PITTSBURGH — A former supervisor with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is charged in federal court with violating the Clean Water Act, according to our news partner TribLive.
The case against James Paprocki, 51, of Ross is the third federal criminal case to be filed relative to the release of sludge into the Allegheny River over a period of seven years.
He was charged with criminal information on Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Another supervisor with PWSA, Glenn Lijewski, was charged by indictment with three counts in November. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Typically, when charges are filed via information, it indicates a defendant is cooperating and likely to plead guilty.
PWSA pleaded guilty to one count of violating its pollutant discharge permit and one count of making false statements in written reports about that discharge in January.
The agency will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV on July 8. As part of its agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office, PWSA will pay $500,000 into a self-funded compliance program that the federal government will monitor.
You can read more about this on TribLive’s website.
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