Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced yesterday that John Lash will take over as interim Chief Operating Officer, pending a board approval. Lash, who has been serving as Perma-Fix’s Senior Vice President of Operations for the Treatment Segment, will replace James Blankenhorn, who is leaving to serve as the Recovery Manager for URS at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. “We are very pleased to announce the promotion of John Lash to Chief Operating Officer,” Perma-Fox CEO Lou Centofanti said in a statement. “Since joining Perma-Fix Environmental Services in 2001, he has been a valuable member of the senior management team. He has had direct oversight of our facilities and remediation activities, and has cultivated very strong relationships with our key clients. Moreover, he has a solid reputation in the industry. We look forward to his ongoing contributions in this new role.” The company also wished Blankenhorn well as he departs to lead the WIPP recovery effots. “We would also like to thank Jim Blankenhorn for his significant contributions to the company,” Centofanti said. “In his new position, Jim will be instrumental in overseeing an important and timely project within the DOE, due in part to his deep expertise with transuranic waste. We are honored that DOE thinks so highly of him and wish him well in driving a solution to re-open WIPP.”
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