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Sen. Padilla Announces Calif. Eligible for Over $61M in Federal Funding to Clean Up Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
February 02, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022:

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that California is eligible for $61,495,000 in the first phase of federal funding to plug orphaned oil and gas wells. This funding from the US Department of the Interior comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Padilla voted to pass last year.

The California Natural Resources Agency has documented 5,356 oil, . . .

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