Document:

Exhibit 10.3

 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), is made and entered into
effective as of October 1, 2005, by and between Waste Connections, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and David Eddie (the
"Employee").

The Company and the Employee entered into an Employment
Agreement as of May 15, 2001 (the "Old Agreement"), and by their
execution of this First Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, the Company
and the Employee wish to amend and restate the Old Agreement in its entirety as
provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
the mutual covenants and conditions herein, the Company and the Employee agree
as follows:

	Employment; Acceptance.  The Company hereby
employs the Employee and the Employee hereby accepts employment by the Company
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

	Duties and Powers.  The Employee is hereby
employed as Vice President, Corporate Controller and the Employee shall devote
Employee's attention, energies and abilities in that capacity to the proper
oversight and operation of the Company's business, to the exclusion of any other
occupation.  As Vice President, Corporate Controller the Employee shall report
to the Chief Financial Officer, shall be based at the Company's corporate
headquarters in California, and shall be responsible for accounting functions
relating to the Company's operations and properties.  The Employee shall perform
such other duties as the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Executive Officer,
or the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company may
reasonably assign to the Employee from time to time.  The Employee shall devote
such time and attention to his duties as are reasonably necessary to the proper
discharge of his responsibilities hereunder.  The Employee agrees to perform all
duties consistent with: (a) policies established from time to time by the
Company; and (b) all applicable legal requirements.

	Term.  The employment of the Employee by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement shall continue until the third
(3rd) anniversary thereof (the "Term") or until
terminated prior to such date when and as provided in Section 7.  Commencing
October 1, 2006, and on each October 1st thereafter, this
Agreement shall be extended automatically for an additional year, thus extending
the Term to three (3) years from each such date, unless either party shall have
given the other notice of termination hereof as provided herein.

	Compensation.

	Base Salary.  The Company hereby agrees to pay to the
Employee an annual base salary of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000)
("Base Salary").  Such Base Salary shall be payable in
accordance with the Company's normal payroll practices, and such Base Salary is
subject to withholding and social security, unemployment and other taxes.
Increases in Base Salary shall be considered by the Board.

	Performance Bonus.  For the calendar year
commencing January 1, 2005, and for each calendar year thereafter, the
Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus (the
"Bonus") based on the Company's attainment of reasonable
financial objectives to be determined annually by the Board.  The maximum annual
Bonus will equal thirty-five percent (35%) of the applicable year's beginning
Base Salary and will be payable if the Board determines, in its sole and
exclusive discretion, that that year's financial objectives have been fully met.
The Bonus shall be paid in accordance with the Company's bonus plan, as approved
by the Board.

	Grants of Options and Restricted Stock.  Employee
shall be entitled to participate in Stock Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted
Stock Unit ("RSU") and other equity incentive plans presently in
effect or in effect from time to time in the future on such terms and to such
level of participation as the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board
shall determine to be appropriate, bearing in mind the Employee's position and
responsibilities.  

The terms of any Options, Restricted Stock, RSUs and other
equity incentives shall be governed by the relevant plans under which they are
issued and described in detail in applicable agreements between the Company and
the Employee.

	Other Benefits.  The Company shall provide the
Employee with a cellular telephone and will pay or reimburse the Employee's
monthly service fee and costs of calls attributable to Company business.  The
Employee shall be entitled to paid annual vacation, which shall accrue on the
same basis as for other employees of the Company of similar rank, but which
shall in no event be less than three (3) weeks for any twelve (12) month period
commencing May 15th of each year.  The Employee also shall be
entitled to participate, on the same terms as other employees of the Company
participate, in any medical, dental or other health plan, pension plan,
profit-sharing plan and life insurance plan that the Company may adopt or maintain, any
of which may be changed, terminated or eliminated by the Company at any time in
its exclusive discretion.

	Confidentiality.  During the Term of his
employment, and at all times thereafter, the Employee shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Company, divulge to any third party or use for his
own benefit or the benefit of any third party or for any purpose other than the
exclusive benefit of the Company, any confidential or proprietary business or
technical information revealed, obtained or developed in the course of his
employment with the Company and which is otherwise the property of the Company
or any of its affiliated corporations, including, but not limited to, trade
secrets, customer lists, formulae and processes of manufacture; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall restrict the Employee's ability to
make such disclosures during the course of his employment as may be necessary or
appropriate to the effective and efficient discharge of his duties to the
Company.

	Property.  Both during the Term of his employment
and thereafter, the Employee shall not remove from the Company's offices or
premises any Company documents, records, notebooks, files, correspondence,
reports, memoranda and similar materials or property of any kind unless
necessary in accordance with the duties and responsibilities of his employment.
In the event that any such material or property is removed, it shall be returned
to its proper file or place of safekeeping as promptly as possible.  The
Employee shall not make, retain, remove or distribute any copies, or divulge to
any third person the nature or contents of any of the foregoing or of any other
oral or written information to which he may have access, except as disclosure
shall be necessary in the performance of his assigned duties.  On the
termination of his employment with the Company, the Employee shall leave with or
return to the Company all originals and copies of the foregoing then in his
possession or subject to his control, whether prepared by the Employee or by
others.

	Termination. 

