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 Nearing the one-year anniversary of an Aug. 17, 2025, spill from its Second Street facility in which 16,000 gallons of fracking waste wound up in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, Eureka Resources has sold its business operations at all three of its central Pennsylvania properties despite not having all remaining waste removed yet.
In response to a recent request from the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association to the Northcentral office of the Department of Environmental Protection, agency regional communications manager Megan Lehman reported that Eureka sold all its assets at its Second Street, Williamsport, and Standing Stone (Bradford County) facilities to Select Water, the owner of a mud plant in Ohio where waste fluid was being transported from the Second Street site for disposal. According to recent inspection reports, the properties at Standing Stone and Second Street are technically still physically owned by Ertel Associates, Inc. “DEP is in communication with Select Water regarding appropriate documentation and permitting for its future plans for these two facilities,” she said. “Select Water has stated that its operation will include the reuse of material from the natural gas industry, with no discharges from the sites.”
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 Riverkeeper's note: The following bibliography of studies related to plastics was collected by Commonwealth (Bloomsburg) University student Leigha Eby for her Masters requirements. There are 72 references for microplastic studies worldwide, each with an active link to more on the study.
Check out an overview story on the state of plastics in the Susquehanna River basin with information about additional studies done locally by clicking here. Agamuthu, P., Mehran, S. B., Norkhairah, A., and Norkhairyah, A. (2019). Marine debris: A review of impacts and global initiatives. Waste Management and Research, 37(10), 987-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X19845041 Amato-Lourenco, L. F., Dantas, K. C., Junior, G. R., Paes, V. R., Ando, R. A., Freitas, R. d. O.,…Mauad, T. (2024). Microplastics in the olfactory bulb of the human brain. JAMA Network Open, 7(9). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40018 |
AuthorsRiverkeeper John Zaktansky is an award-winning journalist and avid promoter of the outdoors who loves camping, kayaking, fishing and hunting with the family. Archives
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