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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000892712-23-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230110

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000891532
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT [4955]
		IRS NUMBER:				581954497
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-45449
		FILM NUMBER:		23520920

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8302 DUNWOODY PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30350
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7705879898

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8302 DUNWOODY PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 250
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30350

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000937394
		IRS NUMBER:				391078128
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		790 N WATER STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1200
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-347-7777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		790 N WATER STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1200
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">_______________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 13D</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 7)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name of Issuer)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Title of Class of Securities)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>714157203</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(CUSIP Number)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Vinita K. Paul</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General
Counsel and Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Heartland Advisors, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>790 N. Water Street, Suite 1200</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(414) 347-7777</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>_______________________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>December 31, 2022</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 11pt 0 5.5pt">If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &sect;&sect;240.13d-1(e),
240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. [&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.25pt">Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.3pt">*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person&#8217;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing
information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.25pt">The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in"><B>CUSIP NO. 714157203</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">1.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Heartland Advisors, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">2.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">3.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in"><B>SEC USE ONLY</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">4.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOURCE OF FUNDS</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">OO &#8211; Funds of investment advisory clients</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">5.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
    TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">6.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Wisconsin</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">7.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">8.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,015,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">9.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">10.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">11.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">12.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">13.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">8.3%</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">14.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">IA</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">1.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Heartland Holdings, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">2.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">3.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in"><B>SEC USE ONLY</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">4.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOURCE OF FUNDS</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">OO &#8211; Funds of investment advisory clients</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">5.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
    TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">6.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Wisconsin</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">7.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">8.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,015,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">9.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">10.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">11.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">12.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">13.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">8.3%</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">14.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">HC</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 14%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 71%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in"><B>CUSIP NO. 714157203</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">1.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">William R. Nasgovitz</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">2.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: -1.5pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">3.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in"><B>SEC USE ONLY</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">4.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOURCE OF FUNDS</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">OO &#8211; Funds of investment advisory clients</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">5.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
    TO ITEMS 2(D) OR 2(E)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">6.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">United States of America</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center"><B>NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">7.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">8.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED VOTING POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,015,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">9.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">0 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">10.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">11.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">1,110,500 shares</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">12.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[&nbsp;&nbsp;]</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">13.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">8.3%</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">14.</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.1in; padding-left: 0.1in">
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 7.5pt"><B>TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">IN, HC</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">This Amendment No.&nbsp;7 to Schedule 13D amends and supplements
the Schedule 13D originally filed on July&nbsp;27, 2016 (the &#8220;Original Schedule 13D&#8221;) as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 filed
on July 25, 2017 (&#8220;Amendment No. 1&#8221;), by Amendment No. 2 filed on August&nbsp;30, 2017, by Amendment No.&nbsp;3 filed on January&nbsp;10,
2020, by Amendment No. 4 filed on January&nbsp;13, 2021, by Amendment No.&nbsp;5 filed on September&nbsp;14, 2021 and by Amendment No.&nbsp;6
filed on November&nbsp;16, 2021 (the Original Schedule 13D, as so amended, the &#8220;Amended Schedule 13D&#8221;) and is being filed
jointly on behalf of Heartland Advisors, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (&#8220;Heartland&#8221;), Heartland Holdings, Inc. (&#8220;HHI&#8221;),
a Wisconsin corporation and William R. Nasgovitz, an individual (each a &#8220;Reporting Person,&#8221; and together, the &#8220;Reporting
Persons&#8221;), relating to the common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock), of Perma-Fix Environmental Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;). The purpose of this Amendment No.&nbsp;7 to Schedule 13D is to update the Reporting
Persons identified in Item&nbsp;2, to update Annex&nbsp;1 and other information set forth in Item&nbsp;2 and to update Heartland&#8217;s
ownership of Common Stock on behalf of client accounts.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">Unless otherwise defined or modified below, capitalized terms
used in this Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">All disclosure for items contained in the Amended Schedule 13D
where no new information is provided for such item in this Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by this reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 2. Identity and Background</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Item&nbsp;2 of the Amended Schedule&nbsp;13D is hereby deleted and
replace with the following:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">This Amended Schedule 13D is being jointly filed by Heartland, HHI
and William&nbsp;R. Nasgovitz.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Heartland is an investment adviser registered with the SEC that
provides investment advisory services to Heartland Group, Inc., a registered investment company, as well as private investment advisory
clients (collectively, the &#8220;Client Accounts&#8221;). As investment adviser to the Client Accounts, Heartland has the authority to
invest the funds of the Client Accounts in securities (including shares of Common Stock of the Company) as well as the authority to purchase,
vote and dispose of securities (including shares of Common Stock of the Company), and may thus be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares
of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock held by Heartland on behalf of the Client Accounts.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">HHI is the parent holding company of Heartland and files this Schedule
solely as the parent company of Heartland and indirect beneficial owner of the Common Stock held by Heartland.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Mr.&nbsp;William&nbsp;R. Nasgovitz is the Chief Executive Officer
as well as a director and control person of Heartland. By virtue of his control of Heartland, Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz may be deemed to have
a beneficial interest in the shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock held by Heartland on behalf of the Client Accounts. &nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz
does not own any Common Stock for his own account and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock reported herein. Information
called for by Items 2-6 of Schedule 13D, if applicable, regarding the executive officers and directors of Heartland and HHI is set forth
on Annex&nbsp;1 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Heartland is a Wisconsin corporation. HHI is a Wisconsin corporation.
Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz is a U.S. citizen. The principal business office address of Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz, HHI and Heartland is 790 North Water
Street, Suite 1200, Milwaukee, WI 53202.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">None of the Reporting Persons has, during the past five years, been
convicted of any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">None of the Reporting Persons has, during the last five years, been
a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or
is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal
or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B>Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">Item&nbsp;3 of the Amended Schedule&nbsp;13D is hereby deleted
and replaced with the following:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">Heartland has beneficially owned shares of Common Stock on behalf
of Client Accounts for a number of years. As of December 31, 2022, Heartland beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,110,500 shares of the
Company&#8217;s Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock held by Heartland on behalf of the Client Accounts were purchased with funds
provided by the Client Accounts.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B>Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10.1pt">Item&nbsp;5 of the Amended Schedule&nbsp;13D is hereby deleted
and replaced with the following:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">The aggregate percentage of shares of Common Stock reported owned
by each person named herein is based upon 13,324,756 shares outstanding, which is the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
as of November 1, 2022, as reported in the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November&nbsp;3, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">As of December 31, 2022, as investment adviser to the Client Accounts,
Heartland may be deemed the beneficial owner of 1,110,500 shares, or approximately 8.3%, of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock. The clients
of Heartland, a registered investment adviser, including a series of a registered investment company and other managed accounts, have
the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends and proceeds from the sale of shares of the Company&#8217;s Common
Stock held by Heartland included in this Schedule 13D. The Heartland Value Fund, a series of Heartland Group, Inc., a registered investment
company, owns greater than 5% of the Common Stock of the Company. Any remaining shares of Common Stock disclosed in this filing as owned
by Heartland, HHI and Mr. Nasgovitz are owned by various other Client Accounts managed by Heartland on a discretionary basis. To the best
of Heartland&#8217;s knowledge, as of December 31, 2022, none of the other Client Accounts owns more than 5% of the shares of the Company&#8217;s
Common Stock outstanding.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Heartland, as investment adviser to the Client Accounts, may be
deemed to have shared voting power with respect to 1,015,500 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 1,110,500 shares of Common
Stock. HHI, as parent company of Heartland, and Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz, as a control person of Heartland, may each be deemed to have shared
voting power with respect to 1,015,500 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock and shared dispositive power with respect to 1,110,500
shares and may thus be deemed the indirect beneficial owner of the shares beneficially owned by Heartland. Mr.&nbsp;Nasgovitz specifically
disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.</P>