	For Cause.  The Company, by action of the Board, may
terminate this Agreement and the Employee's employment for cause on delivery to
the Employee of a Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 9.2 below).  For
purposes of this agreement, the term "Cause" shall mean:

	a material breach by the Employee of any of the terms of
this Agreement that is not immediately corrected following written notice of
default specifying such breach; 

	conviction of a felony;

	a breach of any of the provisions of Section 11
below;

	repeated intoxification with alcohol or drugs while on
Company premises during its regular business hours to such a degree that, in the
reasonable judgment of the other managers of the Company, the Employee is
abusive or incapable of performing his duties and responsibilities under this
Agreement; and

	misappropriation of  property belonging to the Company
and/or any of its affiliates.  

On such termination for cause, the Employee shall be
entitled only to the Employee's Base Salary through the date of such
termination, and shall not be entitled to any other compensation, including,
without limitation, any severance compensation.  Without limitation of the
foregoing, on termination pursuant to this Section 7.1, the Employee shall
forfeit: (i) his Bonus under Section 4.2 for the year in which such
termination occurs; and (ii) all outstanding but unvested options and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company, and all RSUs and shares of the
Company's restricted stock issued to the Employee that as of the termination
date are still unvested and subject to restrictions on transfer.  

	Without Cause.  The employment of the Employee may
be terminated without Cause at any time by the Company on delivery to the
Employee of a written Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 9.1).  On the
Date of Termination (as defined in Section 9.2) pursuant to this Section
7.2, the Company shall, in lieu of any payments under Section 4.1 and 4.2 for
the remainder of the Term, pay to the Employee an amount equal to the lesser of:
(a) the Employee's Base Salary for a period of one (1) year from the date of
termination, and (b) the Employee's Base Salary for the remainder of the Term.
In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to the pro-rated maximum Bonus
available to the Employee under Section 4.2 for the year in which the
termination occurs.  Such payment by the Company shall be paid in accordance
with the Company's normal payroll practices and not as a lump sum payment.  In
addition, the Company will pay as incurred the Employee's expenses, up to
Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), associated with career counseling and resume
development.  The Company shall also pay to the Employee an amount equal to the
Company's portion (but not the Employee's portion) of the cost of medical
insurance at the rate in effect on the Date of Termination for a period of one
(1) year from the Date of Termination.  In addition, on termination of the
Employee under this Section 7.2, all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested
options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately
vest and become exercisable, and all RSUs and shares of the Company's restricted
stock issued to the Employee shall immediately vest and become unrestricted and
freely transferable.  The term of any such options and rights shall be extended
to the first (1st) anniversary of the Employee's termination.  The
Employee acknowledges that extending the term of any incentive stock options
pursuant to this Section 7.2 or Sections 7.3, 7.4 or 8.1 below, could cause such
option to lose its tax-qualified status if it is an incentive stock option under
the Code and agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to compensate the
Employee for any additional taxes he incurs as a result.

	Termination on Disability.  If during the Term the
Employee should fail to perform his duties hereunder on account of physical or
mental illness or other incapacity which the Company shall in good faith
determine renders the Employee incapable of performing his duties hereunder, and
such illness or other incapacity shall continue for a period of more than six
(6) consecutive months ("Disability"), the Company shall have
the right, on written Notice of Termination delivered to the Employee to
terminate the Employee's employment under this Agreement.  During the period
that the Employee shall have been incapacitated due to physical or mental
illness, the Employee shall continue to receive the full Base Salary provided
for in Section 4.1 hereof at the rate then in effect until the Date of
Termination pursuant to this Section 7.3.  On the Date of Termination pursuant
to this Section 7.3, the Company shall pay to the Employee the payments and
other benefits applicable to termination without Cause set forth in Section 7.2
hereof, other than those related to career counseling and resume development.
The Company shall also pay, on behalf of the Employee, an amount equal to the
Company's portion (not the Employee's portion) of the cost of medical insurance
at the rate in effect on the Date of Termination for a period of one (1) year
from the Date of Termination.  In addition, on such termination, all of the
Employee's outstanding but unvested options and rights relating to capital stock
of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and all RSUs and
shares of the Company's restricted stock issued to the Employee shall
immediately vest and become unrestricted and freely transferable.  The term of
any such options and rights shall be extended to the first (1st)
anniversary of the Employee's termination.

	Termination on Death.  If the Employee shall die
during the Term, the employment of the Employee shall thereupon terminate.  On
the Date of Termination pursuant to this Section 7.4, the Company shall pay to
the Employee's estate the payments and other benefits applicable to termination
without Cause set forth in Section 7.2 hereof, other than those related to
career counseling and resume development.  In addition, on termination of the
Employee under this Section 7.4, all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested
options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately
vest and become exercisable, and all RSUs and shares of the Company's restricted
stock issued to the Employee shall immediately vest and become unrestricted and
freely transferable.  The term of any such options and rights shall be extended
to the first anniversary of the Employee's termination.  The provisions of this
Section 7.4 shall not affect the entitlements of the Employee's heirs,
executors, administrators, legatees, beneficiaries or assigns under any employee
benefit plan, fund or program of the Company.

	No Limitation on Company's Right to Terminate.
Any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company shall have the right, in its absolute discretion, to terminate this
Agreement and the Employee's employment hereunder at any time in accordance with
the foregoing provisions of this Section 7, it being the intent and purpose of
the foregoing provisions of this Section 7 only to set forth the consequences of
termination with respect to severance or other compensation payable to the
Employee on termination in the circumstances indicated.

