DEP Files Contempt Of Court Action, Fines Eureka Resources $100,000 For Multiple Violations At Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Bradford, Lycoming Counties

The Department of Environmental Protection filed a petition with Commonwealth Court February 27 to declare Eureka Resources in contempt of court for failing to comply with an August 12, 2025 Court order to cleanup and address waste violations at its Standing Stone oil and gas wastewater treatment facility in Bradford County.

DEP is asking the Court to compel Eureka Resources to comply.

On March 3, DEP issued a civil penalty assessment against Eureka to impose a $60,000 penalty against the company for an August 2025 spill of 16,000 gallons of oil and gas wastewater from its Second Street treatment facility in Williamsport, Lycoming County. Read more here.

On March 3, DEP also assessed a $40,000 penalty against Eureka for multiple waste violations at its Standing Stone treatment facility in Wysox, Bradford County.  Read more here.

“Eureka has not paid nor appealed the recent assessed civil penalties; the last date to appeal the penalty assessments is April 2, 2026,” according to Megan Lehman, DEP Northcentral Regional Office Communications Manager.

[As of April 3, there is no record of an appeal on the Environmental Hearing Board website.]

“Eureka continues the cleanup work at the Second Street Williamsport facility and continues to send material from the Standing Stone facility for reuse by the gas industry,” according to Lehman.

A February 24 DEP inspection of the third Eureka Resources oil and gas wastewater treatment facility on Catawissa Avenue in Williamsport has “determined that all oil and gas liquid waste has been removed from the Site and disposed of through a permitted disposal or recycling facility. This resolved the July 9, 2025, Administrative Order issued against Eureka Resources for the Reach Road Facility,” according to Lehman.

All three Eureka Resources treatment facilities have been closed and are not operating, some since August 2024.

Visit DEP’s Northcentral Regional Office webpage for information on regional actions.

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(Photos: Eureka Resources Second Street Plant, spill into Susquehanna River.)

NewsClips:

-- PennLive - John Beauge: DEP Assesses $100,000 In Penalties For Violations At 2 Of 3 Eureka Resources Closed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities In Lycoming, Bradford Counties 

-- Williamsport Sun: Eureka Resources Fined $60,000 For Oil & Gas Wastewater Leak Into Susquehanna River

Resource Links: Eureka Resources:

-- DEP: Eureka Resources Has Until Jan. 31 To Remove All Wastewater From Its 3 Closed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants; About 1.5 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Remains In Bradford County Facility  [PaEN]

--  DEP Proposes To Deny Eureka Resources Water Quality Permit Renewal For Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Eureka Resources Submits Plan To Cleanup, Close All 3 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Remove 4.6 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Left In Lycoming & Bradford County Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues New Order To Eureka Resources To Remove Oil & Gas Wastewater From Its Bradford County Facility In 90 Days; Imposes Penalty $6,100 For Not Complying With January Order; Updates On Other Facilities [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]

--  Marcellus Drilling News: Eureka Resources Plans To Close/Sell 2 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Williamsport: Not Enough Wastewater Volume To Keep Plants Open

--  Eureka Resources Shuts Down Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility; DEP Wastewater, Waste Violations Continue From Feb. 2023  [PaEN]

--  Eureka Resources Request To Terminate Its Water Quality Permit For A Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Dimock, Susquehanna County Approved By DEP

-- Former Employees Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Ask For Criminal Investigation Of Eureka And An Audit Of DEP Over Alleged Workplace, Environmental Violations [PaEN]

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[Posted: April 3, 2026]  PA Environment Digest