Section 71-2711. Endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth degree  


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  • 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.