New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 71-2712 - Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the third degree.

71-2712. Endangering  public  health, safety or the environment in the
           third degree.
A person is  guilty  of  endangering  public  health,  safety  or  the
  environment in the third degree when:
1.  He  recklessly  engages  in  conduct which causes the release of a
  substance acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment;
  or
2. He recklessly engages in conduct which causes the release  of  more
  than  two  hundred gallons or two 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 recklessly 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 release creates a  substantial  risk
  of  physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime;
  or
4. 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.
Endangering public health, safety or  the  environment  in  the  third
  degree is a class E felony.

Last modified: February 3, 2019