
  • Publications Officer, 2010 – Present
  • Co-Chair, Governance Committee, 2010 – 2011
  • Executive Committee Secretary, 2007 – 2009
  • Council Member, 2004 – 2007
  • Co-Chair, Water Quality and Wetlands Committee, 2001 – 2003
  • Editor-in-Chief, Trends, 1997 – 2001
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• West Virginia Bar Association

Community

• Board Member and Vice President, Support Center for Child Advocates, 1998 – 2005
• Graduate, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Arts & Business Council, Business on Board Program

Teaching / Lecturing

• “From Air Toxics to Marcellus Shale: Issues and Priorities in Government Enforcement of Environmental Law,” American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Environmental Crime Subcommittee of the White Collar Crime Committee, 2011
• “Water Law Update,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Pennsylvania Environmental Law Forum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2011

• ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Annual Summit and Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2010, Planning Committee
• "Legal and Financial Incentives of Redevelopment," Sixth Annual Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 2010, Panelist
• TMDLs and Stormwater…Are You Prepared?, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2010, Speaker and Organizer
• "Water Law Update," PBI Pennsylvania Environmental Law Forum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2010, Panelist
• Redevelopment of Contaminated Properties panel, Business of Brownfields Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2010, Panelist
• Adjunct Professor, Rutgers School of Law – Camden, Camden, N.J.

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

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