Steven J. Durham

Biography
[EPA press release - July 2, 1981]

Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has announced the appointment of Steven J. Durham as Regional Administrator of EPA's six-state Region 8, headquartered in Denver.

The appointment is effective July 13.

Mrs. Gorsuch visited Region 8 headquarters Thursday to announce Durham's appointment. The Region encompasses the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

"Steve's background in business and his broad understanding of issues relevant to Colorado and the West--gleaned from six years of service in the Colorado General Assembly--will bring to EPA determination to involve state and local governments as full partners in meeting our environmental goals in the Rocky Mountain West," Mrs. Gorsuch said.

Durham, 33, was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1974 and was re-elected in 1976 and 1978. In the fall of 1980 he was elected to the Colorado Senate with 74 percent of the vote.

Voted Outstanding Freshman Legislator in 1975 by his colleagues, Durham has served on a variety of committees during his legislative career, including Business Affairs and Labor; Finance; Appropriations; Game, Fish and Parks, and Health, Environment, Welfare Institutions.

In the 1981 session, he was vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and served on the Joint Budget Committee.

He was a prime sponsor of a bill requiring legislative approval of state agency rules and regulations and of tax reduction bills in 1979 and 1980.

Durham is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado.

A resident of Colorado Springs, Durham and his wife have one child. He is general manager of The Seven Falls Company. Seven Falls is one of the state's leading tourist attractions.

Steven J. Durham

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