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Sens. Capito, Manchin Announce Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Address an Orphaned Well In the Gauley River National Recreation Area
May 27, 2022
WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced West Virginia will receive funding to plug, remediate and reclaim an orphaned well located within the Gauley River National Recreation Area. This project is funded through an initial $33 million from the Department of the Interior to address and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells on Federal lands across . . .

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