Hamburg Rubin Search for: Search About the Firm Our Practice Areas Meet The Team News & Alerts Videos Resources Contact Steven A. Hann P: (215) 661-0400 F: (215) 661-0315 SHann@HRMML.com Get contact file (vCard) Steven Hann is a Principal at the Pennsylvania law firm of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, where he focuses his practice on environmental and municipal law, and chairs the firm’s Environmental Law Department. Steve personally deals with and is experienced in every facet of a broad based environmental law practice. Steve represents a diverse client base, including municipalities, municipal authorities, business entities, individuals, builders and developers, all of which are affected by the complex web of federal and state environmental laws and regulations. Steve handles all facets of environmental litigation with government agencies and private parties. Steve also advises clients on regulatory and compliance issues, environmental permitting, environmental issues arising in business and real estate transactions, and land use and zoning issues. Steve also provides clients with experienced counseling on legislative and regulatory developments at both the federal and state levels. In addition to his environmental law practice, Steve has a sophisticated practice in the area of municipal law, with a specific emphasis on municipal authorities. Steve is the East Region Solicitor for the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association (responsible for the eastern half of Pennsylvania), an organization representing the interests of over 700 municipal authorities in the Commonwealth. In this position, Steve assists the Association’s staff on a daily basis with various tasks, such as addressing member inquiries and dealing with proposed legislative and regulatory initiatives. He also provides frequent guidance directly to member authorities on a variety of subjects, such as general water and wastewater matters, stormwater, authority agreements and resolutions, board member issues, tapping fees, developer agreements, reservation of capacity agreements, rate issues, water and sewer regulations, and compliance with state law bidding and procurement requirements, as well as insight on various statutes, such as the Municipality Authorities Act, Right-to-Know Law, Ethics Act, Sunshine Act and Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act. Moreover, in his daily practice, Steve represents and advises municipal clients of his law firm on the aforementioned issues, as well as environmental issues, such as permitting, compliance, water quality, and stormwater management; water and wastewater issues, such as sewage facilities planning, pretreatment and wasteload management; and, the drafting of agreements and resolutions used by municipal authorities in their daily operations. Steve is frequently appointed as special counsel for municipal entities, and has likewise been retained as both an expert and mediator in matters involving municipal authorities. In December 2019 he was appointed Environmental Counsel for the Bradford City Water Authority, a regional authority in the northern tier of Pennsylvania that provides water to a number of area municipalities. In June 2018 he was appointed Special Counsel for Lehigh Township, Northampton County. Steve was a significant contributor to the latest edition of the Department of Community and Economic Development’s publication, (Tenth Edition, 2015) SHOW FULL BIO Representative Cases News Practice Areas Environmental Law Municipal Law Litigation Zoning and Land Use CredentialsMembershipsPublications & SpeechesHonors & AwardsPersonal Interests Credentials Admissions Pennsylvania New Jersey District of Columbia United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the District of New Jersey United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Education Temple University School of Law (J.D.) Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal, Articles Editor Penn State University (B.S. Meteorology) On-air Weather Forecaster for University’s Campus Weather Service Rutgers University (Graduate Courses in Water Law and Land Use Planning) Mississippi State University (Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology) Mississippi State University (Courses in Geoscience Program) © 2021 Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, PC. DisclaimerSitemap Connect with us on Linkedin Follow Us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Subscribe to us on YouTube Site by LISI