Houston Company Moving To Boise

American Ecology Corp., a Houston-based chemical, radioactive and toxic-waste disposal company, is moving its headquarters to Boise.

In March the company will move into the second floor of the Boise City National Bank Building, a century-old structure being remodeled downtown.

American Ecology, led by former Morrison Knudsen Corp. senior vice president Jack Lemley, is moving because its top executives are from Boise.

“The corporate offices can be located anywhere,” said Ed Gorman, president and chief operating officer of American Ecology and another former senior vice president at Morrison Knudsen. “Both Jack Lemley and myself live in Boise and we don’t want to move to Houston.”