Fire Lit Under PA DEP – About to Double Number of Plugged Wells

Well, isn't this interesting! Just yesterday we told you that Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has plugged a little over 300 old orphaned (no current owner) wells over the past three years, but that Ohio's Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) had plugged over 700 in the same period (see Ohio’s Orphan Well Program Plugged >1,200 Wells Last 5 Years). We commented that something is wrong in PA. And then yesterday, the PA DEP issued a press release to announce it is spending $7.2 million (of federal money) on 35 projects to plug 329 old wells---doubling the number of plugged wells under Gov. Josh Shapiro. Somebody lit a fire under the DEP!

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