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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.42A

                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                            (2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN)

     This Agreement is made as of __________ by and between Clean Harbors, Inc.,
a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company") and ____________("Optionee").

     Whereas, Optionee is a valuable and trusted employee of the Company (which
for the purposes of this Agreement shall include its subsidiaries), and the
Company considers it desirable and in its best interests that Optionee be given
a future proprietary interest in the Company and an added incentive to advance
the interests of the Company by possessing an option to purchase common stock of
the Company having a $.01 par value ("Stock"), in accordance with the Clean
Harbors, Inc. Stock Option Plan adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company
on April 26, 2000 and approved by stockholders of the Company on June 16, 2000
(the "Plan"). The provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated in and made
part of this document by reference.

     Now, therefore, in consideration of the foregoing premises, it is agreed by
and between the Company and Optionee as follows:

     1.   GRANT OF OPTION. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Company hereby grants to Optionee the right, privilege and option
to purchase _________("Option Shares") of Stock at a purchase price of _____ per
share.

     2.   TIME OF EXERCISE OF OPTION/VESTING. This option may be exercised
(shall vest) as to twenty (20%) percent of the total number of Option Shares on
the first anniversary of the date hereof and as to an additional twenty (20%)
percent on each anniversary date thereafter so that this option may be exercised
as to one hundred (100%) percent of the total number of Option Shares on and
after the fifth anniversary of the date hereof provided that, during the year
before exercise, the Optionee has performed a year of service to the Company (a
"year of service" being defined as any consecutive 12 month period during which
the employee has completed 1,500 hours of service, and an "hour of service"
being defined as each hour for which an employee is paid or entitled to payment
for the performance of duties for the employer during the applicable computation
period), and ending on the date of the termination of this option as provided in
Section 4 below.

     3.   METHOD OF EXERCISE. This option may be exercised by written notice
directed to the Stock Option Committee of the Board of Directors (the
"Committee") or to its designated representative at the Company's principal
place of business, specifying the number of Option shares to be purchased and
accompanied by a check in payment of the option price for the number of such
Shares specified. The Company shall make immediate delivery of such

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Shares; provided, however that if any law or regulation require the Company to
take any action with respect to the Shares specified in such notice or if the
Committee deems it desirable to take such action as a condition to or in
connection with the sale or purchase of stock under the Plan before the issuance
thereof, then the date of delivery of such Shares shall be extended for the
period necessary to take such action. In no event shall this option be exercised
unless there is in effect with respect to the Shares being purchased a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
or unless the Company shall have received a written opinion of counsel for or
approved by the Company that the issuance of such Shares is exempt under the Act
and any applicable state securities laws. If the Company shall then have in
effect arrangements with a brokerage firm for Optionees to exercise options
without payment, or so called "cash-less" option exercises, and the Optionee
shall elect such method of exercise, the Optionee shall comply with the
Company's requirements and procedures for such exercise.

     4.   TERMINATION OF OPTION. Except as herein otherwise stated or as
otherwise determined by the Committee, this option, to the extent not previously
exercised, shall terminate upon the first to occur of the following dates:

     (a)  except as provided in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) below, the
expiration of three (3) months after the date on which Optionee's employment
with the Company is terminated;

     (b)  the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which
Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated if such termination is by
reason of permanent and total disability. Permanent and total disability is
defined as the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months as determined by the Committee or
by a duly licensed physician designated by the Company;

     (c)  the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date of death of
Optionee; provided, however, that the person or persons to whom this option is
transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution may, at any time
within such one year period but not later than the date of expiration of this
option, exercise the option to the extent Optionee was entitled to do so on the
date of termination of employment (whether by death or otherwise). This option
or any portion owned by Optionee upon the date of Optionee's death not so
exercised shall terminate;

     (d)  the termination of Optionee's employment with the Company, if the
Committee determines that such termination was due to any activity by the
Optionee in competition with, or detrimental to, the Company, or if Optionee
terminated employment or association of his own volition in order to engage in,
or because he had engaged in, any such activity; and

     (e)  the expiration of ten (10) years from the grant of this option.

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     5.   RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER. If and to the extent that
the number of issued shares of Stock of the Company shall be increased or
reduced by change in par value, split up, reclassification, distribution of a
dividend payable in stock, or the like, the number of Shares subject to this
option and the option price per share shall be proportionately adjusted. If the
Company is reorganized or consolidated or merged with another corporation,
Optionee shall be entitled to receive options covering shares of such
reorganized, consolidated, or merged company in the same portion, at an
equivalent price, and subject to the same conditions. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Shares
subject to this option immediately after the reorganization, consolidation, or
merger over the aggregate option price of such Shares shall not be more than the
excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Shares subject to the option
immediately before such reorganization, consolidation, or merger over the
aggregate option price of such Shares, and the new option or assumption of the
old option shall not give Optionee additional benefits which Optionee did not
have under the old option, or deprive Optionee of benefits which Optionee had
under the old option.

     6.   CHANGE OF CONTROL. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 above,
to the extent not previously exercised or terminated under the provision of
Section 4 above, this option may be exercised with respect to one hundred (100%)
percent of the total number of Option Shares remaining hereunder in the event of
both (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company (as defined
below), and (ii) within twelve (12) months after a Change of Control, either (a)
the Employee's employment with the Company shall be involuntarily terminated, or
(b) the Employee's position within the Company shall be changed and as a result
of such change, the Employee's salary shall be reduced or the Employee shall be
required to relocate his or her residence. A Change of Control of the Company
shall be deemed to have occurred if the Company is a party to any merger,
consolidation or sale of assets, or there is a tender offer for the Company's
common stock, or a contested election of the Company's directors, and as a
result of any such event, either (i) the directors of the Company in office
immediately before such event cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company, or of the company succeeding to the Company's
business, or (ii) any company, person or entity (including one or more persons
and/or entities acting in concert as a group) other than an affiliate of the
Company gains "control" (ownership of more than eighty (80%) percent of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company) over the Company. The concept of
"control" shall be deemed to mean the direct or indirect ownership, beneficially
or of record, of voting stock of the Company. An "affiliate" shall be defined as
any person or entity which controls more than fifty (50%) percent of the Company
or is more than fifty (50%) percent controlled by the Company or by any other
person or entity which controls more than fifty (50%) percent of the Company.
Upon the exercise of this option prior to its termination and subsequent to a
Change of Control, the Optionee shall be entitled to receive the cash,
securities or other consideration he would have been entitled to receive had he
been entitled to exercise, and had he exercised, this option immediately prior
to such Change of Control.

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     7.   RIGHTS PRIOR TO EXERCISE OF OPTION. This option is nontransferable by
Optionee, except in the event of death as provided in subparagraph 4(c) above,
and during lifetime is exercisable only by Optionee. Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to the Option Shares until payment of the
option price and delivery to Optionee of such Shares as herein provided.

     8.   BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and upon their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, and assigns.

     9.   GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and governed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed effective as of the day and year first above written.

                                        Clean Harbors, Inc.


                                        By:
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                                           Stephen H. Moynihan
                                           Senior Vice President


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Optionee Signature