SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported) October
22, 2008
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-11596
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58-1954497
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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8302
Dunwoody Place, Suite 250, Atlanta,
Georgia
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30350
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(Address
of principal executive
offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (770)
587-9898
Not
applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section
5 - Corporate Governance and Management.
Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
October 22, 2008, Mr. Steven T. Baughman tendered his resignation as Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, and Secretary of the Board of Directors
of
the Company. Mr. Baughman’s resignation from his current positions and as an
executive officer will be effective as of October 31, 2008.
On
October 24, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Ben Naccarato,
45, Interim Chief Financial Officer, to be effective November 1, 2008 until
a
permanent replacement for Mr. Baughman is identified by the Board of Directors.
Mr. Naccarato has been with the Company since September 2004 and currently
serves as Vice President Corporate Controller/Treasurer, a position he has
held
since May 2006. Previous to serving as the Vice President Corporate
Controller/Treasurer, Mr. Naccarato served as Corporate Controller for our
Industrial Segment. Prior to joining the Company in September 2004, Mr.
Naccarato served as the Chief Financial Officer of Culp Petroleum Company,
Inc.,
a privately held company in the fuel distribution and used waste oil industry
from December 2002 to September 2004. Mr. Naccarato is a graduate of University
of Toronto having received a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance Degree and is
a
Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Naccarato will continue to perform his
current duties as well as the duties of the Interim Chief Financial Officer,
to
be effective November 1, 2008, until a permanent replacement for the Chief
Financial Officer is named. There are no transactions since the beginning of
the
Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, involving
Mr. Naccarato and the Company requiring to be reported under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
Section
9
- Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
release dated October 27, 2008.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Dated:
October 27, 2008.
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/
Louis
Centofanti
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti,
President and
Chief Executive Officer