PA DEP Identifies Cos., People Receiving $7.2M to Plug 329 Old Wells

In early August, MDN told you that someone had lit a fire under the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the agency's program to plug old wells. To date, the DEP has plugged a little over 300 old orphaned wells in the past three years under do-nothing Governor Josh Shapiro, but that Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has plugged over 700 wells in the same period (see Ohio’s Orphan Well Program Plugged >1,200 Wells Last 5 Years). Then, in early August, the PA DEP announced 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 (see Fire Lit Under PA DEP – About to Double Number of Plugged Wells). We now have the names of the companies and individuals who are receiving that money.

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