{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2709","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-2709","heading":"Unlawful possession of hazardous wastes in the first degree","body":"§ 71-2709. Unlawful possession of hazardous wastes in the first degree.\n  No person shall:\n  1. Knowingly possess acute hazardous wastes at a place other than the\nsite of generation; or\n  2. Knowingly possess more than fifteen hundred gallons or fifteen\nthousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of\nhazardous wastes at a place other than the site of generation; or\n  3. Recklessly possess more than twenty-five hundred gallons or\ntwenty-five thousand pounds, whichever is less, of an aggregate weight\nor volume of hazardous wastes at a place other than the site of\ngeneration.\n  Unlawful possession of hazardous waste in the first degree is a class\nD felony.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 71. Enforcement","Title 27. Enforcement of Article 27 and Article 71"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/71-2709","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"1693b7cdaced1da0522cdd2247bc95a6bda52165a19eebd8629dc31cb802faaf","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2707","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}