In a Sept. 11 inspection report by the Department of Environmental Protection of the Eureka Services’ Second Street facility where an Aug. 17 spill led to fracking wastewater working its way out of a storage container, through a building and eventually into the nearby Susquehanna River’s West Branch, the agency claims that 8,424 gallons of fluid has been recovered via cleanup efforts since the incident was reported.

The report suggests that “basically all of the oil that was captured within the building has now been collected and tallied.”

Also according to the report, the facility has calculated that 11,430 gallons of fracking waste was released from the N3 tank during the spill, meaning that 3,000 gallons have not been recovered. DEP states in the report that it hasn’t reviewed the spill total calculations, so these numbers “should be treated as preliminary estimates.”

According to a series of released inspection reports from DEP, the N3 tank sampling port that failed has been replaced with a permanent plug.

DEP has issued administrative orders to Eureka to remove all waste from all three of its facilities (Second Street, Williamsport; Catawissa Avenue, Williamsport; and Standing Stone Township, Bradford County). Fluids must all be removed and disposed of or recycled properly, meeting all necessary regulations.

Eureka did develop a written plan and timeline to meet this objective from all facilities within 60 days, according to information released by DEP communications manager Megan Lehman on Sept. 12, 2025. The proposed timeline can be viewed at the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper’s website.

Per information provided from Lehman, Eureka plans “on executing ‘clean closure’ type operations as part of this effort, with the ultimate goal being to execute facility closure in compliance with all pertinent regulatory requirements. No residual waste will be left in place at the three facilities following this process.”

Reportedly, closure operations will be conducted with criteria set forth in Section C6 of the WMGR123 Residual Waste General Permit. Eureka “will manage and provide oversight of removal of all residual waste materials associated with the activities authorized under WMGR123 at each of the three facilities.”