Unlawful concealment of hazardous waste

Any person commits a Class B4 felony offense of unlawful concealment of hazardous waste who knowingly and willfully subjects any other person, including but not limited to peace officers, emergency responders or clean-up crews, to the potential for immediate or long-term risk to their health or safety by exposure to chemical wastes, by knowingly and willfully: 1. Concealing or causing other persons to conceal the unlawful abandonment or disposal of hazardous waste; 2. Concealing or causing other persons to conceal that hazardous waste is being transported; or 3. Misrepresenting or causing other persons to misrepresent the type of hazardous waste being transported. Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 344, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 120, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.