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Mississippi IIJA orphaned-well funding envelope

Record

p09-MS-rec-01

State

MS

Category

funding · funding_envelope

Status

observed

Period

current

Quality

Press / aggregator

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

MS-IIJA-ORPHAN-2022

Fields

iija eligibility

up to $25 million (2022 OGB statement)

initial grant program

$560M to 24 states; 10,000+ priority sites; MS small-scale up to $5M

matching grant

D25AP00155 performance matching grant under 42 USC 15907

median well cost

$76,000

Evidence

1. small scale initial cap: Small Scale Initial Grant, up to 5 million
   https://www.highergov.com/grant/D22AP00229/ · Overview paragraph 1 · source p09-MS-src-07 · visit p09-MS-visit-07
2. iija eligibility: eligible for a federal grant up to $25 million at no cost to the landowner
   https://www.lawrencecountypress.com/2022/04/21/mississippi-seeks-landowner-assistance-for-reporting-orphaned-oil-and-gas-wells/ · article body, Jess New quote · source p09-MS-src-05 · visit p09-MS-visit-05
3. median well cost: median cost of plugging, mitigating, and claiming a well is $76,000, paid by federal grants
   https://www.lawrencecountypress.com/2022/04/21/mississippi-seeks-landowner-assistance-for-reporting-orphaned-oil-and-gas-wells/ · article body paragraph 6 · source p09-MS-src-05 · visit p09-MS-visit-05
4. initial grant program: initial $560M to 24 states; 10,000+ high-priority well sites (2022-08-25)
   https://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/through-president-biden-s-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-states-begin-plugging-orphaned-wells-0001 · article lede · source p09-MS-src-10 · visit p09-MS-visit-10
5. matching grant authority: BIL Orphaned Well State Performance Matching Grant, 42 U.S.C. 15907, funding MSOGB
   https://www.highergov.com/grant/D25AP00155/ · Overview paragraph 1 · source p09-MS-src-08 · visit p09-MS-visit-08

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p09-MS.