	Termination by Employee.  The Employee may
terminate his employment hereunder on written Notice of Termination delivered to
the Company setting forth the effective date of termination.  If the Employee
terminates his employment hereunder, he shall be entitled to receive, and the
Company agrees to pay on the effective date of termination specified in the
Notice of Termination, his current Base Salary under Section 4.1 hereof on a
prorated basis to such date of termination.  On termination pursuant to this
Section 8.2, the Employee shall forfeit: (i) his Bonus under Section 4.2 for the
year in which such termination occurs; and (ii) all outstanding but unvested
options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company, and all RSUs and
shares of the Company's restricted stock issued to the Employee that as of the
termination date are still unvested and subject to restrictions on
transfer.

	Provisions Applicable to Termination of
Employment.

	Notice of Termination.  Any purported termination
of Employee's employment by the Company pursuant to Section 7 shall be
communicated by Notice of Termination to the Employee as provided herein, and
shall state the specific termination provisions in this Agreement relied on and
set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for termination of the Employee's employment ("Notice of
Termination").  If the Employee terminates under Section 8, he shall
give the Company a Notice of Termination.

	Date of Termination.  For all purposes,
"Date of Termination" shall mean, for Disability, thirty (30)
days after Notice of Termination is given to the Employee (provided the Employee
has not returned to duty on a full-time basis during such 30-day period), or, if
the Employee's employment is terminated by the Company for any other reason or
by the Employee, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given.

	Benefits on Termination.  On termination of this
Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 7 or by the Employee pursuant to
Section 8, all profit-sharing, deferred compensation and other retirement
benefits payable to the Employee under benefit plans in which the Employee then
participated shall be paid to the Employee in accordance with the provisions of
the respective plans.

	Change In Control.

	Payments on Change in Control.  Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, unless the Employee elects in
writing to waive this provision, a Change in Control (as defined below) of the
Company shall be deemed a termination of the Employee without Cause, and the
Employee shall be entitled to receive and the Company agrees to pay to the
Employee the same amount determined under Section 7.2 that is payable to
the Employee on termination without Cause provided, however, that such amount
shall be payable in a lump sum on the Date of Termination and not in
installments as provided in Section 7.2.  In addition, on a Change of
Control, all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested options and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become
exercisable, the term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the
first anniversary of the Employee's termination, and all RSUs and shares of the
Company's restricted stock issued to the Employee shall immediately vest and
become unrestricted and freely transferable.

After a Change in Control, if any previously
outstanding option or right (the "Terminated Option") relating
to the Company's capital stock does not remain outstanding, the successor to the
Company or its then Parent (as defined below) shall either:

	Issue an option, warrant or right, as appropriate (the
"Successor Option"), to purchase common stock of such successor
or Parent in an amount such that on exercise of the Successor Option the
Employee would receive the same number of shares of the successor's/Parent's
common stock as the Employee would have received had the Employee exercised the
Terminated Option immediately prior to the transaction resulting in the Change
in Control and received shares of such successor/Parent in such transaction.
The aggregate exercise price for all of the shares covered by such Successor
Option shall equal the aggregate exercise price of the Terminated Option;
or

	Pay the Employee a bonus within ten (10) days after the
consummation of the Change in Control in an amount agreed to by the Employee and
the Company.  Such amount shall be at least equivalent on an after-tax basis to
the net after-tax gain that the Employee would have realized if the Employee had
been issued a Successor Option under clause 10.1(a) above and had immediately
exercised such Successor Option and sold the underlying stock, taking into
account the different tax rates that apply to such bonus and to such gain, and
such amount shall also reflect other differences to the Employee between
receiving a bonus under this clause 10.1(b) and receiving a Successor Option
under clause 10.1(a) above.

	Definitions.  For the purposes of this Agreement,
a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) there shall be
consummated (aa) any reorganization, liquidation or consolidation of the
Company, or any merger or other business combination of the Company with any
other corporation, other than any such merger or other combination that would
result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent
(50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the
Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction,
and (bb) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of
the Company; or (ii) if any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act")), shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities (except that for
purposes of this Section 10.2, "person" shall not include any person
(or any person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
such person) who as of the date of this Agreement owns ten percent (10%) or more
of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of
the Company, or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any
employee benefit plan of the Company, or a corporation that is owned directly or
indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
percentage as their ownership of the Company); or (iii) if during any period of
two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the entire Board shall cease for any reason to constitute at least
one-half (1⁄2) of the membership thereof unless the election, or the nomination
for election by the Company's shareholders, of each new director was approved by
a vote of at least one-half of the directors then still in office who were
directors at the beginning of the period.

The term "Parent" means a
corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other entity that
is the ultimate "beneficial owner" (as defined above) of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities.

	Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.

