text: **Regulatory approval to develop or expand our landÑlls and transfer stations may be delayed or denied.**
  
  Our plans include developing new landÑlls and transfer stations, as well as expanding the disposal and 
  transfer capacities of certain of our landÑlls and transfer stations, respectively. Various parties, including 
  citizens' groups and local politicians, sometimes challenge these projects. Responding to these challenges has, 
  at times, increased our costs and extended the time associated with establishing new facilities and expanding 
  existing facilities. In addition, failure to receive regulatory and zoning approval may prohibit us from 
  establishing new facilities and expanding existing facilities. 
  
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