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Published Date: Friday, Dec. 3, 1999
Company Name: American Ecology Corp.
Address: 805 West Idaho Street, Suite 200
Boise, ID 83702-8916
Main Telephone
Number: 208/331-8400
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.americanecology.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Jack K. Lemley
Chief Financial
Officer: James Baumgardner
Investor Relations
Contact: Stephen Romano
Business number: 208/331-8400
E-mail address: sromano@americanecology.com
Public Relations
Contact: Stephen Romano
Business number: 208/331-8400
E-mail address: sromano@americanecology.com
Industry: Environmental Services
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: Nasdaq:ECOL
Company description: American Ecology Corp., headquartered in 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. , provides cost-effective environmental services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, to producers and handlers of hazardous, 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. and radioactive wastes. For four decades, 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 Inc. has served industrial medical, academic and government clients. Nuclear Division: Our Richland, Wash. 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) disposal facility on the Hanford Reservation is one of two full service commercial sites in the nation. We also dispose exempt source and byproduct by·prod·uct or by-prod·uct n. 1. Something produced in the making of something else. 2. A secondary result; a side effect. Noun 1. material, and naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive materials from customers worldwide. In 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.: -- Our Nuclear Material Management Center offers decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. and "survey and release" services that allow metals and other solid materials to be recycled or landfilled as non-radioactive waste. Supercompaction further reduces disposal volumes. -- Our Nuclear Equipment Services Center refurbishes motor and other high-value equipment. A large thermal "burn out" oven is used to strip motors and other components while reducing disposal volumes. Services also include motor rewinding, vacuum pressure impregnation impregnation /im·preg·na·tion/ (im?preg-na´shun) 1. fertilization. 2. saturation (1). impregnation 1. the act of fertilizing or rendering pregnant. 2. saturation. , machining and component modification, and no-load testing. -- Brokerage and Field Services are provided by Oak Ridge and Richland-based Technicians during routine operations and site remediation for all types of radioactive, hazardous, PCB and Mixed wastes. Chemical Division: -- Our Beatty, Nev. facility 100 miles north of 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. treats and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous industrial wastes, PCBs, hazardous/PCB "mixed wastes," and exempt levels of certain radioactive material. -- Robstown, Texas: Texas Ecologists Inc.: Our facility just west of Corpus Christi treats and disposes hazardous and Texas Class I non-hazardous solid wastes, including special expertise in refinery wastes.
American Ecology Financial Information ($000):
1999 YTD 1998
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Sales 26,408 38,960
Actual Net Income 1,583 762
Stock Price (high/low) 3.0/0.98 3.0/1.00
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