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EGLE reports major progress plugging orphan wells, measures modest methane leakage
Summary
EGLE’s Geologic Resources Management Division reported IIJA and state funding have accelerated plugging activity, that an interactive orphan‑well dashboard tracks progress, and that methane measurements indicate relatively modest emissions concentrated in a small number of wells.
Adam Weigandt, director of EGLE’s Geologic Resources Management Division, told the council that Michigan has used Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds and state matches to accelerate orphan‑well plugging and related work.
Weigandt reviewed program history: Michigan’s orphan‑well work formally began in 1996 and has plugged roughly 400 wells since then. He said the division received an initial $25,000,000 IIJA grant (largely spent during the initial multi‑year effort), a $5.8 million formula grant and $10,000,000 in state funds that qualified as a match for a $10,000,000 federal…
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