UT BIL orphan-well grant eligibility (DOI Jan 2022 + $660M)
- Record
p09-UT-rec-02- State
- UT
- Category
- funding · funding_eligibility
- Status
- collected
- Period
- current
- Quality
- Unreviewed
- Review state
- Pending review
- Native ID
UT-BIL-ELIGIBILITY-2022
Fields
- account surety none
- there is no reclamation surety
- account surety shortfall
- the forfeited surety is insufficient for plugging and reclamation
- account use
- the plugging and reclamation of abandoned oil or gas wells or bore, core, or exploratory holes
- est total program
- $30,229,000
- formula 660
- $5,229,389
- initial grant
- $25,000,000
- phase one formula
- $1,355,000
- total phase one
- $26,355,000
Evidence
- initial grant:
$25,000,000
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-administration-announces-115-billion-states-create-jobs-cleaning-orphaned-oil · eligibility table, Utah row (Q17; via search-result extract, fetch truncated at nav) · sourcep09-UT-src-05· visitp09-UT-visit-05 - phase one formula:
$1,355,000
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-administration-announces-115-billion-states-create-jobs-cleaning-orphaned-oil · eligibility table, Utah row (Q17; via search-result extract, fetch truncated at nav) · sourcep09-UT-src-05· visitp09-UT-visit-05 - total phase one:
$26,355,000
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-administration-announces-115-billion-states-create-jobs-cleaning-orphaned-oil · eligibility table, Utah row (Q17; via search-result extract, fetch truncated at nav) · sourcep09-UT-src-05· visitp09-UT-visit-05 - est total program:
$30,229,000
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-administration-announces-115-billion-states-create-jobs-cleaning-orphaned-oil · eligibility table, Utah row (Q17; via search-result extract, fetch truncated at nav) · sourcep09-UT-src-05· visitp09-UT-visit-05 - formula 660:
$5,229,389
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-invests-660-million-states-plug-orphaned-oil-and-gas-wells · award table, Utah row (Q18; via search-result extract, fetch truncated at nav) · sourcep09-UT-src-06· visitp09-UT-visit-06 - account use:
the plugging and reclamation of abandoned oil or gas wells or bore, core, or exploratory holes
https://law.justia.com/codes/utah/title-40/chapter-6/section-14-5/ · 40-6-14.5(2)(b) (Q19; via search-result extract, fetch truncated before subsection) · sourcep09-UT-src-10· visitp09-UT-visit-09 - account surety none:
there is no reclamation surety
https://law.justia.com/codes/utah/title-40/chapter-6/section-14-5/ · 40-6-14.5(2)(b)(i) (Q20; via search-result extract, fetch truncated before subsection) · sourcep09-UT-src-10· visitp09-UT-visit-09 - account surety shortfall:
the forfeited surety is insufficient for plugging and reclamation
https://law.justia.com/codes/utah/title-40/chapter-6/section-14-5/ · 40-6-14.5(2)(b)(ii) (Q21; via search-result extract, fetch truncated before subsection) · sourcep09-UT-src-10· visitp09-UT-visit-09
Provenance
Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-UT. Still missing: award notices, matching grants, phase two formula.