GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Goodwill (amounts in thousands)(1)	Treatment			Services		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	14,000		$	1,330	$	15,330
Goodwill recorded in connection with PFNWR Earn-Out		840			¾		840
Goodwill recorded in connection with SEC Acqusition		¾			13,016		13,016
Reassignment of goodwill from change in reporting unit		(1,149	)		1,149		¾
Balance as of December 31, 2011		13,691			15,495		29,186
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	13,691		$	15,495	$	29,186

(1) No impairment losses have been recorded.

Roll Forward of Permit

The following table summarizes changes in the carrying amount of permits. No permit exists at our Services Segment. The Company currently has only one definite-lived permit, which is at our DSSI facility. This permit of approximately $545,000 was capitalized in 2009 in connection with the authorization issued by the U.S. EPA to our DSSI facility to commercially store and dispose of radioactive PCBs. This permit is being amortized over a ten year period in accordance with its estimated useful life.

Permit (amount in thousands)	Treatment
Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	16,863
PCB permit amortized		(55	)
Permits in progress		46
Balance as of December 31, 2011		16,854
PCB permit amortized		(55	)
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	16,799

Other intangible assets

The following table summarizes information relating to the Company's other intangible assets:

			December 31, 2012							December 31, 2011
	Useful		Gross					Net		Gross					Net
	Lives		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	(Years)		Amount		Amortization			Amount		Amount		Amortization			Amount
Intangibles (amount in thousands)
Patent		8-18	$	453	$	(105	)	$	348	$	402	$	(77	)	$	325
Software		3		380		(145	)		235		158		(66	)		92
Non-compete agreement		5		265		(62	)		203		265		(9	)		256
Customer contracts		0.5		565		(565	)		¾		790		(230	)		560
Customer relationships		12		3,370		(546	)		2,824		3,370		(86	)		3,284
Total			$	5,033	$	(1,423	)	$	3,610	$	4,985	$	(468	)	$	4,517

Summary of expected amortization over next five years

The following table summarizes the expected amortization over the next five years for our definite-lived intangible assets noted above and also includes the only one definite-lived permit, which is at our DSSI facility:

	Amount
Year	(In thousands)
2013	$	645
2014		602
2015		506
2016		429
2017		354
	$	2,536