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Methane Drainage Wells Project Plan Technical Revision 102; MDW 19-06 Page 2 of 13 DRILL HOLES 19-06 PROJECT PLAN (22-Jul-OS) Technical Revision Number 102 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project consists of drilling one (1) methane drainage well (MDW 19-06) to facilitate mining in the B Seam. The proposed well is in Section 14, of T.13S, R.90W, 6`h Principal Meridian, Gunnison County, Colorado. The proposed project is within the current permitted coal mining area (Permit Number C-80-007) and on land surface managed by the US Forest Service. Hole 19-06 is on Federal Coal (BLM) Lease COC- 056447. The US Forest Service is the land surface owner for the drill sites and the associated light use roads. MCC's overall plan for drilling and reclaiming MDWs was originally approved by CDMG on 15 July 2002 as Technical Revision 96 -Project Plan for Methane Drainage Wells for Panels 16, 17, 175, 18-24. The Forest Service performed an Environmental Assessment of MCC's Methane Drainage Wells Plan, and approval was received in the Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact, May 31, 2002. The proposed MDW (19-06) is part of this overall project but was not proposed for inclusion in the US Forest Service reviews. As such, this well is the subject of this separate Technical Revision. Because this well is on US Forest Service managed lands, a US Forest Service review of their installation is also required. The attached Proposed B Seam MDWs surface map at a scale of 1" = 500' depicts the general locations of proposed drill pad, methane drainage well, and the new road. This map also shows the proposed MDW in relation to the land ownership, mine permit and lease boundaries and other mine features. SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY The elevation of the proposed borehole location is 6800 ft. The terrain is comprised of steep slopes and mesa tops formed within the Wasatch and Mesa Verde Formations and the colluvium and alluvium layers of the slope debris. The principle drainages in this area are unnamed tributaries to either Sylvester Gulch or the North Fork of the Gunnison River. GEOLOGY The proposed Project would include drilling along the southeastern edge of the Piceance Basin within the Somerset Coal Field, occurring on the Somerset U.S.G.S. 7 1/2-minute quadrangle map.