The Interior Department is giving North Dakota and 23 other states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land.
Secretary Deb Haaland said in a news release that up to 10,000 wells could be dealt with under grants announced today (Thu).
It’s part of $4.7 billion set for orphan well cleanup under the bipartisan infrastructure plan approved late last year.
The department has said $1.15 billion will be given out during this fiscal year.
Most of the states are getting $25 million each.
Arkansas and Mississippi are getting $5 million each.
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