Steven C. "Steve"

Kohl

Of Counsel

Steve Kohl focuses his practice on permitting, compliance and defense of the federal Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws. He regularly counsels clients on matters under the New Source Review, NSPS, NESHAP and Title V provisions of the Clean Air Act. In addition, he has nearly three decades of broad national experience in environmental law and litigation in multiple industries, including food processing, chemical manufacturing, automotive, utility and cement in matters arising under CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, RCRA and the Clean Water Act.

Negotiation and implementation of the consent decree resolving the first global NSR enforcement in the cement industry (United States v Lafarge North America Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-00044-JPG-CJP (S.D. Il)
Legal counsel for permit prosecution and legal defense of the PSD permit for a 600 MW coal fired power plant, including the first GHG BACT determination for a coal fired plant (Wolverine Clean Energy Venture, Rogers City, MI)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution of the PSD permit for a cement kiln, including the first GHG BACT determination for a cement kiln (Lafarge Building Materials Inc., Ravena, NY)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution and legal defense of the air permit for the first underground nickel and co

Negotiation and implementation of the consent decree resolving the first global NSR enforcement in the cement industry (United States v Lafarge North America Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-00044-JPG-CJP (S.D. Il)
Legal counsel for permit prosecution and legal defense of the PSD permit for a 600 MW coal fired power plant, including the first GHG BACT determination for a coal fired plant (Wolverine Clean Energy Venture, Rogers City, MI)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution of the PSD permit for a cement kiln, including the first GHG BACT determination for a cement kiln (Lafarge Building Materials Inc., Ravena, NY)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution and legal defense of the air permit for the first underground nickel and copper mine in Michigan in the last 50 years (Eagle Mine, Michigan)
PRP Group Common Counsel, Barrels Inc. NPL site, Lansing, Michigan
Counsel for RCRA Corrective Action, former chemical manufacturing facility, Montague, Michigan

Representative Litigation

Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council v Department of Env’l Quality, Mich. App. (2013), WL1009096
Wolverine Power Supply Coop. Inc. v Department of Env’l Quality, 285 Mich. App. 548 (2009)
ITT Indus., Inc. v. BorgWarner, Inc. 615 F. Supp. 2d 640 (W.D. Mich. 2009)
State v. Chrysler Outboard Corp., 580 N.W.2d 203 (Wis. 1998)
United States v Municipal Authority of Union Twp., et al., 150 F. 3rd. 259 (3rd Cir. 1998)
Kelly v E.I. DuPont, 17 F. 3rd. 836 (6th Cir. 1993)
Chrysler Corp. v Ford Motor Co., et. al., 972 F.Supp. 1097 (E.D. Mich. 1997)
BFI v Ter Maat, 195 F. 3rd. 953 (7th Cir. 1999)
Browning-Ferris Indus. of Ill., Inc., et. al., v. Ter Maat, No. 92 C 20259, 1996 WL 67216 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 1996)
Browning-Ferris Indus. of Ill., Inc., et. al., v. Ter Maat, No. 92 C 20259, 1996 WL 535539 (N.D. Ill. Sept.19, 1996)
Centerior Services, et. al., v Acme Scrap Metal & Iron, 153 F. 3rd. 344 (6th Cir. 1998)
Rospatch Jessco Corp. v. Chrysler Corp., 829 F. Supp. 224 (W.D. Mich. 1993)
Rospatch Jessco Corp. v. Chrysler Corp., 962 F. Supp. 998 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
U.S. v. Chrysler Corp., 157 F. Supp. 2d. 849 (N.D. Ohio 2001)
U.S. v. Chrysler Corp., 168 F. Supp. 2d. 754 (N.D. Ohio 2001)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 898 F. Supp. 506 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 876 F. Supp. 934 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 910 F. Supp. 332 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
U.S. v. Cello-Foil Prods. Inc., et. al., 848 F. Supp. 1352 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Grand Trunk W. R.R. Co. v. Acme Belt Recoating, Inc., et. al., 859 F. Supp. 1125 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
U.S. v. Straits Steel & Wire Co., 810 F. Supp. 208 (W.D. Mich. 1992)
Sanford St. Local Dev. Corp. v. Textron, Inc., 768 F. Supp. 1218 (W.D. Mich. 1991)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 721 F. Supp. 873 (W.D. Mich. 1989)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 723 F. Supp. 1214 (W.D. Mich. 1989)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 739 F. Supp. 354 (W.D. Mich. 1990)
Kelley ex rel. Mich. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., 786 F. Supp. 1268 (E.D. Mich. 1992)
Abbott Labs. v. Thermo Chem. Inc., 790 F. Supp. 135 (W.D. Mich. 1991)
U.S. v. Vermont. Am. Corp., 871 F. Supp. 318 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Auto-Ion Litig. Grp. v. Auto-Ion Chems., 910 F. Supp. 328 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
U.S. v. SCA Servs. of Ind., Inc., 865 F. Supp. 533 (N.D. Ind. 1994)
City Envtl., Inc. v. U.S. Chem. Co., 814 F. Supp. 624 (E.D. Mich. 1993)
U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co. v. Thomas Solvent Co., 683 F. Supp. 1139 (W.D. Mich. 1988)

