Steven J. Christiansen

Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, USA

Steven Christiansen has over 25 years of experience with environmental permitting (NSR) and enforcement matters, RCRA and CERCLA cleanups, air emission credits transactions, state implementation plan development, environmental legislation, NEPA, public lands permitting, environmental aspects of business transactions, brownfield redevelopment, and the administrative rule-making process. He also works in the areas of energy and public utilities law.

Mr. Christiansen actively represents real estate, mining, petroleum, chemical, energy, and public utility interests throughout the western United States and Canada.

Mr. Christiansen is licensed to practice law in Arizona, California, Utah, and Washington, D.C. As a member of the Utah State Bar, he has served twice as Chair of the Environmental Law Committee within the Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environment. He is currently acting as Chair of the section. He is also serving as Chair of the local chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association.  From 1990-2002, Mr. Christiansen served as an Adjunct Professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, teaching a course in environmental law.

Mr. Christiansen is asked frequently to speak and write on issues related to the environment, energy and natural resources. He has been a presenter at national business institutes, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Utah Manufacturers Association, Utah State Bar, Arizona State Bar, the Cambridge Institute, the International Cogeneration Society, the Resource Recovery Institute, Air and Waste Management Association and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Christiansen was ranked as one of the top Energy and Natural Resources attorneys in Utah in a 2005 survey conducted by Utah Business magazine.

• Environmental Audits and Beyond: Developing an Effective Environmental Management System," (Co-author), 42 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July, 1996
• "Hazardous Air Pollutants: An Update of Activities Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act", Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, February, 2000
• "Conducting Environmental Due Diligence in Industrial Transactions,", Utah Bar Journal, April, 1999
• "Conducting Environmental Due Diligence in Industrial Transactions,", The 26th Annual Conference on Environmental Law, American Bar Association, March, 1998
• "The Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 198: Analysis and Update", Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, July, 1986
• "Community Right to Know and Reporting," The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Environment Law, May, 1990
• "Liability for Underground Storage Tanks: Feceral and Utah Law and Regulations,", The Utah State Bar, Environmental and Natural Resource Issues in Commercial Transactions, April, 1990
• "Drafting Air Quality Agreements," (Co-author), Natural Resources and Environment, January, 1988
• "EPA''s New Proposals for Air Quality Regulations: A Significant Regulatory Agenda for Resource Recovery Projects," (Co-author), Resource Recovery, August, 1987
• "Waste Disposal: The Commerce Clause and The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,", Brigham Young University Law Review 147, 1983
• "Used Products and Strict Liability: A Practical Approach To A Complex Problem," , Brigham Young University Law Review 147, 1981
• "Hazardous Air Pollutants: An Update of Activities Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, February 2000.
• "New Source Review Reform Generates Polarized Views," Hazardous Waste, February 28, 2003.
• "EPA Lawsuits Against Utilities on New Source Review Compliance Reach Pivotal Year," Hazardous Waste, February 14, 2003.
• "The Huntsman Administration and the Environment," Utah Business, April 2005.