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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;28, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.</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>94-3283464</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>2295 Iron Point Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Folsom, CA 95630</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Patrick J. Shea, Esq.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Copies to</I><B>:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Keith Benson, Esq.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Waste Connections, Inc.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Latham &#038; Watkins LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2295 Iron Point Road, Suite&nbsp;200</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>505 Montgomery Street, Suite&nbsp;2000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Folsom, CA 95630</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>San Francisco, California 94111</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(916)&nbsp;608-8200</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(415)&nbsp;391-0600</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> Large accelerated filer
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Accelerated filer
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">40.62</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$40,620,000 (2)
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,896.21</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall
also automatically cover any additional shares of common stock of Waste Connections, Inc.
(&#147;Common Stock&#148;) which become issuable under the Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and
Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), and is based on a price of $40.62, which represents
the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;26, 2010.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">By a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-117764) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (&#147;the Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;29, 2004, Waste Connections, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), previously registered 2,250,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), reserved for issuance from time to time in connection with
the Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). In May&nbsp;2006, the Plan was amended to decrease the number of shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan by 400,000 shares to 1,850,000
shares. Subsequently, pursuant to a 3:2 stock split of the Company&#146;s Common Stock in March&nbsp;2007,
the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan
increased to 2,775,000 shares. In May&nbsp;2008, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment
to the Plan that increased the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to
time under the Plan by 1,000,000 shares to 3,775,000 shares, and the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-153621) on September&nbsp;22, 2008 with respect to such shares. In May&nbsp;2010, the stockholders of the Company
approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan pursuant to which the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan was increased by an additional
1,000,000 shares to 4,775,000 shares. This registration statement is registering the additional 1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan in connection with the May&nbsp;2010
amendment and restatement. The contents of the prior registration statements on Form S-8 with
respect to the Plan (File Nos. 333-117764 and 333-153621) are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this registration statement, and
information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this
information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with
the Commission:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed on
February&nbsp;9, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Our Proxy Statement for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to
Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
filed on March&nbsp;25, 2010, as amended by the definitive additional proxy materials filed on May&nbsp;3, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2010, June
30, 2010 and September&nbsp;30, 2010, filed on April&nbsp;21, 2010, July&nbsp;21, 2010 and October&nbsp;20,
2010, respectively;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;10, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on
Form 8-A filed on October&nbsp;18, 2002; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">All documents we file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities covered
hereby then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any information that we later file with the Commission will automatically update and supersede
the information and statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein. Any such information or statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed
incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>

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



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a director will
not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for unlawful payments of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions prohibited by
Delaware corporate law; or</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</DIV></TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended in the future to permit further limitation
of the personal liability of directors, the liability of a director of the Company will be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by that amended law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
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 the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself,
create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(b) of the Delaware Law states that a corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(c) of the Delaware Law provides that to the extent that a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145, or in defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(d) of the Delaware Law states that any indemnification under subsections (a)&nbsp;and
(b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145. Such determination shall
be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination,
(i)&nbsp;by a majority of the directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, or (ii)&nbsp;by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of
such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii)&nbsp;if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv)&nbsp;by the
stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(e) of the Delaware Law provides that expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section&nbsp;145. Such expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by former officers and directors or other employees and agents may be so
paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(f) of the Delaware Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may
be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145(j) of the Delaware Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized
or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law, the Company has purchased insurance on behalf of
its present and former directors and officers against any liability asserted against or incurred by
them in such capacity or arising out of their status as such. The Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with
each of its directors and officers providing for mandatory indemnification and advancement of
expenses to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware Law.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated
by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on
July&nbsp;24, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective May&nbsp;15, 2009
(incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K
filed on April&nbsp;23, 2009).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed
with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed on May&nbsp;6, 1998).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to the exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on July&nbsp;21, 2010).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement,
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end
of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(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 offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 Folsom, State of California, on October&nbsp;28, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.</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/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Ronald J. Mittelstaedt&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Ronald J. Mittelstaedt and Worthing F. Jackman, and each or either of them, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration statement and any amendments
thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is
sought) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman&nbsp;<br>(principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;28, 2010</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Worthing F. Jackman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Worthing F. Jackman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and&nbsp;<br>Chief
Financial Officer
<br>(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David G. Eddie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David G. Eddie
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President &#151; Chief Accounting Officer&nbsp;<br>(principal
accounting officer)
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on July&nbsp;24, 2007).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective May&nbsp;15, 2009
(incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
April&nbsp;23, 2009).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
exhibit filed with the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on July&nbsp;21, 2010).</DIV></TD>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-3283464
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
2295 Iron Point Road, Suite 200
Folsom, CA 95630
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Patrick J. Shea, Esq.
