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Bill Stephens, PhD

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Bill Stephens is a Senior Technical Consultant in J.S. Held’s Environmental, Health & Safety Practice. Bill’s natural resource career includes multi-community bio-assessments, aquatic ecology, fishery assessments and aquaculture management, biomonitoring, and ecosystem management, aquatic ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, surface water monitoring, and assessments. Bill’s professional work experience spans 41 years with 15 years as an environmental consultant and 26 years in the aquaculture industry. Collaborative work with consultants, industries, researchers, and regulators through field studies and assessments, wetland delineations, agency negotiations, and permitting has fueled his search for effective compliance solutions and appropriate management practices supporting a sustainable economy and maintaining ecosystem integrity. His knowledge, skills, and abilities allow him to interact with multiple stakeholders to prevent and solve problems.

Bill is in the Natural Resource Group of Environmental, Health & Safety – Energy & Environmental Advisory providing compliance to Power, Oil & Gas, and Manufacturing sectors through technical guidance, training, assessments, and permitting.

Key Expertise

  • Climate Change Energy Transition
  • Coal Ash Dike Geotechnical Inspections
  • D&O ESG & Sustainability
  • Dam Geotechnical Inspections
  • Ecological Assessments & Remediation
  • Energy Advisory
  • Energy System Decommissioning
  • Energy Transition Consulting
  • Environmental Investigations
  • Environmental Liability Assessments
  • Environmental Litigation Support
  • Environmental LSRP Services
  • Environmental Risk Management
  • Environmental Standard of Care
  • ESG Materiality Assessments
  • ESG Readiness Assessments
  • ESG Risk Assessment
  • Independent Energy Transition Monitoring
  • Independent Environmental Monitoring
  • NPDES Monitoring
  • Power Reliability & Resilience
  • Shareholder & ESG Activism
  • Stormwater Construction Consulting & Permitting
  • Sustainability Risk Assessments
  • Renewable Energy Real Estate Assessments
  • Natural Resource Assessments

J.S. Held is recognized as an ENR Top 200 Environmental Consulting Firm and industry leader in the Verdantix Green Quadrant for Sustainability & ESG Consulting.

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PFAS in Biosolids: What EPA’s Draft Risk Assessment Means for Industry and Municipalities
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PFAS Monitoring Requirements and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Under the 2026 NPDES Permit
Review of the provisions of the proposed 2026 NPDES Multi-Sector Stormwater Permit, how new regulations may impact industrial facilities, and...
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The Clean Water Act & Environmental Regulatory Compliance: A Strategic Approach to the Final Rule 316(b)
In this article, we will provide examples, through a specific case study, of how applying the impingement BTA system of...
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