	In consideration of the provisions hereof, for the
Restricted Period (as defined below), the Employee will not, except as
specifically provided below, anywhere in any county in the State of California
or anywhere in any other state in which the Company is engaged in business as of
such termination date (the "Restricted Territory"), directly or
indirectly, acting individually or as the owner, shareholder, partner or
management employee of any entity: (i) engage in the operation of a solid waste
collection, transporting or disposal business, transfer facility, recycling
facility, materials recovery facility or solid waste landfill; or (ii) enter the
employ as a manager of, or render any personal services to or for the benefit
of, or assist in or facilitate the solicitation of customers for, or receive
remuneration in the form of management salary, commissions or otherwise from,
any business engaged in such activities in such counties; or (iii) receive or
purchase a financial interest in, make a loan to, or make a gift in support of,
any such business in any capacity, including without limitation, as a sole
proprietor, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal agent or trustee;
provided, however, that the Employee may own, directly or indirectly, solely as
an investment, securities of any business traded on any national securities
exchange or quoted on any NASDAQ market, provided the Employee is not a
controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such business and
further provided that the Employee does not, in the aggregate, directly or
indirectly, own two percent (2%) or more of any class of securities of such
business.  The term "Restricted Period" shall mean the earlier
of: (i) the maximum period allowed under applicable law; and (ii) (aa) in the
case of a Change of Control, until the first anniversary of the effective date
of the Change of Control, (bb) in the case of a termination by the Company
without Cause pursuant to Section 7.2 and provided the Company has made the
payments required under Section 7.2, as the case may be, until the first
(1st) anniversary of the Date of Termination, or (cc) in the case of
Termination for Cause by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1 or by the Employee
pursuant to Section 8.2, until the first anniversary of the Date of Termination.
If the Company terminates the Employee without cause, the Employee may shorten
the Restricted Period by the length of any period that the Employee elects to
waive his right to receive severance payments under Section 7.2.  For example,
if the Employee waives the right to receive all severance payments under Section
7.2, the Restricted Period shall be zero (0) months; if the Employee elects to
receive severance payments under Section 7.2 for eight months, the Restricted
Period shall be eight (8) months.

	After termination of this Agreement by the Company or the
Employee pursuant to Section 7 or 8 or termination of this Agreement upon a
Change in Control pursuant to Section 10, the Employee shall not: (i) solicit
any residential or commercial customer of the Company to whom the Company
provides service pursuant to a franchise agreement with a public entity in the
Restricted Territory; or (ii) solicit any residential or commercial customer of
the Company to enter into a solid waste collection account relationship with a
competitor of the Company in the Restricted Territory; or (iii) solicit any such
public entity to enter into a franchise agreement with any such competitor, or
(iv) solicit any officer, employee or contractor of the Company to enter into an
employment or contractor agreement with a competitor of the Company or otherwise
interfere in any such relationship; or (v) solicit on behalf of a competitor of
the Company any prospective customer of the Company in the Restricted Territory
that the Employee called on or was involved in soliciting on behalf of the
Company during the Term, in each case until the first (1st)
anniversary of the date of such termination or the effective date of such change
of control (whichever is later), unless otherwise permitted to do so by
Section 11.1.

	If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Section 11 is invalid
or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making the determination of
invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope,
duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specified words or phrases
or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement
shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within
which the judgment may be appealed.

	Indemnification.  As an officer and agent of the
Company, the Employee shall be fully indemnified by the Company to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law in connection with his employment
hereunder.

	Survival of Provisions.  The obligations of the
Company under Section 12 of this Agreement, and of the Employee under Section 11
of this Agreement, shall survive both the termination of the Employee's
employment and this Agreement.

	No Duty to Mitigate; No Offset.  The Employee
shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment
contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall any such payment be reduced by any
earnings that the Employee may receive from any other sources or offset against
any other payments made to him or required to be made to him pursuant to this
Agreement.

	Assignment; Binding Agreement.  The Company may
assign this Agreement to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor of the
Company.  This Agreement is not assignable by the Employee and is binding on him
and his executors and other legal representatives.  This Agreement shall bind
the Company and its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the
Employee and his heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives,
legatees or devisees.  The Company shall assign this Agreement to any entity
that acquires its assets or business.

	Notice.  Any written notice under this Agreement
shall be personally delivered to the other party or sent by a nationally
recognized overnight delivery service or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested and postage prepaid, to such party at the address set forth in
the records of the Company or to such other address as either party may from
time to time specify by written notice.

	Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement
contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the Employee's
employment and supersedes all oral or written prior discussions, agreements and
understandings of every nature between them.  This Agreement may not be changed
except by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and the
Employee.

	Waiver.  The waiver of a breach of any provision
of this Agreement shall not operate or as be construed to be a waiver of any
other provision or subsequent breach of this Agreement.

	Governing Law and Jurisdictional Agreement.  This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of California.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally
submit to the jurisdiction and venue of any court, federal or state, situated
within Sacramento County, California, for the purpose of any suit, action or
other proceeding arising out of, or relating to or in connection with, this
Agreement.

	Severability.  In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement is, for any reason, held invalid in any
respect, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any other provision of
this Agreement, and such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent
necessary to make it enforceable.

	Enforcement.  It is agreed that it is impossible
to measure fully, in money, the damage which will accrue to the Company in the
event of a breach or threatened breach of Sections 5, 6, or 11 of this
Agreement, and, in any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions of
Sections 5, 6 or 11 hereof, the Employee waives the claim or defense that the
Company has an adequate remedy at law and will not assert the claim or defense
that such a remedy at law exists.  The Company is entitled to injunctive relief
to enforce the provisions of such sections as well as any and all other remedies
available to it at law or in equity without the posting of any bond.  The
Employee agrees that if the Employee breaches any provision of Section 11, the
Company may recover as partial damages all profits realized by the Employee at
any time prior to such recovery on the exercise of any warrant, option or right
to purchase the Company's Common Stock and the subsequent sale of such stock,
and may also cancel all outstanding such warrants, options and rights.

