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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