American Ecology Announces Election of New Directors.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1995--At the annual meeting of stockholders of American Ecology Corporation, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ECOL ECOL es.comp.os.linux.* (newsgroups) ECOL Emmanuel Church of Lakewood (San Francisco, CA) ) stockholders elected two new directors, Patricia M. Eckert and Ira J. Kaufman. Ms. Eckert is director, Competitive Issues -- Telecommunications and Utilities Sectors for Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. Ms. Eckert formerly served as the president of the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, and served as a Commissioner from 1989 to 1994. Mr. Kaufman is chairman emeritus of Rodman & Renshaw, Inc. and was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of that company from 1969 to 1989. Separately, the Board of Directors named Jack K. Lemley chairman of the board and also elected Harry J. Phillips, Jr. to the Board, increasing the number of directors to ten. Mr. Phillips was a director of the company since 1991 and chief executive officer from November 1991 to February 1995. American Ecology operates a chemical waste disposal facility in Nevada and two in Texas. The Company also operates a low-level radioactive waste Noun 1. low-level radioactive waste - (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) (LLRW) disposal facility in Washington, has received a license approval for a similar facility in California, has a license application pending for a LLRW disposal facility in Nebraska, and operates a LLRW processing facility in Tennessee. Services provided by the Company include waste packaging, transportation, consulting, pretreatment pretreatment, n the protocols required before beginning therapy, usually of a diagnostic nature; before treatment. pretreatment estimate, n See predetermination. , disposal, fuels blending, recycling, and clean-up services. The Company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ECOL. CONTACT: American Ecology Corporation, Houston C. Clifford Wright, Jr., 713/624-1902 |
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