150 Year National Problem
National Problem. The United States faces unprecedented pollution across every state, with limited long-term funding for site cleanup and restoration
National Solution. Arrange funding to clean up the following topics over ten years via EB5 or Federal Tax Credits
National Initiatives
- 1.0 million orphan oil & gas wells (20 States)
- 10,000 orphan offshore oil & gas wells (4 States)
- 1,000 offshore oil & gas platforms (4 States)
- 25,000 gold, silver & coal mine sites (45 States)
- 25,000 uranium mine sites (5 States)
- 1,200 superfund restoration sites (50 States)
- 1,000 abandoned dams (50 States)
- 1,000 fire prevention sites (50 States)
- 1,000 abandoned military sites (50 States)
- 1,000 abandoned factory sites (50 States)
- Salton Sea restoration, Imperial County CA
- Picher lead clean up, Oklahoma
National Funding Solution
Long Term Solution
- Sell 10,000 green cards at $ 1.0 million each
- Create & Sell Transferable Federal Tax Credits
- $ 10.0 billion annual funding
- 10-year national funding initiative
- Estimated clean-up cost: $ 125.0 billion
Estimated Clean Up & Restoration Cost
Annual Clean Up & Restoration Cost
- Annual budget: $ 10.0 billion
- $ 1.5 billion, superfund sites
- $ 1.5 billion, abandoned land-based oil wells
- $ 1.0 billion, Salton Sea restoration
- $ 1.0 billion abandoned gold, silver, lead
- $ 1.0 billion, abandoned "in water" oil & gas wells
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned offshore oil platforms
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned coal mines
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned uranium mines
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned lead mines
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned dams
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned building sites
- $ 500.0 million, abandoned military sites
- $ 500.0 million, forest thinning projects
The Pilot
Pilot Objective: Confirm the concept is viable and restoration budgets and timelines are realistic
- Two-year pilot
- Create & Sell 1,000 EB-5 green cards annually
- Create & Sell Transferable Federal Tax Credits
- Funding: $ 10.0 billion annually for five years
The Ten-Year Plan
If the pilot is successful, expand the program on a national level
- Clean up pollution sites across 50 states
- Sell 10,000 EB-5 green cards
- Sell Transferable Federal Tax Credits
- Invest-spend $ 9.0 billion annually on initiatives
- States are to organize their projects and present them to the EPA. EPA to allocate the funding per state
Seal & Remove Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund orphan oil & gas well closures
- 10 States with orphan wells
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Seal & Remove Galveston Bay Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund bay & lake orphan well closures
- Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay
- Location: 1,000 wells in CA, TX, LA, MS, Al, FL
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Seal & Remove Offshore Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund orphan offshore oil & gas well closures
- Location: CA, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL
- https://www.offshoreinjuryfirm.com/blog/maritime-law/what-happens-to-abandoned-orphaned-offshore-oil-/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_United_States
Seal & Remove Offshore Orphan Oil & Gas Platforms
- Fund abandoned offshore rig removal
- Location: CA, TX, LA, MS, AL
- https://www.offshoreinjuryfirm.com/blog/maritime-law/what-happens-to-abandoned-orphaned-offshore-oil-/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_oil_and_gas_in_the_United_States
Redevelop Military Bases to Stimulate Economic Development
- Fund military base restorations
- Fund bombing range clean-up
- Redevelop sites into farms, housing, and manufacturing
Recycle Industrial Sites to Stimulate Economic Development
- Fund "high-risk" building demolitions
- Malls, factories, offices, silos, and docks
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
Recycle Aircraft
- Fund recycling initiative
- 5,000 obsolete military aircraft available
- 5,000 obsolete commercial aircraft available
- 500 commercial aircraft retire per year
- One 10,000 ft runway facility
Forrest Thinning to Reduce Fire
- Fund 10,000 "inmate job trainings" to reduce fires
- National Park Service, National Forrest Service
- Military Land, Federal land &Government Land
- Prevent fires via tree and brush removal
- 20 States/crews at 500 people each
Remove Orphan - Abandoned Dam Sites
- Fund "high-risk" dam site removals
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
Restore Land from Orphan Coal Waste and Mine Sites
- Fund 25,000 abandoned coal site closures
- Ash ponds, power plants or mines in every state
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
Restore Abandoned & Orphan Mine Sites
- Fund 25,000 abandoned mine site closures
- Gold, Silver, Uranium, Iron, Lead, Coal tailings
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
Salton Sea, Imperial County California
- Largest pollution site in the United States
- Projected cost: $ 1.0 billion over five years
- Prevent 100,000 acres of toxic dust
- Support the redevelopment of 35,000 building lots
- Support 500,000 acres of farming (Imperial County)
- Support $ 15.0 billion farming and tourism economy
- Support the Pacific Flyway
- 750.0 million gallons per day of imported seawater
- Canal length: 125-mile bi-national seawater canal
Picher Oklahoma
- Second-largest pollution site in the United States
- 5 year restoration program
- 29,000 acres of post mining gravel & sand
- Lead & zinc post mining pollution
- 100.0 million cubic yards of toxic rock & sand from lead mining over 100 years.
Redevelop Superfund Sites to Stimulate Economic Development
- Problem: 1,200 superfund sites cleanups
- Fund 250 superfund sites annually
- 70% of sites are near low-income public housing
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap