American Ecology Cooperating With Federal Investigation; Company Also Conducting Internal Inquiry.BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 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) ), announced today that the company is cooperating with a federal investigation of certain materials located at its Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. , Tenn. 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) processing facility. Lemley reported that federal investigators recently visited the Oak Ridge site to obtain samples of drummed materials and various company records. The samples were taken as part of an examination of the Oak Ridge facility's compliance with RCRA RCRA Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 RCRA Resort and Commercial Recreation Association , a federal law governing management of hazardous wastes and constituents. "While company management is not aware of any criminal violations, I have ordered a thorough internal inquiry," Lemley said. "The company is committed to full compliance with the law and its permits, and will take all necessary steps to rectify any problems that are uncovered," Lemley added. Lemley emphasized that no materials received from current customers were sampled or are otherwise under investigation . Boise, Idaho-based American Ecology provides processing, packaging, transportation Remediation and disposal services for generators of hazardous, non-hazardous and Low-level radioactive waste at licensed facilities throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . |
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