UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 8, 2019
US ECOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 000-11688 | 95-3889638 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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101 S. Capitol Blvd., Suite 1000 Boise, Idaho (Address of principal executive offices) |
83702 (Zip Code) |
(208) 331-8400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
As disclosed in an 8-K filed on November 20, 2018, an explosion occurred at the Company’s Grand View, Idaho waste facility on November 17, 2018. The entire Grand View waste facility has been closed since the incident occurred. Since that time, we have re-routed waste to our other facilities wherever possible.
On February 8, 2019, the Company resumed direct landfill disposal operations at our Grand View Idaho waste facility after receiving a temporary authorization from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”). Waste treatment activities at the facility remain closed pending the completion of the various investigations, reconstruction of damaged facilities and authorization from the IDEQ. We continue to conduct our own internal investigation and support external investigations from IDEQ, United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Occupational Safety and Health Association (“OSHA”) surrounding the cause of the November 17, 2018 incident.
In accordance with general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report is furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| US ECOLOGY, INC. | |
| Date: February 12, 2019 | By:/s/ Eric L. Gerratt |
| Eric L. Gerratt | |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |