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                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

          AMENDMENT NO. 3 AND CONSENT TO CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS TO SECOND
          AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 AND CONSENT TO CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS TO SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this "AMENDMENT") is made
and entered into as of November 21, 2003 by and among CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "PARENT"), and each of its Subsidiaries listed
on SCHEDULE 1 to the Credit Agreement referred to below (other than the Excluded
Subsidiaries) (the Parent and such Subsidiaries herein collectively referred to
as the "BORROWERS"), FLEET NATIONAL BANK ("FLEET") and the other financial
institutions party to the Credit Agreement executing this Amendment (as defined
below), and Fleet as administrative agent for itself and the other Lenders (in
such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT"). Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the respective meanings provided therefor in the
Credit Agreement.

     WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the financial
institutions referred to therein as Lenders (the "LENDERS"), are parties to a
Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as
of January 24, 2003, as amended by an Amendment No. 1 and Release to Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of April
30, 2003, and an Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2003 (as otherwise amended and
restated and in effect from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), pursuant to
which the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrowers on the terms set forth
therein;

     WHEREAS, the Parent has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that it or its newly created Subsidiary, NEWSME Landfill Operations, LLC, wishes
to enter into a landfill Operating Services Agreement with the State of Maine
that would transfer the right to operate the West Old Town Landfill in Old Town
Maine, to the Parent for a period of thirty (30) years, for consideration in the
amount of (a) $12,500,000 payable in cash at the closing of such transaction,
(b) an additional $12,500,000 which will be payable either in cash at the
closing of the transaction or by twenty (20) year revenue bonds serviced by the
Parent through yearly service fee payments matching the required bond payments
and supported by a Letter of Credit issued under the Credit Agreement, and (c)
economic benefits totaling approximately $3,000,000 and upon such other terms
and conditions as set forth in definitive operating documentation in the form to
be provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Paragraph 2(a)(iv)(A) below
(the "OLD TOWN OPERATING AGREEMENT")(the foregoing described transaction being
referred to herein as the "OLD TOWN TRANSACTION");

     WHEREAS, the Parent has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that it or its subsidiary New England Waste Services of N.Y., Inc., wishes to
enter into an Operation, Management and Lease Agreement with the County of
Ontario, New York to acquire the right to operate the Ontario County Landfill
located in Seneca, New York for a twenty-five (25) year period commencing on or
about January 1, 2004 for consideration of (a) $15,000,000 payable in cash at
the closing of the transaction, (b) annual lease payments and other economic
benefits over the twenty-five (25) year period totaling approximately
$33,900,000, and (c) the purchase of all of the Ontario County Landfill's
equipment for

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$1,711,329 and upon such other terms and conditions as set forth in definitive
documentation in the form to be provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Paragraph 2(b)(iii)(A) below (the "ONTARIO OML AGREEMENT") (the foregoing
described transaction being referred to herein as the "ONTARIO TRANSACTION");

     WHEREAS, the Parent has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that its Subsidiary, New England Waste Services of Massachusetts, Inc. ("NEWS"),
has entered into a Construction, Operation and Management Agreement with the
Town of Templeton, Massachusetts pursuant to which NEWS will engineer, permit,
construct, operate, monitor and maintain the Templeton Sanitary Landfill located
in Templeton, Massachusetts for a period of twenty (20) years, for consideration
in the amount of (a) a maximum of $500,000 payable in cash at the closing of the
transaction and (b) annual lease payments and other economic benefits over the
twenty (20) year period totaling approximately $14,400,000 and upon such other
terms and conditions as set forth in the documentation provided to the
Administrative Agent (the "TEMPLETON COM AGREEMENT") (the foregoing described
transaction being referred to herein as the "TEMPLETON TRANSACTION");

     WHEREAS, the Parent has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that it wishes to cause a wholly owned subsidiary to acquire all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of Wood Recycling, Inc. ("WRI") a Massachusetts
corporation, and merge such Subsidiary with and into WRI with WRI being the
surviving entity for consideration in the approximate amount of (a)
approximately $23,500,000 in assumed liabilities which will be repaid with
Revolving Credit Loans simultaneous with the closing of the WRI Acquisition and
(b) an earn-out payable to the former stockholders of WRI and other
consideration payable to the town of Southbridge of approximately $21,000,000,
and upon such other terms and conditions as set forth in definitive
documentation in the form to be provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Paragraph 2(c)(iii)(A) below (the "WRI PURCHASE AGREEMENT")(the foregoing
described transaction being referred to herein as the "WRI ACQUISITION");

     WHEREAS, the consummation of each of the Old Town Transaction, the Ontario
Transaction, the Templeton Transaction and the WRI Acquisition requires that the
Borrowers obtain the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders under Section 8.4.1(i) of the Credit Agreement and amendments to
Sections 1.1 and 8.1 of the Credit Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders (a) amend the Credit Agreement to permit Indebtedness arising
from landfill operating contract payments and (b) consent to each of the Old
Town Transaction, the Ontario Transaction, the Templeton Transaction and the WRI
Acquisition, and the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders have agreed
to make such amendment and grant such consents upon the terms and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.   AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:

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     (a)  The following new definitions are inserted in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement in appropriate alphabetical sequence therein:

          "AMENDMENT NO. 3. The Amendment No. 3 and Consent to Certain
     Acquisitions to Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan
     Agreement dated as of November 21, 2003 by and among the Borrowers, the
     Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto."

          "OLD TOWN TRANSACTION. As defined in the preamble of Amendment No. 3."

          "ONTARIO TRANSACTION. As defined in the preamble of Amendment No. 3."

          "TEMPLETON TRANSACTION As defined in the preamble of Amendment No. 3."

          "WRI ACQUISITION. As defined in the preamble of Amendment No. 3."

     (b)  The definition of CONSOLIDATED EBITDA set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the following new sentence at the end
of such definition:

          "For the purposes of clarity it is agreed that (i) EBITDA arising from
     the Old Town Transaction shall not be included on a pro-forma basis but,
     shall be included on an actual basis as earned, and (ii) EBITDA arising
     from the Ontario Transaction, the Templeton Transaction, and the WRI
     Acquisition included under clause (e) of this definition shall not exceed
     in each case the amounts set forth beneath such transaction's or
     acquisition's name on Schedule 3 (EBITDA) attached hereto (as adjusted to
     give effect to actual EBITDA earned after the closing date of each such
     transaction or acquisition)."

     (c)  The definition of CONSOLIDATED TOTAL FUNDED DEBT set forth in Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (a) deleting the word "and" at the end
of clause (iii) of such definition, (b) adding the word "and" at the end of
clause (iv) of such definition, and (c) by adding the following clause (v) to
such definition:

               "(v) Indebtedness arising from capitalization of landfill
               operating contract payments,"

     (d)  Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement (Restrictions on Indebtedness) is
amended by (a) deleting the word "and" at the end of subsection (n) of such
section, (b) deleting the period at the end of subsection (o) of such section
and substituting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and", and (c) by
inserting the following new subsection (p) after subsection (o) of such section:

          "(p) Indebtedness of the Borrowers arising from capitalization of
          landfill operating contract payments; PROVIDED that the aggregate
          outstanding present value amount of such Indebtedness (calculated in
          accordance with GAAP) shall not exceed $125,000,000 at any time."

     (e)  The Credit Agreement is further amended by adding a new Schedule 3
(EBITDA) in the form attached hereto.

     2.   CONSENT. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders hereby

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consent to each of the Old Town Transaction, the Ontario Transaction, the
Templeton Transaction and the WRI Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with
the terms set forth in the Old Town Operating Agreement, the Ontario OML
Agreement, the Templeton COM Agreement and the WRI Purchase Agreement, as the
case may be. The foregoing consent is subject in each case to the following:

          (a)  with respect to the Old Town Transaction:

                    (i)     The Administrative Agent shall receive a Compliance
               Certificate dated as of the closing date of the Old Town
               Transaction and after giving effect to the other transactions
               contemplated by this Amendment which have been consummated prior
               to such date demonstrating compliance with the financial
               covenants contained in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement on a pro
               forma historical combined basis as if the Old Town Transaction
               had occurred on the first day of the applicable fiscal period.
               EBITDA arising from the Old Town Transaction shall not be
               included on a pro-forma basis in the calculations for the
               Compliance Certificate.

                    (ii)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a
               certificate from the CFO of the Parent, dated as of the closing
               date of the Old Town Transaction, certifying compliance with the
               conditions set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8.4.1
               of the Credit Agreement.

                    (iii)   Not later than five (5) Business Days after the
               closing date of the Old Town Transaction, the Administrative
               Agent shall have received a Joinder Agreement in the form of
               EXHIBIT F to the Credit Agreement, duly executed and delivered by
               NEWSME Landfill Operations, LLC, together with all of the
               documentation required to be delivered by the Borrowers pursuant
               to Section 4 of such Joinder Agreement, and such Joinder
               Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

                    (iv)    Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Old Town Transaction, the Administrative Agent shall
               have been furnished with (A) a copy of the definitive
               documentation with respect to the Old Town Transaction, including
               all exhibits and schedules thereto, which shall contain terms
               generally consistent with those contained in the Narrative
               History prepared by the Parent and provided to the Administrative
               Agent on or about October 23, 2003 and shall otherwise be in form
               and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B)
               financial projections and audited, if available, or otherwise
               unaudited, financial statements of the Old Town landfill with
               respect to the preceding two (2) fiscal years of the Old Town
               landfill, or such shorter period of time as it has been in
               existence, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
               the Administrative Agent.