	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
one or more facsimile or original counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

[Signatures appear on the following page]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Employment Agreement has been
duly executed by or on behalf of the parties hereto as of the date first above
written.

	 	 	Waste Connections, Inc.	 
	/s/ David Eddie	 	 	 	 
	David Eddie	 	By:	/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt,	 
	 	 	Ronald J. Mittelstaedt,	 
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer	 
	Address:Exhibit 10.4

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is made and entered
into as of September 13, 1999, or such earlier date as the parties agree (the "Effective Date"), by and between James
Little (the "Employee") and Waste Connections, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with reference
to the following facts.

 

The Company desires to engage the services
and employment of the Employee, and the Employee is willing to accept employment by the Company, on the terms and conditions set
forth below.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants and conditions herein, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:

 

1. Employment. The Company agrees to employ
the Employee, and the Employee agrees to accept employment with the Company, on the terms and conditions stated herein.

 

2. Position and Responsibilities. During
the Term, the Employee shall serve as Vice President Engineering of the Company, reporting directly to the Company's President.
The Employee shall be based in the Company's corporate headquarters in California and shall be responsible for oversight of all
environmental engineering relating to the Company's operations and properties.

 

The employee shall perform such other duties and responsibilities
as the President or the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company may reasonably assign to the Employee from time
to time. The Employee shall devote such time and attention to his duties as are necessary to the proper discharge of his responsibilities
hereunder. The Employee agrees to perform all duties consistent with (a) policies established from time to time by the Company
and (b) all applicable legal requirements.

 

3. Term. The period of the Employee's employment
under this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the Effective Date and continue until the second anniversary of the
Effective Date, unless terminated earlier as provided herein or extended by the Board. At the end of the initial Term, this Agreement
shall be renewed automatically for successive Terms of one year, unless either party shall have given the other notice of termination
hereof as provided herein.

 

4. Compensation, Benefits and Reimbursement
of Expenses.

 

(a) Compensation. The Company shall compensate
the Employee during the Term of this Agreement as follows:

 

(1) Base Salary. The Employee shall be paid
a base salary ("Base Salary") of not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) per year in installments consistent
with the Company's usual practices. The Board shall review the Employee's Base Salary on each anniversary of the Effective Date
or more frequently, at the times prescribed in salary administration practices applied generally to management employees of the
Company. In addition, if on the first anniversary of the Effective Date the gross in-the-money value of the Options to purchase
6,667 shares of the Company's Common Stock granted to the Employee and vested on such first anniversary pursuant to Section 4(a)(3)
below is not at least $50,000, the Employee may elect to have his Base Salary adjusted to One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars
($122,000) per year as of such date, in which case the Employee shall immediately forfeit those Options to purchase 6,667 shares.

 

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(2) Performance Bonus. The Employee shall
be entitled to an annual cash bonus (the "Bonus") based on the Company's attainment of reasonable financial objectives
to be determined annually by the Board. The maximum annual Bonus will equal thirty percent (30%) of the applicable year's ending
Base Salary and will be payable if the Board determines, in its sole and exclusive discretion, that that year's financial objectives
have been fully met. The Bonus shall be paid in accordance with the Company's bonus plan, as approved by the Board; provided that
in no case shall any portion of the Bonus with respect to any fiscal year be paid more than seventy-five (75) days after the end
of such fiscal year.

 

(3) Grant of Options. On the Effective Date,
the Company shall grant to the Employee, for no additional consideration, nonqualified stock options (the "Options")
to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock under the Company's Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan. The Options
shall have a term of 10 years from the date of such grant and shall be exercisable at a price of $19.50 per share. The Options
shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 6,667 shares on each of the first and second anniversaries of the Effective Date,
and with respect to 6,666 shares on the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

The terms of the Options shall be described
in more detail in a Stock Option Agreement to be entered into between the Employee and the Company. If at any time while any of
the Options are still outstanding the Company amends its Stock Option Plan to provide for a less favorable vesting schedule for
stock options than that provided herein, any Options then outstanding shall thereupon be converted to warrants entitling the Employee
to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Employee's then outstanding Options may be exercised, on the same
terms as provided under such Options.

 

(b) Other Benefits. During the Term, the Company
shall provide the Employee with a cellular telephone and will pay or reimburse the Employee's monthly service fee and costs of
calls attributable to Company business. During the Term, the Employee shall be entitled to receive all other benefits of employment
generally available to other management employees of the Company and those benefits for which management employees are or shall
become eligible, including, without limitation and to the extent made available by the Company, medical, dental, disability and
prescription coverage, life insurance and tax-qualified retirement benefits. If the Employee is not eligible for coverage under
the Company's health insurance policy at the commencement of the Term, the Company shall reimburse the Employee for the expenses
of health insurance coverage under COBRA from the commencement of the Term until the Employee becomes eligible for the health insurance
benefits offered by the Company. The Employee shall be entitled to three (3) weeks of paid vacation during each of the first three
twelve-month periods of his employment, and four (4) weeks per twelve-month period beginning with the fourth twelve-month period
of employment.

