Subcommittee Hearing: Building Back Better: Creating Jobs and Reducing Pollution by Plugging and Reclaiming Orphaned Wells
On Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing titled, “Building Back Better: Creating Jobs and Reducing Pollution by Plugging and Reclaiming Orphaned Wells,” including the following bill and other related measures.
- H.R. H.R. 2415 (Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández), To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands and to provide funds States and Tribal Governments to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands, and for other purposes. Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act
Witness List
Panel I
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico, 3rd District
Panel II
Ms. Lori Wrotenbery (testimony)
Executive Director
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
Dr. Mary Kang (testimony)
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering McGill University
Mr. Don Schreiber (testimony)
Rancher
Rio Arriba County, NM
Mr. Ted Boettner (testimony)
Senior Researcher
Ohio River Valley Institute
Mr. Tom Kropatsch (testimony)
Deputy Oil and Gas Supervisor
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Mr. Tim Tarpley (testimony)
Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Energy Workforce and Technology Council