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0 2.05.3 <br />During 2006 the operator drilled five gob vent holes. <br />During 2007 the operator drilled six gob vent holes and one geotech hole <br />along Hubbard Creek. The geotech hole was drilled from a drill site west <br />of Hubbard Creek Road. A short section of access road was constructed <br />from Hubbard Creek Road to the drill site. A portion of the access road to <br />the drill site is within 100 feet of Hubbard Creek, a perennial stream. Rule <br />4.05.18 requires the DRMS make a finding that authorizes any proposed <br />disturbance within 100 feet of a perennial stream. By letter dated March <br />2, 2007, to Bowie Resources, LLC, the DRMS made such a finding. The <br />DRMS found the disturbance will not cause or contribute to the violation of <br />applicable water quality standards and that the water quantity and quality, <br />as well as other environmental resources of the stream will not be <br />adversely affected. The Operator placed stream buffer zone signs east of <br />the disturbed area that clearly show the area that will not be disturbed. <br />The signs were placed on the east side of the Hubbard Creek Road. <br />During 2007 and 2008 the Operator drilled a ventilation shaft along <br />Hubbard Creek from a drill site west of Hubbard Creek. A portion of the <br />drill site is within 100 feet of Hubbard Creek, a perennial stream. Rule <br />4.05.18 requires the DRMS make a finding that authorizes any proposed <br />disturbance within 100 feet of a perennial stream. The DRMS made a <br />finding based on the small disturbance involved, that sediment control <br />measures will be utilized, that water encountered during shaft construction <br />will be contained, treated through settling, sampled and discharged <br />through the NPDES permit for outfall 009, that any drilling fluids will be <br />contained in a cuttings pit or tank, that the drilling mud will have a <br />bentonite clay base and will be disposed of in the Bowie No. 2 waste <br />disposal site, that no riparian vegetation is in the area of planned <br />disturbance and that the operations will be conducted in accordance with <br />the conditions of surface use as stated in the Decision Memo by the <br />USDA - Forest Service for this project. <br />During April and May 2008 a monitoring well approved through MR -86 <br />was drilled near the mouth of Dove Gulch. The well was drilled on the <br />Hubbard Creek road so no drill pad is required. Drilling "mud" was <br />circulated through a stock tank so no mud pit was required. The purpose <br />of the monitoring well was to determine the nature, quality and extent of <br />water in the old D -Seam workings so they can be dewatered. The <br />monitoring well confirmed the necessity of drilling a well to dewater the D- <br />_ .. Seam prior to undermining by the_ B -Seam. _ <br />PR -12 2.05-47- 2/10 <br />A 9PR6%D <br />It//6 /a <br />