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Find similar grantsState Orphaned Wells Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of the Interior, Orphaned Wells Program Office. Provides grants to states for plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned wells on state and private lands.
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State Orphaned Wells Program | U.S. Department of the Interior Countdown to America's 250th Anniversary : July 4th 2026 State Orphaned Wells Program The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriated funding to the Department of the Interior for three types of state grant programs: • Initial Grants (42 U.S.C. § 15907(c)(3)) • Formula Grants (42 U.S.C. § 15907(c)(4)) • Performance Grants (42 U.S.C.
§ 15907(c)(5)) These grant programs, administered by the Orphaned Wells Program Office, provide approximately $4. 2 billion in financial resources to eligible states. States have broad discretion in how they use awarded funds.
Regardless of the type of grant that a state receives, it may use funding, consistent with its priorities, for the purposes stated in 42 U.S.C.
§ 15907(c)(2), which include: to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells located on state and private land; to identify and characterize undocumented orphaned wells on state and private land; and to remediate land adjacent to orphaned wells and decommission or remove associated pipelines, facilities and infrastructure.
**New** Orphaned Wells Program Office State Data Reporting Template (May 2026) State Orphaned Wells Program - Frequently Asked Questions State Orphaned Wells Program - Frequently Asked Questions (October 2025) Build America, Buy America Act - Frequently Asked Questions (October 2025) Technical Assistance Opportunities For technical assistance, including questions concerning grant application workplans and technical requirements, and for all activities associated with plugging, remediation, and reclamation of orphaned wells and well sites, contact the Orphaned Wells Program Office’s State Program Division at orphanedwells@ios.
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On September 21, 2026 DOE selected 21 projects under DE-FOA-0003472 — five EGS field tests and 16 exploration wells — for up to $99 million of a $171.5 million authorization. The solicitation is structured to reopen for up to 72 months on roughly annual cycles. Here is how to position for the next one.
Read articleA new Interior Department policy routes every grant and cooperative agreement of $50,000 or more through two political appointees for manual review. The result is a backlog of roughly 1,400 grants and $362 million in delayed funding — up from fewer than 10 two years ago. Here is how the bottleneck works, why it matters even for recipients who already have an award letter, and what nonprofits, universities, states, and tribes should do to protect projects that depend on Interior dollars.
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