AQD Rule Changes and Federal SIP Approval, Moderator, Michigan Manufacturers Association Environmental Law Section, “Clearing the Air in 2017: An Overview of Federal, Regional and State Air Quality Issues,” Lansing, Michigan (April 13, 2017)
All Things HAPs, Joint Program on Industrial Recycling, Air and Waste Management Association (Michigan Chapters) and State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Lansing, Michigan (December 1, 2016)
Challenges for Implementing Regulatory Reform in Michigan’s Air Program: An Update on the ORR Implementation Process, panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan (April 20

AQD Rule Changes and Federal SIP Approval, Moderator, Michigan Manufacturers Association Environmental Law Section, “Clearing the Air in 2017: An Overview of Federal, Regional and State Air Quality Issues,” Lansing, Michigan (April 13, 2017)
All Things HAPs, Joint Program on Industrial Recycling, Air and Waste Management Association (Michigan Chapters) and State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Lansing, Michigan (December 1, 2016)
Challenges for Implementing Regulatory Reform in Michigan’s Air Program: An Update on the ORR Implementation Process, panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan (April 2013)
Moderator, Air Hot Topics, ABA Section Environment, Energy and Resources Fall 2012 Conference, Austin, Texas (October 2012)
Presenter, No Need-Consideration of Alternatives to Deny a PSD Permit, Energy, Utility & Environment Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (February 2011)
Panelist, Beyond Climate Change-Other Hot Issues under the Clean Air Act, ABA Section Energy, Environment and Resources Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 2010)
Moderator, Clean Air Act and Climate Change, ABA Section Energy, Environment and Resources Conference, Chicago, Illinois (July 2009)
GHG Regulation, Michigan Energy Providers Conference (2014)

Steven C. "Steve"
Kohl

Of Counsel

AQD Rule Changes and Federal SIP Approval, Moderator, Michigan Manufacturers Association Environmental Law Section, “Clearing the Air in 2017: An Overview of Federal, Regional and State Air Quality Issues,” Lansing, Michigan (April 13, 2017)
All Things HAPs, Joint Program on Industrial Recycling, Air and Waste Management Association (Michigan Chapters) and State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Lansing, Michigan (December 1, 2016)
Challenges for Implementing Regulatory Reform in Michigan’s Air Program: An Update on the ORR Implementation Process, panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan (April 20

AQD Rule Changes and Federal SIP Approval, Moderator, Michigan Manufacturers Association Environmental Law Section, “Clearing the Air in 2017: An Overview of Federal, Regional and State Air Quality Issues,” Lansing, Michigan (April 13, 2017)
All Things HAPs, Joint Program on Industrial Recycling, Air and Waste Management Association (Michigan Chapters) and State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Lansing, Michigan (December 1, 2016)
Challenges for Implementing Regulatory Reform in Michigan’s Air Program: An Update on the ORR Implementation Process, panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan (April 2013)
Moderator, Air Hot Topics, ABA Section Environment, Energy and Resources Fall 2012 Conference, Austin, Texas (October 2012)
Presenter, No Need-Consideration of Alternatives to Deny a PSD Permit, Energy, Utility & Environment Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (February 2011)
Panelist, Beyond Climate Change-Other Hot Issues under the Clean Air Act, ABA Section Energy, Environment and Resources Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 2010)
Moderator, Clean Air Act and Climate Change, ABA Section Energy, Environment and Resources Conference, Chicago, Illinois (July 2009)
GHG Regulation, Michigan Energy Providers Conference (2014)

Negotiation and implementation of the consent decree resolving the first global NSR enforcement in the cement industry (United States v Lafarge North America Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-00044-JPG-CJP (S.D. Il)
Legal counsel for permit prosecution and legal defense of the PSD permit for a 600 MW coal fired power plant, including the first GHG BACT determination for a coal fired plant (Wolverine Clean Energy Venture, Rogers City, MI)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution of the PSD permit for a cement kiln, including the first GHG BACT determination for a cement kiln (Lafarge Building Materials Inc., Ravena, NY)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution and legal defense of the air permit for the first underground nickel and co

