The BLM is offering the New Mexico Statewide Orphan Well Reclamation Grant to address the issue of orphaned wells left behind by insolvent companies. The grant aims to fund the proper plugging and reclamation of inactive wells to protect underground water sources and the environment. BLM will work alongside the State to ensure compliance with oil, gas, and water quality regulations. Applications are open until Sep 14, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 277792
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | L15AS00212 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BLM NM Statewide Orphan Well Reclamation Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Health Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.236 — Environmental Quality and Protection Resource Management |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 13, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 14, 2015 Due by COB |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 14, 2015 Due by COB |
| Archive Date: | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Although this announcement is for full and open competition the BLM intends to make award to a State of New Mexico Division with expertise to properly plug and abandon wells in accordance with State Oil and Gas and Water Quality regulations. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Land Management |
| Description: | As wells play out and become uneconomical to operate, they must be plugged, primarily to protect underground sources of drinking water by preventing migration of oil, gas, and saltwater from the producing zones to shallower fresh water zones. Occasionall, wells are left orphaned by a company that becomes insolvent. When that happens, reclamation bonds are often not sufficient to plug the wells that are left behind and reclaim the surface disturbances associated with these wells and facililities. It then becomes the BLM’s or the State’s responsitilibity to have the inactive well properly plugged and the surface reclaimed. Although it is BLM���s mission to provide responsible energy development while protecting health, safety and the environment, BLM will defer to the expertise of the State to plug and abandon wells in accordance with State oil and gas and water quality regulations. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Janet Huff, Grants Management Specialist, 505-761-8941
jhuff@blm.gov Email:jhuff@blm.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 277792 Full Announcement-1 -> foa- nm statewide orphan well reclamation.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Janet Huff, Grants Management Specialist, 505-761-8941 jhuff@blm.gov Email: jhuff@blm.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.236 | PKG00217825 | Jul 13, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
277792 SF424_Mandatory_1_2-1.2.pdf
277792 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
277792 Project-1.0.pdf
277792 Budget-1.1.pdf
277792 Mandatory_SF424B-1.1.pdf
277792 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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