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Methane Drainage Wells Project Plan Technical Revision 103; MDWs 20-04, 20-05, 21-05, 2t-06 Page 2 of 12 DRILL HOLES 20-04, 20-05, 21-05, 21-06 PROJECT PLAN (26-Jul-05) Technical Revision Number 103 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project consists of drilling four (4) methane drainage wells (MDWs 20-04, 20-05, 21-05, and 21-06) to facilitate mining in the B Seam. The proposed wells aze in Section 14, of T.13S, R.90W, 6a' 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. The holes are on Federal Coal (BLM) Lease COC-056447. The US Forest Service is the land surface owner for the drill sites and the associated access 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 MDWs (20-04, 20-05, 21-05, and 21-06) are part of this overall project but the decision approving their construction was deferred. As such, these wells aze the subject of this separate Technical Revision. Because these wells are on US Forest Service managed lands, a US Forest Service review of their installation is also required. The attached "Technical Revision 103 MDWs 20-04, 20-05, 21-OS and 21-06" map at a scale of 1" = 800' depicts the general locations of proposed drill pads, methane drainage wells, and the new road. This map also shows the proposed MDWs in relation to the land ownership, mine permit and lease boundaries and other mine features. SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY The elevations of the proposed borehole location aze 6850 feet (ASL) for MDWs 20-OS and 20- 05; and 7150 feet (ASL) for 21-OS and 21-06. 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 drainage in this azea is Box Canyon, a tributary to 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.