NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.85
SUBSURFACE INJECTION OF WASTE. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with the subsurface injection of
waste.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant knowingly disposed of wastes produced in
connection with oil and gas exploration, development, and production,
and use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing treatments.
And Second, it was by injection to [subsurface] [groundwaters] of
the State by means of wells.1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant disposed of wastes produced in
connection with oil and gas exploration, development, and production,
and use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing treatments, and it
was by injection to [subsurface] [groundwaters] of the State by means of
wells, it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so
find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or both of these things, it
would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 259.85 (June 2015). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 113-395.2, 143-214.2. Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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