Summary of PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 26, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Mr. Ben Naccarato, 46, as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Mr. Naccarato was previously named by the Company's Board of Directors as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2008, upon the resignation of Mr. Steven T. Baughman, previous CFO, effective October 31, 2008.

Mr. Naccarato has twenty years experience in senior financial positions in the waste management and used oil industries. Mr. Naccarato has been with the Company since September 2004 and has served as Vice President Corporate Controller/Treasurer since May 2006. Previous to serving as the Vice President Corporate Controller/Treasurer, Mr. Naccarato served as Vice President, Finance of the Company's Industrial Segment. Prior to joining the Company in September 2004, Mr. Naccarato served as the CFO of Culp Petroleum Company, Inc., a privately held company in the fuel distribution and used waste oil industry from December 2002 to September 2004. Mr. Naccarato is a graduate of University of Toronto having received a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance Degree and is a Certified Management Accountant. There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, involving Mr. Naccarato and the Company requiring to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.