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): May 21, 2012                       

                          

             

    US Ecology, Inc.    

    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)    

 

Delaware		0-11688		95-3889638
(State or other jurisdiction)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

Lakepointe Centre I, 300 E. Mallard, Suite 300 Boise, Idaho		83706
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

                   

      (208) 331-8400      

      (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)      

                   

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 21, 2012 US Ecology, Inc., (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had entered into a definitive agreement with PVS Chemicals, Inc. to acquire the stock of its wholly owned subsidiary Dynecol, Inc.

 

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities 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.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

   (d)           Exhibits

 

The following exhibit relating to Item 7.01 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

 

       99.1         Press release issued by the Registrant on May 21, 2012

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.
	(Registrant)
Date: May 21, 2012	/s/ Jeffrey R. Feeler
	Jeffrey R. Feeler Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		US Ecology, Inc., press release dated May 21, 2012.