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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 22, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-35261
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 95-3889638
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
805 WEST IDAHO
SUITE 200
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-8916
(208) 331-8400
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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PHILLIP K. CHATTIN, ESQ.
GENERAL COUNSEL
AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
805 WEST IDAHO
SUITE 200
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-8916
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COPIES TO:
LARRY D. BLUST, ESQ.
JENNER & BLOCK
ONE IBM PLAZA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
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DEREGISTERING 4,466,877 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
8,379,813 Shares of Common Stock
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AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION hereby deregisters 4,466,877 shares of
Common Stock hereby registered.
The Registrant deregisters the 4,466,877 shares for the reason that the
rights offering covered by the Registration Statement has terminated and only
3,912,936 shares of Common Stock were sold pursuant to the rights offering. An
additional 1,087,060 shares of Common Stock were mandatorily converted into
unregistered shares of Common Stock as a result of the rights offering.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement or amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, on February 18,
1999.
AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ JACK K. LEMLEY
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Jack K. Lemley
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ JACK K. LEMLEY Chairman of the Board, Chief February 18, 1999
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Jack K. Lemley and Director
/s/ ROBERT S. THORN Chief Accounting Officer February 18, 1999
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Robert S. Thorn
* Director February 18, 1999
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Rotchford L. Barker
* Director February 18, 1999
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Paul C. Bergson
* Director February 18, 1999
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Keith D. Bronstein
* Director February 18, 1999
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Edward F. Heil
* Director February 18, 1999
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Paul F. Schutt
* Director February 18, 1999
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John J. Scoville
By: /s/ PHILLIP K. CHATTIN
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Phillip K. Chattin,
Attorney in Fact
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