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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-6021257</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>40 Lane Road</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Fairfield, New Jersey</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>07004</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers<BR>
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Anthony J. Orlando<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Covanta Holding Corporation<BR>
40 Lane Road<BR>
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(973)&nbsp;882-9000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)<BR><br style="font-size: 6pt">
<B>with copies to:</B><BR><br style="font-size: 6pt">
Timothy J. Simpson, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President,<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Covanta Holding Corporation<BR>
40 Lane Road<BR>
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004<BR>
(973)&nbsp;882-9000</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">David S. Stone, Esq.<BR>
Neal, Gerber &#038; Eisenberg LLP<BR>
Two North LaSalle Street<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60602<BR>
(312)&nbsp;269-8000</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>per share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par value $.10 per share)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,300,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$27.43</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$172,809,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6,792</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, also covers such additional number of
shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar event.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933 and based on the average of the high and low
prices of a share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on May&nbsp;2, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register an additional 6,300,000 shares of
common stock, par value $.10 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Covanta Holding Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), as a result of an increase of 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Company&#146;s Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers, as amended (the &#147;Employees Plan&#148;), and an
increase of 300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company&#146;s Equity Award Plan for
Directors (the &#147;Directors Plan&#148; and together with the Employees Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;). The Company
previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plans with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on October&nbsp;7, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-119609) and on December&nbsp;1,
2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-130046). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration
Statement has been prepared in accordance therewith and the previously filed Registration
Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April&nbsp;1,
2008).</TD>
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    <TD>Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;B of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April&nbsp;1, 2008).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
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    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Stock Option Agreement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Company Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Directors
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June&nbsp;2,
2006).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Neal, Gerber &#038; Eisenberg LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Covanta Holding Corporation
and Subsidiaries, dated May&nbsp;2, 2008, by Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Quezon Power, Inc.,
dated May 2, 2008, by Sycip Gorres Velayo &#038; Co., a Member
Practice of Ernst &#038; Young Global Limited.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Neal, Gerber &#038; Eisenberg LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
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    <TD>Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fairfield, State of New Jersey, on May&nbsp;1, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ ANTHONY J. ORLANDO
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Anthony J. Orlando&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints ANTHONY J. ORLANDO and TIMOTHY J. SIMPSON, and each of them, his/her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory
authority), for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this registration statement
on Form S-8 (including all amendments thereto) with all exhibits and any and all documents required
to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them,
full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing necessary and/or
desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all
intents and purposes as he himself/she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed on May&nbsp;1, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Samuel Zell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Samuel Zell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Anthony J. Orlando
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Anthony J. Orlando
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Mark A. Pytosh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark A. Pytosh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Thomas E. Bucks
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas E. Bucks
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David M. Barse
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David M. Barse</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Ronald J. Broglio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ronald J. Broglio</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Peter C.B. Bynoe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter C.B. Bynoe</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Richard L. Huber
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard L. Huber</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Linda J. Fisher
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Linda J. Fisher</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William C. Pate
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William C. Pate</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Robert S. Silberman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert S. Silberman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Jean Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jean Smith</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Clayton Yeutter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clayton Yeutter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April&nbsp;1,
2008).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;B of the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed April&nbsp;1, 2008).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Stock Option Agreement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Covanta Holding Company Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Directors
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June&nbsp;2,
2006).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Neal, Gerber &#038; Eisenberg LLP.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Covanta Holding Corporation
and Subsidiaries, dated May&nbsp;2, 2008, by Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Quezon Power, Inc., dated
May 2, 2008, by Sycip Gorres Velayo &#038; Co., a Member Firm of Ernst
&#038; Young Global Limited.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2008
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-6021257
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
40 Lane Road
Fairfield, New Jersey
07004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors
(Full title of plan)
Anthony J. Orlando
President and Chief Executive Officer
Covanta Holding Corporation
40 Lane Road
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
(Name and address of agent for service)
(973) 882-9000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
with copies to:
Timothy J. Simpson, Esq.
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Covanta Holding Corporation
40 Lane Road
Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
(973) 882-9000
David S. Stone, Esq.
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Two North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 269-8000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
offering price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock (par value $.10 per share)
6,300,000
$27.43
$172,809,000
$6,792
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, also covers such additional number of
shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar event.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 and based on the average of the high and low
prices of a share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on May 2, 2008.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Form of Stock Option Agreement
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
Opinion of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register an additional 6,300,000 shares of
common stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Covanta Holding Corporation (the
"Company"), as a result of an increase of 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Company's Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers, as amended (the "Employees Plan"), and an
increase of 300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's Equity Award Plan for
Directors (the "Directors Plan" and together with the Employees Plan, the "Plans"). The Company
previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plans with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on October 7, 2004 (File No. 333-119609) and on December 1,
2005 (File No. 333-130046). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration
Statement has been prepared in accordance therewith and the previously filed Registration
Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April 1,
2008).
4.2
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April 1, 2008).
4.3
Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Stock Option Agreement.
4.4
Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
4.5
Form of Covanta Holding Company Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Directors
(incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 2,
2006).
5.1
Opinion of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Covanta Holding Corporation
and Subsidiaries, dated May 2, 2008, by Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Quezon Power, Inc.,
dated May 2, 2008, by Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co., a Member
Practice of Ernst & Young Global Limited.
23.3
Consent of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this Registration Statement).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fairfield, State of New Jersey, on May 1, 2008.
COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ ANTHONY J. ORLANDO
Anthony J. Orlando
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints ANTHONY J. ORLANDO and TIMOTHY J. SIMPSON, and each of them, his/her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory
authority), for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this registration statement
on Form S-8 (including all amendments thereto) with all exhibits and any and all documents required
to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them,
full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing necessary and/or
desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all
intents and purposes as he himself/she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed on May 1, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated:
Signature
Title
/s/ Samuel Zell
Chairman of the Board
Samuel Zell
/s/ Anthony J. Orlando
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Anthony J. Orlando
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mark A. Pytosh
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark A. Pytosh
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Thomas E. Bucks
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Thomas E. Bucks
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David M. Barse
Director
David M. Barse
/s/ Ronald J. Broglio
Director
Ronald J. Broglio
/s/ Peter C.B. Bynoe
Director
Peter C.B. Bynoe
/s/ Richard L. Huber
Director
Richard L. Huber
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Signature
Title
/s/ Linda J. Fisher
Director
Linda J. Fisher
/s/ William C. Pate
Director
William C. Pate
/s/ Robert S. Silberman
Director
Robert S. Silberman
/s/ Jean Smith
Director
Jean Smith
/s/ Clayton Yeutter
Director
Clayton Yeutter
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
4.1
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Employees and Officers (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April 1,
2008).
4.2
Covanta Holding Corporation Equity Award Plan for Directors (incorporated by reference to
Appendix B of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed April 1, 2008).
4.3
Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Stock Option Agreement.
4.4
Form of Covanta Holding Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
4.5
Form of Covanta Holding Company Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Directors
(incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 2,
2006).
5.1
Opinion of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Covanta Holding Corporation
and Subsidiaries, dated May 2, 2008, by Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Quezon Power, Inc., dated
May 2, 2008, by Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co., a Member Firm of Ernst
& Young Global Limited.
23.3
Consent of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this Registration Statement).