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FORM 3 Expires: October 31, 2001
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Requiring 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or 6. If Amendment, Date
Statement Trading Symbol of Original
Weidman Mark A. (Month/Day/Year) (Month/Day/Year)
---------------------------------------- Synagro Technologies, Inc. (SYGR)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 10/31/2000 -----------------------------------
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1800 Bering, Suite 1000 3. I.R.S. Social Security Person(s) to Issuer 7. Individual or Joint/
---------------------------------------- Number of Reporting (Check all applicable) Group Filing (Check
(Street) Person (voluntary) Director 10% Owner Applicable Line)
----- ----- X Form filed by
Houston Texas 77057 X Officer Other (specify --- One Reporting
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(City) (State) (Zip) title below) Form filed by
--- More than One
Chief Operating Officer Reporting Person
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President - Processing Division
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-96)
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Date Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ (Instr. 4) Price of Deriva-
Year) Deriva- tive
tive Security:
Security Direct (D)
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Date Expira- Amount or rect (I)
Exercis- tion Title Number (Instr. 5)
able Date of Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
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valid OMB number.
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