                    (v)     Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Old Town Transaction, the Parent shall deliver to the
               Administrative Agent (X) a summary of the results of its standard
               due diligence review undertaken in connection with the Old Town
               Transaction and (Y) a review by a Consulting Engineer and a copy
               of the Consulting Engineer's report, which

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               in each case, shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Administrative Agent.

                    (vi)    All necessary approvals from the State of Maine or
               other relevant governing body with respect to the closing date of
               the transactions contemplated by the Old Town Transaction shall
               have been obtained by the Borrowers.

               (b)  with respect to the Ontario Transaction:

                    (i)     The Administrative Agent shall receive a Compliance
               Certificate dated as of the closing date of the Ontario
               Transaction and after giving effect to the other transactions
               contemplated by this Amendment which have been consummated prior
               to such date demonstrating compliance with the financial
               covenants contained in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement on a pro
               forma historical combined basis as if the Ontario Transaction had
               occurred on the first day of the applicable fiscal period. EBITDA
               for the Ontario Transaction included in the Compliance
               Certificate on a pro-forma basis shall be equal to the amount set
               forth for the Ontario Transaction on the attached Schedule 3
               (EBITDA) to the Credit Agreement.

                    (ii)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a
               certificate from the CFO of the Parent, dated as of the closing
               date of the Ontario Transaction, certifying compliance with the
               conditions set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8.4.1
               of the Credit Agreement.

                    (iii)   Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Ontario Transaction, the Administrative Agent shall
               have been furnished with (A) a copy of the definitive
               documentation with respect to the Ontario Transaction, including
               all exhibits and schedules thereto which shall contain terms
               generally consistent with those contained in the transaction
               description prepared by the Parent and provided to the
               Administrative Agent on or about October 23, 2003 and shall
               otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Administrative Agent and (B) financial projections and audited,
               if available, or otherwise unaudited, financial statements of the
               Ontario landfill with respect to the preceding two (2) fiscal
               years of the Ontario landfill, or such shorter period of time as
               it has been in existence, which shall be in form and substance
               satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    (iv)    Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Ontario Transaction, the Parent shall deliver to the
               Administrative Agent (X) a summary of the results of its standard
               due diligence review undertaken in connection with the Ontario
               Transaction and (Y) a review by a Consulting Engineer and a copy
               of the Consulting Engineer's report, which in each case, shall be
               in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    (v)     All necessary approvals by the board of supervisors
               of the Ontario County Landfill with respect to the consummation
               of the

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               transactions contemplated by the Ontario Transaction shall have
               been obtained by the Borrowers.

               (c)  with respect to the Templeton Transaction:

                    (i)     The Administrative Agent shall receive a Compliance
               Certificate dated as of the closing date of the Templeton
               Transaction and after giving effect to the other transactions
               contemplated by this Amendment which have been consummated prior
               to such date demonstrating compliance with the financial
               covenants contained in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement on a pro
               forma historical combined basis as if the Templeton Transaction
               had occurred on the first day of the applicable fiscal period.
               EBITDA for the Templeton Transaction included in the Compliance
               Certificate on a pro-forma basis shall be equal to the amount set
               forth for the Templeton Transaction on the attached Schedule 3
               (EBITDA) to the Credit Agreement.

                    (ii)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a
               certificate from the CFO of the Parent, dated as of the closing
               date of the Templeton Transaction, certifying compliance with the
               conditions set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8.4.1
               of the Credit Agreement.

                    (iii)   Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Templeton Transaction, the Administrative Agent shall
               have been furnished with (A) a copy of the definitive
               documentation with respect to the Templeton Transaction,
               including all exhibits and schedules thereto which shall contain
               terms generally consistent with those contained in the
               transaction description prepared by the Parent and provided to
               the Administrative Agent on or about November 7, 2003 and shall
               otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Administrative Agent and (B) financial projections and audited,
               if available, or otherwise unaudited, financial statements of the
               Templeton Sanitary Landfill with respect to the preceding two (2)
               fiscal years of the Templeton Sanitary Landfill, or such shorter
               period of time as it has been in existence, which shall be in
               form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    (iv)    Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the Templeton Transaction, the Parent shall deliver to
               the Administrative Agent (X) a summary of the results of its
               standard due diligence review undertaken in connection with the
               Templeton Transaction and (Y) a review by a Consulting Engineer
               and a copy of the Consulting Engineer's report, which in each
               case, shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Administrative Agent.

