Utilities

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With more than 100 response locations in North America, Clean Harbors has the manpower, equipment and technical expertise to manage any size environmental emergency on land or water.

When evaluating emergency response companies, know that Clean Harbors can rapidly deploy experienced, fully certified workers to meet the needs of any incident in the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico.

• Emergency spill clean up
• Over-the-road incidents 
• Punctured lines 
• Tank overflows 
• Leaking drums 
• Saddle tank spills 
• Large pipeline ruptures 
• Mercury spills
• Biological and infectious materials 
• Ship groundings 
• Tanker truck rollovers 
• Chemical and hazardous material spills 
• Oil spills
• Hurricane, earthquake and storm damage 
• Emergency lab packs
• Homeland security and terrorist attack responses
• Releases in warehouses and distribution centers
• Excavation of buried drums and cylinders

Download Clean Harbors Emergency Response Resource Book for US
Download Clean Harbors Emergency Response Resource Book for Canada (English)
Download Clean Harbors Emergency Response Resource Book for Canada (French)
Download Emergency Response Brochure
Download Fact Sheet (Emergency Response Services)
Download Fact Sheet (Emergency Operations Center)
Download Fact Sheet (Bird Flu Rapid Response Services)

Rapid Response and Containment

Varying by the response, spills typically can be contained within the first few hours, with minimal remediation in the next 48 hours. Clean Harbors works under all local, state and federal guidelines (EPA, OSHA, USCG, etc.) when performing containment and cleanup. Waste for off-site disposal is packaged and prepared for shipment to a waste treatment and disposal facility. 

Emergency Preparedness

Clean Harbors Emergency Response experts can provide guidance on emergency management, operations, planning, logistics and more. Our Standby Emergency Response Coverage ensures that you have the necessary coverage and response in the event of an environmental emergency.

Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)

Under the U.S. Coast Guard’s OSRO Classification Program, Clean Harbors holds Captain of the Port ratings for facilities and vessels in 56 ports throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. 

Emergency Operations Center

Clean Harbors operates an Emergency Operations Center where duty operators certified in DOT and RCRA can help you 24/7. One number, one call: 800.645.8265

Clean Harbors Remediation Services handle large-scale, complex site cleanup projects and environmental construction needs for the public and private sectors. We can remediate any location to meet corporate or regulatory cleanup requirements.

Clean Harbors provides comprehensive on-site Remediation Services for a plant or facility expansion, an idled facility or a decommissioned process. If you are closing a process, a building or an expansive facility in order to sell the property, remediating a brownfield or repurposing property, Clean Harbors has the solution.

• Coke oven dismantlement and closure 
• Landfill construction, capping and collection systems
• In situ, ex situ treatment 
• Soil solidification, stabilization 
• Excavation and disposal 
• Decontamination, decommissioning, demolition 
• Integrated remediation systems construction and management 
• Hazardous and special waste management
• Manufactured gas plant remediation 
• Mining site remediation 
• Groundwater remediation
• Sediments remediation
• Remedial systems configurations for site-specific cleanup criteria
• Refinery projects

Whatever your remediation needs, Clean Harbors has the manpower, enviromental equipment and expertise to not only get the job done but also exceed expectations. 

Clean Harbors Tank Cleaning experts perform a broad spectrum of cleaning tasks for industrial facilities, municipalities and utility companies.

Maintaining your equipment at its highest operational capacity is critical, and that includes keeping tanks clean and compliant with EH&S regulations. Clean Harbors handles a broad spectrum of cleaning from 10-gallon acid neutralization tanks for medical companies to six-million-gallon 240-foot-diameter refinery tanks.

Tank Cleaning Services We Provide

• Wastewater treatment neutralization for compliance with wastewater discharge regulations
• Tank maintenance and inspection 
• Fuel oil tank cleaning 
• Utility manhole and vault cleaning 
• Tank and vessel cleaning during decommissioning and industrial renovations 
• Large-scale tank cleaning 
• IOS and rail-car container cleaning

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The Clean Harbors Difference

Clean Harbors not only performs tank cleaning—we also remove the waste generated from the cleaning process and dispose of it safely using our own vehicles and treatment facilities. This additional benefit sets us apart and saves our clients time, money and hassle.

Exposing underground pipes, cables or utilities requires precision and the utmost safety.

In many industrial and municipal settings, excavators often have to rely on their “best guess” about the nature and location of pipelines, utilities, service pits and other hidden obstructions—making conventional manual or machine digging a significant risk to underground infrastructure and the surrounding ecosystem.

Clean Harbors Daylighting services provide an experienced, highly trained team and the right hydro vac equipment to uncover highly sensitive underground materials with ease. Our technology and methodologies surpass those of traditional excavation techniques to provide fast, accurate and safe access—and save time and money.

Compared to conventional hard-edge excavation methods, the Clean Harbors approach to daylighting poses a greatly reduced risk to underground infrastructure. In most cases, our processes require substantially less backfilling and site restoration, eliminating the need for costly repairs.

With a large team of experts, nationwide coverage and vast experience, Clean Harbors provides safer, less damaging and more efficient daylighting services, benefiting both the environment and your bottom line.

Clean Harbors Vacuum Services collect and transport wet or dry, hazardous and non-hazardous materials on a routine or emergency basis.  

Unwanted by-products are a fact of life for industrial facilities. But disposing of these materials doesn’t have to be a drain on your resources. 

Vacuum equipment—including stainless steel, carbon steel, dry and liquid units—is selected based on the nature and quantity of the material to be removed. Applications for our industry-leading Vacuum Services include:

• Liquids, solids, slurries and sludge (hazardous and non-hazardous)
• Pit and sump cleanouts 
• On-site transfers
• Tank-to-truck, truck-to-truck 
• Catch basins, storm drain systems 
• Spill cleanups
• Tank cleaning 
• Power plant and boiler cleaning 
• Physical plant maintenance 

Clean Harbors can schedule routine vacuum services or swiftly respond to emergency spills or product release situations. 

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Clean Harbors InSite Services is a branded on-site/in-plant service delivery program through which we provide a full range of environmental, industrial and waste management offerings. This signature program is built on safety, quality, efficiency and integrity—and has been offered by Clean Harbors for over 20 years.

By leveraging Clean Harbors expertise and capabilities, our on-site staffs are dedicated to developing the safest, most cost-effective solutions to service customers’ needs. This includes collecting and packaging waste materials, managing satellite accumulation areas, cleaning in-plant locations and running RCRA treatment processes.

One Source. More Resources.

A Clean Harbors InSite partnership delivers process improvement and cost savings opportunities, thus allowing you to maximize your profitability by focusing on your core business needs. 

InSite Services We Provide

• Chemical waste pickup
• Solvent can management
• Laboratory inspections
• SAA inspections
• Administrative support
• Safety equipment inspections
• Biohazard container management
• Radiological services
• Laboratory cleaning
• Laboratory moves
• Bulk storage tank management
• Consolidation and lab packing