71-2712 - Endangering Public Health, Safety or the Environment in the Third Degree.

NY Env Cons L § 71-2712 (2019) (N/A)

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A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the environment in the third degree when:

1. He recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or

2. He recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release of more than two hundred gallons or two thousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or

3. He recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment and such release creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or

4. He knowingly engages in conduct which causes the release of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment.

Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the third degree is a class E felony.

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