EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8)  pertaining  to  the  American  Ecology  Corporation  401(k)  Savings  and
Retirement  Plan  and Trust of our report dated June 4, 2004 with respect to the
2003  and  2002  financial statements of the American Ecology Corporation 401(k)
Savings and Retirement Plan and Trust included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K)
for  the  year  ended  December  31,  2003.

/s/  Moss  Adams  LLP

Seattle, Washington
June 25, 2004