 

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(c) Relocation Benefits. The Company will
provide the following relocation benefits: (i) an initial relocation bonus of $20,000, (ii) the Employee's temporary lodging and
commuting expenses between Ohio and California for the longer of 90 days or the period ending on the date on which the Employee
sells his home in Ohio (which period may be lengthened by mutual agreement of the Employee and the Company), (iii) expenses of
moving the Employee's household goods and horse (the expenses for moving the horse not to exceed $1,500) from the Employee's home
in Ohio to the Employee's new home in the Sacramento, California area when the Employee relocates to California (including moving
insurance, packing and transportation and temporary storage costs) by a national moving company selected by the Company, (iv) reasonable
realtor's fees (or, if the Employee sells his home without the services of a realtor, an amount equal to the reasonable realtor's
fees that would have been incurred on such sale) and non-recurring closing costs incurred by the Employee with respect to the sale
of the Employee's home in Ohio, and (v) reasonable non-recurring closing costs incurred by the Employee with respect to the purchase
of a home in the Sacramento area, and up to 1 point on a mortgage loan on the purchase of such home. If the Employee voluntarily
terminates his employment within two years after the Effective Date, the Employee shall on such termination pay the Company an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of such benefits, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is 24 minus the number
of full months the Employee was employed by the Company, and the denominator of which is 24.

 

If any benefits described in this Section
4(c) are not tax-deductible by the Company, the Company shall treat the cost of such benefits as additional compensation to the
Employee ("Relocation Compensation" ) and shall pay the Employee an additional cash bonus ("Relocation Bonus")
sufficient to cover any Federal, state or local income or employment taxes on such Relocation Bonus, so that the Employee shall
incur no net after-tax expense as a result of any benefits paid pursuant to this Section 4(c).

 

(d) Reimbursement of Other Expenses. The Company
agrees to pay or reimburse the Employee for all reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with
the performance of his duties under this Agreement on presentation of proper expense statements or vouchers. All such supporting
information shall comply with all applicable Company policies relating to reimbursement for travel and other expenses.

 

(e) Withholding. All compensation payable
to the Employee hereunder is subject to all withholding requirements under applicable law.

 

5. Confidentiality. During the Term of his
employment, and at all times thereafter, the Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, divulge to any
third party or use for his own benefit or the benefit of any third party or for any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of
the Company, any confidential or proprietary business or technical information revealed, obtained or developed in the course of
his employment with the Company and which is otherwise the property of the Company or any of its affiliated corporations, including,
but not limited to, trade secrets, customer lists, formulae and processes of manufacture; provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall restrict the Employee's ability to make such disclosures during the course of his employment as may be necessary
or appropriate to the effective and efficient discharge of his duties to the Company.

 

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6. Property. Both during the Term of his
employment and thereafter, the Employee shall not remove from the Company's offices or premises any Company documents, records,
notebooks, files, correspondence, reports, memoranda and similar materials or property of any kind unless necessary in accordance
with the duties and responsibilities of his employment. In the event that any such material or property is removed, it shall be
returned to its proper file or place of safekeeping as promptly as possible. The Employee shall not make, retain, remove or distribute
any copies, or divulge to any third person the nature or contents of any of the foregoing or of any other oral or written information
to which he may have access, except as disclosure shall be necessary in the performance of his assigned duties. On the termination
of his employment with the Company, the Employee shall leave with or return to the Company all originals and copies of the foregoing
then in his possession or subject to his control, whether prepared by the Employee or by others.

 

7. Termination.

 

(a) Termination by the Company for Cause or
by the Employee. The employment of the Employee may be terminated for Cause at any time by the Board, on written Notice of Termination
(as defined in Section 8(a)) delivered to the Employee describing with specificity the grounds for termination. The employment
of the Employee may also be terminated at any time by the Employee on written Notice of Termination delivered to the Company. Immediately
on termination pursuant to this Section 7(a), the Company shall pay to the Employee in a lump sum his then current Base Salary
under Section 4(a)(1) on a prorated basis to the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 8(b)). On termination pursuant to this
Section 7(a), the Employee shall forfeit (i) his Bonus under Section 4(a)(2) for the year in which such termination occurs, and
(ii) all outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company. For purposes of
this Agreement, Cause shall mean:

 

(1) a material breach of any of the terms
of this Agreement that is not immediately corrected following written notice of default specifying such breach;

 

(2) a breach of any of the provisions of
Section 10;

 

(3) repeated intoxication with alcohol or
drugs while on Company premises during its regular business hours to such a degree that, in the reasonable judgment of the other
managers of the Company, the Employee is abusive or incapable of performing his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement;

 

(4) conviction of a felony; or

 

(5) misappropriation of property belonging
to the Company and/or any of its affiliates.

 

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(b) Termination Without Cause. The employment
of the Employee may be terminated without Cause at any time by the Board on delivery to the Employee of a written Notice of Termination
(as defined in Section 8(a)). On the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 8(b)) pursuant to this Section 7(b), the Company
shall pay to the Employee in a lump sum an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Base Salary payable under Section 4(a)(1) through
the end of the then-current Term at the rate in effect on the Date of Termination, or (ii) one year's Base Salary at the rate in
effect on the Date of Termination. The Employee may elect to forfeit receipt of all or part of the lump sum described in the preceding
sentence, in exchange for payment by the Company of all or part of the costs of the Employee's relocating to an area of his choice,
with the amount of the lump sum payment forfeited by the Employee and the amount of the relocation costs paid by the Company to
be determined by agreement between the Employee and the Company. In addition, on termination of the Employee under this Section
7(b), all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company
shall immediately vest and become exercisable. The term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the third anniversary
of the Employee's termination. The Employee acknowledges that extending the term of any option pursuant to this Section 7(b), or
Section 7(c) or 7(d), could cause such option to lose its tax-qualified status if it is an incentive stock option under the Code
and agrees that the Company shall have no obligation to compensate the Employee for any additional taxes he incurs as a result.

