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NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXPLORE PAGE t5 INVOLVING REMOVAL OF 250 TONS OR LESS OF COAL SPRUCE STOMP COAL EXPLORATION PLAN AREA • §2.02.2(2)(d): Period of intended exploration. BRL would like to commence drilling and access road and site preparation work no later than September 1, 2005. Drilling at readily accessible sites would be done while sites with more difficult access are prepared. BRL estimates the total time to complete site preparation, drilling and geophysical logging at approximately 90 days per field season spread over three field seasons, assuming one rig working 24 hours per day. Drilling tours will typically be 10 to 15 days of drilling and 4 days off. Also assuming aseven-day work-week, drilling and logging would be completed by approximately October 31, 2007. Reclamation is expected to require no more than 10 days (average two 10 to 12 hour day per site} and to the extent possible will be contemporaneous with drilling. Hole sealing will be contemporaneous with reclamation at the latest and is estimated to average about one day per hole. The program is expected to be complete by approximately October 31, 2007. §2.02.2(2)(e): Right to enter surface lands not owned by the applicant. ' An Exploration License application has been submitted to the Colorado State Office, • Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, in accordance with 43 CFR 3410.2- 1. The Exploration License Application is accompanied by an Exploration Plan prepared in accordance with 43 CFR 3482.1(a); this Notice of Intent is a restatement of that plan. An approved Exploration License and Plan will constitute BRL's right to enter Federal surface for the proposed exploration activities. §2.02.2(2)(f): Practices to be followed to protect the environment from adverse impacts as a result of the exploration activities. All exploration activities will be conducted in accordance with applicable regulations of the Bureau of Land Management and applicable rules and pertormance standards of the Division of Minerals & Geology. Prior to construction of new drill pads and roadways, topsoil consisting of the top 12 inches of soil or the entire soil horizon to bedrock, whichever is less, will be removed and stored in convenient locations for retrieval and redistribution during reclamation, in accordance with applicable portions of §4.06, including §4.06.2(2)(a)(1). If it appears that topsoil so removed and stored will not be used for reclamation during the fall, it will be seeded with afast-growing annual such as rye grass to minimize erosion during spring snowmelt. • Existing roads will be graded (if necessary) and new roads and drill pads will be constructed in such a manner as to minimize grades, cuts and fills, overland flow