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The former Camp Hill borough manager accused of allowing raw sewage to be passed into local creeks has pleaded no contest to some of the charges against him.
Gary M. Kline, 47, pleaded no contest in Cumberland County Court Tuesday to three of the six misdemeanor charges filed by the state Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigations, accusing him of violating the Clean Streams Law, the Solid Waste Management Act and the Fish and Boat Code by allowing the borough to pass raw sewage into the Yellow Breeches and Conodoguinet creeks.
Gary Kline, 47, pleaded no contest in Cumberland County Court to three misdemeanor charges related to allowing the discharge of raw sewage into the Yellow Breeches and Conodoguinet creeks.
Pa. Attorney General's Office
Kline had resigned as borough manager in January 2014, about eight months after Camp Hill was fined $140,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for making unapproved and unreported sewer discharges.
The investigation into Kline began the same month that fine was levied.
According to charging documents filed by special agent Donald A. Hentz Jr., the investigation unfolded like this:
Investigators met with two borough employees who reported telling borough management, including Kline, about the untreated sewage discharges – estimating millions of gallons worth in 2011. One of the employees also sent Kline a memo, offering possible solutions for dealing with the discharges, to which they say Kline replied, "What was the point of that?"
The investigation also included an interview with a former borough foreman, who said portable pumps designed to deal with sewage discharges were only turned on with Kline's authorization and that he was never directed to record the quantity of sewage flowing into the Yellow Breeches Creek, which he believed Kline was reporting to the DEP.
When Kline was interviewed as part of the investigation, he confirmed one of the borough's pump stations was turned off at times to prevent sewage from backing up into nearby homes and acknowledged this allowed untreated sewage to overflow into the Conodoguinet Creek. He also told the agent he understood the discharges had to be reported to the DEP, although he said borough council was made aware of all the discharges.
Camp Hill in May 2013 entered into a consent order agreement with the DEP in which it admitted to approximately 97 days of unreported untreated sewage discharges.
Kline is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 24.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/10/gary_kline_camp_hill_sewage_cr.html
Gary M. Kline, 47, pleaded no contest in Cumberland County Court Tuesday to three of the six misdemeanor charges filed by the state Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigations, accusing him of violating the Clean Streams Law, the Solid Waste Management Act and the Fish and Boat Code by allowing the borough to pass raw sewage into the Yellow Breeches and Conodoguinet creeks.
Gary Kline, 47, pleaded no contest in Cumberland County Court to three misdemeanor charges related to allowing the discharge of raw sewage into the Yellow Breeches and Conodoguinet creeks.
Pa. Attorney General's Office
Kline had resigned as borough manager in January 2014, about eight months after Camp Hill was fined $140,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for making unapproved and unreported sewer discharges.
The investigation into Kline began the same month that fine was levied.
According to charging documents filed by special agent Donald A. Hentz Jr., the investigation unfolded like this:
Investigators met with two borough employees who reported telling borough management, including Kline, about the untreated sewage discharges – estimating millions of gallons worth in 2011. One of the employees also sent Kline a memo, offering possible solutions for dealing with the discharges, to which they say Kline replied, "What was the point of that?"
The investigation also included an interview with a former borough foreman, who said portable pumps designed to deal with sewage discharges were only turned on with Kline's authorization and that he was never directed to record the quantity of sewage flowing into the Yellow Breeches Creek, which he believed Kline was reporting to the DEP.
When Kline was interviewed as part of the investigation, he confirmed one of the borough's pump stations was turned off at times to prevent sewage from backing up into nearby homes and acknowledged this allowed untreated sewage to overflow into the Conodoguinet Creek. He also told the agent he understood the discharges had to be reported to the DEP, although he said borough council was made aware of all the discharges.
Camp Hill in May 2013 entered into a consent order agreement with the DEP in which it admitted to approximately 97 days of unreported untreated sewage discharges.
Kline is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 24.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/10/gary_kline_camp_hill_sewage_cr.html