                    (v)     All necessary approvals by the Town of Templeton or
               the required governing body or members of the Templeton Sanitary
               Landfill with respect to the consummation of the transactions
               contemplated by the Templeton Transaction shall be obtained by
               the Borrower.

               (d)  with respect to the WRI Acquisition:

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                    (i)     The Administrative Agent shall receive a Compliance
               Certificate dated as of the closing date of the WRI Acquisition
               and after giving effect to the other transactions contemplated by
               this Amendment which have been consummated prior to such date
               demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants contained
               in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement on a pro forma historical
               combined basis as if the WRI Acquisition had occurred on the
               first day of the applicable fiscal period. EBITDA for the WRI
               Acquisition included in the Compliance Certificate on a pro-forma
               basis shall be equal to the amount set forth for the WRI
               Acquisition on the attached Schedule 3 (EBITDA) to the Credit
               Agreement.

                    (ii)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a
               certificate from the CFO of the Parent, dated as of the closing
               date of the WRI Acquisition, certifying compliance with the
               conditions set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8.4.1
               of the Credit Agreement.

                    (iii)   Not later than five (5) Business Days after the
               closing date of the WRI Acquisition, the Administrative Agent
               shall have received a Joinder Agreement in the form of EXHIBIT F
               to the Credit Agreement, duly executed and delivered by WRI,
               together with all of the documentation required to be delivered
               by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 4 of such Joinder Agreement,
               and such Joinder Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

                    (iv)    Not later than five (5) Business Days after the
               closing date of the WRI Acquisition, the Administrative Agent
               shall have received original stock certificates representing all
               of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of WRI,
               together with undated stock powers duly executed in blank by the
               Parent, which shall be held by the Administrative Agent, for the
               benefit of the Lenders and the Agent, as Collateral for the
               Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the
               Pledge Agreement.

                    (v)     Not later than seven (7) days prior to the closing
               date of the WRI Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have
               been furnished with (A) a copy of the definitive purchase
               documentation with respect to the WRI Acquisition, including all
               exhibits and schedules thereto which shall contain terms
               generally consistent with those contained in the transaction
               description prepared by the Parent and provided to the
               Administrative Agent on or about October 23, 2003 and shall
               otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Administrative Agent and (B) financial projections and audited,
               if available, or otherwise unaudited, financial statements of WRI
               with respect to the preceding two (2) fiscal years of WRI, or
               such shorter period of time as it has been in existence, which
               shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
               Agent.

                    (vi)    Prior to the consummation of the WRI Acquisition,
               the Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (X) a
               summary of the results of its standard due diligence review
               undertaken in connection with the WRI Acquisition and (Y) a
               review by a Consulting Engineer and a copy of the

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               Consulting Engineer's report, which in each case, shall be in
               form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

                    (vii)   All approvals of the board of directors of WRI and,
               if applicable the required percentage of shareholders of WRI, in
               each case with respect to the consummation by WRI of the
               transactions contemplated by the WRI Purchase Agreement shall
               have been obtained by the Borrowers.

     3.   CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective
when the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart signature page
to this Amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrowers and the
Required Lenders.

     4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the Borrowers represents and
warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent as follows:

               (a)  The execution, delivery and performance of each of this
     Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within
     the corporate or equivalent company power and authority of such Borrower
     and have been or will be authorized by proper corporate or equivalent
     company proceedings, and do not (i) require any consent or approval of the
     equity holders of such Borrower which has not been obtained, (ii)
     contravene any provision of the constituent documents of such Borrower or
     any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Borrower, or (iii)
     contravene any provision of, or constitute an event of default or event
     which, but for the requirement that time elapse or notice be given, or
     both, would constitute an event of default under, any other material
     agreement, instrument or undertaking binding on such Borrower.

               (b)  This Amendment and all of the terms and provisions hereof
     and thereof are the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower
     enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
     the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and except as the remedy of
     specific performance or of injunctive relief is subject to the discretion
     of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

               (c)  The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment
     does not require any approval or consent of, or filing or registration
     with, any governmental or other agency or authority, or any other party.

               (d)  The representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of
     the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of
     the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof (except to the
     extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated or permitted by
     the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and changes occurring in
     the ordinary course of business which singly or in the aggregate are not
     materially adverse, and to the extent that such representations and
     warranties relate expressly to an earlier date).

               (e)  After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event
     of Default under the Credit Agreement will occur or be continuing.

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     5.   RATIFICATION, ETC. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all documents, instruments and
agreements related thereto are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and
shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment and the Credit Agreement
shall hereafter be read and construed together as a single document, and all
references in the Credit Agreement or any related agreement or instrument to the
Credit Agreement shall hereafter refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Amendment.

