Documents and news releases confirm that the Interior Department has authorized $25 million under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as an initial grant for capping orphan wells, as Sen. Joe Manchin said in a recent tweet.
Erin Heeter, a Manchin spokesperson, confirmed that the state applied to receiver $25 million. She also presentedThe Interior Department document was dated Aug. 24, two days before Manchin’s tweet. It authorizes $25 million to be spent by the state Department of Environmental Protection through Sept. 30, 2023.to cap an orphan well with a material such as concrete, so it should be possible to cap at least 160 wells with the Interior Department’s allocation.
West Virginia could receive additional money for orphan wells in the future, under different provisions of the law.Manchin tweeted that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is on track to provide West Virginia with"$25M for 160 Orphaned Well Clean-up Projects." Manchin’s office shared a document with PolitiFact West Virginia confirming that the Interior Department has authorized $25 million under the law for an initial grant to remediate orphan wells.
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