D24AP00061

Program: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Sec. 40601 Orphaned Well State Program Award purpose: Funding through the program may be utilized to plug, remediate, or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands located within the state s boundaries, restore soil and habitat in the degraded area, decommission or remove associated infrastructure, identify and characterize additional undocumented wells on state and private lands and set up well-plugging capacity where not already established.

Section 40601(c)(3) of the BIL creates an orphaned well site plugging, remediation, and reclamation grant program within the Department of the Interior to address orphaned wells and well sites on state and private lands within the state s boundaries. This award replaces the original award, D22AP00230, which has to be closed out early due to the change in the System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity Identification Number for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Award No. D24AP00061 replaces the previously issued award D22AP00230.

Activities to be performed: This grant funds the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to perform the following activities: plug, remediate, or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands remediate soil and restore habitat that has been due to the presence of orphaned wells or associated pipelines, facilities, or infrastructure on state and private lands remediate state and private lands adjacent to orphaned wells and decommission or remove associated pipelines, facilities, and infrastructure provide an accounting of the cost of plugging, remediation, and reclamation for each orphaned well site on state and or private lands within the state identify and characterize undocumented orphaned wells in the state of Arizona and private land and develop or administer a state program to carry out any activities described in this section.

The funding requested from the initial grant of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will allow the state to plug and reclaim all currently known orphaned wells located in the state of Arizona and private lands. Activities funded by this grant must comply with the Uniform Guidance for Grants and Agreements (2 CFR 200) and BIL and include all costs necessary to conduct the approved project, such as equipment and contracted services, to manage the funded project. Virtual public outreach and community engagement will be conducted throughout the project to maximize community participation and provide more focused outcomes. This outreach strategy will target Arizona s hard-to-reach communities.

Expected deliverables or outcomes: 1. Decrease the amount of methane emissions from orphaned wells. 2. Enhance the protection of public health, safety, and property from adverse effects of oil drilling practices from orphaned wells on states and private lands. 3. Plug, remediate, or reclaim orphaned wells on state and private lands. 4. Restore land and water resources, the environment, and property from oil drilling activities, facilities, and associated pipelines from orphaned wells on state and private lands. 5. Remediate and restore land and water resources and the environment previously degraded by the adverse effects of oil and gas production and drilling, including measures for the conservation and development of soil, water, woodland, fish and wildlife, recreation resources, and agricultural productivity.

Intended beneficiaries: The general public benefits directly and indirectly from the proposed project that addresses long overdue infrastructure and environmental improvements to strengthen our resilience to the changing climate and mitigate the effects of legacy pollution. This investment will grow the economy sustainably and equitably for decades to come. Information and data collected by this project will be made available as applicable.

Subrecipient activities (if known or specified at time of award): N A

Arizona Department Of Environmental Quality Dba: Adeq

DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF METHANE EMISSIONS FROM ORPHANED WELLS. ENHANCE THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROPERTY FROM ADVERSE EFFECTS OF OIL DRILLING PRACTICES FROM ORPHANED WELLS ON STATES AND PRIVATE LANDS. PLUG AND REMEDIATE OR RECLAIM ORPHANED WELLS ON STATE AND PRIVATE LANDS.

15.018 - Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP)

Interior Business Center (IBC) [DOI]

Arizona United States

State-Wide

D-AQD-FA-22-003