S 429
118th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Research and development
Water storage
Water use and supply
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
Introduced: February 15, 2023
Introduced by:
Luján, Ben Ray
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Became law
Feb 15, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research, development, and demonstration program concerning abandoned oil and gas wells. Under the program, DOE must work to improve (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) strategies to mitigate potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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