Legal Opinion
People v. Bush
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The People appeal from an order dismissing a five-count indictment which charged defendants with violating various provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) for improperly dumping drums of hazardous waste and acute hazardous waste in a solid-waste landfill not authorized to receive such wastes. We agree with County Court that the regulations defining hazardous wastes (6 NYCRR 371.3) had not been validly enacted as of the date charged in the indictment because the regulations had not yet been approved by the State Environmental Board (ECL…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mulligan v. LackeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
- People v. MacellaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp. v. New York State Department of Taxation & FinanceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987