DEP Now Accepting Bids To Plug 7 Conventional Gas Wells In Washington County

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 23 PA Bulletin announcing it is now accepting bids to plug seven conventional gas wells in Smith, North Strabane, North Franklin and Canton Townships in Washington County.

A mandatory prebid conference will be held on August 27 at the Washington Crown Center parking lot, 1500 West Chestnut Street in Washington, PA starting at 10:00 a.m.

Copies of bid documents are available on www.BidExpress.com.  Questions should be directed to the Construction Contracts Section at (717) 787-7820 or RA-ConstructionContr@pa.gov. 

Funding is provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act through the US Department of the Interior.

Visit DEP’s Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program webpage for more information.

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PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 16 to 22 - Conventional, Shale Gas Wastewater Spilling All Over, Seeping From Hillsides; 4th Pipeline Construction Spill; Where Did You Put That Waste?  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Leatherwood LLC Issued Violations For Illegally Disposing Of 43,176 Gallons Of Conventional Gas Well Plugging Wastes At Coal Refuse Disposal Area In Greene County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: An Estimated 16,000 Gallons Of 'Black Goop' Spills From Closed Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Williamsport, Reaching Susquehanna River  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP Issues Violations For Failing To Report How Waste Was Disposed Of Safely From 133 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Including 50 Owned By CNX Gas Company  [PaEN]

     -- DEP: 3rd & 4th Spills From Horizontal Drilling At EQM Gathering Pipeline Project In Washington County; Overflowing Tanks; Water Supply Complaint Investigated  [PaEN] 

    -- DEP: Contaminated Wastewater Found Seeping From Saturated Shale Gas Well Pad Fill Slope In Great Bend Twp., Susquehanna County  [PaEN] 

     -- DEP: Day 38 Of Cleanup: Borehole Found Under Stormwater Basin During Continuing Cleanup Of Repsol Shale Gas Well Pad After A 34-Hour Uncontrolled Wastewater Release In Bradford County  [PaEN]  

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 23 [PaEN]

     -- DEP Now Accepting Bids To Plug 7 Conventional Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN] 

     -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 57 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In June/July; 282 In 2025  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 23 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]  

Related Articles This Week:

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Pushing 3 More Ways To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater; Not Clear How The Public, Put At Risk By Dumping, Will Be Involved  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Low Flow Water Conditions Trigger Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 47 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawal Points In PA  [PaEN] 

-- Joint State Government Committee Identifies 382 Potential Sites For Geothermal Facilities Using Abandoned Mine Pools; Geothermal Energy Could Reduce A.I. Data Center Energy Demand By 30-40%  [PaEN] 

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - August 24  [PaEN] 

NewsClips:

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: More Than 1.3 Million Gallons Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Stored At Eureka Resources Facility In Williamsport Without Required Alarms Among Violations DEP Issued 10 Days Prior To River Spill

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Initial Radioactivity Scan Show No Elevated Levels From Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Spill In Williamsport

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Volunteers Find Persistent Oily Waste From Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant Spill In Williamsport; Advise Public To Avoid Recreational Use Of River For Now 

-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Issued Violation 10 Days Before Tank At Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Facility Leaked Oily Discharge Into Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - John Beauge: Oily Substance From Tank In Closed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant Leaks Into Susquehanna River  [PDF of Article]

-- Williamsport Sun: Extensive Cleanup Underway After Oil Substance Leaks Into River In Williamsport  [PDF of Article]

-- The Derrick: Leak Found In Service Station Underground Gasoline Tank In Downtown Titusville, Crawford County

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Lured The Shell Petrochemical Plant To The State With A $1.65 Billion Tax Break, Now The Company Wants To Sell The Plant 

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Lured The Shell Petrochemical Plant To The State With A $1.65 Billion Tax Break, Now The Company Wants To Sell The Plant

-- The Allegheny Front/Inside Climate News: Pennsylvania Lured The Shell Petrochemical Plant To The State With A $1.65 Billion Tax Break, Now The Company Wants To Sell The Plant

-- WITF: Military, A.I. Investments To Undergird PA Economy Says State’s Republican Congressional Delegation; Natural Gas Part Of Plan To Support A.I., Industry 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Natural Gas Remains ‘Keystone’ Of Future Economic Growth  [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: Drop In Natural Gas Demand Signals 2 Top LNG Gas Exports Facilities May Have Outages

-- The Guardian: US Pipeline Protester’s Obstruction Conviction Overturned By Minnesota Appeals Court Finding ‘Pervasive’ Prosecutorial Misconduct

[Posted: August 22, 2025]  PA Environment Digest