American Ecology Corporation Urges Californians to Lead Alternative Solution After Court Ruling Exposes Law's Failure.BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--Jack K. Lemley, chairman and chief executive officer American Ecology Corporation (Nasdaq:ECOL ECOL es.comp.os.linux.* (newsgroups) ECOL Emmanuel Church of Lakewood (San Francisco, CA) ), today said the company will continue to work toward repeal The Annulment or abrogation of a previously existing statute by the enactment of a later law that revokes the former law. The revocation of the law can either be done through an express repeal of the Low Level Radioactive Waste radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness), disposing of such material is a Policy Act after a federal district court ruled against the company's US Ecology subsidiary and California in a lawsuit over transfer of land for a state-licensed disposal site for 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) . "The nation's radioactive waste policy is in chaos, and it is past time for Washington, D.C., to recognize that the government solution to low-level radioactive waste disposal is costing taxpayers millions of dollars they wouldn't have to spend under a fully regulated free-market system," Lemley said. "California has done more than any other state to try to get a bad law to work, and so Californians have the most credibility upon which to advocate changes. Repeal of the law or substantive changes to the law will mean savings for electrical ratepayers across the country, enable more rapid advances in medical research, and get the waste out of its current so-called temporary storage in neighborhoods and other inappropriate locations. We are part of the solution." US Ecology and California, in separate actions in the U.S. Court of Claims, have alleged a breach of contract by the federal government in first approving and then stopping transfer of Department of Interior-managed lands in southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, for a disposal site to serve the public and low-level radioactive waste generators in four states. The federal district court's ruling on the land transfer specifically noted that it did not address whether US Ecology and California had a contract with the federal government for transfer of the land. "The district court's ruling focuses the need for all of the parties involved to discuss how we can fulfill what is required of each of us under the law and under the contracts we hold," Lemley said. "We are seeking to carry out those discussions." American Ecology provides processing, packaging, transportation, remediation and disposal services for generators of hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. 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. . The company has been in business since 1952. |
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