N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-2711: Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth degree

§ 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the

fourth degree.

A person is guilty of endangering public health, safety or the

environment in the fourth degree when:

1. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the

release of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the

environment; or

2. With criminal negligence, he 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; or

3. He knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the

release of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the

environment.

Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth

degree is a class A misdemeanor.