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NY BIL/IIJA orphan-well grant awards

Record
p09-NY-rec-01
State
NY
Category
funding · funding_awards
Status
collected
Period
current
Quality
Unreviewed
Review state
Pending review
Native ID
NY-BIL-GRANT-AWARDS

Fields

announcement date
August 29, 2022
award announcement
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the United States Department of Interior awarded New York State $25 million under its Initial Grant Program.
contracting 90day
at least 90% of the funding was used to issue new contracts for plugging, remediation, and reclamation work within 90 days of receiving the funds
eligibility ceiling
the state estimates it has about 34,000 orphaned wells and is eligible for up to $70 million for remediation.
formula grants
New York State was awarded $25 million for the IIJA Phase 1 State Formula Grant on July 1, 2024 and $19,672,162 for the IIJA Phase 2 State Formula Grant on October 1, 2025.
initial grant award
On October 1, 2022, New York State was awarded $25 million from the IIJA State Initial Grant to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites.
obligation rule
Each grant funding must be obligated within five years of their corresponding award date.

Evidence

  1. award announcement: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the United States Department of Interior awarded New York State $25 million under its Initial Grant Program.
    http://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-25-million-awarded-new-york-state-under-bipartisan-infrastructure · lead paragraph (notes Q01) · source p09-NY-src-04 · visit p09-NY-visit-04
  2. announcement date: August 29, 2022
    http://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-25-million-awarded-new-york-state-under-bipartisan-infrastructure · dateline (notes Q02) · source p09-NY-src-04 · visit p09-NY-visit-04
  3. initial grant award: On October 1, 2022, New York State was awarded $25 million from the IIJA State Initial Grant to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites.
    https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/oil-gas/orphaned-abandoned-well-plugging/iija-state-initial-grant-well-plugging · search-result snippet (notes Q03) · source p09-NY-src-02 · visit p09-NY-visit-02
  4. formula grants: New York State was awarded $25 million for the IIJA Phase 1 State Formula Grant on July 1, 2024 and $19,672,162 for the IIJA Phase 2 State Formula Grant on October 1, 2025.
    https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/oil-gas/orphaned-abandoned-well-plugging · search-result snippet (notes Q04) · source p09-NY-src-01 · visit p09-NY-visit-01
  5. obligation rule: Each grant funding must be obligated within five years of their corresponding award date.
    https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/oil-gas/orphaned-abandoned-well-plugging · search-result snippet (notes Q05) · source p09-NY-src-01 · visit p09-NY-visit-01
  6. contracting 90day: at least 90% of the funding was used to issue new contracts for plugging, remediation, and reclamation work within 90 days of receiving the funds
    https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/oil-gas/orphaned-abandoned-well-plugging/iija-state-initial-grant-well-plugging · search-result snippet (notes Q06) · source p09-NY-src-02 · visit p09-NY-visit-02
  7. eligibility ceiling: the state estimates it has about 34,000 orphaned wells and is eligible for up to $70 million for remediation.
    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/states-will-get-billions-to-plug-orphan-oil-wells-is-it-enough · search-result snippet (notes Q07) · source p09-NY-src-15 · visit p09-NY-visit-15

Provenance

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