National Pollution Clean Up Initiative
THE CHALLENGE AT HAND. The United States faces unprecedented pollution across every state, with limited long-term funding for site cleanup and restoration
Pollution categories
- 4,000 abandoned offshore oil & gas platforms
- 15,000 orphan offshore oil & gas wells
- 20,000 miles of offshore orphan oil transfer pipe
- 2.0 million orphan oil & gas wells
- 50,000 gold & silver mine sites
- 50,000 uranium mine sites
- 1,200 superfund restoration sites
- 500 abandoned buildings & factories
- 500 abandoned military bases
- 500 fire prevention sites
NATIONAL FUNDING SOLUTION
- Market and sell 10,000 U.S. Permanent Resident Cards (EB5 Green Cards) per year to fund / invest $ 10.0 billion in national clean up and restoration projects
- State allocation of $ 175.0 billion per year.
The National Cost of Pollution
Estimated Clean Up & Restoration Cost
- $ 250.0 billion cost over 20 years
- 2.0 million orphan oil & gas wells $ 200.0 billion
- 15,000 orphan offshore oil & gas wells $ 15.0 billion
- 4,000 orphan offshore O&G platforms $ 8.0 billion
- 1,200 superfund sites $ 6.0 billion
- 500 forest fire prevention $ 5.0 billion
- 50,000 orphan gold & silver mines $ 3.7 billion
- 50,000 orphan uranium mines $ 3.7 billion
- 500 closed military properties $ 2.5 billion
- 500 closed federal properties $ 2.5 billion
- 20,000 orphan oil transfer pipe $ 1.0 billion
The Pilot
NATIONAL FUNDING SOLUTION
- Pilot Project A: Oil well closure
- Pilot Project B: Evaluate 15 categories
- Term: Two-year pilot
- Green cards: Sell 2,000 green cards per year (GC)
- Green card cost: $ 1.0 million per person
- Gross sales: $ 2.0 billion annually per 2,000 GC
- Employment: 10,000 jobs annually (5 jobs per GC)
The Long Term Plan
If the pilot is successful, expand the program on a national level
- Objective: Create 75,000 new jobs at $ 45,000 each
- Objective: Clean up 10 pollution sectors annually
- Objective: Sell 10,000 green cards annually
- Objective: Spend $ 9.7 billion annually
- Objective: Relocate 10,000 companies annually
- Value: $ 50.0 billion via 10,000 company relocations
- States to organize their projects, present to EPA
- EPA to allocate the funding per state ($ 175.0 million each)
Seal & Remove Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund 2.0 million orphan oil & gas wells closures
- Stop methane discharge in the United States
- 22 States with orphan oil & gas wells
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Seal & Remove Galveston Bay Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund 500 orphan oil & gas well closures
- Type: Shallow water, rivers, bays, canals, lakes
- Depth: 3 to 25 feet
- Location: Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Trinity Bay
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Seal & Remove Offshore Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
- Fund 15,000 orphan offshore oil & gas well closures
- Depth: 25 to 1,000 feet
- 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 4,000 abandoned offshore oil & gas rig removal
- Location: CA, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL
- Depth: 25 to 500 feet
- 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 Transfer Pipe
- Fund 18,293 miles of orphan oil transfer pipe removal
- One to miles 100 miles from shoreline
- Depth: 5 to 5,000 feet
- 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
Recycle Superfund Sites to Stimulate Economic Development
- Fund 1,200 superfund sites clean ups
- Former factories or military sites
- Restore millions of square feet land or buildings
- 70% of sites are near low-income public housing
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
- https://www.edf.org/orphanwellmap
Recycle Industrial Sites to Stimulate Economic Development
- Fund 500 abandoned "high risk" building demolitions
- Type: Malls, factories, office buildings, ports, silos, wharfs
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
- https://datasmart.hks.harvard.edu/cities-are-not-overbuilt-underdemolished
Redevelop Military Bases to Stimulate Economic Development
- Fund 500 abandoned military base demolition or clean up
- Redevelop sites into farms, housing, manufacturing
- Remediate 15 bombing ranges
- Remediate 100 contamination sites
- https://thegunzone.com/how-many-abandoned-military-bases-in-the-us/
Stop Soil, Water, Land and Air Pollution at Orphan Mines Sites
- Fund 50,000 gold & silver mine site restorations
- Fund 50,000 uranium site restorations
- Redevelop the sites into productive assets
Stop Soil, Water, Land and Air Pollution, Salton Sea CA
- Projected cost: $ 1.0 billion
- Fund the importation of 750.0 million gallons per day
- Support seawater importation via 125 mile canal.
- 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
Recycle Aircraft
- America has over 10,000 obsolete aircraft and a significant
opportunity for recycling