 

(c) Termination on Disability. If during the
Term the Employee should fail to perform his duties hereunder on account of physical or mental illness or other incapacity which
the Board shall in good faith determine renders the Employee incapable of performing his duties hereunder, and such illness or
other incapacity shall continue for a period of more than six (6) consecutive months ("Disability"), the Company shall
have the right, on written Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 8(a)) delivered to the Employee to terminate the Employee's
employment under this Agreement. During the period that the Employee shall have been incapacitated due to physical or mental illness,
the Employee shall continue to receive the full Base Salary provided for in Section 4(a)(1) hereof at the rate then in effect until
the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 8(b)) pursuant to this Section 7(c). On the Date of Termination pursuant to this
Section 7(c), all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights relating to capital stock of
the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable. The term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the third
anniversary of the Employee's termination.

 

(d) Termination on Death. If the Employee
shall die during the Term, the employment of the Employee shall thereupon terminate. On the Date of Termination (as defined in
Section 8(b)) pursuant to this Section 7(d), all of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights
relating to capital stock of the Company shall immediately vest and become exercisable. The term of any such options and rights
shall be extended to the third anniversary of the Employee's termination. The provisions of this Section 7(d) shall not affect
the entitlements of the Employee's heirs, executors, administrators, legatees, beneficiaries or assigns under any employee benefit
plan, fund or program of the Company.

 

8. Provisions Applicable to Termination
of Employment.

 

(a) Notice of Termination. Any purported termination
of Employee's employment by the Company or by the employee pursuant to Section 7 shall be communicated by Notice of Termination
to the Employee or the Company, as the case may be, as provided herein ("Notice of Termination").

 

(b) Date of Termination. For all purposes,
"Date of Termination" shall mean the date on which a Notice of Termination is given.

 

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(c) Benefits on Termination. On termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7, all profit-sharing, deferred compensation and other retirement benefits payable to the
Employee under benefit plans in which the Employee then participated shall be paid to the Employee in accordance with the provisions
of the respective plans. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 7(b), 7(c), 7(d) and 9, if the Employee's employment by the Company
is terminated before all of the Employee's options, warrants and rights with respect to the Company's capital stock have vested,
the Employee shall forfeit any such options, warrants and rights that are unvested as of the termination date.

 

9. Change In Control.

 

(a) Payments on Change in Control. Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, unless the Employee elects in writing to waive this provision, a Change in Control
(as defined below) of the Company shall be deemed a termination of the Employee without Cause, and the Employee shall be entitled
to receive and the Company agrees to pay to the Employee in a lump sum the same amount determined under Section 7(b) that is payable
to the Employee on termination without Cause, and the Employee shall have the right to forfeit all or part of such amount in exchange
for payment by the Company of certain relocation costs, as described in Section 7(b). In addition, on a Change of Control, all
of the Employee's outstanding but unvested Options and other options and rights relating to capital stock of the Company shall
immediately vest and become exercisable, and the term of any such options and rights shall be extended to the third anniversary
of the Employee's termination.

 

After a Change in Control, if any previously
outstanding Option or other option or right (the "Terminated Option") relating to the Company's capital stock does not
remain outstanding, the successor to the Company or its then Parent (as defined below) shall either:

 

(i) Issue an option, warrant or right, as
appropriate (the "Successor Option"), to purchase common stock of such successor or Parent in an amount such that on
exercise of the Successor Option the Employee would receive the same number of shares of the successor's/Parent's common stock
as the Employee would have received had the Employee exercised the Terminated Option immediately prior to the transaction resulting
in the Change in Control and received shares of such successor/Parent in such transaction. The aggregate exercise price for all
of the shares covered by such Successor Option shall equal the aggregate exercise price of the Terminated Option; or

 

(ii) Pay the Employee a bonus within ten
(10) days after the consummation of the Change in Control in an amount agreed to by the Employee and the Company. Such amount shall
be at least equivalent on an after-tax basis to the net after-tax gain that the Employee would have realized if he had been issued
a Successor Option under clause (i) above and had immediately exercised such Successor Option and sold the underlying stock, taking
into account the different tax rates that apply to such bonus and to such gain, and such amount shall also reflect other differences
to the Employee between receiving a bonus under this clause (ii) and receiving a Successor Option under clause (i) above.

 

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(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this
Agreement, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) there shall be consummated (aa) any reorganization, liquidation
or consolidation of the Company, or any merger or other business combination of the Company with any other corporation, other than
any such merger or other combination that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity)
at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such transaction, (bb) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series
of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company, or if(ii) any "person" (as defined
in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities

 

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")),
shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty
percent (50%) or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities (except that for purposes of this Section 10(b), "person"
shall not include any person or any person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person, who as
of the date of this Agreement owns ten percent (10%) or more of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities
of the Company, or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or a corporation
that is owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same percentage as their ownership
of the Company) or if (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted
the entire Board shall cease for any reason to constitute at least one-half of the membership thereof unless the election, or the
nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least one-half of the
directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.

 

The term "Parent" means a corporation,
partnership, trust, limited liability company or other entity that is the ultimate "beneficial owner" (as defined above)
of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities.

 

10. Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation.

