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NJ IIJA orphaned-well grant status (no award; negative finding)

Record

p09-NJ-rec-01

State

NJ

Category

funding · grant_status

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

NJ-IIJA-GRANT-STATUS

Fields

applicant pool

A memo issued by the Department of Interior said 26 states had indicated interest in applying for the grants.

grant split

Of states eligible for funding, 22 have been allocated $25 million each in Initial State Grants. Arkansas and Mississippi will receive $5 million each to support methane measurement and begin plugging wells.

nj well status

The twelve states not in the IOGCC are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin - the states that have no oil and gas wells

program headline

24 States Get $560M for High-Priority Cleanup of Wells

program scope

The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land

Evidence

1. program headline: 24 States Get $560M for High-Priority Cleanup of Wells
   https://www.manufacturing.net/operations/news/22406013/24-states-get-560m-for-highpriority-cleanup-of-wells · article title (notes Q13) · source p09-NJ-src-13 · visit p09-NJ-visit-13
2. program scope: The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land
   https://www.manufacturing.net/operations/news/22406013/24-states-get-560m-for-highpriority-cleanup-of-wells · article lede (notes Q01) · source p09-NJ-src-13 · visit p09-NJ-visit-13
3. grant split: Of states eligible for funding, 22 have been allocated $25 million each in Initial State Grants. Arkansas and Mississippi will receive $5 million each to support methane measurement and begin plugging wells.
   https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/interior-dept-to-plug-more-than-10000-abandoned-carbon-emitting-oil-and-gas-wells-in-24-states/ · search-result snippet (notes Q02) · source p09-NJ-src-14 · visit p09-NJ-visit-14
4. nj well status: The twelve states not in the IOGCC are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin - the states that have no oil and gas wells
   https://congress.gov/115/meeting/house/106515/witnesses/HHRG-115-II06-Wstate-FoersterC-20171013.pdf · search-result snippet (notes Q03) · source p09-NJ-src-05 · visit p09-NJ-visit-05
5. applicant pool: A memo issued by the Department of Interior said 26 states had indicated interest in applying for the grants.
   https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-says-more-than-half-states-will-seek-oil-well-cleanup-funds-2022-01-05/?ref=floodlightnews.org · search-result snippet (notes Q04) · source p09-NJ-src-15 · visit p09-NJ-visit-15

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-NJ.