EMPORIUM — A major natural gas driller in Pennsylvania is accused by the state attorney general’s office of multiple violations of environmental laws in its handling of wastewater from the fracking process.

Seneca Resources was charged Thursday in Emporium with violations in Lycoming, Tioga, Potter, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Jefferson and Cameron counties.

The charges are based on the recommendation of two statewide investigating grand juries.

In one set, Seneca, whose Pennsylvania office is in Brookville, is accused of illegally discharging fluids from well cellars in all eight counties from Dec. 9, 2020, to March 1, 2022.

The grand jury presentments contain the following information: A well cellar is a lined area dug out during drilling that allows easy access to valves once the well

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