Negotiation and implementation of the consent decree resolving the first global NSR enforcement in the cement industry (United States v Lafarge North America Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-00044-JPG-CJP (S.D. Il)
Legal counsel for permit prosecution and legal defense of the PSD permit for a 600 MW coal fired power plant, including the first GHG BACT determination for a coal fired plant (Wolverine Clean Energy Venture, Rogers City, MI)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution of the PSD permit for a cement kiln, including the first GHG BACT determination for a cement kiln (Lafarge Building Materials Inc., Ravena, NY)
Legal counsel for the permit prosecution and legal defense of the air permit for the first underground nickel and copper mine in Michigan in the last 50 years (Eagle Mine, Michigan)
PRP Group Common Counsel, Barrels Inc. NPL site, Lansing, Michigan
Counsel for RCRA Corrective Action, former chemical manufacturing facility, Montague, Michigan

Representative Litigation

Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council v Department of Env’l Quality, Mich. App. (2013), WL1009096
Wolverine Power Supply Coop. Inc. v Department of Env’l Quality, 285 Mich. App. 548 (2009)
ITT Indus., Inc. v. BorgWarner, Inc. 615 F. Supp. 2d 640 (W.D. Mich. 2009)
State v. Chrysler Outboard Corp., 580 N.W.2d 203 (Wis. 1998)
United States v Municipal Authority of Union Twp., et al., 150 F. 3rd. 259 (3rd Cir. 1998)
Kelly v E.I. DuPont, 17 F. 3rd. 836 (6th Cir. 1993)
Chrysler Corp. v Ford Motor Co., et. al., 972 F.Supp. 1097 (E.D. Mich. 1997)
BFI v Ter Maat, 195 F. 3rd. 953 (7th Cir. 1999)
Browning-Ferris Indus. of Ill., Inc., et. al., v. Ter Maat, No. 92 C 20259, 1996 WL 67216 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 1996)
Browning-Ferris Indus. of Ill., Inc., et. al., v. Ter Maat, No. 92 C 20259, 1996 WL 535539 (N.D. Ill. Sept.19, 1996)
Centerior Services, et. al., v Acme Scrap Metal & Iron, 153 F. 3rd. 344 (6th Cir. 1998)
Rospatch Jessco Corp. v. Chrysler Corp., 829 F. Supp. 224 (W.D. Mich. 1993)
Rospatch Jessco Corp. v. Chrysler Corp., 962 F. Supp. 998 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
U.S. v. Chrysler Corp., 157 F. Supp. 2d. 849 (N.D. Ohio 2001)
U.S. v. Chrysler Corp., 168 F. Supp. 2d. 754 (N.D. Ohio 2001)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 898 F. Supp. 506 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 876 F. Supp. 934 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Charter Twp. of Oshtemo v. Am. Cyanamid Co., et. al., 910 F. Supp. 332 (W.D. Mich. 1995)
U.S. v. Cello-Foil Prods. Inc., et. al., 848 F. Supp. 1352 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Grand Trunk W. R.R. Co. v. Acme Belt Recoating, Inc., et. al., 859 F. Supp. 1125 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
U.S. v. Straits Steel & Wire Co., 810 F. Supp. 208 (W.D. Mich. 1992)
Sanford St. Local Dev. Corp. v. Textron, Inc., 768 F. Supp. 1218 (W.D. Mich. 1991)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 721 F. Supp. 873 (W.D. Mich. 1989)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 723 F. Supp. 1214 (W.D. Mich. 1989)
Kelley v. Arco Indus. Corp., et. al., 739 F. Supp. 354 (W.D. Mich. 1990)
Kelley ex rel. Mich. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., 786 F. Supp. 1268 (E.D. Mich. 1992)
Abbott Labs. v. Thermo Chem. Inc., 790 F. Supp. 135 (W.D. Mich. 1991)
U.S. v. Vermont. Am. Corp., 871 F. Supp. 318 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
Auto-Ion Litig. Grp. v. Auto-Ion Chems., 910 F. Supp. 328 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
U.S. v. SCA Servs. of Ind., Inc., 865 F. Supp. 533 (N.D. Ind. 1994)
City Envtl., Inc. v. U.S. Chem. Co., 814 F. Supp. 624 (E.D. Mich. 1993)
U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co. v. Thomas Solvent Co., 683 F. Supp. 1139 (W.D. Mich. 1988)

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