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This supplement to the preliminary prospectus supplement relates to an effective registration statement but it is not complete and may be changed. This supplement to the preliminary prospectus supplement is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
File No. 333-158409
 
Subject to completion, dated November 16, 2010
 
Supplement to preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 9, 2010
(To Prospectus dated April 3, 2009)
 
[COVANTA LOGO]
 
Covanta Holding Corporation
 
Senior Notes due 2020
 
This document (the “supplement”) supplements the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated November 9, 2010 (the “preliminary prospectus supplement”), relating to the offering by Covanta Holding Corporation of Senior Notes due 2020. To the extent information in this supplement is inconsistent with the preliminary prospectus supplement, you should rely on this supplement.
 
Change to the terms of the Notes
 
The definition of “Permitted Holders” on page S-191 of the preliminary prospectus supplement and any references to the term “Permitted Holders” in the preliminary prospectus supplement, including in the definition of “‘Change of Control,” are deleted from the preliminary prospectus supplement.
 
 
This supplement should be read in conjunction with the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus, and this supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus except to the extent that the information contained herein modifies or supersedes the information contained in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this supplement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning specified in the preliminary prospectus supplement.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these notes or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
Joint book-running managers
 
J.P. Morgan
 
 
BofA Merrill Lynch
 
 
Barclays Capital
 
 
Citi
 
Joint lead managers
 
Credit Agricole CIB RBS
 
Co-managers
 
HSBC Mizuho Securities USA Inc. TD Securities
 
November   , 2010