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Orphaned Well Site Plugging and Remediation, Methane Reduction, and Infrastructure Grants and Assistance
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To reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, help clean up water contamination, restore native habitat, create good-paying union jobs, and benefit disproportionately impacted communities through grants to State and Tribal governments to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas well sites on State, Tribal, and private lands, as authorized by Congress under Public Law 117-58, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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State Initial Grant Program: The Department awarded $25 million in Initial State Grants to one state recipient for plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells and for other authorized purposes.
Tribal Grants/Assistance: The Department published an initial funding opportunity for plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells on Tribal lands and awarded $39.4 million to 10 Tribes for eligible activities.
State Formula Grant Program: The Department issued formula grant guidance to make $660 million available to 26 states for orphaned well plugging, remediation and reclamation.
Tribal Grants/Assistance: The Department published the Phase 2 funding opportunity for plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells on Tribal lands and anticipates issuing awards in late FY 2024 and early FY 2025.
State Formula Grant Program: The Department projects that it will award up to $660 million in available funding to eligible states to identify, characterize, rank, plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells located on state or private land and for other purposes as outlined in the BIL and published program guidance.
State Performance Grant Program: The Department issued guidance to make matching grants available to states that increased state budgets to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and anticipates issuing regulatory improvement grant guidance to states.
Cooperative Agreement: The Department is working to award a cooperative agreement to the specified entity for the activities in Section 40601 of the BIL
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
