Barton D. Day has been assisting clients with environmental and other regulatory matters for more than 25 years. Mr. Day helps clients understand the regulations to which they are subject , acts as their advocate in shaping those regulations and obtaining the necessary permits and other authorizations, counsels them in developing practical means of compliance, represents them in responding to allegations of noncompliance, and assists them in developing positive, constructive working relationships with the agencies that regulate them. Mr. Day has been involved both in major national and international issues as well as in remediation, compliance, permitting and enforcement matters involving individual facilities all across the nation.
Mr. Day has extensive experience in federal, state and local legislative, rulemaking, and other policy development matters under a variety of regulatory programs. He frequently works with regulators to resolve regulatory uncertainties and obtain favorable regulatory policy determinations for his clients. He has represented clients in the judicial review of agency rulemaking and similar actions, both in challenging unfavorable agency actions and in defending favorable agency actions against the challenges of others.
Mr. Day also has extensive experience in compliance, permitting, permit appeal and enforcement matters under a variety of federal, state and local regulatory programs, particularly under federal and state hazardous waste regulatory programs implementing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), federal and state Underground Injection Control (UIC) programs implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Maricopa County Air Quality Department's program implementing the Clean Air Act. Mr. Day is a frequent speaker on compliance and enforcement matters.