Company record · #22 most-fined
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors has 917 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2020–2025), totaling $788,720 in penalties imposed — 0.4% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.
Violations by year
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology
The record in detail
- First violation in the data: 2020-09-16; most recent: 2025-10-27.
- Of 846 decided cases, 845 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 1 dismissed.
- Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (889, followed by Brooklyn with 22).
- Average penalty when upheld: $889 (median $600).
A summons records an alleged violation; cases marked pending have no final outcome. “Paid” reflects payments recorded in OATH case data, which can lag or include fees.
Respondent names behind this record
OATH records name respondents inconsistently. This page aggregates the following source spellings (violation counts in parentheses):
CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SE (882) · CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL (19) · CLEAN HARBORS (11) · CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONENTAL (1) · CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRNMENTAL (1) · CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SR (1) · CLEAN HARBORS EVIRONMENTAL SER (1) · CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL EN (1)
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · company grouping documented in methodology · methodology
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