Safety-Kleen Emergency Response Service Through Clean Harbors Strengthened by SCAA Announcement

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – The Spill Control Association of America (SCAA) named Scott Metzger as its new President at SCAA’s recent annual meeting held March 7-8 in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Metzger is Senior Vice President of Field Operations for Clean Harbors and holds an oversight role for the Clean Harbors’ National Strike Team that manages environmental incidents. When not deployed on an event, his focus is Emergency Response preparedness, readiness, training and the strategic development of response teams. Mr. Metzger has been with Clean Harbors for more than 22 years.

SCAA Executive Director John Allen said, “We are so fortunate to have someone of the caliber of Scott as SCAA’s new president. We look forward to making great strides for the industry and the Association under his leadership.”

Mr. Metzger commented, "I'm honored to step up to this new role at the SCAA and anticipate continuing its industry-leading policies. I encourage all companies in the spill response community to become members of the Association and to get involved and take an active role in developing and promoting the policies that are driving their businesses”

About SCAA

As the voice of spill response professionals, SCAA, founded in 1973, represents a broad coalition of emergency responders, manufacturers, environmental firms, distributors, consultants, instructors, government and training institutions, and corporations working in the industry, who collectively address industry challenges in order to strengthen and improve our nation’s response community. For more information, visit www.scaa-spill.org.

About Clean Harbors

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. Headquartered in Massachusetts, Clean Harbors has waste disposal facilities and service locations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as Mexico and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit www.cleanharbors.com.