Safe Havens

(E)  Crime of Moral Turpitude.  This offense is not a crime of moral turpitude, because it is a classic example of a regulatory offense, an offense that is malum prohibitum, rather than malum in se.  There is nothing inherently evil about the act of disposing of chemicals; corporations do it legally and safely all the time.  The offense of conviction consists in doing so without permission.  This is the essence of a regulatory offense, which generally does not constitute a crime involving moral turpitude.  See § 7.108, supra.