Description
This document is a Davis‑Bacon wage determination for the “Columbus Oil and Gas Well Plugging Project” located in Cass County, Michigan. It specifies the labor classifications, hourly wage rates, and fringe benefits that must be applied to any construction contract for plugging, abandoning, and restoring orphan oil‑well sites. The scope includes site clearing, rig and equipment setup, wellbore cleaning, cementing, removal of abandoned tanks and infrastructure, and final site grading, mulching, and seeding. The determination is valid from 05/28/2026 until 11/28/2026 and is issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
• Location: Cass County, Michigan
• Project: Columbus Oil and Gas Well Plugging (turn‑key)
• Work scope: well plugging, site remediation, equipment removal, final land restoration
• Labor categories: Rig Operator, Tool Pusher, Floor Hand, Derrickman, Roustabout, Power Swivel Operator, Wireline Operator, Cementer, various truck operators, Heavy Equipment Operator, Crane Operator, Electrician, Welder, etc.
• Hourly wages range from $20 to $55; fringe benefits from $12 to $69 per classification
• Validity: 28 May 2026 – 28 Nov 2026
• Primary contact: Meghan MacLeod, Acting Branch Chief, U.S. Department of Labor (402‑660‑0775, [email protected])