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John Powers Steketee
About John
Biography
Areas of Practice:
Administrative Litigation
Significant experience in adminsitrative litigation;
EPA Self-Disclosure (Audit) Policy
EPA National ACT member and EPA Audit Policy Practice Attorney;
EPA CWA 404 (Wetlands)
EPA National CWA 404 Attorneys Group member; one of EPA Region 5’s CWA 404 Practice Attorneys; and Certification from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Interagency Regulatory Wetland Identification & Delineation (1990);
EPA TSCA PCB Program
EPA PCB Program, PCB Contaminated Sediment Disposal and TSCA Approval Practice Attorney;
FIFRA
Significant experience in EPA pesticide import and export matters;
FOIA & E-Discovery
Significant experience in FOIA and E-Discovery matters; and
RCRA Corrective Action
Significant experience in RCRA corrective action matters.
Practice Areas
1
Practice Area
Environmental and Natural Resources
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37 years | 400 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Illinois for 36 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Licensed in Colorado for 30 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1995
No misconduct found
Licensed in Michigan for 35 years
State: Michigan
Acquired: 1991
No misconduct found
Location
U.S. EPA, Region 5
Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard [C-14J], Chicago, IL, 60604-3500
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Experience
Honors
2011
EPA OECA & Region 5 Rapanos Commendation U.S. v. John A. Rapanos, U.S. Enivironmental Protection Agency
2011
Bronze Medal -- Tittabawassee & Saginaw Rivers & Bay Site Team, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2011
Regional Administrator's Award for Excellence -- VIM Recycling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2010
Bronze Medal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2010
2010 Employee of the Year Award Nomination – Outstanding Team, Chicago Federal Executive Board
2008
Regional Adminsitrator's Award for Excellence, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2006
Bronze Medal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2005
EPA OPP National Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2004
Bronze Medal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1996
EPA Special Service Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1995
Bronze Medal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1992
Bronze Medal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Work Experience
1990 - Present
Assistant & Associate Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1989 - 1990
Paralegal, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP (via Law Resources)
1988 - 1988
Law Clerk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Associations
1990 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember and ABA Advisory Panel
Sample of Legal Cases
In the Matter of VIM Recycling, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana [Docket No. EPA-5-09-113(a)-IN-05]
Admnistrative settlement
In the Matter of the Dow Corning Company, Midland, Michigan [Docket No. TSCA-05-2008-0011]
Administrative settlement
In the Matter of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, Illinois
EPA Final Determination
In the Matter of E.I. Dupont de Nemours Company, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
EPA deferral to state resolutions
In the Matter of Ivan Zugalj, Chicago, Illinois [Docket No. TSCA-05-2002-0021]
Administrative settlement
In the Matter of 3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, California [Docket No. TSCA-05-2004-0023]
Administrative settlement
In the Matter of A.H. Marks and Company, West Yorkshire, England [Docket No. FIFRA-05-2004-0006]
Adminitrative resolution
Michigan Disposal, Inc., Belleville, Michigan - RCRA Permit and TSCA PCB Approval Application
NA
In the Matter of Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota
EPA final determination
In the Matter of Sumitomo Chemical Company, LTD, Osaka, Japan [Docket No. FIFRA-05-2003-0009]
Administrative settlement
Charter Township of Van Buren v. Adamkus (E.D. MI), Case No. 97-71657
Successful district and appellate courts decisions
Member of National EPA CWA 404 (Wetlands) Attorney Group
NA
Environmental Quality Co. and Wayne Disposal Inc. -- WDI Landfill Expansion TSCA PCB Approval
NA
In the Matter of East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, Ohio [Docket No. 5-TSCA-98-011-1995]
Administrative settlement
United States v. Gordon Tuck and Harry Stephens (E.D. MI), Case No. 96-CV-10105-BC
Successful district court decision
Member of National EPA Audit Policy Quick Response Team & Audit Policy Coordination Team
NA
The Ford Motor Company -- Allen Park Clay Mine Landfill, Allen Park, Michigan -- TSCA PCB Approval
NA
Ford Motor Company and General Motors, Inc. -- Willow Run Sludge Lagoon and Landfill, Ypsilanti, Michigan --TSCA PCB Approval
NA
The Ford Motor Company and Wayne Disposal Incorporated, Bellville, Michigan -- TSCA PCB Approval and Amendments
NA
The State of Wisconsin -- TSCA PCB Approval and Memorandum of Agreement
NA
United States v. Middletown, Ohio (S.D. OH), Civil Action No. C-1-93-861
Judicial settlement
In the Matter of Hall Kimbrell Environmental Services, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas [Docket No. TSCA V-C-62-91]
Administrative settlement
In the Matter of Ogden Martin Systems, Indianapolis, Indiana [Docket No. EPA-5-R-92-15-1993]
Federal administrative and state judicial settlement
In the Matter of Revere Products Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [Docket No. IF&R-07-90]
Successful administrative decision
In the Matter of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois [Docket No. EPA-5-90-A]
EPA Final Determination
United States V. John A. Rapanos, et. al (E.D. MI), Case No. 03-1489
Ongoing
Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan -- RCRA /CERCLA Matter
Ongoing
Education
1989
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
JD - Juris Doctor
1986
University of Michigan
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2010
Northern Illinois University
United States v. Rapanos – A Case History and Analysis of Post-Rapanos Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
2009
Valapariso University School of Law
United States v. Rapanos – A Case History and Analysis of Post-Rapanos Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
2009
2009 ISBA/CBA Illinois Environmental Law Conference
Interim EPA Audit Policy: Subsequent Property Owner’s Eligibility
2007
Radio Interview
Dow Chemical Company ADR Mediation
Languages
English