Safe Havens
§ 9.11 (B)
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(B) Federal Waste Disposal Offense. Under federal law, it is illegal, for example, knowingly to transport any hazardous waste to a facility that does not have a permit, or to treat, store, or dispose of any hazardous waste without a permit.[114] Any person who knowingly transports, treats, stores, or disposes of a hazardous material, who knows that a person may be placed in imminent danger of death or serious injury, is punishable by a maximum of fifteen years in prison.[115]
[114] 42 U.S.C. § 6928.
[115] 42 U.S.C. § 6928(e). Serious bodily injury includes unconsciousness. 42 U.S.C. § 6928(f)(6). Even a conviction under this section is arguably not an aggravated felony.
Updates
Ninth Circuit
SAFE HAVENS - HAZARDOUS WASTE - FEDERAL
United States v. Barken, ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. June 27, 2005) (sentence for unlawful transportation and disposal of hazardous material without a permit remanded under United States v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005)).
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0350441p.pdf