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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-2717: Unlawful dealing in hazardous wastes in the first degree

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  1. Environmental Conservation Law
  2. Article 71. Enforcement
  3. Title 27. Enforcement of Article 27 and Article 71

§ 71-2717. Unlawful dealing in hazardous wastes in the first degree.

No person shall:

1. Remove, assist in the removal, or make available for removal, more

than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds, whichever is less, of

an aggregate weight or volume of hazardous wastes intending that such

wastes are to be possessed or disposed of by a person who does not have

authorization; or

2. Solicit, agree to receive or receive a benefit for possession or

disposal of hazardous wastes intending that the possession or disposal

is to be done without authorization; or

3. Offer, agree to confer, confer upon another or authorize or direct

anyone to offer, agree to confer or confer upon another a benefit for

possession or disposal of hazardous wastes intending that the person who

is to perform such possession or disposal does not have authorization.

Unlawful dealing in hazardous waste in the first degree is a class E

felony.

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