Energy Community Revitalization Program (ECRP)

Department Of The Interior, Departmental Offices

To unleash American energy and enhance public safety through grants to State and Tribal governments to plug orphaned oil and gas wells and to remediate and reclaim orphaned well sites on State, Tribal, and private lands, authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and codified as 42 U.S.C. ยง 15907.

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Helps communities affected by energy production to clean up and restore abandoned oil and gas wells. Provides funding for projects that plug and reclaim these orphaned wells.

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Funding
$1,900,000 - $5,000,000
Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Clean Energy & Environment
Organization
Department Of The Interior, Departmental Offices

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What Is This Program?

42 U.S.C. ยง 15907 directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish programs to inventory and properly plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells on State, Tribal and private lands. Tribal Grants/Assistance includes three categories of project funding: Program Development Grants, Implementation Grants, and In Lieu of Grant fund. State Grants includes three categories of project funding: Initial Grants, Formula Grants, and Performance Grants. This listing also covers a cooperative agreement to the entity legislatively authorized to perform the work proposed as outlined in 42 U.S.C. ยง 15907.

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This program offers funding up to $5,000,000 (minimum $1,900,000).

This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.

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