Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 22, 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (the "Court") entered an order providing for preliminary approval of a settlement (the "Settlement") in connection with the consolidated shareholder derivative action captioned Travis, et al. v. Mittelstaedt, et al., Case No. 2:06-cv-02341-JAM-GGH, and a parallel consolidated shareholder derivative action pending in the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Sacramento. In its order, the Court also approved the forms of notice and summary notice relating to the Settlement, and set a hearing date of July 15, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. to consider whether to grant final approval of the Settlement.

As required by the Court's order, a copy of the Notice of Proposed Settlement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The notice can also be viewed on Waste Connections, Inc.'s website (www.wasteconnections.com) under the "IR" tab, or at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=118605&p=irol-irhome.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Notice of Proposed Settlement

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