New York Laws
Title 27 - Enforcement of Article 27 and Article 71
71-2713 - Endangering Public Health, Safety or the Environment in the Second Degree.

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 or she 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; or

7. With intent to dispose of construction and demolition debris, he or
she intentionally engages in conduct that causes the unlawful disposal
or release of either seventy cubic yards or more, or one hundred forty
thousand pounds or more, of construction and demolition debris, as
defined in section 71-2702 of this title; or

8. With intent to dispose of a hazardous substance on the property of
another he or she intentionally engages in conduct that causes the
unlawful disposal or release of a hazardous substance; or

9. He or she recklessly disposes of any acutely hazardous substance on
any property.

Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second
degree is a class D felony.