{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2711","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-2711","heading":"Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth degree","body":"§ 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the\n             fourth degree.\n  A  person  is  guilty  of  endangering  public  health,  safety or the\nenvironment in the fourth degree when:\n  1. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment; or\n  2. With criminal negligence, he engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of more than one hundred gallons or one thousand pounds,\nwhichever is less, of an aggregate weight or volume of a substance\nhazardous to public health, safety or the environment; or\n  3. He knowingly or recklessly engages in conduct which causes the\nrelease of a substance hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment.\n  Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth\ndegree is a class A misdemeanor.","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/71-2711","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"0edd444ff182439c4952cf2e265f5fa119bf546e8bd6ac26b492260edf8fb617","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2710","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-71-2712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}