Facility Audit: Red Deer, Alberta

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1 Facility Audit: Red Deer, Alberta

2 Table of Contents 1.0 General Company Information... 1 Introduction Facility Information... 2 Facility Overview... 2 Facility Site Plan... 3 Facility History... 4 Site Characterization... 4 Security... 4 Directions to Facility Operating Licenses and Permits... 6 Permit Summary... 6 Principal Operating Licenses/Permits... 6 Principal Contacts/Agencies Process Description Closure Plan Insurance Appendix... 8

3 1.0 General Company Information Introduction Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of the Fortune 500 companies, thousands of smaller private entities and numerous federal, state, provincial and local governmental agencies. Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary, Clean Harbors also is a premier provider of used oil recycling and re-refining, parts washers and environmental services for the small quantity generator market. Within Clean Harbors Environmental Services, the Company offers Technical Services and Field Services. Technical Services provide a broad range of hazardous material management and disposal services including the collection, packaging, transportation, recycling, treatment and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Field Services provide a wide variety of environmental cleanup services on customer sites or other locations on a scheduled or emergency response basis. Within Clean Harbors Energy and Industrial Services, the Company offers Industrial Services and Oil & Gas Field Services. Industrial Services provide industrial and specialty services, such as high-pressure and chemical cleaning, catalyst handling, decoking, material processing and industrial lodging services to refineries, chemical plants, pulp and paper mills, and other industrial facilities. Oil & Gas Field Services provide exploration, surface rentals, solids control, and environmental services to the energy sector serving oil and gas exploration, production, and power generation. Clean Harbors' Safety-Kleen subsidiary is a leading North American used oil recycling and rerefining, parts washers and environmental solutions company for small quantity waste generators supported by the largest re-refining capabilities to convert used oil into base and blended lube oils. Safety-Kleen provides a broad set of environmentally-responsible products and services that keep businesses in balance with the environment. Headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, Clean Harbors has waste disposal facilities and service locations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as Mexico and Puerto Rico. 1

4 2.0 Facility Information Facility Overview Clean Harbors Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Clean Harbors, Inc. headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, owns and operates a hazardous waste storage, treatment and disposal facility located in Ryley, Alberta. This facility has been permitted by the Alberta Environmental Protection Agency to receive, store, treat and landfill a variety of waste streams. Facility Name EnviroSORT Inc., a Clean Harbors Company Location Facility Owner Property Owner Facility I.D. No. Permit Type Waste Description 4229 Hewlett Drive Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2A8 EnviroSort Inc Hewlett Drive Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2A8 EnviroSort Inc Hewlett Drive Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2A8 Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development : Alberta Generator No. ABG Alberta Receiver No. ABR Alberta Carrier No. ABC Operation of a hazardous waste and hazardous recyclables transfer and storage facility, maximum container storage capacity of 240 drum equivalents (49,200 litres), 22,500 litres solvent and 25,000 litres of used oil. Organic and inorganic sludges, solvents, oils & greases, oil/water mixtures, organic residuals, miscellaneous chemicals, paint residuals, aqueous organics, anion complexes, pesticides & herbicides, PCB wastes & non-regulated, non-hazardous waste. The facility cannot receive or dispose of explosives radioactive wastes or biological & pathological wastes. Services Provided Waste transfer station services Lab Packing 2

5 Facility Site Plan G a t e Old Office Oil Tank T a n k Small Storage Shed S E A C A N S E A C A N New Drum Storage METAL SORTING AREA G a t e Pad Area G a t e Welding Tent MAIN OFFICE AND SHOP 3

6 Facility History The site was originally farmland prior to becoming part of the Blindman Industrial Park and being acquired by EnviroSORT and its predecessor companies. There are fewer than 10 persons living within a 2 kilometre radius of the facility Site Characterization The EnviroSORT Red Deer facility has an approval for the operation of a facility for receiving, storing, repacking and shipping of hazardous waste and hazardous recyclables. The facility is located on NE/ W4M, Lot 3 and 4, Block 5, Plan Blindman Industrial Park in Red Deer County. The surrounding businesses are related primarily to the oil production equipment maintenance and construction. The soils are classified as a Penhold Loam. These soils are orthic black chernozems that have formed on alluvial lacustrine material. The nearest surface water body, the Red Deer River, is over 1 kilometre from the site. Soil sampling and analysis is done as prescribed by Alberta Environment in the facility s operating approval. The water table is at a depth of approximately 5 metres. The hydraulic conductivities range from 1.99 x 10 to minus 8 and 9.08 x 10 to minus 9 metres per second. The deposits in the area are consistent with a glacial lacustrine or glacial-fluvial origin with the presence of sandy lenses. Groundwater in the area is generally of acceptable quality and typically falls with the Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines. Groundwater sampling and analysis is performed annually as prescribed by Alberta Environment in the facility s operating approval. Security Facility is surrounded by a chain link fence with 3 strand barbed wire on top. The facility has 3 locking access gates. Keys are given to personnel that require access to the site. The three drum containment units have raised floors and fire suppression systems. The containment units and the bulk liquid storage tanks are stored on a concrete pad that is sloped to a blind sump and has a metal roof for protection from the elements. The plastic, cardboard and steel sorting area is segregated from the other waste and has a liner underneath it. 4

