EXHIBIT 99
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Chad Hyslop or Jim Baumgardner (208) 331-8400
info@americanecology.com     www.americanecology.com
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                           AMERICAN ECOLOGY ANNOUNCES
                   WASTE SHIPMENTS DELAYED AT NEW JERSEY SITE

                SHIPMENTS EXPECTED TO RESUME IN 3 MONTHS OR LESS


     BOISE, IDAHO, OCTOBER 27, 2005 - Stephen Romano, President and Chief
Executive Officer of American Ecology Corporation [NASDAQ:ECOL] today announced
that waste shipments under the Company's transport, treatment and disposal
contract with Honeywell International Inc. for a site in Jersey City, New Jersey
have been delayed.

     Honeywell recently notified the Company that waste excavation associated
with construction of a subsurface barrier wall surrounding the site is complete.
Material from this initial excavation phase has been shipped off-site for
disposal. Honeywell further notified the Company that shipments from the main,
multi-year excavation would be delayed for up to 90 days, although shipments
could resume earlier.

     "Like other large remedial projects, the pace and timing of on-site
excavation work and the availability of waste for shipment to American Ecology
are beyond our control," stated Romano, adding, "Our contract with Honeywell
remains in full effect and we look forward to receiving substantially all of the
waste removed from the Jersey City site once the main excavation resumes."

     American Ecology will assess Honeywell certain fees for not meeting minimum
weekly shipment requirements as provided for under the Contract. The Company
will also pay certain fees to its New Jersey subcontractor. Management is
presently working with Honeywell and its subcontractors to minimize delay costs.

     Awarded in June 2005, the contract commits Honeywell to provide American
Ecology 99% of the chromite ore processing residues removed from the site during
the upcoming main excavation phase.

     Total waste volumes at the site have been estimated at approximately one
million tons. On October 6, 2005 Honeywell filed a motion in U.S. District
Court, District of New Jersey to reduce the amount of material removed from the
site by 53%. The motion is presently under judicial review.

     American Ecology Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides
radioactive, PCB, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste services to commercial and
government customers throughout the United


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States, such as nuclear power plants, steel mills, medical and academic
institutions and petro-chemical facilities. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the
Company has disposal facilities in Idaho, Nevada, Washington and Texas, and is
the oldest radioactive and hazardous waste services company in the United
States.

     This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on
management's current expectations, beliefs, and assumptions about the industry
and markets in which American Ecology Corporation and its subsidiaries operate.
Actual results may differ materially from what is expressed herein. No assurance
can be given that Honeywell will timely resume off-site shipments, ship volumes
originally projected, or that the fees being assessed will cover all project
delay costs. Nor can the Company provide assurances it will satisfactorily
perform under the terms of the contract, meet its profitability objectives for
the project, or successfully execute its overall business plan going forward.
For information on other factors that could cause actual results to differ from
expectations, please refer to American Ecology Corporation's Annual Report on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


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