     6.   NO IMPLIED WAIVER. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment,
this Amendment shall not, by implication or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute
a waiver of or otherwise affect any rights or remedies of the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, nor
alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, obligations or
covenants contained in the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, all of which
shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing in this Amendment shall be
construed to imply any willingness on the part of the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders to grant any similar or future consent or waiver of any of the terms
and conditions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

     7.   COUNTERPARTS; GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts,
each of such when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. THIS
CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED AND DETERMINED AS AN INSTRUMENT
UNDER SEAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS OF LAW. This Amendment, to the extent signed and
delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission in
which the actual signature is evident, shall be treated in all manner and
respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have
the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof
delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto, each other party hereto
or thereto shall re-execute original forms hereof and deliver them to all other
parties. No party hereto shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other
electronic transmission in which the actual signature is evident to deliver a
signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was
transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or other
electronic transmission in which the actual signature is evident as a defense to
the formation of a contract and each party forever waives such defense.

     8.   DOLLAR AMOUNTS. All dollar amounts set forth herein which are payable
in the future are reflected in this amendment on a present discounted value
basis (calculated in accordance with GAAP).

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned have duly executed this
Amendment under seal as of the date first set forth above.

                                   FLEET NATIONAL BANK
                                   individually and as Administrative Agent

                                   By:    /s/ MARIA DE FARIA E MAIA
                                      --------------------------------
                                   Name:  Maria de Faria e Maia
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                                   Title: Managing Director
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Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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                                   BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                   By:   /s/ JONATHAN M. PHILLIPS
                                      --------------------------------
                                      Name:  Jonathan M. Phillips
                                      Title: Vice President

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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      BORROWERS:

      CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
      ALL CYCLE WASTE, INC.
      ALTERNATE ENERGY, INC.
      ATLANTIC COAST FIBERS, INC.
      B. AND C. SANITATION CORPORATION
      BLASDELL DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
      BRISTOL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
      CASELLA TRANSPORTATION, INC.
      CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
      CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT OF N.Y., INC.
      CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
      CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
      CV LANDFILL, INC.
      DATA DESTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.
      FAIRFIELD COUNTY RECYCLING, INC.
      FCR CAMDEN, INC.
      FCR FLORIDA, INC.
      FCR GREENSBORO, INC.
      FCR GREENVILLE, INC.
      FCR MORRIS, INC.
      FCR REDEMPTION, INC.
      FCR TENNESSEE, INC.
      FCR, INC.
      FOREST ACQUISITIONS, INC.
      GRASSLANDS INC.
      HAKES C & D DISPOSAL, INC.
      HARDWICK LANDFILL, INC.
      HIRAM HOLLOW REGENERATION CORP.
      K-C INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
      KTI BIO FUELS, INC.
      KTI ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC.
      KTI NEW JERSEY FIBERS, INC.
      KTI OPERATIONS INC.
      KTI RECYCLING OF NEW ENGLAND, INC.
      KTI SPECIALTY WASTE SERVICES, INC.
      KTI, INC.

      By:      /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
         -----------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                    [SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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      MECKLENBURG COUNTY RECYCLING, INC.
      NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
      NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
      NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES OF ME, INC.
      NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES OF N.Y., INC.
      NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES OF VERMONT, INC.
      NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES, INC.
      NEWBURY WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
      NORTH COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
      NORTHERN PROPERTIES CORPORATION OF PLATTSBURGH
      NORTHERN SANITATION, INC.
      PERC, INC.
      PINE TREE WASTE, INC.
      R.A. BRONSON INC.
      RESOURCE RECOVERY OF CAPE COD, INC.
      RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS OF SARASOTA, INC.
      RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC.
      RESOURCE TRANSFER SERVICES, INC.
      RESOURCE WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
      SCHULTZ LANDFILL, INC.
      SUNDERLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT,    INC.
      U.S. FIBER, INC.
      WASTE-STREAM INC.
      WESTFIELD DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.
      WINTERS BROTHERS, INC.

