BIL orphan-well grant program context (FL award unconfirmed)

Record: p09-FL-rec-01
State: FL
Category: funding · funding_context
Status: collected
Period: current
Quality: Unreviewed
Review state: Pending review
Native ID: FL-BIL-PROGRAM-CONTEXT

Fields

award date: August 25, 2022
award recipients: 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells
bil program total: $4.7 billion for oil well plugging under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
initial award: awarded an initial $560M
initial grant cap: up to $25 million to each state
initial grant deadline: May 13, 2022
states 25M each: 22 have been allocated $25M each in Initial State Grants

Evidence

bil program total: $4.7 billion for oil well plugging under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-the-infrastructure-law-creates-state-oil-winners-and-losers/ · article body paragraph (Boehmer Lake dilemma); quote Q01 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-09 · visit p09-FL-visit-09
initial award: awarded an initial $560M
https://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/through-president-biden-s-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-states-begin-plugging-orphaned-wells-0001 · article lead paragraph; quote Q02 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-05 · visit p09-FL-visit-05
award recipients: 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells
https://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/through-president-biden-s-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-states-begin-plugging-orphaned-wells-0001 · article lead paragraph; quote Q03 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-05 · visit p09-FL-visit-05
award date: August 25, 2022
https://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/through-president-biden-s-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-states-begin-plugging-orphaned-wells-0001 · News dateline; quote Q04 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-05 · visit p09-FL-visit-05
initial grant cap: up to $25 million to each state
https://www.hunton.com/en/insights/department-of-the-interior-funding-for-state-orphaned-well-programs.html · Applying for Funds list item 1; quote Q05 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-12 · visit p09-FL-visit-12
initial grant deadline: May 13, 2022
https://www.hunton.com/en/insights/department-of-the-interior-funding-for-state-orphaned-well-programs.html · Applying for Funds list item 1; quote Q06 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-12 · visit p09-FL-visit-12
states 25M each: 22 have been allocated $25M each in Initial State Grants
https://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/through-president-biden-s-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-states-begin-plugging-orphaned-wells-0001 · search-result snippet for this article; quote Q07 in evidence file · source p09-FL-src-05 · visit p09-FL-visit-05

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-FL. Still missing: florida initial grant amount, florida noi status, florida formula award.