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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-04-000763.txt : 20040105
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-000763
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040105

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VERITAS DGC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000028866
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES [1382]
		IRS NUMBER:				760343152
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10300 TOWN PARK DR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135128300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10300 TOWN PARK DR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIGICON INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MACNEILL BRIAN F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001184446

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07427
		FILM NUMBER:		04505628

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VERITAS DGC INC
		STREET 2:		10300 TOWN PARK DR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8323518821

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VERITAS DGC
		STREET 2:		10300 TOWN PARK DR
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77072
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owingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeTransaction></derivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Reporting Person elected to receive his annual retainer fee as a director of Veritas DGC Inc. in share units pursuant to the terms of the Veritas DGC Inc. Share Incentive Plan and a Deferred Share Unit Award and Deferral Agreement. Upon termination of Reporting Person's service as director, each vested share unit is converted to one share of common stock and then issued to Reporting Person. The 2,386 share units vest as follows: 597 on 1/1/04; 597 on 4/1/04; 596 on 7/1/04; and 596 on 10/1/04.</footnote><footnote id="F2">Includes 3,165 units from Reporting Person's election to defer the 2003 annual retainer fee. These share units were previously reported as Common Stock in Table I on Form 4 dated January 3, 2003.</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>/s/ Larry L. Worden as Attorn
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