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Note 8 - East Tennessee Materials and Energy Corporation ("M&EC") | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block] |
8. | East Tennessee Materials and Energy Corporation (“M&EC”)
The Company continues its plan to close its M&EC facility by the end of the M&EC’s lease term of January 21, 2018. Operations at the M&EC facility are continuing during the remaining term of the lease and the facility is in the process of transitioning waste shipments and operational capabilities to our other Treatment Segment facilities, subject to customer requirements and regulatory approvals. Simultaneously, the Company continues with the required clean-up/maintenance procedures at M&EC’s Oak Ridge, Tennessee facility in accordance with M&EC’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) permit requirements. At March 31, 2017, total accrued closure liabilities for our M&EC subsidiary totaled approximately $2,906,000 which are recorded as current liabilities. At December 31, 2016, M&EC had long-term closure liabilities of approximately $881,000 which were reclassified to current at March 31, 2017. The following reflects changes to the closure liabilities for the M&EC subsidiary from year end 2016:
Amounts in thousands |  |  |  |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 3,058 |
Accretion expense |  |  | 47 |
Payments |  |  | (199 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2017 |  | $ | 2,906 |
During the first quarter of 2017 and 2016, M&EC’s revenues were approximately $3,379,000 and $1,377,000, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2175671 + Details
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