      By:      /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
         -----------------------------------
      Name:  Richard A. Norris
      Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                    [SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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          CASELLA NH INVESTORS CO., LLC

          By: KTI, Inc., its sole member

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:    Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Vice President and Treasurer

          CASELLA NH POWER CO., LLC

          By: KTI, Inc., its sole member

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:    Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Vice President and Treasurer

          CASELLA RTG INVESTORS CO., LLC

          By: Casella Waste Systems, Inc., its sole member

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:    Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

          CWM ALL WASTE LLC

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

          GROUNDCO LLC

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

                    [SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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          THE HYLAND FACILITY ASSOCIATES

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

          NEWSME LANDFILL OPERATIONS LLC

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

          ROCKINGHAM SAND & GRAVEL, LLC

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

          TEMPLETON LANDFILL LLC

          By:     /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title:  Duly Authorized Agent

          [SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent

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          MAINE ENERGY RECOVERY COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

          By: KTI Environmental Group, Inc., general partner

          By:    /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title: Vice President and Treasurer

          PERC MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

          By: PERC, Inc., general partner

          By:    /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title: Vice President and Treasurer

          ROCHESTER ENVIRONMENTAL PARK, LLC

          By:    /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
              --------------------------------------
          Name:   Richard A. Norris
          Title: Duly Authorized Agent

Signature pages to Amendment No. 3 and Consent<Page>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

                                JOINDER AGREEMENT
                      (CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LOAN DOCUMENTS)

                          Dated as of November 25, 2003

Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent
and the Lenders referred to below
100 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2003 (as amended,
modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time, the "CREDIT
AGREEMENT"), by and among Casella Waste Systems, Inc. and each of its direct and
indirect Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) that are or may from
time to time becomes parties thereto (collectively, the "ORIGINAL BORROWERS"),
the lending institutions from time to time thereto (the "LENDERS"), Fleet
National Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT") for itself and the other Lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as
syndication agent. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

         1.       JOINDER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND LOAN DOCUMENTS.

         Each of the New Borrowers, C.V. LANDFILL, INC, a Vermont corporation,
CWM ALL WASTE LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company, GROUNDCO LLC, a
New York limited liability company, NEWSME LANDFILL OPERATIONS LLC, a Maine
limited liability company, ROCKINGHAM SAND & GRAVEL, LLC, a Vermont limited
liability company, TEMPLETON LANDFILL LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability
company, and WOOD RECYCLING, INC., a Massachusetts corporation (each
individually a "NEW BORROWER", collectively the "NEW BORROWERS" and,
collectively with the Original Borrowers, the "BORROWERS"), hereby joins the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and agrees to become Borrowers
under the Credit Agreement and to comply with and be bound by all of the terms,
conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, each of the New
Borrowers agrees that it shall be jointly and severally liable, together with
the Borrowers, for the payment and performance of all obligations of the
Borrowers under the Credit Agreement as supplemented hereby. Concurrently with
the execution of this Joinder Agreement, each of the New Borrowers has executed
each original Revolving Credit Note, Swing Line Note and Term Note and agrees to
be bound thereby as if it had been a party thereto as of the Effective Date.

<Page>

         2.       JOINDER TO SECURITY AGREEMENT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT.

         Each of the New Borrowers further covenants and agrees that by its
execution hereof it shall be bound by and shall comply with all terms and
conditions of each of the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, and
thereby and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders and the Agents, to secure the payment and performance in full of all of
the Obligations, a security interest in and so pledges and assigns to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agents, the
following properties, assets and rights of such New Borrower, wherever located,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and
products thereof (all of the same being hereinafter called the "COLLATERAL"):

                  (a)      All personal and fixture property of every kind and
         nature including without limitation, all goods (including inventory,
         equipment and any accessions thereto), instruments (including
         promissory notes), documents, accounts (including health-care-insurance
         receivables), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), deposit
         accounts, letter-of-credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit
         is evidenced by a writing), commercial tort claims, securities and all
         other investment property, supporting obligations, any other contract
         rights or rights to the payment of money, insurance claims and
         proceeds, and all general intangibles (including all payment
         intangibles); and

                  (b)      100% of the shares of Capital Stock of such New
         Borrower's Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of the shares of Capital Stock
         of its Foreign Subsidiaries, if any, including, without limitation, the
         shares described on SCHEDULE A hereto and any additional shares of
         Capital Stock of any class of such Domestic or Foreign Subsidiaries or
         any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of such
         Capital Stock of any class acquired by such Domestic or Foreign
         Subsidiaries by purchase, stock dividend, distribution of capital or
         otherwise together with all income therefrom, increases therein and
         proceeds thereof, including without limitation, with respect to any
         Domestic or Foreign Subsidiary which is a limited liability company (a)
         all payments or distributions, whether in each case, property or
         otherwise, at any time owing or payable to such New Borrower on account
         of its interest as a member, in such Subsidiary or in the nature of a
         management, investment banking or other fee paid or payable by such
         Subsidiary to such New Borrower, (b) all of such New Borrower's rights
         and interests under the operating agreement (or the equivalent) of such
         Subsidiary, including all voting and management rights and all rights
         to grant or withhold consents or approvals, (c) all rights of access
         and inspection to and use of all books and records, including computer
         software and computer software programs, of such Subsidiary, and (d)
         all other rights, interests, property or claims to which such New
         Borrower may be entitled in its capacity as a member of such
         Subsidiary.

