Pollution and Discharge Offenses

Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment.

Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, which has a negative impact on how they can be used.

Air pollution is the presence of substances in the air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment.

A magic pipe is a surreptitious change to a ship's oily water separator (OWS), or other waste-handing equipment, which allows waste liquids to be discharged in contravention of maritime pollution regulations.

Light pollution is the alteration of the natural patterns of light and dark in ecosystems, resulting from the unnecessary and inefficient use of artificial lighting.

Rolling coal (also spelled rollin' coal) is the practice of modifying a diesel engine to deliberately emit large amounts of black or gray diesel exhaust, containing soot and incompletely combusted fuel.

Marine pollution refers to the entry of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms, into the ocean.

Prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc. of waste.

Any person who knowingly transports, treats, stores, disposes of, or exports any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter or used oil not identified or listed as a hazardous waste under this subchapter in violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7) of subsection (d) of this section who knows at that time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury , shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment for not more than fifteen years, or both.

noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;