American Ecology Opens New Texas Waste Treatment Building; Design Offers Increased Waste Throughput, Improved Environmental Protection.BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. -- American Ecology Corporation (Nasdaq:ECOL ECOL es.comp.os.linux.* (newsgroups) ECOL Emmanuel Church of Lakewood (San Francisco, CA) ) today announced that subsidiary US Ecology Texas has resumed full treatment services in a new 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. treatment building constructed at its Robstown, Texas Robstown is a suburb-city in Nueces County, west of Corpus Christi, Texas. It was founded about 1906, and was named for Robert Driscoll, a prominent figure from Corpus Christi. The population was 12,727 at the 2000 census. hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility. "Our Texas facility's new treatment building is designed to deliver increased throughput for the full range of wastes included in our operating permit," stated American Ecology President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Romano. "The building's advanced design also offers our customers a safe, environmentally superior solution to their hazardous waste service needs," Romano added. The 6,000 square foot building's environmental controls include a high-volume air emission control The selective and controlled use of electromagnetic, acoustic, or other emitters to optimize command and control capabilities while minimizing, for operations security: a. detection by enemy sensors; b. mutual interference among friendly systems; and/or c. system with baghouse, double-walled steel treatment tanks, tank misting system, and an automated treatment reagent measurement and delivery system. These systems will allow the Texas site to expand dusty waste treatment services, and increase options for solidification and disposal of liquids and sludges. "The opening of a more efficient, high throughput waste treatment building is an important element of our growth strategy for the Texas operation," Romano concluded. Hazardous waste treatment services were suspended at the Texas facility following a July 1, 2004 fire. Limited treatment resumed in December 2004 following repairs to the fire-damaged building. The repaired building remains in use for a limited range of services. Resumption of full treatment services became possible with the opening of the new building. American Ecology Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. , hazardous and non-hazardous waste services to commercial and government customers throughout the United States, such as nuclear power plants, steel mills, medical and academic institutions, refineries and chemical manufacturing facilities. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the Company is the oldest radioactive and hazardous waste services company in the United States, having operated for more than fifty years. This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations regarding the new Texas building's throughput capacity, processing efficiency, and contribution to growth of the Company's business. Actual results may differ materially from what is expressed herein. For information on risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to American Ecology Corporation's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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