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NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXPLORE PACE 10 <br />INVOLVING 12EhIOVAL OF 250 TONS OR LESS OF COAL <br />STOVE CANYON COAL EXPLORATION PLAN AREA <br />• days of drilling and 4 days off. Also assuming aseven-day work-week, drilling and <br />logging would be completed by approximately October 31, 2005. <br />Reclamation of roads and drill sites is expected to require no more than 10 days to <br />complete and to the extent possible will be contemporaneous with drilling. Hole sealing <br />will be contemporaneous with reclamation at the latest and is estimated to average <br />about one day per hole. <br />The program is expected to be complete by approximately October 31, 2005. <br />§2.02.2(2)(e): Right to enter surface lands not owned by the applicant. <br />Federal Coal Leases C-0125515 and C-0125516 provide CAM right to enter the lands <br />subject to the XPA. <br />§2.02.2(2)(f): Practices to be followed to protect the environment from <br />adverse impacts as a result of the exploration activities. <br />All exploration activities will be conducted in accordance with applicable regulations of <br />the Bureau of Land Management and applicable rules and performance standards of the <br />• Division of Minerals & Geology. <br />Prior to construction of new drill pads and roadways, topsoil consisting of the top 12 <br />inches of soil or the entire soil horizon to bedrock, whichever is less, will be removed and <br />stored in convenient locations for retrieval and redistribution during reclamation, in <br />accordance with applicable portions of §4.06, including §4.06.2(2)(a)(1). If it appears <br />that topsoil so removed and stored will not be used for reclamation during the fall, it will <br />be seeded with afast-growing annual such as rye grass to minimize erosion during <br />spring snowmelt. <br />Existing roads will be graded (if necessary) and new roads and drill pads will be <br />constructed in such a manner as to minimize grades, cuts and fills, overland flow <br />erosion, and effects on existing drainages. CAM does not anticipate diversion of any <br />existing drainage as part of this program. Overland (sheet) flow between drainages may <br />be diverted along roadways to the closest down-grade drainage if necessary. New <br />roads will be considered light use roads and will be constructed, maintained, and <br />reclaimed in accordance with §4.03.3. <br />CAM does not anticipate the excavation of sediment ponds, the installation of culverts, <br />or the construction of drainage ditches or other sediment control structures, other than <br />as required to control drainage on and minimize erosion from the new light-use roads to <br />be constructed as part of the proposed exploration program. <br /> <br />