PA Environment Digest Blog: DEP - Day 484: Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Took No Actions To Finish The Cleanup Of Conventional Well Spills Or Respond To DEP Violations In Westmoreland County

On June 26, 2026, the Department of Environmental Protection did a follow-up inspection of the Oil & Gas MGMT Inc. Mary Kunkle 5 conventional well in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County and found no action had been taken to finish the cleanup of spills at the site or respond to violations issued since the original violations on Feb. 27, 2025-- 484 days.

The only action taken by the owner, according to DEP inspection photos, was to move the storage tank for contaminated water from the well from where it was leaking a few feet.

The areas of contamination remain.

DEP requested a response by July 13, 2026.

The violations in the DEP June 26, 2026 inspection report were dated Feb. 24, 2026.

Previous Inspections

The original Feb. 27, 2025 inspection report asked for a response by March 14, 2025.

The March 24, 2026 inspection report said there was no progress on remediation of the spills and the owner did not respond to the violations. They were continued with the March 24, 2025 date. The owner was asked again to respond to the violations by April 9, 2025.

The May 13, 2025 inspection report said there was no progress on remediation of the spills and the owner did not respond to the violations and they were continued. No response requested.

The July 24, 2025 inspection report said there was no progress on remediation of the spills and the owner did not respond to the violations and they were continued. No response requested.

The Nov. 21, 2025 inspection report said the same thing and the violations were continued with the July 24, 2025 date. No response requested.

The Jan. 13, 2026 inspection report said the same thing and the violations were continued with the Nov. 21, 2025 date. A response requested by Jan. 21, 2026.

The Feb. 24, 2026 inspection report said the same thing and the violations were continued with the Feb. 24, 2026 date. No response requested.

The May 11, 2026 inspection report said the same thing and fresh violations were issued dated May 11, 2026 and a response was requested by June 5, 2026.

Click Here for links to DEP inspection reports for this well starting Feb. 27, 2025.

If you noticed, the dates of the violations kept changing as the inspections continued from the first one on Feb. 27, 2025 making it difficult to track how far back the violations go-- but got it done.

Report Violations

To report oil and gas violations or any environmental emergency or complaint, visit DEP’s Environmental Complaint webpage.

Text photos and the location of abandoned wells to 717-788-8990.

Check These Resources

Visit DEP’s Compliance Reporting Database and Inspection Reports Viewer webpages to search their compliance records by date and owner.

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Use DEP’s Oil and Gas Mapping Tool to find if there are oil and gas wells near or on your property and to find wells using latitude and longitude on well inspection reports.

(Photos: Row 1-- Original site conditions Feb. 24, 2025; Row 2-- Site conditions as of June 26, 2026.)

[Note: If you believe your company was listed in error, contact DEP’s Oil and Gas Program.]

[Note: These may not be all the NOVs issued to oil and gas companies during this time period. Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.]

PA Oil & Gas Industry, Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 4 to 10: 4,200 Gallon Contaminated Water Spill; Cleaning Up Spills For 15 Days, 270 Days, 484 Days And Counting [PaEN]

-- DEP: Lola Energy Petroco Reported 4,200 Gallon Spill Caused By Contaminated Water Eating Thru A Pipe Fitting At Shale Gas Well Pad In Allegheny Twp., Butler County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 15: Contaminated Water Continues To Leak From Pipes Cut During Restoration At Equitrans Water SVC Richter Shale Gas Water Impoundment In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP - Day 270: Petro Erie Inc. Experiences Leaks From Refurbished Contaminated Water Storage Tanks At Conventional Well Site In Venango County After October 2025 Spill [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 11 [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Final Water Quality Permits For The Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Appalachian Reliability Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Armstrong, Greene and Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Chapter 105 Permit For A Seneca Resources Co 16-Inch Shale Gas Water Pipeline Running Through Farmington & Chatham Townships, Tioga County [PaEN]

-- Energy Transfer Asks PUC To Dissolve Sunoco Pipeline Company And Transfer Assets To 2 New Companies-- One For Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines Like Mariner East Pipelines And Another For Refined Petroleum Product Pipelines [PaEN]

-- DEP published notice in the July 11 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Mothball Plan notification received from PEI Power, LLC concerning a Title V Air Quality Permit for two landfill gas fired turbines in Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County. (PA Bulletin, Page 4180)

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing July 30 On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 2 Related To Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Restarts Comment Period On Corrected Major Amendment To Homer City Generation Data Center Project Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit In Indiana County [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Aug. 4 Hearing On Major Modification To Waste Permit For Blythe Recycling & Demolition Waste Site Landfill In Schuylkill County [PaEN]