Copies to
:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Keith Benson, Esq.
Waste Connections, Inc.
Latham & Watkins LLP
2295 Iron Point Road, Suite 200
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
Folsom, CA 95630
San Francisco, California 94111
(916) 608-8200
(415) 391-0600
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
þ
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
Proposed maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
price per share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
1,000,000 Shares
$
40.62
$40,620,000 (2)
$
2,896.21
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall
also automatically cover any additional shares of common stock of Waste Connections, Inc.
("Common Stock") which become issuable under the Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and
Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction which results in
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), and is based on a price of $40.62, which represents
the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on October 26, 2010.
INTRODUCTION
By a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-117764) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("the Commission") on July 29, 2004, Waste Connections, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), previously registered 2,250,000 shares of its common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance from time to time in connection with
the Waste Connections, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). In May 2006, the Plan was amended to decrease the number of shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan by 400,000 shares to 1,850,000
shares. Subsequently, pursuant to a 3:2 stock split of the Company's Common Stock in March 2007,
the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan
increased to 2,775,000 shares. In May 2008, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment
to the Plan that increased the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to
time under the Plan by 1,000,000 shares to 3,775,000 shares, and the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-153621) on September 22, 2008 with respect to such shares. In May 2010, the stockholders of the Company
approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan pursuant to which the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan was increased by an additional
1,000,000 shares to 4,775,000 shares. This registration statement is registering the additional 1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance from time to time under the Plan in connection with the May 2010
amendment and restatement. The contents of the prior registration statements on Form S-8 with
respect to the Plan (File Nos. 333-117764 and 333-153621) are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this registration statement, and
information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this
information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with
the Commission:
(1)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed on
February 9, 2010;
(2)
Our Proxy Statement for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to
Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
filed on March 25, 2010, as amended by the definitive additional proxy materials filed on May 3, 2010;
(3)
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2010, June
30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, filed on April 21, 2010, July 21, 2010 and October 20,
2010, respectively;
(4)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2010;
(6)
The description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on
Form 8-A filed on October 18, 2002; and
(7)
All documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities covered
hereby then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any information that we later file with the Commission will automatically update and supersede
the information and statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein. Any such information or statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed
incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a director will
not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
•
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;
•
for unlawful payments of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions prohibited by
Delaware corporate law; or
•
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended in the future to permit further limitation
of the personal liability of directors, the liability of a director of the Company will be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by that amended law.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
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 the person's
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself,
create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware Law states that a corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the Delaware Law provides that to the extent that a present or former
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145(d) of the Delaware Law states that any indemnification under subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such determination shall
be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination,
(i) by a majority of the directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of
such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by the
stockholders.
Section 145(e) of the Delaware Law provides that expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled
to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145. Such expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred by former officers and directors or other employees and agents may be so
paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 145(f) of the Delaware Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of Section 145 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may
be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of Section 145.
Section 145(j) of the Delaware Law states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized
or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware Law, the Company has purchased insurance on behalf of
its present and former directors and officers against any liability asserted against or incurred by
them in such capacity or arising out of their status as such. The Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with
each of its directors and officers providing for mandatory indemnification and advancement of
expenses to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware Law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated
by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on
July 24, 2007).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective May 15, 2009
(incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 8-K
filed on April 23, 2009).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed
with the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed on May 6, 1998).
4.4
Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on July 21, 2010).
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).
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 Securities
Act of 1933;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end
of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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.
(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 offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 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 Folsom, State of California, on October 28, 2010.
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
Name:
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Ronald J. Mittelstaedt and Worthing F. Jackman, and each or either of them, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration statement and any amendments
thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is
sought) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(principal
executive officer)
October 28, 2010
/s/ Worthing F. Jackman
Worthing F. Jackman
Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
October 28, 2010
/s/ David G. Eddie
David G. Eddie
Vice President — Chief Accounting Officer
(principal
accounting officer)
October 28, 2010
/s/ Michael W. Harlan
Director
October 28, 2010
Michael W. Harlan
/s/ William J. Razzouk
Director
October 28, 2010
William J. Razzouk
/s/ Robert H. Davis
Director
October 28, 2010
Robert H. Davis
/s/ Edward E. Guillet
Director
October 28, 2010
Edward E. Guillet
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on July 24, 2007).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective May 15, 2009
(incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on
April 23, 2009).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with
the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed on May 6, 1998).
4.4
Third Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
exhibit filed with the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on July 21, 2010).
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).