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2006 New York Code - Endangering Public Health, Safety Or The Environment In The Second Degree.
§ 71-2713. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second degree. A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second degree when: 1. He knowingly engages in conduct which causes the release of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment and such release causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or 2. He knowingly engages in conduct which causes the release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment or the release of a substance which at the time of the conduct he knows to meet any of the criteria set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 37-0103 of this chapter; or 3. He knowingly engages in conduct which causes the release of more than one thousand five hundred gallons or fifteen thousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or 4. He recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment and such release causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or 5. 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 and such substance enters water; or 6. He knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment and such substance enters a primary water supply. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second degree is a class D felony.
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