Compliance Bond

Put real skin in the game on every load.

Before a hauler or feedstock supplier delivers material, they post a bond into a long-lived escrow hold. It sits as collateral against the delivery being clean, properly manifested, correctly labeled, free of the contaminants and hazmat discrepancies that create downstream liability.

sentinel · bonds
62Bonds posted
$930KCollateral held
98%Returned clean

Bond · Cascade Haul

Feedstock · long-lived hold

Posted
ManifestMatched · BOL 4471Clean
LabelingCorrect hazmat classClean
ContaminantsWithin toleranceClean
On releaseReturned in fullStandard path

What the bond covers

Collateral against a dirty delivery

Properly manifested

The bill of lading matches what actually arrives. A mismatch is a documented violation.

Correctly labeled

The right hazmat classification on the right material, the labeling that downstream handling depends on.

Free of contaminants

No hazmat discrepancies, no off-spec contamination that turns into downstream liability.

Liability, transferred

Genuine financial consequence sits with the party whose conduct created the exposure.

Post, hold, resolve

A deferred hold on the same primitive

Because the bond is modeled as a deferred hold using the same fund-locking primitive as every other escrow on the platform, it required no special accounting machinery to build.

01 · POST

The bond locks before material moves

A hauler or supplier posts collateral into a long-lived hold ahead of delivery. It sits as a neutral deferred hold, not a payment, a guarantee of conduct.

  • Posted before the load enters the site
  • Same fund-locking primitive as delivery escrow
  • Long-lived: it persists across the relationship
bond.ts
// a bond is just a deferred hold
const bond = await sentinel.holds.create({
  party: hauler.id,
  mode:  "bond",        // deferred
  amount: 15000,
  covers: ["manifest", "label", "clean"]
})
→ state: pending · collateral held
02 · RETURN

Clean conduct returns the bond in full

When the delivery is clean, the bond returns through the standard release path, the same path a verified delivery escrow takes. Reliable counterparties never feel it.

  • Returned in full through the standard release
  • No friction for haulers who do it right
  • Reliability becomes a competitive edge
bond · returns
Cascade Haul · clean manifest returned
Basin Collect · within tolerance returned
Redwater · correctly labeled returned
03 · SLASH

A documented violation redirects the funds

A documented violation triggers a slash event that redirects the bonded funds toward cleanup, penalty, or remediation costs. It gives a safety director documented, dollar-backed leverage over third-party behavior on site.

  • Slash is an event submitted by an authorized officer
  • Funds redirect toward cleanup or remediation
  • Leverage on DOT, OSHA, Homeland Security & EPA exposure
bond · slash event

Violation · undeclared contaminant

Logged by safety officer · att-7780

Slash
Bond$15,000 heldDeferred
RedirectedRemediation accountSlashed

Conduct, priced

What bonded compliance looks like

Bond outcomes

96%
Returned · clean 96%
Slashed · violation 4%

Regulatory exposure covered

4
EPA
DOT
OSHA
Homeland Security

Special accounting built

0
New machinery needed 0
Reused the hold primitive 100%

Give compliance dollar-backed leverage.

Have third parties post a bond against clean conduct, returned in full when they perform, redirected to remediation when they don't.