text: **Compliance with environmental and other laws and regulations may impede our growth.**
  
  We may need to spend considerable time, eÅort and capital to keep our facilities in compliance with 
  federal, state and local requirements regulating health, safety, environment, zoning, land use and transporta- 
  tion. In addition, some of our waste operations that cross state boundaries could be adversely aÅected if the 
  federal government, or the state or locality in which these waste operations are located, imposes fees on, or 
  otherwise limits or prohibits, the transportation or disposal of solid waste. If environmental laws become more 
  stringent, our environmental capital expenditures and costs for environmental compliance may increase in the 
  future. In addition, due to the possibility of unanticipated events or regulatory developments, the amounts and 
  timing of future environmental expenditures could vary substantially from those we currently anticipate. 
  Because of the nature of our operations, we have in the past, currently are, and may in the future be named as 
  a potentially responsible party in connection with the investigation or remediation of environmental conditions. 
  We cannot assure you that the resolution of any such investigations will not have a material adverse eÅect on 
  our Ñnancial condition, results of operations or cash Öows. A signiÑcant judgment or Ñne against our company, 
  or our loss of signiÑcant permits or licenses, could have a material adverse eÅect on our Ñnancial condition, 
  results of operations, cash Öows or prospects. 