Clean Harbors, Inc. appointed Eric W. Gerstenberg as Chief Operating Officer of overseeing all of the company's Environmental Operations, including Safety-Kleen's Environmental business. Mr. Gerstenberg previously served as President, Environmental, Industrial & Field Services, a position to which
he was named in 2014. Before that, he served for three years as President, Environmental Services, where he was responsible for Technical Services, Disposal Facilities, Transportation and Sales for the Environmental Group. In conjunction with Mr. Gerstenberg's oversight of Safety-Kleen Environmental, the company has appointed Kevin Hayden as Executive Vice President, Safety-Kleen Environmental. Mr. Hayden is a 26-year veteran of Safety-Kleen whose leadership and passion have helped to build the business and grow it substantially. After joining Safety-Kleen in 1989, he served in a number of field sales and general management positions, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, North East Division; Vice President, Branch Operations; and Senior Vice President, West Region Branches. He was Executive Vice President, Branch Sales, since April 2014. Mr. Hayden will report to Mr. Gerstenberg in his expanded role. Clean Harbors also will substantially increase its focus on blended oil opportunities within its Oil Re-refining and Recycling segment and, as part of this effort, create a separate business within that segment. Jerry E. Correll has been appointed President of this new business. Jerry will oversee the transition of recycling and re-refining from a business that produces a majority of base oil to one that manufactures many products from recycling and re-refining process. Jerry and his newly reorganized team also will work to protect and expand margins by implementing a number of strategies, such as the recent Zero Pay rate structure change for its purchase of used engine and industrial oils, and by lowering overall transportation costs.