{"id":"SEC-23-029","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"23","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Dakota Industrial Commission; Department of Mineral Resources","authority":"N.D.C.C. § 38-08-04.9 (abandoned well plugging and site reclamation); CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund appropriation approved by the Emergency Commission and Budget Section (May 2020)","instrument":"Press release, \u0027North Dakota Industrial Commission authorizes Department of Mineral Resources to confiscate abandoned wells in North Dakota\u0027 (June 19, 2020)","title":"Confiscation orders for 350-plus abandoned wells (CARES Act plugging program)","dateIssued":"2020-06-19","effective":"2020-06-19","end":"Program through 2020-2021","startDate":"2020-06-19","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["operators of the abandoned wells; plugging and reclamation contractors"],"clause":"The North Dakota Industrial Commission today approved orders from the Department of Mineral Resources to confiscate abandoned wells in North Dakota. A hearing was held on June 10 to review and consider confiscation and plugging of over 350 wells in the state. At the hearing more than 70 additional wells were [added]. The Industrial Commission secured approval in May from the North Dakota Emergency Commission and legislative Budget Section of $33.2 million in federal CARES Act coronavirus relief funds.","enforcement":"Commission confiscation orders","functions":["SV (plugging and reclamation work redirected by the State)","EX","WF (the program\u0027s stated purpose of putting idled oilfield workers to work)"],"notes":"Context: the State\u0027s use of federal coronavirus relief funds to plug wells abandoned in the price collapse and to employ idled oilfield service crews; a June 10, 2020 hearing on the confiscations.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ndic.nd.gov/news/north-dakota-industrial-commission-authorizes-department-mineral-resources-confiscate","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":133033,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-23","url":"/library/SEC-23-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-23-029","citation":"North Dakota Industrial Commission; Department of Mineral Resources, Press release, \u0027North Dakota Industrial Commission authorizes Department of Mineral Resources to confiscate abandoned wells in North Dakota\u0027 (June 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-029)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":[]}