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Note 5 - Other Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Note 5 - Other Intangible Assets and Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

5.	Other Intangible Assets and Goodwill

The following table summarizes information relating to the Company’s other intangible assets:

		September 30, 2014							December 31, 2013
	Useful	Gross					Net		Gross					Net
	Lives	Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	(Years)	Amount		Amortization			Amount		Amount		Amortization			Amount
Intangibles (amount in thousands)
Patent	8-18	$	528	$	(158	)	$	370	$	514	$	(155	)	$	359
Software	3		372		(305	)		67		379		(258	)		121
Non-compete agreement	1.2		265		(265	)		—		265		(174	)		91
Customer contracts	.5		790		(790	)		—		790		(790	)		—
Customer relationships	12		3,370		(1,242	)		2,128		3,370		(961	)		2,409
Total		$	5,325	$	(2,760	)	$	2,565	$	5,318	$	(2,338	)	$	2,980

The intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives with the exception of customer relationships which are being amortized using an accelerated method.

The following table summarizes the expected amortization over the next five years for our definite-lived intangible assets (which include the one definite-lived permit at our Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (“DSSI”) subsidiary):

	Amount
Year	(In thousands)

2014 (remaining)	$	117
2015		459
2016		419
2017		385
2018		355
	$	1,735

Amortization expense relating to intangible assets and our one definite-lived permit for the Company was $149,000 and $501,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $185,000 and $528,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively.

Goodwill Impairment

On April 3, 2014, the Company’s Board approved management to pursue the sale of our SYA subsidiary. As permitted by ASC Topic 350 “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other,” when an impairment indicator arises, the Company may recognize its best estimate of that impairment loss. Based on the Company’s preliminary analysis prepared as of June 30, 2014, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $380,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2014 for the SYA reporting unit. On July 29, 2014, the Company completed the divestiture of SYA (see Note 4 – “Divestitures and Discontinued Operations – Divestiture of SYA”). The Company determined that there was no change in the estimated goodwill impairment recorded above upon the divestiture of SYA on July 29, 2014.

During the second quarter of 2013, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $1,149,000 which represented the total goodwill for our CH Plateau Remediation Company (“CHPRC”) reporting unit, our operation under the CHPRC subcontract. This subcontract expired on September 30, 2013.

The impairment charges noted above are noncash in nature and did not affect our liquidity or cash flows from operating activities. Additionally, the goodwill impairment had no effect on our borrowing availability or covenants under our credit facility agreement.