NRMCA Working on Orphaned Wells Legislation
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Earlier this month, NRMCA’s Andrew Tyrrell and Brian Killingsworth joined NSSGA to meet with Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s (D-NM) office to provide technical assistance and input on legislation to address orphaned wells in the U.S. The legislation is intended to establish a grant program to fill and cap the nearly 56,000 orphaned wells throughout the country, supporting jobs and providing environmental benefits from closed wells. The legislation would provide business opportunities for NRMCA members as well as our partners in the cement and aggregates industries.
On Tuesday, NRMCA, NSSGA and PCA sent a letter to the House Committee on Natural Resources supporting the legislation and urging its inclusion in a future COVID-19 relief package. The legislation would appropriate $4.6 billion to plug and reclaim existing orphaned wells on federal, state and tribal land, but would not create an ongoing program to address future wells or related bonding issues. NRMCA is also working with ready mixed concrete champion Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) on this legislation.
For more information, contact Andrew Tyrrell at atyrrell@nrmca.org.
