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EXHIBIT 5.1
DAVIS, MALM & D'AGOSTINE, P.C.
ONE BOSTON PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02108
TEL. 617-367-2500
August 31, 2005
Clean Harbors, Inc. and the
Guarantors listed on Exhibit A
1501 Washington Street
Braintree, MA 02184
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are seeking to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, $150,000,000 principal amount of 11 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2012
(the "New Notes") of Clean Harbors, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Company"), and the related Guarantees of the Company's subsidiaries (the
"Guarantors") which are listed as Registrant Guarantors in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-126193) which you have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such Registration
Statement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto and as it may hereafter be
further amended, is referred to hereafter as the "Registration Statement", and
the form of prospectus included in, or filed under, the Registration Statement
is referred to hereafter as the "Prospectus." The New Notes and the Guarantees
(collectively, the "New Securities") will be issued under the Indenture dated as
of June 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee. As described in the Prospectus, you
propose to offer the New Securities to the holders of the Company's $150,000,000
principal amount of outstanding 11 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (the "Old
Notes") in exchange for the Old Notes and the related guarantees of the
Guarantors (collectively, the "Old Securities"). You have requested that we
furnish to you an opinion as to the legality and enforceability of the New
Securities, which opinion will be filed as an Exhibit to the Registration
Statement.
We have examined the Old Securities, the proposed form of the New
Securities, the Indenture, the organization documents of the Company and the
Guarantors, as amended, copies of votes of the Boards of Directors (or
equivalent managers) of the Company and the Guarantors, the Registration
Statement and the Exhibits thereto, and such other documents as we deemed
pertinent. We have also made such examination of law as we have felt necessary
in order to render this opinion.
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As to certain factual matters relevant to this opinion, we have relied
conclusively upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of such records, agreements, documents and instruments, including
certificates or comparable documents of officers of the Company and the
Guarantors and certificates of public officials, as we have deemed appropriate
as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth. Except to the extent expressly
set forth herein, we have made no independent investigation with regard to
matters of fact, and we do not express any opinion as to matters of fact that
might have been disclosed by independent verification. In rendering our opinion
set forth below, we have assumed, without independent verification, (i) the
genuineness of all signatures, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons,
(iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the
conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as
conformed, facsimile, photostatic or electronic copies, (v) that the form of the
New Securities will conform to that included in the Indenture, and (vi) the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee and of the
exchange documentation described in the Prospectus by the holders of the Old
Securities.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that,
upon (i) the issuance of an appropriate order by the Commission allowing the
Registration Statement to become effective and (ii) due execution of the New
Securities by the Company and the Guarantors, due authentication thereof by the
Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, and issuance and delivery thereof in
exchange for the Old Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement,
the New Securities will be validly issued and will constitute legally binding
obligations of the Company and the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance
with their terms subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation,
reorganization, moratorium, usury, fraudulent conveyance and other laws relating
to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, (b) general
equitable principles, regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (c) concepts of good faith
and fair dealing, materiality and reasonableness. Furthermore, we express no
opinion as to the availability of any equitable or specific remedy, or as to the
successful assertion of any equitable defense, upon any breach of any agreements
or documents or obligations referred to herein, inasmuch as the availability of
such remedies or defenses may be subject to the discretion of a court.
We are providing this opinion to you for your use in connection with
the Registration Statement and the transactions contemplated by the Registration
Statement, and this opinion may
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not be used or relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose without
our express written consent, except that you may file a copy of this opinion
with the Commission as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement as described
below. The only opinion rendered by us consists of those matters set forth in
the preceding paragraph, and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the
opinion expressly stated.
We hereby consent that this opinion may be filed as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
DAVIS, MALM & D'AGOSTINE, P.C.
By: /S/ C. MICHAEL MALM
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C. Michael Malm,
Managing Director
CMM/JDC
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Exhibit A
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Altair Disposal Services, LLC Clean Harbors (Mexico), Inc.
Baton Rouge Disposal, LLC Clean Harbors of Baltimore, Inc.
Bridgeport Disposal, LLC Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc.
CH International Holdings, Inc. Clean Harbors of Connecticut, Inc.
Clean Harbors Andover, LLC Clean Harbors of Natick, Inc.
Clean Harbors Antioch, LLC Clean Harbors of Texas, LLC
Clean Harbors Aragonite, LLC Clean Harbors Pecatonica, LLC
Clean Harbors Arizona, LLC Clean Harbors Plaquemine, LLC
Clean Harbors Baton Rouge, LLC Clean Harbors PPM, LLC
Clean Harbors BDT, LLC Clean Harbors Reidsville, LLC
Clean Harbors Buttonwillow, LLC Clean Harbors San Jose, LLC
Clean Harbors Chattanooga, LLC Clean Harbors Services, Inc.
Clean Harbors Coffeyville, LLC Clean Harbors Tennessee, LLC
Clean Harbors Colfax, LLC Clean Harbors Westmorland, LLC
Clean Harbors Deer Park, L.P. Clean Harbors White Castle, LLC
Clean Harbors Deer Trail, LLC Crowley Disposal, LLC
Clean Harbors Disposal Services, Inc. Disposal Properties, LLC
Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. GSX Disposal, LLC
Clean Harbors Financial Services Company Harbor Industrial Services Texas, L.P.
Clean Harbors Florida, LLC Harbor Management Consultants, Inc.
Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain, LLC Hilliard Disposal, LLC
Clean Harbors Kansas, LLC Murphy's Waste Oil Service, Inc.
Clean Harbors Kingston Facility Northeast Casualty Real Property, LLC
Corporation Roebuck Disposal, LLC
Clean Harbors LaPorte, L.P. Sawyer Disposal Services, LLC
Clean Harbors Laurel, LLC Service Chemical, LLC
Clean Harbors Lone Mountain, LLC Spring Grove Resource Recovery, Inc.
Clean Harbors Lone Star Corp. Tulsa Disposal, LLC
Clean Harbors Los Angeles, LLC
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