Steven Burns Leads Panel at National Waterways Conference Annual Meeting

Steven Burns, partner in the firm’s Birmingham office and member of the Environmental & Natural Resources Practice, moderated a panel at the National Waterways Conference (NWC) annual meeting in Moline, Illinois. NWC is a trade association focused on key developments shaping water resources policy.

Steven moderated the panel, titled “When River Management Creates Legal Ripples: Lessons from Ideker Farms,” on what happens when government action causes increased flooding and whether that is a "taking" of private property under the U.S. Constitution. 

Steven serves as Counsel and Secretary to the National Waterways Conference, a trade association focused on federal waterway projects, as well as Chair of the association’s Government Affairs Committee. He also is a member and three-time past Chair of the Alabama Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association.

In his practice, Steven advises private utilities, electric cooperatives, public power, and other businesses on coal ash, waste and contamination, waterways, environmental justice, air and water quality, wetlands, protected species, and natural resources. He has counseled clients under all the major statutes including the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Superfund program (CERCLA), and the Clean Air Act (CAA).