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    <TD STYLE="width: 81%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B><U>Description</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">Joint Filing Agreement</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">Power of Attorney</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt">Dated: January 10, 2023</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">HEARTLAND ADVISORS, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Vinita K. Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, Chief Compliance
Officer,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">General
Counsel and Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">HEARTLAND HOLDINGS, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Vinita K. Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, General Counsel
and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">WILLIAM R. NASGOVITZ</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Vinita K. Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney in Fact for William R.
Nasgovitz</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(Pursuant
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>ANNEX 1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF REPORTING PERSONS<BR>
HEARTLAND ADVISORS, INC.<BR>
HEARTLAND HOLDINGS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The name and present principal occupation or employment of each director
and executive officer of Heartland Advisors, Inc. and Heartland Holdings, Inc. are set forth below. &nbsp;The business address of each
person is 790 North Water Street, Suite 1200, Milwaukee, WI 53202. &nbsp;All of the persons listed below are U.S. citizens. &nbsp;To the
best of the Reporting Persons&#8217; knowledge, during the last five years, no such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) and no such person was a party to any civil or administrative proceeding. No person
named below is the beneficial owner of any shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock except Mr. William R. Nasgovitz may be deemed the
indirect beneficial owner of the Common Stock as reported in this Schedule.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 68%; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><B>Principal Occupation</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">William J. Nasgovitz</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Director and Chairman</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">William R. Nasgovitz</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Director and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Bradford A. Evans</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Senior Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Vinita K. Paul</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Counsel and Secretary</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Nicole J. Best</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Chief Administrative Officer</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Michael D. Kops</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Colin P. McWey</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Andrew J. Fleming</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Troy W. McGlone</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0.75pt 0.1in">Vice President</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: center"><B><U>JOINT FILING AGREEMENT</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned hereby agrees to the joint filing with the other reporting persons of a statement on Schedule
13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. and that
this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement
this 10th day of January 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">HEARTLAND ADVISORS, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Vinita K.
Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, Chief Compliance
Officer,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;General
Counsel and Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">HEARTLAND HOLDINGS, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/&nbsp;Vinita K.
Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, General Counsel
and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">WILLIAM R. NASGOVITZ</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Vinita K.
Paul&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Name:&nbsp;Vinita K. Paul</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney in Fact for William R.
Nasgovitz</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(Pursuant
to Power of Attorney Filed Herewith)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 2</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 11pt; text-align: center"><B><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Power of Attorney</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Schedule
13G/13D</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these present, that the undersigned
constitutes and appoints Vinita K. Paul his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;complete and
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;) and the rules thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;complete and
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned filings on Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Act, and
the rules thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms
3, 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D and 13G and the timely filing of such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
other authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned&rsquo;s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Section 13(d) of the Act and the rules thereunder.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5, or Schedule 13G/13D, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of September, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3in"><U>/s/ William R. Nasgovitz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt 3in">William R. Nasgovitz</P>

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