AG Sunday Hits Eureka with 16 More Crimes for Williamsport Spill

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Two months ago, we told you PA Attorney General Dave Sunday had charged Eureka Resources with seven crimes over years of leaking tanks at its Standing Stone plant in Bradford County (see Eureka Resources Charged with 7 Crimes for PA Wastewater Leaks). That was the appetizer. Sunday has now filed a second, separate criminal case against the defunct wastewater company — this one aimed squarely at the Aug. 17, 2025 spill that sent 16,000 gallons of oily frack waste out of the Williamsport Second Street plant and into the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Sixteen counts this time. And for the first time, Eureka is charged under laws that protect water, not just laws that govern waste.

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