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7. The access roads will be restored as closely as possible to the approximate <br />original contour, re-seeded, fertilized, and mulched as above. An temporary <br />seed mix as approved by the USFS may be used to accommodate an <br />intermediate seeding to help prevent erosion or sedimentation on road cuts and <br />fills. <br />8. The drill pads and access roads reclamation procedure outlined above will <br />apply only to those aeeas newly disturbed for this proposed project. Existing <br />roads will be left in a condition equal to or better than that observed on <br />Mountain Coal Company's entry into the azea or to the satisfaction of the <br />USFS representative. <br />9. Any coal recovered incidental to this project will be in the form of cuttings or <br />core and would either be taken back to the mine site or disposed of in the mud <br />pits. <br />ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE <br />The road construction is expected to commence as soon as practicable to accommodate a <br />reasonable drilling season once approvals aze granted by the USFS and the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. Duration of the project will be a function of the <br />success of the initial drilling, monitoring, and effectiveness of de-gassing. Subsequent <br />drilling should occur throughout the next several months. More than one drilling unit <br />maybe employed. <br />MEASURES TO BE USED TO COMPLY WITH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS <br />FOR THE PROJECT (43 CFR 3484.1(al. 30 CFR 815.15, and Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology Rules and Re~ulationsl <br />1. Operator shall comply with applicable requirements of surface management <br />agency, 30 CFR 815.15, or approved State program. <br />Mountain Coal has reviewed, and will comply with, all applicable requirements of <br />30 CFR 815.15 and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Regulations stated in <br />C.R.S. 34-33-101. <br />2. Install casing and blowout preventers in drill holes in known oil, gas, and <br />geothermal areas. <br />The West Flat Iron area is not in a producing natural gas field. Gas is not known <br />to have been encountered in any of the previous exploration drilling efforts in the <br />azea. Since the proposed drilling will not penetrate the Rollins Sandstone or into <br />the underlying Mancos Shale, blowout preventers will not be used. Casing will be <br />set in each hole as necessary to maintain circulation of cuttings to the surface. <br />3. Drill hole plugging requirements. <br />