Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Wojahn Richard Keith
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/06/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. [WCN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2295 IRON POINT ROAD, SUITE 200		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP Business Development
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
02/13/2009
(Street)

FOLSOM, CA 95630		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 988
D
 
Common Stock 2,250 (1)
D
 
Common Stock 1,800 (2)
D
 
Common Stock 2,800 (3)
D
 
Common Stock 1,875 (5)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/14/2007(4) 02/14/2016 Common Stock 3,000 $ 23.17 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Wojahn Richard Keith
2295 IRON POINT ROAD
SUITE 200
FOLSOM, CA 95630		       VP Business Development  

Signatures

Richard Keith Wojahn 01/14/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This represents restricted stock units originally awarded 2/14/06. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued service with the issuer, the remainder of the award shall vest and the underlying shars of common stock shall be issued in three equal installment commencing 2/14/09.
(2) This represents restricted stock units originally awarded 2/1/07. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued service with the issuer, the remainder of the award shall vest and the underlying shars of common stock shall be issued in three equal installment commencing 2/10/10.
(3) This entry was originally reported as 3,500 shares, due to a clerical error that did not reflect one vest of 700 shares the day prior to the reporting person becoming subject to Section 16 reporting requirements. This represents restricted stock units originally awarded 2/5/08. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued service with the issuer, the remainder of the award shall vest and the underlying shares of common stock shall be issued in four equal installments commencing 2/5/10.
(4) This is an option for 6,000 shares with 1/4 exercisable 2/14/07, 2/14/08, 2/14/09 and 2/14/10.
(5) This entry was not included in the original filing due to a clerical error. This represents restricted stock units originally awarded 9/20/05. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. Subject to the reporting person's continued service with the issuer, the remainder of the award vested and the underlying shares of common stock were issued in one equal installment on 9/20/09.

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