7 Directions to Facility EnviroSort Inc Hewlett Drive Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2A8 From South (Calgary): North on Highway 2 (QE2) Turn right (east) on Highway 11A (NOT Highway 11) Turn left (north) on Highway 2A (approx 3-4 miles) Cross railway tracks Turn right (east) Do Not go under the overhead railway tracks This is TWP RD 392 Make first right on Henry Street Make first left on Industry Avenue to YIELD sign ENVIROSORT gate is right in front of you (across Hewlett Drive) Office on west side of the property From North (Edmonton): South on Highway 2 (QE2) Turn left (east) on Secondary Highway 597 (Blackfalds/Joffre overpass) Turn right (south) on Highway 2A (set of traffic lights here) Cross the river & under the overhead railway tracks left turn lane breaks out here Turn left (east on TWP RD 392 Make first right on Henry Street Make first left on Industry Avenue to YIELD sign ENVIROSORT gate is right in front of you (across Hewlett Drive) Office on west side of the property 5

8 3.0 Operating Licenses and Permits Permit Summary Operating Approval permits the operation of a hazardous waste storage and transfer facility (300 drum capacity). Unacceptable wastes are explosives, biological, infectious, radioactive and waste which is capable of detonation, of explosive decomposition and reaction at normal temperature and pressure. Permit Type/Governing Agency Permit No. Hazardous Waste Operating Operating Approval Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Inspection Contact: Mr. Robert Pole Kenneth Dahl Principal Operating Licenses/Permits Copies of existing permits which detail types of waste management licensed capacities and waste types accepted are available for inspection upon request at the site. 6

9 Principal Contacts/Agencies The list of contacts below can provide additional information regarding EnviroSORT Inc., facility operations or compliance: Facility General Manager David Hoffman Facility Operations Supervisor Keith Davis Technical Services Operations Manager Tim McKinney Technical Services General Manager Trevor Schell Facility Compliance Manager Don White Process Description The Red Deer facility is hazardous waste and hazardous recyclable transfer and storage facility. The main office and shop is at the front of the property. There is a container maintenance building behind the main office and shop. Empty containers used for collection of solids from drilling rigs etc are stored on the gravel pad at the rear of the plant area to the east of the container maintenance building. The facility has a Quonset for dry storage areas of consumables such as drums, pails, cardboard boxes. Oil and Solvent: The facility consolidates used oil and solvent for recycle into bulk storage tanks. These materials may be transferred directly from vacuum trucks into the tanks or pumped from drums into a vacuum truck and then transferred into the storage tanks. The storage tanks are on a concrete pad and are covered by a roof. Drummed Waste: Drummed waste is stored in three containment units which will hold up to 80 drums each on a concrete pad. These units have secondary containment and fire suppression systems. All transfer and consolidation activities take place on the bermed concrete pad. Recyclable Solids: The facility receives steel; plastic and cardboard which it sorts for recycle in a lined and segregated segregation area. 7

10 5.0 Closure Plan A comprehensive facility closure plan has been developed in accordance with RCRA requirements and is available at the site for inspection upon request. The Company utilizes both insurance and surety bonds to meet the Financial Assurance requirements of each state. Facility Closure Certificate Insurance Clean Harbors (including Safety-Kleen and all entities) presently carries general liability and auto liability insurance providing coverage in the aggregate amount in excess of $40 million. The Company purchases pollution liability insurance coverage in excess of $25 million for its fixed sites for sudden and accidental occurrences. For waste in transit, which insures the Company against liability for sudden and accidental occurrences during transit on a Company vehicle from the time waste is picked up through its delivery to a disposal site the Company purchases insurance in excess of $25 million. Certificate of Liability Insurance Financial Information Financial information on Clean Harbors and its subsidiaries are available from the Clean Harbors website in the Investor Relations section. ter.html 8.0 Appendix If applicable, supporting documentation will follow. EnviroSort, Inc Hewlett Drive Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2A