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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;22, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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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FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
<i>Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</i></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WCA WASTE 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-0829917</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Riverway, Suite&nbsp;1400</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77056</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.<BR>
WCA Waste Corporation<BR>
One Riverway, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Houston, Texas 77056</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(713)&nbsp;292-2400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>Jeff C. Dodd<BR>
Andrews Kurth LLP<BR>
600 Travis, Suite&nbsp;4200<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;220-4200</B>
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<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 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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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large Accelerated Filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA
Waste Corporation Incentive Plan,
Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">650,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4.77 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,100,500 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">222</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive
Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on October&nbsp;19, 2010, as reported by The NASDAQ Global Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information called for in Part&nbsp;I of the Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees,
officers, directors or others specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and is not being filed or included in this Form S-8
(whether by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WCA Waste Corporation, or the Registrant, hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2010 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;9, 2010, as amended April&nbsp;29, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March&nbsp;31, 2010 and June&nbsp;30, 2010 filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2010 and August
5, 2010, respectively;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the 1934 Act,
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to
in (a)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on June&nbsp;21, 2004 and as thereafter amended, in which are described the terms, rights
and provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) grants each
corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action, or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, except that with respect to an action brought by or in the right of the corporation such
indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys fees).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that the
Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Any repeal or modification of
the provisions providing for such indemnification shall not adversely affect any right or
protection, or any limitation of the liability of, a director of the Registrant existing at, or
arising out of facts or incidents occurring prior to, the effective date of such repeal or
modification.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are covered by insurance policies against
certain liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><I>Exhibit Number</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Waste Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File
No.&nbsp;0-50808) filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;22, 2005).</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of WCA Waste Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50808) filed with
the Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature Page of this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
<TD valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on October&nbsp;8, 2010).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i)
to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement and (iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement; (2)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the Registrant&#146;s Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive
Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item&nbsp;6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act, and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</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, 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 Houston, State of Texas, on October&nbsp;22, 2010.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><BR>
<B>WCA WASTE CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board of Directors<br>
and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of WCA
Waste Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Tom J. Fatjo, Jr. and Charles A. Casalinova, and
each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this Registration Statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without
limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be
filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory
authority, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
</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 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jerome M. Kruszka</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Operating Officer&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jerome M. Kruszka
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Charles A. Casalinova</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles A. Casalinova
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Financial Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">oseph</FONT> J. S<FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">carano, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph J. Scarano, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Richard E. Bean</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard E. Bean</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Daniel J. Clark</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel J. Clark</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Preston Moore, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Preston Moore Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger A. Ramsey</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ryan Berry</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jeffrey S. Serota</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey S. Serota</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">John V. Singleton</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Honorable John V. Singleton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><I>Exhibit Number</I></TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><I>Exhibit</I></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Waste Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File
No.&nbsp;0-50808) filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;22, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of WCA Waste Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50808) filed with
the Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
<TD></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature Page of this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on October&nbsp;8, 2010).</TD>
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sv8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
WCA WASTE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-0829917
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Riverway, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas
77056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
WCA Waste Corporation
One Riverway, Suite 1400
Houston, Texas 77056
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 292-2400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeff C. Dodd
Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis, Suite 4200
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 220-4200
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 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
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered(1)
price per share
offering price
registration fee
Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA
Waste Corporation Incentive Plan,
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
650,000 shares
$
4.77
(2)
$
3,100,500
(2)
$
222
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive
Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of
Registrant's Common Stock on October 19, 2010, as reported by The NASDAQ Global Market.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The information called for in Part I of the Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees,
officers, directors or others specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and is not being filed or included in this Form S-8
(whether by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
WCA Waste Corporation, or the Registrant, hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2010 filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010, as amended April 29, 2010;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 filed with the Commission on April 30, 2010 and August
5, 2010, respectively;
(c)
All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the 1934 Act,
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to
in (a) above; and
(d)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on June 21, 2004 and as thereafter amended, in which are described the terms, rights
and provisions applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") grants each
corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action, or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful, except that with respect to an action brought by or in the right of the corporation such
indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys fees).
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that the
Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Any repeal or modification of
the provisions providing for such indemnification shall not adversely affect any right or
protection, or any limitation of the liability of, a director of the Registrant existing at, or
arising out of facts or incidents occurring prior to, the effective date of such repeal or
modification.
All of the Registrant's directors and officers are covered by insurance policies against
certain liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Waste Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 0-50808) filed with the Commission on December 22, 2005).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of WCA Waste Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50808) filed with
the Commission on June 20, 2007).
5
Opinion and Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.
24
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature Page of this Registration Statement.
99.1
*
Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on October 8, 2010).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement and (iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the Registrant's Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive
Plan.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act, and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Houston, State of Texas, on October 22, 2010.
WCA WASTE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of WCA
Waste Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Tom J. Fatjo, Jr. and Charles A. Casalinova, and
each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file this Registration Statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without
limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be
filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory
authority, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
October 22, 2010
Tom J. Fatjo, Jr.
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Jerome M. Kruszka
President, Chief Operating Officer
October 22, 2010
Jerome M. Kruszka
and Director
/s/
Charles A. Casalinova
Senior Vice President and Chief
October 22, 2010
Charles A. Casalinova
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ J
oseph
J. S
carano, Jr.
Vice President and Controller
October 22, 2010
Joseph J. Scarano, Jr.
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
Richard E. Bean
Director
October 22, 2010
Richard E. Bean
/s/
Daniel J. Clark
Director
October 22, 2010
Daniel J. Clark
/s/
Preston Moore, Jr.
Director
October 22, 2010
Preston Moore Jr.
Director
Roger A. Ramsey
Director
Ryan Berry
/s/
Jeffrey S. Serota
Director
October 22, 2010
Jeffrey S. Serota
/s/
John V. Singleton
Director
October 22, 2010
Honorable John V. Singleton
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of WCA Waste Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 0-50808) filed with the Commission on December 22, 2005).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of WCA Waste Corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50808) filed with
the Commission on June 20, 2007).
5
Opinion and Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.
24
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the Signature Page of this Registration Statement.
99.1
*
Fourth Amended and Restated 2004 WCA Waste Corporation Incentive Plan (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on October 8, 2010).