                                        2
<Page>

         Each of the New Borrowers has attached hereto a duly completed
Perfection Certificate in the form prescribed by the Security Agreement, and
represents and warrants as provided in Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Security
Agreement with respect to the matters set forth in such Perfection Certificate.
Each of the New Borrowers further covenants and agrees that by its execution
hereof it shall provide all such information, complete all such forms, take all
such actions, and enter into all such agreements, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that are reasonably deemed
necessary by the Administrative Agent in order to grant a valid, first-priority
perfected security interest to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Agents and the Lenders in all of the assets of the New Borrowers securing the
Obligations.

         3.       NEW BORROWERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

         Each of the New Borrowers hereby acknowledges, and represents and
warrants, the following:

         (a)      it is a corporation or limited liability company duly
         organized on or prior to the date hereof;

         (b)      it is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Person set forth
         opposite its name in the table below:

<Table>
<Caption>
         NEW BORROWER                                               PARENT
         ------------                                               ------
<S>                                           <C>
C.V. Landfill, Inc.                           Casella Waste Management, Inc.

CWM All Waste LLC                             Casella Waste Management, Inc.

GroundCo LLC                                  New England Waste Services of N.Y., Inc.

NEWSME Landfill Operations LLC                New England Waste Services of ME, Inc.

Rockingham Sand & Gravel, LLC                 New England Waste Services of Vermont, Inc.

Templeton Landfill LLC                        New England Waste Services of Massachusetts, Inc.

Wood Recycling, Inc.                          New England Waste Services of Massachusetts, Inc.
</Table>

         (c)      its chief executive office and principal place of business is
         located at the address set forth opposite its name in the table below:

<Table>
<Caption>
         NEW BORROWER                                               ADDRESS
         ------------                                               -------
<S>                                           <C>
C.V. Landfill, Inc.                           25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT 05701

CWM All Waste LLC                             25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT 05701

GroundCo LLC                                  802 Cascadilla Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

NEWSME Landfill Operations LLC                358 Emerson Mill Road, Hampden, ME 04444
</Table>

                                        3
<Page>

<Table>
<S>                                           <C>
Rockingham Sand & Gravel, LLC                 74 Upper Meadows Road, Bellows Falls, VT 05101

Templeton Landfill LLC                        15 Hardscrabble Road, Auburn, MA 01501

Wood Recycling, Inc.                          165 Barefoot Road, Southbridge, MA 01550
</Table>

         (d)      its books and records are kept at its chief executive office
         and principal place of business, as well as other locations, if any,
         indicated on the Perfection Certificate;

         (e)      no provision of its charter, by-laws (or the equivalent
         company documents) or provision relating to any of its Capital Stock
         prohibits such New Borrower from making distributions to the Borrowers;

         (f)      it is capable of complying with and is in compliance with all
         of the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents
         applicable to it;

         (g)      each of the representations and warranties set forth in
         Section 6 of the Credit Agreement is true and correct in all material
         respects with respect to such New Borrower as of the date hereof
         (except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions
         contemplated or permitted by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
         Documents and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that
         singly or in the aggregate are not materially adverse, and except to
         the extent that such representations and warranties relate expressly to
         an earlier date);

         (h)      it is a condition precedent to the Lenders' making any
         additional Loans or otherwise extending credit to the Borrowers under
         the Credit Agreement that such New Borrower execute and deliver to the
         Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and the
         Administrative Agent, this Joinder Agreement;

         (i)      such New Borrower wishes to grant security interests in favor
         of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and the
         Agents, as herein provided and to become party to each of the Security
         Agreement and the Pledge Agreement; and

         (j)      upon execution of this agreement, such New Borrower will be
         jointly and severally liable, together with the Original Borrowers, for
         the payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrowers under
         the Credit Agreement as supplemented hereby.

         4.       DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS.

         Each of the New Borrowers hereby agrees that the following documents
shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent concurrently with this Joinder
Agreement:

                                        4
<Page>

         (a)      executed original allonges to the Revolving Credit Notes (the
                  "REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE ALLONGES") which have been executed by
                  each New Borrower, who thereby agrees to be bound thereby as
                  if it had been a signatory to each Revolving Credit Note as of
                  the Effective Date;

         (b)      an executed original allonge to the Swing Line Note (the
                  "SWING LINE ALLONGE") which has been executed by each New
                  Borrower, who thereby agrees to be bound thereby as if it had
                  been a signatory to such Swing Line Note as of the Effective
                  Date;

         (c)      executed original allonges to the Term Notes (the "TERM NOTE
                  ALLONGES" and together with the Revolving Credit Note Allonges
                  and the Swing Line Allonge, the "ALLONGES") which have been
                  executed by each New Borrower, who thereby agrees to be bound
                  thereby as if it had been a signatory to each Term Note as of
                  the Effective Date;

