0001437749-16-043857.txt : 20161228 0001437749-16-043857.hdr.sgml : 20161228 20161228164625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-16-043857 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161223 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20161228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVALON HOLDINGS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001061069 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953] IRS NUMBER: 341863889 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14105 FILM NUMBER: 162072931 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE AMERICAN WAY CITY: WARREN STATE: OH ZIP: 44484 BUSINESS PHONE: 3308568800 8-K 1 awx20161228_8k.htm FORM 8-K awx20161228_8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) December 28, 2016 (December 23, 2016)

 

 

AVALON HOLDINGS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Ohio

 

1-14105

 

34-1863889

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

                                                                                   

                 

 

One American Way, Warren, Ohio 44484

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (330) 856-8800 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Former name and address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e4(c))

 

 
 
 

 

ITEM 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 23, 2016, the Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio (the “Court”) issued its Decision and Order in the AWMS Water Solutions, LLC appeal of the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission’s decision that upheld the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management’s (the “Division”) suspension of AWMS #2.  AWMS Water Solutions, LLC (the “Company”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avalon Holdings Corporation. As previously reported, on September 3, 2014, the Chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Division, temporarily suspended the operations at the Company’s salt water injection well, AWMS #2, while they prepared a state-wide policy on induced seismicity.

 

The Court found that the Division’s suspension and refusal to work with the Company for over 26 months was “arbitrary” and “not in accordance with reason” and therefore vacated the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission’s decision.  The Court ordered that the Company and the Division submit proposed entries within 30-days to the Court setting forth the initial volumes, pressures, and increases in volume and pressure proposed while monitoring seismicity and addressing the concerns of public health and safety.  Following submittal of these proposed entries, it is expected that the Court will issue specific orders allowing AWMS #2 to resume operations.

 

 
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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.

 

 

 

AVALON HOLDINGS CORPORATION

 

 

 

           (Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

DATED:     December 28, 2016    /s/ Bryan P. Saksa  

 

By:

Bryan P. Saksa

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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