Legacy wells due for cleanup

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More than one hundred abandoned oil wells dot the tundra on federal land on the North Slope, and efforts to clean them up have been delayed for decades. Now, the Bureau of Land Management has launched an ambitious plan to remediate many of the wells that are the highest priority hazards.
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday announced continued efforts to cleanup about fifty of the abandoned wells with federal money secured in 2013.
Steve Cohn, deputy director of resources fo