UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


     Litigation Release No. 15570 / November 24, 1997


     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. INTEGRATED WASTE SERVICES, INC.,
     Civil Action NO. 1:97CV02801 (LFO) D.D.C. 
       

          On November 20, 1997, the Commission filed a complaint in the United
     States District Court for the District of Columbia against Integrated Waste
     Services, Inc. ("IWSI").  The complaint alleges that IWSI, a Buffalo, New
     York-based waste management firm, failed to make available to the investing
     public current and accurate information about its financial condition and
     results of operation through the filing of periodic reports with the
     Commission.  Specifically, the complaint alleges that IWSI has not filed
     its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 30, 1996,
     and two Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended March
     31, 1997, and June 30, 1997.  The Commission seeks to compel IWSI to file
     its delinquent reports and to enjoin IWSI from further violations of
     Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder.  































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