Eureka Resouces in Williamsport. SUN-GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

A Williamsport company involved in releasing more than 11,000 gallons of liquid waste used in the natural gas fracking industry from a storage tank last Aug. 17 was issued notices of violation recently that it had not met deadlines set in administrative orders by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Eureka Resources began the process of removing the stored material at the Second Street facility on Oct. 27, and has since begun emptying the Catawissa Avenue, Williamsport, (a.k.a. Reach Road) facility, according to a DEP statement.

Collectively, between the two sites, approximately 2.5 million gallons of material have been removed to date.

At this time, about half the material at the Catawissa Avenue facility and about three-quarters of the material at the Second Street facility has been removed, the statement said.

Removal has not yet begun at the Standing Stone (Bradford County) facility.

The wastewater removed from the Eureka facilities has been trucked to Kleese Disposal in Ohio, a permitted disposal site, and waste oil product has been sent to a recycling facility. Eureka has also been evaluating other disposal and fluid management options that are acceptable under the regulations, including reuse within the natural gas industry, according to the department.

DEP’s Waste Management Program issued the attached notices of violation for the three facilities on Jan. 8, 2026, and will continue to follow up.

In the discharge aftermath, DEP determined the company of the Solid Waste Management Act in its facility on Catawissa Avenue and one in Standing Stone Township near Wysox in Bradford County.

In August and September, it ordered the company to remove all the stored waste from the three locations within 30 days. The DEP notices cite a lack of compliance.

The leak was discovered by two fishermen who noticed an oily sheen on the river near Hepburn Street dam where they were fishing. That set in motion the department working in concert with the Williamsport Sanitary Authority, Williamsport Bureau of Fire and hazardous-materials clean up crews. It was later discovered that a hole developed in a 26,000-gallon tank and oil flowed down a ramp and out of the building.