         (d)      new legal opinions of counsel to each New Borrower as to the
                  legal, valid and binding nature of the Loan Documents, as
                  supplemented hereby, with respect to the New Borrowers;

         (e)      copies, certified by a duly authorized officer of each of the
                  New Borrowers to be true and complete as of the date hereof,
                  of each of (i) the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent
                  company document) of such New Borrower as in effect on the
                  date hereof, (ii) the by-laws (or equivalent company document)
                  of such New Borrower as in effect on the date hereof, (iii)
                  the corporate or equivalent company action taken by such New
                  Borrower authorizing the execution and delivery of this
                  Joinder Agreement, the other documents executed in connection
                  herewith and the New Borrower's performance of all of the
                  transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (iv) an
                  incumbency certificate giving the name and bearing a specimen
                  signature of each individual who shall be authorized to sign,
                  in such New Borrower's name and on its behalf, each of this
                  Joinder Agreement, the Allonges and the other Loan Documents,
                  any Loan and Letter of Credit Request, and to give notices and
                  to take other action on its behalf under the Loan Documents;

         (f)      a certificate of the Secretary of State of the state set forth
                  opposite each New Borrower's name in the table below of a
                  recent date as to each New Borrower's good standing, valid
                  existence and tax payment status:

                                        5
<Page>

<Table>
<Caption>
       NEW BORROWER                                       STATE
       ------------                                       -----
<S>                                           <C>
C.V. Landfill, Inc.                           VT

CWM All Waste LLC                             NH

GroundCo LLC                                  NY

NEWSME Landfill Operations LLC                ME

Rockingham Sand & Gravel, LLC                 VT

Templeton Landfill LLC                        MA

Wood Recycling, Inc.                          MA
</Table>

         (g)      UCC-1 financing statements and other documents and instruments
                  necessary to perfect the Administrative Agent's security
                  interest for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders in all
                  of each New Borrower's assets;

         (h)      a supplement to the Pledge Agreement in form and substance
                  satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or, if such New
                  Borrower is a Subsidiary of a Borrower which has not
                  previously entered into a Pledge Agreement, a Joinder to the
                  Pledge Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
                  Administrative Agent; and

         (i)      such other documents as the Administrative Agent may
                  reasonably request.

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                                        6
<Page>

         This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

                              Very truly yours,

                              C.V. LANDFILL, INC.

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                              CWM ALL WASTE LLC

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Duly Authorized Agent

                              GROUNDCO LLC

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Duly Authorized Agent

                              NEWSME LANDFILL OPERATIONS LLC

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Duly Authorized Agent

                    [SIGNATURE BLOCKS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE]

<Page>

                              ROCKINGHAM SAND & GRAVEL,
                              LLC

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Duly Authorized Agent

                              TEMPLETON LANDFILL LLC

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Duly Authorized Agent

                              WOOD RECYCLING, INC.

                              By:   /s/ RICHARD A. NORRIS
                                 --------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Richard A. Norris
                                  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

                              Address of each of the above for purposes of
                              Section 21 of the Credit Agreement:

                              25 Greens Hill Lane,
                              P.O. Box 866,
                              Rutland, Vermont 05701 Attention:  President,
                              Telecopy number 802-775-6198

Accepted and Agreed:

FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
  as Administrative Agent

By: /s/ MARIA DE FARIA E MAIA
   ----------------------------
   Name:  Maria F. Maia
   Title: Managing Director

<Page>

[NOTE: this notarial acknowledgement is in the form required by Massachusetts
law; acknowledgement should be properly modified if the document is to be
notarized in a state which requires a different form]

                          CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

COMMONWEALTH OR STATE OF Vermont     )
                                     ) ss.
COUNTY OF Rutland                    )

     On this 30 day of January, 2004, before me, the undersigned notary public,
personally appeared Richard A. Norris, proved to me through satisfactory
evidence of identification, which were _____________________________, to be the
person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and
acknowledged to me that (he)(she) signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose
as ______________ for each of C.V. Landfill, Inc., a Vermont corporation, CWM
All Waste LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company, GroundCo LLC, a New
York limited liability company, NEWSME Landfill Operations LLC, a Maine limited
liability company, Rockingham Sand & Gravel, LLC, a Vermont limited liability
company, Templeton Landfill LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, and
Wood Recycling, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.

                                                   /s/ AMY L. COLOUTTI
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         (official signature and seal of notary)

                                         My commission expires:  2/10/07

<Page>

                                   SCHEDULE A

                  Shares of Capital Stock owned by New Borrower

                                      None

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