 

(a) In consideration of the provisions hereof,
for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first anniversary of the termination of this Agreement, the Employee
will not, except as specifically provided below, anywhere in any county in any state in which the Company is engaged in business
as of such termination date, directly or indirectly, acting individually or as the owner, shareholder, partner or management employee
of any entity, (i) engage in the operation of a solid waste collection, transporting or disposal business, transfer facility, recycling
facility, materials recovery facility or solid waste landfill; (ii) enter the employ as a manager of, or render any personal services
to or for the benefit of, or assist in or facilitate the solicitation of customers for, or receive remuneration in the form of
management salary, commissions or otherwise from, any business engaged in such activities in such counties; or (iii) receive or
purchase a financial interest in, make a loan to, or make a gift in support of, any such business in any capacity, including without
limitation, as a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal agent or trustee; provided, however, that
the Employee may own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, securities of any business traded on any national securities
exchange or quoted on any NASDAQ market, provided the Employee is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls,
such business and further provided that the Employee does not, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, own two percent (2%) or
more of any class of securities of such business.

 

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(b) After termination of this Agreement, the
Employee shall not (i) solicit any residential or commercial customer of the Company to whom the Company provides service pursuant
to a franchise agreement with a public entity in any county in any state in which the Company is engaged in business as of such
termination date, (ii) solicit any residential or commercial customer of the Company to enter into a solid waste collection account
relationship with a competitor of the Company in any such county, (iii) solicit any such public entity to enter into a franchise
agreement with any such competitor, (iv) solicit any officer, employee or contractor of the Company to enter into an employment
or contractor agreement with a competitor of the Company or otherwise interfere in any such relationship, or (v) solicit on behalf
of a competitor of the Company any prospective customer of the Company that the Employee called on or was involved in soliciting
on behalf of the Company during the Term, in each case until the second anniversary of the date of such termination, unless otherwise
permitted to do so by Section 10(a); provided that if the Employee is terminated by the Company without Cause by the Company pursuant
to Section 7(b), the restrictions in this Section 10(b) shall apply only for as many months after such termination as are used
to calculate the amount actually paid under Section 7(b)(iii) to the Employee on such termination. For example, if the Employee
waives his right to be paid any amount under Section 7(b)(iii) (relating to the Total Compensation paid to him during the previous
twelve months), the restrictions in this Section 10(b) shall not apply at all; if the Employee elects to receive under Section
7(b)(iii) an amount equal to only eight months' Total Compensation, the restrictions shall apply for only eight months.

 

(c) If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Section 10 is invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court
making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of the term
or provision, to delete specified words or phrases or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term
or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within which the judgment
may be appealed.

 

11. Indemnification. As an employee and
agent of the Company, the Employee shall be fully indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
in connection with his employment hereunder.

 

12. Survival of Provisions. The obligations
of the Company under Section 11 of this Agreement, and of the Employee under Sections 5, 6 and 10 of this Agreement, shall survive
both the termination of the Employee's employment and this Agreement.

 

13. No Duty to Mitigate; No Offset. The
Employee shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall any such
payment be reduced by any earnings that the Employee may receive from any other sources or offset against any other payments made
to him or required to be made to him pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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14. Assignment; Binding Agreement. The Company
may assign this Agreement to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor of the Company. This Agreement is not assignable by
the Employee and is binding on him and his executors and other legal representatives. This Agreement shall bind the Company and
its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the Employee and his heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives,
legatees or devisees. The Company shall assign this Agreement to any entity that acquires its assets or business.

 

15. Notice. Any written notice under this
Agreement shall be personally delivered to the other party or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and
postage prepaid, to such party at the address set forth in the records of the Company or to such other address as either party
may from time to time specify by written notice.

 

16. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement
contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the Employee's employment and supersedes all oral or written prior discussions,
agreements and understandings of every nature between them. This Agreement may not be changed except by an agreement in writing
signed by the Company and the Employee.

 

17. Waiver. The waiver of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement shall not operate or as be construed to be a waiver of any other provision or subsequent breach of
this Agreement.

 

18. Governing Law and Jurisdictional Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

 

19. Severability. In case any one or more
of the provisions contained in this Agreement is, for any reason, held invalid in any respect, such invalidity shall not affect
the validity of any other provision of this Agreement, and such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make
it enforceable.

 

20. Enforcement. It is agreed that it is
impossible to measure fully, in money, the damage which will accrue to the Company in the event of a breach or threatened breach
of Sections 5, 6, or 10 of this Agreement, and, in any action or proceeding to enforce the provisions of Sections 5, 6 or 10 hereof,
the Employee waives the claim or defense that the Company has an adequate remedy at law and will not assert the claim or defense
that such a remedy at law exists. The Company is entitled to injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of such sections as well
as any and all other remedies available to it at law or in equity without the posting of any bond. The Employee agrees that if
the Employee breaches any provision of Section 10, the Company may recover as partial damages all profits realized by the Employee
at any time prior to such recovery on the exercise of any warrant, option or right to purchase the Company's Common Stock and the
subsequent sale of such stock, and may also cancel all outstanding such warrants, options and rights.

 

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

22. Due Authorization. The execution of
this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
and delivered this Employment Agreement as of the day and year set forth above.

 

 

	 	WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.,
	 	a Delaware corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Ronald J. Mittelstaedt	 
	 	Printed Name: Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
	 	Title: President

 

 

EMPLOYEE:

 

/s/ James Little

James Little

 

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