American Ecology Chairman and CEO Jack Lemley Assumes Chief Operating Officer Responsibilities.BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999-- Jack K. Lemley, chairman and chief executive officer of American Ecology Corporation (Nasdaq:ECOL ECOL es.comp.os.linux.* (newsgroups) ECOL Emmanuel Church of Lakewood (San Francisco, CA) ), today announced he has accepted the additional responsibilities as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. following the resignation of Joe Nagel to pursue other opportunities. Lemley said Nagel has agreed to work on a special projects consulting basis for American Ecology in the coming months. "Joe Nagel helped re-engineer American Ecology and move the company into a position of operating strength, and we are pleased he will be available to us to keep a focus on key opportunities in the near term," Lemley said. Additionally, Lemley said he has expanded the responsibilities of Zaki Naser, vice-president of the company and the general manager of operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. US Ecology's hazardous material disposal facility at Beatty, Nev. Naser was appointed executive vice-president and operations and marketing manager of American Ecology, Lemley said, and will be based in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Boise, Idaho-based American Ecology provides processing, packaging, transportation, remediation and disposal services for generators of hazardous, non-hazardous and 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) at licensed facilities throughout the United States. The company has been delivering environmental solutions since 1952. |
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