New York Environmental Conservation Code § 71-2711

Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth degree
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§ 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the\n             fourth degree.\n  A  person  is  guilty  of  endangering  public  health,  safety or the\nenvironment in the fourth degree when:\n  1. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment; or\n  2. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds,\nwhichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance\nhazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or\n  3. He knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment.\n  Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth\ndegree is a class A misdemeanor.\n

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