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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill |
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 |

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